https://niltoid.com/ Ahmad Saeed builds things that respond: robots and LED rigs, interactive installations, a system for running VR arcades, games, and AI tools. This site is a scrapbook of the projects he’s explored over the years. https://niltoid.com/blog/dead-zone-rts/https://niltoid.com/blog/dead-zone-rts/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn isometric zombie-survival game about scavenging supplies, building a camp and keeping it lit through the night. Built with JavaScript and Canvas. https://niltoid.com/blog/video-sync/https://niltoid.com/blog/video-sync/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn experimental system for cutting and mixing film visuals with Rekordbox, using two-deck playback, MIDI controls and reusable scenes in a browser. https://niltoid.com/blog/concert-radar/https://niltoid.com/blog/concert-radar/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTA daily concert roundup and local dashboard that match upcoming shows with Spotify artists and a manually curated artist list. https://niltoid.com/blog/90s-party-mix/https://niltoid.com/blog/90s-party-mix/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMTA 44-minute house set I played at a 90s party. Lots of throwbacks and fuzzy memories. https://niltoid.com/blog/ind-serv/https://niltoid.com/blog/ind-serv/Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMTA browser game about making bricks to repay a debt that keeps growing. Built with JavaScript, Canvas and Konva, with no win state. https://niltoid.com/blog/page-divider-studies/https://niltoid.com/blog/page-divider-studies/Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMTFour studies in animated page dividers, ranging from SVG scroll cues and line animation to triangular and wavy transitions. https://niltoid.com/blog/quick-comic/https://niltoid.com/blog/quick-comic/Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMTA political comic-strip maker originally built in Flash, revisited as an early Vue.js editor with draggable characters and a four-panel strip. https://niltoid.com/blog/sparks-and-honey/https://niltoid.com/blog/sparks-and-honey/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:00:00 GMTA freelance marketing-site build for sparks & honey, implemented with a custom Squarespace template. https://niltoid.com/blog/food-photo/https://niltoid.com/blog/food-photo/Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMTA phone-friendly React app for an intermittent fasting study, with meal photos, text reminders and a researcher report page. https://niltoid.com/blog/vr-homeroom/https://niltoid.com/blog/vr-homeroom/Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMTA VR arcade overlay for choosing games, extending sessions, ordering drinks and asking for help, connected to a venue-management server. https://niltoid.com/blog/alliance-for-positive-change/https://niltoid.com/blog/alliance-for-positive-change/Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:00:00 GMTA custom Squarespace template implementation for a small New York City nonprofit, worked on while at frog. https://niltoid.com/blog/dots/https://niltoid.com/blog/dots/Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:00:00 GMTExperiments with thousands of particles in a browser, using three.js point clouds, custom shaders and interchangeable animators. https://niltoid.com/blog/cubegrid/https://niltoid.com/blog/cubegrid/Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMTA grid of cubes that flips in response to an Intel RealSense depth camera, with browser, Electron and openFrameworks versions. https://niltoid.com/blog/simple-telepresence-robo/https://niltoid.com/blog/simple-telepresence-robo/Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMTA simplified telepresence robot with live video, pan-and-tilt controls and a display of motion-sensor data. https://niltoid.com/blog/unityrts/https://niltoid.com/blog/unityrts/Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMTA small Unity strategy prototype with survivor controls, zombie behaviours, NavMesh movement and pooled bullets. https://niltoid.com/blog/isometric-cubes/https://niltoid.com/blog/isometric-cubes/Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:00:00 GMTA Canvas experiment in drawing isometric cubes with IsomerJS, with a runnable demo on CodePen. https://niltoid.com/blog/space-shooter/https://niltoid.com/blog/space-shooter/Tue, 13 May 2014 12:00:00 GMTTwo JavaScript and Canvas space-shooter sketches exploring ship movement, scrolling stars, shooting and enemies. https://niltoid.com/blog/vine-explorer/https://niltoid.com/blog/vine-explorer/Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMTAn experimental interface for searching and browsing six-second Vine videos, combining a Python API, HTML5 video, three.js and Box2D. https://niltoid.com/blog/portable-power/https://niltoid.com/blog/portable-power/Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:00:00 GMTTrying a portable 2600 mAh power supply with an idle Raspberry Pi. https://niltoid.com/blog/html5-canvas-animation/https://niltoid.com/blog/html5-canvas-animation/Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMTFour small Canvas experiments exploring oscillating particles and simple particle animation, with runnable CodePen demos.