TMNT SF: Metalhead & Arena Mode
Technical Designer II
Designed Metalhead, the first fully ranged hero, plus Arena Mode and its three levels.
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Every project across game design, software, and making.
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CrashSlicer
An OrcaSlicer fork with a toolpath video player, two axis gizmos, plate snapping and a part library, built for the CRASH Space print shop.My workA fork of the OrcaSlicer 3D printing slicer with a toolpath player, two axis move and scale handles, plate snapping, and CI builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.View project- Maker
Engineering instructor, Heart of LA SciArts
Teaching engineering to students in grades 4 to 12 at HOLA SciArts, a free, hands on after school STEAM program.My workEngineering instructor in the Scientific Arts division at Heart of Los Angeles, a free after school STEAM program for students in grades 4 through 12.View project 
Portal coasters
Two color 3D printed coasters of every Portal achievement icon, in six series, generated from SVG by my own Python tool.My workSets of 3D printed coasters with Portal achievement icons, sold through my Etsy shop, made with a Python tool that turns SVG art into ready to print multi color plates.View project
TMNT SF: Metalhead & Arena Mode
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelite DLCMy workDesigned Metalhead, the first fully ranged hero, plus Arena Mode and its three levels.View project
CRASH Space Departure Board
A departure board for the wall of CRASH Space LA: buses, events, printers, weather and mesh traffic, in 29 themes.My workThe wall display at CRASH Space LA, styled like a transit departure board: bus arrivals, events, 3D printer status, weather and mesh radio activity, with 29 themes and every panel embeddable.View project- Maker
Intro to Laser Cutting and Vector Editors
A beginner laser class at CRASH Space: design in a vector editor, then cut it on the laser.My workA beginner class at CRASH Space LA on laser cutting and the vector editors that drive the laser, from a first design to a finished cut.View project 
Name and pronoun earrings
Glow in the dark acrylic charms, laser cut and engraved with a name and pronouns, made to order.My workCustom glow in the dark name and pronoun charms, laser cut from acrylic and engraved to order, sold through my Etsy shop as earrings, keychains or zipper pulls.View project
TMNT SF: Casey Jones & The Junkyard Jam
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelite DLCMy workLed design of Casey Jones, the first new playable character since launch, plus the Junkyard level and its two bosses.View project- Maker
3D Printing 101
The basics of 3D printing, then hands on with the CRASH Space printers, ending with a print to take home.My workAn intro to 3D printing at CRASH Space LA: the basic concepts, then step by step on the space printers, and every student takes home their own print.View project 
CRASH Open Status
Eleven embeddable widgets for open status, open hours and event calendars, live from Google Calendar.My workEmbeddable widgets for CRASH Space LA that show whether the space is open, the next open hours and the week of events, straight from Google Calendar.View project
Gitpicky
A git desktop app that draws your history, explains every term, and previews 19 kinds of change before anything runs.My workA desktop git app for people who use git but do not think in git: it draws the history, explains every term, and previews each change before it runs.View project
TMNT: Splintered Fate
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rogueliteMy workCombat design, balancing, and cross-platform systems work for the core release, from iPhone to PC, Mac, and Switch.View project- Maker
Boss CO2 Laser Cutting
A two hour class on running the Boss CO2 laser cutter at CRASH Space.My workA two hour class at CRASH Space LA on running the Boss CO2 laser cutter.View project 
Hatpick
Keeps the name on your commits and the account you push with matched, per repo, across several GitHub accounts.My workA GitHub identity manager that keeps each repository commit author and push account matched, without ever seeing a password or token.View project
Maptastic
Maps the CRASH Space Meshtastic mesh, with node positions, hops and packet traffic, as embeddable widgets.My workA live map of the CRASH Space LA Meshtastic mesh: node positions, coverage, hops and packet traffic, as embeddable widgets.View project
Robits
Build! Program! Fight!My workCombat design and gameplay programming for an action game about building and programming robots.View project
CRASH Card Builder
Pick a theme, layout, pattern and entrance animation, preview the card, and copy paste ready HTML for WordPress.My workA visual builder for the hero and call to action cards on the CRASH Space LA blog: pick a theme, layout, pattern and animation, preview it, and copy paste ready HTML.View project
Playground Heroes
Embark on a souls-like fantasy adventureMy workCore gameplay systems and boss mechanics for a split-screen co-op souls-like.View project
