https://arrowescape.io/blog/ Puzzle-game walkthroughs written from the real boards, plus research on puzzles and how browser games work. en-us Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://arrowescape.io/blog/why-browser-games-feel-smooth/ https://arrowescape.io/blog/why-browser-games-feel-smooth/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT HTML5 canvas game performance comes down to one loop and a sixteen-millisecond budget: what requestAnimationFrame does, where the time goes, and hidden tabs. performance canvas html5 https://arrowescape.io/blog/rush-hour-puzzle-history/ https://arrowescape.io/blog/rush-hour-puzzle-history/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rush Hour puzzle was invented in the 1970s, sold in 1996 as a 6-by-6 board with 40 cards, and proved hard in 2002. 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