05 — Journal

From the lab.

Notes on engineering, design, and what it actually takes to ship games people love. Written by the people building them.

Engineering May 2026 Featured

Shipping 15 themes without shipping 15 bugs

How we built a token-based theming system in Flutter that lets us ship new looks without regression-testing our way to burnout. Spoiler: it starts with a single source of truth.

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const theme = AppTheme.fromToken(token);
// one factory, zero drift
✓ 15 themes · 0 regressions
Design Mar 2026

The feel of a tile: animating 2048 in Flutter

Spring physics, implicit animations, and why 60fps isn't enough if the timing feels wrong.

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Studio Jan 2026

Why we build classics, not clones

Minesweeper isn't a nostalgia play. It's a blank canvas that forces you to design from first principles.

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Coming soon

The untitled project: a first look

We've been quiet for a reason. The next one is different. Follow along.

Q3 2026