A playable atlas of experiments

GameLab

Build things to find things out.

Roll a paper dinosaur. Repair an island. Walk through spacecraft data. Every build starts with a question.

32 experiments · 6 research territories

Choose a question. Find a place to play.

Can a mechanic become a language?

Pip runs through a folded paper world in Folded Thunder.

Folded Thunder

Run, roll, and double-jump Pip across four living paper worlds before a brass machine predicts every wrinkle.

Two more starting points
All 16 experiments

Can a system feel alive?

A street of glowing arcade exhibits inside Arcadia.

Arcadia

Bring eight Summer Into AI builders into one walkable world of experiments, exhibits, and arcade doors.

Two more starting points
All 7 experiments

Can data become a place?

A spacecraft data scene in the MMS4 Ephemeris Lens.

MMS4 Ephemeris Lens

Explore NASA MMS4 magnetosphere data through a guided browser scene.

Two more starting points
All 10 experiments

Can work become play?

The glowing containment machine inside Apostate Engine 185.

Apostate Engine 185

Hold a glowing breach shut, push the bloom into overdrive, and inspect the 30-part machine behind it.

Two more starting points
All 9 experiments

Can history be inhabited?

A stone corridor in the Khufu pyramid reconstruction.

Khufu: Beneath the Stone

Walk a scale-led Giza reconstruction while documented rooms, scan evidence, and disputed spaces stay clearly labeled.

Two more starting points
All 8 experiments

Can an idea become an opponent?

Zezek the Goblin appears inside the local model lab.

Zezek the Goblin

Run and mutate a tiny nanochat browser model that performs as a goblin character.

Two more starting points
All 7 experiments

Six questions, many ways in. Select a territory name to trace the projects it shares with its neighbours.

GameLab field guide

A playable atlas

Curated trail

From mechanic to living world

Follow six experiments as movement rules grow into places that answer back.

6 experiments · approximately 24 minutes

  1. 01
    RevereBike

    Begin with one strange vehicle and the feel of its controls.

  2. 02
    MazeFall

    Add procedural spaces and choices that change each run.

  3. 03
    Mario Walker

    Stretch movement across a long sequence of characters and stages.

  4. 04
    Folded Thunder

    Let momentum, art, and story share the same paper language.

  5. 05
    Independence Town

    Turn individual actions into work that changes a community.

  6. 06
    Island V3: Storm Signal

    Arrive in a world where weather, light, people, and repairs respond together.

Complete catalog

Index of experiments

Search names, questions, forms, and technology. A project can answer to more than one territory here.

32 experiments

Make · Feel

Apostate Engine II: The Unfinished Sun

Power a forty-metre machine, fold its heat exchangers against gravity, and open a broken sun inside its collector crown.

Access
Playable
Form
Playable spectacle, Machine experiment
Technology
Three.js r185, Blender, WebGL
Status
Evolving
Published
2026-09-07

Feel · World

Folded Thunder

Run, roll, and double-jump Pip across four living paper worlds before a brass machine predicts every wrinkle.

Access
Playable
Form
Momentum platformer
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-30

World · Make

Arcadia

Bring eight Summer Into AI builders into one walkable world of experiments, exhibits, and arcade doors.

Access
Playable
Form
Walkable gallery, Living world
Technology
Three.js, JavaScript
Status
Evolving
Collection
Summer Into AI 2026

Think · Feel

PowerPillGo!

Match four, chase gravity chains, and outsmart four villains in a bright falling-pill puzzle experiment.

Access
Playable
Form
Puzzle, Character battle
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-09-03
Collection
Closed experiments

Feel

Mud Truck '99

Race eleven wet tracks where puddles, rivals, jumps, boost, and garage choices teach the next driving line.

Access
Playable
Form
Arcade racer
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-27
Collection
Closed experiments

Feel

Mario Walker

Guide Luke through 62 stages, then inspect every hero, enemy, boss, and Retro motion in the character lab.

Access
Playable
Form
Platformer, Character lab
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-23

Remember · Feel

Founderman 2

See how an anime rebuild changes Founderman's art and mechanics while preserving the original boss-select feel.

Access
Playable
Form
Platformer, Build study
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-23
Collection
Summer Into AI 2026

World · Remember

The Ashwicke Galleries

Work five Victorian exhibits, follow the static between mansions, and run when the house drops you into the forest.

Access
Playable
Form
Horror experiment, Interactive gallery
Technology
Three.js r185, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-04

Make · Feel

Apostate Engine 185

Hold a glowing breach shut, push the bloom into overdrive, and inspect the 30-part machine behind it.

Access
Playable
Form
Machine simulator, Build study
Technology
Three.js r185, CAD
Status
Complete
Published
2026-08-01

Remember · See · World

Khufu: Beneath the Stone

Walk a scale-led Giza reconstruction while documented rooms, scan evidence, and disputed spaces stay clearly labeled.

