Fixed at the top of every page. Contains the logo, search bar, page links, and your account button.

• Click BIZPLAY → returns to the homepage
• Search bar (center) → type to filter live, Enter for full results
• Press / from anywhere to focus the search bar instantly
• Right side: 🔔 notification bell + your avatar/name when signed in

The icon strip on the far left — present on every page. Hover to expand and see labels.

• 🏠 Home → shows all homepage sections
• 🏷 Tags → opens the full tag browser with pill buttons
• Category items (Action, Racing, Puzzle…) → filter games instantly. Shows a count badge per category
• Active item highlighted with accent colour
• Ripple animation on click

• 🎲 Random game — button next to the logo on the homepage, sends you to a random game
• ↑ Back to top — appears in bottom-right after scrolling 600px
• Progress bar — thin accent bar at the very top edge while data loads, disappears when ready
• Page transitions — 300ms fade between pages on the homepage

The homepage is organized into horizontal scroll rows, each showing a curated set of games. Sections can be reordered and hidden from Settings.

• ⭐ Spotlight — admin-pinned games: Day / Week / Month / Year
• ▶ Continue Playing — last played game with a Resume button
• 🕐 Recently Played — your last 12 games (stored locally)
• Featured / Trending / New / Most Played — flags set per-game in the admin panel
• ⭐ Highest Rated — games with ≥3 ratings sorted by average stars
• ♥ Your Favourites — hearted games (requires login)
• 🎮 All Games — icon grid of every game in the library

• Thumbnail, name, category, description (toggle in Settings), and tags
• Hover → scale animation + optional video preview plays silently
• 🔥 Hot and 🆕 New badges set by the admin
• Card size adjustable: Compact / Default / Large (Settings → Appearance)

Games are cached in localStorage after the first load. On each visit the site checks a version number in Firestore. If it matches, games load instantly from cache with no network call. If the version changed, fresh data is fetched silently in the background.

When no admin spotlight is set, a game is auto-selected using today's date as a seed — the same game for everyone, rotating at midnight.

Before the game iframe loads, a splash shows the game name, thumbnail, description, and controls. Click Play Now to launch. Can be disabled in Settings → Profile so games open immediately.

• Fullscreen — expands the game frame to fill your screen. Press Esc to exit
• Share — copies the game URL to clipboard for sharing
• ♥ Favourite — saves to your Favourites (requires login). Click again to remove
• ⭐ Star rating — rate 1–5 stars (requires login). Games need ≥3 ratings to appear in Highest Rated

• Play count — increments in Firestore each time you click Play
• Time played — tracked per session, pauses when tab is hidden, added to your profile total
• Both feed into the leaderboards and profile stats

A sidebar shows games related to the current one. Set per-game in the admin panel. Click any to navigate directly.

• Press / to focus from anywhere on the page
• Type to filter by game name, category, or tag in real time
• Dropdown shows up to 6 suggestions — click to jump directly to that game
• Press Enter to see full results in a card grid with stagger animations
• Press Esc to blur. Clear the input to return to homepage sections

Click any category in the left side menu to filter the entire homepage to that category. The hero section hides; only matching games are shown. Click Home in the side menu to go back.

Click Tags in the left side menu to see every unique tag as a clickable pill. The title has a mouse-repel physics effect. Click a pill to filter by that tag.

If no games match, a 🕹️ icon and title appear, followed by 4 randomly suggested games. Cards animate in with a stagger delay.

Choose from 30 game-themed emoji. Appears in your comments, leaderboard row, and the nav bar.

• Click the ✏️ button on your avatar to open the picker
• Saved to Firestore immediately, syncs across sessions

• Games — total unique games played
• Favs — number of favourited games
• Comments — total comments posted across all games
• Played — total playtime formatted as Xh Ym
• ♥ Likes — profile likes received from other users

Badges appear as pill chips below your profile card. Awarded automatically when you hit a threshold set by the admin.

• Checked every time you post a comment or visit your own profile
• Criteria types: Comments Posted, Games Played, Profile Likes, Thumbs Up, Favourites
• You get a notification when a new badge is earned
• Badges are permanent once earned

• 🎮 Recently Played — last 12 games
• ❤️ Favourites — all hearted games
• 💬 Games Commented On — every game you left a comment on
• 🗨 Recent Comments — last 10 comments with game links

On someone else's profile you can give a ♥ Like and/or 👍 Thumbs Up — these are separate. Both show on leaderboards. One per profile.

Visit another user's profile and click + Add Friend to send a request.

• Button shows ⌛ Pending until they respond
• Once accepted, both users are mutual friends
• Friends show in the Friends tab on your profile
• If a friend is currently in a game, a ▶ Join link appears next to them
• Remove friends via the Remove button in your Friends tab

Bell icon in the top-right nav. Red badge shows unread count. Updates in real time via a Firestore listener.

