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What is dunin?
dunin is an independent game maker's profile on itch.io, a hub for small, often experimental browser games. The page is a catalogue of short projects rather than a single product: puzzle games, detective stories, interactive fiction, simulations and drawing tools, most playable directly in the browser. Many titles are in French, and several are game-jam entries, which suggests small scope, quick ideas and rough edges rather than polished commercial releases.
What you'll find there
- Detective and mystery games: "Deposition," "Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant," "Noword and the case of the floor tiles" and "Pantaléon" all build investigations around small formats, such as an A4 sheet folded in three.
- Puzzle and drawing experiments: "IDENTIKIT" (draw and search), "Constellations," "Paper traveller," "endless rules" and "Paint of Persia," a rotoscoping pixel-art tool rather than a game.
- Multiplayer and local play: "Bombe à Rebours" is a one-button multiplayer game, "Dear Diary" is described as interactive fiction for two players and two computers, and "Everybody knows where the Godfather is" is a two-player detective and spy game.
- Interactive fiction and adventure: "Profession: Chair de Poule," "une histoire" and "Au rapport."
- Action and simulation: "unrogue," "The Saver," "loup glacé" and "living in a kaboom submarine."
Who it suits
This profile is a good fit if you enjoy browsing game-jam output, trying unusual mechanics for ten minutes at a time, or practising French through short interactive stories. If you want long, finished games with tutorials and save systems, the small jam-scale projects here will likely feel thin.
A practical next step: open two or three titles that match your language comfort and mood—for example a detective story and a puzzle game—and play them in the browser before deciding whether to follow the creator. Check each game's page for language and controls, since these details vary from title to title rather than being stated once for the whole profile.
Which dunin games can I play directly in my browser without downloading anything?
Most of dunin's games on dunin are listed as "Play in browser," so you can start them without downloading or installing anything. You just open the game page and launch it in the browser.
Browser-playable titles from the page
- Les frères pyramide — a circus game tagged Simulation.
- Au rapport — no genre tag listed.
- L'heure du toast — interactive fiction for two players on two computers.
- Dear Diary — described as "a strange new game."
- Players not found — hide-and-seek meets Counter-Strike, tagged Simulation.
- IDENTIKIT — a multiplayer drawing-and-searching game.
- Constellations — a drawing game about drawing constellations.
- Paper traveller — a drawing puzzle game tagged Puzzle.
- Deposition — a visual novel about taking a statement on a tiny sheet.
- Noword and the case of the floor tiles — a detective adventure.
- unrogue — dungeon exploration tagged Action.
- The Sheep, the Berber & the freedom — tagged Action.
- The Saver — a Ludum Dare platformer.
- anthropomorphic suspect — a match-3-style puzzle game.
- endless rules — a procedural puzzle game.
- Bombe à Rebours — a one-button multiplayer game.
- living in a kaboom — a multiplayer submarine game, turn-based or not.
- Everybody knows where the Godfather is — a detective and spy game for two players.
- Cher journal — a short interactive fiction piece.
- une histoire — interactive fiction made for Octocomp 2022.
- Profession: Chair de Poule — a text adventure from Ludum Dare 33.
- The Grand Carpet Hotel — a Ludum Dare 32 hotel-carpet game tagged Action.
- loup glacé — a kids' game tagged Simulation.
A few that need checking
- Pantaléon and Detective-Playing Game appear in the listing without a clear browser-play label, so open their pages to see whether they run in the browser or offer a download.
- Paint of Persia is a rotoscoping pixel-art tool rather than a game; its page will show how it runs.
How to choose
If you want something quick and social, start with Bombe à Rebours or IDENTIKIT, which are built around multiple players. For a solo story session, Deposition or Profession: Chair de Poule are the most narrative options. For puzzles, try endless rules or anthropomorphic suspect.
A practical next step: open the game page and look for the "Play in browser" button before clicking anything else. If a page only shows a download, it isn't one of the browser-playable titles above.
How do I play the two-player games like L'heure du toast or Bombe à Rebours with a friend?
Both games are browser-based, so the basic setup is the same: each player opens the game page on their own device, and you coordinate over a call or side by side.
L'heure du toast
The page describes it as an "interactive fiction for two players and two computers." That means it is a shared reading-and-choosing experience rather than a fast action game: expect to talk through options, split decisions between you, and read passages aloud. Because it is built around two separate machines, plan a voice channel first — the conversation is the game.
Bombe à Rebours
Listed as a "one button multiplayer game," it is the opposite kind of session: quick, tense, and easy to restart. One button each means no control-scheme learning curve, so it works well with a friend who does not usually play games, or as a warm-up round before something longer.
A practical way to run the session
- Open the game page on both devices beforehand and confirm it loads in the browser.
- Agree who hosts the call and keep it open in a separate window or on a phone.
- For L'heure du toast, decide in advance whether you will read aloud in turns or silently and discuss — it changes the pace a lot.
