<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Games, Puzzles &amp; Creative Coding | Meteor Makers</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/topics/games-creative-coding</link><description>Small games to take apart, tangible puzzles to prototype, and visual experiments where clear constraints make room for play.</description><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://meteormakers.com/feeds/games-creative-coding.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>LED Effects Should Not Make Your Button Stop Working</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/article/led-effects-without-blocking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/article/led-effects-without-blocking</guid><description>A responsive fade is a timing problem, not a processor contest. JLed and Arduino examples show how to animate light while the rest of a small interface keeps working.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:33:44 GMT</pubDate><category>Future Tech</category></item>
<item><title>JLed: Fades, Morse Code, and LED Patterns Without Blocking Your Arduino</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/project/jled-nonblocking-led-patterns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/project/jled-nonblocking-led-patterns</guid><description>Jan Delgado&apos;s complete JLed guide and selected original example chapters, with wiring diagrams, timing plots, and the full LED demonstration animation. Original writeup by Jan Delgado.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:12:25 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category><dc:creator>Jan Delgado</dc:creator></item>
<item><title>Andrew Sleigh&apos;s DIY Pen Plotter: Parts, Mechanics and Drawing Workflow</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/project/andrewsleigh-cartesian-pen-plotter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/project/andrewsleigh-cartesian-pen-plotter</guid><description>Andrew Sleigh&apos;s complete plotter writeup, with three design generations, original machine photos, parts lists and the SVG-to-G-code workflow. Original writeup by Andrew Sleigh, Kameron Keller (US parts list).</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Inventor Projects</category><dc:creator>Andrew Sleigh, Kameron Keller (US parts list)</dc:creator></item>
<item><title>Genie 4 Makes AI Worlds Talk Back, but Access Is Still Restricted</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/article/genie4-interactive-worlds-research-preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/article/genie4-interactive-worlds-research-preview</guid><description>Google&apos;s interactive world model adds native sound and dialogue. Its research preview suggests a new creative workflow, but consistency and access remain limits.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:36:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Future Tech</category></item>
<item><title>Snek.js: A Tiny Terminal Game You Can Take Apart</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/project/snek-nodejs-terminal-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/project/snek-nodejs-terminal-game</guid><description>Tania Rascia&apos;s Node.js Snake project, with the complete MIT-licensed README, original gameplay animation, controls, installation options, and module example. Original writeup by Tania Rascia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category><dc:creator>Tania Rascia</dc:creator></item>
<item><title>Cowboi Turns Blender Into a Test Bed for Anime-Style Action</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/article/cowboi-blender-stylized-animation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/article/cowboi-blender-stylized-animation</guid><description>Blender Studio&apos;s in-development Open Movie brings drawn marks, custom lighting and a two-camera trick into one stylized production pipeline.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:33:33 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category></item>
<item><title>A marble funnel with an escape route</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/project/marble-run-funnel-recovery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/project/marble-run-funnel-recovery</guid><description>A modular marble-run idea where recovering a stalled ball is part of the design, not an operation involving shaking the whole table.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category></item>
<item><title>A tangram tray that tells you when a piece is missing</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/project/tangram-travel-tray</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/project/tangram-travel-tray</guid><description>A seven-piece puzzle tray concept with a visible reset state and enough finger room to pick up every piece.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category></item>
<item><title>Nature Turned Terraforming Mars Into a Playable Science Experiment</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/article/nature-terraform-mars-game-science-design</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/article/nature-terraform-mars-game-science-design</guid><description>Nature consulted scientists to turn the planetary-scale tradeoffs of making Mars habitable into an experimental interactive adventure.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category></item>
<item><title>Chainlink: The Daily Word-Chain Puzzle from Donuts or Else</title><link>https://meteormakers.com/article/chainlink-daily-word-chain-puzzle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meteormakers.com/article/chainlink-daily-word-chain-puzzle</guid><description>Chainlink is a free daily word-chain puzzle from Donuts or Else Games. Drag tiles to build chains where every word unlocks the next — Fire → Alarm → Clock → Tower.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Play &amp; Game Design</category></item></channel></rss>