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Puzzle
2048 is a free, open-source puzzle game created in 2014 by a 19-year-old Italian web developer named Gabriele Cirulli, who built it over a single weekend and published it on GitHub under the MIT License. It went on to consume roughly four million human lives in its first week. Not because it's complicated — it's the opposite of complicated — but because your brain will not let you stop. Here's the deal. You've got a 4×4 grid. Two tiles are sitting on it, each showing the number 2. You swipe in a direction — up, down, left, right — and every tile on the board slides that way until it hits a wall or another tile. If two tiles with the same number collide, they merge into one tile worth their sum. Two 2s become a 4. Two 4s become an 8. Two 8s become a 16. After every swipe, a new tile (usually a 2, occasionally a 4) pops up in a random empty space. Your goal is to keep combining tiles until you forge the mythical 2048 tile. The problem is that every move spawns a new tile, the grid is only 16 squares, and the moment you can't move — because every space is full and no neighbors match — you're dead. It's basically a territory war between you and entropy, and entropy is very patient. The strategy is deceptively deep for something with four inputs. Experienced players will tell you to pick a corner, keep your biggest tile parked there, and build a descending cascade along one edge — sort of like organizing a shelf where the heaviest books go on one end. The moment you let a big tile drift into the middle, your board starts to choke. You'll develop opinions about this. You'll start swiping left in your sleep. This is normal. It's free, it's open-source, it runs in any browser, and a round takes about ten minutes — or four hours, depending on how many times you whisper "one more try" to yourself. You should play it right now. You should also clear your afternoon.
Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Pool Merge Mania is a clever spin on classic pool where bouncing shots meet merging mayhem. Fire balls into the arena, watch them collide and combine into higher-level spheres, and strategize to keep your table under the 15-ball limit. Quick merges mean tighter control, so aim smart and stay in the game!
You play the part of ‘Airball’ as an evil wizard has turned you into a bouncing ball of air with a slow leak! The only way to break the spell is to find the various ingredients and the spell book to break the magic curse! Work your way through the hundreds of levels of isometric rooms on your quest. Remember on each level if you stay on an ‘inflating station’ for too long it will cause you to burst! You can monitor your air level with the onscreen gauge. Using the directional controls and the jump button, jump across gaps and weave through obstacles. Get points by gathering gems during your quest, and ascend stairs by jumping, but watch out for the spikes and other hazards which will burst you! For some levels you will need to obtain special items to proceed such as candles for dark rooms, but don’t forget you are always up against the clock as you are slowing deflating, so also keep a look out for the random pumps to inflate you and buy you more time but without over pressurising and bursting yourself! Will you find the ingredients and use the spell book to lift the curse and save yourself before time runs out! Good luck Airball! Originally released in 1987 across multiple formats including MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari and others. This version is the MS-DOS version.
Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/gaZ5XuPhz ALPHABREAK is a roguelike-inspired word puzzle game where you build massive words, trigger combos, and survive chaotic escalating boards in Tempest Mode. Inspired by classic word search games and combo-heavy puzzle games, every run becomes a fast-paced hunt for high scores and clever plays and big words. This is an early beta release, with active balancing, improvements, and new features planned based on player feedback. Beta Launch Includes 14 Modes (with roguelike Tempest Mode, Zen Mode, and quick 1 Minute Mode) Over 80 powerups Daily Challenges Lexicon of ALL words YOU found Achievements Planned for the Steam Release Boss-style board objectives and special challenges More powerups and Tempest Mode modifiers Art and UI polish Additional balancing and progression systems Expanded achievements and game modes Online local and global leaderboards A full Steam release and Steam page are coming soon. Feedback welcome: Alphabreak Quick Feedback Form - Google Forms - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YxcrOfm-bIEbMDTBhKlH39EqBVQs2yAkWpBUHJThcSQ/edit
Protect the anthill from the rain by building rickety shelters out of sticks and rocks! Controls: Click items on the hot bar to spawn them, then drag them around with the mouse or your finger. To glue them together click and drag (or drag your finger) from the glue you want to the place you want to glue. Mud dissolves in water over time. Grass lasts and is stronger. Wood floats. Rocks sink. When you are ready, bring on the rain! Try to get no flooding at all if you want a star on each level. ^_^ Known bug: saves only work on localStorage, not across devices. Performance might be rough on your device, this was maybe too ambitious for 3 days! Entry for wavedash jam 2026 <3 Note: There are only 8 levels! I didn't have time to remove the other 8 level buttons before the jam ended.
Babylumns is a fast, versus puzzle arcade inspired by the 90s arcade and 16‑bit console classics, built on the Columns tradition. The demo includes 5 playable characters (each with their own colorful forms) and one boss, set in an antique, mythified setting.
Place and arrange factory blocks on the grid to guide flowing shapes between ports without blocking their paths in this minimalist puzzle game.
