@testtubegames.com
Game Developer behind TestTubeGames. Enjoy building, finding, and sharing cool science through games / toys / simulations. My games: https://testtubegames.com Other games I love: https://thescienceplayground.com/ he/him
Ah good, I'll give it a check on Android.
There's a lot of pretty funky gpu/texture magic going on under the hood, so an issue like that could make sense. If I had to guess, I imagine you won't see it on the desktop.
Thanks for the heads up!
Oooh, yay, a bug! (Nope, that shouldn't be happening.)
I'm assuming that happens right when you load it up? Curious what browser you're using, too.
Check this shit out:
3 by 3 grid representing a minigolf course with a cartoon flag in the lower left, and a golf club to the right. Four tiles have little dotted-circles in them representing magnetic fields, and there is a red ball with a curved path shown behind it. The ball has gone around the golf course, curving 90 degrees every time it passes through one of the magnetic fields.
New game posted at Universe & More! What?!
Magnetism Mini Golf. Go give it a play - perfect for some magnetic puzzle fun, and GREAT fore students.
universeandmore.com/magnetism-mi...
Which is harder to simulate - Dark Matter or Gas?
Find out in my latest blog post, which includes pretty animations and also a sneak peek at a sim you can run yourself?!
testtubegames.com/blog/dark-ma...
Always rough when games disappear - looks like it was a cool one!
Realized I should give y'all something to check out if I say this. Check this shit out
3 by 3 grid representing a minigolf course with a cartoon flag in the lower left, and a golf club to the right. Four tiles have little dotted-circles in them representing magnetic fields, and there is a red ball with a curved path shown behind it. The ball has gone around the golf course, curving 90 degrees every time it passes through one of the magnetic fields.
New game posted at Universe & More! What?!
Magnetism Mini Golf. Go give it a play - perfect for some magnetic puzzle fun, and GREAT fore students.
universeandmore.com/magnetism-mi...
Which is harder to simulate - Dark Matter or Gas?
Find out in my latest blog post, which includes pretty animations and also a sneak peek at a sim you can run yourself?!
testtubegames.com/blog/dark-ma...
Finishing up the latest TestTubeGames newsletter, which should go out tomorrow.
All about Dark Matter and Gas... and pretty simulations like this...
Last chance to sign up: mailchi.mp/d92658cb25c4...
Finishing up the latest TestTubeGames newsletter, which should go out tomorrow.
All about Dark Matter and Gas... and pretty simulations like this...
Last chance to sign up: mailchi.mp/d92658cb25c4...
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
gradient.horse
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
An annotated map of the solar system with hundreds of solar elements in beautiful rings
Beautiful graphic of the day (because that should be a thing: Our Solar System
By my data hero Eleanor Lutz
TestTubeGames logo, a test tube filled with purple liquid over a pink circle. Title: Welcome Back! I've got a new project to share today - all about the Cosmic Microwave Background. This is ancient light that's been traveling for billions of years to reach us today.
Last chance* to join the TestTubeGames newsletter!
Project updates, deep dives into the science behind my games, and links to other cool science to explore online.
Delivered right to you, and not surrounded by a feed of current events.
mailchi.mp/d92658cb25c4...
*what?
TestTubeGames logo, a test tube filled with purple liquid over a pink circle. Title: Welcome Back! I've got a new project to share today - all about the Cosmic Microwave Background. This is ancient light that's been traveling for billions of years to reach us today.
Last chance* to join the TestTubeGames newsletter!
Project updates, deep dives into the science behind my games, and links to other cool science to explore online.
Delivered right to you, and not surrounded by a feed of current events.
mailchi.mp/d92658cb25c4...
*what?
Someone fund me to make this into a travel show where we spin the wheel and then go see the bird wherever in the world it might be.
It'll have Fishing With John vibes but will also be very educational.
I can give you my Venmo.
It turns out that you can create an interference pattern using light from two independent lasers. The interference arises from the quantum view that you cannot tell which laser any individual photon came from.
…!
That’s amazing.
The Mentos challenge just got serious 🧐 See what happens when chem prof Tom Kuntzleman dds Mentos to a bottle of champagne in comparison to a different carbonated beverage. Cheers! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #mentoschallenge #ChemEd
Image of an Alaskan bog with water and red moss in the foreground and trees in the background.
Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.
Intrigued by this new collection of learning games. You all know I love a good list...
"Vault Game Library"
vaultlearninggames.org
Discord server message, small cartoon character icon, message written by andy. "That's that, then. If there are any folks that are against using AI and in the creator space, feel free to track me down elsewhere. You're not alone, and I'd love to support your stuff."
When you look around a creatives discord server and realize folks have only been sharing AI-related creations for months...
Hope somebody who needs this message finds it.
Header: No AI Worth writing it in its own category here. In general, AI is a vehicle for evil and misinformation. So I think it should be kept as far away from education as possible. As an added bonus, AI harms creators – and sharing creations and supporting creators is the whole reason this site exists. So. No thank you.
Time for an addendum to The Science Playground's "About" page. I think this just about covers it.
ngl, I'm nervous about the future of these types of projects. Historically science projects on the web are cool and unique passion projects - even the most half-baked ones are a delightful reflection of the creators.
Though I guess generic vacuous projects are *also* a reflection.
For cool projects I've found made by humans: thescienceplayground.com
Discord server message, small cartoon character icon, message written by andy. "That's that, then. If there are any folks that are against using AI and in the creator space, feel free to track me down elsewhere. You're not alone, and I'd love to support your stuff."
When you look around a creatives discord server and realize folks have only been sharing AI-related creations for months...
Hope somebody who needs this message finds it.
Writers and illustrators tend to be against AI, but where I haaave seen it crop up or be admitted to in the Kidlit arena is in creating additional resources, like activities and discussion guides.
Please be assured, *nothing* I create is done with AI. Including bonus resources like these.
❤️⬇️
#NoAI
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report, December 9, 2025. I'M A STAR By Katie Slivensky, Steph Stilwell Imprint: Beach Lane Books Katie Slivensky's I'M A STAR, an astronomy tale with humor, heart, and plenty of stellar facts, told from the viewpoint of one of our galaxy's newest and most enthusiastic stars, illustrated by Steph Stilwell, to Andrea Welch at Beach Lane Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2028, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Aevitas Creative Management for the author, and by Aliza Hoover at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world). Framed by an adorable graphic of outer space characters, various planets and one big smiling star, illustrated by Steph Stilwell.
Hey there, I, ROCK: A Geology Tale fans. 😁🪨
Guess who's teaming up again??? This time, we aren't Earthbound... Steph Stilwell and I are back at it, taking on ASTRONOMY!!! 😃⭐🌌🔭
I am so beyond excited to announce this new #BookDeal!!!!
Ahhhh!!!! 😃😃🤩
#KidLit
#STEMLit
#PictureBooks