Access
Playable
Form
Interactive exhibit, Reconstruction
Technology
Three.js r185, WebGL
Status
Complete
Published
2026-07-25

World · Make

Island V3: Storm Signal

Restore a storm-hit field station while weather, people, water, and light respond to each repair.

Access
Playable
Form
Living world, Repair adventure
Technology
Three.js r185, WebGL
Status
Evolving

Remember · Feel

Blackbird Recon: SR-71

Fly an SR-71 through a three-sortie Cold War reconnaissance campaign, from takeoff to recovery.

Access
Playable
Form
Flight simulation, Historical mission
Technology
Three.js, WebGL
Status
Complete

Make · Feel

Textile Alchemy

Drop, pull, and tune three live textiles across sculptural forms in a browser physics lab.

Access
Playable
Form
Material lab, Physics toy
Technology
Three.js r185, Cloth physics
Status
Complete

Feel · Remember

RevereBike

Race a 1776 horse bike across ramps, heat, and touch-friendly controls.

Access
Playable
Form
Arcade racer, Historical remix
Technology
Three.js, JavaScript
Status
Complete

Make · Think

Ceiling Fan Field Lab

Diagnose wiring, parts, and bench tests in a practical repair simulation and field repair guide.

Access
Playable
Form
Repair simulation, Field note
Technology
HTML, JavaScript
Status
Complete

Make · See

First Job Finder

Turn a teen job search into a focused local plan with a practical browser tool.

Access
Playable
Form
Planning tool, Field note
Technology
HTML, JavaScript
Status
Complete

World · Make

Independence Town

Build a small town, complete useful work with little helpers, and earn Friday fireworks.

Access
Playable
Form
Town builder, Cozy game
Technology
JavaScript, Canvas
Status
Complete

Think · Make

Zezek the Goblin

Run and mutate a tiny nanochat browser model that performs as a goblin character.

Access
Playable
Form
Model lab, Character prototype
Technology
Local AI, JavaScript
Status
Complete

See · World

MMS4 Ephemeris Lens

Explore NASA MMS4 magnetosphere data through a guided browser scene.

Access
Playable
Form
Data exhibit, Guided scene
Technology
Three.js, NASA data
Status
Complete

See

NASAPD

Explore NASA patent data through a GPU Heavy WebGL starship bridge prototype.

Access
Playable
Form
Data explorer, Starship bridge
Technology
WebGL, GPU Heavy, NASA data
Status
Archived

See · Remember

Paint Portal Public Art Gallery

Walk Chicago Public Art records through a neon photo-backed gallery.

Access
Playable
Form
Data gallery, Public art
Technology
Three.js, Chicago data
Status
Complete

See

Motor Fuel Underground

Compare motor-fuel tax rates with filters, rankings, and stress tests built from BTS data.

Access
Playable
Form
Data explorer, Arcade interface
Technology
JavaScript, BTS data
Status
Complete

See

Transporter TSI Riot

Remix transportation service indexes into air, rail, and surface lanes.

Access
Playable
Form
Dashboard, Data explorer
Technology
JavaScript, BTS data
Status
Complete

See

Micromobility Riot Map

Map bikeshare, dockless bike, and e-scooter records as a punk data scene.

Access
Playable
Form
Data map, Poster
Technology
Three.js, JavaScript
Status
Complete

See

Emission Factors Zine

Compare supply-chain CO2e factors through sector stickers and clues from EPA data.

Access
Playable
Form
Data zine, Explorer
Technology
JavaScript, EPA data
Status
Complete

See

Long Live the Beat

Play through NCHS life-expectancy and death-rate records from 1900 to 2018.

Access
Playable
Form
Data game, Timeline
Technology
JavaScript, CDC data
Status
Complete

Feel · Think

MazeFall

Descend through procedural mazes while building survival synergies.

Access
Playable
Form
Roguelike, Procedural maze
Technology
JavaScript, Canvas
Status
Complete

Think · Feel

Prompt Stack

Build better prompts under pressure in a portrait-first card game.

Access
Playable
Form
Card game, Prompting
Technology
JavaScript
Status
Complete

Feel · Think

Whack Smoke

Test clicker pacing with upgrades, combos, and arcade pressure.

Access
Playable
Form
Clicker, Arcade game
Technology
JavaScript
Status
Complete

Think · Feel

Stochastic Parrot

Use recall mechanics to explore AI concepts in a pirate memory game.

Access
Playable
Form
Memory game, AI concepts
Technology
JavaScript
Status
Complete

Remember · Feel

Timestorm Baseball

Play a Founders-versus-British baseball prototype on a 3D diamond.

