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I’m Brian W. Smith and I build.

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Software has been my life’s work, and technology a lifelong passion. Thirty years into the profession, I lead teams, build software, and create experiences. This is where I share what I’m making and the ideas I’m messing around with.

Brian W. Smith, smiling, in a dark jacket in front of a United States flag

Selected projects

Always building.

Games, motion, and tools. Different expressions of the same drive to make things.

01 / Game developmentIn development

The Monastery’s Shadow

In The Monastery’s Shadow, your strength is measured by those you protect. Play as Alrec in a folk-horror action-adventure alongside Anselm, your healer and mentor, and Moca, a scrappy, loyal fighter. Draw enemies away, intercept attacks, and hold the line while your companions bring their strengths to the fight. You keep them standing. They keep you alive.

Together, guide Moca through narrow gaps, uncover hidden latches, and use your hammer to open paths through ancient spaces. Explore shadowed catacombs, flooded burial crypts, and a fortified priory. Study patrols, choose your engagements, and face enemies defending their own allies. Between battles, manipulate mechanisms, search for clues, and discover forgotten routes into the monastery’s secrets.

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02 / Independent projectsNew venture

Pink Gill Studio

A new venture for managing my independent projects, bringing the work together under one studio.

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03 / AI toolingOpen source

pil-agent-plugin

Image measurement and visual analysis tools that bring repeatable evidence to AI-assisted workflows.

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From the workbench.

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A question, an idea, or a conversation worth having.

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