Readmotion
Records scripted, repeatable footage of games, apps and pages, and builds README banners, loops and clips from it.My workA tool that records real footage of a game, app, web page or terminal and builds the banner, hero loop and feature clips a GitHub README is made of.View project
Forge Print Queue
Submit a print, pick a printer, and watch the live queue across the Forge Makerspace Bambu fleet, with an instructor mode to run it.My workA web app for the Forge Makerspace print fleet: anyone submits a print job and picks a printer, everyone sees the live queue, and instructors run it from their own mode.View project- Software
Keyboard FX
keyfx draws keyboard effects over any Android keyboard. FXboard and an LSPosed module bring them to FUTO Keyboard.My workAn effects library for Android keyboards, plus two ways to use it with FUTO Keyboard: an LSPosed module for the official app, and FXboard, a full fork.View project 
Occultus Occularus
Reflect upon your inner truthMy workLight-redirecting puzzle platformer, where I also taught new club programmers Unity.View project
DeskPicker
Runs several signed in copies of GitHub Desktop side by side, each with its own account and commit identity.My workA Windows launcher that runs several copies of GitHub Desktop side by side, each signed in to a different account, such as work and personal.View project
Superball
Become a champion!My workTurn-based RPG built around a city-wide dodgeball tournament.View project
DandyPicker
Runs several Claude Desktop accounts at once; each profile is a dandelion whose seeds encode its name like a QR code.My workA Windows profile picker that runs several Claude Desktop accounts at once, where every profile is an animated dandelion whose seeds spell its name.View project
Grapple Game
Using your bone snake, traverse across a time-traveling factoryMy workThree-week puzzle prototype where every mechanic grows out of a rope-snake grappling hook.View project
This site
A static Astro site with three themed tracks, content in plain files, a local CMS and Firebase Hosting.My workThis portfolio: a static Astro and TypeScript site with three themed tracks, a content model in plain files, a local CMS, and Firebase Hosting behind my own domain.View project
Resonator
Delve deeper into madnessMy workExploration horror prototype where an eldritch dimension bleeds into the real world.View project
PJ & Casey in The Great Cookie Caper
A stealth heist over a floor of lava!My workGlobal Game Jam 2019 puzzle platformer built around a throwable bouncy pillow.View project
Studio project launcher
One launcher for every studio project: play, build, update from CI, and open in the editor.My workA Godot desktop launcher over every studio project: play, run a build, build or open in the editor, with game updates from GitHub Actions and self packaging for studio or player bundles.View project
Gameplay capture and press kit pipeline
Records real gameplay from each game for launcher cards and marketing, then builds the press kit.My workA pipeline that records real gameplay from each studio game for launcher cards and marketing, and builds a press kit from it.View project
PICO Wars
8-bit Advance Wars combat!My workAdvance Wars demake in PICO-8 with a level editor that works around the 32 KB cartridge limit.View project
Boardcraft 3
Cardboard Warcraft 3 combat!My workBoard game adaptation of Warcraft 3, balancing economy against army building.View projectMulti repo shared code sync
Shared code synced one way into every game repo, with drift detection and an addon tracker.My workOne way vendoring of shared code into every game repo, with drift detection, and an addon tracker that scans, reports, updates and commits once per game.View projectAI assisted production workflow
A Claude Code plugin and process for a game catalog, with specs staged in waves and people approving each step.My workA Claude Code plugin and process for running a game catalog: skills for starting games, adopting features, shared changes, sync, status and ship checks, with specs staged in waves and a human kept ledger.View project
Ozymandias
Interactive fiction through a shifting desert sandscapeMy workParser-based interactive fiction where exploring a desert slowly uncovers a buried city.View project
Action metroidvania (Unreal Engine 5)
C++ and GAS gameplay architecture, a combo graph and designer tools for an unannounced UE5 action metroidvania.My workGameplay architecture for an unannounced 2.5D action metroidvania in Unreal Engine 5: C++ and GAS combat, a combo graph, component based characters, and editor tools for designers, on a 6 person team.View project
Hypercasual: arcade space shooter
Wave based arcade shooter with themed modes, an escalating boss roster, and art and audio made entirely in code.My workA wave based arcade space shooter for phones: themed modes with their own ships and weapons, a seeded boss roster, several touch control schemes, and art and audio generated in code.View project
