Cursor Camp
New
- Genre Educational games
- Players 1
- Session 4 min
- Price Free
- Updated
A shared space with no objective, no score and no way to fail. Everyone present appears as a cursor around a campfire, you can move and you can type, and that is the entire feature list — which turns out to be enough, because the content is the other people. Sometimes it is a conversation, sometimes it is everyone silently arranging themselves into a shape, sometimes it is nothing at all. It belongs to a small category of web experiments that work by removing rather than adding. Without a goal there is nothing to optimise, so the ordinary internet instinct to compete has nothing to grip, and what is left is oddly calming. It runs on a live connection, so the room is different every time you open it, and the right way to use it is to leave it open in a tab rather than to play it.
| Mouse | Move your cursor |
|---|---|
| Keyboard | Type to speak |
| Touch | Drag to move |
How to play Cursor Camp
- Just move. There is nothing to learn and no correct behaviour.
- Type if you want to; most of what happens in the room is conversation.
- Watch what the room is doing before joining in — it usually has a mood.
- Leave it open in a background tab rather than treating it as a session.
- Come back at different times; the room changes entirely with its population.
Tips
- The room is more interesting when busy, which varies by time of day.
- Nothing you do persists, so there is no reason to be careful.
- It works best with sound on, where available.
Questions about Cursor Camp
Is there an objective?
None whatsoever.
Are the other cursors real people?
Yes, everyone present is live.
Can I talk?
Yes, by typing.
Does anything save?
No, and that is deliberate.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, by dragging.
Does it need installing?
No, it runs in the browser.
Is it a game?
Arguably not, which is most of the point.
Why does it work without a goal?
Because the other people are the content. With nothing to optimise, the usual competitive instinct has nothing to grip, and what is left is unexpectedly calm.
