| Project Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Amethyst | Released projects. Projects in this category will be designations leading to projects in other categories. |
| Beryl | Brand, Site, and Network development. |
| Citrine | Game and software add-ons and mods. |
| Diamond | Application projects. Primarily focused on development of software built for a windowed desktop environment. |
| Emerald | Experiments and snippets. |
| Feldspar | Deprecated projects. Projects found here moved beyond the incubation stage and had work started, but were cancelled before release for some reason. (Also known as The Shed or The Attic.) |
| Garnet | Texts and tutorials go here. |
| Hackmanite | Game software development. Full projects belong in this category; simple mods and maps for other games belong in the Citrine category. |
| Iolite | Incubation. Future projects belong to this category. Projects in pre-planning or brainstorming that begin to gain traction receive a designation here. |
| Jet | Tabletop RPG and TCG game development. Most projects here are personal projects as public release would violate other copyrights. |
Projects at 6fps Network are broken into several categories. Each category is named after a gemstone or mineral. The current list of categories encompasses all the types of projects that are currently being worked on in some capacity.