Hypercasual: roguelite brick breaker
Brick breaker with a composable rules sandbox, the studio reference economy, a Monte Carlo sim lab and an accessibility audit.My workA roguelite brick breaker where every rule is a swappable mod, any mix combines cleanly, and harder mixes pay more, with the studio reference economy, a balance sim lab and a formal accessibility audit.View project
Hypercasual: naval strategy
Turn based naval strategy with faction abilities, an AI opponent, live daily missions and measured color vision accessibility.My workTurn based naval strategy with data driven factions and abilities, an AI opponent, daily missions through remote config, and the catalog's most rigorous color vision accessibility work.View project
Hypercasual: card battler
A classic card game expanded with decks, perks and auctions, on a rules engine that plays full matches headless.My workA card battler that expands a classic card game with themed decks, roguelite perks, wars and auctions, on a pure rules engine that plays whole matches headless.View project
Hypercasual: 3D stacking puzzle
An original number sum stacking puzzle with swappable themes, an in game level editor and per level leaderboards.My workAn original 3D number sum stacking puzzle: solver and grid logic fully separate from presentation, procedural themes with custom shaders, an in game level editor and per level leaderboards.View project- Games
FEArchitect
Edit units and weapons, watch the combat math update, and simulate seeded skirmishes, with a CLI and an MCP server for AI assistants.My workA design tool for Fire Emblem style encounters: edit units and weapons, see the combat math update live, and simulate whole skirmishes from a seed.View project 
Hypercasual: tap to clear puzzle
A tap to clear logic puzzle with a procedural generator, a solver and validator, and a hand made level editor.My workA tap to clear logic puzzle with a procedural level generator, a solver, a validator and a hand made level editor.View project
Hypercasual: drag path puzzle
A design led drag path puzzle with mechanic packs, player made level rules and color independent cues.My workA design led drag path puzzle in pre production: themed mechanic packs, par and timer rules for player made levels, and glyphs so color is never the only cue.View project
Hypercasual: arcade snake
Arcade snake with modes and daily challenges, the first title bootstrapped from the shared framework.My workAn arcade snake with modes and daily challenges, and the first title to start from the shared studio framework on day one.View project
Narrative deckbuilder: framework adoption
Adapting the shared studio framework and tools to the team's mid tier narrative deckbuilder.My workAdapting the studio framework and tools from the hypercasual line to the team's mid tier narrative deckbuilder, proof that the framework scales across project sizes.View project
Studio game framework
The shared framework under 7 studio games: config, debug tools, snapshots, build modes, Snapser, economy and accessibility.My workThe shared Godot framework under a studio catalog of 7 games: central config with a debug layer, debug and pause menus, shareable state snapshots, an asset viewer, build modes, Snapser, achievements, economy and an accessibility floor.View project
In game frame profiler
A live frame overlay, a hitch log and CSV recordings, built into every studio game.My workAn in game frame profiler for the studio framework: a live overlay, a hitch log and CSV recordings for when a game stutters.View project
Studio console
One window for every game in the studio: versions, builds, shared addon health, the ship check and each game's tools.My workA Godot desktop dashboard over a studio catalog: versions, builds, an addon health matrix, install and update actions, the ship check and per game tool runners.View projectRelease audit and ship check
A 51 requirement mobile release audit, plus a static checker that runs it against every game.My workA 51 requirement mobile release audit and a static checker that tests each game against it, with HTML, JSON and audit sheet reports.View projectUnreal Engine 5 editor plugins
A combo graph editor, a Blueprint to C++ converter, a Details organizer and graph styling for Unreal Engine 5.My workUnreal Engine 5 editor plugins: a combo graph editor, a Blueprint to C++ converter, a Details panel organizer, graph wire styling and an asset reference watcher.View projectPer game design tools
Level editors, a missions editor, a balance sim lab, sound labs and art slots, built for the people who use them.My workThe per game tools behind the hypercasual line: level editors, a daily missions editor, a balance sim lab, sound labs, a ship builder, art slots and procedural audio generators.View project
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Game Design
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TMNT SF: Casey Jones & The Junkyard Jam
Technical Designer II
Led design of Casey Jones, the first new playable character since launch, plus the Junkyard level and its two bosses.
