Finalised lab page

app/forge/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"use client";
+import { Hammer, History, Target, Code2 } from "lucide-react";
+import PageLayout from "@/components/PageLayout";
+
+export default function ForgePage() {
+  return (
+    <PageLayout backLink="/" maxWidth="5xl">
+      <header className="mb-20">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
+          <Hammer className="text-orange-500 animate-pulse" size={24} />
+          <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold tracking-tighter text-white uppercase">
+            TheForge
+          </h1>
+        </div>
+        <p className="text-neutral-500 max-w-2xl leading-relaxed text-sm font-mono">
+          <br />
+          The Forge is where I document my current engineering focus. This space
+          reflects active builds, experimental prototypes and gives a taste of
+          my next releases.
+        </p>
+      </header>
+
+      {/* Main Project Card */}
+      <section className="bg-neutral-900/40 border border-neutral-800 rounded-2xl p-8 mb-16">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 mb-8">
+          <div>
+            <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-white mb-2 italic">
+              Project: PixelPals
+            </h2>
+            <div className="flex gap-4">
+              <span className="text-[10px] text-orange-500 font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em]">
+                Build Phase: Alpha 0.1
+              </span>
+              <span className="text-[10px] text-neutral-600 font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em]">
+                Engine: Godot / GDScript
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div className="px-4 py-2 bg-orange-500/10 border border-orange-500/20 rounded-full">
+            <span className="text-[10px] text-orange-500 font-bold uppercase tracking-widest">
+              Active Focus
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <p className="text-neutral-400 text-sm leading-relaxed mb-8">
+          Exploring procedural generation and state-machine-driven AI behaviors.
+          The goal is to bridge my experience in systems architecture with
+          real-time game loops and interactive storytelling.
+        </p>
+
+        {/* Milestones / Changelog */}
+        <div className="space-y-6">
+          <h3 className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-bold text-neutral-500 uppercase tracking-widest border-b border-neutral-800 pb-2">
+            <History size={14} /> Development_Log
+          </h3>
+          <ul className="space-y-4">
+            <li className="flex gap-4">
+              <span className="text-xs text-neutral-600 font-mono mt-1 shrink-0">
+                2026-02-02
+              </span>
+              <p className="text-xs text-neutral-400">
+                Implemented dynamic weather patterns using custom shaders.
+              </p>
+            </li>
+            <li className="flex gap-4">
+              <span className="text-xs text-neutral-600 font-mono mt-1 shrink-0">
+                2026-01-28
+              </span>
+              <p className="text-xs text-neutral-400">
+                Optimized asset loading pipeline for faster initial scene entry.
+              </p>
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    </PageLayout>
+  );
+}

app/infrastructure/page.tsx

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default function InfrastructurePage() {
                 whileTap={{ scale: 0.98 }}
                 className="px-8 py-4 rounded-xl bg-white text-black font-bold text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] flex items-center gap-3 transition-all duration-300"
               >
-                Examine Logic
+                View case
                 <Zap size={14} />
               </motion.div>
             </Link>

app/lab/page.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 import { LAB_SERVICES } from "@/data/lab";
-import { ExternalLink, Lock, Box, Terminal, Globe } from "lucide-react";
+import { Lock, Box, Globe } from "lucide-react";
 import { motion } from "framer-motion";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import PageLayout from "@/components/PageLayout";
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ export default function LabPage() {
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-4">
           <Box className="text-blue-500" size={20} />
           <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold tracking-tighter text-white uppercase">
-            System_Lab
+            System Lab
           </h1>
         </div>
         <p className="text-neutral-500 max-w-2xl leading-relaxed text-sm">
-          A registry of operational services and experimental R&D. Services
+          A registry of self hosted operational services and experimental R&D.
-          labeled
+          Services labeled
           <span className="text-blue-500"> [VPN]</span> are secured via
           Tailscale to maintain a hardened perimeter for sensitive telemetry.
         </p>

app/page.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { motion, Variants } from "framer-motion";
-import { Globe, Smartphone, Server, Gamepad2 } from "lucide-react";
+import { Globe, Smartphone, Server, Gamepad2, Hammer } from "lucide-react";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import MonitorCard from "@/components/MonitorCard";
 import PageLayout from "@/components/PageLayout";
@@ -170,20 +170,28 @@ export default function Home() {
           />
 
           {/* Bottom Row: The Forge */}
+          <Link href="/forge" className="md:col-span-6">
             <motion.div
               variants={itemVariants}
-            className="md:col-span-6 p-8 rounded-3xl bg-neutral-900/50 border border-neutral-800 flex items-center gap-6 group hover:border-orange-500/30 transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+              className="p-8 rounded-3xl bg-neutral-900/50 border border-neutral-800 flex items-center gap-6 group hover:border-orange-500/30 transition-colors cursor-pointer"
             >
               <div className="p-4 bg-orange-500/10 rounded-2xl border border-orange-500/20 group-hover:border-orange-500/40 transition-colors">
-              <Gamepad2 className="text-orange-500 w-8 h-8" />
+                <Hammer className="text-orange-500 w-8 h-8 group-hover:rotate-12 transition-transform" />
               </div>
               <div>
-              <h3 className="font-bold text-xl">The Forge</h3>
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-0.5">
-              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-500">
+                  <h3 className="font-bold text-xl tracking-tight">
-                Indie Game Dev & Creative Prototypes
+                    The Forge
+                  </h3>
+                  <span className="w-1.5 h-1.5 rounded-full bg-orange-500 animate-pulse" />
+                </div>
+                <p className="text-sm text-neutral-500 leading-tight">
+                  A space where I demonstrate what I am currently working on and
+                  any future projects.
                 </p>
               </div>
             </motion.div>
+          </Link>
         </div>
       </motion.div>
     </PageLayout>

