iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 18/09/2026

🦵🙂🦵 experiments.mariov.ch/draw/bounce/

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 10/09/2026

bird 🦜 play here: experiments.mariov.ch/draw/bird

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 09/09/2026

new apple just dropped experiments.mariov.ch/draw/apple/

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 04/09/2026

I'm at the point where I'm embedding a full interactive scene including some scene specific js code in a png, so i can drop a png in the browser and it runs my scene.. what could go wrong

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 02/09/2026

Our pointer webtoy from almost 10 years ago is now on the cover of this new book! Critical Web Design by xtine burrough and Owen Mundy, published by MIT press: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205316... criticalwebdesign.github.io/wiki/ criticalwebdesign.github.io/index/ Pointer: pointer.playables.net

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 01/09/2026

my new exercise: soft collisions

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 29/08/2026

prototyping a little app for creating interactive drawings. how should i call it?

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 28/08/2026

At Gamescom? Check out the @amazefest.bsky.social Digital Playground. You‘ll find this beautiful Pocket Boss installation (huge thanks to Sebastiaan and team for making it happen!) and many other great games.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 01/07/2026

Pocket Boss installation. Employee of the day @michaelfrei.io is hard at work.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 26/06/2026

Want to play with 50 friends? Now you can! The new Rakete local co-op mode supports unlimited* players. Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3814090/... *The number of players is limited by the number of buttons you have available.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 24/06/2026

Rakete is out now on Steam! Every button is a thruster, the rest is physics. The 2012 game remastered, now with 60 levels plus local co-op where any* number of friends share one rocket. 🚀 store.steampowered.com/app/3814090/... *as many as you have buttons

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 22/06/2026

"Pocket Boss is cleverly paired with a real treadmill. It immediately captivated the majority of the children’s jury members and continued to occupy their minds long after the decision-making process had ended.  An arrangement that works so well that it becomes addictive [...]"

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 22/06/2026

Pocket Boss also received the Kids award at last week's Swiss Design Awards Exhibition! The best of all awards, thank you so much! 🫶

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 16/06/2026

The Swiss Design Awards exhibition is running until the end of this week in Basel. Play Pocket Boss in a brand new setup resembling a very productive home office environment. More info: swissdesignawards.ch/en/about Thanks everyone who did some real work there yesterday at the opening! 📈

exhibition setup with a treadmill, a table with phone, and a screen

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 16/06/2026

I'm very grateful to have received a Swiss Design Award for Pocket Boss yesterday! It's really nice to see a game recognized in this environment. www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch/en/schweizer...

banner of "Swiss Art+Design Awards" outside a building

Photo of a book with a page of screenshots of Pocket Boss, a game showing data visualizations

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 05/01/2026

Made a little (de-)glitch toy with quadtrees: Quadraw: experiments.mariov.ch/quadraw/

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 31/10/2025

New from the makers of KIDS & CARS: EGGS

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 20/10/2025

They're still doing SEO nowadays!

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 20/10/2025

finally somebody made a sequel! For Windows 10 AND Windows 11!

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 15/10/2025

It's refreshing to know that this is the icon of an officially distributed Apple application in 2025. I really hope it will outlive the Liquid Glass era without any changes.

"clipboard viewer" icon with a badly aligned magic genie lamp on it

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 13/10/2025

Did you know that leaving a Pocket Boss review significantly boosts your Customer Quality Rating (CQR)? Try it out today! 1. Get the game: pocketboss.ch 2. Play it 3. Rate it 📈📈📈 – Regards, Management

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 11/10/2025

früher so (von playkids.ch/process/2014)

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 09/10/2025

The Android Version of Pocket Boss is now finally available on Google Play! 🤖 👇 play.google.com/store/apps/d... Other platforms: pocketboss.ch

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 08/10/2025

Need a new job? Pocket Boss is OUT NOW! pocketboss.ch 📊 💬 A delightfully odd fusion of work and play. Now available on iOS, Android, Steam and itch.io.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 08/10/2025

Does anyone know how long it takes until a Google Play app shows up as released on the store? It's been 1.5h since it shows it as released in the dashboard, but it's still not available. Or is it? play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 07/10/2025

Forget AI, this is the real productivity boost everyone is looking for!

screenshot of "Microsot Pocket Boss 2025"

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 06/10/2025

I did some final testing at the REFRESH festival (refresh.zhdk.ch/refresh-6/ex...) this weekend. Of course I found a new bug IMMEDIATELY... get the BUG FREE* version soon! *maybe

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 06/10/2025

Uh oh. Pocket Boss will be out THIS WEDNESDAY (October 8)! pocketboss.ch Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 22/09/2025

People are SHOCKED how we do business at @playables.net Preorder/wishlist on pocketboss.ch

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 19/09/2025

Need a more satisfying job? Pocket Boss is coming October 8! pocketboss.ch Preorder/wishlist now: Steam: pocketboss.ch/get/steam iOS: pocketboss.ch/get/ios Android: pocketboss.ch/get/googleplay 📈 👈

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 10/08/2025

The only thing I ever want to do after clicking a Dropbox link (to a folder I have access to) is to view the file locally, in Finder. Is there really no way to do that? Is that part of the “business” upgrade they keep bugging me about?

dropbox ui without option to open in finder

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 26/06/2025

Does anybody know what it is exactly? It's written "Märli-Fee" (fairy tale fairy) on it. Just some proprietary audio tape device for fairytales?

Old tape device, Vistaphon AG "Märli-Fee"

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 16/06/2025

A little interactive toy I made to show how auxetic materials work. Try it out here (scroll down): futureofmaterials.com/en/materials...

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 16/06/2025

13 years later, Rakete will finally get a Steam release! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3814090/... Still the same game as originally created for the "5-Button Experimental Gameplay Contest" in 2012 — but with a few convenience features like rebindable controls.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 07/06/2025

Fix my charts! New game coming soon: Pocket Boss pocketboss.ch Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3509180/...

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 22/05/2025

Had to use Illustrator for some design work (for reasons...): It's incredibly broken. But maybe I'm just using uncommon features like opening and exporting files or using sRGB colors. Is that already a result of AI-first/vibe coding, or was it already so bad before?