Miriam Robern

makes Books & Games & Things

Browser Games

I enjoy making what I like to call “silly browser games,” usually with JavaScript and some smattering of HTML, CSS, and SVG. Every once in a while I actually have the right weekend clear to participate in the Ludum Dare Game Jam!

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    Zeppel Endless

    Zeppel Endless is a browser game where you crew a zeppelin in a endless procedurally generated world, ferrying cargo, making side trips, getting in and…

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    #procjam Map Generator

    For the 2017 Procedural Generation Code Jam, AKA #procjam, I created a Map Generator which creates world maps and then a simplistic global history of…

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    FALQSComm

    It starts with one conversation. “I want to make our world a better place,” you say. “And I want your help.” -=- Inspired by Universal…

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    Terraform Express

    You are a train.  You have robot friends.  You are stuck on a planet that somebody totally destroyed.  You and your robot friends are going…

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    Nuke Yourself to Alpha Centauri

    In 1958, Freeman Dyson theorized that an interstellar starship could be propelled by riding the plasma shockwave of nuclear bombs jettisoned out the back end…

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    Efficiency Engine

    So take your typical German Boardgame, where you use turns and cards to convert currency into victory points, right? Then replace the turns and cards…

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    Gazetteer: a worldbuilding writing tool

    For the past few months, I’ve been doing a fun daily writing exercise loosely based off of Neel Krishnaswami’s Lexicon.  The premise is that you’re…

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