Daedalus · Indio, California

Built like amaster craftsman.

3D graphics, motion, advertisements, custom music, apps, AI integration and websites, all made in the Coachella Valley.

The reel

Work that gets watched.

Commercials, series openers and music videos we've written, scored and finished. Tap any piece to play it with sound.

Your businessNext on the reel?Start with a free website demo.
The Design Lab

Don't just look. Play with it.

Interactive pieces from sites we've built. The best websites let customers try things instead of just reading about them. Pick one and drag.

BeforeAfter

Free website demo · under 12 hours

See your new website by tomorrow morning.

Tell us who you are. We study your business online, from your Google listing and reviews to your photos and socials, then email you a working demo of your new site and give you a call. Free. No card.

  1. Hour 0You ask
  2. 1–3We research
  3. 3–9We build
  4. 9–11A person checks it
  5. 12It's in your inbox

Your free website demo

A few quick answers. We study your business online and build a working demo of your new site. Free, no card.

Ask now and it arrives by tomorrow morning

We'll email you your demo and give you a call.

By sending this, you confirm you run this business and that we may use its public info, logo and photos to build your demo and contact you about it. No spam, ever.

What we make

One studio. Every craft.

Daedalus built the Labyrinth and the wings. We build the things that make a small business look like the biggest name in town.

01 · 3D GRAPHICS

3D that stops the scroll.

Product renders, 3D logos, intros and interactive scenes. These gears are live in your browser: scroll and they spin faster.

  • Product renders
  • 3D logos + intros
  • Interactive web 3D
02 · MOTION GRAPHICS

Motion graphics

Logo stings, lower thirds, explainers and branded video toolkits your team can reuse.

03 · ADVERTISEMENTS

Advertisements

Concept, script, cast, edit and finishing for social, streaming and TV, in widescreen and vertical.

Sound logo · BreatheWell Center
04 · CUSTOM MUSIC

Custom music

Songs, jingles, sound logos and ad scores, from a producer who's played the world's biggest festivals. Press play.

05 · APPS

Apps

Clickable demos fast, then real tools that fix a specific problem in your business: trackers, calculators, booking, member apps and games.

06 · AI INTEGRATION

AI integration

We set up Claude inside your business, train your team to use it, and automate the busywork.

07 · WEBSITES + SEO

Websites that get found, and a free demo in 12 hours.

Built from your real reviews and photos, with the highest level of SEO integration built into the back end, a page for every town you serve, and hosting and care handled for you.

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12hours or less to your free website demo
7crafts under one roof
22history films made for our own classroom series
$0to see your demo. No call, no card.
Apps and games

We don't just design apps. We ship them.

Games, tools and worlds we've built ourselves. Spin the globe below. It's live, running right on this page.

The Historical Borders Globe running on a tablet
Interactive 3D · Education

Historical Borders Globe

Spin the Earth, pick any spot, and peel back who ruled it through history.

Real-time strategy

Starfall Sector

Three factions, one sector, built for iPhone.

Action RPG

Hollowmarch

A dungeon crawler with a hand-built world.

Game

Iron Meridian

In play-testing now.

Shooter

Sniper Stadium

A sniper duel in a closing stadium.

Customer and member apps

Accounts, bookings, orders, rewards and alerts, branded to you. Installs from the browser, then the App Store when you're ready.

Problem-solving tools

The tracker, calculator or dashboard your team wishes existed, like a chairside procedure tracker we built for a medical practice.

Demo first, then build

You click through real screens before you commit. Every app is quoted per project, in writing, before work starts.

AI integration

Put Claude to work inside your business.

We run our own studio this way. Now we'll set it up for you: on your computers, in your email and documents, and trained on how your business actually works.

Front desk
Draft follow-ups for everyone who asked for a quote this week and didn't book.
Claude
Done. 14 drafts are waiting in your outbox, each mentioning what they asked about. Want me to add the seasonal discount?
  1. Map the busywork

    We sit with your team and list the tasks that eat the day: email, quotes, scheduling, reports, social posts.

  2. Set up Claude

    Installed on your computers and connected to the tools you already use, with sensible permissions.

  3. Teach your team

    Hands-on training in plain English, so everyone knows what to ask for and how to check the work.

  4. Streamline and automate

    We turn the repeat jobs into one-tap routines, and your website can look after itself too.

Custom music

Your brand should sound like something.

Original songs, jingles, ad scores and on-hold music, produced by a DJ and producer who's played the world's biggest festivals. Everything is written for you and licensed to you.

The 12-hour demo

How your 12 hours go.

You spend about a minute. We spend the rest of the clock on homework, design and a careful check.

  1. Hour 0

    You ask.

    Five quick answers about your business. That's your whole part.

  2. Hours 1–3

    We research.

    Your Google listing, reviews, menu or services, photos and socials, plus your current site if you have one.

  3. Hours 3–9

    We build.

    A real, clickable site on a private link, made from your actual business instead of a template full of filler.

  4. Hours 9–11

    A person checks it.

    Hours, phone, address, services and prices, line by line. If we can't confirm something, we flag it instead of guessing.

  5. By hour 12

    It's in your inbox.

    Click around. Show your team. The preview link stays up for 14 days.

Our terms

Your site. No strings.

Too many small businesses get locked into contracts for websites they can't even take with them. Here's how we do it instead.

Your domain, in your name.
Registered to you from day one. We just help you manage it.
Month to month.
No long contract. Cancel whenever you like.
Your site comes with you.
After 12 months on any plan, take your site files if you leave. Or buy it outright sooner.
Prices on the page.
What you see below is what you pay. No surprise fees.
Your options

How we compare.

