Neonauticon Web Directory
Neocitizens
- 7nonsense - a song of photography and glitch
- incessantpain - chronicler of photography, cameras, fashion, manga, vijigame, neocities itself, existence
- syslbnth - a maze of cyber, games, obscurities
- slimysomething - home of the internet graveyard, dreams, cyberthoughts, many rabbits
Android Apps
- andOTP - Android OTP Authenticator, an alternative to the Google Authenticator
- AntennaPod - Open-source podcast manager.
- F-Droid Repository - A catalog of free and open-source apps. I look here first, especially if I need something simple.
- Feeder - No nonense RSS feed reader
- Firefox for Android
- Solitaire Card Games - Never underestimate the usefulness of a small cardgame app. Great small FOSS app with no permissions or ads.
Books
Cyber
- 12ft.io - Bypass paywalls on articles
- Archive.is - webpage capture archive, even better way to bypass paywalls
Blinkie Generator - Build a blinkie!- Death Generator - Generate video game screenshots from old games. href.cool notes you can use these to hide text from bots or for any other reason.
- DuckDuckGo - Favorite search engine
- EZGif - quick and easy gif optimization online without having to download a dubious zip file
- FrogFind - Search engine for vintage computers, built by ActionRetro.
- imood - Online mood tracker
- invidious.io - open-source YouTube front-end
- Just Delete Account - Helpful aid for deleting unused and unwanted accounts when the method is obscured.
- Teeny Towers - build a web room, swap a web room
- Mutant Standard Emoji
- OpenMoji - Open source emoji set
- Same.Energy - A visual search engine that finds images by style/mood/vibe.
- Tineye - Reverse Image Search
- tinypng - Smart image compression
- Webneko- Cursor-chasing nekos.
- Wobble Town - adopt wobbles, pixelated creatures that eat a lot
- Zalgo Text Generator - E͙v̗͙̫̖o͔̙̻̼͟k̲e҉̝͖̳̠͕̝s͠ ҉̝̬̫̣ͅa̴͉̳̤ ͕̰̖͚c̗͞er̳̤͈̬̥̗̯ta҉͕̮͍i͍̝n͖̞̦̘͙͖̯ m̝̭̫̫̱o̲͇̳̝̰͢o̰d̺̖̙̩͉̲.̬̳͚̩̹͉
- Zapaticons - Free Amiga icon collection that focuses on insects, amphibians, and birds.
- Bitsy - A game editor for tiny sprite-based games.
- Game-Icons - Useful for Android apps and board game prototypes
- Godot - Free open source 2D/3D game engine.
- Nandeck - Card deck templating software I use to design and retheme print-and-play tabletop card games.
- OpenGameArt - Video game art resources under various licenses
- Ren’Py - Free open source Visual Novel engine that ports to Windows, Linux, and Android.
- Twine - Free interactive story tool.
Print and Play Games
Some people get into PNP for the papercraft aspect, some get into it to have access to more games. I enjoy it for both reasons.
Solitaire Gaming
Solitaire gaming, or playing tabletop games solo, is naturally fun for me after so many years enjoying single-player video games. See also: Tabletop Gaming
Resources for Tabletop gaming more generally, mostly useful stat apps for BoardGameGeek. See also: Solitaire Gaming, Print and Play.
- Boardgamegeek - BGG is the defacto tabletop gaming community. Many annual board game design contests are hosted here.
- Boardgame Atlas - Price comparison tool.
- GeekGroup - a full-featured BGG webapp with many features, lots of interesting ways to view data as well as the ability to easily export logged plays. Replaces BGG Buddy and Board Gamer Tools.
- Melodice - Playlists for board games.
- Only You App - A webapp that tells which games only you (or only a few) players logged on BGG in a given month. Compliment to the Games only YOU have played threads.
Tabletop Gaming Online
- Boiteajeux - Online play
- OCTGN - Virtual tabletop with lobby.
- Playingcards.io - Good for prototyping card games
- Tabletopia - Free and paid, Tabletopia only runs official mods
- Tabletop Simulator - Paid software, TTS allows user-created mods as well as official mods and a lot of contest entries now include TTS mods as well as PNP versions
- Yucata.de - Online play
- Vassal - Open-source board game engine. A wide range of modules are available for many genres but it is primarily considered a wargame engine.
Video Games
Resources for video gamers, including sites that do a wide range of reviews and useful apps. See also: Freeware List of Excellence.
- Animated Screenshots: The Complete GIF Archive
- Backloggd - Video game logging site, useful for keeping track of what you’ve played and finding new stuff.
- The Cutting Room Floor - A wiki dedicated to cut video game content.
- DekuDeals - Nintendo Switch price tracking.
- Glorious Trainwrecks- Dev community celebrating beautiful messes.
- Good Old Games (GOG) - Favorite digital distribution platform for games. DRM free, consumer-friendly return policy, good launcher.
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - A wealth of articles on gaming, including many obscure titles. I have been able to read about many niche genres here.
- How Long To Beat - Sometimes I want to start a long game. Sometimes I want to play a short one. This site crowd-sources playtimes.
- Is There Any Deal? - Price comparison tool for games and bundles.
- itch.io - Indie game marketplace. Not just for video games, includes tabletop, rulebooks, zines, assets, freeware, and more. Has a desktop app.
- The Lost Levels - A blog about unrelased games. The bloggers have since gone on to do other things, but the archives are interesting.
- Metroid Construction - Metroid game hacking community
- Obscure Handhelds - A blog covering the many, many portable gaming devices on the market. Now retired.
- Playnite - Open source video game library manager, so I can actually find things.
- RetroidNoobs -
's extreme beginner's guide to Retroid Pocket 2+.
- Retro-Sanctuary - A retrogaming site with game comparisons and top 100 lists.
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun - PC game reviews and news site. Jolly good.
- Romhacking.net - Massive romhacking community with many translations, homebrews, and QOL fixes.
- Scorchy’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Let’s Play - One of the greatest LPs of our time, on a flawed and amazing game.
- Shmups Forum - Hardcore (and perhaps infamous) shmup fan forum
- Shmupulations - Archive of English-translated Japanese developer interviews and articles.
Software
This is a list of software I actively use that doesn’t fall into more specific categories. Most are free.
