Independent research & development
Making hidden structure visible.
Jinn Project turns meaning, cognition and culture into open research tools, playable systems and public apps, and publishes how they work.
01Flagship · Playable now
Thought becomes playable strategy.
In Source of Thought, works of literature, philosophy, science and history become cards. ThoughtMap profiles their meaning; the game turns affinity and resonance into a 5×5 battlefield.
- Deck
- 10 cards
- Battle members
- 5
- Formation
- 5×5
- Platform
- Web · Three.js
02Work
Seven entry points.
Games, research platforms, public apps and physical products: independent projects built around the same question.
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Source of Thought
A strategy card game where ideas compete by meaning, affinity and resonance. Enter the game site -
ThoughtMap
Search and compare 64,000+ works by meaning rather than keywords. Launch ThoughtMap (opens in a new tab) -
Stratagems Atlas
The Thirty-Six Stratagems read through cognitive bias and behavioural economics. Open the Atlas -
国創 Daidarabotchi
Watch one Daidarabotchi and ten thousand years of land in a sumi-ink world simulation. Explore the work -
Mandalizm
A rhythm game whose performance paints a real-time generative artwork. Official game site -
JinnSP
A personal music library and playlist player for desktop, Android and iOS. Launch JinnSP -
New to JinnSP? Read the JinnSP guide →
03Research
One research loop, many expressions.
ThoughtMap is the shared semantic layer. The same profiles that power search and comparison also shape game mechanics and applied studies.
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Corpus
Research database
Literature, philosophy, science and history, stored with semantic embeddings.
64,000+ works
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Semantic layer
ThoughtMap
Search by meaning, compare how works are composed, and navigate the corpus as a landscape.
Launch ThoughtMap ↗ (opens in a new tab)Explore ThoughtMap →
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Expressions
Games & studies
Profiles become cards, skills and formations in Source of Thought, and patterns of judgement in the Stratagems Atlas.
04About
Four domains, one question.
How do the hidden structures in ideas, bodies, materials and systems become something people can see, play and use? Every Jinn Project work is an attempt at an answer.
Thought
Semantics, cognition and philosophy.
ThoughtMap · Stratagems Atlas · Source of Thought
Body
Rhythm, movement and perception.
Mandalizm · Grounding Sole
Material
Land, objects and physical design.
Kunizukuri · Grounding Sole
System
Open software and public tools.
JinnSP · ThoughtMap · GitHub
Principles
- Inspectable
- Research records and source code are public, so results can be checked rather than trusted.
- Human-directed
- AI accelerates analysis and implementation. Direction and judgement stay human.
- Playable
- Games and interactive tools are a way to understand ideas, not only to present them.
- 64,000+works mapped in ThoughtMap
- 36stratagems in the Atlas
- 7projects across four domains
- 2languages: English and Japanese
05Development log
From the build log.
06Contact
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