websites with a gimmick, or unnecessary cool feature
BotB Academy Bulletins
 
 
236958
Level 32 Chipist
kleeder
 
 
 
post #236958 :: 2026.04.16 2:41pm
  
  mirageofher liēkd this
in the day and age of quickly produced generated one page websites where each looks more corporate than the other, I was wondering if we can have a cool collection of websites with unique gimmicks, fun little things to play around with etc in this thread.

is there a website that u remember because it was fun or exciting to click from page to page? maybe something made u laugh? hidden subpages, little games, custom cursors or silly animations? anything goes.
there's so much u can do with Webdesign and the concept of websites, which is easy to forget when we just hang out on our 5 all-the-same looking social media sites and apps.


sidenote I always liked the idea of adding a little hidden entrance to a maze on my own portfolio website, which leads to ... ?????? or maybe it already exists???? will we ever know???? I wish more websites in general wld have more easter eggs and just funny little extras again
 
 
236959
Level 30 Mixist
mirageofher
 
 
 
post #236959 :: 2026.04.16 2:44pm
  
  kleeder liēkd this
well i mean gravitybreak exists heheh
 
 
236960
Level 17 Samplist
raptorgirl
 
 
 
post #236960 :: 2026.04.16 2:46pm
  
  ivel liēkd this
 
 
236961
Level 13 Chipist
cyclar2
 
 
post #236961 :: 2026.04.16 2:47pm
  
  raptorgirl liēkd this
corru.observer (corru.observer
) (corru.observer) go to corru.observer (link to corru.observer
) corru.observer very good web game you can play in web browser today corru.observer


the gimmick and/or unnecessary cool feature is that the entire game's graphics are rendered using entirely HTML and 3D CSS, without involving the <canvas>
element, which is really cool if you're a nerd and probably doesn't mean anything if you're not. but also it's a visual novel that quickly becomes not a visual novel. it's just fascinating and one could talk about it for six years
 
 
236963
Level 20 Mixist
Luigi64
 
 
 
post #236963 :: 2026.04.16 3:01pm
im kinda blanking but i think it's neat when those autistic person sites add a little cursor trail or whatever other awesome bullshit on the screen. the opposite end of the spectrum (more techbroey) sometimes the designer decides to make their own laggy lerped mouse cursor and hide the system's and those pages can burn in hell
my brain is isn't but there's gotta be more i'll remember eventually
 
 
236965
Level 17 XHBist
cessna
 
 
 
post #236965 :: 2026.04.16 3:40pm
Yvette's Bridal Formal
is my favorite, I always find something new there every time.
 
 

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