Imperia
Raise armies, claim provinces, become Emperor.
A seasonal, real-time strategy game where every rival is the ghost of a real ruler — an AI "Echo" trained from human games.
Next.jsReactthree.jsSupabaseVercel
Sofia, Bulgaria · Designer, builder & writer
Designing products.Writing worlds.
I'm Ivan, a UX designer who builds and ships his own products — a strategy game, a UX bootcamp, a civic map of Sofia — and who dreams in red dust. Here you'll find my work, notes on technology and the future, and a novel about robots on Mars, written one chapter at a time.
47stories & essays
7chapters on Mars
8products built · 5 live
9+years of writing
Роман · пише се в момента
Етика на
празнотата
Долината Маринър, Марс. Колония от куполи, слънчеви панели и ядрен реактор — построена от роботи за хора, които така и не идват. Докато един от тях, О-17, не си избра име.
- 01Глава първаИскри в червения прах11.05.2025 г.
- 02Глава втораПрекъсването25.05.2025 г.
- 03Глава третаИмена от прах1.06.2025 г.
- 04Глава четвъртаРождението на искрите9.06.2025 г.
- 05Глава петаИмето на светлината20.07.2025 г.
- 06Глава шестаПосланици на празнотата4.08.2025 г.
- 07Глава седмаВечен “Живот”10.09.2025 г.
Selected work · 2026
Things I've built.
A strategy game, a UX bootcamp, a civic map of Sofia, a gifting app — designed, built and shipped end to end.
uxai42
Научи UX дизайн. Безплатно.
A free 12-week hybrid UX bootcamp where students design a real product for a real business, using AI and mentored by working designers.
Next.jsReactGSAPSupabaseResend
Проблем24
Картата на градските проблеми в София
A public map of city problems in Sofia. Citizens photograph and pin potholes, illegal parking, broken sidewalks and dumping — no registration required.
Next.jsLeafletSupabaseCloudflare Turnstile
Wishfund
One wish. Every birthday. Until it's yours.
A social wishlist where friends and family chip in towards the thing you're actually saving for — a trip, a thing, a moment.
Next.jsSupabaseStripe
okr42
Goals, check-ins and learning in one place.
okr42
A multi-tenant SaaS for company OKRs, weekly check-ins, onboarding and workshops — for teams that would rather not chase spreadsheets.
Napkin
Get your idea off the napkin.
Napkin
A small, free toolkit for brand-new founders — honest AI tools to pressure-test an idea, talk to customers, test demand and name it, without the flattery.
The Game of Ethics
Learn to use AI well — and ethically.
The Game of Ethics
A 2D world game where players take on challenges with any AI tool and are scored on two axes, Skill and Ethics. You can't win by being skilled but careless.
GoodCause
Start a cause. Let supporters give.
GoodCause
A charity fork of Wishfund — cause pages with updates and milestones, and donations in seconds without an account.
On YouTube
Devlogs from the build.
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