The Experimental Playground
Where we engineer game mechanics, stress-test emerging tech, craft developer tools, and explore applied AI before it hits production.
Mao Cooking // 3D Culinary Action
A single-player culinary action prototype starring Mao Mao, a charismatic and chubby 3D kitten chef. Built with a cozy aesthetic and soft rounded furniture, players run real-time restaurant orders: chopping raw ingredients, deep-frying K-Dogs and fries, sautéing Yakimeshi in the wok, executing precision rhythm minigames on Japanese siphons, serving adorable animal guests, collecting tips, and washing dishes.
"Functional 3D prototype with complete end-to-end service loop validated: smooth kinematic locomotion with snug collisions, volumetric Mao Mao plush avatar with custom carry and idle animations, multi-table customer patience dynamics, and a persistent local upgrade shop."
Mao Wars // 2D Combat Platformer
A fast-paced 2D action platformer and combat sandbox prototype built in Unity 6 starring Mao equipped with high-tech cyber armor and a blaster rifle. Features responsive 2D kinematic physics, jumping, crouching, damage knockback, invulnerability frames, and a prewarmed projectile pooling architecture for maximum framerate stability.
"Technical milestone: Combat Sandbox & Chicken Level 1. Implemented a finite state machine (Idle -> Patrol -> FOV Player Detection -> Chase -> Peck Attack), decoupled damage system with IDamageable, item drop pickups, and an allocation-free projectile pool supporting up to 32 active bullets."
Neon Protocol // Cyberpunk Tactics
A fast-paced tactical rogue-lite featuring procedural neon-lit corridors, ray-traced reflections, real-time projectile ballistics, and tight responsive character controllers.
"Prototype exploration: testing physics-based character feel, dynamic camera impulse damping, and deterministic room seeds."
Aether Drifter // Kinetic Explorer
An atmospheric exploration platformer built around momentum preservation and kinetic gravity shifts across monumental brutalist monoliths floating in an endless sea.
"Physics exploration: testing momentum conservation curves and grappling hook mechanics using Chaos physics constraints."
Aegis: Digital Wellbeing & Behavioral Recovery OS
A behavioral recovery and digital wellbeing platform engineered to disrupt compulsive dopamine cycles. Features an interactive 3D WebGL companion (Ody), immediate emergency rescue protocols with tactical 4-7-8 breathing and vagus nerve thermal shock, a trusted 'Guardián de Honor' accountability network, and GitHub-style trigger heatmaps.
"Technical architecture: Next.js 14 monorepo with Three.js WebGL canvas rendering for real-time dynamic companion expressions and states. Decoupled telemetry tracking via Prisma ORM on PostgreSQL with strict audit logging for trigger types (Boredom, Stress, Fatigue, Anxiety) and instant rescue protocol execution."
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