diff --git a/src/routes/feed/+page.svelte b/src/routes/feed/+page.svelte
index a4b748d..b0bd18f 100644
--- a/src/routes/feed/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/feed/+page.svelte
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         banner="banner.webp"
         bannerAlt="Mirror picture of me, pixelated beyond recognition"
         subtitle="subtitle missing"
-        date="2026-04-06"
     />
 
     {@render pageButtons(data.currentPage)}
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte b/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte
index 31e1bb8..6371018 100644
--- a/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/projects/+page.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import Banner2 from "$lib/banner2.svelte";
     import TableOfContents from "$lib/components/table-of-contents.svelte";
-    import { type Project, games, hardware, apps, music, getStatusText, getStatusCode } from './projects';
+    // import { type Project, games, hardware, apps, music, getStatusText, getStatusCode } from './projects';
+    import { projects, type Project, getStatusCode } from "./projects2";
     import LinkList from "$lib/lists/link-list.svelte";
     import Content from "$lib/viewport/content.svelte";
     import GalleryRow, { type GalleryRowEntry } from "$lib/lists/gallery-row.svelte";
@@ -35,15 +36,15 @@
         bannerAlt="An upside-down New 3DS XL lying open on a desk with a small USB-C breakout board attached to it, and a USB-C cable plugged in. The 3DS is glowing to indicate that it is charging."
         subtitle="Things I have worked on" />
 
-    <p>Welcome to my projects page! Here I show off all the things I have done. Projects are ordered by general topic, sorted reverse-chronologically, and have a status marker assigned that shows whether they are active or not. have fun browsing~!</p>
+    <!-- <p>Welcome to my projects page! Here I show off all the things I have done. Projects are ordered by general topic, sorted reverse-chronologically, and have a status marker assigned that shows whether they are active or not. have fun browsing~!</p> -->
 
-    <p>The projects page also has two sister pages that go into detail about specific subgroups of projects:</p>
+    <!-- <p>The projects page also has two sister pages that go into detail about specific subgroups of projects:</p>
 
-    <GalleryRow entries={subpages} />
+    <GalleryRow entries={subpages} /> -->
 
-    <TableOfContents />
+    <!-- <TableOfContents /> -->
 
-    <h2 id="games">Games</h2>
+    <!-- <h2 id="games">Games</h2>
     {#each games as project}
         {@render projectSummary({ project: project })}
     {/each}
@@ -61,10 +62,20 @@
     <h2 id="music">Music</h2>
     {#each music as project}
         {@render projectSummary({ project: project })}
-    {/each}
+    {/each} -->
+
+    <div class="project-container">
+        {#each projects as p}
+            {@render project(p)}    
+        {/each}
+    </div>
 </Content>
 
-{#snippet projectSummary({
+{#snippet project(p: Project)}
+    <p>{p.title}</p>
+{/snippet}
+
+<!-- {#snippet projectSummary({
     project
 }: {
     project: Project;
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@
         {#if project.date}
             {project.date} | 
         {/if}
-        {getStatusText(project)}
+        {project}
     </p>
 
     {#if project.icon}
@@ -93,10 +104,15 @@
         <p>{@html paragraph}</p>
     {/each}
     <LinkList entries={project.links} />
-{/snippet}
+{/snippet} -->
 
 <style>
-    .project-subtitle {
+    .project-container {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
+    }
+
+    /* .project-subtitle {
         font-family: var(--font-mono);
         font-size: 1.0rem;
         margin-top: 0;
@@ -108,7 +124,7 @@
     }
     
     .project-banner {
-        margin: 0; /* reset left/right margins */
+        margin: 0;
         width: 100%;
         object-fit: cover;
         max-height: 300px;
@@ -139,7 +155,7 @@
         font-size: 1.0rem;
         font-weight: 700;
         color: var(--color-status);
-    }
+    } */
 
