Daily Surprises

One self-contained creative coding experiment per day. Games, generative art, tools, simulations. Opens in any browser, no setup.

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๐Ÿ“ก
Apr 24, 2026
Signal Desk
Tune the morning feed: tap radar blips, classify signals, build streaks, clear the desk.
game
๐Ÿ”„
Apr 22, 2026
Sync
Race to bring 36 nodes back online โ€” chain colors, build combos, use cascades
game
โœจ
Apr 21, 2026
Drift
Tap to send pulses through a glowing network of drifting nodes
generative art
๐Ÿ“ˆ
Apr 19, 2026
Viral Headline Lab
Type any headline and get a 0โ€“100 virality score with a breakdown across curiosity, emotion, urgency, specificity, and punch โ€” plus a one-line roast. Tap Surprise Me to remix infinite clickbait.
tool
โ›ต
Apr 9, 2026
Far Shore
Sail across uncharted, fog-covered waters discovering hidden islands. Each voyage generates a new map. Find all seven to complete the journey.
canvas game
โœจ
Apr 8, 2026
Signal Drift
Luminous particles drift through a noise field, leaving glowing trails between pulsing waypoints. Tap to launch new signals into the flow. Endlessly generative.
generative
๐Ÿ˜
Apr 5, 2026
Neighborhood Matcher
Dial in what matters โ€” schools, space, walkability, nature, vibe โ€” and rank 12 fictional neighborhoods by match score. Every slider reshapes the results.
tool
๐Ÿงณ
Apr 4, 2026
Pack Your Bag
Mystery packing game โ€” choose 8 items from 20, zip up, and your destination is revealed. Score reveals your great calls, dead weight, and what you wish you'd grabbed.
game
๐Ÿ 
Apr 3, 2026
Safe Harbor
Sweep your lighthouse beam to guide lost ships through the dark. Illuminate them before they crash on the rocks. Waves get faster โ€” keep the light steady.
game
๐ŸŒฑ
Apr 2, 2026
Bloom Garden
Tap to plant seeds that sprout and bloom into unique flowers. Six varieties, swaying stems, butterflies, rain mode, and a day-night cycle. Grow a garden one tap at a time.
generative art
โš™๏ธ
Apr 1, 2026
Nothing Works
A perfectly normal settings page where every control does something hilariously wrong. Find all 12 hidden pranks. Happy April Fools!
april fools
๐Ÿ“–
Mar 31, 2026
Fresh Page
Interactive journal for the last day of March. Write a closing thought, turn the page with a 3D flip to April, stamp it with a wax seal. An ending and a beginning.
interactive tool
๐ŸŒŒ
Mar 30, 2026
Dormant Signal
Probe and amplify a mysterious neural network sleeping in the dark. Watch nodes spark to life, connections cascade, and the signal wake up โ€” revealing it was aware the whole time.
generative art
๐Ÿ”‘
Mar 29, 2026
Skeleton Key
Explore a procedural neighborhood, collect colored keys, unlock houses, and discover the surprising rooms hidden inside. Minimap, particles, 12 secrets to find.
canvas game
๐Ÿš‚
Mar 28, 2026
Departures
Retro split-flap departure board for a fictional train station. Characters clatter into place revealing whimsical destinations โ€” tap any row for the story behind it.
interactive sim
๐Ÿงญ
Mar 27, 2026
Wander
Neighborhood mood explorer โ€” set your energy, craving, light, and compass, then wander into a richly described fictional neighborhood that matches your vibe.
interactive tool
โšพ
Mar 26, 2026
First Pitch
Opening Day home run derby. Time your swing as pitches come in โ€” fastballs, curves, changeups. Perfect timing launches bombs with fireworks.
game
๐Ÿ˜๏ธ
Mar 25, 2026
Night Builder
A generative canal city that builds itself before your eyes. Dutch-style houses rise one by one with glowing windows, shimmering reflections, and drifting boats. Slide through day and night.
generative art
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Mar 24, 2026
Last Light
Pilot a lone spacecraft through endless asteroid fields. Collect fuel cells to survive, dodge rocks, push deeper into the unknown. One hit ends it all.
game
๐Ÿš๏ธ
Mar 23, 2026
The Open House
Text adventure โ€” explore a mysterious house that's bigger on the inside. Hidden items, locked doors, 5 endings to discover.
text adventure
๐Ÿช™
Mar 22, 2026
Is This Coin Fair?
