Often, the most addictive games are the simplest, which is why we present to you A Million Checkboxes. You can understand the essence of this new game from its title, but the gameplay simply involves checking and unchecking as many boxes as you want.
Simple, right? Well, if you want to remain productive today, we recommend that you think carefully before following that link. You risk being drawn into an endless battle on a field of flashing blue and white squares.
The check status of each box is the same for each player, meaning any box you fill in can soon be left blank again by someone else, and mini-wars break out all over the board as checkers battle non-checkers.
A count of how many boxes you have checked and how many boxes have been checked is displayed in the top right corner of the screen. The game, while simple, is causing a stir on the Internet, with some players trying to clear the board and others trying to fill it.
Soothing or frustrating?
I made a website. It's called “a million checkboxes dot com.” It has a million checkboxes. When you check one box, it gets checked for everyone. That's all. Have fun! pic.twitter.com/KBF4UqCMJcJune 26, 2024
The game comes from the creator. Nolen Royaltywhich has already created similar games and internet oddities. Judging by the developer's X feed, they weren't expecting so many people to participate: around 500,000 at last count.
And you don't have to search far on the web to find reactions: it's “quite relaxing.” For somethingbut “maximally frustrating” to othersso results may vary. What is clear is that it is addictive enough to occupy a significant part of the day.
At the time of writing, the number of marked squares stands at around 560,000 and activity is frenetic at the top of the board. Scroll down or use the jump down box in the bottom right corner and you can find calmer board blocks to play with.
The big question is: what happens when all the boxes on the board are checked? Or when all the boxes are unchecked? Maybe nothing at all, but judging by the amount of time we spend glued to the box-checking action, we may never find out.
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