Can I play Monastery in my browser?

Yes. Monastery runs right on this page — press Play at the top. There is nothing to download or install, and it works in any modern browser, Chromebooks included.

Monastery was made by Bennett Foddy and came out in 2018.

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Monastery

Released Q4 2018 · by Bennett Foddy

Runs in any browser — no download, works on Chromebook

About Monastery

This is 2018’s assignment, a diabolical puzzle. You’re a monk who has forgotten where his cell is in the monastery, and who must walk the labyrinth in order to remember it. If you can find his room, you’ll find out what the assignment prompt is. I was a bit worried the students would be unable to find the prompt hidden in this one, but about half of them got there eventually. (The rest were expelled from the university.) 2018’s class was 100% Pico-8 so it seemed appropriate that the prompt game should be in Pico-8 too. Pico-8 is so great for prototyping — as a case in point, it builds to a single JS and HTML file which loads quite happily in the browser from a local file, so you don’t get annoying permissions or crossdomain problems.

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Monastery: questions and answers

Can I play Monastery in my browser?: Yes. Monastery runs right on this page — press Play at the top. There is nothing to download or install, and it works in any modern browser, Chromebooks included.
Who made Monastery?: Monastery was made by Bennett Foddy and came out in 2018.