Another duo of games, this time both by re15ster.

Sqdwree by re15ster

This game is not for those with epilepsy - the screenshot reall does not do it justice. It was way too hard for me, but maybe you can do better?

Comments from the Author: "Warning: This game contains many flashing lights. Sqdwree is a short, difficult, and dizzying  latformer game. Jump over the spikes and clear the game!"

Click here to download the application and read its comments

My Small Town by re15ster

A far calmer experience than Sqdwree.

Comments from the Author: "A short game. Build your own town in this game!
Start with a small piece of land and turn it into a bustling town. Build roads, homes, shops, and more as you earn money and expand your city. The more you build, the more your town will come to life"

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Updates to Indigo Steel Shield's games

Indigo has posted an updated list of updated games over on the TDC forums. This includes an update to arcade game Hover Tank Battle Arena.

Comments from the Author: "Fight in an arena inside a tank as you fight for survival. This game has 30 stages. he zip file contains a text file which includes the story, which is somewhat long."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Commercial Click games and Clickteam stream

Last week Clickteam gave us a live stream under the 'Reactor Control Room' banner. It featured a Lone Fungus interview/gameplay, Make a game in 30 minutes, Gunlocked gameplay, Splotches interview/gamplay, GunSpectre Release,  Deep Dive: The Array Object, and a Switch Sale Announcement.

 What is Gun Spectre? Check out its Nintendo Switch trailer:

Two news games from the developers who brought us Seawolf and Stage Tower respectively, plus plenty of news...

Wambo by Günter

Comments from the Author: "Wambo is a top-down action game. Search and rescue the captured soldiers. But be careful, the enemy appears unexpectedly and starts shooting right away. Can you successfully complete the 34 missions? Have fun with it."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Lavender by re15ster

Comments from the Author: "A short and difficult platformer game.."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Fusion3 Blog - Data Types in Fusion3 

In March we learned about object types, and now it's April we get to learn about Data Types. All aboard the hype train!

Kliktopia - Cool stuff other than new games

I've taken a bit of time off adding new games to the Kliktopia archive to improve the underylying coding. Latest Kliktopia updates are not new games, but are instead:

• A 'take me to a random game' feature (requested by Manabomb).
• Games now list URLs known to be associated with the game/author (with Internet Archive version of link for games before 2022)
• Plenty of new Klik gameplay videos added to the Kliktopia YouTube channel thanks to justaddwater. We also continue to add content from long-time friend of the archive Ragey0's channel and other channels like The Rarest Gamer from time to time.

Interested in testing the new Kliktopia Uploader? Send me a message via the Kliktopia Discord!

More games from Günter and LordHannu? Yes indeedy - these two developers are on a roll when it comes to TDC submissions! So let's get stuck in....

Gladius the demon slayer by LordHannu

A HTML-based Beat 'Em Up. And what are you beating up? Well, demons of course. Get to the end and secure the highest score in this fun pick-up-and play game with the only distraction being the glorious blood. This game is challenging, but success feels glorious.

Comments from the Author: "Gladius takes a stroll with his armour and sword. Meets a woman standing next to a door, she invites him to enter the door. Will Gladius enter this door can he trust her? Later Gladius gets in deep trouble sudden a turtle has a serious role, what can a turtle do?"

Don't say: What, you can make HTML games in Clickteam Fusion? Why did nobody tell me this?!

Do say: When all you can do is stab, advance and treat then timing becomes king. TL;DR: Stabby stab stab ... *pause* ... *advance* ... and STAB!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Seawolf by Günter

As 'avoid the obstacle' games has pedigree, being a March 2025 remake of the author's own 1991 Amiga game.
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Comments from the Author: "Skill game... Dive into the underwater caves and traverse them. Collect crystals in the process. The submarine starts automatically. You can only move forwards, upwards and downwards. Your oxygen supply is limited. If you brush against the cave wall or touch thorns, you will lose oxygen. When the oxygen supply is exhausted, your submarine implodes and the game is lost. Can you make it through all 10 levels without destroying your submarine?
With Highsocre."

Don't say: Not another Flappy Birth clone! (It predates that game by more than two decades, dude!)

