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I made a party game. Everyone gets the same word. Almost.

October 1, 2026 Part 1 · Building Halfword

Halfword is the word game Undercover for one phone passed round the table: pixel art, eight special roles, and points that add up over a whole evening. It is out for iPhone and Android. Here is what building it took: points balanced by simulation, one Swift codebase for two platforms, an engine that can replay any game, pixel art without image files, and screens drawn before they were coded.

I made a taxi meter for my iPhone. For fun.

September 25, 2026

Fare Enough turns an iPhone into a taxi meter: real city tariffs, a glowing old-school meter when you turn the phone on its side, and receipts that print on a pocket thermal printer. Here is what building it taught me about Skip, background location and Bluetooth printers.