- For Bombe à Rebours, play a couple of throwaway rounds to learn the timing before keeping score.
If you want more two-player options from the same designer, the profile also lists Dear Diary (also offered in a French version as Cher journal) and Detective-Playing Game, described as a role-playing and investigation game for two players — a good follow-up if L'heure du toast leaves you wanting a longer cooperative mystery.
Browsing the full catalogue at dunin is the quickest next step; check each game's page for its player count and language, since the collection mixes English and French titles.
Which dunin games are detective or mystery investigations, such as Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant or Noword and the case of the floor tiles?
The clearest detective and mystery titles on dunin are Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant, Noword and the case of the floor tiles, Deposition, Pantaléon, Detective-Playing Game, and Everybody knows where the Godfather is. Several are designed around unusual physical or two-player formats rather than a conventional screen-only investigation.
What each one offers
- Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant — an investigation on a single A4 sheet folded into three. This suits players who enjoy a compact, tactile puzzle they can print or handle, with the mystery built into the paper format.
- Noword and the case of the floor tiles — an adventure-style detective story featuring a police officer. Choose it if you want a character-led narrative rather than a puzzle sheet.
- Deposition — you take a statement on a tiny sheet and solve the mystery. It is listed as a visual novel, so expect reading and dialogue to carry the investigation.
- Pantaléon — another case for detective Pantaléon, presented as a browser game. It fits players who want a short, self-contained mystery.
- Detective-Playing Game — a role-playing and investigation game for two players. It works well as a shared tabletop-style activity rather than solo play.
- Everybody knows where the Godfather is — a detective and spy game for two players, made for Ludum Dare 30. Pick it for competitive or cooperative deduction between two people.
Related games with a mystery feel
anthropomorphic suspect is described as a kind of mastermind with a match-3 element, so it leans toward deduction puzzles rather than story investigation. une histoire is interactive fiction and may appeal if you prefer narrative discovery, though it is not explicitly framed as a detective case.
How to choose
For a solo browser mystery, start with Noword and the case of the floor tiles or Pantaléon. For a printed, hands-on puzzle, try Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant. If you have a second player, Detective-Playing Game and Everybody knows where the Godfather is are the most direct fits.
What is Paint of Persia and how does it work as a rotoscoping pixel-art tool?
Paint of Persia is a rotoscoping pixel-art tool listed on the itch.io profile of the developer dunin, alongside their small browser games and interactive fiction pieces. In practice, rotoscoping means tracing over reference footage frame by frame to produce animation, and a pixel-art version of that workflow means each traced frame is drawn on a pixel grid rather than with smooth vector or brush strokes.
How it typically works
- You load or display reference material (often video frames) and step through it one frame at a time.
- For each frame, you draw over the underlying image on a pixel canvas, placing individual pixels to capture the pose or shape.
- You repeat this across frames, then play the sequence back as an animation.
- Because every frame is hand-placed pixel work, the result reads as deliberately low-resolution and stylized rather than photoreal.
Who it suits
| User | Why it fits | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel artists wanting realistic motion | Real footage gives accurate timing and anatomy to trace | Slow; each frame is manual work |
| Animators learning frame-by-frame timing | Reference footage makes motion study concrete | Limited value if you want smooth, high-resolution output |
| Hobbyists making short loops or sprites | Small canvases keep the workload manageable | Long sequences become laborious |
A concrete scenario: an illustrator who wants a walking character sprite with believable weight can film a short walk, trace key frames at a small pixel size, and end up with an animation grounded in real movement instead of guesswork.
As a next step, decide based on output goals. If you want stylized, low-resolution animation with realistic motion, a rotoscoping pixel tool is a good fit; if you need clean high-resolution vector animation or automated motion capture, it is the wrong category of tool. For related small experimental games and narrative pieces by the same developer, see dunin on itch.io.
Which dunin games are interactive fiction or visual novels, and what are they about?
On the dunin page, the interactive fiction and visual-novel entries are short, browser-playable experiments rather than long-form narrative games. The clearest fits are:
- L'heure du toast — tagged interactive fiction and described as a two-player story for two players and two computers. It's the most explicitly multiplayer of the fiction entries.
- Deposition — tagged visual novel. The premise is taking a statement on a tiny sheet of paper to solve a mystery, so expect a small-scale investigative framing.
- Cher journal (also listed as Dear Diary) — a diary-style piece about discovering "a strange new game," in both French and English listings.
- une histoire — a four-hour game made for the Octocomp 2022 jam, tagged interactive fiction.
Adjacent detective and narrative games sit nearby but are tagged differently: Le Meurtre de Monsieur Distant is a folded-A4-sheet investigation, Norword and the case of the floor tiles is an adventure with a police officer, Pantaléon is a detective investigation, and Detective-Playing Game is a role-play-and-investigation game for two players.
If you want a single starting point, pick L'heure du toast when you have a second player and two machines, and Deposition when you want a solo, ten-minute visual-novel-style mystery.
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