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I built Explore My Universe as an interactive experience rather than a traditional personal website. The goal was to transform a portfolio into something users can explore, where each section feels like a part of a larger system.
Visitors can switch perspectives, interact with projects as orbiting elements, and discover hidden layers including a mini-game and a secret page. These features were designed to reward curiosity and make the experience feel alive.
Instead of focusing only on information, I focused on how the site feels — combining motion, interactivity, and storytelling to create something memorable and personal.
can't wait to see what you created!
good luck!!
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I built a playable portfolioe on Zo Computer — a personal website that feels more like entering a world than scrolling a page.
Instead of a standard portfolio, I turned mine into a retro, game-first experience with multiple ways to explore who I am and how I build: a landing intro, a navigable menu, a resume view, a desktop OS mode, a video game mode for discovering projects, a Build Mode tied to my workflow and music, and a Coffee Chat flow that makes outreach feel intentional instead of form-based.
The idea was simple: a portfolio should not just show my work, it should show how I think 🧠 systems-minded, interactive🚀 , a little playful, and built with real product feel. Zo was the right platform for that because it let me host a live, multi-mode personal website that blends interface design, interactivity, and integrations into one experience.
Live site: https://portfolio-cosmas.zocomputer.io/
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For this Zo Computer submission I made a website for our farm. It was a long time coming... I should thank Zo for making it happen :)
You'll find it here: farm.crackinged.com
Main goal was to capture the spirit of the animals, us as founders and the land as if it was a living creature. Somehow it worked! All the little features and illustrations make it pretty close and show the visitor how our farm "feels".
The process was took 6 days, and was truly satisfying (for someone who likes time outdoors much more than screens).
Some small tweaks and we're up and running!
That's brilliant. I love the farm narrative.😍
Excited to be participating in the ZO Computer Challenge!
CTRL//SPIRIT — a haunted operating system for diagnosing corrupted design systems.
I didn’t want to make a traditional portfolio, so I turned my personal website into an interactive horror desktop instead. The idea was to create something that felt like a cursed CRT machine, a living archive, and a design manifesto all at once.
Inside the site, visitors can explore:
recovered doctrines from broken systems
incident logs of interface failures
an infected components diagnostic mini-game
terminal interactions, hidden files, and eerie system warnings
I wanted it to feel unsettling, playful, and strangely beautiful — like stepping into a machine that still remembers every broken interface it has ever scanned.
Built on Zo Computer during the challenge window.
Link: https://studioce.zo.space/
Hi everyone! Small update the link has been changed to : https://ctrl-spirit-studioce.zocomputer.io/
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