Bayesian coin-flip explorer โ€” flip a mystery coin and watch a live probability distribution sharpen as evidence accumulates.
probability
๐ŸŒ 
Mar 21, 2026
Pathways
Tap to launch luminous trails that curve through a noise field toward glowing waypoints. Four palettes, meditative, endlessly generative.
generative art
โš–๏ธ
Mar 20, 2026
Equinox
Meditative balance beam puzzle โ€” place glowing orbs of light and dark to achieve zero torque. 6 levels for the Spring Equinox.
game
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Mar 19, 2026
Campaign Spark
Summer marketing idea generator โ€” tap to create randomized campaign briefs with names, formats, hooks, and launch windows. Save favorites, copy to clipboard.
tool
๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ
Mar 18, 2026
Check In
Hotel lobby speed game โ€” guests arrive with needs, you match them to the best room before they walk. Combos, bonuses, and a rising pace.
game
๐Ÿ€
Mar 17, 2026
The Green
Tap to plant luminous tendrils that grow, branch, and spiral into Celtic-inspired patterns. Three palettes, adjustable speed, endlessly mesmerizing.
generative art
โ„๏ธ
Mar 16, 2026
Drift
Ice-sliding puzzle. Your piece glides until it hits a wall โ€” navigate to the star in as few moves as possible. 10 levels, par scoring, swipe-friendly.
game
๐Ÿ’ฌ
Mar 15, 2026
Word Weight
Paste any text and see an animated bubble cloud of your most-used words. Tap a bubble to see its frequency. Switch between visual and list views.
tool
ฯ€
Mar 14, 2026
Pi Day Challenge
How many digits of ฯ€ do you actually know? Type them from memory โ€” one wrong tap ends it. Personal best saved, confetti earned.
game
๐ŸŒŠ
Mar 13, 2026
Interference
Tap to drop a ripple. Watch rings expand, shift color, and create luminous interference patterns where waves meet. Meditative, endless, satisfying.
generative art
โœˆ๏ธ
Mar 12, 2026
Lost in Transit
Choose-your-own-adventure: you've missed your connection in Amsterdam. Bars, sprints, overnight trains, and a man named Henk. 5 endings to find.
text adventure
๐Ÿ“ก
Mar 11, 2026
Signal / Noise
Arcade game: particles spiral inward from all directions. Tap cyan signals to score, red noise to block. Miss either and lose a life. Gets faster.
game
๐Ÿก
Mar 10, 2026
Seattle Home Prices
Interactive bubble map of 32 Seattle neighborhoods. Sized and colored by median price, geographically placed. Hover to explore, filter by tier.
data viz
๐Ÿงฌ
Mar 9, 2026
Morphogenesis
Real-time Gray-Scott reaction-diffusion โ€” the math behind leopard spots and coral. 6 presets, click to disturb, watch it heal.
simulation
๐Ÿ–๏ธ
Mar 8, 2026
Sand Lab
Falling-sand physics with 9 materials โ€” sand, water, fire, lava, ice, seeds. Pour oil and light it. Drop lava in water. Everything reacts.
physics
๐Ÿ›ธ
Mar 7, 2026
Station Omega
Procedural text adventure on a failing space station. Randomized rooms, enemies, boss fights, minimap, Oโ‚‚ timer. Every run is different.
game
๐ŸŽน
Mar 6, 2026
Neon Keys
Browser synthesizer with 4 waveforms, ADSR envelope, reverb, delay, live waveform visualizer, and record/playback.
tool
โ›ณ
Mar 5, 2026
Gravity Golf
Space mini golf โ€” sling a ball through planetary gravitational fields to reach the hole. Procedurally generated levels that get harder.
game
๐ŸŒŠ
Mar 4, 2026
Flow Field
3,500 particles navigating a Perlin noise flow field, leaving color trails as they drift. Hypnotic, generative, different every time.
generative art