NYX Protocol: Awakening

NYX wakes half-buried beneath a dead world's discarded machines with no mission briefing, no friendly guide and no explanation for the voice developing inside a body designed to obey.

I am building the experience across creative direction, narrative design, environment and interaction systems, character presentation, accessible interface design, performance work, packaging and launch strategy. It is the kind of project where story, visual identity and software have to behave as one system.

A compact survival arcade game built around a simple choice: fire 2, 3 or 5. Divide incoming numbers, choose the finishing prime and set off a chain reaction before the next wave reaches your core.

Bombs, defensive walls, 45 permanent upgrade steps and five boss types turn a small set of controls into a game with room to grow. Later waves increase the pressure; local high scores and 100 illustrated achievements reward everything from a first break to demanding challenge runs. Wrong-prime hits break your streak, cost a little score and briefly speed up that target—accuracy matters.

The design challenge

Keep the action readable on a phone without flattening its depth. The interface uses three meaningful colors, distinct prime labels and large flick controls. A restrained charcoal-and-ivory visual system keeps attention on the field, while achievement notices occupy the HUD instead of hiding approaching targets.

From prototype to a phone-ready product

The work includes game design, custom vector badge artwork, touch-first interface refinement, late-game balancing, interrupted-run recovery and native iOS packaging. Progress, upgrades and achievements stay on the device. There are no advertisements, in-app purchases or required accounts in the current build.

Prime Break is an independent studio project, available now for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. It demonstrates the same product work available for client projects: a clear interaction, a cohesive visual identity and the engineering needed to make it dependable.

A desktop card game for settling into a hand, not keeping up with a feed. Solitaire Nights pairs classic Klondike with atmospheric music, drag-and-drop controls and score chasing.

The original Solitaire Nights is available for PC and Mac through Steam. It is a standalone studio project built around a cohesive visual world and a focused, interruption-free play experience, with no ads or microtransactions.

The first update gives you more control over each deal, new scores to chase and a clearer view of how your hand played out.

• Choose your rules. Pick Draw 1 or Draw 3, set stock passes to unlimited, three or one, and turn Undo and Hints on or off. Rule changes apply to your next new deal.
• Compete on Steam. Standard Draw 1 and Draw 3 have separate leaderboards with Global and Friends views. Standard games use unlimited stock passes, Undo on and Hints off; custom games and Classic records keep separate local scores.
• See what earned your score. A new result breakdown explains the points, including a 25-point bonus for each card automatic finish actually places at victory.
• Know when a hand has no way forward. A new alert checks for confirmed positions where no further progress remains. Keep playing, undo when available or start a new deal.
• Settle into a sharper, smoother table. Crisp 4K artwork, display-aware rendering and smoother card motion include a readable stagger for Draw 3. Hide the timer, reduce animation or adjust the music volume to suit your evening.
• Enjoy the small fixes, too. The six of diamonds is corrected, all four tens are consistent, the controls line is simpler and the Windows fullscreen opening animation is fixed.
• Play on more Macs. The Steam Mac app supports Apple Silicon and Intel on macOS 12 or later with a notarized build. Existing saved games, preferences and Classic local records are retained; new scoring records stay separate.

This update is for Solitaire Nights on Steam. The separate Solitaire Nights: Mac Edition remains in development for the Mac App Store.