Plaid Labs

New experiments are being added all the time.

Experiment Log

EXP. 010 โ€” LIVE

Droid Tycoon Fusion Cookbook

I was screenshotting fusion recipes and losing track of which parts I actually had. This is the fix โ€” tap off parts as you collect them and the recipe glows green the second you're ready to fuse.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 009 โ€” LIVE

Expressions

I noticed I kept drawing the same 3-4 expressions on every character. Expressions is me stretching that muscle โ€” spin for a mood (easy ones and trickier, layered ones) and draw it on your doodle.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 008 โ€” LIVE

Disco Doodle

Daily Doodle grew up. It's now the heart of Disco Doodle โ€” a proper home at discodoodle.com with Monster Maker, Theme Park Edition, and a gallery for sharing what you drew.

Visit Disco Doodle โ†’
EXP. 007 โ€” LIVE

Sketch Lab Gallery

We added a gallery to Sketch Lab Central. Now you can share your creativity and inspire others.

Share Your Art โ†’
EXP. 006 โ€” LIVE

Sketch Lab Central

Daily Doodle, Monster Maker, and a new Theme Park Edition โ€” one drawing-prompt generator, pick a pack and spin.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 005 โ€” PENDING REVIEW

Droidsmith

A flip-card study depot and randomized trivia game covering 60+ named Star Wars droids across every trilogy, the animated shows, and the live-action Mando-era shows โ€” shelved pending a copyright and art call.

Field Notes โ†’
EXP. 004 โ€” LIVE

Droidex Advisor

Pick two droids and their tier, and this points to the better chip investment โ€” ranked by CPS gained per chip, not sticker price. Fortnite Star Wars: Droid Tycoon.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 003 โ€” FAILED

Super Rebirth Break-Even Calculator

I love playing Fortnite and they recently added a STAR WARS Droid Tycoon mode and I can't seem to get enough of it. I wanted to solve an issue that is a big part of the game, should I reset all my progress for more progress, or stay the course and keep going.

Keep Reading โ†’
EXP. 002 โ€” LIVE

Monster Maker

A generator for cooking up random monsters โ€” remix parts and traits into something new.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 001 โ€” LIVE

Daily Doodle

A drawing-prompt spinner โ€” spin an animal, occupation, prop, or vehicle/style/medium combo and go draw it.

Launch โ†’
EXP. 011
โ€” next experiment goes here โ€”

Field Notes

Sep 2026

Exp. 010: Droid Tycoon Fusion Cookbook

I was screenshotting fusion recipes and losing the thread on which ones I actually had two-of-three parts for โ€” unusable mid-game. Wrote up the whole spiral on dev.to, then built the tool it was clearly asking for: tap off parts as you collect them, and the recipe glows green the second you're ready to fuse. Read the write-up, or jump straight to the cookbook.

Aug 2026

Exp. 007: Sketch Lab Gallery Live

It was harder than it seemed to make a gallery where anyone can upload their image. We had to create a backend where there is a manual approval process which meant including a Gmail sign-in process and connecting to a cloud-based upload library. But it all works. Check out the Gallery here.

Aug 2026

Exp. 004: Droidex Advisor

After Exp. 003's break-even math turned into a whole debate, I built the simpler tool I actually wanted: pick two droids and their tier, and it points to whichever upgrade earns more CPS per chip. No typing, no settings โ€” just two dropdowns and an arrow. Launch it.

Aug 2026

Exp. 003 postmortem: Super Rebirth Break-Even Calculator

Wrote up the whole saga of trying to build a calculator for the "Super Rebirth" reset in Fortnite's Droid Tycoon mode โ€” four rebuilds, real research, and a debate the community never actually settled. Filed under Failed, but a good one. Read the postmortem.

Aug 2026

New Social Share Feature

Now when you generate your image idea, you get your prompt in an image you can overlay next to your photo! See a sample here. Now on both Daily Doodle and Monster Maker.

Aug 2026

Martha McHonkers

We started out as a 3D printing business, and while we've reinvented the shop a few times, 3D printing is still at the heart of our experiments. Meet our Porch Goose Martha McHonkers! She's a fully 3D printed model from Titan3D.

Aug 2026

Plaid Labs is live

Got the landing page up and both experiments linked. More entries โ€” build notes, dead ends, stuff I'm tinkering with outside the experiments โ€” go here as they happen.