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24 alternatives to The Thing From The Future

A board game to create futuristic stuff

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Thing From The Future launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Future▲292

   By and for the people building the future, from a16z

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Notion: The Game▲127

   The worlds first 100% Notion-powered game

   2022 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Electric Objects▲271

   Digital artwork from the Internet on your wall (pre-launch)

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Thingmaker by Mattel▲106

   Print your own toys

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Visions of the Future (by NASA)▲160

   You can be an architect of the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Notion: The Game▲103

   The worlds first 100% Notion-powered game

   2023 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Made in the Future▲61

   What a not-so-distant future might look like

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Playing Lean▲104

   A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Wrap▲193

    Wrap your desk in a dry erase board (Kickstarter)

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sprites▲105

    Infographic creation tool

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hey From The Future▲262

    Advice people wish they had at your age

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Notion: The Game▲45

    The worlds first 100% Notion-powered game

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Future Is Podcast▲104

    A podcast discussing the future of tech, a subject at a time

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    FutureList▲134

    A list of the most exciting products shaping our future 🖖

    2018 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Game Thinking Masterclass▲118

    Turn your hot idea into a product people come back to

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Blueprint by Gigster▲221

    Transform your idea into a plan any dev can build

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Solutions: The Game▲68

    A game that sparks hope and action for the climate

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Game About Squares▲178

    Sorry in advance for the lost productivity…

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PaperLater▲135

    Your Read it Later's printed & delivered as a newspaper

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Games People Play▲65

    The basic handbook of transactional analysis

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Peggsite▲103

    A one-page board to express yourself

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Inboard▲90

    Organise your inspiration

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24IM
    I made a digital circuit drawing and simulation game▲139

    Inspired by games like Turing Complete/Virtual Circuit Board/Logic World, I tried to make a mix of aseprite and wiredworld/wired-logic, the idea being the user can build a digital circuit using a "fullstack" pixelart creation workflow. The circuit is just an image. The primitives are (i) connected wires which have undefined, 0 or 1 state during simulation (displayed brighter or darker in function of the state) and (ii) NANDs, which are little pixel triangles. During simulation the user can interact with any wire by clicking on it, toggling its state, which is cool for messing…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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