Do say: I'll play this version AND the 1991 original for the full Seawolf experience. Take that, obstacles!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

A Nightmare with 1000 Doors by Günter

Ever thought memory games needed more spikes? Well, this is the game for you! Sort of like a top-down 2D version of HetH's The Cube (posted to TDC back in 2002) but with less by way of jump scares

Comments from the Author: "Memory game. You are trapped in a nightmare and can only escape by finding the right path through the thousand doors."

Don't say: If I don't move I can't lose!

Do Say: Having a good memory... is key!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

TDC Project updates

• Check out updates from LordHannu on various projects
• Check out BigAl's video preview of Super Blocky

Click news comes in threes, right...

Fusion3

You may be as surprised as me to hear that Clickteam have posted the first of a monthly series of blog posts about Fusion 3... or "Fusion3" as it appears to be officially styled (presumably to make it easier to find on search engines). 

We start with a focus on objects. The post starts by stating: "Thank you for your patience, we realize that we have been super slow to communicate progress on Fusion3. The good news is starting today, we will be delivering a new update monthly to you. Please make sure to join our Patreon so you are notified when new blog posts appear there...In Fusion3 objects are very much like what you are used to using in Fusion 2.5 but with a few new exciting exceptions."

Is your interest piqued? Get back on the hype train and read about it here (no subscription required).

(Hat tip to Capitaine Caverne for letting me know about this news!)

Clickteam Spring itch.io sale

It's discount time again. The Clickteam Spring Sale 2025 is running on itch.io through the 20th of March.

New Active Object on Friday offer

To quote @jaytholen: "For Bandcamp Friday I set the price of my new album New Active Object to $2.50 in honor of The Games Factory's 250 object limit. if you like proggy/jazzy art-pop about making games as a youngster you'll dig this"

This time we have four games made by three familiar developers. Despite how it might look, Günter isn't the most productive Clicker in Click history - they are just uploading games from their back catalogue. I wonder if more is to come? I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Viking by Günter

This 2023 game is a platformer with enemies and hazards but made more arcadey through timer and local high score table. In my view the controls and collision detection feel a bit clunky, but it's got some charm.

Comments from the Author: "Viking is a jump and run game. Viking Günni has to fight his way through different worlds. Collect coins and defeat various creatures. And all against the clock. Can you complete all the levels? Have fun."

Don't say: Wait, why does that Viking have a historically inaccurate horned helmet?

Do say: I'll jump into this game to try to get a high score and earn myself a place in Valhalla!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Bomb zombie village! by LordHannu

Halloween has come early in this fun accessible pixelly arcade game with online hi-scores (Powered by Kliktopia™). You can't jump over the enemies in this game, but you have to kill them to avoid them killing you. No guns, so what do you use? Bombs, of course! Try not to get exploded too much by your own bomb.

Comments from the Author: "Was experimenting with "would it collide at" manage to make pixels fall and behave like sand. Used effect color replacer for same object as debris. made it pixel because seemed cool then I don't need to do extremely detailed debris... Place a bomb in front of the building or in front of the zombie when it explodes the mass will fly away from the player because it hurts the player getting hit by junk. Beginners trap don't bomb yourself at the beginning of the game will cost you greatly later."

Don't say: Why won't anyone think of the poor defenseless zombies?

Do say: Yay, the explosion effect I know and love from Lemmings has returned... in zombie form! I'm gonna get a high score and show those zombies what's what. GET TO THE CHOPPA!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Monster Trap by Sketchy

That's right, the third hi-score based game in a row. This game is an action puzzler, which is one of my favourite genres but also the one that can frustrate me the most. The game requires a bit of playing to figure out a strategy of how to trap the enemies and their sneaky diagonal pathfinding without getting eaten in the process. There's definitely a few tactics I picked up after playing it a few times to make things easier.

Comments from the Author: "Inspired by the classic "Rodent's Revenge", in this action-puzzler, you play as a pink blob thing, trying to push crates to trap the monsters, before they can catch you."

Don't say: I got a score of 0 twice in a row. I give up!

Do Say: I keep getting better. Patience is a virtue and practice makes perfect!

Click here to download the application and read its comments

CreepyCrypt by Günter

Another Halloweeny game. Another hi-score game. Another game by Günter? All these coincidences are pretty creepy, which is of course appropriate for CreepyTower. Less clunky than Viking.

