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Built a drop-in Steamworks integration kit for MonoGame, extracted and cleaned up from my shipped Steam game Sunset Sprout🚀
Covers achievements, leaderboards, stats, friends, cloud saves, rich presence, overlay, DLC management, and Steam Deck detection — all behind clean static method calls with zero boilerplate. Full documentation included.
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Hey everyone!!
Beyond stoked to share my submission for this challenge, this is the only thing I spent time on the last few days and really happy with how it came out...
Welcome to johnlif.com - john's world! 🚀🚀🚀
I set out to create a playable game where you can walk through my website/portfolio though a minecraft-esque world. I'm a huge nerd and really feel the childlike creative energy pulsing through the world again, reminding me on my 13 year old self which is truly such a joy. The fact that I can leverage AI to bring my dreams and vision to life so fully now is surreal.
Launch into my world on a Space X rocket ship and even join the world with others, its multiplayer game served directly on my Zo! (we even have a little in game chat).
Huge thank you to Zo and Contra for this contest, I had a blast and excited to see everyone elses submissions. 🙏 -John Lif
And here's my video walkthrough: https://www.loom.com/share/835a6bec4e3a49c3a8e5724e359d9fee
My post on X here: https://x.com/john_lifrieri/status/2046725096426152247
A beautiful UI is just a statue. An integrated backend is a living entity."
I have officially completed the Frontend Architecture (The Body) for Synapse and successfully established the primary Data Bridge.
The Current Status:
The 16-column grid and kinetic UI components are now successfully pushing real-time data to the backend. This "handshake" marks the transition from a design artifact to a functional system.
What’s Next (The Momentum):
We are now moving into the Autonomous Nervous System phase. I am currently architecting the orchestration layer in n8n that will take these basic data inputs and transform them into intelligent outcomes, automating lead enrichment, complexity scoring, and CRM protocols.
The Goal: > A zero-latency environment where the website doesn't just display information, it processes it.
Building for speed. Engineering for scale.
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I built a fully playable chess game entirely inside @paper canvas using MCP + agents!
White vs Black — I played as White, the agent as Black.
We made real moves on the canvas, the agent validated rules, updated the board live, handled castling/check/checkmate, and tracked everything.
After the game ended, I used this prompt to make the agent read the final canvas state and instantly build a beautiful modern Game Stats Dashboard (result, moves, captured pieces, material balance, highlights, visuals — all accurate to the actual game).
A design canvas becoming a complete interactive chess engine + auto post-game analytics? This is a wild new flow!
Watch the full demo (I play a complete game + dashboard appears)
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