Passion for building stuff
Hi, I'm Daniel Astudillo. By day I lead engineering at Accedo.tv, building streaming platforms. The rest of the time this is my workshop: games for the Playdate, tools for SteamOS, firmware for tiny screens, and software that AI agents can pick up and use. I work with AI as my junior dev assistant, and all of it is made for the love of it.
Software I wanted to exist
Open source where I can, and built by working with AI agents rather than just using them.
In the works
On the workbench
- ESP32-S3 touchscreen firmware
- M-WAVE FM-1 4-track firmware
- Android and Wear OS apps and widgets
- An open ebook reader
- MIDI mapping on macOS
- Tauri desktop utilities
- Sprite and pixel-art tooling
- A personal MCP bridge and voice assistant
- Steam Deck to YouTube uploads
- Home Assistant automations
Games
Horror, puzzle, geography, strategy and shoot'em ups, mostly for the Playdate and Godot. I do the code, and often the art, music and sound too.
Mappy Geography guessing on a spinning 3D globe. 
Xeno Escape Dark, Alien-inspired survival horror puzzler. 
Bad Bytes Fast vertical puzzler for the Playdate. 
Shadow Strike A micro-soulslike boss rush. 
Elementals Turn-based isometric fantasy strategy. 
Macross Fan Game Shoot'em up love letter, in pre-alpha. 
Gunnar the Viking A Metroidvania in the making.Away from the keyboard
Family comes first. After that: music, nature, art, food, science and anything with a circuit board in it. My daughter and I also make a reaction channel together, Eve & Daniel Reactions.
Say hello
Want to talk games, streaming, tinkering, or how to work with AI the right way? Write to me.