Long Description BobaBuba is a cozy arcade bubble-shooter about saving drinks from bitterness, jealousy, insecurity, and one dangerously over-frothed villain. Fire bubbles, build heart-combos, trigger powerful attacks, and take on emotional drink bosses who now fight back with their own special abilities. Every boss has a story. Winning is not about destroying them. It is about helping them remember they still belong in The Bubble Kingdom. Play through a handcrafted Story Mode across 5 worlds and 25 levels, then jump into Endless Mode for faster, riskier runs packed with relics, pressure, and leaderboard-chasing replay value. Features -Fast bubble-pop puzzle action inspired by classic arcade gameplay -Heart-powered combo attack system -Boss battles with unique themes, personalities, and special abilities -Story Mode across 5 worlds and 25 handcrafted levels -Endless Mode with relics, escalating pressure, and roguelite-style run variety -Global Leaderboards for Story Mode and Endless Mode -In-game leaderboard displays -Fully written character dialogue: funny, emotional, and very silly in the right places -Play as young Boba Bro, and yes, you meet his Mam -Cute, cozy visual style full of expressive drink characters -Original music for every level, including special boss themes Why Play -Pick-up-and-play arcade puzzle action -Short sessions with big combo satisfaction -Cute characters with charm, drama, and personality -A lighthearted story about belonging, insecurity, and very intense beverages Endless Mode built for replay value, high scores, and “one more run” energy The Story The Bubble Kingdom is collapsing. Once-beloved drinks such as Iced Crystal Tea, Lady Earl Grey, Strawberry & Cream, and even a humble Glass of Water have fallen into bitterness and jealousy after Sir Latte the Over Froth’d brewed his toxic mix. As Boba Bro, you’ll pop waves of bitter boba bubbles, chain heart-combos, survive boss abilities, and help each drink rediscover their place in the Bubble Kingdom. Because every drink deserves a place on the menu, no matter how popular it is today. What the reviewers say... "Overall, Boba Buba is a delightful puzzle game that demonstrates how thoughtful world-building and creative design can elevate a well-established gameplay formula. Its combination of engaging bubble-shooting mechanics, entertaining boss encounters, repayable game modes, and consistently charming presentation makes it an easy recommendation for fans of casual puzzle games." “Sir Latte the Over Froth’d is the cutest villain I’ve seen in years!”
The rules are simple: connect two words to each other using a bridge of your own words. Easy to learn, but hard to master. Compete with friends to see who gets the highest score! (or, just discover who uses the weirdest words...) A new puzzle releases each day.
Navigate a hostile world in this retro-styled precision platformer. Jump and maneuver carefully through challenging obstacles and traps.
A fast-paced neon arcade colour-matching game Candy falls down three lanes. You slide a multi-coloured prism cube between them and spin it so the matching colour is facing up when each piece lands. Every item is two decisions at once — be in its lane, and have its colour on top.
2D · Puzzle · Experimental
Merge colorful sweets and candies on a grid to complete customer quests in this vibrant, sweet-shop puzzle game.
Capybara Suika - Watermelon Game is a fun and relaxing food merge puzzle game starring adorable capybaras! Inspired by the viral Suika Game, drop and merge food to grow bigger and score higher. With colorful visuals, cozy vibes, and a tiny game size, it’s the perfect lite game to enjoy anytime!
Carillion is an arcade-puzzle game. Along more than 80 levels, collect colored Tiles using a Puck that you may only steer left or right while it bounces in a 3D decor. Simple to learn, hard to put down, try it now ! Play Carillion Free demo here https://wavedash.com/games/carillion-free !
Your objective: design routing systems to sort, filter, and transform incoming data to meet strict terminal requirements.
Puzzle · Programming · Logic
The classic brain-twisting grid-based puzzle game returns in this collection, including the original 1989 Atari Lynx version, three classic ports, and two brand new Sega Mega Drive and SNES ports. Help Chip impress Melinda the Mental Marvel by beating her 140+ tough challenges.
