News, guides and developer updates from SlowDen — Slow Cook challenge announcements, browser-game tips, and ways to get your own game played.
2026-07-31
Zero console errors, every file returns 200, and the player still sees black. We measured one of our own games — 203 MB of art queued in front of a 38 KB game — and wrote down exactly how a project ends up there, plus how to check your own build in ten minutes.
Read more2026-07-30
Developers keep asking where to publish an HTML5 game when what they mean is which of these places has anybody on it. How to tell a host from an audience by reading a portal's own pages, what developers say they actually want, and the honest ceiling on what a listing does for you.
Read more2026-07-30
Most browser-game searches are phrased as a negative — people want games without something. 'No download' is the one universal across six regions; after that it splits into no ads, no login, and an Indian-English phrase no Western portal writes.
Read more2026-07-29
A player's guide to SlowDen's free browser games, sorted by how much time you actually have — two-minute arcade runs, ten-minute daily puzzles, and games for two people on one keyboard. No downloads, no sign-up.
Read more2026-07-25
A step-by-step, honest walkthrough of submitting your browser game to SlowDen — how to get your web build submission-ready, what to prepare, exactly how the Slow Cook route works today, and what you can and can't expect.
Read more2026-06-28
A friendly, honest map of where indie and browser-game developers gather online in 2026 — global hubs like itch.io and Ludum Dare plus active scenes in India, Southeast Asia and Brazil — and how a browser game helps you join in.
Read more2026-06-27
A practical, honest guide to where you can publish an HTML5 or browser game for free in 2026 — itch.io, Newgrounds, portals, self-hosting, and SlowDen's Slow Cook challenge.
Read more2026-06-26
Slow Cook is SlowDen's free, beginner-friendly browser game challenge. Pick a creative prompt, build a small browser game — any engine, any skill level — and submit it free for a chance to be featured.
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