Chess of the Gods
8x8x8 chess, rebuilt from a 20-year-old Java project into a modern Android game.
Independent software product venture
Nerdtopia designs, builds, and ships playful software products.
Independent products carried from idea through architecture, implementation, testing, release, and ongoing improvement—with AI-assisted workflows helping Nerdtopia move faster without replacing engineering judgment.
The ideas get to be weird. The products still have to work.
Shipped Product
A 20-year-old Java chess project rebuilt, polished, packaged, and released on Android.
Shipped Product
Crazy Caturday brings escalating rooms, chaotic cats, and power-up-fueled comedy to Android.
Playable Demonstration
One shared gameplay foundation configured for bug battles, food fights, and potential branded adaptations.
Latest from Nerdtopia
Crazy Caturday is out now
The playful, family-friendly cat chaos is available now on Google Play.
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Shipped Products
Games with jokes, builds with receipts—and two finished Android releases on Google Play.
Crazy Caturday
A playful, family-friendly Android game with escalating rooms, chaotic cats, power-ups, and a house under pressure.
Bees vs. Wasps vs. Spiders
A playable demonstration showing how a shared gameplay foundation can support new themes, assets, copy, and audiences.
Pizza vs. Burgers vs. Tacos
Same shared foundation, new theme. A food-fight variant configured with different characters, assets, and copy.
How Nerdtopia Builds
From idea to release.
Nerdtopia carries products through definition, architecture, implementation, testing and validation, packaging, release, maintenance, and ongoing improvement. The punchline still needs a build pipeline.
- Chess of the Gods modernizes legacy Java game logic for Android, with a rebuilt mobile interface, publication, and continued maintenance.
- Crazy Caturday combines original gameplay systems, progression, balancing, testing, release polish, Google Play publication, and post-release ownership.
- The playable demonstrations show how a shared gameplay foundation can support configurable themes, assets, copy, and potential campaign concepts.
AI-assisted workflows accelerate research, implementation, iteration, and creative exploration. Nerdtopia retains responsibility for architecture, product decisions, testing, validation, quality, security, and release decisions.
Latest from Nerdtopia
Releases, updates, and delivery notes.
Gameplay Clip
Chess of the Gods in motion.
A 50-second look at the 8x8x8 board, mobile interface, and the kind of chess board that politely refuses to stay flat.
Product Roadmap
Future concepts under consideration.
These are concept-stage roadmap ideas, not finished games. The art is a sketch of intent, not a launch promise.
Pedestrian
An observational comedy game about sidewalks, traffic, errands, and the small decisions that make a simple walk feel like a mission.
Dev Life
A workplace satire about impossible deadlines, optimistic estimates, and the uncomfortable realization that management might be you.
Build Something Playable
Interested in a custom branded game or interactive demo?
Nerdtopia can explore adaptations of its shared gameplay foundation for events, campaigns, internal demos, or other playful product concepts.