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Causets game

In 2018, I was asked to make an educational physics game about Neutrinos, an experience I really enjoyed. And, I've been asked again – this time a game to explore Causal Sets. Both of these introductions were made through my partner who is also a Physics PhD.

Causets Game aims to introduce how causal sets work geometrically, whilst also being fun to play. It is a twist on Square Worlds, but instead of placing objects you are placing tiles which contain "nodes" or "events". There are various ways in which connecting these nodes together scores points.

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Botanicus

In February this year, I said goodbye to Board Game Arena as a full-time developer after having worked there for about two and a half years. Working with the team there was a total pleasure, both because I liked my colleagues so much and because I was (and remain) a big fan of the website. I was sad to leave, but felt I needed to take control of my own time again and return to freelancing. As a freelancer, I have the freedom to dedicate the hours I want to my work, and to explore my personal projects when I wish to. I also get to have many different projects with various clients on the go at once, which suits me very well: I thrive on variety!

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trichromat

My submission to 7drl 2024 is Trichromat. You play as a spectre who has discovered that they can perceive three colours...

As per usual for this game, I've tried to make a game in the Broughlike style. A small grid, with some cryptic mechanics.

trichromat by sunil.

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Francele

I've been playing Worldle daily for almost two years, and I love it. It's a game in which you are shown the outline of a country, and you have to guess what country it is. To help you, with each wrong guess you make, you are told how far and in what direction the target country lies.

It became popular following the Wordle craze of late 2021, appearing along with a whole slew of similar daily, shareable games. Many of these were geography games which I also enjoyed, Flagle and Tradle for example. However, it's Worldle I kept coming back to...

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Magpie: a small update

I've just released a micro update to Magpie which you can play over at Itch.

Magpie by sunil.

I'd been wanting to neaten the edges since I submitted the game to 7DRL earlier this year, but I didn't have time or energy to work on it that much until now. Still, I'm very happy to finally have done it! I've reset the leaderboards, because the game has changed a little bit and I figure this is fairer.

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