Aaryan Panchal · After Hours

The Playground

Generative art, a drum machine, arcade games, throwable photos, and at least four secrets. Nothing on this page is professional. That's the point.

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Exhibit 01 · Beat Lab

I live in Logic Pro.
This is the 8-bit version.

A four-track step sequencer, synthesized live in your browser — no samples, just oscillators and noise. Tap the grid, hit play, make it slap.

* Best with sound on. Obviously.

Exhibit 02 · The Arcade

Games with zero
educational value.

DRONE RUNTap / Space to fly
Fly the drone.
Tap or press space · don't hit the towers
Score · 0 Best · 0 Pilot · you
REFLEX LABClick when it lights up
Ready
Test your reflexes.
Click to arm. Then click again the instant the panel lights up.
Best · Avg (5) ·
There's a third game. It isn't on this page — it lives somewhere darker. Old gamers know the code: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A. Or hunt for the loose full stop in the footer.

Exhibit 03 · The Darkroom

Shots that didn't make
the homepage.

Drag them · throw them · click one to flip it over

Exhibit 04 · Classified

This site keeps secrets.

Four of them, hidden in plain sight. Hover (or tap) a file to de-classify the hint.

Top secret
File 01 — The Code

Thirty years of gamers memorized the same ten keystrokes. Type the Konami code anywhere on this site and see where it takes you.

Top secret
File 02 — The Full Stop

Somewhere in the footer of every page, one little period is actually a door. Punctuation has never been this load-bearing.

Top secret
File 03 — The Logo

The mark in the top-left corner of the homepage can take a punch. Five clicks and the whole site does a barrel roll.

Top secret
File 04 — The Console

Engineers read consoles. Open developer tools and check what's logged — there's a note in there for you.

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