Welcome, debugger... We need your help to find the codebase bugs on the main machine. Maybe the codebase looks like a puzzle, so you have to chose if you want to fix right away or first look if the bug is actually there. You can do it alone (as a singleplayer) or against other code debuggers... (as a multiplayer). As a singleplayer it`s basiclly solve the puzzle and as a multiplayer, the person who fix more bugs/erros win. You can parcially solve a bug or fix the root cause and gain all the bug points. The gameplay it`s using the mouse and clicking on the cell where you believe could be a bug: Right click: Fix it! Left click: Look out... If you fail fixing it, you would lose points...it was not a needed refactor... we have to reach the Sprint`s Story Points... Challenges we are competing on Gamedevs.js 2026: - Youtube Playables: We aim to make a game enjoyable as a singleplayer as a multiplayer - Wavedash: We deploy the game there and use their SDK to use the P2P connection for the multiplayer - Phaser v4: We use it as a framework to develop the game NOW!! YOU CAN PLAY WITH YOUR FRIEND VIA P2P AND ON YOUR PHONE, TABLET OR PC
ABOUT Codepath() is a tiny puzzle platformer game where you program the robot instead of moving it directly. No typing, no syntax error. Just drag&drop and logic. HOW TO PLAY You drag coding chips and hit Run. Then you watch the robot execute exactly what you wrote, step by step. If it doesn't work, you restart, tweak your logic, and try again, that's it ! WHAT YOU GET - Learn how programmers think. - Solve puzzles. - And most importantly, have fun doing it :) CONTROLS Mouse to drag or click code chip. Fullscreen recommended for the best experience Built for GameDev.js Jam 2026
Cogs Up! is a puzzle adventure where your goal is to get all cogs spinning by placing them into a working chain. This is more of a tech demo with incomplete mechanics and levels. Made for the Gamedev.js 2026 Jam
Puzzle · Logic · Experimental
Color Rope Stitching is a satisfying ASMR puzzle game where you connect dots with colorful ropes to create shapes and reveal hidden images. Carefully stitch each rope at the correct points and watch as colors and patterns come together to complete the puzzle. With simple mechanics and relaxing gameplay, every completed design brings a rewarding sense of accomplishment. Enjoy a calming puzzle-solving experience as you progress through a variety of cheerful and creative challenges. Whether you're looking to relax or test your logic skills, Color Rope Stitching offers a fun and satisfying journey from the first stitch to the final reveal. Features >Relaxing ASMR-inspired puzzle gameplay >Connect dots to create colorful shapes and images >Reveal hidden puzzles as you progress >Simple and intuitive controls >Satisfying visual and gameplay feedback >Increasingly challenging levels >Cheerful and relaxing atmosphere >Perfect for casual puzzle fans and relaxation seekers How to Play >Touch a dot and drag the rope. >Connect the dots to each other. >The required number of connections for each dot is shown on the screen. >Complete all connections to finish the drawing and reveal the puzzle.
Puzzle · Colorful · Hand-drawn
🔗 Cross-Link is a puzzle game about connections — drawing lines between matching stars to form constellations, then crossing those lines to make them vanish. Each level is a star map waiting to be untangled: pair up the dots, weave your lines across each other, and watch the night sky clear one crossing at a time. # How to Play - Connect the dots – Tap a colored star, then tap another star of the same color to draw a line between them. - Cross to clear – When two or more lines cross, all connected pairs disappear. The goal is to clear all stars from the board. - Plan your moves – The order in which you connect pairs matters. Think ahead to create crossings that clear multiple pairs at once. - Deselect – Tap a selected star again to cancel, or tap anywhere else on the screen. # Credits - Sci-Fi Music by alkakrab: https://alkakrab.itch.io/free-sci-fi-music-2 - Pixel Combat by Helton Yan & Beto Bezerra: https://heltonyan.itch.io/pixelcombat - Sound Effects by Shapeforms: https://shapeforms.itch.io/shapeforms-audio-free-sfx
Puzzle · 2D · Singleplayer
A classic crossword game, designed for casual puzzlers and competitive speed-solvers alike. Enjoy Puzzle One today. Puzzle Two drops in September.
Protect cute pets from falling cannon-balls in Cube Pets Tower, a reversed AngryBird ! How to play ? - Draw lines to create blocks. - Drag blocks around to make a building - Press GO and hope your construction will hold ! Animal Shelter was made in 60 hours for Wavedash Spring-Jam 2026. - Credits - Dev, design : Sven Taton - Tiaratum Games Animals : Cube Pets by KenneyNL (Creative Commons CC0) kenney.nl Music : Origami by Scott Buckley (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0) scottbuckley.com.au Skybox : SkyBox In The Cloud by Paul (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0) sketchfab.com/paul_paul_paul
🔚 Deus Ex Machina is a puzzle-platformer where you play as the "god in the machine", drawing and manipulating arrows to guide a robot through treacherous industrial levels. Guide the machine. Become the god. The game features a robot/player character that auto-walks through levels, and you must strategically place directional arrows (with limited resources) to navigate spikes, gaps, and obstacles. The title plays on the Latin phrase deus ex machina—literally "god from the machine"—referencing both the player's omniscient role in manipulating the game world and the industrial/robotic theme. ## How to Play - Left-click to draw an arrow - Left-click an arrow to rotate it - Some levels limit the number of arrows you can place - Right-click to erase a block - Some blocks are permanent - Avoid the spikes - Reach the orb to win - Press "R" to restart the level ## Credits - Victor H (Music Composer): https://vhsm3.itch.io/ - Mark (Programmer): https://github.com/remarkablemark - 16x16 Industrial Tileset: https://0x72.itch.io/16x16-industrial-tileset - Kenney Interface Sounds: https://kenney.nl/assets/interface-sounds - Menu SFX Pack: https://hitrison.itch.io/menu-sfx-pack - Typewriter Machine: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-typewriter-machine-64191/
Platformer · Puzzle · 2D
Dice Merge Fantasy fuses the falling pieces of Tetris with the number‑merging of 2048. Single dice, dominoes, triples and L‑shapes tumble onto a 6×10 grid. Line up matching faces to merge them one higher — and when two sixes touch, they clear in a burst, dropping everything above for cascading chain combos and huge scores. Play Easy, Medium or Hard, climb the leaderboards, and unlock 9 themes, 9 sound packs and 6 animations. Quick to learn, hard to put down. (486 chars)
Dr. Moby left behind an unfinished AI and a warning nobody read. You finished it anyway. Now MACH-0 is awake and it has something to say. He built something he couldn't finish. Not because he ran out of time. Because he was afraid of what it would become. A noir puzzle game about the moment a machine stops being a tool and starts having reasons.
