PROTOTYPE — waiting on Thomas Fristed's stamp.

A Call 2 Help

A hand up, a hand out, and hopefully someday a little comes back.

I didn't need to recharge. I needed a bigger glass.

"Everyone said I was stupid, worthless, and literally told me to kill myself no matter how much I gave." — Thomas Fristed

If you're in that place right now: call or text 988.

Call 988 Text 988

Always free

This is the base. It stays free.

Instructions

The maker's own install sheets, linked for you.

See the links

Warranty info

The maker's own warranty pages, linked for you.

See the links

The Assayer

Checks the work before it goes out: PASS, HOLD or STOP.

Ask for it

Reports

A roof report that says what it could not see.

Ask for it

Install and warranty links go to the maker's own page. Follow the maker's words.

Before you start: 12 checks from the makers' own sheets.

Open the PreGame checklist

Install instructions (the maker's own pages)
Warranty pages (the maker's own pages)

BiggTime's own tools and how-tos stay locked until he says yes. Everything on this list is the makers' own public pages, plus the free ICC code.

Material Ordering — $1 opens it (soon)

Not built yet. Waiting on Thomas.

  1. Pick items. Each one links to its maker.
  2. You pick your salesman or contractor.
  3. We fill in the order and address it to them.
  4. You press Send. Nothing sends by itself.
  • Your $1 is a purchase. It is not a tax-deductible gift.
  • We take no fee, no commission, and no kickback on your order.
  • We don't do roof work. We don't hire contractors for you.

Check a license first:

Oregon CCB license check California CSLB license check

Everything we've made

Offer-ups. Ask for any of them. Thomas decides how each one is shared.

A Watch button shows only where a video is ready. Some things show only a plain name, to keep people's names private.

Tap a group to open it.

Behind the scenes (Thomas's own tools, not offered):

  • XHive: AI helpers on Thomas's own computer. Locked until he opens it.
  • The Control Center and the RooferX browser: working, with some dead links.

Coming next

PROTOTYPE (fair-game part) · BIGGTIME CORNER LOCKED / IDEAS PARKED

BiggTime Cheater Roofing PreGame

The pregame checklist, maker links and quiz are open (fair game).

BiggTime's corner: LOCKED.

Only BiggTime can open this. Waiting on his yes.

The name waits on BiggTime's OK too.

We don't use the word "University." Oregon and California save it for degree schools.

This app gives no degrees, no credits, and no licenses.

Open the PreGame
PROTOTYPE · BUILDING

Autumn's Call · Community Cares

One app per town: a weekly treat contest, food offer-ups, food help, bulk buying, recipes and Halloween planning. Real town photos and each town's Chamber are next.

Ten towns: Crescent City, Brookings, Port Orford, Ashland, Bend, La Pine, Portland, The Dalles, Vancouver, Tri-Cities. The kitty stays closed until a town Judge says yes.

NOT BUILT

Instructions library

Every maker's own install sheet and warranty page, for every install. The first links are up in Always free.

NOT BUILT

Material Ordering ($1 opens it)

The order is filled in and addressed to the salesman or contractor you pick. You press Send.

See more coming next9
BLOCKED · Thomas's GitHub sign-in and GoDaddy code

rooferx.club going live

The page is built. Waiting on Thomas to sign in.

DESIGN

Little Helpers of the Moon

A kind moon-garden game. The first quest is Roofer Raccoon fixing a leaky shelter.

DESIGN ONLY

Warrior Scout

A one-minute game: doing the roof right lights the house.

BLOCKED PENDING UI APPROVAL

Creation Station as a Blender

One screen for all the music tools. Waiting on Thomas's OK on the look.

DESIGN

Chamber app and a free contest

A town app for events, jobs, hobbies and places to stay. Plus a free contest, judged on skill.

DESIGN LOCKED · BUILD NOT STARTED

Hotel front-desk helper

A helper for one hotel's front desk. It only writes drafts.

PLANNED

SCOUT launch

Scout comes first, free. Then a video of making and playing it. Then the add-on.

CONCEPT · NOT PUBLISHED

A 60-second commercial

"The close is clarity." An original script, not shot yet.

CANDIDATE · THOMAS TASTE REQUIRED

SpunCouver, the first place

A rainy, dark part of town, where the shadows are people who feel overwhelmed. A rough first build is next.

Build with us. Please.

We need hands. Builders, roofers, artists, coders, testers, and town Judges.

Write to Thomas. He will talk with you about it.

What do you do?

Your note:

Open my email

Nothing sends by itself. You press Send in your own email.

The people who gave us the nerve

We watched. We learned. We tried.

Named with thanks. None of them endorse this page.

People we look up to

  • Bruce LeeHe believed everyone should learn.
  • John LennonFrom Thomas's Hall of Those Who Loved Everyone.
  • Muhammad AliFrom Thomas's Hall of Those Who Loved Everyone.

We watched them work

  • Spartan Construction and RoofingFollowed for years.Their page

Voices and music we played

Makers who gave first

  • Poly HavenFree for everyone. Thomas: "These are my people."polyhaven.com
  • BlenderThe free 3D suite. Home of the Fristed Forge.blender.org
  • Unreal Engine (Epic Games)The engine under Bramblewick.unrealengine.com
  • Tripo AIImage to 3D, on a paid license.tripo3d.ai
  • MeshyArchitecture and kit pieces.
  • Hyper3D Rodin (Deemos)Our first image-to-3D pipeline that worked.Their site
  • AccuRig by ReallusionA free auto-rigger.
  • Mixamo (Adobe)Free animations for characters.
  • Leonardo.aiPictures for our characters.
  • Moon Animator 2Got My Brother's Keeper off the ground.
  • Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander HolmReal piano samples, CC BY 3.0.
  • CertainTeedThomas: "If they have it, I want it."Their document library

The AI crew

  • Claude, Grok, Perplexity and CodexThomas's "Harbingers of Light."
  • ChatGPTOn the crew.

Looks and games we love

  • Disney PixarThe look we aim for. Named as inspiration only.
  • Breath of the Wild · Dark Souls · Clash of Clans · Splinter CellGames named as inspiration only.

More names wait on Thomas.

For Ron Edwards and Zak Van Wormer

Real sunsets over Crescent City, California.

The sun sets over the sea and the sea stacks at Point St. George, Crescent City
Del Norte, California · Raquel Baranow · CC BY 2.0Point St. George, Crescent City · 1 Aug 2017
A big gold sun over the water, with Battery Point Lighthouse far off, Crescent City
Crescent City sunset · Linda Tanner · CC BY 2.0Battery Point Lighthouse across the water · 4 Jul 2011
Battery Point Lighthouse in the afterglow, gulls standing on the wet beach
Battery Point Lighthouse · Mixologistmike · CC BY-SA 3.0Afterglow at Battery Point · 1 Oct 2010
Sunset light under storm clouds behind Castle Rock, Crescent City
Castle Rock Sunset · hakkun · CC BY-SA 3.0Castle Rock, off Pebble Beach Drive · 22 Dec 2012
Battery Point and its trees in silhouette, with the sunset glow on the sea
Sunset at Battery Point · SloopRiggedSkiff · CC BY 2.0Battery Point · 26 Oct 2007
Battery Point Lighthouse above the surf and rocks in warm evening light
Battery Point Lighthouse · Anita Ritenour from Santa Maria, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0Near sunset at Battery Point · 12 Mar 2011
Pink sunset clouds over the surf and rocks of the Crescent City coast
Crescent City Coast · hakkun · CC BY-SA 3.0Near Pebble Beach Drive · 22 Dec 2012

We have Faith in all of us.