TMNT: Splintered Fate
Technical Designer
Combat design, balancing, and cross-platform systems work for the core release, from iPhone to PC, Mac, and Switch.
Robits
Combat Designer / Gameplay Programmer
Combat design and gameplay programming for an action game about building and programming robots.
Playground Heroes
Gameplay Programmer / Encounter Designer
Core gameplay systems and boss mechanics for a split-screen co-op souls-like.
Occultus Occularus
Programming Director
Light-redirecting puzzle platformer, where I also taught new club programmers Unity.
Superball
Lead Programmer
Turn-based RPG built around a city-wide dodgeball tournament.
Grapple Game
Programmer
Three-week puzzle prototype where every mechanic grows out of a rope-snake grappling hook.
Resonator
Lead Programmer
Exploration horror prototype where an eldritch dimension bleeds into the real world.
PJ & Casey in The Great Cookie Caper
Programmer / Game Designer
Global Game Jam 2019 puzzle platformer built around a throwable bouncy pillow.
PICO Wars
Lua Programmer
Advance Wars demake in PICO-8 with a level editor that works around the 32 KB cartridge limit.
Boardcraft 3
Game Designer
Board game adaptation of Warcraft 3, balancing economy against army building.
Ozymandias
Programmer / Writer
Parser-based interactive fiction where exploring a desert slowly uncovers a buried city.
Action metroidvania (Unreal Engine 5)
Senior Technical Designer
Gameplay architecture for an unannounced 2.5D action metroidvania in Unreal Engine 5: C++ and GAS combat, a combo graph, component based characters, and editor tools for designers, on a 6 person team.
Hypercasual: arcade space shooter
Lead Technical Designer
A wave based arcade space shooter for phones: themed modes with their own ships and weapons, a seeded boss roster, several touch control schemes, and art and audio generated in code.
Hypercasual: roguelite brick breaker
Lead Technical Designer
A roguelite brick breaker where every rule is a swappable mod, any mix combines cleanly, and harder mixes pay more, with the studio reference economy, a balance sim lab and a formal accessibility audit.
Hypercasual: naval strategy
Lead Technical Designer
Turn based naval strategy with data driven factions and abilities, an AI opponent, daily missions through remote config, and the catalog's most rigorous color vision accessibility work.
Hypercasual: card battler
Lead Technical Designer
A card battler that expands a classic card game with themed decks, roguelite perks, wars and auctions, on a pure rules engine that plays whole matches headless.
Hypercasual: 3D stacking puzzle
Lead Technical Designer
An original 3D number sum stacking puzzle: solver and grid logic fully separate from presentation, procedural themes with custom shaders, an in game level editor and per level leaderboards.
FEArchitect
Designer and developer
A design tool for Fire Emblem style encounters: edit units and weapons, see the combat math update live, and simulate whole skirmishes from a seed.
Hypercasual: tap to clear puzzle
Lead Technical Designer
A tap to clear logic puzzle with a procedural level generator, a solver, a validator and a hand made level editor.
Hypercasual: drag path puzzle
Lead Technical Designer
A design led drag path puzzle in pre production: themed mechanic packs, par and timer rules for player made levels, and glyphs so color is never the only cue.
Hypercasual: arcade snake
Lead Technical Designer
An arcade snake with modes and daily challenges, and the first title to start from the shared studio framework on day one.
Narrative deckbuilder: framework adoption
Senior Technical Designer
Adapting the studio framework and tools from the hypercasual line to the team's mid tier narrative deckbuilder, proof that the framework scales across project sizes.
Studio game framework
Lead Technical Designer
The shared Godot framework under a studio catalog of 7 games: central config with a debug layer, debug and pause menus, shareable state snapshots, an asset viewer, build modes, Snapser, achievements, economy and an accessibility floor.
In game frame profiler
Lead Technical Designer
An in game frame profiler for the studio framework: a live overlay, a hitch log and CSV recordings for when a game stutters.
Studio console
Lead Technical Designer
A Godot desktop dashboard over a studio catalog: versions, builds, an addon health matrix, install and update actions, the ship check and per game tool runners.
Release audit and ship check
Lead Technical Designer
A 51 requirement mobile release audit and a static checker that tests each game against it, with HTML, JSON and audit sheet reports.
