Tic Tac Toe was my first Javascript game, it was useful for learning about how CSS can be used to interact with the webpage, and how Javascript can then fill in other elements based on user input.
Number games like minesweeper have always been my favorite pastime. I wanted to create my own version as to practice a bit of game development, and to see how the features of modern minesweeper are implemented.
The PICO8 is a fantastic fantasy console that you can use to create games or demos in a very restricted environment. Although it is quite limited, there are a lot of tools within the actual software that make some things much easier, such as sprite creation, music and sound, player input, etc. You can find out more about it here on their site
Maid to Fish is a collaborative project between me and my friend Susu. I handled the code while she drew the art for it. Being my first time working on a project start to finish with someone, I'm glad it turned out so well.