PONDERBYTE STUDIO & LAB
INDEPENDENT SIMULATION, AUDIO DSP & INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS

WORLDS THAT COMPUTE.
SIGNALS THAT BREATHE.

PonderByte is an independent studio crafting emergent simulation games, SIMD audio synthesizers, and science-grounded interactive apps.

Mother Strain — heavy truck crushing glowing Cordyceps mushrooms in volumetric mist
DOSSIER 01 // PC GAME · SURVIVAL STEALTH

MOTHER STRAIN

SEEKERS OF THE WILD TYPE

Survival stealth across 24 nights in Kersey Falls (Solo or 1–4 Co-op). Driven by a live 15,037-neuron Drosophila connectome and an adaptive fungal network.

Real Connectome AI Adaptive Mycology Solo & 1–4 Co-op
EXPLORE PLAYMOTHERSTRAIN.COM ↗
INSTRUMENT 02 // HYBRID SYNTH & MULTI-FX · v1.0.8

GammaWave + FX

Industrial. Visceral. Alive. Hybrid subtractive, FM & 3-layer granular texture synth paired with the GammaWaveFX insert effect suite (VST3 / Standalone). 7-algorithm Hearth saturation, Flux instability, MTS-ESP / Scala / MPE microtonality, and 297 factory presets.

⬇ ITCH.IO DOWNLOAD ↗ GAMMAWAVEAUDIO.COM ↗
EDUCATION 03 // EARLY MUSICAL EAR

PITCHLINGS

Wordless musical ear & absolute-pitch game for young children (ages 2–6) and older kids. Friendly creatures sing chords and tones—tap which one sang to grow your musical family. Built on the Eguchi/Sakakibara method (mic-free, ad-free, no reading required).

VISIT PITCHLINGS.COM ↗
ATLAS 04 // MEDITERRANEAN FLAVOR & PLATE

MEZZOMEDI

Mediterranean flavor-pairing & daily plate companion: 260 ingredients and 6,340 corroborated affinities, with Pantry and Plate builders grounded in the traditional Cretan pyramid.

VISIT MEZZOMEDI.COM ↗