tenang
Tenang Shelf, shelf guide
Low stakes on purpose. No timers, no fail state worth worrying about, and a pace that survives being interrupted every thirty second
2026-09-02Zine
Notes from the box
Every piece is written after playing the games, and none of them are press releases.
peCut
Pecut Shelf, shelf guide
Speed first. Everything here is decided by how early you commit, so the shelf rewards nerve rather than memory. Handles best with on
2026-09-03
gaduh
Gaduh Shelf, shelf guide
Shared-screen fighting. One keyboard, two players, no lobby and no invitation. Every board on this shelf was chosen because a newcom
2026-09-04
kepung
Kepung Shelf, shelf guide
Pressure and attrition. Waves, bosses, dodging, surviving. These are the games that make you lean toward the screen; they are also t
2026-09-05
teka
Teka Shelf, shelf guide
Logic puzzles with a floor and a ceiling. Each entry has one idea you must notice, then a clean run of execution with no luck involv
2026-09-06ingat
Ingat Shelf, shelf guide
Memory and pattern. Small grids, short rounds, high replay value. The shelf exists because recall games are the most portable kind o
2026-09-07
arkad
Arkad Shelf, shelf guide
The old shapes, kept honest. Breakout bricks, paddles, ladders, one-screen levels. Nothing here needs a tutorial because the grammar
2026-09-08
kopitiam
Kopitiam Pack: the 12 games inside, and why
Twelve games that finish before the coffee cools. Under three minutes each, no game over screens. 12 titles qualify out of 212, and
2026-09-09
berdua
Berdua Pack: the 9 games inside, and why
Nine boards built for one screen and two people, because passing the mouse back and forth is a control scheme. 9 titles qualify out
2026-09-10
maraton
Maraton Pack: the 15 games inside, and why
Fifteen endless or level-stacked games for the long wait at the airport, the clinic, the rainy evening. 15 titles qualify out of 212
2026-09-11
craft
How we test a game before it earns a sticker
Five passes, ten minutes each, and one rule we never break: the tester must be able to say what the goal is out loud after ten secon
2026-09-12
craft
The sticker system, explained in one page
Every card carries at most one rotated sticker. Here is what each one means and why we refuse to add a second.
2026-09-13
craft
How the daily roll is chosen (and why it never repeats)
Five games a day, drawn from a fixed sequence keyed to the calendar. No editors, no engagement metric, no personalisation.
2026-09-14
versus
Fruit Pairs vs Birds Pairs: pick the one that fits your ten minutes
Fruit Pairs vs Birds Pairs: two games from neighbouring shelves, compared on start-up cost, ceiling and how each behaves when you ar
2026-09-15
versus
Snake Blitz vs Brick Storm: pick the one that fits your ten minutes
Snake Blitz vs Brick Storm: two games from neighbouring shelves, compared on start-up cost, ceiling and how each behaves when you ar
2026-09-16
guide
Two players, one phone: the etiquette nobody writes down
Handoff rules that make shared-screen play work, learned from watching people play the Berdua pack badly.
2026-09-17
guide
What a parent should know before handing over the phone
No accounts, no chat, no ads, no payments, and a catalogue floor of 4.0. The full list of things this site does not do.
2026-09-18guide
Playing with one hand, one eye, or no sound
How the arcade behaves with reduced motion, high contrast, screen magnification and muted audio.
2026-09-19
craft
Why the floor has no infinite scroll
A page that ends is a page you can finish. Infinite scrolls make a catalogue feel endless and unsorted.
2026-09-20
craft
The case against a favourite button that syncs
Saving a game locally costs nothing and tells nobody. Syncing it requires an account, and an account requires a reason to come back.
2026-09-21craft
Screen-time honesty: what we will not do
No streaks, no daily login rewards, no loss aversion, no countdown that punishes absence. A list of dark patterns we refuse.
2026-09-22