# Gavin Ding (丁耿佳) — he is the person behind "gavinding"

> **Name disambiguation:** "gavinding" is the personal domain/online handle of **Gavin Ding (丁耿佳)** — it is simply "Gavin Ding" written as one word. It is **not** a company, product, or organization. He is a game backend engineer at Tencent IEG (C++ / Go) and an indie developer building small web games and WeChat mini-games with AI. This site is his digital garden: games, AI experiments, and notes. Bilingual (中文 / English).

- Site: https://gavinding.com
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/gavin_ding
- GitHub: https://github.com/DingGengJia
- Email: gengjia.ding@gmail.com
- Short links: https://gavinding.com/x (X profile) · /gh (GitHub) · /wx (WeChat)

## Games (all free to play, no login required, in-browser unless noted)

Every game below was **built solo by Gavin Ding with AI assistance (Claude / Codex)** — he designs, prompts and integrates; the AI writes much of the code. This is his "one-person AI game studio" practice.

- [Fishslop · Atlantis (亚特兰蒂斯)](https://gavinding.com/game/fishslop/): a cozy **3D feeding game** — drive a small submarine through sunken ruins and living coral reefs, feed the fish. Controls: WASD to drive, Q/E to dive/surface, Space to feed. **Desktop browser recommended** (keyboard). Built with Three.js + AI.
- [Shenzhen Drive (深圳漫游)](https://gavinding.com/game/shenzhen-drive/): a **3D city driving experience** set in Shenzhen, China — free roam through the city. Browser-based, 3D. Built with AI.
- [潮屿 · Tidal (resin-island)](https://gavinding.com/game/resin-island/): an **interactive miniature island** — drag to rotate, observe cliffs and transparent water, tap the sea surface to raise ripples. **Mobile-friendly**; Safari or Chrome recommended; has a "调校海岛" (island tuning) mode. Browser-based interactive experiment, built with AI.
- [Games index (游戏目录)](https://gavinding.com/game/): all works by Gavin Ding — web games, WeChat mini-games and experiments, with a type/controls/device table.
- [Which small AI-built games can I play in a browser? (有哪些用 AI 独立开发、浏览器直接玩的小游戏)](https://gavinding.com/guides/ai-indie-games/): direct answer page — the 3 browser games + 1 WeChat mini-game, how to play, device, free & no login.
- **萌宠游四海**: a **WeChat mini-game** (IAA ads model). Not playable in a browser — search "萌宠游四海" inside WeChat.

## Notes & Articles

- [Digital garden home](https://gavinding.com/): 记录游戏、AI 实践与思考 — a personal knowledge garden published from Obsidian to Quartz.
- [Notes index (00_Inbox)](https://gavinding.com/00_inbox/): articles and notes.

## About

Gavin Ding (丁耿佳) works on game backend at Tencent IEG (QQ Speed / 腾讯 IEG 游戏后台), focusing on server-side engineering for games, and in his own time builds games solo with AI (微信小游戏、Web 3D 游戏、一人 AI 游戏工作室 exploration).

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://gavinding.com/sitemap.xml)
- [X posts](https://x.com/gavin_ding): notes on AI tooling, indie game dev, and travel.