mySQLgame does away with fancy interfaces and hackneyed story lines and serves up it’s gameplay raw. As the developers put it “Are you tired of browser-based games that are thinly veiled interfaces for databases? Finally, there’s a game that just is a database!“.  If you love points and who doesn’t, then this applications games for you.  Mmmm points.  Who thought SQL database queries could be so much fun.

We’ve come a long a long way from the days of SEUCK. While looking into weird and possibly wonderful world of Flex, I came across PlayCrafter. It’s only in Alpha at the moment but it is already looking interesting. It’s a browser based game creator where you can make, play and share games all from the comfort of your favourite browser Firefox. The editor is pretty limited and the games people have made so far aren’t up to much but it’s early days. Worth a look if you have fond memories from the heady days of the 8-bit game creator.

I was pointed in the direction of a fun little physics game called Fantastic Contraption earlier (thanks Naseer). It’s pretty reminiscent of other sand box physics games, most notably Soda Constructor. It may not be the most original game but it is well executed and introduces goal based play through some nice level design. The catch being that you have to pay $10 to make levels or play the levels of others. Not allowing users to generate or share content seems like a strange business model, especially considering the established communities of other similar free games. The 20 free levels are definitely worth a look though.

UPDATE: There are some really nice videos on YouTube showing the variety and imagination of peoples solutions to the same levels.