About Pixel Me In
Why RAM?
In late October 2026, on the Cheeky Pint podcast, OpenAI's CEO said it is "quite terrible" that RAM sits in home computers, mostly unused, when data centers could use it better (news story). RAM was already getting expensive because AI data centers buy so much of it. The internet had opinions – this game is mine: your face stays on your device, and so does your RAM.
Parody. This is a fan-made joke game. It is not made by, linked to or approved by OpenAI, its CEO, or any other company or person. The Utilizer is a made-up cartoon villain, drawn in code – no photo of anyone is used.
Where it started
In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Gaming the System" (season 2, 2009), the brothers build a video game and zap themselves into it with a digitizer. This game asks: what if you could do that with your own face, right in your browser?
It is a fan-made tribute. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Disney, and it uses none of the show's characters, names or art.
Who made it
Madhav Kwatra – full-stack developer. I built this to learn game development and on-device machine learning, and because it sounded fun.
Feedback & contact
Message me on LinkedIn, X or Instagram – links are in the footer below.
How it is built
- Phaser 4 runs the game. Menus and pages are plain HTML.
- MediaPipe finds your face and cuts out your head – in your browser.
- A small pixel filter (written for this game) picks colours from your photo and keeps your eyes and mouth readable.
- All art, music and sound effects are made in code. There are no image or sound files.
- It installs as an app and works offline.
Open source
All the code is public and MIT licensed: read it, check that your photo stays on your device, copy it, or make it better. Ideas, bug reports and new hats are welcome.
Credits
- Phaser – MIT
- MediaPipe Tasks Vision and its face models – Apache 2.0
- Pixelify Sans font – SIL Open Font License
- idb-keyval – Apache 2.0; vite-plugin-pwa / Workbox – MIT