Image: makeworks98.com · A 1990s desktop with the Start menu open: Programs lists Lookout Express, Natter, Jotpad, Spreadsheet, Paint and more, and Games lists Solitaire, FreeCell, Minesweeper, Mahjong and others, over the Lookout Express inbox and a sticky note.
MakeWorks 98 makes office life into a retro desktop game
A developer used Claude Code for part of a browser-playable office game after building its C# desktop-style drawing toolkit.
Credits
- Build author bump-ladel Source ↗
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The full story
MakeWorks 98 plays out a year of office work inside a simulated late-1990s desktop. Email, chats, spreadsheets and small painting jobs drive the story, alongside familiar desktop games.
The maker wrote the drawing and widget core in C#, then used Claude Code for a substantial part of the game. It runs through raylib and .NET WebAssembly; saves use IndexedDB and can be exported as a backup ZIP. The maker says a computer-sized screen is needed.
Device and compatibility
- Desktop-sized browser; .NET WebAssembly canvasSource ↗
What Claude did
- Game implementation after the maker established the C# drawing/widget coreClaude Code Source ↗
How it was done
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Sources
From the maker's own write-up or code. We summarise what they report; we haven't tested it ourselves.
- MakeWorks 98 makes office life into a retro desktop gameSource checked
- Hacker News: Show HN: MakeWorks 98 – a game in a desktop simulation
The maker's Hacker News post describing the project and reported results.