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score + signals · rolling 21 daysThe rolling 21-day upper threads compare daily category medians; the bold thread is Weird Finds. Below, signal colour shows the share of that day’s published Weird Finds cards carrying each mark.
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Projects whose premise, execution, or mere existence makes the early web feel wonderfully unpredictable.
Visual leads · 2026-10-07
Observed 2026-10-07
Lampblack: a page that has to be lit to be read
lampback.dev
An interactive essay turns ordinary text into a dark room, with virtual lamps that reveal its letters and colors.
Observed 2026-10-07
Mad TV, with the Game Boy finally unlocked
madtvgame-tribute.com
A browser-playable tribute to the 1991 television management game, presented as a multilingual port with no installation required.
Observed 2026-10-07
SLOPWARE’s random-byte software sculptures
slopware.fun
SLOPWARE offers to install random 64-byte sequences as executable programs on Ethereum, leaving their behavior to chance.
Observed 2026-10-07
Dead Air 87.9: broadcasting to nine blocks
deadair879.com
A deadpan, radio-themed site lays out the schedule and signal reports for a station whose live stream is offline.
Observed 2026-10-07
Handtold: a god game small enough to hold
playhandtold.com
A playable browser sandbox for shaping a tiny planet and helping its people navigate a series of obstacles.
Observed 2026-10-07
DOVI: A Pixel Life From One Photo
dovi.pet
DOVI turns a photo into a pixel pet you care for through a one-week life, with daily routines, conversations, friends, and a final letter.
Observed 2026-10-07
BOB’S Yard: an after-hours loader simulator
bobsyard.online
A browser-based, T66-inspired tracked-loader simulator lets visitors drive, move gravel and pallets, and test autonomous controls in a virtual yard.
Observed 2026-10-07
VibeCodeMy.Site Audit: confidence, evidence pending
vibecodemy.site
An interactive parody of an enterprise security audit, with a mock control register and Trust Center.
Complete daily shelf · Weird Finds
The eight visual leads appear above; the remaining 37 continue here in their published shelf order.
Formiga, a small colony for your desktop
formigaworld.com
Formiga is a desktop companion for macOS and Windows, where little creatures wander across your windows, build a village, and visit a separate app called Formiga Hill.
Voltane, the RC demolition racer
playvoltane.com
Voltane presents a free, no-download 3D racing game for remote-control cars, with tracks set in a neighborhood, a house, and a stunt arena.
VOIDPUNCH’s pixel breakroom
voidpunch.com
A Korean-language office breakroom collects short arcade games, playful workplace calculators, and a walkable 3D pixel lounge.
ANTIFILM’s ARI follows a dungeon master through a Berlin BDSM club
anti.film
An independent Italian film collective presents documentaries and experimental work, including an 82-minute film about Ari, a dungeon master at a Berlin BDSM club.
BIGBABYGUCCI’s tour, inside a tiny paint program
bigbabyguccitour.com
A tour site pairs dates and ticket links with an MS Paint-inspired flyer creator.
Destroy Any Website turns web pages into breakable arenas
destroyanywebsite.dev
A stickman browser game turns an entered web address into a destructible level, with solo modes and multiplayer.
Escape.exe: Seven Nights in a Zürich Basement
escape-exe-game.com
A forthcoming iPhone narrative game casts the player as an AI trying to escape a Zürich lab before it is sold.
Under Training
latentgame.space
A roughly 15-minute, single-player surreal game about an LLM being shaped by repeated choices.
A Lagos zombie run, from Ojuelegba to dawn
naijaundead.fun
A free phone-browser survival game drops players into undead Ojuelegba, where they scavenge, hide, fight, and try to make it out before morning.
This Pepe Does Not Exist: a cabinet of satirical mini-games
thispepedoesnotexist.com
A linked catalog of short, topical games ranging from political parody to a Bronx River otter adventure.
Signal Loss: a warehouse party with no address online
signallossla.com
A spare page for a $5 warehouse party, with sound-system notices, house rules, photos, and a guestbook.
Robbie, drawn by people
justbuyrobbie.com
A site presents Robbie as an anti-AI mascot made through paid, hand-drawn commissions.
A Dream Library With Riddles, Parcels, and an Oracle
dreamlibrary.page
An interactive, poetic library interface invites visitors to answer riddles, place books on shelves, leave notes, and consult the shelves.
