Finder Mode

// your desktop is the game board

A macOS menubar app that turns Finder into an arcade. The game pieces are real files with custom icons, moved around by Finder itself. No window. No canvas. Just your desktop, misused.

Download for Apple Silicon Intel read the docs →

A .dmg, signed & notarized — drag to Applications. Your real Desktop files are stashed while you play and restored exactly when you're done.

2048 played with real desktop icons — 2048 — every tile is a file

Pong played with real desktop icons — Pong — solo or networked head-to-head

## how

Pick a game from the menu bar. Finder Mode stashes your Desktop, takes over the keyboard, and renders the game as files on the live Finder desktop — a custom React reconciler whose DOM is your file system. Loading stays visible while the game prepares. Quit normally and Goodbye stays visible while Finder Mode restores your Desktop.

Networked games share room codes (like neon-comet-42) — one player hosts, friends join from their own Macs, and every desktop renders the same game.

## eleven games

This is the current app lineup. Older published downloads may have a different catalog.

Arcade

Snake — steer a snake of files across the Finder grid
Breakout — paddle, ball, and a brick wall of files
Pong — solo against the wall, or networked head-to-head

Puzzles

2048 — slide and merge number tiles
Minesweeper — right-click flags and all
Sudoku — a 9×9 grid of icons, filled by keyboard

Cards & Board

Solitaire — Klondike, drag real files card by card
Chess — drag-to-move; vs the computer or networked
Hearts — four players over the network

Studio

Pixel Editor — paint with icons as pixels
Step Sequencer — a drum machine laid out in files