Procrastination at its finest.
How do you play this game, you ask? Basically, you click the giant cookie in your browser window, obtaining more cookies. This frantic cookie-clicking will earn you more cookies to buy and hire cookie-mining resources in order to obtain more cookies. You can even upgrade your cursor or cookie resources so that you may, you guessed it, amass even more cookies. The point of it all?
Well, some say it’s to see how high you can increase the rate of your cookie mining, but I’ll leave it up to you to decide.
By the way, watch out for those scary Grandmas! (Go play the game and you’ll see what I mean)
Video demonstration here.
An oldie but a goodie. This majestic, graceful abomination of a mechanical contraption prances around the candy-colored landscape, its rainbow mane streaming out from behind it. Can you hear Erasure’s ‘Always’ looping the background of epic sounds of a robot unicorn’s head being detached from its body? Well, here’s a reminder to ‘chase your dreams’ and ‘make your next wish’ once again!
(Alright I admit it sounds like this game is high on shrooms, meth and god knows what else)
Psst, if you prefer something more hardcore, try ‘Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal’.
Here’s a bunch of people playing the game!
The land of agar-agar. An epic struggle of survival in a world of giant blobs mercilessly consuming little blobs. Will YOU be the chosen one that will rise in the ranks, to rightfully claim a coveted title on the leaderboard? Or will you simply be fodder? A combination of quick reflexes, good mouse maneuvering and some strategy will be needed to grow as quickly as possible. You can even press spacebar to turn half of your blobby self into a projectile in order to capture smaller blobs more easily. Be warned, this may not always go according to plan!
Check out the gameplay here!
A mysterious, minimalistic text-based game. Your choices lead to a more choices, and a chain of events follow. Try it yourself to uncover more. No video tutorials here, just try it!
PS: If you don’t care much for the ominous mood of gloom and doom, an alternative is Candybox, which inspired A Dark Room.
Ever played one of those ice-breaking games where everyone would sit in a circle and guess who the ruthless killer is? (Murderer, Detective etc?) Town of Salem digitizes those old-school game experiences, adding a dash of randomness and unpredictability that can only be expected from people on the Internet. Fight tooth and nail to prove your innocence or lies and deceive your way clear of suspicions! Warning: Hysterical lynching happens.
Rope in your friends and try not to get yourselves killed! (Unless you’re the Jester.)
Gameplay here.
For many of us, Pokemon was a part of our childhood. Even if you don’t have the game and console now, Pokemon Showdown is a great way to relive the nostalgia of battling friends and even strangers with your very own team! You can customize your pokemon from its moves, ability to even its gender and whether it’s a ‘shiny’ or not! If you’re unsure about team-building, ‘random battles’ are available for trainers to get their quick fix of battles!
Gameplay here.
Although these may not be browser games, the Digipen Institute of Technology’s website contains a gallery of games produced by their very own students. Many of which have garnered various gaming awards, all which are absolutely FREE to download and play. Immerse yourself in a world of indie games, experimental, visually stunning and all round entertaining for countless hours of fun.
Well that’s all folks! I hope you have a blast checking out these games 🙂