Notes on the craft,
culture, and quiet joy
of browser games.
An occasional publication from the Vayu Games studio. Short reads about the games we love, the choices we make in building our own, and the small moments that make a two-minute play worth it.
5 HTML5 Games You Can Play in Your Browser Right Now
No downloads, no signup — just open a tab and go. A quick tour of five polished HTML5 games that start in under two seconds.
In this issue
4 more- 02Practice
Stack Tower: Timing, Patterns, and Perfect Drops
A practical guide to breaking 100 on Stack Tower, plus the one habit that separates average runs from great ones.
- 03Essay
The Psychology of the One-More-Try Loop
Why hyper-casual games feel impossible to put down — and what the best ones do that mediocre ones don't.
- 04Essay
Why Portrait is the Right Size for Browser Games
Every Vayu Games title plays in a 9:16 phone-shaped window — even on desktop. Here's why we designed the whole library that way.
- 05History
From Flappy to 2048: Browser Games That Shaped a Decade
A quick history of the browser-game hits that defined casual gaming in the 2010s and why their DNA is still in the hyper-casual titles we play today.