Free & open source
October 1st 2025
A game backend framework, programmed from scratch for Windows, Linux and MacOS
When programming games in the past, I've listened to the advice, "Don't reinvent the wheel," and, "You probably can't do it better than X, so just use X." This advice is intended to save people time and get straight to productive game programming, but I found it difficult to become a good enough programmer while skipping so many foundational parts of the code. I ran into bugs and issues which required understanding the underlying code, which was very difficult when I'd never written code as low-level as the libraries/engines I depended on. I also felt demotivated working on games that I ultimately may be unable to maintain - like the multitude of fantastic Flash-based games from back in the day.
Back in the day I always wanted to play that Windows 95 maze screensaver. 20 years later I have the programming skills and was inspired to make it! This game uses software rendering and was also a research project to learn how rendering works and become a better programmer.
Free and open source (PICO-8)
January 31st 2017
Platformer
Hop along each of the 7 levels, helping (or annoying) the NPCs who each have a short song to sing. Every level has an additional challenge for more determined players.
Play in-browser or download on GameJolt.
Steal Godot
Free & open source (Godot)
June 28th 2016
Sokoban puzzle game
The Bevy of AAA Developers have shut down every free game development engine. It's up to you to break into their facility, figure out the puzzles and steal the Godot game engine back! A short puzzle game featuring blocks, switches, doors and ice.
Play in-browser or download on GameJolt
A giant black hole is hurtling towards Dust Town and you are the only thing in the entire universe that can save them! You'll have to grow from a speck of dust to an asteroid, a planet, a star, to something large enough to defeat the black hole.
Download on GameJolt