Comments from the Author: "CreepyCrypt is a top-down action game. Muster up all your courage and descend into the crypt. Collect keys and use them to open secret doors. Beware of the many creatures and eliminate them. Collect red ore to increase your score. Have fun with it and don't get caught."

Don't say: I got stuck at the end of Level 1 - the game must be unbeatable! (No, you just have to do things in the right order...)

Do say: I'm not throwin' away my shot... (because ammo is limited)

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Other news: Lone Fungus has made it to Switch (and other platforms)

On the 21st of February Clickteam dropped the following video:

According to the game entry for Lone Fungus made in Clickteam Fusion:

"Lone Fungus is a true Metroidvania set in a world built by mushrooms where you play as the last mushroom alive. Explore an ancient world, acquire new abilities and discover secrets!Lone Fungus is a true Metroidvania set in a world built by mushrooms where you play as the last mushroom alive. Explore an ancient world, acquire new abilities and discover secrets!

Explore ten distinct areas, each with its own unique set of challenges. Uncover secrets and well deserved rewards in the form of Relics, Emblems and Upgrades. You will need all the attacks skills, Emblem powers and magic you can get your fungi hands on as you fight and parry your way through tons of enemies including 33 boss fights!"

Check it out:

• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1674780/Lone_Fungus/
• Epic Games: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lone-fungus-768015
• Itch.io: https://bastigames.itch.io/lone-fungus
• Nintendo store: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Lone-Fungus-2746877.html

TDC Project updates

• LordHannu has posted a project update for Path of fate

It's a bit of a doubles day today, with 2 developers who each have 2 games for us to enjoy.

From Jack or John (who you might remember from their past Creepy and Crazy games) we have the browser-based Shoot 'em Up Shooting Star and the download the joke game Sonic R R (made for Rage Expo 2025).

From new user Günter we have two retro classics remade by: Arkanoid clone Güntoid2 and Space Invaders clone Mech-Invaders (both of which have a high score table and will run in full screen).

Last but not least, I went with a trip down lane from Jay Tholen.

Shooting Star by Jack or John

Comments from the Author: "Shooting Star is a shmup where you play as a green star shooting stuff at other cosmic object. The star and other characters featured are owned by Jennifer Mazur-Becker; nothing present in this game is made by me. This game was made purely out of boredom. I'm starting to run out of things to say, but I hope you will enjoy playing this game, have fun."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Güntoid2 by Günter

Comments from the Author: "You have to clear the stones with a ball.Occasionally there are bonus stones that you have to catch.When all the stones have been cleared, the level is won. 63 levels."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Sonic R R by Jack or John

Comments from the Author: "SONIC HEDGEHOG THE RACING GAME SEGA SATURN 1997 2004 2025 RAGE RACING COMPUTER GAME FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND FRIENDS PLAY HUMOR FOR ALL ENJOY PEOPLE NOWSONIC HEDGEHOG THE RACING GAME SEGA SATURN 1997 2004 2025 RAGE RACING COMPUTER GAME FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND FRIENDS PLAY HUMOR FOR ALL ENJOY PEOPLE NOW For Rage Expo 2025. 
And if you couldn't already tell, this game was made as a joke and is bad on purpose... don't take it that serious."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Mech-Invaders by Günter

Comments from the Author: "The earth is attacked by aliens. Shoot down all the aliens.From level to level, the aliens attack faster"

Click here to download the application and read its comments

Writing: Being a kid in the Early 2000s by Jay Tholen

You might have remembered me posting the Active Object album by Clicker and Hypnospace Outlaw developer Jay Tholen. Well, he's given us another jolt of nostalgia with his retrospccive on being a kid making games in the early 2000s.

Click here for Jay Tholen's trip down memory lane.

TDC Project updates

• Fifth has posted an update on Otter Game WIP to the forum thread.
• CoolPatilloGuy has posted about a second Super Mario Land clone on the forum.

You never knew how much you wanted to buy the boots of faith until you played The Quest of James Denis by CoolPatilloGuy.

Comments from the Author: "This was a little project I made since Christmas 2024 loosely inspired by early Castlevania title ("loosely" as I don't play these game I am such a loser) and features 15 levels.
The level design aren't that great, the bosses are not that smart. But I tried I think.
I know this isn't the best game and can be stressing... but first I tried (and I assume failed if others cannot complete it) and then the whole punchline of this is to be somehow great and finish it. So I put three credits to continue before getting a game over. Also saying it loud: First object to buy are the boots of faith."

