Side Projects
Things I've built on nights and weekends, mostly because I wanted them to exist.
The Jellyfish Journey
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A calm, beautiful ocean for young children, and for anyone who needs a quiet moment. You are a small jellyfish. Touch the water anywhere and it glows and swims. Drift over a coral reef, through a swaying kelp forest and past a sunken ship, then sink through the twilight into the deep, where the animals make their own light. There are 63 real sea animals to meet, each drawn and animated to move like the real thing, with a wall that keeps track of every one you've found and a short page of real facts you can have read aloud. No reading needed, no timers, no score, nothing to lose. Big forgiving targets for small hands, no flashes, no sudden sounds. Made with my youngest in mind.
See it in the App Store
What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, and Distribution.
Tower Pinball
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Pinball where the table is a tower. Every table is three floors stacked on top of each other, and the ball climbs them: play well and a lift carries it up, drain and it falls back down to wherever the floor below can catch it. Rocket Range is a launch site at sunrise that climbs from the pad to orbit, where gravity thins out and the same flip flings the ball across the sky. Clockwork Tower is a clock seen from the inside: a hand-wound brass workshop, a gear train that carries the ball across the floor, and a dial at the top where a bell strikes the hours. The whole table leans with the clock's beat, and shots that land on the tick score double. Made for two thumbs, with the left and right halves of the screen as the flippers.
See it in the App Store
What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, and Distribution.
TraderBee
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The sweet way to swap. Trade the stuff you don't use anymore directly with people in your community. No selling, no shipping, no hassle. List an item, say what you're looking for, and smart matching finds trades based on value, interests and location. Chat in the app, pick a safe public spot, meet up, and both walk away happy. Live in San Diego County now, with more areas coming.
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What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, and Distribution.
Speech EZ
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This app was made to help kids (or anyone) who has trouble speaking to have an easy way to communicate. We have a son who is speech delayed, in speech therapy, and we wanted to make a way for him to simply tap to tell us what he is thinking and what he needs or wants. Version 2.0 added a Sentence Builder, so tapping a few tiles turns into "I want milk." Excited to share it in case it can help others as well.
See it in the App Store
What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, and Distribution.
Bible × History
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Where scripture meets the historical record. A curated timeline that lines up biblical events with archaeological discoveries, inscriptions, and documents, from the Flood through the Early Church. Events are color coded so you can see at a glance what's biblical, what's historical, and where the two corroborate each other, with artifacts like the Merneptah Stele and the Pilate Stone along the way.
Check it out
What I Did
Concept, Research, Design, and Development.
biblevshistory.com
Mockie
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Drop in a screenshot or screen recording and get back a framed PNG or GIF with a transparent background. Phone, tablet, browser, and laptop frames, with controls for bezel, corner radius, 3D tilt, and shadow. Everything runs locally in your browser, so nothing ever gets uploaded. Free, no sign up. I built it because I kept needing exactly this for App Store listings and this very site.
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What I Did
Concept, Design, and Development.
mockie.app
80's Match
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Rad vibes only. A fast-paced match-3 puzzle game bursting with neon cassette tapes, roller skates, boomboxes, and synthwave beats, and in 2.0 the music is part of the game. Every song is beat-mapped, the boombox thumps along, and a move made on the beat scores double. Ninety seconds on the clock, combos to build, trophies to unlock. Basically the raddest decade ever, in your pocket.
See it in the App Store
What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, Music, and Distribution.
Circle o Fifths
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Grab your guitar or sit down at the piano, and hear and learn the circle of fifths! Find the chords in any key, see the scales to solo over them, and write your own songs. The Scales tab lays any scale out on the fretboard or keyboard, color coded by degree, with CAGED shapes, full-neck patterns, and a library of ready-made licks. A handy practice and theory tool that can be a game changer.
See it in the App Store
What I Did
Concept, Design, Development, and Distribution.
