The Lab
Experimental games and interaction prototypes. The creative side of Tangent Labs.
New · For kids 3–6
Little Explorers
Nature games for kids who love critters. Flip rocks to find turtles and salamanders, feed a hungry lizard, swim with a sea turtle, and fill a creature journal with real animals from around Georgia, then the desert, the rainforest and the ice and snow. For kids who love cars, there’s a parking lot, a monster truck rally and a car wash. For dinosaur fans, there’s a fossil dig, a time machine to the age of dinosaurs and a nest of eggs to hatch. Nothing to read, no way to lose, and a friendly voice that says every name out loud.
- Rock Flip
- Lizard Lunch
- Turtle Trek
- ABC Critters
- Critter Pairs
- Spelling Bees
- Park It!
- Monster Trucks
- Car Wash
- Fossil Dig
- Time Machine
- Dino Nest
- Creature Journal
- Dino Museum
New · For anyone who’s run a standup
Manager Mode
A pixel-art engineering manager simulator. Get the quiet engineer to open up in a 1:1, decide which meetings you can half-listen to, hire from resumes that lie, run the war room at 3am, steer the team through an AI rollout, and still make it home for dinner.
- 1:1s
- Meetings
- Hiring
- Incidents
- AI rollout
- Home life
New Experiments
Four prototypes exploring what tangent can mean as a game verb — orbits, deflections, launches, waves.
Orbit Drop
Your ball orbits a planet. Tap to release it tangentially and land on the colored goal arc — chain through extra planets along the way.
Off on a Tangent
Snake remix on a round field. Tap to aim along the tangent from you to the next letter. Spell TANGENT in order.
Spin & Snap
The wheel spins. Tap when the barrel is pointed right to fling a ball along the current tangent. Hit the target, build a streak.
Curve Surfer
Surf an endless sine wave. Tap on an upslope to launch along the tangent at takeoff, then fly under gravity to clear the gaps.
More context on the lineup at the pitches page.