✴ Selected fun stuff ✴
Smol Home Long Boi
Rock KeyboardBlob ComputerBacon vs BroccoliShlorbp5 sketches
Boss Beepo has a bone to pick with me...
↴ watch my thesis presentation
Smol Home is a speculative smart home project featuring Beepo, a virtual pet whose wellbeing depends on how well you care for your space—and, byextension, yourself. Inspired by Tamagotchis and the emotional stakes they created through cuteness and guilt, Beepo gets upset when dishes pile up or laundry is ignored, encouraging you to act out of empathy rather than obligation. The system uses sensors and a custom-trained tinyML model to detect clutter, with real-time data sent to a Raspberry Pi that drives Beepo’s animated reactions. Everything is housed in custom 3D-printed enclosures designed for a snug, polished fit. By turning mundane chores into acts of care, Smol Home playfully reframes adulting as a cohabitation with a needy (and extremely dramatic) little roommate.
Blob Computer is a lovingly built, blob-shaped console that transforms users into wiggly digital blobs in real time. Housed in a hand-painted, 3D-printed enclosure, the machine runs a custom OpenFrameworks sketch using Kinect-based computer vision to capture body data. Users interact with the experience through physical knobs that adjust visual parameters like blobbiness, suppleness, and color. It’s equal parts creature, console, and playground—everything I ever wanted in a computer, so I made it myself.
Long Boi is an alt-controlled endless runner where you stretch or squish a very good (and very long) dog to dodge obstacles and collect toys. Played solo or cooperatively, the game uses a custom-built two-part slider controller—one side controls the dog’s head, the other its butt—allowing players to elongate or compress Long Boi in real time. Made in Unity, the game features original animation, custom Teensy programming, and full hardware fabrication by me.
Rock Keyboard
A rock keyboard which you can make rock poetry on, featuring a custome typeface.
This is an arcade game we developed for the class New Arcade.
I’m in charge of all illustrations and animations, as well as the game concept.