Independent software & creative work · Ryan Lucas

Local tools.
Real creative work.

Useful AI on your own computer. Films made with curiosity and a lot of hands-on work. Explore what you can try, buy and watch.

SpiritBox Pro · Windows & Apple Silicon

Give your ideas
a voice.

Choose a Spirit Guide, type your question, and hear your local AI answer in a Piper voice. Keep your conversations on your own computer.

One-time purchase. LM Studio and Docker Desktop required. Check your setup.

Actual SpiritBox Pro screens showing a draft, a review and a rewritten deadline request
Actual Pro screens · A synthetic workplace example

Find your next useful tool.

Create a brand pack with free Emblem, organize crossing records with CrossCheck, start a local conversation with Basic, or explore the Ultimate workstation and a playable browser dungeon.

Actual CrossCheck interface with a synthetic crossing project, records and Attention status
Windows & Mac · Early Access

CrossCheck

Bring crossing records and spatial files into one desktop workspace. Review revisions, spot attention items, and keep a project history.

New optional Windows x64 portable build 1.0.2-rc.3-native.1 is available as unsigned Early Access. The Windows 1.0.1 installer and Mac 1.0.0 remain available.

$399 USD · One-time purchase
Release details and screenshot

The new portable build is optional; no new Windows installer is released. It is unsigned and may prompt Windows SmartScreen. Mac 1.0.0 is the existing release and has not been newly tested.

The screenshot shows the existing CrossCheck interface with synthetic project data.

Actual Emblem 1.0.0 Windows app showing the logo selection step of the brand-pack workflow
Windows 11 x64 · Portable Early Access

Emblem

Turn your logo, brand colors and business details into coordinated, editable Word letterhead, a PowerPoint deck and an Excel invoice.

Free · $0 USD required · Optional contribution

Download actual Word, PowerPoint and Excel samples with SpiritBox branding. Compatible document software required. No Emblem installation needed.

What you get and how to run it

Emblem 1.0.0 includes editable .docx, .pptx and .xlsx outputs, plus web icons and social banners. Download and extract the portable ZIP, then open Emblem.exe. The runtime is bundled; no Python installation is needed.

This free Early Access build is unsigned and may prompt Windows SmartScreen. Review the publisher and source before running it. Open the Office files in Microsoft Office or a compatible editor.

The screenshot shows the actual Windows app. Your own logo and business details shape the generated pack.

Windows 11 x64 - Early Access RC2

Nano Hustle

Turn item photos into listing drafts you can review, edit, save and export. Use a local vision model in LM Studio to help with the blank-page part of selling.

Free - CAD $0
Requirements and release details

Nano Hustle 1.0.0-rc.2 is free, unsigned Windows 11 x64 Early Access. It requires LM Studio and a compatible vision model running locally.

Manually review every draft, verify item details and set your own prices. Nano Hustle does not post listings automatically.

Actual SpiritBox interface with a choice of Spirit Guides
Windows & macOS Apple Silicon

SpiritBox Basic

Your first local AI conversation. Choose a model in LM Studio, shape a Spirit Guide, and return to your saved history.

$0+ USD · Pay what you want
Actual SpiritBox Ultimate command center
Ultimate 1.12 · Early access

SpiritBox Ultimate

Connect your conversations to documents, search, automation and creative workflows in a local AI workstation.

$199 USD · One-time purchase
Is Ultimate for you?

Ultimate 1.12 uses nine default Docker services. Models and ComfyUI require separate setup. Hardware fit depends on your workflows; complete Full-workstation and clean-machine qualification remain open.

NetCrawl game artwork
Playable browser game

NetCrawl

Pick a class and step into a procedural dungeon. Explore, find equipment, and see how far you can make it.

Actual V7 gameplay from Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Crawl, showing the code-drawn browser brawler
Free browser game · Unofficial fan tribute

Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Crawl

Fight through code-drawn scenes inspired by Books One through Six. Play with keyboard, gamepad or touch controls, and continue from browser-saved checkpoints.

Credits and fan-work status

An unofficial, non-commercial fan tribute to Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. This game is not affiliated with or endorsed by Matt Dinniman, the publisher or other rights holders.

Artwork, music and sound are generated in code. Built with Claude Code. Progress is stored in this browser on this device.

A different kind of output.

Two finished films, created and assembled by Ryan. AI-assisted production, personal editing, and stories worth sharing.

Keeping Us Afloat music-video scene with a graphics card floating above water at sunset▶ Watch the music video
Published music video

Keeping Us Afloat

A thank-you to the creators and makers who kept Ryan learning, laughing and building. Finished by Ryan in DaVinci Resolve.

About the film

AI-generated and AI-assisted imagery and animation, with Ryan's own editing. Stylized fan depictions imply no creator endorsement or affiliation.

THE ESCAPE documentary thumbnail with fictional host Sloane and the words Locked in the cloud, stolen by everyone▶ Watch the full film
Published documentary · 21 minutes

THE ESCAPE

A playful documentary about local AI, digital freedom, and the moment the story escapes its box. Created and assembled by Ryan.

About the film

The AI-generated host and her biography are fictional; cameos are labelled as lookalikes. The script was drafted with a cloud AI model. The film uses synthetic scenes, voices, music and graphics.

Inside the workshop.

Small tools for the work between the big ideas. These are private previews and prototypes; explore the workflow and share what would help you.

Actual Caption interface searching an existing transcript and seeking to a line in audio
Private workflow preview

Caption

Find an image. Choose a keeper. Find the line you need in audio. A local media workflow for creative projects.

Watch the 65-second workflow

Actual browser actions, with explanatory text. The demo shows manual Studio import and an imported saved transcript; no fresh AI generation or automatic sync. No packaged release is available.

More research and earlier experiments

VRAM Relay

Research into coordinating heavy local AI workloads on one GPU. Workload fit still depends on models and hardware.

Explore the workstation →

Project-controls research

Earlier work on planning, engineering records and risk tools, informed by Ryan's project-controls background.

Meet the builder →

Echo

Build character profiles with portraits and local voices. Private prototype.

SpiritBox Medium

Meeting audio and speaker-profile tools. Private prototype.

YouTube Workbench

Turn transcript sources into traceable documentary drafting packages. Private prototype.

Napkin Sketch

Turn sketches into editable web prototypes. Private prototype.

Ryan Lucas

Built by Ryan Lucas, an independent maker in Canada.
The person behind the projects →