PERSONAL TOOLS · 2026
The Forge
- My contribution
- AI product design & app engineering
- Current chapter
- Personal iPad app & web companion
- For
- Personal project
A companion who remembers.
A workbench for what if.
The Forge began as a birthday project for my son: a companion that could remember his superhero universe and talk with him about what he wanted to make.
It grew into a native iPad app with voice, creative memory, and maker tools, alongside a companion web component.
A collaborator who already knows the characters.
THE NEED
His world shouldn’t start over every conversation.
A child with a whole universe of characters and ideas should not have to explain it from scratch every time he wants to make something.
I designed and built the companion around continuity: reviewed creative canon, project history, voice, saved creations, and tools that help an idea become a usable artifact.
02 · THE MAKING
From a conversation to something he can use.
Remember without rewriting.
Established characters, project history, and approved artwork carry forward. New suggestions can be reviewed without silently replacing the canon.
Make in the place he uses.
The native iPad experience gives care to landscape typing, voice, and readable creation progress. Images, models, and maker builds remain connected to their projects.
Prepare work for its next home.
The sprite workshop previews existing artwork and prepares Unity exports, bridging a drawing and a game project.
WHAT WORKS TODAY
A collaborator who knows the characters.
- The personal native iPad app is in use by its intended maker, with a companion web component.
- Creative memory, canon review, saved creations, and a sprite workshop support ongoing projects.
- Related game and animation experiments are still evolving. A fully conversational animation generator is not a finished feature.
BUILT WITH
Swift · OpenAI · Claude API · Replicate · Supabase · Unity export
Last reviewed September 2026