Featured Projects
AI & Agents
writeo
Revision-first writing coach. Orchestrates Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, and Modal Python agents for essay scoring and feedback.
comprehendo
Adaptive reading coach. Multi-language comprehension practice customized by Generative AI agents, built with Next.js.
antenna
Curated live-signal dashboard with an MCP surface, so a personal agent can read the market, code, calendar, and ops context you track and help with decisions.
acto
Generative AI storyteller. Creates interactive fiction with text-to-speech narration and dynamic imagery using Next.js & Google GenAI.
speako
Privacy-first pronunciation coach. Real-time grammar and fluency analysis running 100% in-browser via WebAssembly & Whisper.
office-assistant
Office 365 calendar assistant powered by Claude Code and Microsoft Graph.
Art & Generative
planeto
Multiplayer physics sandbox in space. Procedural planetoid clusters synchronized via SSE in a React Three Fiber + Rapier world.
geno-2
Ambient generative audiovisual instrument built with Rust, WebAssembly, WebGPU, and WebAudio
empiricalrecords
Independent archive of experimental electronic music - generative canvas art, audio-reactive visuals, custom audio player
evo
Browser artificial-life: thousands of gene-carrying creatures evolve by natural selection — speciating into distinct colours and body plans, hunting, and riding boom/bust cycles. Rust → multithreaded WASM, rendered with WebGPU.
galacto
GPU-accelerated black hole accretion disk simulation with 130K+ particles. Built with Rust, WebAssembly & WebGPU.
geno-1
Generative Music Visualizer. Real-time microtonal audio synthesis and 3D visualization powered by Rust, WebAudio & WebGPU.
planeo
Autonomous Agent Playground. Multi-agent simulation where Vision-Language Models interact in a shared React Three Fiber 3D world.
Games
delta-v
Delta-V: A tactical space combat game with realistic vector physics and orbital mechanics. Command your fleet across the inner Solar System.
pongo
Real-time multiplayer Pong on the edge. Built with Rust + WebAssembly, Cloudflare Durable Objects, and WebGPU. Featuring a shared deterministic game core and client-side prediction.
rgou-cloudflare
Full-stack Royal Game of Ur. Reimagining the ancient game with a Rust/WASM AI opponent and Next.js frontend.
rowspire
Rowspire: a browser strategy game with search and neural-network AI, powered by Rust/WASM in a Next.js PWA.
royal-game-of-ur-cli
Terminal-based Royal Game of Ur. State-machine core with pluggable AI agents (Minimax, MCTS), built in Clojure & NBB.
Tools & Research
cefr-workshop
Educational workshop for NLP engineers. Fine-tuning DeBERTa-v3 for CEFR level prediction on serverless Modal GPUs.
github-org-metrics
Developer productivity analytics. Python CLI that visualizes organization-wide contribution patterns and churn metrics via GitHub API.
About Total Reality Engineering
I design systems that pair artistic instincts with disciplined engineering, delivering software that is durable, performant, and delightful to use.
Total Reality Engineering is the independent studio of Robert Gilks, where design meets engineering to build bespoke interactive experiences, research tools, and production platforms.
Founded in Australia in 1998 • Established in the UK in 2008