The Playground

The Playground is a rendering engine that turns one description into picture, type and sound. It has four parts: the native renderer, Superframe at the core, the instruments and study tools, and Low Water, the game made with it.

• The native renderer

  Renders frames in C++ on Direct3D 12, Vulkan and WebGPU, and checks each one against a reference. Released as raw-native.

• Superframe, the core

  One seeded recipe rendered as picture, line, surface, type and sound.

• Low Water

  The game made with The Playground.

Instruments and study tools

• Distill

  Take any file, archive or folder apart and read what it is made of.

• The Studio

  A live media instrument for picture and sound.

• Elements

  Pigment, water, glass and paper on one bench, with state changes.

• Glass and water

  Glass lettering over a live sea in four spaces.

• Sound

  Instruments and scores made in the browser.

• Swatches

  Colour as measured material.

• Accession

  The type family and its living forms.