Casual Minimalist Indie Game - cs428TAs/w2025 GitHub Wiki

Pitch

I want to create a simple, fun, polished web game that people can put in their portfolios.

I don't have a specific idea, I'm open to whatever. I think it would be best to make this into a web app so it would be easy to share and we don't have to worry about Apple/Android app store stuff. It would also be sweet if we could get this to be completely free so we can keep it up and running without worrying about paying for it.

I really want to prioritize good design and the quality of the game, we don't need tons of features at first, I just want it to feel well-made and professional. These are just a few examples of simple, minimalist, aesthetic, well-designed indie games to give you the vibe of what I'm going for.

• Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey
• Monument Valley
• Howl
• INSIDE
• Oxenfree

(These games all have cool sound design too. I have zero experience in that, but if we could do it that would be way cool.)
Super open to any ideas, I just want to have fun and make something that we're all proud of to show off.

Possible Architectures

Flexible on architectures. Only preference would be something we can host for free on the web for easy distribution. Even that is flexible too.

Just some ideas:

Game Development Options

• Phaser.js
• Vanilla JS with HTML5 Canvas
• Game engine with HTML5/WebGL export (Godot, Unity, etc.)

Hosting Options

• Free hosting service (GitHub Pages, Vercel, Netlify?, etc.)