Start with a simple fit
Put a smaller box inside an empty larger box. Nest the whole bundle again when you find its next home.
Little Boxes
A small nesting puzzle about making room. Rotate and fit boxes inside one another across 20 handcrafted puzzles.
Play Little Boxes- Category
- Games & Simulations
- Platform
- Desktop + mobile web
- Status
- Available now
How few boxes can hold everything?
Simple nesting rules turn a table of colorful boxes into a quiet spatial puzzle, with room to experiment and undo any move.
Play now
Make a little room.
Tap or drag a box into a bigger one. Double-tap to rotate, and reach the target number of outer boxes.
User value
A little space to think.
No clock, no account, and no rush. Find the next fit at your own pace.
Experiment freely
Rotate, undo, or restart. Every puzzle is available from the beginning.
Return where you left off
Completed puzzles and unfinished arrangements stay in the current browser.
Features
Twenty small packing problems.
Four chapters explore size, orientation, and the order of your choices.
- 01
Tap, drag, or use the keyboard
Select a box and its destination, drag it into place, or navigate the box buttons with the keyboard.
- 02
Turn the whole bundle
Double-tap a box, use the rotate button, or press R while playing to rotate it and everything inside.
- 03
A calm companion
Burrito strolls beside the title. Sound and motion have their own saved controls.
- 04
Keep playing offline
After the game reports that it is ready for offline play, supported browsers can reopen the cached game without a connection.
Product concept
Simple rules, thoughtful choices.
Every box is both an object to place and a possible home for another box.
Read the shapes
Boxes use a shared scale, with nested contents visible so the arrangement remains understandable.
Let mistakes teach
Fit previews and clear feedback explain a move, while undo keeps experimentation easy.
Leave time open
There is no countdown. A puzzle can last a minute or wait for another day.
Architecture
A small game that lives in your browser.
Static files provide the puzzles, illustrations, controls, and sound without an application backend.
- 01Open the game
- 02Choose a puzzle
- 03Nest and rotate boxes
- 04Save progress locally
- 05Return online or offline
Independent delivery
The game has its own address and can also be played inside the studio catalogue.
Local progress
Arrangements, undo history, completion, and preferences stay in browser storage without an account.
Small by design
Plain HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and optimized artwork keep the complete game lightweight.
Technology
Built with the browser.
Application
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- SVG
Browser
- localStorage
- Web Audio
- Service Worker
- Web App Manifest
Delivery
- Static web
- Cloudflare Workers
- No backend
- No runtime dependencies
Development
The first collection is ready to play.
Twenty puzzles, responsive controls, illustrations, sound, a playful Burrito, and offline support make up the first release.
- Stage
- Available now
- Puzzles
- 20
- Price
- Free
- Accounts
- None
Implemented
- Four chapters with validated puzzle targets
- Nesting, bundle rotation, undo, and saved progress
- Pointer, touch, and keyboard controls
- Sound and reduced-motion preferences
- Offline caching and optional browser installation
Room to grow
Future puzzles can build on the same small set of rules. The first collection is complete and playable now.
Little Boxes lab notes
The project, over time.
Notes about the thinking, architecture, development, and decisions behind this work.
Development notes for this project will begin here.