Pressure – a simple 2D board game in JavaScript
I'm a fan of minimalistic design and I tried to make an "easy to learn, hard to master" 2D board game. Pressure is played on a 5×5 grid with 12 tokens total. The key mechanic is a "push" feature where tokens can displace entire lines of other tokens if there's an empty space at the end of the line. When opponent tokens are pushed, they become inactive for one turn. Capture occurs when tokens are surrounded on all four sides. After analyzing gameplay data, I found Pressure has an average branching factor of 11.5, which is higher than Othello (10) and Checkers (2.8), though lower than Chess…
Pressure – a simple 2D board game in JavaScript launched on April 2, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
You have defeated all opponents and become the Pressure Champion! You've mastered the game by defeating all 11 unique opponents! The goal of Pressure is to capture all of your opponent's tokens. Movement: On your turn, move one of your tokens to an adjacent space (up, down, left, or right). You cannot move diagonally or move inactive tokens (marked with red). Pushing: When moving into an occupied space, you are "pushing" the whole connected line of tokens. Pushing is only valid if there is an empty space at the end of the line. Both your own and opponent tokens can be pushed. Inactivity: Any opponent tokens that you push become inactive (marked with red) for their next turn. Your own pushed…from ilmenit.github.io
In the maker’s words, at launch
I'm a fan of minimalistic design and I tried to make an "easy to learn, hard to master" 2D board game. Pressure is played on a 5×5 grid with 12 tokens total. The key mechanic is a "push" feature where tokens can displace entire lines of other tokens if there's an empty space at the end of the line. When opponent…
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