Tiny Islands (2019)
**** Hold the spacebar or the mouse button to speed up the scoring phase! ****
Tiny Islands is a digital roll-&-write game that uses cards instead of dice for generating the random items you get to draw.
Turn the cards over and pick what and where you want to draw the items to create your own islands.
Mouse over the images on the cards to get a reminder of how each feature works.
Share a picture of your tiny islands along with your score with #MyTinyIslands and compare with other players.
Coverage and Mentions of Tiny Islands:
RockPaperShotgun: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/11/tiny-islands-lets-you-pen-the-perfect-archipelago/
RockPaperShotgun: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/01/25/priceless-play-25-january-2020/
BoingBoing: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/13/tiny-islands-an-addictive-car.html
Warp Door: http://warpdoor.com/2019/11/11/tiny-islands/
Bonte Games: https://www.bontegames.com/2019/11/tiny-islands-browser.html
Welcome Collection: How to Play in Secret: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/XeEGrREAACEAte8K
Unwinnable Present: Unmissable: http://unmissable.libsyn.com/unmissable-17
Design 100: https://design100.org/48-2019-highlights-part-2/
Unwinnable: https://unwinnable.com/2019/12/31/the-best-games-of-2019/
Game Design Variety Hour #2: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/789792945
PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-50-best-free-pc-games/
Culture Vulture: https://culturedvultures.com/best-free-games-on-itch-io/
Game of the Year 2019 guest list: Sushi Go! designer Phil Walker-Harding: https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/opinion/goty-2019-phil-walker-...
Events showing Tiny Islands
Goldsmith's Games Library Night - 21 Feb 2020 https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=13196
Games Inspired by Tiny Islands:
https://itch.io/c/2358817/inspired-by-tiny-islands
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bug: boats cannot seem to count past about 9 tiles, if the island is further than that they simply do not score
Hi,
Would you be open to me making a little soundtrack for this game. I've played it a fair bit and its a fun little game. Im not in any way a professional but ive made a couple of good tracks for fun. This would be entierly free - i just want to contribute to your project in a way that im able to (I'm awful at putting together games, i can code fine but when it comes to making games my brain short-circuts)
Thanks
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first time getting 50 :)
Got my new PB today! Still playing years later, still a great little game.
this is insane what hahaha. i've never even hit 70 after a year. kinda inspired now to hyperfocus on mountains
first time getting 70 points, very fun !
I don't even know how I reach 67, bruh. Great game!
this reminds me of another score chaser scene builder game i dont remember the name but it was about making a pond instead of islands? idk anyway really cool game!
An amazing game, I am a big fan of roll and write games, this one is easily one of my favourites. I made a physical version on Canva and will promote it everywhere now. Thank you David
just wanted to share this goofy islands i made. Great game, i love the style!
It's a delightful, laid-back game that really pulls you in with its adorable design and soothing gameplay. Building your little islands and watching them come together is so satisfying
Very fun! I think this is my current high score, but I haven't been keeping track until now (which is why I'm posting this. I'll update if I get something better!)
Edit 1: New high of 65
Edit 2: Woo! First time breaking 70! :D
If you can manage, downloadable for offline playing would be nice.
87 points the best so far. Kudos for the developer for such a brilliant game!
It would be nice to have a free-style mode where you can choose any available card.
Wait, why... How do you have only 2 islands?
An island within an island creates a lake. Perfect for when a beach lands in a spot where you've already filled it in
Best daily run ever (17 Nov 2024)
welp
my best run ever
New high score (10 Nov 2024)
Just got new high score (9 Nov 2024)
My best score for now (3 Nov 2024)
Love this little game. Only wish I could have is some sort of seed generator/seed sync, so my friends and I can compete on the same puzzle without doing the daily puzzle over and over. Not any kind of real multiplayer, just like watching each other on discord and competing the scores.
That's an awesome idea. What would it take to add this feature?
god damn, this game is addictive! And good, it´s really , really good.
Also quite pleased with myself for scoring 70 points :)
Very nice game mechanics!
current highscore: 55
EDIT: 58, 14p from EIGHT forests, thats crazy
EDIT2: 63p
I just can't stop ! Love to see the islands unfold.
Loved this game so much that it inspired me to remix it with a new theme and couple new mechanics - https://ghana7.itch.io/codex-minimus
Building one of my own really made me appreciate how tight you were able to keep the balance while using only very small numbers - only 1s and 2s. There's such a nice push and pull between all seven elements and each choice really feels like a choice!
This game helped me to realise that church benefits from people twice as more as vice versa.
This post is more useful to me than you'd imagine - I'm going to embed it into my teaching on mechanics and meanings.
The ideal house
66 New record
praise mountains tbh
Still a lovely game
Trees are OP
this is one the daily challange
I love this game so much, but i have a question: have you tried to create the board game (probably PnP version) from it?