Celebrating small wins is hardwired into "Achieve," our goal-tracking sample app. We wanted the simple act of checking off a task to feel like a celebration. Instead of the standard #Material ripple, we used Styles to drop in a custom, high-contrast completion animation—specifically, a brand-colored ring that expands and fades on tap, paired with a subtle pressed-state gradient. It lets us focus entirely on polishing those custom, rewarding micro-interactions while Material handles the foundation. #GoogleDesign #MaterialDesign #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev #UXDesign #InteractionDesign

‼️GAMERS ONLY‼️ Whats one "dead" game, you'd revive rn if you could?

Celebrating 25 years of Xbox history 💚 💫 2010 | Kinect Xbox Kinect put depth sensing, skeletal tracking, and voice input into developers’ hands at mass consumer scale. For studios, it opened a design space around controller-free interaction, movement-based play, and accessibility-minded experiments that did not require expensive custom peripherals. In terms of broader impact, Kinect made advanced sensing feel practical, standard, and widely available. Its sensors became a popular tool for prototyping and research, shaping expectations around natural input and spatial awareness in interactive systems. In the arc of game development, Kinect stands as a bold attempt to expand what “player input” could mean. #GDC2026