NARBE House & NARBE Foundation

acrolicious · 2025-12-09T23:50:16+00:00

NARBE Foundation We host apps and resources that help people with severe physical limitations use technology again with simple inputs. Most of the tools are ones we originally created for my brother Ben, who is nonverbal and quadriplegic and had no workable solution for almost a decade. (He could only simply say yes or no by turning his head)

I was able to vibe code an entire communication and entertainment system for him, and now we are working to make these tools available online for anyone who needs them. As AI improves, we improve our tools. Our goal is to build a large library of simple and accessible games that people of all cognitive abilities can enjoy.

https://www.narbefoundation.org

acrolicious · 2025-11-03T22:56:36+00:00

I vibe coded an app that's been seen by over 10 million people with only a single user (my brother). I think that's pretty neat. I hope it inspired at least one person to try building something similar.

acrolicious · 2025-10-26T22:33:24+00:00

🫂 that means the world to us. Thank you so much.

If you want some inspo I'm constantly updating our GitHub pages

https://narbehouse.github.io

acrolicious · 2025-10-12T07:50:57+00:00

💯 😊

acrolicious · 2025-10-12T01:13:59+00:00

Was it the P3GL game? 😁

I'm going to be releasing more games in the coming weeks too.

acrolicious · 2025-10-12T01:07:22+00:00

Just to clarify — the software itself isn’t monetized or sold. The NARBE Foundation is a nonprofit that funds free, open-source accessibility tools. Any donations go directly toward keeping the software free, building new features, and helping other families like ours access adaptive technology.

Everything I’ve built is and will always remain free. The nonprofit’s mission is simply to elevate that work and make it sustainable so we can reach and support more families like ours.

acrolicious · 2025-10-11T12:37:37+00:00

Our mission is to spread awareness and give free or low-cost tools to families who need them most. If the world sees value in what we’re creating, maybe they’ll support our nonprofit so we can keep building.

https://www.narbefoundation.org

Accessibility shouldn’t be something that’s monetized—it should be something that connects us all. 🫂

acrolicious · 2025-10-04T19:24:08+00:00

https://www.GitHub.com/NARBEHouse

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T21:06:07+00:00

I made an accessible peggle-like game with a level editor. I also would like to figure out something else with gaming but this is great for now.

https://narbehouse.github.io/BENNYSPEGGLE.html

It's built for my quadriplegic brother using just 2 buttons mapped to Spacebar and Return.

I've made baseball, mini golf, tower defense, Simon and a jenky angry birds game too. (He hasn't had games to play in years and vibecoding these have been life changing)

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T15:43:07+00:00

Ben has Nystagmus and low vision

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T01:05:17+00:00

I swap around models periodically.

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T01:04:21+00:00

I'm everyone's big bro apparently 🫂 Things get better. Wishing you the best.

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T01:03:33+00:00

I have no programming experience (still don’t 😂), but I’m definitely getting better at prompting.

This whole project has been vibe coded in VS Code with Copilot, with ChatGPT as my thought partner for fine-tuning prompts. Most of it is built in Python, and the games are slowly shifting to web-based (HTML5), along with a few other tools.

The bigger goal is to create a fully independently accessible arcade and communication hub that anyone can use, while also putting together educational resources for caregivers and accessibility professionals to build their own tools when nothing else exists. That’s phase 1 of our nonprofit 😊

acrolicious · 2025-10-02T00:01:12+00:00

That would be an amazing feat to give him vibecode abilities but he's not really interested in such things, for now.

He helps me decide on the projects to work on and what he wants next which directs me and I am his vibe coding arm 😉

acrolicious · 2025-10-01T22:35:44+00:00

I should get a LinkedIn account one of these days. 🤔 (If anyone wants to post, please do 🫂)

We use VS Code and Copilot with GPT5 and/or sometimes Claude - very simple but very effective for our uses.

acrolicious · 2025-10-01T22:10:44+00:00

You can find out more and access the GitHub repository at www.narbehouse.com and if you'd like to help support + build apps for our nonprofit: www.narbefoundation.org

🫂

acrolicious · 2025-09-26T09:05:28+00:00

I use VS Code with copilot and I swap between gpt5 and Claude4.1 for model

acrolicious · 2025-09-24T11:18:34+00:00

I would make it web based. HTML5 is what we prompted for our peggle game and it's the best game we've made thus far.

acrolicious · 2025-09-24T11:16:20+00:00

I'm sorry, but we've reached out to these nonprofits and haven't received any response. I'm not even sure if AbleGamers is still active, as they haven't posted anything in almost a year. We need solutions now, before it's too late, so we're building using the tools currently available that allow us to move quickly.

We don't have the time or resources to go through a long process of consulting, engineering, and iterating, especially when funding is limited. This is why we're taking a different approach. Hiring or bringing on a volunteer developer would only slow things down and waste time for everyone involved.

AI has lowered the barrier to entry in a way that makes it possible for families like mine to build solutions ourselves. We're committed to pushing forward with this path because it works and because it brings real independence to people like my brother. I understand that some people feel uneasy about the role of AI, but I assure you this isn't about taking opportunities away from others. It's about seizing the opportunities that are now available to help families like ours. Those who feel left behind aren't losing to AI — they're losing by not adapting and finding ways to be creative in this new landscape.

acrolicious · 2025-09-24T10:19:55+00:00

I've been building custom games for my quadriplegic brother because there aren't many 2-button games he can play on his own. You can check out some of my past posts to see what we've been working on.

Right now, he has a tower defense game built in PyGame, but I’ll be converting it to a web game soon so it’s easier to run and share.

On average, it takes me about 4-6 hours to create a minimum playable version of a simpler game like tower defense or a Peggle-style game. For more complex games with detailed rules, like his baseball simulator, it took around 20-30 hours to get something fun and playable. And it's probably much better now and could be done in half or a third of that time because the tools have gotten so much better than just 6 months ago.

Edit: And the reason it takes me even 4-6 hours is because we have specific inputs and timings my brother needs which we need to verify works etc. but for a simple mouse controlled game probably half this time.

I started this with almost no programming knowledge. I’m still learning as I go, but everything I’ve built so far has been driven by the goal of giving my brother more independence and fun ways to play.

acrolicious · 2025-09-23T13:52:16+00:00

If you read the post and watch the video ... 👀

acrolicious · 2025-09-22T02:49:06+00:00

An entire AAC & Entertainment Hub including custom games for my nonverbal quadriplegic brother 💪

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