Meet the devs who made games you can play in your address bar

Some of us find there’s an appeal to minimalism. This applies to creatives, too; there are some that seek out limitations, forcing themselves to think outside the box and reevaluate what they have. The most extreme example of this in gaming is the makeshift medium of address bar games — games that are played entirely within a website’s URL.

These experimental games began popping up online over the last decade or so. They appeared after web designers started to create custom URL animations, and to program games that took place entirely within a site’s favicon. Naturally, it didn’t take long for imaginative minds to take the next step by creating interactive games that take place in the address bar.

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