Skub
a sliding puzzle browser game
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Hi HN,I've built Skub, a sliding puzzle game for the browser, based on a classic boardgame: Ricochet Robots.It started as a challenge of trying to simplify the boardgame mechanics to fit on a mobile browser, which led to an 8x8 grid.Since, it has evolved to a bit more of an experimentation with Deno, and a way for me to truly try out AI-assisted development. Claude Code has been especially helpful in building the BFS solver and setting up CI, less so in UI and logic.I hope you enjoy it, all questions / feedback welcome.
HN · launched Mar 24, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 39%) · 0 views
Niche: browser puzzle games · 310 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Skub is a 2D sliding puzzle browser game based on Ricochet Robots with an 8x8 grid, which can be implemented in a weekend with HTML5 Canvas/React and basic collision/path logic.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Browser back/forward buttons change game state instead of navigating pages, Tab key navigation breaks inconsistently across browsers, Username prompt appears every level despite cookie storage
Feature requests: Remember username choice across levels, Dedicated undo/redo buttons separate from browser navigation, Replace game state in history on change instead of pushing new entries
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 316 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #117 of 317 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 146 days after the earliest competitor.
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- SwaFun · ph · 2026-10-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Bisecto · hn · 2026-08-20 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Dozenal · hn · 2026-07-27 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- I made a Tetris based block puzzle game · hn · 2026-01-18 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Linex · hn · 2026-02-24 · 82 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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