QuestionDo-it-yourself AI builderBig subscription vendorDesign agencyDaedalus
First look at your siteSecondsDays to weeksWeeks to monthsUnder 12 hours
Built from your real reviews and photosRarely. Generic copy and stock photosUsually a templateYesYes, and checked by a person
3D, motion, ads and music in-houseNoNoSometimes, outsourcedYes
Who does the workYouThey doThey doWe do
ContractMonthly or yearlyOften 12 monthsPer projectMonth to month
Who holds your domainYouSometimes themYouYou
Typical price$3–$25 a month$99–$449 a month$5,000+ up frontFrom $99 a month

Typical ranges from public pricing pages and reviews, checked in October 2026.

SEO, built into the back end

Get found. Stay found.

A beautiful site nobody finds is a billboard in the desert. Every Daedalus site is built with the highest level of SEO integration from the first line of code, then kept sharp month after month.

Built into every site

  • Fast. Lean code that loads in about a second on a phone, the speed Google rewards.
  • Readable to Google. Structured data for your hours, address, services, prices and reviews.
  • Local. A real page for each service and each town you serve, from Palm Springs to Indio.
  • Set up right on day one. Titles, descriptions, sitemap and Google Search Console connected.
  • Ready for AI search. Clear answers that Google, ChatGPT and Claude can find and quote.

Local SEO, every month on Growth and Signature · $499 one-time setup

Google Business Profile kept fresh

Hours, photos, services and posts, always current.

A new local page every month

One more town or service, so you show up in more searches.

More reviews

A one-tap review link, a counter QR code and a friendly ask after every visit, so your count keeps climbing.

Where you rank

Your monthly report shows your spots on Google for the searches that matter.

Website plans

Simple monthly plans.

Every plan includes the build, hosting, security and real people who answer. 3D, motion, ads, music, apps and AI setup are quoted per project, in writing.

Essentials

A clean, fast site that stays right.

$99 a month

  • Up to 5 pages
  • Hosting, SSL and daily backups
  • Security and uptime monitoring
  • 2 content updates a month
  • Accessibility and privacy basics
  • SEO built in: speed, structured data, sitemap and Search Console
OUR PICK

Growth

For more calls, bookings and orders.

$199 a month

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Unlimited small updates, done next business day
  • Local SEO: Google Business Profile kept fresh, a system for getting more reviews and a new local page every month
  • Booking, ordering or quote forms connected
  • Seasonal refresh for snowbird season, summer and holidays
  • A one-page report every month, including where you rank

Signature

For brands that want to look their best.

$349 a month

  • Everything in Growth
  • On-site photo and drone video shoot, twice a year (Coachella Valley)
  • Landing pages for promotions and events
  • Same-day updates
  • A strategy call every quarter
$0 website setupwhen you say yes within 7 days of your demo. After that, website setup is $499.
Live in 48 hoursafter you say yes, with your domain connected.
2 months freewhen you pay for a year up front.
$499 Local SEO setupone time, on Growth and Signature. Your Google profile, listings cleaned up across the web and your starting rankings.
FOUNDING CLIENTS

The first 10 Coachella Valley businesses get Growth for $99 a month for their first year, in exchange for an honest review and permission to share their story. The one-time Local SEO setup still applies.

Start a project

Got something bigger in mind?

A 3D intro, a commercial, a song, an app or Claude for your team. Tell us the idea and we'll reach out to talk it through.

  • You tell us the idea.A few lines is plenty.
  • We map it with you.A short call about who it's for and what it has to do.
  • You see a draft first.Rough cut, demo screens or a sketch before the full build.
  • We finish it and look after it.Quoted per project, in writing, before any work starts.

Tell us about your project

We'll reply within one business day.

We only use this to reply about your project. No spam, ever.

Questions

Fair questions.

Is the demo really free?

Yes. No card, no call and no obligation. If you don't love it, you walk away, and the preview link expires after 14 days.

How can you build it without talking to me?

We do the homework. Your Google listing, reviews, website, Facebook and Instagram tell us most of what we need. If something's missing, we leave a clear placeholder instead of making it up.

What if my business barely has a website?

That's exactly who this is for. A Google listing or a Facebook page is plenty to start from.

Is it really under 12 hours?

Yes. When you send the form, we show you the exact time your demo is due, and we hold ourselves to it.

What happens if I like it?

Reply and say go. We connect your domain, or help you register one in your name, and your site goes live within 48 hours.

Do you only do websites?

No. We make 3D graphics, motion graphics, commercials, custom music and apps, and we set up AI for businesses. Those are quoted per project, in writing, before any work starts.

What does "AI integration" actually mean?

We install Claude on your team's computers, connect it to tools you already use like email and documents, train your people to use it well, and turn repeat tasks into routines. You stay in control of what it can see and do.

Who owns the website?

You own your domain from day one. After 12 months on any plan, your site files are yours to take if you leave, and you can buy the site outright sooner if you prefer.

Can I make changes later?

Anytime. Text or email us the change. Updates are included in every plan.

Is my site accessible and private?

We build every site to the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines and include a privacy policy. We don't use accessibility overlay widgets or ad trackers you didn't ask for.

Where are you?

Indio, California. We work with businesses anywhere in the U.S., and we can meet in person or shoot photos and video across the Coachella Valley.

Your move

Ask now. Your demo could be ready by tomorrow.

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