Games!
I make games.
I like to make simple games, often drawing inspiration from those I played during my childhood. For example, Peg Solitaire was one of the first games I ever played as a small kid—not on a computer, but as a physical board game with pegs. Number Puzzle is a game I played in school with pen and paper. The same goes for many card games, like Pyramid Solitaire.
I've never really published my games until now, mainly thanks to Pico-8. I've been enjoying writing new games and adding polish to old ones.
You can play my online games on itch.io or just click the banners below!
This game is classic pen and paper number puzzle we played in school during 1990s. Try to fill the grid with numbers from 1 to 25. It's very simple, easy and fast to play. Suitable and recommended for children!
Christmas themed collection of four of my best solitaire games (so far): Pyramid, Aces High, Golf and Klondike. See you in 2025 with more solitaire games!
This is the classic card solitaire game, often simply referred to as "Solitaire"—though its true name is actually Klondike. It's probably the most famous card solitaire game, thanks in part to its inclusion in Windows 3.0 alongside Reversi back in 1990.
My first encounter with "Golf" solitaire game was with "The best of Microsoft entertainment pack" from 1994. It's very simple, fun and easy to learn solitaire game. In my version, you can "turn the corner," allowing you to place an Ace on a King and vice versa. Additionally, Queens can also be placed on Kings, making it easier to continue the game.
Monte Carlo Solitaire is a straightforward, mostly luck-based solitaire game played with a standard 52-card deck. I learned this game as a kid from the book "Korttipelit ja pasianssit", translated from Danish book "Kabaledjævelen" written by Georg Rona. Fun and simple game.
Aces High (also known as "Aces up") is simple and quick to play solitaire game. Layout of the game is small, so with actual playing cards this is well suited for train or plane travel where tables are often small. The compact layout makes this also perfect for Pico-8.
Elevens is a 100% luck based solitaire game where the goal is to clear the deck by finding pairs of cards that add up to 11. Alongside these pairs, remove Jacks, Queens, and Kings as triplets.
Simple maze game for Pico-8. This is not exactly a feature packed game, but rather me practicing to use recursive backtracking algorithm to generate the maze. It went well!
Second take on my maze game. This time most of the maze is covered with fog of war. You can't see around the corners, and you have to find six orange objects to activate the exit.
Fun and colorful memory card game for kids of all ages! Flip over cards to find matching pairs of fruits, vegetables and mushroom. The goal is to remember where each card is and match all the pairs. It’s a great way to improve memory skills while having lots of fun!
This is fun and challenging word search puzzle for Pico-8. Try to find all 12 fruits! Not that easy with 3x5 font. And if is too easy, play the game with reversed words.
Classic 6/9 "Jacks Or Better" video poker for Pico-8. My first touch with video poker games was "Hollywood poker" and "Samantha Fox strip poker" for Commodore 64. So... Maybe that's why I like pixelated video games?
This is my version of the famous Lights Out puzzle game. While the original game from 1995 featured a 5x5 grid of buttons with lights, I've created a solitaire version using playing cards.
In 1991, Microsoft released Entertainment Pack 2, which included a set of "office games," one of which was a game called "Tut's Tomb." In 1994, it was also included in the "Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack," and even in 2001, a version was released for the Gameboy Color. I actually have the Gameboy Color version, but my first introduction to PC gaming was through these entertainment packs in the early to mid-1990s.
Next we have Atari classic from 1973: Space Race. This was my entry to Clone Jam on itch.io. This is not exactly a clone, as the jam rules allowed improvements. So, there is some...
This was my entry for 2024 Pico-8 1k Jam, where every entry must be less than 1024 Compressed Bytes in PICO-8. This game (or drawing program) is 385 bytes. Relive some of your childhood memories and enjoy the shake effect!
Here we have a classic peg solitaire game with five different board layouts. It's made with Pico-8 for that retro look and feel. So, relax with some good old fashioned puzzle solving. And be glad I didn't name this game "Pegging".