Start with the moment
What is someone trying to do? We work out the smallest useful version, whether that means preparing a bill, handing a browser an errand, or finding a path through traffic.
How we build
Make useful things, and enjoy making them.
An app starts with a job someone wants to do. A game starts with a moment that feels good to play. We work through the interface, the code, and the artwork until those ideas become something you can use.
Follow the process ↓
From an idea to the thing itself
The work moves between a sketch, a running build, and the device it is made for.
Build it where it lives
The screen, the input, and the setting shape the design. A phone game must read in portrait. A Mac effect follows a real lid. An assistant needs visible controls for its actions.
Keep working on the details
We test the running product, look at what gets in the way, and revise it. The interface, artwork, sound, and performance belong to the same piece of work.
What we carry into every project
We work across the whole product, from the first interface and underlying code to the artwork, sound, and release. That gives us room to follow an idea into the details: how a tool feels in your hand, how a game reads on a small screen, or how a desktop responds when you open its lid.
Keep the person in control
In OpenAlly™ and TaffyGo, you choose the AI provider. Aster asks you to approve server-paired device connections. UnfoldMyMac leaves its optional data connections off until you enable them. We want control to be part of using the product.
Give the details a reason
A browser assistant belongs beside the page you are reading. A phone strategy game needs a battlefield you can read in portrait. A live wallpaper should respect reduced motion. Design decisions start with the person using them.
Share the work people can build on
We publish the source for projects including Aster, TaffyGo, UnfoldMyMac, and OpenForge. Each repository includes its own license and instructions, so people can understand how it works and build on it.
The work, up close
Interfaces, original game art, and the details behind the products.
Little worlds ↗
Game art
A place to get things done ↗
Interface design
Normandy in miniature ↗
Low-poly environments
The first shopfront ↗
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Emergency crew ↗
Low-poly vehicle design
Winter campaign ↗
Game capture
Motion with something to respond to
Native desktop scenes from UnfoldMyMac: a racing wallpaper and a city shaped by public GitHub activity.
Lights out
A red open-wheel car sits above a circuit that flows around the desktop. Start lights and wallpaper-session counters complete the scene. The numbers are decorative session data, not a live race feed.
After hours
An illuminated green city turns above a dark desktop. Repository, follower, and activity panels sit beside the floating buildings. This recording demonstrates how a public GitHub account can shape a wallpaper.