programming games! (and: writing games, art games, etc)

so the other day at work my team played this really cute programming game!

( cute programming game yay )

anyway, it got me thinking. programming, visual art, writing, music: all are art forms or crafts of some sort. and i like my games to have a bit of craft in them. it lets you practice; it lets you delight the other players in unexpected ways; it's fun because art is fun.

unfortunately, most games are not particularly craft-driven in and of themselves—board games mostly lie on an axis between "randomness" and "skill/strategy," most video games are based on mastery of the game's particular combat system, and so on. and, to be fair, it's super-hard to design engaging experiences that are just based on "everyone does an artsy thing," since everyone's skill levels vary. (for instance, as a classically-trained pianist, i'm really weak on improv/freeform type stuff, and thus could only handle the basics of jazz sessions, which often consist of a lot of this sort of play. similarly, you have to be at least an okay programmer to do the programming game i described, and you'll have far more fun with it if you've done a bit of mischievous programming before.)

but. i want to collect a list of such craft/art-based games. because they are fun, and because maybe they will help me generate ideas for more and then i can badger all my friends into playing with me yaaaay.

i can name a few off the top of my head:

( example games! )

i am actually quite curious if anyone else knows of such games! if so, please share them :)