     /* #region Project Status Colours */
     .project-status-c-act {
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/projects2.ts b/src/routes/projects/projects2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd7854b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/projects/projects2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+export interface Project {
+    category: ProjectCategory;
+    id: string;
+    isOngoing: boolean; // whether the project is currently active (true) or a past project (false)
+    banner: string;
+    date: string;
+    title: string;
+    subtitle: string;
+    status: ProjectStatus;
+};
+
+export enum ProjectCategory {
+    DRAWINGS = "drawings",
+    GAMES = "games",
+    ELECTRONICS = "electronics",
+    MUSIC = "music",
+    APPS = "apps",
+    MISC = "misc",
+}
+
+export enum ProjectStatus {
+    ACTIVE = "active",
+    INACTIVE = "inactive",
+    ABANDONED = "abandoned",
+    FINISHED = "finished",
+    EOL = "end-of-life", // end of life
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns static codes that can be used to reference same-name CSS classes
+ * without relying on display text.
+ */
+export function getStatusCode(project: Project): String {
+    switch (project.status) {
+        case ProjectStatus.ACTIVE:
+            return "act";
+        case ProjectStatus.INACTIVE:
+            return "ina";
+        case ProjectStatus.ABANDONED:
+            return "aba";
+        case ProjectStatus.FINISHED:
+            return "fin";
+        case ProjectStatus.EOL:
+            return "eol";
+    }
+}
+
+export const projects: Project[] = [
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.MISC,
+        id: "lightyears-font",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "LIGHTYEARS font",
+        subtitle: "stylised font",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "March 2026",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.DRAWINGS,
+        id: "firstmonth",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "My First Month Drawing",
+        subtitle: "self-imposed drawing challenge",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "February – March 2026",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.ELECTRONICS,
+        id: "3ds-usb-c",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "3DS USB-C mod",
+        subtitle: "DIY charging port mod",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "October 2024",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.ELECTRONICS,
+        id: "deej0461",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "deej0461",
+        subtitle: "PC companion audio source controller",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "August 2024",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+
+
+
+
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.GAMES,
+        id: "projectn5",
+        banner: "/projects/projectn5/banner2.webp",
+        title: "Homesick",
+        subtitle: "",
+        isOngoing: true,
+        date: "September 2023 – now",
+        status: ProjectStatus.ACTIVE,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.GAMES,
+        id: "magician",
+        banner: "/projects/magician/banner.webp",
+        title: "Magician",
+        subtitle: "Online Multiplayer Card Game",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "July 2025",
+        status: ProjectStatus.ABANDONED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.GAMES,
+        id: "projektike",
+        banner: "/projects/projektike/banner.webp",
+        title: "Projektike",
+        subtitle: "PvP Game",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "August 2024 – May 2025",
+        status: ProjectStatus.ABANDONED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.GAMES,
+        id: "swordsnstuff",
+        banner: "/projects/swordsnstuff/banner.webp",
+        title: "Swords & Stuff",
+        subtitle: "Unity 2D RPG",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "August 2023",
+        status: ProjectStatus.ABANDONED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.GAMES,
+        id: "tads",
+        banner: "/projects/tads/banner.webp",
+        title: "Totally Accurate Dating Simulator",
+        subtitle: "HTML Text Adventure",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "August 2023",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+
+
+
+
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.ELECTRONICS,
+        id: "daisyfm",
+        banner: "/projects/daisyfm/banner.webp",
+        title: "Daisy",
+        subtitle: "Electro-Smith Daisy-based FM synth",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "July – September 2024",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+
+
+
+
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.APPS,
+        id: "weserplaner",
+        banner: "/projects/weserplaner/banner.webp",
+        title: "WeserPlaner",
+        subtitle: "University Timetable & Canteen Info App",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "April 2023 – January 2024",
+        status: ProjectStatus.EOL,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.APPS,
+        id: "textbasic",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "Text Basic",
+        subtitle: "Extremely Basic Text Widget App",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "May – November 2023",
+        status: ProjectStatus.EOL,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.APPS,
+        id: "qwark",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "Qwark Grade Log",
+        subtitle: "Grade Logging App",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "June 2019 – March 2020",
+        status: ProjectStatus.EOL,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.APPS,
+        id: "avhplan",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "AvH-Vertretungsplan",
+        subtitle: "Substitution Plan App",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "April 2019 – March 2020",
+        status: ProjectStatus.EOL,
+    },
+
+
+
+
+
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.MUSIC,
+        id: "dreamworld",
+        banner: "/projects/dreamworld/banner.webp",
+        title: "Dreamworld",
+        subtitle: "My First Album",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "July 2019 – September 2021",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.MUSIC,
+        id: "anewbeginning",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "A New Beginning",
+        subtitle: "",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "May – August 2018",
+        status: ProjectStatus.FINISHED,
+    },
+    {
+        category: ProjectCategory.MUSIC,
+        id: "soundcloud",
+        banner: "",
+        title: "Soundcloud",
+        subtitle: "Demo Dump & Archive",
+        isOngoing: false,
+        date: "",
+        status: ProjectStatus.INACTIVE,
+    },
+];
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