Lab Studies

Interactive tool for exploring the scoring curve, Delta E calculations, and color generation range.

Side-by-side comparison of the CIE76 sigmoid scoring vs CIEDE2000 perceptual distance. Presets for edge cases.

Layout options for solo and multiplayer results. Names, scores, round breakdowns, head-to-head comparisons.

Comprehensive audit of every meta tag, OG image, share text, link preview, and clipboard behavior across Color and Sound. Apr 7.

Original side-by-side audit of OG images, share text, and daily share. Color vs Sound with gap analysis.

12 approaches to the "turn your sound on" overlay. Full-screen, partial, minimal, and creative variants.

A/B variants for the multiplayer challenge intro screen. Variant A won with 64.9% completion.

Share link generation, copy UX, and the viral challenge loop design.

Screen designs for daily challenge results, Wordle-style share preview, and daily leaderboard.

Provocative vs competitive vs neutral copy for social sharing previews. Provocative won +5%.

Variations of the auto-generated social preview image with personalized headlines.

How the social card renders across iMessage, Threads, WhatsApp, and Twitter.

Analysis of return rate, session depth, and what drives players to come back.

Primary and secondary button styles, hover states, and size variants.

Extended button explorations — outlines, ghost styles, icon buttons.

Loading spinner options for leaderboard fetches and async states.

12 spinner variations. Rainbow Ring (#10) was selected for production.

Notification toast designs — success, error, info, and rainbow variants.

6 visual treatments for the stimulus and input screens. Orb, Pressure Wave, Heartbeat, Line Burst, Void, Ripple Field. Side-by-side phone mockups with auto-play.

7-ring canvas-rendered glow circle with Figma-matched gradients. Collapse + Bloom, Pulse Cascade, Orbital Drift, Breathing Universe, Singularity, Living System.

14-ring wormhole variations. Deep Tunnel, Double Helix, Inhale, Elastic, Tidal, Alive. Rings extend past the frame for infinite depth.

16-ring pulse cascade with Figma-matched colors. Center point drifts on X/Y so the tunnel appears to turn corners. Subtle to extreme. 6 variations.

Ring count and color exploration. Figma 3-ring, Dense 20, Sparse 8, Monochrome, Warm Amber, Ice, Neon Split, Ghost. 8 variations.

Deep dive on ring count, spacing curves, glow intensity, bounce easing, and cycle speed. 14 variations from the same color palette. Baseline, Tight Core, Even Spacing, Minimal, Dense, Heavy/Minimal Glow, 3 bounce levels, 4 speed presets, and a best-guess composite.

Focused refinement of Glacial 8s. Explores inner ring treatment: converge to zero (infinity illusion), open center, inner fade, spacing curves, glow intensity, bounce. 13 variations.

Tight-center spacing with restrained glow. Cubic/quartic/quintic power curves, hairline strokes, whisper-thin lines, outer fade, thick-to-thin contrast, uniform width, bounce combos. 14 variations.

Quartic Hairline Bounce deep dive. Overlapping multi-wave pulses, wider trails, faster cycles, bigger scale. Eliminates the dead gap between pulses. 12 variations.

8 treatments for making start/stop unmistakable. Bright Orb, Brightness Shift, Color Shift, Countdown Pulses, Solid Flash, Ring Thicken, Combined, Beats + Orb. Interactive tap-to-cycle in phone frames.

IAB ad size exploration for Ezoic. Compare 320x100, 300x250, 728x90 in context across results, leaderboard, and desktop placements.

Same IAB ad size exploration adapted for the Sound game. Frequency round scores instead of color swatches, Sound branding.

Ezoic-approved placements with impression estimates. Results, Leaderboard, Multiplayer, Desktop — with size and position exploration.

7 consent banner options for Ezoic CMP. From invisible footer text to floating pills — all matching the dark UI. Mobile + Desktop.

Original Carbon Ads and AdSense mockups. Carbon was rejected. Kept for layout reference only.