Shojomurdergirl - When In Doubt, Laugh It Off

i think the near-extinction of people making fun, deep and/or unique interactive text-based browser games, projects and stories is catastrophic to the internet. i'm talking pre-itch.io era, nothing against it.

there are a lot of fun ones listed here and here but for the most part, they were made years ago and are now a dying breed. i get why. there's no money in it. factoring in the cost of web hosting and servers, it probably costs money. it's just sad that it's a dying art form.

anyway, here's some of my favorite browser-based interactive projects and games, if you're into that kind of thing. 90% of them are on the lists that i linked above.

A Better World - create an alternate history timeline

Alter Ego - abandonware birth-to-death life simulator game

Seedship - text-based game about colonizing a new planet

Sandboxels or ThisIsSand - free-falling sand physics games

Little Alchemy 2 - combine various elements to make new ones

Infinite Craft - kind of the same as Little Alchemy

ZenGM - simulate sports

Tamajoji - browser-based tamagotchi

IFDB - interactive fiction database (text adventure games)

Written Realms - more text adventure games with a user interface

The Cafe & Diner - mystery game

The New Campaign Trail - US presidential campaign game

Money Simulator - simulate financial decisions

Genesis - text-based adventure/fantasy game

Level 13 - text-based science fiction adventure game

Miniconomy - player driven economy game

Checkbox Olympics - games involving clicking checkboxes

BrantSteele.net - game show and Hunger Games simulators

Murder Games - fight to the death simulator by Orteil

Cookie Clicker - different but felt weird not including it. by Orteil.

if you're ever thinking about making a niche project that only a select number of individuals will be nerdy enough to enjoy, keep in mind i've been playing some of these games off and on for 20~ years (Alter Ego, for example). quite literally a lifetime of replayability.

baby's first don't forget 03.oct

this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

and so the conspiracy unravels...

VIETNAM HAS MOSS FROGS.

THEY LIVE IN MOSS.

THEY ARE CUTE AS FUCK!

Thank you for coming to my ted talk. Now lets go live the way of the moss frog.

so did we ever find out the exact wording of Mami’s wish?

cuz i like to imagine she wished to ‘not die alone’

which makes it hurt OH SO MUCH MORE when you realize that she died the minute she realized she wasn’t alone anymore

This is my big post for Trigun Fanfic Appreciation Week! I tried to stick to fics and authors I haven't already seen recommended and authors with under 5 fics if I'm recommending everything they've written (that said, you should definitely go read everything procrastinatingbookworm has written. I might do a post just for them.)

These are not described because I would have never gotten the post out if I tried but i've included ratings. These are all vashwood or gen.

everything by https://archiveofourown.org/users/molotovhappyhour/ (fics range from M-E, 18k-39k)

fool in the moon - arahir https://archiveofourown.org/works/44723611 (M, 8k)

Eat Your Young - ghosttopiary https://archiveofourown.org/works/46011964 (E, 3k)

Console - Latenightsgunfights https://archiveofourown.org/works/47289991 (E, 2k)

lazarus wept - Bioliminescent https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065492 (M, 9k)

Running on Empty - kae hunter https://archiveofourown.org/works/47611201 (the burger fic. T, 8k)

thirty pieces of silver - littleghost https://archiveofourown.org/works/46136608 (T, 14k)

she was there (she remembers) - beesinspades https://archiveofourown.org/works/48083725 (G, 3k)

God knows I know I’ve thrown away those graces - Obtenebratia https://archiveofourown.org/works/47040193 (E, 5k)

Sundew - TruckThat https://archiveofourown.org/works/47999755 (E, 5k)

for where else could i go? Who else could i love but you? - succubused https://archiveofourown.org/works/49819246 (M, 6k)

something in between, stuck down underneath - fleurmatisse https://archiveofourown.org/works/49604497 (G, 1k)

let it run like water out of mud - Hymn https://archiveofourown.org/works/50476291 (E, 1k)

Salt and Breath - plumtoad https://archiveofourown.org/works/50313310 (highly recommend everything by ren but this will always be my favorite, E, 6k)

dream a little dream - crocodile https://archiveofourown.org/works/49020724 (E, 7k)

sunshower - crocodile https://archiveofourown.org/works/48205390 (E, 14k)

Take Me To The Pilot - Moonsheen https://archiveofourown.org/works/50110762 (M, 4k)

babe, i’m gonna leave you - littleghost https://archiveofourown.org/works/49165369 (E, 7k)

everything but wiredneuron (https://archiveofourown.org/users/wiredneuron/) (E, 2k - 3k)

break beneath the weight - spinoffprotagonist https://archiveofourown.org/works/51082207 (M, 2k)

the lost pleias - riverenne https://archiveofourown.org/works/52413721 (T, 24k)

Ascension Day - farseersfool https://archiveofourown.org/works/52149649 (E, 26k)

darlin’, it finds a way to live in you - amaiyo https://archiveofourown.org/works/53049775 (E, 15k)

At the Top of the World - Insomniac_with_dreams https://archiveofourown.org/works/51455023 (E, 35k)

tokens - cardama https://archiveofourown.org/works/50281510 (E, 6k)

Long Goodbyes - ChenamaReel https://archiveofourown.org/works/54364954 (E, 17k)

on all fours, willingly damned - writerforlife https://archiveofourown.org/works/50840407 (M, 2k)

YOU ARE HERE; or, How to Get Lost in the Desert Without Really Dying - fathomfive https://archiveofourown.org/works/48146164  (T, 16k)

Whiskey and kisses for everyone - amphetamine_keen https://archiveofourown.org/works/47403235 (E, 7k)

if you’re craving chocolate muffins after the olympic muffin man videos, jordan the stallion on tiktok has the recipe for you