EYEZMAZE

EYEZMAZE is the home of On Nakayama's GROW games and a wider archive of whimsical puzzle experiments. The collection spans browser work, mobile releases, comics, and odd side projects, all with the compact logic and hand-drawn mischief that made the series an internet favorite.

What is EYEZMAZE?

EYEZMAZE feels like a cabinet of small inventions rather than a single game. Its archive stretches across years of browser puzzles, mobile releases, comics, and tiny side experiments, with the GROW series at the center. These games are remembered for asking a simple question in a delightfully indirect way: what happens if you choose this thing before that one? The joy comes from sequence. A button press may set off a chain of changes, and the charm lies in watching a little system unfold into something more complicated, more animated, or more absurd than it first appeared. The games make cause and effect feel like a toy box. You are not so much given a lecture on the rules as invited to poke at a miniature world and see what wakes up. The archive also gives EYEZMAZE a sense of accumulated handwriting. Alongside recognizable GROW titles are browser games, mobile versions, comics, and old announcements that map a long-running independent practice. That makes the site rewarding even when you arrive for one familiar puzzle and end up browsing the surrounding clutter. It is a durable corner of the web for anyone who misses games with soft edges, unexpected reactions, and a willingness to let the player learn by trying a strange order of operations.

What you can do there

• Browse the game archive
• Choose a puzzle title

Why we picked it

EYEZMAZE is a useful antidote to games that explain every move before you make it. Its puzzle tradition is built around experimentation, surprise, and small evolving systems, while the archive preserves a wider body of work than a single title could show. It is a place to wander when you want curiosity to be the main control scheme.

How to get the most from it

Begin with a familiar GROW title or browse the archive until a name catches your eye. In these puzzles, trying a different order is often more useful than looking for a perfect answer immediately. Give each choice time to change the little world in front of you, then revisit a title when you want to test another sequence.

Good to know

EYEZMAZE spans many years and formats, including older browser work as well as mobile releases. Individual titles may differ in availability and in the technology they expect, so the archive is best approached as a collection rather than a promise that every historical game will behave identically today. The site also contains comics and announcements alongside games.

Who made it, and when?

On Nakayama is the credited creator or organization.