Minimal Brain Teaser Web Game (Handcrafted, No AI)
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Built and open-sourced in the era before AI. I’m sure you know where to find the code.
HN · launched Apr 3, 2026 · 26 upvotes (top 22%) · 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
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 310 launches in browser puzzle games →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a minimal web-based 2D puzzle game that can easily be generated using standard HTML5 Canvas/JavaScript in an afternoon with an AI assistant.
Discussion
14 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Firefox compatibility broken due to old code, Regional blocking (Netherlands unavailable), Confusing scoring systems (speed vs moves vs stars), Stars mechanic not explained in tutorial, Outdated prompts asking users to download non-existent app
Feature requests: Extra score for fewest dots used to cage circle, Clarify scoring system priorities in UI
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 654 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #141 of 655 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 152 days after the earliest competitor.
- AI-built browser games, collected in one place · hn · 2026-10-20 · 40 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- I made a WWI dogfight game that runs in the browser · hn · 2026-09-25 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- CodeWisp - AI Game Creation Platform · yc · 2026-03-04 · 56 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- minigame · github · 2026-09-16 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Threej games · hn · 2026-05-02 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- The first short movie built using code and AI · hn · 2026-10-14 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- AnyWorld · github · 2026-09-15 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- tiny-game-agent · github · 2026-11-05 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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