I Built a File-Eating Tamagotchi
How an idea became DATA WRETCH: a Pip-Boy-green desktop pet named Cuppy that grows by safely eating unwanted files.
DATA WRETCHPython
↗Personal technology workshop
Build. Break.
Learn. Respawn.
Experiments in games, technology, and everything in between. Real notes from the things I build, test, fix, and occasionally set on fire.
respawn@labs:~$ ./status
Scanning active experiments...
GAME_DEVprototype running
HOMELABsystems nominal
AI_TOOLStesting boundaries
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// What is this place?
A lab notebook for
curious people.
This is where unfinished ideas are allowed to exist. I document the useful parts, the mistakes, and the small discoveries that happen between “what if?” and “it works.” Beginner-friendly, technically honest, and always hands-on.
// Recent transmissions
Latest from the lab
Building QuestLog: Creating My Own Game Backlog Tracker
How a growing game library became a personal tracking app—and what I learned by building it with AI as a development partner.
QuestLogJavaScript
↗I Directed a Game Without Writing the Code: Making RUINS // dusk.exe with Claude
What it meant to lead the vision, testing, iteration, and release of a PSX-inspired browser game while Claude handled implementation.
RUINSClaude
↗// On the bench
Featured projects
SoftwareIn progress
Respawn Labs Website
A fast, content-first home for experiments, build logs, and lessons learned.
GamesComplete
RUINS // dusk.exe
A small atmospheric exploration game with procedural ruins, wandering spirits, and the visual character of late-90s 3D hardware.
SoftwareComplete
DATA WRETCH
A file-eating desktop Tamagotchi named Cuppy that grows happier and larger when unwanted files are safely sent to the Recycle Bin.
// Browse the stacks