Games & Hobbies
Game wikis, fan-made tools, puzzle helpers and sites for hobbies from music to crafts — 3 curated tools in this category
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Some of the most carefully maintained sites on the web are built by fans. A wiki that tracks every item in a game, a helper for a daily word puzzle, a toolkit for one game's in-world events: nobody asked for them, and people use them every day because the person who made them plays too.
Hobbies get the same treatment. This category covers game wikis and fan tools, puzzle and quiz helpers, and tools for hobbies such as chord progression generators for musicians, colour charts for crochet, and feasibility checks for 3D prints. Games themselves are listed here too, when they are something you can open and play.
What makes one worth a bookmark is care rather than polish. The good ones keep up with the latest patch or season, credit their sources, and put the answer before the adverts.
What to look for
- Kept up with the game
Games change with every patch and season. Look for a recent update or a version number; a wiki that stopped at last year's release sends players the wrong way.
- Built for the hobby, not the ad slots
Adverts pay for a lot of fan projects, which is fair. The answer should still come first, above the fold, without a wall of banners in front of it.
- Credits and sources
Fan tools stand on game data, community research and other people's charts. The trustworthy ones say where their numbers come from and who did the work.
- Works on a phone
Most of these get opened mid-game or mid-project, on whatever device is nearest. A tool that needs a desktop loses half its moments.
Games & Hobbies questions
Keep reading
- CommunitiesForums, groups and servers where the players and makers gather.
- Blogs & MediaWriting and video about the games and hobbies themselves.
- How to get your first 100 usersFor makers of fan tools who want more players to find them.