Fun / playable systems

Choose your next
thinking game.

Small games are a good place to explore search, uncertainty, and interface design. Four are ready now — three to play and one to watch.

The arcade

Play now or peek at what comes next.

META/81 Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe board
01Playable now

META/81

Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe

Nine local boards, one global line, and an on-device Monte Carlo search opponent.

Enter the board
02Watch a run

HEIST/32

Two thieves, one radio

Not a game you play — two agents you watch. Starve their radio and the plan falls apart.

See the replay
03Playable now

CHESS/64

Chess Lab

A clean board, an adjustable opponent, and an analysis view that names the computation behind every line.

Open the board
04Playable now

JQ/60

军棋暗战指挥部

Deploy in secret, reveal the flag when the commander falls, and face an information-set bot.

Enter the command grid
House rule

Every game should load quickly, explain itself clearly, and run without requiring an account.