// the forge

The tools, in the open.

Free to use, built by hand, owned end to end. The pixel-art animator, the AI sketchpad, the game engine, and the studio they ship from. Grab what helps, fork what you want, build your own.

Creative tools

// 01 · free to use
PixelGif
Pixel-art GIF animator · free · runs in the browser

Draw frame-by-frame, preview the loop, export the GIF. A pixel-art animator that runs right in your browser. Works offline, desktop and phone, no signup. Free for the pack.

pixelgif.swervemeta.com →

AI tools

// 02 · free to use
ThinkingBytes
Sketch · Brief · Ship · try it now

The gap between a fuzzy idea and a model that can run with it is articulation. ThinkingBytes is a full sketchpad today: fuzzy idea in, repeatable brief out, any model can run it. Free, no signup. Plan-to-project orchestration on the way.

thinkingbytes.ai →

The engine

// 03 · open source
StratumV
Game engine · built by hand before AI · Apache-2.0

An engine for building video games, built by hand before AI and open-sourced before it fills the gap. Multiplayer-first, hot-reloadable systems, live collaborative editing. C++20, Vulkan 1.3, Apache-2.0 licensed.

roaringbytes.com/StratumV →

Where it ships from

// 04 · the studio
RoaringBytes
Infrastructure Intelligence

The studio the tools ship from. First public release: StratumV; more free products in development.

roaringbytes.com
Workflow drops
n8n exports · JSON drops · 1-click import

The downloadable visual-workflow library. n8n flows, JSON exports, and importable templates that ship the 6-step framework as runnable systems.

drop 01 · inscribing soon

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