data/forge.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { ForgeProject } from "@/types";
+
+export const ACTIVE_BUILD: ForgeProject = {
+  id: "pixelpals",
+  name: "PixelPals",
+  status: "Alpha",
+  engine: "Godot 4.x",
+  description:
+    "A mobile-first creature collection game focusing on procedural behaviors and lightweight state-management.",
+  highlights: [
+    "State-machine AI",
+    "Custom Shader Pipelines",
+    "Mobile-optimized Loops",
+  ],
+  externalLink: "/projects/pixelpals", // Link to your internal portfolio or a dedicated site
+  changelog: [
+    {
+      date: "2026-02-03",
+      update: "Refined touch-input latency for mobile devices.",
+    },
+    {
+      date: "2026-01-25",
+      update: "Integrated local SQLite database for creature persistence.",
+    },
+  ],
+};

data/lab.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
     stack: ["Next.js", "Node", "SQLite"],
     visibility: "public",
     url: "https://observatory.georgew.dev",
-    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/george/observatory",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/mission-control",
     image: "/lab/observatory.jpg",
     uptimeId: 12,
   },
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
     visibility: "public",
     url: "https://surf.georgew.dev/d/adrx6b4/llangennith-beach-surf-data?orgId=1&from=now-24h&to=now&timezone=browser&refresh=1h&theme=dark&kiosk=true",
     image: "/lab/surf-hub.jpg",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/surf-hub",
     uptimeId: 13,
   },
   {
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "Dedicated audiobook server for the household. Primarily used for our Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, and Dungeon Crawler Carl marathons.",
     stack: ["Docker", "Compose", "Tailscale", "rclone"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://audio.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/audiobookshelf.jpg",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/audiobookshelf",
     uptimeId: 6,
   },
   {
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "A specialized tracker for our anime watch-lists! Features custom metadata hooks to keep our seasonal progress in sync.",
     stack: ["Docker", "Redis", "Tailscale"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://anime.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/yamtrack.jpg",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/yamtrack",
     uptimeId: 11,
   },
   {
@@ -53,8 +54,9 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "Personal document management system with OCR and automated tagging. Digitizing our physical mail and records into a searchable, versioned archive.",
     stack: ["Docker", "Redis", "PostgreSQL"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://paperless.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/paperless.jpg",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/paperless-ngx",
+
     uptimeId: 14,
   },
   {
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "Automated monitoring for the essentials: NASA news updates, hobby stock alerts, and Telegram pings the second a new episode of 'The Traitors' drops.",
     stack: ["Telegram API", "Webhooks"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://alerts.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/change-detection.jpg",
+    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/georgew/change-detection",
     uptimeId: 15,
   },
   {
@@ -75,7 +77,6 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "The 'Engine Room.' Utilizing Portainer for orchestration, Dozzle for log streaming, and Watchtower for automated container lifecycle management across the Hetzner node.",
     stack: ["Portainer", "Dozzle", "Watchtower"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://portainer.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/portainer.jpg",
   },
   {
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
       "The 'Source of Truth' for the home infrastructure. Contains deployment guides, network maps, and disaster recovery procedures for the entire node.",
     stack: ["Wiki.js", "Markdown"],
     visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://wiki.georgew.dev",
     image: "/lab/wikijs.jpg",
     uptimeId: 5,
   },
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@ export const LAB_SERVICES: LabService[] = [
     id: "dashboard",
     name: "System Dashboard",
     description:
-      "The central entry point for the GeorgeW ecosystem. A high-level overview providing unified access to all public and VPN-secured services.",
+      "The central entry point for the GeorgeW ecosystem, used as my personal home page. A high-level overview providing unified access to all public and VPN-secured services.",
-    stack: ["Next.js", "Docker", "Reverse Proxy"],
+    stack: ["Homepage", "Docker", "Reverse Proxy"],
-    visibility: "public",
+    visibility: "tailscale",
-    url: "https://dash.georgew.dev",
-    gitUrl: "https://git.georgew.dev/george/homepage",
     image: "/lab/dashboard.jpg",
   },
 ];

types/index.ts

@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@ export interface LabService {
   image: string;
   uptimeId?: number;
 }
+
+export interface ForgeProject {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  status: "Alpha" | "Beta" | "R&D";
+  engine: string;
+  description: string;
+  highlights: string[];
+  externalLink?: string;
+  changelog: { date: string; update: string }[];
+}