Project Z

Games, game jam entries and side projects by David Neilsen, a developer in Hamilton, New Zealand. Most of them run right in your browser.

Play in your browser

Desktop with a keyboard and mouse works best.

The Warpath cockpit
Global Game Jam 2019

Warpath

A browser remake of Synthetic Reality's 1990s space strategy game. Mine, trade, colonise and fight across the galaxy.

A ship flying in Spacetime
js13kGames 2016

Spacetime

A space shooter that fits in 13 KB. Play the CPU, or a friend in split screen.

A word being drawn backwards in Backionary
js13kGames 2019

Backionary

A multiplayer drawing game. Guess the word as it's drawn back to front. Best with friends.

Microbes fighting in Dirty little bits
Global Game Jam 2018

Dirty little bits

A microbe battle game made with a team of six. Keyboard or gamepads, several players on one screen.

The Kenney Toys launcher
Browser games

Kenney Toys

Small browser games, each built around one Kenney asset pack.

BabyBoard showing colourful letters
Toy

BabyBoard

A full-screen keyboard toy for babies and toddlers. Every key makes something happen.

Other projects

Code to read rather than play.

Repairing a splattered painting in Repainter
Global Game Jam 2020

Repainter

Repair splattered paintings against the clock. A Laravel API scores how close you got.

A Battlesnake game
AI

Project Z for Battlesnake

A workspace for building and testing Battlesnake strategies, with leagues and rankings.

Art from Magnus Ludus: castle, town, archer, pikeman, ogre and zombie
Global Game Jam 2022

Magnus Ludus

A turn-based hex strategy game in GameMaker. Light against Dark, through fog of war.