Looking for Android Beta Testers — 16 Free Casual Games Built with Web Techgamedev

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I'm working on a bunch of casual mobile games under the name JellyBolt Games and I've hit a wall that probably sounds familiar to other indie devs here.

Google Play requires you to have at least 12 testers who've been opted in for 14 continuous days before they'll let you publish to production. But getting testers without a production listing is... well, you see the problem.

What I Built

16 lightweight casual games — puzzle, arcade, card, runner stuff. They're all built with web technologies (HTML5/JS/CSS) and wrapped for Android using Capacitor. No sketchy permissions, no data harvesting, completely free.

Here's the short list:

Archery Quest — aim and shoot targets
Asteroid Dash — dodge space debris
Battle Arena — tactical combat
Block Storm — falling blocks puzzle
Bolt Blocks — tile matching
Bolt Breaker — brick breaker
Bolt Solitaire — classic card game
Bolt Tiles — memory matching
Bounce Blitz — bouncing ball platformer
Bubble Pop — bubble shooter
Card Clash — card strategy
Color Match — color puzzle
Crystal Caves — exploration platformer
Cube Runner — endless runner
Neon Dash — fast-paced runner
JellyBolt Collection — 25-in-1 bundle

How to Help

If you've got an Android phone and a couple minutes, just tap any of these links to opt in as a closed beta tester:

You can also join the JellyBolt Testers Google Group for updates.

Why Web Tech for Games?

I went with HTML5/JS because the turnaround is crazy fast compared to Unity or native. Capacitor handles the Android wrapping and it works surprisingly well for casual 2D games. If anyone's curious about the tech stack I'm happy to write a followup post about it.

Feedback Welcome

Found a bug? Think the UI is ugly? Want to tell me the games are bad? All good — drop a comment here or email me at tdsquadai@gmail.com. Honest feedback helps me make these better.

Thanks for reading. The indie grind is real but every tester who signs up makes a huge difference.