You can find a couple of game ideas of our customers to play as icebreakers or in your virtual office here 👇🏻

Web-based Games

Here are some unconventional mini web games and digital novelties that are perfect for livening up meetings, workshops, or the work on Action Points. Almost all of them can be easily embedded into your digital environments using an Iframe or a link!

• 🐮 Find the Invisible Cow
  • How it works: On a blank page, you move the mouse. Mooing sounds get louder the closer you get to the invisible cow. Once found, an image of the cow appears.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A humorous search task that requires concentration. Who can find cow the fastest?
  • Check it out: https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/
• 🎨 Kuku Kube
  • How it works: A quick color perception game. You have to find the one square that has a slightly different shade of color than the many others within a short time. The number of squares increases with each round.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A super energizer for in-between! Sharpens focus and attention to detail – skills that are also useful when defining and working on Action Points. Who on the team has the best eye?
  • Check it out: https://kuku-kube.com/
• ✏️ Draw a Stickman
  • How it works: A creative adventure game where you draw a stickman and help him solve puzzles and overcome obstacles by drawing objects (e.g., a bridge to cross a chasm).
  • Why it's great for Action Points: Promotes creative thinking and problem-solving in a playful way. Use it as a metaphor: What "tools" do we need to "draw" or develop to master our Action Points? A great exercise to overcome mental blocks.
  • Check it out: https://www.drawastickman.com/
• ✨ Cornify
  • How it works: With one click, you can conjure rainbows, unicorns, and glitter onto any webpage.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: Pure, silly joy! Just embed it as easter egg 😉
  • Check it out: http://www.cornify.com/
• 🎲 Bored Button
  • How it works: Clicking this button takes you to a random other mini-game or quirky website.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: When energy is low or a creative break is urgently needed. Let chance decide what short distraction the team gets for 2-3 minutes before continuing with focus.
  • Check it out: https://www.boredbutton.com/
• 🕸️ WeaveSilk
  • How it works: An interactive generative art tool. Drag your mouse and watch as beautiful, symmetrical, silk-like patterns unfold.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A fantastic way to de-stress and encourage a moment of calm, creative flow. It can be a great mental palate cleanser between intensive Action Point discussions, allowing for a brief, mesmerizing escape.
  • Check it out: WeaveSilk
• 🔗 The Wiki Game
  • How it works: Players are given a starting Wikipedia page and a target Wikipedia page. The goal is to navigate from start to finish using only internal Wikipedia links, usually aiming for the fewest clicks or the fastest time.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: Encourages strategic thinking, research skills, and making connections between different pieces of information – all valuable when planning or executing complex Action Points. Can be a fun team challenge.
  • Check it out: The Wiki Game
• 🐱 Procatinator
  • How it works: This site pairs a random cat GIF or short video with a piece of music. Click for a new, often amusing, combination.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A quick, guaranteed mood-lifter. Perfect for a 30-second "brain break" to inject some levity and shared laughter, helping to reset before diving back into serious work on Action Points.
  • Check it out: Procatinator
• 🤪 The Useless Web
  • How it works: Similar to the Bored Button, this site takes you to a random, often pointless but amusing, website with a single click.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: Excellent for a quick dose of randomness and surprise. Use it when the team needs an unexpected jolt of fun or a completely different stimulus to break out of a rut during Action Point planning.
  • Check it out: The Useless Web
• ✍️ Paint Toys - Calligram
  • How it works: A creative tool that lets you draw with words. As you type, your text forms the lines of your drawing.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A unique way to visualize ideas or key phrases related to Action Points. Teams could collaboratively "draw" a core concept or a motivating word, making it more memorable and engaging.
  • Check it out: Paint Toys - Calligram
• 🧩 Sliding Toys - Mystic Square (8 Puzzle)
  • How it works: A classic sliding puzzle (the 8-puzzle or 15-puzzle) where you rearrange tiles to form a picture or sequence. This link often points to a daily challenge.
  • Why it's great for Action Points: A great short mental workout that requires problem-solving and sequential thinking. Can be a good individual or competitive mini-break to sharpen focus before tackling detailed Action Point tasks.
  • Check it out: Sliding Toys - Mystic Square

💡 Tips for Using These Novelties:

• Short and sweet: These games are meant for brief interruptions, not for spending hours on them.
• Context matters: Think about when and why you are using a game. As an energizer? As a reward? To foster creativity? As an Easter Egg hidden on the map?
• Manage expectations: Make it clear that these are small, fun gimmicks to liven up the process.