From the game lab

Choose a puzzle, learn the twist & peek behind the screen

Learn the rules, work through a puzzle, draw a melody, and explore how small browser games are designed. Start with a guide, then try the idea for yourself.

Musical playground5 min read

Draw a melody. Hear what changes.

Explore Play Music Theory, meet Sketchtone, and try five musical drawing experiments with pitch, rhythm, chords, tempo, and timbre.

Play with music →
Worked puzzle5 min read

Solve a Catdoku puzzle without guessing

Follow an original five-by-five teaching puzzle from empty board to solution, with diagrams and a reason for every cat.

Follow the walkthrough →
Cat placement guide5 min read

How to play Catdoku

Learn the row, column, colored-region, and no-touch rules, then place each cat without guessing.

Read the rules →
Player guide7 min read

Which kind of puzzle fits you?

Compare logic, strategy, spatial, and number puzzles, then choose the kind of decision you want to make right now.

Choose a puzzle →
Player guide6 min read

Games for a five-minute break

What makes a short browser game easy to enter, meaningful to play, and comfortable to stop.

Find a quick game →
Game design8 min read

Change one rule. Follow everything.

How a focused twist reshapes tactics, controls, camera behavior, feedback, tutorials, and edge cases.

Follow the consequences →
Game design7 min read

Why try the puzzle again?

Clear rules, varied decisions, fair recovery, readable feedback, and the feeling that your next plan can be better.

Study the replay loop →
Device guide7 min read

Phone or desktop?

Compare touch, keyboard, portrait space, camera framing, loading, and locally saved progress.

Choose your screen →
Chess variant8 min read

Double Move Chess rules

How two-move turns work, why a first-move capture or check ends the turn, and what stays familiar from standard chess.

Read the rules →
Strategy9 min read

Plan a two-move turn

Use quiet setup moves, create paired threats, and defend against an opponent who gets two actions at once.

Build a plan →
Chess comparison8 min read

Double Move or standard chess?

Compare turn structure, tactics, captures, checks, king safety, openings, and playing this chess variant against a bot.

Compare the rules →
Game design7 min read

What if the board rotated?

A look at how gravity, camera framing, target shapes, and chain clears change a familiar falling-block puzzle.

Follow the rotation →
Browser games6 min read

What are HTML5 games?

What “HTML5 game” really means, how modern browser games run, and why they no longer need a plugin or installer.

Learn how they work →
Player guide6 min read

Browser or download?

Compare instant access, performance, storage, updates, offline play, and privacy before choosing where to play.

See the tradeoffs →