interactive simulations and creative experiments
Recent window: last 5.2 months
(2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior
5.2 months.
education · 250 members ·
Data as of 2026-09-30
These products are playful simulations, physics visualizations, and unconventional games built as creative technical experiments. They are primarily explored by developers, students, science enthusiasts, and curious digital hobbyists. Unlike commercial productivity software or developer utilities, this cluster consists of passion-driven projects focused on scientific curiosity, retro computing, and interactive art.
Metrics
- Stage
- crowded
- Recent count
- 144
- Prior count
- 95
- Total count
- 250
- Momentum
- 51.58
- Attention
- 0.62
- Crowding
- 0.76
- Concentration
- 0.81
- Opportunity
- 0.36
Opportunity components
- Attention
- 0.62
- Low crowding
- 0.24
- Momentum (normalized)
- 0.38
- Low concentration
- 0.19
Source split
- github
- 12 (0.08)
- hn
- 87 (0.60)
- ph
- 42 (0.29)
- yc
- 3 (0.02)
Dominant source: hn · Divergence: 0.58
Members
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Name
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Source
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Upvotes ▼
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Launched
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| Vanilla JavaScript refinery simulator built to explain job to my kids |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-02 |
| Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator |
HN |
7 |
2026-06-14 |
| VibeWorld |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-13 |
| MULTIROADS |
PH |
7 |
2026-09-18 |
| Ember |
HN |
7 |
2025-12-06 |
| Instant-on tiny ESP32 PC with an editor, compiler, and apps installer |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-29 |
| DailySpace, Android app for exploring space photos and rocket launches |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-14 |
| React Guided Tour Library |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-06 |
| Wordle for Metro Stations |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-16 |
| Visual way to understand things in parallel |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-21 |
| Robotics runtime in the browser (flight controller, WebAssembly) |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-09 |
| NeoNetrek |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-06 |
| A new way to read books, magnifying in and out |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-19 |
| Second Reality (1993) in your browser |
PH |
7 |
2026-09-25 |
| Wingspan Games: Arrow |
HN |
7 |
2025-12-20 |
| LunarBasic, a BASIC that compiles 2D games to native executables |
HN |
6 |
2026-08-24 |
| Alien Abducto-rama: a FUN browser game I made with my kids |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-24 |
| I made StarDesk, P2P low latency remote desktop built for game and work |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-21 |
| Odozi |
HN |
6 |
2026-04-25 |
| RTS with known stars and exoplanets can now be played in the browser |
HN |
6 |
2026-02-28 |
| Blender Copilot |
HN |
6 |
2026-09-26 |
| A browser-based evolutionary simulation with emergent behavior |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-14 |
| My Degenerate Craps Simulator |
HN |
6 |
2026-02-21 |
| WebGCM |
HN |
6 |
2026-09-21 |
| Save Trippy |
HN |
6 |
2025-11-27 |
| LiveHere |
HN |
6 |
2026-06-12 |
| Micro |
HN |
6 |
2026-03-26 |
| Experiments with Weather Data |
HN |
6 |
2026-07-29 |
| I built a system to drive my RC car from anywhere in the world |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-19 |
| Space Pong |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-14 |
| Weft |
HN |
6 |
2026-01-03 |
| A GUI for non programmers for Epic's version control system Lore |
HN |
6 |
2026-09-21 |
| I built a browser-based 3D modeler because I'm scared of Blender |
HN |
5 |
2026-03-04 |
| Deadly Dispatch |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-16 |
| Defcon and HN, the only two audiences I might find |
HN |
5 |
2026-08-08 |
| List stuff to borrow for your people, anonymously |
HN |
5 |
2026-08-12 |
| Mars Sandbox |
PH |
5 |
2026-09-18 |
| A short walking sim based on 3DGS that runs in the browser |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-06 |
| Napkinbook |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-02 |
| An update to our long-turn FreeCiv experience |
HN |
5 |
2026-05-28 |
| Fjordfall |
HN |
5 |
2026-09-23 |
| The ocean in Final Fantasy IX is made of Wang tiles |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-06 |
| Hyper |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-09 |
| An interactive game of British Columbia |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-21 |
| The Infinite Tolkien |
HN |
5 |
2026-04-13 |
| Sedon |
HN |
5 |
2026-06-02 |
| Quake in the browser, with procedurally generated levels |
HN |
5 |
2026-06-22 |
| Breadboard |
HN |
5 |
2026-05-25 |
| Doom (1993) Playable in a GitHub Readme |
HN |
5 |
2026-01-06 |
| Enigma |
HN |
5 |
2026-05-27 |