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UPDATE: WOW! Thanks, currently there are more users than the whole week. :D

I've been working on a minimalistic game collection site with Flash and HTML5 games: http://playszone.com/

Why to play here?

    - Big images that actually shows the real game at almost 1:1 scale;
    - Social integration: when you like an item, like on facebook, share on facebook
      or tweet about it, it will be stored on my server. (You have to be logged in 
      in order to work.) 
      - Why this is cool? - You have a feel of accomplishment as you will always try to do all the social tasks. 
      - Where exactly is this? - Everytime you play a game, you have a right navigation with 
      6 buttons. Those are the buttons. 
      (The only problem is the like button which takes a lot longer to get accounted)
    - No ads, at least not in my site. The flash games and some html5 games comes bundled with ads (Any way to remove them?).
    - Minimalist UI, which can be closed (Click on the 3 bars at top right of the page).
    - Played games have an watermark (Only for logged in.).
Interesting views:

- Main: http://playszone.com

- In game (flash) Road of Fury: http://playszone.com/games/id:5334632f8984d74232b8925d/road-...

- In game 2 (flash) The Peacekeeper: http://playszone.com/games/id:5339d19cc6af0b434c2dc9d2/the-p...

- In game (non-flash): http://playszone.com/games/id:5332e034775c56a02cc4a1cf/flapp...

- Submit game: http://playszone.com/submit-game

- Login or register: http://playszone.com/login-or-register

- Categories: http://playszone.com/games

Login required:

- Manage games: http://playszone.com/manage-games

Technology used:

    - Node.js + Express
    - MongoDB + Mongoose
    - Server side rendering with React.js
Anyway, I find very very very hard to promote such a site. :/


I might be missing something, but is this legal? Where are you getting all the games from and why are you trying to remove in-game ads? There's a reason these games are free and while I think users should be allowed to bypass ads using ad-blockers, it seems bad-natured to do it en-masse for everyone.


I know is not a good way to remove the ads. This would create the best experience for the end user. I would like to take another approach to monetization and then of course, reward the actual authors with a part.


Well that just cost me 30 minutes. Excellent. Well done.


Thanks, man ;) hope you come again :D


Yes, please stop, I have work to get done :[

Awesome work!


Thanks man, so happy to know someone is actually enjoying this!!!


The domain name is hard to pronounce.


I know :/ but you can spell it: Play s Zone. If you say Plays Zone someone might miss understand for Place Zone.

You had to tell a friend and he miss spelled?




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