Ali Dark

creative lost souls — A publication written for designers, artists, creatives, and technologists who want change. Grounded in systems thinking and candid self-reflection, it explores the intersections of AI, neuroplasticity, creative bottlenecks, and personal self-actualisation in a shifting world. Read the essays on creative lost souls or explore the author manifesto.

Instagram — Visuals, process notes, and creative updates from Brisbane.

Dots & Cubes & Boxes — A 3D version of the classic pen and paper game “Dots & Boxes,” built with Gemini 2.5 Pro in 2025. It’s a 2 player browser game.

Glitch Arena — An independently published PvP 3D Arena first person shooter, and a love letter to the games Ali grew up with. This passion project started in 2019 and is ongoing here and there — praised by Steam players as a “smooth, easy to pick up AFPS game with its own mechanics” and recommended “for every old school player.” Check the Glitch Arena intro video here.

Chaos to Structure — Paste in an unfiltered brain dump of notes, thoughts, or observations. The Gem distills core themes, uncovers underlying patterns and causal relationships, maps relevant mental models, and translates the raw input into concrete next steps and shareable ideas to move you from stuck to clarity.

Direction Finder — An interactive discovery interview exploring your core values, curiosities, limiting beliefs, and the people you care about serving. It synthesizes your profile into 30 aligned life and career directions, then deep-dives into your top picks with concrete micro-actions to reframe negative self-talk, leverage AI and uncover viable monetization paths.

Base Player — A frontend for your music files.

Brain — A simple AI powered knowledge management tool with local storage. Requires a Google AI Studio API key. You can chat with the docs and cross reference them.