Independent games & pixel-sized adventures A little corner of the internet

Small games.
Big pixel energy.

Hey, I’m Ryan. I turn coffee, JavaScript and a lifelong love of retro games into little worlds you can play in.

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CARELESSLABS / WORLD_01● FREE PLAY
Pixel-art seaside hideaway: two houses joined by a rope bridge over blue water A FEW PIXELS. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
WELCOME TO MY LITTLE WORLDCOINS 00 / 05
JAVASCRIPT GAMESHAND-PLACED PIXELSGAME JAM EXPERIMENTSBUILT FOR THE FUN OF IT

01 / Select your adventure

The game shelf.

Weekend ideas, tiny worlds and game jam adventures. Pick one. Jump in.

19 PROJECTS LOADED
HueCorn game artwork01 / 2026
JS13k 2026 · JavaScript · 13KB

HueCorn

My 2026 JS13k entry. A new browser adventure within the jam’s tiny 13-kilobyte limit. Give it a go — free to play.

JS13K / 2026Play game ↗
Running calculator interface02 / RUNNING
Running · JavaScript · Calculator

Running Calculator

Find your pace. Plan your next finish. Calculate pace, speed, time and distance, with kilometre and mile splits.

TOOLS / RACE PLANNINGOpen calculator ↗
Yarn Run game artwork03 / 2025
JS13k 2025 · JavaScript · 13KB

Yarn Run

My 2025 JS13k entry. Another little browser game, packed into the jam’s 13-kilobyte limit. Jump in and play for free.

JS13K / 2025Play game ↗
Flappy Bean pixel-art game04 / 2024
KaJam · JavaScript · Kaplay

Flappy Bean

A little bean. A familiar challenge. One more try is always a good idea.

ARCADE / QUICK FIXPlay game ↗
The Fear Factory: neon isometric platforms and a red skull05 / 2024
JS13k 2024 · JavaScript · 13KB

The Fear Factory

Watch your step. An isometric parkour adventure packed into 13 kilobytes.

PARKOUR / TINY CODEPlay game ↗
Pixel Power: a knight surrounded by colourful pixel enemies06 / 2024
Gamedev.js Jam · JavaScript

Pixel Power

Vampire Survivors meets pixels. Small characters, a whole lot of chaos.

ACTION / SURVIVORSPlay game ↗
Fort Knight isometric game world07 / 2023
JS13k 2023 · JavaScript · 13KB

Fort Knight

A knight’s adventure, seen from a different angle. Small in size, big on spirit.

ISOMETRIC / ADVENTUREPlay game ↗
Soul Jumper platform game08 / 2022
JS13k 2022 · JavaScript · 13KB

Soul Jumper

Your soul is your stepping stone. Jump, rewind and find a way forward.

PLATFORMER / A TWISTPlay game ↗
Space Kitty top-down space shooter09 / 2021
JS13k 2021 · JavaScript · 13KB

Space Kitty

A cat in space and a twin-stick shooter. Sometimes that’s all you need.

SHOOTER / SPACE CATPlay game ↗
In To Net Cafe pixel-art space cafe building simulation10 / 2020
JS13k 2020 · JavaScript · 13KB

In To Net Cafe

A little space cafe, built a pixel at a time. A building sim squeezed into less than 13 kilobytes.

BUILDING SIM / SPACE CAFEPlay game ↗
Quick Wins retro Game Boy-inspired platformer level11 / 2019
JS13k 2019 · JavaScript · 13KB

Quick Wins

Back to the handheld days. A Game Boy-inspired platformer and my very first JS13k entry.

PLATFORMER / HANDHELD NOSTALGIAPlay game ↗
Top-down view of a car driving through a game environment12 / EXPERIMENT
Java · LibGDX · Work in progress

Topdown Game

A top-down GTA-style experiment, exploring a world that mixes 2D and 3D.

WORLD BUILDING / LIBGDXRead devlog ↗
Animated pixel-art island and bird from the LibGDX tutorials13 / LEARN
Java · LibGDX · Tutorials

Tutorials

Build your own little worlds. Explore my collection of Java and LibGDX game development tutorials.

LEARN / MAKE / EXPERIMENTBrowse tutorials ↗
Monster Break Out side-view prison escape game14 / LD33
Ludum Dare 33 · Java · LibGDX

Monster Break Out

Break out of prison in a side-view platformer with simple puzzles and a monstrous twist.

PLATFORMER / PRISON ESCAPEPlay game ↗
Light of the Living Dead torch-lit game scene15 / LD32
Ludum Dare 32 · Java · LibGDX

Light of the Living Dead

Explore randomly generated rooms, hunt down the baddies and fry them with your torch.

ACTION / LIGHT THE WAYPlay game ↗
Pixel-art scene from the Susan Balaka anniversary game16 / INDIE MOVIE
Indie movie · Anniversary game

Susan Balaka (Indie Movie)

A game made for friends to celebrate the film’s tenth anniversary, tucked into an event goody bag. Not available to download.

A GAME FOR FRIENDSRead the story ↗
Mech Stroller pixel-art action game17 / CYBER JUNK
Cyber Junk Jam · Java · LibGDX

Cyber Junk Jam

Mech Stroller: walk, shoot and survive waves of enemies while keeping your gun from overheating. An early prototype made in just over a week.

MECH STROLLERPlay game ↗
Clicky Pixel Flappy Bird-style game18 / FLAPPY BIRD
Flappy Bird Jam · Android · LibGDX

Flappy Bird Jam

Clicky Pixel: tap through four levels, unlock characters and keep squeezing through the gates. Awaiting patching and re-release.

CLICKY PIXELNot currently available
Super Meatly Boy platform game19 / THEMEATLY
TheMeatly Jam · Processing · JavaScript

TheMeatly Jam

Super Meatly Boy: fifteen levels of jumping fun, built in under 48 hours while learning Processing JS.

SUPER MEATLY BOYPlay game ↗

02 / Every pixel has a place

Off the grid.

Sprites, little scenes and experiments.
Sometimes, I just want to push pixels.

Pixel-art Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
HEROES IN A HALF SHELL01
Pixel-art coastal huts
SOMEWHERE BY THE SEA02
Bot Called Bod robot platformer scene
A BOT CALLED BOD03
Ryan, the developer behind CarelessLabs

PLAYER 01 / RYAN

03 / Meet the maker

The careful day job.
The careless side quests.

By day, I’m Deputy Directory of Enterprise Systems, Data and Intelligence. In the gaps between family life and running, I make games. Raised on Atari, Game Boy, Mega Drive and Amiga, I started with Easy AMOS and DPaint II at 12 — and never quite stopped playing.

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CURRENT LOADOUTJavaScript
Java / LibGDX
Unity

ALWAYS EQUIPPEDA love of 2D.
One more idea.

04 / Notes from the workbench

Learn. Make. Share. Repeat.

The things that worked, the things that didn’t, and a few tutorials to help you build your own little worlds.

THE KNOW-HOW

Game development tutorials

BEHIND THE PIXELS

Devlogs & experiments