Monster
Ideas
Makers.

Monster Ideas is the game company Jeff Tunnell founded in 2020. The people behind it started Dynamix, GarageGames and PushButton Labs, and made The Incredible Machine, Starsiege: Tribes, the Torque engine and Contraption Maker. Millions of kids have played our games. Today we are building PlayWorlds.

▶ See PlayWorlds ⚙ Meet the team

Founded: 2020 Founder: Jeff Tunnell Making games since: 1984

Crew // Core team

The team

Long-time game makers

Between us we founded Dynamix, GarageGames, PushButton Labs and 21-6 Productions, and have shipped hundreds of games and products, including The Incredible Machine, Trophy Bass, Social City, Orbz, Tribes and the Torque Game Engine. We work with a community of developers around the world.

Workbench // Monster Ideas projects 2020 → now

Our projects

Games, community, tools

PlayWorlds Building now

A physics sandbox and maker suite with an AI companion, Fidget. Build contraptions, invent worlds, and turn them into games. Everything we've learned about contraptions, tools and communities, in one place.

playworlds.build →

Builders & Warriors Universe 2022

Darkforge Dungeons: a top-down stone dungeon, The Nest floor 1 of 3, with the hero Cybel's portrait, a Defeat a Rabid Rat objective and the action bar

Darkforge Dungeons, the first proof-of-concept game in the universe, is a roguelike dungeon crawler with turn-based combat built for quick drop-in, drop-out sessions. Fight to the bottom of the dungeon and escape with loot to upgrade your custom hero.

PlayPlace Beta

PlayPlace's game list: Bermuda Triangle, Matcha Daily, Whacka, Fruity Mahjong, Wordsy, Bubblez, Minesweeper, Matcha Blitz and Yahtzee

A fun, fast and free community of browser games that play on mobile or desktop, with no ads and no tracking. Play solo, take on your friends, or go up against the world on daily, weekly and all-time leaderboards.

playplace.games →

OneClick Community Community

The OneClick Community dashboard, listing communities such as xGGGuys and Raging to Ride with their member counts

Everything you need to build a community around your brand, interests or hobbies, in one place. Community matters more than ever, and our goal is to help people build strong, vibrant ones.