Small satisfying things, under one thumb.
Twelve tiny toys built from things people do around the world because it feels good. Thirty seconds each, in the browser. Nothing to download.
The twelve toys
The eight shapes a good feeling takes
- Breaking
- Revealing
- Peeling
- Collecting
- Lining up
- Cutting
- Hitting the mark
- Squishing
Press and hold a card to watch it move for three seconds.
Reading
- Satisfying rituals around the worldDifferent countries, different centuries, and yet the movement of the hand is almost the same. Here is where each of the twelve toys in the park comes from.
- Why we want to pop every bubbleEveryone squeezes the last sheet left over from an unboxing. Here is an attempt to explain that from the side of the material.
- When your phone will not buzz or make a soundMost "it does not vibrate" and "there is no sound" is not a fault. It is how browsers and phones are built. Let us take it in order.
- Twelve thirty-second things to do when you are boredThirty seconds on a train and thirty seconds in a checkout queue call for different things. Here they are, sorted by where you are.
- What is a dopamine menu, and how do you make one?A sheet you keep so that, on a day when you cannot decide what to do, you can pick one thing instead of deliberating. Here is how to build one.
Questions people ask
- Is it free?
- Yes. There is no account, no membership and nothing paid anywhere on the site. You will never be asked for money.
- Do I need to install an app?
- No. All twelve toys run in the browser. Records are kept in that browser only and are never sent anywhere.
- I get no sound.
- Browsers are not allowed to play sound until the visitor has touched something. Touch anywhere and it starts. If it is still silent, check your device's silent switch and the note button at the top right.
- Why does my iPhone not vibrate?
- Browsers on iPhone and iPad have no vibration feature at all, and no device setting turns it on. All twelve toys play through to the end without sound or vibration.