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   The Founder▲114

   A dystopian business simulator

   2017

2. 2
   SuperMakers▲255

   An indie game built with no code

   2019

3. 3MI
   My Implementation of "Quick, Draw", a Game Developed by Google▲93

   2019 · github.com

4. 4
   HelloRun▲95

   A hypnotic 3D runner game focused on speed and rhythm

   2014

5. 5CL
   CodeUpStart – Learn Python/Flask by Cloning Kickstarter▲95

   2015 · codeupstart.com

6. 6
   Startup Company▲105

   A business simulation sandbox game

   2018

7. 7FM
   Four months of indie game dev▲66

   2013 · cannonade.net

8. 8IB
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   2025 · github.com

9. 9IJ
   I Just Open Sourced a Game I Made a While Back▲37

   2011 · codebrief.com

10. 101M
    18 months after big tech layoff, my indie game is nearing release▲5

    Howdy, long time HN'er. Spent ~20 years in FAANG and startups, got the pink slip during a big layoff wave in spring 2023. That's ok, I was about to quit anyway :) Finally got back to a lifelong goal of mine, making an "indie" game. (Indie is subjective, but you get the drift.) So, here it is: Ballionaire, a "fast-paced pachinko roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth!" My influences were: Plinko(TM), Luck Be A Landlord, and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. I was really fortunate because localthunk, the dev behind Balatro, noticed my game during its first month of…

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11. 11NJ
    Neon Jack, my VR racing game prototype▲23

    2014 · shinyfish.com

12. 12AS
    A satirical idle game about running an AI startup▲12

    I made an idle/clicker about running an AI startup. You start with a cat-vs-dog classifier and try to make it to AGI, but the NYT sues you for training data, Yann tweets that scaling is dead, and your fired ML engineer leaks the Slack.

    May 2026 · game.trae.academy

13. 13IB
    I built 80 mini-games using Fable before it was shut down▲54

    Dear Hacker News, I'm kindly asking for your participation in the open beta for my AI-managed mini-games website. Thank you in advance! For a limited time window, I'm setting the all-free feature flag to true. I hope you have a lot of fun exploring the AI's sense for games! Here and there, I tweaked it to help with visual consistency. I would be deeply grateful if you opted into analytics. $2,300 in API tokens... Cheers!

    Jun 2026 · minigames.world

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    Yeamt▲22

    Sick of AI tools and endless work? Try 30 seconds of chaos

    2025

15. 15IL
    I learnt React by building a narrative-driven funny(?) web game▲38

    2020 · tapsify.com

16. 16MG
    My game, "Venture Crapital"▲15

    This weekend I participated in my first hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt, and built an HTML5 game with a few people that I met at the event. We got honorable mention, putting us in the top 6 teams of 104 competing. I'm looking for some feedback on the game, so here it is: http://venturecrapital.us Source: https://github.com/wylieconlon/Venture-Crapital https://github.com/dmitric/venturecrapital-server

    2011

17. 17PO
    Pseudo3d old school racing game made with pure JavaScript▲36

    2014 · wagnerandrade.github.io

18. 18TT
    Trailer to the game I've been working on for past year▲12

    2015 · youtube.com

19. 19PF
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    2016 · kickstarter.com

20. 20TR
    The Randominion, a pretty random new RPG for iOS▲10

    2019 · therandominion.com

21. 21AS
    A small browser game (PC only) built with Phaser 3▲9

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22. 22JR
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    2013 · craftstud.io

23. 23IC
    I created a platform that gives indie games a better chance at exposure▲7

    2016 · gamehunt.co

24. 24CQ
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