Simple game ideas for learning purposes?

The Game Room
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I just finished building a little HTML5 2D engine using Google’s Dart language (might port it to pure js at some point but I hate js, so maybe not). I’m trying to teach myself game development, but I’m more of a coder than a game designer.

Anyone have any ideas on simple little games I can try and code to cut my teeth on, as it were?

Keep in mind that my artistic talent barely goes above the following artistic masterpieces:
:slight_smile: :wink: :stuck_out_tongue: <3
So I’m looking for stuff I can implement in an abstract way, or with artwork I can easily find through a google image search (this will be for my own edification, not to actually distribute).

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Dominos, card games? The algorythms for “how the game works” are predefined and they’re 2D games.

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Blackjack and tic tac toe.