Access
Playable
Form
Baseball game, Historical remix
Technology
Three.js
Status
Complete

Remember · Feel

Founderman 1776: Original Build

Play the Mega Man-inspired competition build with four founders, boss routes, and stolen weapons.

Access
Playable
Form
Platformer, Competition build
Technology
HTML, Canvas, JavaScript
Status
Complete
Collection
Summer Into AI 2026

A continuous practice

Lineage of experiments

Every build changed what came next. Follow the build sequence, then trace the ideas that returned later. This is an editorial sequence, not a timeline inferred from publication dates.

Continuous practice Every build changed what could come next.

Documented echo A named idea returned in a later experiment.

  1. Founderman 1776: Original Build

    Play the Mega Man-inspired competition build with four founders, boss routes, and stolen weapons.

    Play experiment

    Ideas carried forward

  2. Timestorm Baseball

    Play a Founders-versus-British baseball prototype on a 3D diamond.

    Play experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  3. Stochastic Parrot

    Use recall mechanics to explore AI concepts in a pirate memory game.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  4. Whack Smoke

    Test clicker pacing with upgrades, combos, and arcade pressure.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  5. Prompt Stack

    Build better prompts under pressure in a portrait-first card game.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  6. MazeFall

    Descend through procedural mazes while building survival synergies.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  7. Long Live the Beat

    Play through NCHS life-expectancy and death-rate records from 1900 to 2018.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  8. Emission Factors Zine

    Compare supply-chain CO2e factors through sector stickers and clues from EPA data.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  9. Micromobility Riot Map

    Map bikeshare, dockless bike, and e-scooter records as a punk data scene.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  10. Transporter TSI Riot

    Remix transportation service indexes into air, rail, and surface lanes.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  11. Motor Fuel Underground

    Compare motor-fuel tax rates with filters, rankings, and stress tests built from BTS data.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  12. Paint Portal Public Art Gallery

    Walk Chicago Public Art records through a neon photo-backed gallery.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  13. NASAPD

    Explore NASA patent data through a GPU Heavy WebGL starship bridge prototype.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  14. MMS4 Ephemeris Lens

    Explore NASA MMS4 magnetosphere data through a guided browser scene.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  15. Zezek the Goblin

    Run and mutate a tiny nanochat browser model that performs as a goblin character.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  16. Independence Town

    Build a small town, complete useful work with little helpers, and earn Friday fireworks.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  17. First Job Finder

    Turn a teen job search into a focused local plan with a practical browser tool.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  18. Ceiling Fan Field Lab

    Diagnose wiring, parts, and bench tests in a practical repair simulation and field repair guide.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  19. RevereBike

    Race a 1776 horse bike across ramps, heat, and touch-friendly controls.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  20. Textile Alchemy

    Drop, pull, and tune three live textiles across sculptural forms in a browser physics lab.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  21. Blackbird Recon: SR-71

    Fly an SR-71 through a three-sortie Cold War reconnaissance campaign, from takeoff to recovery.

    Play experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  22. Island V3: Storm Signal

    Restore a storm-hit field station while weather, people, water, and light respond to each repair.

    Play experiment

    Ideas carried forward

  23. Khufu: Beneath the Stone

    Walk a scale-led Giza reconstruction while documented rooms, scan evidence, and disputed spaces stay clearly labeled.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  24. Apostate Engine 185

    Hold a glowing breach shut, push the bloom into overdrive, and inspect the 30-part machine behind it.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Ideas carried forward

  25. The Ashwicke Galleries

    Work five Victorian exhibits, follow the static between mansions, and run when the house drops you into the forest.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  26. Founderman 2

    See how an anime rebuild changes Founderman's art and mechanics while preserving the original boss-select feel.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Ideas carried in

  27. Mario Walker

    Guide Luke through 62 stages, then inspect every hero, enemy, boss, and Retro motion in the character lab.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  28. Mud Truck '99

    Race eleven wet tracks where puddles, rivals, jumps, boost, and garage choices teach the next driving line.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  29. PowerPillGo!

    Match four, chase gravity chains, and outsmart four villains in a bright falling-pill puzzle experiment.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  30. Arcadia

    Bring eight Summer Into AI builders into one walkable world of experiments, exhibits, and arcade doors.

    Play experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  31. Folded Thunder

    Run, roll, and double-jump Pip across four living paper worlds before a brass machine predicts every wrinkle.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Part of the same ongoing practice. A specific connection has not been written up here yet.

  32. Apostate Engine II: The Unfinished Sun

    Power a forty-metre machine, fold its heat exchangers against gravity, and open a broken sun inside its collector crown.

    Open projectPlay experiment

    Ideas carried in

Field notes

Keep following the builds

IslandLabFollow one browser island from procedural terrain to Storm Signal. Every playable artifactSearch the wider Frontier Atlas beyond GameLab. Summer Into AIRead the competition record behind several experiments.