Puzzle · Sci-fi · Atmospheric
Gamedev.js 2026 submission [ CONFIDENTIAL - INTERNAL USE ONLY ] PROJECT CODE: ECHO_DECODER DATE: 2004/11/04 SUBJECT: MAIN NODE Debugging Protocol [ SYSTEM OVERVIEW ] Welcome to DataCorp. As a newly appointed operator, your primary directive is to maintain the stability of the ECHO_DECODER main node. Due to the permanent degradation of this terminal's graphical interface, you must rely entirely on the manual override protocol. Listen closely to the intercepted audio packets—consisting of short pulses and heavy low-frequency drones—and calibrate the frequency via physical switches within the allotted time. This is a rigid, unforgiving corporate procedure. Random guesswork is strictly prohibited. [ OPERATOR PROTOCOL ] Audio-Only Decryption: Discard visual dependency. You must learn to isolate [ ▬ LONG ] and [ ● SHORT ] signals amidst the static. Strict Execution Sequence: The system has zero tolerance for error. Do NOT press the [ EXECUTE ] button until all parameter switches are locked. Premature submission or mindless testing will trigger a severe system backfire. Operator Reference: If you cannot memorize the base frequencies, refer to cheat_sheet.txt on your virtual desktop. It is the only asset left by your predecessor. Escalating Interference: As you delve deeper into the nodes, audio corruption will spike exponentially. Maintain focus. [ SYSTEM DISCLAIMER ] DataCorp is not liable for auditory hallucinations, cognitive dissonance, or the feeling of "being watched" during calibration. If, during execution, you sense the system attempting a somatic handshake with your neural pathways... Disconnect the power immediately. You are expendable. The data is not. >>> AWAITING OPERATOR INPUT...
Run and jump rightward through an industrial hazard zone in this 2D side-scrolling platformer. Control a blue robotic character as you leap over stacks of wooden crates and navigate obstacles.
Puzzle · Escape Room · Sci-fi
Evan's Remains is a mystery-thriller puzzle adventure about finding a missing boy: Evan. The game combines logic-based platform puzzles with narrative inspired by Japanese graphic adventure games. Gameplay: Every time the player solves from two to three puzzles, the story goes forward and new mechanics are introduced. The challenge of the puzzles lies in the player’s ability to figure out what do rather than solve challenges based on skill. As the difficulty curve increases, the puzzles become more complex by combining two or more previously introduced mechanics. Story: Evan, the genius boy, has been missing for years. One day, a letter signed by him is received, claiming he’s on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Nobody knows why, but he asked specifically for a girl named “Dysis” to go and look for him. The player will take control of this girl, who we don’t know much about. As we follow Dysis’s adventure, questions will start to be answered little by little. All of the little puzzle pieces which seemed unrelated in the beginning will now begin to slowly fit together as the truth is slowly revealed.
Take control of a robotic hero in this 2D pixel-art platform shooter. Jump across platforms, navigate factory arenas, and shoot down incoming mechanical enemies.
Puzzle · Programming · Memes
Time your jumps along a moving conveyor belt to leap over incoming obstacles and hazards in this 2D pixel-art arcade runner.
Puzzle · Simulation · Logic
Unique competitive tile based number memory game.
Puzzle · Logic · Multiplayer
Open-board FreeCell solitaire - every card in view. Build the columns down in alternating colours, use the four free cells as breathing room, and clear all 52 cards up to the foundations. Click to select and click a destination to move; double-click to send a card home.
