Experiments in progress
A quiet shelf of prototypes and sketches. Some work, some almost work, some exist to answer one question and then retire.
Backlot
A movie-studio sim in the spirit of Lionhead's The Movies. Build a 3D studio lot from 1920, sign temperamental stars, dress them and send them to the surgery clinic, then shoot films scene by scene and watch them in 3D. Free Windows download on the release page: no installer, just run Backlot.exe.
Updated Sep 2026
Cattle Shed Studio
Design cattle-panel sheds: compare arch shapes, dimensions and approximate roof forces, view measured drawings, and adjust material costs. One HTML file works offline.
Updated Sep 2026
Goat Island Skiff Sail Lab
Sail a Goat Island Skiff around Lake Greenwood. Play the browser prototype or download the Unreal test build. On Ubuntu, open the downloaded installer in App Center and choose Install.
Updated Sep 2026
Get to da Choppa Online
Co-op Get to da Choppa for you and your friends. One of you hosts and shares a five-letter code, and the others join. Talk out loud to whoever is near you, then find the radio set to reach everyone on a CB channel. Zombies can hear you too.
Updated Sep 2026
Get to da Choppa
A 7 Days to Die–style zombie survival game, in first or third person. Scavenge, fortify houses and rooftops, and stay out of sight — the dead hunt by sight and sound — until the blood moon brings the rescue chopper. One HTML file; plays with a keyboard and mouse or an Xbox controller.
Updated Sep 2026
Logic Lab
Explore seven logic gates, fill in truth tables, and connect gates to build your own circuits. See each circuit as a Boolean expression, with overbars for NOT.
Updated Sep 2026
Goat Herder 99
A shepherd game rebuilt from one my brother coded in BASIC on our TI-99/4A — catch the goats on your staff and knock them back into the corrals, styled like the machine it first ran on.
Updated Sep 2026
Module Pipeline
Turns instructor source material into a full set of course deliverables — chapter, lecture guide, slide deck, lab and quiz.
Password protected
Updated Aug 2026
Circuit Tutor
Work through circuit problems with checked answers, flag anything doubtful, and export an activity report.
Updated Aug 2026
Two-Button Game Console
Schematic, program flowchart and build notes for an ESP32-C3 handheld — with the Arduino sketch to flash it.
Updated Aug 2026
Accessible Slide Decks
Turns a PowerPoint deck into one self-contained web page a screen reader can actually read — and that still presents in class.
Password protected
Updated Aug 2026
Signal to Noise
A two-minute animated lesson on signal-to-noise ratio, then a demo — add noise, raise the gain, and see why amplifying can't undo it.
Updated Sep 2026
Executive Function Prosthetic
Decides the one next thing to do and says why — capture, plan, and a phone that holds the commitment when the alarm goes off.
Password protected
Updated Aug 2026