• Notification types: friend request, friend accepted, badge earned
• Accept or decline friend requests directly from the dropdown
• Click any notification to mark it read
• Click Mark all read to clear the badge
• Shows up to 30 most recent notifications

Available at the bottom of every game page. Requires login. Type and click Post or press Ctrl+Enter.

• Comments appear live for everyone on the page (Firestore listener)
• Delete your own comments with the × button
• Ordered newest first

Click ↩ Reply on any comment to open a reply box. Replies are nested below the parent with a blue left border.

• Collapsed by default — click "X replies" to expand
• After posting, the thread auto-expands to show your reply
• Delete your own replies with ×

Click ♡ on any comment to like it. Liked comments can appear in the Top Comments leaderboard tab. Click again to unlike.

The admin maintains a banned word list. If your comment contains one, it's rejected and a fullscreen countdown popup appears.

• 1st offense: 60 seconds
• 2nd offense (within 1 hour): 10 minutes
• 3rd offense: 30 minutes
• 4th+: 1 hour
• After 1 hour clean, the count resets
• Matching is case-insensitive and includes substrings

Each tab shows the top 10 players globally. Click a row to visit that player's profile.

• 🎮 Most Games — total unique games played
• ⏱ Most Time — total playtime in hours & minutes
• 💬 Most Comments — total comments posted
• ♥ Profile Likes — likes received from other users
• 👍 Most Liked — thumbs up received
• 🏆 Top Comments — highest-liked individual comments, with game link

Interactive 3D globe below the leaderboard showing visitor countries. Built with Three.js. Auto-rotates. Hover dots to see country and visit count.

• Theme — Light or Dark
• Accent Color — Blue / Purple / Green / Pink / Orange / Custom (color wheel)
• Card Size — Compact / Default / Large (live preview)
• Font Size — Small / Default / Large (scales all text via CSS variable)
• Animations — toggle fade-in and hover animations
• Hero Background — toggle the floating card animation in the homepage hero
• Show Game Descriptions — show/hide description text under search cards
• Show Play Count — display play count badge on homepage row cards

Control which homepage sections appear and their order.

• Toggle the switch to show/hide each section
• Drag the ⠿ handle to reorder — takes effect on next homepage visit
• Reset button restores defaults

• Pre-game Screen — show the game info splash before launching
• New Game Notifications — toast when new games are added
• Show Recently Played — show/hide the Recently Played section on homepage
• Play History — clear locally-stored recently played list
• Reset All — return all settings to defaults

• Each badge has a criteria type and a threshold (minimum number to qualify)
• Your stats are checked on every profile load — if you qualify, the badge is added
• Badges are permanent once awarded and stack over time

• Comments Posted — total comments you've left across all games
• Games Played — total unique games you've launched
• Profile Likes Received — how many people have liked your profile
• Thumbs Up Received — combined thumbs-up count on your comments
• Games Favourited — number of games you've added to Favourites

• Play lots of different games — each unique game counts toward Most Games
• Leave good comments — they may get liked and reach Top Comments
• Visit other users' profiles and give ♥ Likes — they'll often return the favour
• Keep games open — Most Time is purely about logged playtime

• Visit your own profile — it runs a badge backfill, so you may already qualify
• Comment on games to progress toward comment-count badges
• Favourite games to progress toward favourites-count badges

• Press / to jump straight to the search bar
• Browse by Tags for discovery — you'll find games you'd never search for
• 🎲 Random game button when you can't decide
• Check ⭐ Spotlight for admin-curated picks

• Set Card Size to Compact to see more games at once
• Disable Game Descriptions in Settings for a faster, denser search view
• Drag sections in Settings → Sections to put your favourite row first
• Pick a custom accent colour — the entire UI recolors to match

BizPlay was built by an anonymous creator — someone who spends way too much time thinking about how things work, what makes experiences feel good, and how to build something that just works without overcomplicating it. No team, no funding, no office. Just curiosity and a laptop.

The person behind BizPlay thinks in systems. They notice when something feels slightly off and immediately want to fix it. They value simplicity over complexity, clean design over flashy gimmicks, and genuinely good experiences over everything else. They build fast, iterate faster, and aren't afraid to throw something out and start again if it isn't right.

Because browser games deserve a better home. No sketchy ads covering the screen, no popups every 10 seconds, no hunting for the actual play button. Just games, a clean interface, and nothing in the way. BizPlay is what happens when someone who actually plays games builds the site they always wanted.

More games, features, and improvements. BizPlay is actively being built — check the Updates page to see what's new.