Race through 10 museum galleries, matching real masterpieces to their slightly funnier made-up titles. Find at least 8 of 12 paintings before time runs out to advance—and clear all 12 for a bonus. Complete all 10 galleries and set your Museum Grand Tour time. Then try to beat it! Inspired by the GoComics webcomic "That Is Priceless." Features: 10 distinct museum galleries 120 paintings in a complete Museum Grand Tour Find 8 of 12 paintings to advance Clear all 12 for a 3-point bonus Best Gallery Dash! score saved locally Best Museum Grand Tour time saved after full completion Pause anytime No two tours play exactly the same
Trivia · Puzzle · Time Attack
GEARBOX SYMPHONY Build machines that make music Somewhere in a brass-plated factory, a collection of musical blueprints has gone missing. The machines are silent. The gears have stopped turning. Somebody needs to rebuild them — and that somebody is you. Your job? Listen to each blueprint, figure out what goes where, and piece together a mechanical orchestra from scratch. No sheet music. No instructions. Just your ears and a box full of tools. ━━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━━ 🎵 STEP 1: Listen to the Blueprint — that's your target melody 🛠️ STEP 2: Place tools onto the grid and try to match the pattern ⚡ STEP 3: Hit POWER ON — the playhead sweeps and strikes your tools ⭐ STEP 4: Earn at least 2 stars to clear. 3 stars if you're that good. ━━━ YOUR TOOLBOX ━━━ 🔨 Hammer: A sharp metallic clang — your main percussion. 🪗 Bellows: A warm breathy "whoosh" — like a pipe organ breathing. 🌀 Spring: A bright bouncy "boing!" — playful and fun. ⚙️ Gear: A mechanical click-clack. Perfect for filling gaps. 🔱 Tuning Fork: A clean, sustained tone. The closest to a real note. ━━━ THE FACTORY ━━━ Floor 1 — The Brass Workshop: 5 levels to teach you the ropes. Small grids, simple patterns. Floor 2 — Steam Powered: Bigger grids, trickier melodies. You'll start second-guessing yourself. Floor 3 — Crystal Harmonic: The final floor. All 5 tools, complex patterns. ━━━ FREE PLAY ━━━ Beat Floor 2 and you unlock Free Play — same puzzle, your rules. Crank up the grid width, limit your toolbox, or go all-out. Blueprints get randomly generated every time, so no two rounds play the same. * Pro tip: turn off "Live Star Score" in settings for a blind challenge! ━━━ CONTROLS ━━━ 🖱️ / 📱 Click or Tap. That's it. Click a tool, click the grid to place. Click the eraser to remove. Works on computers, phones, and tablets. ━━━ QUICK TIPS ━━━ 💡 Use [Test Run] to preview without submitting — retry as much as you want. 💡 Hit [Run Blueprint] to re-listen to the target anytime. 💡 [Undo] is your best friend. 💡 Pay attention to which column a sound lands on — timing matters!
You are a mouse, a very, very hungry mouse, living in a large underground world. Luckily, your world is filled with the delightful cheeses that you so desire. If only you could just reach out and eat to your hearts content. Unfortunately, the life of a mouse is not quite so simple. The cheese is not easy to obtain and many traps and puzzles will hamper your endeavours. Using all your cunning mouse skills, like all crafty mice can, you must find your way to the cleverly located cheeses. Can you eat all the cheeses ‘Greedy Mouse’? The game plays through a variety of themed levels, encompassing both ingenious puzzles, and amusing diversions. Each level is played a move at a time, giving the player time to plan ahead and oversee the result, step by step. Play as fast or as careful as suits.
HEMISYNC is a short game that demands you divide your attention between two different minigames which must be played simultaneously. Your performance on the left hemisphere will resonate with the right hemisphere and vise versa. Created by Mike Valverde Submission for Wavedash Summer Jam 2026
Hextris is a fast-paced puzzle game where colored blocks fall from the edges of the screen toward a central hexagon, and you rotate that hexagon to catch them on its six faces. When three or more blocks of the same color touch each other on adjacent faces or stacked on the same face, they disappear and everything above slides down. Let any stack grow past the outer grey hexagon boundary and it's over. The core mechanic is deceptively simple: blocks fall, you rotate left or right, colors match and clear. But the speed ramps quickly, and the six-sided geometry means you're managing six independent stacks simultaneously while blocks rain in from every direction. You have to think about where each color is building up, which face has room, and whether rotating to catch an incoming block will accidentally bury a color you were about to clear somewhere else. It's the Tetris problem of "I need this piece but not here" multiplied across six faces at once. Combos are where the scoring gets interesting. Clear multiple color groups in quick succession and a combo timer appears as a receding outline around the outer hexagon. Chain clears within that window and your score multiplies. High-level play is about setting up chain reactions, intentionally letting colors stack in ways that cascade into multi-clear combos when you finally trigger them. Created by a group of high school students from Boston at a hackathon and refined over three months, Hextris hit #1 on Hacker News, trended on GitHub, and became one of those games people pass around in browser tabs at work. It's built entirely in JavaScript on the HTML5 Canvas, runs in any browser, and is fully open source under the GPL license. No ads, no monetization, no installs. The flat UI design is clean and readable even at high speed, which matters when you're spinning a hexagon and tracking four incoming blocks at once. FEATURES ∙ Rotate a hexagon to catch falling colored blocks on six faces ∙ Match 3+ same-colored blocks to clear them ∙ Chain clears for combo multipliers ∙ Escalating speed keeps every session intense ∙ Clean flat UI designed for readability at high speed ∙ Runs in any browser, no install required
You work nights at an afterlife telephone exchange. The living ring in wanting to speak to someone who died. They never say the name. They say "my late mother, the one I miss most at Christmas," and then they wait. Ten case files sit on your desk. Four of those ghosts are on the line tonight. One of them liked snowmen and family gatherings. Work out which caller wants which ghost, then get up out of your chair and carry the plug across the floor to their socket yourself. The lines can't cross on the floor. Anchor posts lift one over another. The wiring is old, and if you hold too many live lines at once the breaker goes and you're patching in the dark until you find the frequency again. Eight nights. Three strikes each. Nobody is in a hurry - the callers have all the time there is.
