Triuna Labs IGF 2027 · Jury build

Games that are about their systems.

Everything here runs in a browser tab. No install, no account, no launcher — a judge opens a link and is inside the work in about five seconds. Each submission carries its own technical write-up, because in each case the interesting part is the machinery.

Browser · no install Opens in ~5s Desktop & mobile No account, no telemetry

Submissions

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Chessynth playing a game: chessboard, live stem rack and move list
Excellence in Audio · Nuovo

Chessynth

A chess game, scored. Every musical decision — instrument, harmony, tempo, who carries the melody — is caused by something on the board, and the app will tell you which move caused it and why it sounds the way it does.

Sound
18 modes · orchestra, film score, techno
Audio
synthesised live, no samples
Play
replay, vs bot, 2-player, party
Runs on
any modern browser
Build
366 · frozen for the jury
Play now Technical notes ↗
further submissions
land here

How to judge it quickly

The first screen asks one question — orchestra, film score or techno. Pick one and it starts playing a real game immediately. Two minutes in that state is the whole pitch.

If you have longer

Open Menu → Copy music log while it plays. Every ply is listed with the chess that caused the music: the move, what it captured, which instrument that silenced, and which signal moved.

Trouble

Audio needs one click to start — that click is the style choice on the first screen. Nothing is fetched from a third party. Contact paulwoll@gmail.com.