Advent: A Puzzle Advent Calendar Engine

I wanted a December tradition: a free digital advent calendar for friends, with a small puzzle behind every door. Not chocolate, not a prize draw, just a riddle, a cipher or a bit of code to work out each morning. Solving a door gives you a word. Collect every word and they form the key to a completion certificate with your name on it. Advent is the engine that runs it. You write the puzzles, seal them, and it publishes a static site that opens one door a day. ...

November 5, 2026 · 5 min · 892 words · Sylvain Cau

Idle Beekeepers: A Slow Game About Real Bees

Idle Beekeepers is a slow idle game about keeping bees the way beekeepers really do. It plays in your browser and installs like an app. Year 9: forty colonies, a honey house, a workshop and a cellar. The premise You’re a burnt-out office worker. One day a parcel arrives: a second-hand beekeeping book from your aunt. No letter, just a line on the flyleaf: “You always did like a system you could watch work.” ...

October 10, 2026 · 5 min · 895 words · Sylvain Cau