Click here to download the application and read its comments

In other news:

• LordHannu has posted an update about his match puzzle game project.
• BigAl has posted on the forum about his new game too.
• Clickteam's Patreon The Reactor continues to get new content, including Cook To Order ("amazingly simple puzzle game example using box2d physics"). Upcoming content includes a Bubble Puzzle game and a Soccer/Football game.
• Click game Vermitron recently released on the Switch. It is described as: a "retro styled Arcade Twin-Stick shooter with Tower Defense elements". The game is also available on Steam and the Google Store.
• Fusion game Depth Survivor was submitted to the itch.io Global Game Jam.

Happy new year and welcome to 2025... and happy birthday to this iteration of The Daily Click!

If you head to this news page you will see the inaugural post of the 'new Daily Click' from Rikus Kras back on the 1st of January 2002.

See the post Rikus made for the 20th birthday of the new TDC for a celebration of the site's history and then read The Daily Click's Timeline which covers the period of 1994 to 2008.

In other news, if you're not quite ready for Christmas to end then you're in luck! The Chris Street (Circy) has submitted Bouncy Claus to The Daily Click with some randomly generated content so you can play an unlimited number of permutations of the game meaning your festive fun can last forever.

According to the author: "Bouncy Claus was created in a window of around seven days, and is a platformer where the player controls Santa as he bounces through a run of 20 stages. His objective? Collect all the presents scattered in each stage! Complete the run and beat the game!"

The 7 days of Clickmas might be over, but it's legacy lives on! The Daily Click admin Chris Street (Circy) who judged many of the competitions featured has provided his own Christmas gift by providing copies of many of the missing games from those compos.

So, here's a re-cap of the Clickmas Countdown:

• Day 1: Custom levels
• Day 2: TDC Xmas Compo 2005
• Day 3: TDC Xmas Compo 2006
• Day 4: Klikkety Klik Xmas Compo 2001
• Day 5: TDC Xmas Compo 2003 - Winter Sports
• Day 6: TDC Xmas Compo 2004 - Platformers
• Day 7: Selection box

Thanks to Circy, we have now found the five missing games from the 2005 Christmas Competition:

• 14th: Christmas Michi by George Lambert 
• 16th: Quest To Save The Christmas With Santa Claus by Perttu Tuovinen & Jaani Kekalainen
• 18th: Muksi's Xmas by Borgi
• 19th: A Santa Story by Reno McDonald
• 21st: Santa Claus Rescue Squad by Stuart Browne

We've also now got Gool 2: The Christmas Catastrophe by Alexander Filipowski (8th place) and Bryan and Ivan: Frozen Chill by Tom Carlier (YuYu) (15th place) from the 2006 competition.

Gool 2 by Alexander Filipowski used The Mode 7 Ex object by Marcello Bastea-Forte to profile a 3D experience.

On behalf of The Daily Click, I'd like to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas!

This is the last day of TDC and Kliktopia's seven days of Clickmas, and I'd like to do a bit of reflection before getting to the new content. Going back through all these old Christmas competitions has helped me appreicate how much work people have put into an amazing collective effort. Thanks to the organisers, the judges, the developers, and the players who were part of a process and a community that resulted in the creation of new freeware creations that are their own kind of interactive magic which would not have otherwise existed. And of course thanks to the variety of people who contributed to the archival of these games which means that so many of them are still available despite the unreliable of old file hosting services and old hard drives.

These Christmas games express the creativity of their authors through the concept, the gameplay, and the music and sound. Even when the authors used pre-made music and effects, etc., they made creative choices. These games were not made in isolation, they were inspired both by the themes, the community, and the culture of the time. For a number of people, Christmas may also be an extra special holiday for them as Clickers because it is when they may have gotten their first Click produt, or purchased an upgrade to a newer version, or it might be when they got the computer they used to develop the games. It might also have provided peopel with time off to allow them to develop and/or play the games.

So, now on with the games. For Christmas day I'll give you a selection box of ten Christmas games. That's right, the theme today is basically that there is no unified theme. Enjoy the variety!

