Life & fun · September 1, 2025
Wormhole for Perplexity Comet
I recently made the game that is bundled in the Comet browser by Perplexity. It's a sort of replacement for Chrome Dino game for when you lose network connection. You can read about my process of prototyping and game design philosophy, with accompanying videos, in this blog post.
Wormhole for Perplexity Comet launched on September 1, 2025 with 11 votes, #1,008 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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Wormhole for Perplexity Comet is an offline game bundled in Perplexity's Comet browser that plays when network connection is lost. It serves as an alternative to the Chrome Dino game. The maker provides a detailed blog post documenting the prototyping process and game design philosophy, along with accompanying videos explaining the development approach.
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Surprise! My latest game, Wormhole, is included in the Comet web browser from Perplexity. It started as an idea to replace the Chrome Dino game and grew into...
Surprise! My latest game, Wormhole , is included in the Comet web browser from Perplexity . It started as an idea to replace the Chrome Dino game and grew into something a bit more sophisticated and fun, and a lot more on brand. Big love to Henry Modisett and the great team over at Perplexity . The development of this game was very typical for me and my process: rapid prototyping, careful scoping, and focus on the central mechanic. Let’s dive in! This took the brief very literally and replaced Chrome Dino in size and scope. It fitted in the same area of the page and had a similar one button interaction. So, it was a simple game where you controlled the speed of a comet and had to avoid…from blog.gingerbeardman.com
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