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Life & fun · January 31, 2020

A game I wrote in a day

I had a dream on Nov 21, 2019 of a game. I woke up at 4:00pm that day, started programming it then, and 7 and 1/2 hours later, it was done. It's about you and a pink square going exploring. - otdav33/spelunko

A game I wrote in a day launched on January 31, 2020 with 20 votes, #730 of 3,486 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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A game created in a single day and shared on GitHub. Designed for casual players looking for a quick entertainment experience, this project demonstrates rapid game development and creative problem-solving under tight time constraints. The game is available as open-source code for anyone interested in playing or examining how it was built.

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