[Competition Winner] Christmas Time Heroes by Strife

See download page on The Daily Click

Read judge's reviews

Download via Kliktopia

I thought I'd sneak in one lass entry to a TDC Christmas Compo, the winner of the 2010 Christmas Competition. Luckily it was no trouble tracking this game down, as the game's entry on The Daily Click still had a working link. A Christmas miracle!"

This is a deliberately difficult platformer to compensate for its short length. According to judge Assault Andy said the game was "awesome", and particularly praised its"Amazing storyline. Quite engaging". 

[Donated] Atomic Santa: Christmas Omega by Jay Tholen

Download via Kliktopia

Christmas is a time for giving, and Jay Tholen kindly donated this game which was historically for sale for $0.99 on its discontinued itch.io page.

According to the author: "Santa and Rudolph, lone warriors for keeping Christ in Christmas, stand against an Illuminati Onslaught after the North Pole is nuked. Atomic Santa: Christmas Omega is a short-but-sweet festive shmup/platformer experience by Jay Tholen."

More recently, the author also noted that: "It's dated by being a satire on the politics of like 10 years ago".

[Non-English] Santa Cross by Warano (Straw)

Download via Kliktopia

You don't need to speak Japanese to enjoy this Christmas game, although looking at the machine-translated readme for instructions might be handy!

This game was contributed to Kliktopia by Peter, who has sent in a lot of Japanese games but has yet to get in touch via email or the Kliktopia Discord to say hi. If you're listening Peter, then please get in touch so we can thank you more directly for your archival efforts!

[Made as a gift] JJ's Doomsday Christmas by BigAl0104

View entry on The Daily Click

Download via Kliktopia

BigAl0104's 2023 festive follow-up to Alex & Friends' Quest was made for his girlfriend, but shared with the world. Those on the Kliktopai Discord followed along with the development of this lovable platform adventure game.

[Educational] Santa Teaches Typing by Pixelthief

Download via Kliktopia

Made for The Daily Click's Christmas Competition 2010, this is one of the few (or only) educational Christmas-themed Click game. Unfortunately, it ranked poorly due to a lack of sound as that was a key criteron for the competition. Assault Andy praised it for being "actually quite compelling and fun", but warned about its punishing difficulty curve which goes from super easy at Stage 1 to super hard at Stage 3.

[Versus] Funny Furries 2 Xmas by Bastiaan de Jong

Download via Kliktopia

'Tis the season for a bit of combat. Made a few years before the more bloody Christmas Combat by 3kliksphilip, this 1999 game is part of a versus series that I did actually play back in the day, usually fighting against my brother (when we weren't playing Smile Kombat Gold by Smiley Productions).

[Fan Game] Merry Gear Solid 2 by 

Dowload via Kliktopia

See entry on Arthur Lee's website

While there are plenty of Christmas-themed South Park fangames to choose from and at least one Sonic fangame, when I think of games inspired by other franchises I think of the Merry Gear Solid games by Arthur 'Mr. Podunkian' Lee. We already featured the first title in the 2006 Compo, so I'll go with its sequel.

[Point & Click Adventure] Freddie Trims a Tree by Philip Williams

Entry on The Daily Click

Download via Kliktopia

This 1996 game is one of the first Christmas Click games I ever played. I asked the author's permission to port this short but charming point and click Klik & Play adeventure game over to Clickteam Fusion 2.5 back in 2018 and Philip responded immediately giving permission.

[Memorial] Christmas Card by Paul Boland

Download via Kliktopia

In honour of remembering those Clickers who are no longer with us to celebrate Christmas, I am including a 2001 Christmas Card from Paul Boland of KnightTrek Productions. Paul was a kind and generous soul who passed away on the 14th of January 2021. Although I only met him once (at Click Convention 2007) he is still in my thoughts and my heart.

[Hot off the press] Crazy Christmas by Jack or John

Entry on The Daily Click

Download via Kliktopia

I'll finish with a reminder of how people are continuing to make and update Click games by featuring the latest entry on The Daily Click, version 2 of Jack or John's 2023 Christma platformer. The latest release contains new secrets and level design.

I hope you enjoyed this selection box and check out the games that interest you. If you still want more than more Christmas games are available over at: https://kliktopia.org/christmas.html

P.S. If you want to get even more festive then you can go to https://create-games.com/skin.asp to change to TDC's Xmas Skin.