Technology & Innovation
The technical foundation behind DARK//Codworker products.
Core stack
A deliberately small, modern and free-tier-friendly stack — chosen so that everything can be built, tested and deployed without paid infrastructure.
TypeScript everywhere
One language across frontend, content system, administration and validation — with strict typing and shared contracts.
React-based frontend
Component-driven pages with server-side prerendering for fast first paint and strong search-engine metadata.
Firebase services
Authentication and Firestore with security rules as the server-side authorization layer, plus an emulator-based test suite.
Cloudflare delivery
Static delivery through Cloudflare Pages with edge functions for rate-limited endpoints — all on the free tier.
Innovation approach
Innovation here means removing friction, not adding spectacle: a reusable design system, a translation architecture that scales, and a permission model that lets a solo studio onboard a team without rewrites.
Every feature is measured against a zero-budget constraint. Anything that would require paid infrastructure is flagged in the documentation before it is built.
Delivery pipeline
- 01Source on GitHub, reviewed and tagged
- 02Static build with type checking, linting and tests
- 03Security rules tested against the Firebase emulator
- 04Deployed to Cloudflare Pages (free tier)
What comes next
Team expansion, additional game and software titles, and progressive migration of studio operations onto the platform. Items here are intentions, not commitments — no dates are claimed that do not exist.