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Simple Game Ideas

One thing to do, done well. Perfect first games: quick to build, easy to play, hard to put down. Here are 10 simple game ideas you can build today, each ready to play in a few minutes.

Tap Tower

Tap to drop blocks from a swinging crane and stack them straight into the tallest tower you can.

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One-Button Jumper

A cube runs by itself. Tap to jump the spikes, which come faster and faster.

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Color Gate

A ball only passes walls of its own color. Tap to bounce, and change color at the right moment.

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Garden Moles

Moles pop up all over a garden. Tap them before they steal the carrots.

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Catch the Stars

Move a basket left and right to catch falling stars and dodge the rocks.

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Balloon Pop

Balloons float up at different speeds. Pop them before they escape, but never the black ones.

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Garden Snake

The classic snake that grows with every apple, in a garden full of hedges.

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Memory Pairs

Flip cards to find the matching pairs of animals before the timer runs out.

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Fruit Slicer

Swipe to slice the fruit flying across the screen, and miss the bombs.

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Paper Toss

Flick a paper ball into the bin while a desk fan blows it sideways.

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What makes a good simple game

Three things to keep in mind, whichever idea you pick.

One verb

Tap, swipe or drag. If it needs two buttons, it's not simple yet.

Speed up, don't add

Keep the one rule and make it faster, closer or trickier as the score grows.

Short rounds

Thirty seconds a try, and a restart that takes one tap.

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Questions, answered

Yes. They're free to use in any engine, for fun or to sell. You don't need to credit us.

Yes. Press Build this on any idea and sign up free. Pixelfork designs the simple game, writes the code, makes the art and tests it, and you play it a few minutes later.

The first playable version takes a few minutes. Then you grow it by chatting: new levels, enemies, sounds or a whole new twist.

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