ucsc art and design games and playable media

Grow Cube
Click the panel to grow the small world.

Synopsis Quest
Relive key moments from retro role playing games in this parody of the genre!

Kabeyoke
Run between moving walls to save the girl.

Puzzle Collection
A collection of famous brain-teasers from around the world.

BOXING
A simple punching-based boxing game.Controlled with the keyboard.

DICEWARS
Dice-based strategy game. How quickly can you conquer your foes?

Escape Game
I forgot how to get out of my office !

COCKROACH DREAM
Can you swat away 100 roaches before the sleeping man goes crazy?

THE HAUNTED RUINS
An awesomely Eighties-style RPG. Explore the haunted ruins and defeat the witch!

Fairune
Find the four fairies and defeat the Dark Lord. Use arrow keys and space key.

SKATING HEAVEN
Dodge incoming skaters by mouse clicking to the left or right of your skater.

ALPHABET DROP
Push two alphabet blocks on the same line or column to knock them out.

TENNIS GAME
Move using the arrow keys and swing the racket with the spacebar. First to win three sets wins the game!

Chat Noir
Can you keep the kitty from running off the game field?

School Wars
Become a schoolyard gangster in this realtime strategy game!

ROTATE-A-RACE
Racing game. Steer with the right and left arrow keys. (There is no accelerator or brake.) Challenge 5 courses of 5 laps each!

Sprinter
A 100 meter sprint simulation. All you need to run are the right and left arrow keys!

DOMINO PRESSURE
Domino puzzle game. Click one domino to trigger the rest. Skip a round by clicking the tomato on the bottom right.

Hanafuda Flash
A traditional Japanese playing card simulation. Get 50 points to win.

FACEMAKER
Drag and drop eyes, noses, and mouths to make a beautiful face!

Escape from the Starship
Escape from your alien infested starship. Listen to the alarm to avoid the aliens and make your way to the escape pod.

PIGEONS
The world's first pigeon-feeding simulator?

Nim Game
Try to take the very last muffin from the stacks!

Peg Solitaire
Jump over a peg to remove it. Make sure to end with one last black peg.

Sudoku
Popular math puzzle game! Place all numbers from 1 to 9 into each 3x3 matrix.

MAZE
Automatically and randomly generated. Find the hammer, watch, maps, etc. to reach the goal.

Red Tile Out
Try to move the red tile out of the frame.

Speed
Card game. Compete against the computer.

WORLD MAP
Quiz of world countries. Use the mouse wheel to zoom. Drag the sea to the move map.

White Jigsaw
Can you solve this featureless jigsaw puzzle?

The four color problem
Take turns with the computer, coloring each area of the map. Whoever gets more areas wins the game.

Crosswords
No-hint crossword puzzles. Challenge yourself through five difficulty levels.

3 LINES
Tile puzzle game. Eliminate pairs of tiles by connecting them with 3 or fewer lines.

4 BALLS
Take turns with the computer dropping balls. The aim is to get 4 balls of the same color in a straight line.

SLOT-PACHINKO
Japanese-style slot machine. Game is over when all coins are lost, or if the payout button is clicked.

KAERU JUMP
Puzzle game. Eliminate stones one by one by jumping over them. You win when one is left. 10 stages.

MEMORY MASTER
Can you eliminate all pairs within 25 seconds?

Stained Glass
Matching puzzle. Swap two panels to match colors both vertically and horizontally.

Tacoyaki+
Puzzle game. Click on a tile to flip vertically and horizontally adjacent tiles. 4 stages.

Tacoyaki
Puzzle game. Click on a tile to flip over others on diagonal lines. 4 stages.

CODEMASTER
Arithmetic puzzle. The letters A-E substitute for the numbers 1-9. Write the numbers in the appropriate boxes by hand.

RECOGNIZER
Draw numbers. The computer will recognize and calculate them.