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.
Chassis 01 // Company Rev-2026
Est. 2020
Games that let people build things
Monster
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.
Crew // Core team
The team
Long-time game makersBetween us we founded Dynamix, GarageGames, PushButton Labs, Game Dev Castle 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.
Parts bin // Track record
Games we've made
Before Monster Ideas
Workbench // Monster Ideas projects
2020 → now
Our projects
Games, community, toolsBuilders & Warriors Universe 2022
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 Games
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.
One Click Community Community
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.