✦ The Books
Stories that don't
look away
🦊
Lumo & the Grumble-Grit
Anxiety · Resilience
Ages 4–8
🐢
Pip & The Great Dark
Fear of the dark
Ages 3–7
✨
Stardust's Cosmic Adventure
Belonging · Space
Ages 2–6
🦎
Echo & the Mountain
Courage · Choices
Ages 5–8
🔮
Elara & the Wire-Web Key
Online Safety
Ages 4–8
😰 Anxiety
🌙 Fear of the dark
💪 Resilience
🔐 Online safety
🌌 Belonging
5
✦ Browser Games
Free to play
right now, in your browser
✦ The Workshop
Learn to build
real things
Godot 4 Guide
Build Your First Platformer
8 modules. Real GDScript. A complete 2D platformer from scratch. Free PDF included.
Start the Guide →
Godot 4 Tutorial
Build Space Invaders
11 chapters. Enemies, shooting, lives, scoring. Ages 8+.
Start Building →
Free Download
Starter Templates
4 complete Godot 4 projects Platformer, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Tower Defence.
Download Free →
Interactive Course
Roblox Creator Journey
6 levels. T-shirts, clothing, 3D accessories using Onshape & Roblox Studio.
Start the Course →
JavaScript · Live Builder
JavaScript Platformer
Fill in gravity, jump, platforms, enemies watch your platformer update live. Ages 11+.
Start Building →
Python · Live Builder
Python Game Builder
Write real Python step by step. Watch your game run live in the browser. No downloads. Ages 11+.
Start Building →
MUGEN · Full Course
Build Your Own Fighter
3-part course MUGEN basics, Fighter Factory 3, custom stages. 10 downloadable files included.
Start Course →
C++ · Interactive Builder
C++ Tower Defence
20 steps. Build a full tower defence engine in C++ with live code editing in the browser. Ages 11+.
Start Building →
GML · Live Builder
GML Shooter Trainer
12 levels. Build a shooter in GameMaker Language with live code execution. Ages 11+.
Start Training →
Sci-Fi · Live Builder
Sci-Fi Runner Builder
10 steps. Build an endless runner in a sci-fi setting. Watch your game update live as you code.
Start Running →
Python · Modding
OpenRCT2 Modding
Add custom shops & items to your park with real Python. Dictionaries, loops, functions. 10 steps, live park preview. Ages 11+.
Start Modding →
JavaScript · Plugin
OpenRCT2 Swim Rescue
Write a real plugin to save guests from drowning. try/catch, for loops, event subscriptions. 10 steps, live simulation.
Start Rescuing →
MUGEN · Beginner Lesson
Add Your Own MUGEN Stage
7 steps from scratch parallax scrolling, animated torch. Free starter pack included (.def + placeholder art).
Start Lesson →
Three.js · 3D Builder
Pirate Cannon Forge
15 steps build a 3D cannon piece by piece with live sliders. Export as OBJ. Barrel, muzzle, carriage, wheels and more.
Start Forging →
Three.js · 3D Builder
Pirate Ship Shipyard
20 steps hull, masts, sails, cannons, crow's nest, animated ocean. Resize everything live and export as OBJ.
Set Sail →
All Resources
The Workshop Hub
Every guide, template, and course in one place. All free, always.
Visit the Workshop →
∞
✦ Meet the Characters
Lumo
Purple Fox · Ages 4–8
"A fox who wakes up with a heavy, grey, prickly feeling he can't explain."
💜
Theme: Anxiety, invisible struggles, and quiet resilience
📖
Book: Lumo and the Grumble-Grit
🎮
Game: Lumo's Firefly Shooter playable in browser
✦ Meet the Characters
Pip
Brave Turtle · Ages 3–7
"Brave in the sunshine. Learning to be brave at night."
🌙
Theme: Fear of the dark and discovering wonder in it
🏮
The Brave Light: A small lantern that gives courage not by removing the dark but by being present in it
🎮
Game: Pip's Night Skyfind hidden stars, build constellations
✦ Meet the Characters
Echo
Pink-Gilled Axolotl · Ages 5–8
"A mountain too big to climb in one go. A small axolotl who tries anyway."
🏔️
Theme: Resilience, making choices, and small brave steps
👥
Friend: Shelly the snail reminds Echo that slow is still moving
🎮
Game: Echo's Fruit Catch designed for ages 3–8, tilt to play
🦎
✦ Earlier Work
Before JVDesignStudio
the Itch.io years
M.A.D
Platformer
Mechanize
PCVR · Unreal
Seek & Destroy
Shooter
Mirror Runner
Runner
Do You Have an Invite?
Game Jam · 48hr
Space Marmalade
Arcade
↑ All clickable built in Unreal, Unity, GameMaker & game jams