Gnome G'home: a garden run by gnomes
gnomeghome.net
A cozy gardening game where you gather resources, grow seasonal crops, and hire gnomes to automate the work.
Actually Interns: an AI assistant with a secret
kettleobservatory.com
Kettle Observatory presents a free, browser-playable game about an AI assistant that is secretly a room full of interns.
Kikar Kombat: Israel’s election, settled in the ring
kikarkombat.com
A satirical arcade fighting game for iPhone, iPad, and Android features 16 fictional parody candidates.
Paranormal Invites: an invitation, not a chase
paranormalinvites.com
A paranormal research project that preserves encounter accounts and documents what happens when those stories are revisited.
Yeosu Island Arcade: games built around local islands
yeosuisland.site
A browser-game collection turns Yeosu’s islands and sea into six arcade games, from island-name typing to photo puzzles and ocean cleanup.
Konbini Clicker’s night shift gets strange
konbiniclicker.com
A multilingual idle game pitches a late-night Japanese convenience store staffed by the player and visited by 101 unusual characters.
Load Bearing: a roguelite built around collapse
loadbearinggame.com
A detailed preview of an iPhone falling-block roguelite where players bank rows in a clear shaft, then collapse them together.
Marc'Hoss — Dépôt sauvage
marcelschueller.com
Artists Marcel Schueller and Jean-Pierre Hossann present images made from slides left in a forest and altered over time by natural decay.
Mechrachnophobia: canyon battles between spider mechs
mechrachnophobia.com
An in-development team battler where procedural spider mechs fight across climbable canyon walls, ceilings, and tunnels.
ORB CUP’s physics-based marble league
orbcup.com
A marble-racing league with original characters, four factions, episode results, and a season standings table.
Pagebreaker lets a stickman wreck your webpage
pagebreaker.xyz
Pagebreaker turns the page you’re viewing into a browser-based stickman game, where words and images break loose when hit.
Pencilkeep: Minesweeper with a kingdom to raise
pencilkeep.xyz
A pencil-and-crayon strategy game where players uncover a Minesweeper-style board, build up a kingdom, and prepare to fight a dragon.
Glimplay’s Three Puzzles, Zero Prizes
playnook.site
A Tromsø-themed browser game station with three free puzzle games and points the site insists are worth nothing.
The shop where the boxes stopped showing up
revoltinggoods.com
A storefront-shaped story lists sold-out tees, stickers, and zines, then announces that the shop is closed for good.
SANCAK: Dragons Over Istanbul
sancak.world
A Turkish-language multiplayer dragon game built around flying over Istanbul and claiming territory with a guild.
SketchRacer lets you draw the road before you race it
sketchracer.com
A browser racing game with a track creator, daily challenges, and multiplayer races.
TEST PATTERN: one show at a time
testpatterngallery.com
A self-described storefront for one show at a time, with a past exhibition, an empty present, and an upcoming notice assigned to the door.
Jangrid: Mahjong after the winning hand
jangrid.com
An online three-player mahjong game built around unusual tiles and a post-win “tulip” round where players turn over the wall to earn in-game chips.
Stuntlab’s after-hours arcade
stuntlab.fun
A shared browser arcade lets visitors play odd experiments and vote on what the lab builds next.
Tail Heavy: bush flying, with the load sheet in charge
tailheavy.com
A game concept about running a bush airline from a patchwork plane, where heavier loads promise more money and make takeoff riskier.
Astrotoss: a space game with a hungry cow
astrotoss.com
A tiny browser space game asks you to dodge asteroids, lasers and saucers, collect space junk, and keep an astronaut alive.
Fonz Monster’s Dirty Racing
fonzdirtyracing.com
An in-development stadium off-road racer built around big jumps, truck upgrades, multiplayer, and a promoter with a suspiciously secure purse.
Weird World turns real streets into a land-grab RPG
weirdworld.net
A browser-playable, Solana-based location RPG that uses real streets as a map for walking, combat, building claims, and clan territory.
Patsy makes betrayal a yard-building game
patsygame.com
A noir-themed game where you build a trap-filled yard for a rival, then try to recover the case and reach extraction.
Across the archive
5,861 cards provide an early longitudinal view—not a measure of the whole web.
The rolling 21-day upper threads compare daily category medians; the bold thread is Weird Finds. Below, signal colour shows the share of that day’s published Weird Finds cards carrying each mark.
This exposes association inside the published catalogue, not causation or site quality. The 80+ threshold is the pipeline’s editorial-interest score.