games

Asteroids is a classic arcade game released by Atari in 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field, shooting and avoiding asteroids. ...

The game chess has held a fascination for many people for hundreds of years, so much so that the first automated chess playing machine, “The Mechanical Turk” was built in 1770! ...

Minesweeper is a classic puzzle game that challenges players to uncover squares on a grid while avoiding hidden mines. It became popular as a default game included in Microsoft Windows operating systems. ...

A physics engine simulates physical systems such as rigid body dynamics, collision detection, and response. It’s a core component of game engines and teaches you about numerical integration, spatial partitioning, and applied mathematics. ...

Pong is a table tennis-themed game that Atari originally released in 1972. It was apparently the first commercially successful computer game and a key part of establishing the computer gaming industry. ...

Snake was one of the first games that was available on a mobile phone - the Nokia 6110 in 1997! ...

Space Invaders is a classic arcade video game in which players control a space ship and try to shoot down waves of aliens. It is one of the most iconic and influential games in video gaming history. Space Invaders was a phenomenon and key to starting the golden age of arcade games. ...

Sudoku is a logic-based number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9x9 grid so each column, row, and 3x3 sub-grid contains digits 1-9 exactly once. ...

A voxel engine renders 3D worlds made of cube-shaped volume elements, similar to Minecraft. Building one teaches you about 3D rendering, chunk-based world management, mesh generation, and real-time graphics optimisation. ...

Tetris is a computer game that has been around since 1985 and has appeared on many platforms since then. It is one of the best selling computer games of all time. Fundamentally is is quite a simple game. The player completes horizontal lines along the bottom of the screen by fitting together shapes that descend from the top of the screen. Completed lines disappear, earning the player points. The game ends when the uncleared lines reach the top of the screen. ...