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24 alternatives to Cardinal Land

A geometric puzzle game with origami inspired puzzles

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cardinal Land launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1IM

    This is the first iteration of a short game I’m making that tries to interactively explain some of my favorite math questions / ideas. My goal is mostly to get the player curious and not necessarily to explain absolutely everything. There were a lot of fun technical parts to building this: - For implementation reasons, it’s much easier if the lines all have integer intersection points with each other. To do this, when a new line is added I “cheat” by rounding intersections to integers and then splitting the old lines at the intersection into new linds (with potentially different slopes)…

    2024 · rahulilango.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    An Esher-inspired medieval strategy game — now in AR!

    2017 · its alternatives →

  3. 3AM

    Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…

    2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Study geometry while playing on squared paper

    2016 · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    A chaotic and cooperative card game.

    2015 · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    A game about 2D puzzles in 3D space

    2021 · peterlavigne.itch.io · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    Wingspan▲107

    Strategy game about birds

    2023 · its alternatives →

  8. 8
    The Way▲74

    A 2D puzzle platformer with a retro feel

    2016 · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    A challenging puzzle platformer.

    2016 · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    A clever strategy game crossed with a Rubik’s Cube

    2017 · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    A test of skill and puzzle solving..

    2016 · its alternatives →

  12. 12IM

    I've been playing with this for quite some time and I think it's finally ready for public consumption. All feedback welcome.

    2025 · madmonk13.github.io · its alternatives →

  13. 13
    SEED▲74

    A pixelated puzzle game with minimalistic controls

    2016 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Unusual 2-player logic game testing your spatial thinking

    2016 · its alternatives →

  15. 15
    Mathler▲79

    A daily math puzzle inspired by wordle

    2022 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    A minimalist, physics puzzle game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    A minimalist game of lollipops and logic

    2016 · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    A dreamlike journey through youthful uncertainty

    2016 · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    A simple open source puzzle game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    A stylish color-matching puzzle game for IOS platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

  21. 21
    Doors▲67

    A first person puzzle game set in mystical world

    2016 · its alternatives →

  22. 22
    Squared▲70

    Puzzle game that puts your mind to the test

    2016 · its alternatives →

  23. 23
    Shape▲81

    A letter shaping game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Gorgeous game of bird stunts

    2016 · its alternatives →

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