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24 alternatives to Linelight

An elegant puzzle game set in a universe of lines

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Linelight launched in 2017; 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 adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Customizable risk-like strategy game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Margana▲60

    A beautifully-designed word game

    2014 · its alternatives →

  5. 5
    none*▲123

    A mysterious game of riddles

    2015 · its alternatives →

  6. 6
    2048▲115

    Simple and addictive number game

    2014 · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    Sorry in advance for the lost productivity…

    2014 · its alternatives →

  8. 8
    Cloud▲112

    Interactive lamp and sound system

    2014 · its alternatives →

  9. 9TC
  10. 10AP
  11. 11WG

    2015 · webgl.nu · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Game of finding the paths between random words

    2014 · its alternatives →

  13. 13LA

    2019 · linjat.snellman.net · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    A side-scrolling atmospheric puzzle platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

  15. 15
    NUM▲109

    Insanely Hard Math Game

    2014 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Analogue game for digital minds

    2017 · its alternatives →

  17. 17
    none*2▲87

    A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

    2015 · its alternatives →

  18. 18
    Cube▲78

    A game about Google maps

    2014 · its alternatives →

  19. 19
    Threes!▲95

    A tiny puzzle that grows on you

    2014 · its alternatives →

  20. 20
    Storium▲69

    Online Storytelling Game

    2014 · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Party and family board game with “fairness” algorithm

    2017 · its alternatives →

  22. 22
    Twine▲71

    Make your own narrative-based games

    2014 · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Design, customize, & 3D print your characters

    2015 · its alternatives →

  24. 24
    LIFX▲67

    The lightbulb reinvented

    2014 · its alternatives →

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