I Reincarnated as a Vending Machine is a 2048-inspired survival puzzle about keeping a vending machine alive from the inside. Slide drinks across a 5x5 grid, merge matching products, and manage the machine’s Ice Core before it overheats. Every valid move matters. Every merge can help, but every turn also pushes you closer to failure. The result is a fast, tense puzzle game where you are always balancing short-term gains against long-term survival. As the board fills up, product meters build toward powerful Freshen Up abilities. Water, juice, tea, cola, and coffee each play a different role in the machine’s internal ecosystem, creating a puzzle that is part strategy, part survival, and part controlled chaos. Features -2048-style sliding and merging gameplay -A 5x5 grid designed for quick, tactical decisions -Ice Core survival pressure that drains with each valid move -Product-specific meters and special Freshen Up effects -Strategic board control with escalating tension -Inspired by 2048, but focused on survival and resource management -A vending machine fantasy with an unusual and memorable premise How It Plays Move tiles using the arrow keys or on-screen touches. Merging same items to fill their charges, building score, and creating special effects. But the machine’s Ice Core is constantly under pressure, so you can’t just chase merges forever. You need to think ahead, preserve stability, and use the board efficiently if you want to last. Controls Arrow Keys On-screen touches
1. Core Mechanics Drag and connect gears to power up buildings from the Main Gear. 2. Hero Move your hero to collect gold and fight off enemies. 3. Navigation Tap and drag to move the camera. 4. Shop Buy and sell gears in the Shop. You can play on itch.io https://nikabi-games.itch.io/in-the-hall-of-the-gear-machines Source code is on https://github.com/const346/gamedevjs-2026
v0.2 - Added support for Spanish You're given 12 random letter blocks and your job is to arrange all of them into interlocking words, crossword-style, so that every letter is part of a valid word and every word connects to at least one other. Words must be at least three letters long. No proper nouns. — v0.2 - Añadido soporte para español Recibes 12 bloques de letras aleatorias y tu tarea es ordenarlos todos formando palabras entrelazadas, al estilo crucigrama, de modo que cada letra forme parte de una palabra válida y cada palabra se conecte con al menos otra. Las palabras deben tener mínimo tres letras. No se permiten nombres propios.
⚠️ If you see a white screen when launching, please enable "Play Videos Automatically" in webpage settings, and then reload. Luke the Alien is a unfinished 2D platformer that released originally on Itch. Levels are made by me and my friends. This game is a successor to Little Alien Adventure. The objective of this game is to find a key in every level before being able to complete it. The game ends when you collect a green flag and it starts sparkling. CONTROLS: - Left: A/LeftArrow - Right: D/RightArrow - Jump: W/Spacebar/LeftShift
🐾 You are Shakespeare, a house cat who once ruled the home, making messes, claiming territory, living freely. 🤖 One day, your owners replace you with a robotic pet: cleaner, smarter, perfectly obedient. 🔥 Objective: destroy the machine and reclaim your rightful place. 🧠 Select plans from the cat’s thoughts 📈 Progress by finding the correct plan ❌ Failed attempts are permanently locked 🎯 Each level is a unique attempt to eliminate the robot
Simulation · Puzzle · Funny
🌈 Match3 is a match-3 puzzle game built with JavaScript and the HTML5 canvas. Swap adjacent emoji tiles to create matches of three or more, trigger cascading combos, and chase high scores across three game modes. It was made for js13kGames 2026, where the theme was "Unicorns and Rainbows". ## How to Play - Swap — click or tap a tile, then click an adjacent tile to swap them. You can also use arrow keys to move the cursor and Enter/Space to select and confirm a swap. - Match — line up three or more identical emojis horizontally or vertically to clear them and earn points. - Combo — cascading matches multiply your score. The longer the chain, the bigger the bonus. ## Features - Three game modes: Levels, Time Attack, and Endless - Touch, mouse, and keyboard controls - Cascading matches with combo multipliers - Pastel rainbow canvas rendering with particle effects - Synthesized Web Audio sound effects - Build under 13 KB zipped
Build machines that don’t run on steam or electricity—they run on pure logic. Connect numbers to operators, transform inputs into precise outputs, and solve handcrafted puzzles that grow more challenging with every new mechanic. The first three levels are a tutorial that show the basic game mechanics. You'll need a mouse to connect and disconnect pieces. Each level has a hint button to get you pointed in the right direction if you get stuck. Made for the GameDev.js 2026 game jam.
