Universal Library vs XYMYX·Chess

This game is a simulation of the universal library described in a short story, "The Library of Babel", by Jorge Luis Borges. The story can be found in several published collections and websites. As described, the Library contains all books of a certain size whose text is any possible sequence of lower-case letters and simple punctuation, even if it is nonsense. This simulation is of an interesting corner of the Library, tiny compared to the Borges vision, but large enough to get lost in. The game is an explorable virtual environment with a few treasure-hunt-like activities leading to books with meaningful content. There is a book that players can erase and rewrite to make into their own "personal vindication", and a book with a practically infinite number of pages. Individual books are searchable. You can mark and return easily to any alcove with an interesting book.

XYMYX·Chess is chess with simultaneous moves, where both players act at the same time. Without new pieces or a different board—only a new rhythm in time—it completely transforms the strategic universe and turns every match into a fair, vibrant, and unpredictable terrain. Chess is reborn in a new form. It invites us to play with the same curiosity and passion we felt the first time we discovered chess. Instead of memorizing openings or accumulating data, XYMYX·Chess brings players back to the pure experience of exploration, thinking, and enjoyment.