A drawer of small things
The Toybox
Games, creative tools, and useful little things.
Play
Small games for a spare minute.
- The Patient ButtonAn idle clicker with a handful of increasingly unnecessary machines.
- How Awake Are You?Five attempts, an average, and one honest number in milliseconds.
- The Memory DrawerA matching game drawn from the small objects that live around this site.
- Mushroom SweeperNumbers, small flags, and a patch of ground with a few bad mushrooms in it.
- Desk SnakeSteer the line, eat the crumbs, try not to meet yourself.
- Prism MergeSlide the tiles together and see how far the light will go.
- Aiden's Daily TriviaA short written quiz. The same five questions until midnight.
- Bug SquasherSmall drawn insects wander the desk. Catch them before they leave.
- Higher or LowerOne card, one guess, and a streak that ends the moment you are wrong.
- Word ScrambleUntangle a scrambled word before the hints run out.
- Tiny FishingWait, hook, and reel in something drawn in ink.
- Marble DrawerGuide a glass marble through a wooden maze and try for a cleaner run.
- Paper Airplane DeskChoose a fold, paper weight, and launch angle, then see how far it flies.
Make
Draw, write, arrange, and experiment.
- Modest PaintPencil, brush, shapes and a small palette on a canvas you can keep.
- Pocket PixelsAn 8×8 to 32×32 pixel editor with mirroring and a crisp enlarged export.
- Kaleidoscope DrawerOne stroke, mirrored around the middle as many times as you like.
- Palette DrawerMix, name and keep small palettes, then copy them out as codes.
- Pattern PressBuild one tile from drawn shapes, then watch it repeat across a wall.
- Wallpaper WorkshopBackgrounds, small ink pieces and a line of text, exported at your screen size.
- ASCII Art MakerPaint with characters on a monospaced grid and copy the result out.
- Constellation DrawerPlace stars, draw lines between them, and keep the sky you made.
- Little Music BoxPlace notes on a looping strip, change the tempo, and let the mechanism play.
- Pocket SpirographAdjust the wheels and draw crisp geometric patterns you can download.
- Tiny Map MakerPaint forests, rivers, roads, towns, and ruins onto a pocket-sized map.
- Postcard WorkshopChoose a scene, border, stamp, and message, then download the finished card.
Useful little things
Simple tools that earn their drawer space.
- The Wheel DecidesType in your options, give it a spin, and let it take the blame.
- Rainy FocusA focus timer with editable sessions and optional rain on the window.
- Aiden's CornerA written collection Aiden reads from. Nothing here is made up on the spot.
- Aiden's Dice DrawerOrdinary dice, odd dice, and saved rolls you use often.
- Tiny NotepadPlain text notes with search, pinning, and files you can take away.
- Aiden's Prompt DrawerWritten prompt parts, shuffled together. Lock the bits you like.
- Aiden's Daily WordA written vocabulary drawer. The same word until midnight.
- Name GeneratorWritten name parts, combined by category. Keep the good ones.
- Text WorkshopCase changes, sorting, de-duplicating, counting and tidying, all in the page.
- Ambient Room MixerMix rain, wind, fire, night insects, train rhythm, and a low room hum.
- The Cipher DeskEncode and decode text with Caesar shifts, Morse code, and Atbash.
Fiddle with this
No score. Just poke at it.
- Rain on GlassA fogged window, a bit of weather, and no purpose at all.
- Stacking StonesIrregular stones, a flat base, and gravity waiting patiently.
- Firefly JarA night scene, a glass jar, and lights that drift where they like.
- Digital PlantWater it, turn it toward the light, and watch it fill its pot slowly.