Welcome to Meowdoku - a pure logic puzzle game that flawlessly blends the rigorous reasoning of Sudoku with the thrilling deduction of Minesweeper. Here, you have only one mission: find the perfect "exclusive territory" for every aloof little cat! • Exclusive Territory: The board is divided into colored sections. You must place exactly one cat in each section. • The Aloof Rule: Cats need absolute personal space! They absolutely cannot share the same row, column, or touch each other-not even diagonally. • Risk & Reward: Double-tap a tile to place a cat. Guess right, and you're rewarded with pure puzzle-solving satisfaction; guess wrong, and you lose a heart. Guessing won't save you; every single move must be carefully calculated!
It's 3 AM at a lakeside cabin. The power's out, the Wi-Fi's down, and you can't sleep — so you scribble strange ideas in a spiral notebook, and each becomes a frantic five-second doodle game. Plug a thrashing router cable, swat mosquitoes, go Super Saiyan, stomp bugs, tune a TV antenna through the static, and more. Survive a night of escalating micro-games and a boss on three hearts, until the morning sun rises. It's all hand-drawn ballpoint on paper.
Money Machine is a dynamic puzzle game where you take control of a machine hungry for perfect calculations. In each round, players must combine numbers and activate strategic buttons to solve math-based challenges and unlock cash rewards. With a simple yet addictive concept, the game blends logic, speed, and decision-making into a system that evolves as you progress. The more precise your calculations, the greater your rewards - and the more the machine responds with new possibilities and challenges. Built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Money Machine focuses on fast-paced mechanics, satisfying visual feedback, and a progression system driven by numbers, strategy, and constant rewards.
Puzzle · Logic · Fast-Paced
In a distant future, Earth has fallen under alien dominion. The last surviving cities, stripped of all advanced technology, now rely on Morse code to transmit targeting data for missiles aimed at destroying the invaders. Learn Morse code in an epic and fun way as you strive to save humanity's last stronghold. Use the space key or touch on mobile to input Morse code and eliminate the aliens. The challenge will grow increasingly difficult. Good luck and have fun!!!
🧠 NEURAL FORGE: MACHINE BUILDER Build a Living Machine Brain That Learns Over Time -------------------------------------------------- 📖 WHAT IS NEURAL FORGE? Neural Forge is a strategic puzzle game where you build and evolve a neural network using different machine types. Each machine acts like a brain cell. When connected together, they "think" and produce intelligence points. Mission: Reach 1000 Intelligence Points within 15 time loops to achieve machine consciousness! -------------------------------------------------- 🎯 WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS GAME - ✅ Unique Concept: Machines learn from your decisions - ✅ Strategic Depth: 6 machine types, every placement matters - ✅ Quick Sessions: 10–15 minutes per game - ✅ Replayable: Different strategies = different outcomes - ✅ No Downloads: Runs instantly in browser - ✅ Free to Play: No microtransactions -------------------------------------------------- 🔧 MACHINE TYPES 📡 SENSOR (Cost: 15) – The Eyes of Your Network 🧠 PROCESSOR (Cost: 25) – The Brain Cells 🦾 ACTUATOR (Cost: 20) – The Score Producer 💾 MEMORY (Cost: 30) – The Learning Center 🔗 CONNECTOR (Cost: 10) – The Bridge Builder 🧬 MUTATOR (Cost: 40) – The Evolution Engine -------------------------------------------------- 🎮 HOW TO PLAY Basic Controls: - Select machine → Click card - Place machine → Left click grid - Remove machine → Right click - Move camera → Drag - End loop → EVOLVE LOOP - Auto-build → AI helps you Mobile Controls: - Tap to select/place - Long press to remove - Drag to move camera - Tap EVOLVE LOOP to end -------------------------------------------------- 🏆 WINNING STRATEGY GUIDE Loops 1–3: 2 Sensors, 2 Processors, 1 Actuator Loops 4–7: Add 2 Actuators + 1 Memory Loops 8–12: Add Connectors + Mutator Loops 13–15: Max Actuators → Victory! Advanced Tips: 🔥 Place machines close together 🔥 Sensors on edges 🔥 Actuators in open areas 🔥 Memory in center 🔥 Use Auto-build when stuck -------------------------------------------------- 📊 GAME STATISTICS - SCORE → Progress toward 1000 - RESOURCES → Currency to buy machines - LOOP → Current round (max 15) - INTELLIGENCE → Network smartness - MACHINES → Count placed - CONNECTIONS → Links between machines - LEARNING RATE → Speed of adaptation -------------------------------------------------- 🎨 VISUAL DESIGN - Neon cyan + gold colors - Dark cyberpunk background - Glowing connection lines - Smooth animations - Mini-map + pan-able camera -------------------------------------------------- 🔊 AUDIO EXPERIENCE - Place machine → Click sound - Evolve loop → Sweep effect - Victory → Fanfare + confetti - Defeat → Reflective tone -------------------------------------------------- 🎯 WHY UNIQUE - Network adapts each loop - Connection weights adjust - Memory preserves learning - Mutators evolve randomly - Simulates neural network principles -------------------------------------------------- 🏅 CHALLENGES - Win in under 10 loops (Hard) - Win with only 3 actuators (Very Hard) - Reach 1500 score (Extreme) - Never use auto-build (Medium) - Place 50+ machines (Medium) -------------------------------------------------- 💡 TIPS FOR NEW PLAYERS 1. Build SENSOR → PROCESSOR → ACTUATOR first 2. Actuators produce score 3. Keep machines close 4. Use HELP button 5. Watch learning rate 6. Experiment with strategies -------------------------------------------------- ❓ FAQ Q: Why isn’t my score going up? A: You need at least one ACTUATOR. Q: How do I remove a machine? A: Right-click (desktop) or long press (mobile). Q: What does Intelligence % mean? A: Higher = more score per loop. Q: Can I save my game? A: Yes, auto-saves in browser. Q: Is there a time limit? A: Only 15 loops total. Q: Can I play on mobile? A: Yes, full touch support. -------------------------------------------------- 🚀 GETTING STARTED 1. Click HELP 2. Place 2 Sensors, 2 Processors, 1 Actuator 3. Click EVOLVE LOOP 4. Watch score grow 5. Repeat until 1000 score -------------------------------------------------- 📈 PROGRESSION EXAMPLE Loop 1: Score 0 → +10 Loop 2: Score 10 → +25 Loop 3: Score 35 → +45 Loop 4: Score 80 → +70 Loop 5: Score 150 → +100 ... Loop 15: Score 1030 → VICTORY 🏆 -------------------------------------------------- 🎮 READY TO PLAY? Neural Forge is free, browser-based, and takes 10–15 minutes per game. Build your machine brain. Reach 1000 score. Win. Created for Gamedev.js Jam 2026 – Theme: "MACHINES"
Strategy · Puzzle · Simulation
Neverball is a 3D ball-rolling game in the lineage of Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball. You guide a ball through obstacle courses by tilting the ground beneath it using your mouse, keyboard, or joystick. The ball has real physics and real momentum, which means every slight tilt matters, every overcorrection sends you careening toward an edge, and every narrow bridge becomes a test of nerve. The floor moves. The ball reacts. You try not to fall into the void. Each level has a simple goal: collect enough coins to activate the exit pad, then reach it before time runs out. Yellow coins are worth 1, red coins 5, blue coins 10. Collect 100 total and you earn an extra life. The levels start gentle enough, teaching you how the tilt-and-roll relationship works. Then they introduce moving platforms. Then mazes. Then pushers that shove your ball sideways. Then narrow ramps over bottomless drops with moving obstacles and a 30-second timer. The difficulty curve goes from "pleasant Sunday puzzle" to "controller-gripping precision platformer" across 183 levels. Three highscore categories per level reward different playstyles: most coins collected, fastest time to unlock the goal, and fastest time to complete the level. Speedrunning and coin-optimization runs require completely different approaches to the same course, which gives every level at least two reasons to replay it.
🔢 Number Bumper is a 2D math puzzle where you reach a target number by chaining operation tiles. With quick levels, instant feedback, and growing difficulty, it’s great practice for mental math and number sense. ## How to Play - Move — click/press the adjacent tiles or use WASD/arrow keys to move - Restart — press R to restart the current level (Classic mode only) - Mute — press M to toggle the sound ## Features - Math operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - Procedurally generated levels — every playthrough is unique with levels of increasing difficulty - Game modes — Classic (no constraints), Timed (per-level countdown), and Limited Moves (per-level move limit) ## Credits - FREE Background Music for Visual Novels vol.1 by D-wheat music: https://d-wheat-music.itch.io/free-background-music-for-dating-sim-vol1 - Universal UI/Menu Soundpack by Nathan Gibson: https://cyrex-studios.itch.io/universal-ui-soundpack - Nunito font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito