https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/ Korean everyday places, cozy idle tycoons, and notes from a tiny game studio in Seoul. en https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/ketchup-fish/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/ketchup-fish/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Ketchup was first a word for pickled fish brine, and tomato ketchup came along in the 1800s. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/why-we-posted-devlogs-after-327-views/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/why-we-posted-devlogs-after-327-views/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A solo dev uploaded 10 web games to itch.io and got 327 views and 0 sales in 2 weeks. Here is where my plan went wrong, why I wrote devlogs the same day, and when I check again. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/morning-height/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/morning-height/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT People are tallest in the morning and a little shorter by the afternoon. In space, they get about 2.5 cm taller. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-kairosoft-alternatives/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-kairosoft-alternatives/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT If you have played through Kairosoft, here are 14 games sorted into four flavors: short grow-it sessions, running a shop, watching residents live, and layout puzzles. Steam list prices, review scores and UI languages checked by hand. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/yawn-dog/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/yawn-dog/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Yawns don't just spread between people. They can spread to other animals too, like dogs. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/pc-bang-first-30-minutes-guide/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/pc-bang-first-30-minutes-guide/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A beginner guide to Internet Cafe Tycoon, built from a fresh save played through 15 in-game days (30 real minutes). When the first PC pays off, the ₩130,000 stage 2 mark, the ₩490,000 stage 3 mark, and why hoarding cash cut daily sales by 39%. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/space-words/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/space-words/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT An astronaut can't go to the universe. They're already inside it. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/sea-otter/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/sea-otter/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Sea otters hold hands in their sleep so they don't drift apart, and they carry a favorite rock under one arm. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/ok/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/ok/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT OK is a joke misspelling of all correct as oll korrect that survived by riding an election slogan. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/banana-berry/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/banana-berry/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT In botany, bananas and tomatoes are berries, while strawberries and raspberries are not. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/gps-relativity/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/gps-relativity/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Because of relativity, GPS satellite clocks run 38 microseconds fast each day. So before launch, they're set to run slow on purpose. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/barcode-gum/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/barcode-gum/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The barcode came from Morse code drawn in sand, and the first thing scanned was gum. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/baby-kneecap/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/baby-kneecap/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A baby's kneecaps are cartilage and start turning into bone around age three. The number of bones actually goes down as you grow. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/semantic-satiation/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/semantic-satiation/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Repeat the same word again and again and its meaning briefly disappears. This is called semantic satiation. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/naked-mole-rat/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/naked-mole-rat/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The naked mole-rat lives more than 37 years, and its chance of dying doesn't go up as it gets older. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/newton-mint/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/newton-mint/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Newton spent the last 30 years of his life at the Royal Mint, and even went in disguise to get 28 counterfeiters punished. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/do-was-ut/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/do-was-ut/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Do-re-mi comes from the first syllable of each line of an 11th-century Latin chant, and do was originally ut. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/south-pole-time/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/south-pole-time/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The South Pole station runs on New Zealand time, because that's where its supplies are sent from. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/koala-fingerprint/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/koala-fingerprint/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Koala fingerprints look so much like human ones that they're hard to tell apart even under an electron microscope. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/press-release-taiwan-124-installs/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/press-release-taiwan-124-installs/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT One short press release email to Bahamut GNN in Taiwan became an article 11 and a half hours later. The exact email structure, what the reporter copied, how long the traffic lasted and how many players were left after 7 days. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-egg-and-sikhye/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-egg-and-sikhye/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Not a recipe. A fact check of what a jjimjilbang snack counter sells: how Korean sauna eggs differ from boiled eggs, whether sikhye is alcoholic, sikhye vs makgeolli, calories, halal, what they cost in won, and why you should not crack one on your forehead. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/what-is-idle-tycoon/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/what-is-idle-tycoon/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT An idle tycoon game is a business-management game with automatic and offline earnings. How it differs from clickers, five systems that make money pile up, and what offline earnings really come to, using our own game's numbers. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-bathhouse-onsen-games/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-bathhouse-onsen-games/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Onsen and bathhouse games from Steam, Google Play and the App Store in one table: price, rating, idle or not, Korean and Japanese support, plus the weak spots of our own game. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/solo-dev-monthly-report-2026-10/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/solo-dev-monthly-report-2026-10/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A solo game developer opens the October 2026 ledger: money earned and spent, one day of AdMob revenue, the installs one press release brought, and what did not take off. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-idle-tycoon-games-offline/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/best-idle-tycoon-games-offline/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Which idle tycoon games work offline? Google Play tag, store wording, list price and ads in one table, plus our own game's weak spots. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/games-like-game-dev-story/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/games-like-game-dev-story/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Games like Game Dev Story and Kairosoft alternatives on Steam, iOS and Android, with price, ratings and language support in one table. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/games-like-internet-cafe-simulator/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/games-like-internet-cafe-simulator/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Games like Internet Cafe Simulator 1 and 2, picked from Steam and Google Play. Platform, list price, offline play and genre in one table, plus the weak spots of our own game. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-etiquette/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-etiquette/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Do you wear underwear in a jjimjilbang? Are tattoos allowed? Where can you use your phone? The confusing rules of Korean bathhouses, answered question by question, with the parts that change from place to place marked. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-guide/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/jjimjilbang-guide/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A jjimjilbang is a Korean bathhouse and sauna with sleeping rooms, open late or 24 hours. Step-by-step entry, what to wear, the sheep-head towel, baked eggs and sikhye, 2026 prices, etiquette and tips for foreigners. https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/pc-bang-names-around-the-world/ https://dumbgamelab.com/en/blog/pc-bang-names-around-the-world/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Indonesia's warnet, Vietnam's quán net, Taiwan's 網咖, China's 网吧, Brazil's lan house, Japan's ネットカフェ, Thailand's ร้านเกม. The names differ, but the early 2000s internet cafe looked alike. Here are the games and the memories.