Unreal Engine 5 editor plugins
Senior Technical Designer
Unreal Engine 5 editor plugins: a combo graph editor, a Blueprint to C++ converter, a Details panel organizer, graph wire styling and an asset reference watcher.
Per game design tools
Lead Technical Designer
The per game tools behind the hypercasual line: level editors, a daily missions editor, a balance sim lab, sound labs, a ship builder, art slots and procedural audio generators.
Software Engineering
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CrashSlicer
Developer and maintainer
A fork of the OrcaSlicer 3D printing slicer with a toolpath player, two axis move and scale handles, plate snapping, and CI builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.
CRASH Space Departure Board
Designer and developer
The wall display at CRASH Space LA, styled like a transit departure board: bus arrivals, events, 3D printer status, weather and mesh radio activity, with 29 themes and every panel embeddable.
CRASH Open Status
Designer and developer
Embeddable widgets for CRASH Space LA that show whether the space is open, the next open hours and the week of events, straight from Google Calendar.
Gitpicky
Designer and developer
A desktop git app for people who use git but do not think in git: it draws the history, explains every term, and previews each change before it runs.
Hatpick
Designer and developer
A GitHub identity manager that keeps each repository commit author and push account matched, without ever seeing a password or token.
Maptastic
Designer and developer
A live map of the CRASH Space LA Meshtastic mesh: node positions, coverage, hops and packet traffic, as embeddable widgets.
CRASH Card Builder
Designer and developer
A visual builder for the hero and call to action cards on the CRASH Space LA blog: pick a theme, layout, pattern and animation, preview it, and copy paste ready HTML.
Readmotion
Designer and developer
A tool that records real footage of a game, app, web page or terminal and builds the banner, hero loop and feature clips a GitHub README is made of.
Forge Print Queue
Designer and developer
A web app for the Forge Makerspace print fleet: anyone submits a print job and picks a printer, everyone sees the live queue, and instructors run it from their own mode.
Keyboard FX
Developer
An effects library for Android keyboards, plus two ways to use it with FUTO Keyboard: an LSPosed module for the official app, and FXboard, a full fork.
DeskPicker
Developer
A Windows launcher that runs several copies of GitHub Desktop side by side, each signed in to a different account, such as work and personal.
DandyPicker
Designer and developer
A Windows profile picker that runs several Claude Desktop accounts at once, where every profile is an animated dandelion whose seeds spell its name.
This site
Designer and developer
This portfolio: a static Astro and TypeScript site with three themed tracks, a content model in plain files, a local CMS, and Firebase Hosting behind my own domain.
Studio project launcher
Lead Technical Designer
A Godot desktop launcher over every studio project: play, run a build, build or open in the editor, with game updates from GitHub Actions and self packaging for studio or player bundles.
Gameplay capture and press kit pipeline
Lead Technical Designer
A pipeline that records real gameplay from each studio game for launcher cards and marketing, and builds a press kit from it.
Multi repo shared code sync
Lead Technical Designer
One way vendoring of shared code into every game repo, with drift detection, and an addon tracker that scans, reports, updates and commits once per game.
AI assisted production workflow
Lead Technical Designer
A Claude Code plugin and process for running a game catalog: skills for starting games, adopting features, shared changes, sync, status and ship checks, with specs staged in waves and a human kept ledger.
Makerspace and Teaching
See allEngineering instructor, Heart of LA SciArts
Engineering Instructor
Engineering instructor in the Scientific Arts division at Heart of Los Angeles, a free after school STEAM program for students in grades 4 through 12.
Portal coasters
Designer and maker
Sets of 3D printed coasters with Portal achievement icons, sold through my Etsy shop, made with a Python tool that turns SVG art into ready to print multi color plates.
Intro to Laser Cutting and Vector Editors
Instructor
A beginner class at CRASH Space LA on laser cutting and the vector editors that drive the laser, from a first design to a finished cut.
Name and pronoun earrings
Designer and maker
Custom glow in the dark name and pronoun charms, laser cut from acrylic and engraved to order, sold through my Etsy shop as earrings, keychains or zipper pulls.
3D Printing 101
Instructor
An intro to 3D printing at CRASH Space LA: the basic concepts, then step by step on the space printers, and every student takes home their own print.
Boss CO2 Laser Cutting
Instructor
A two hour class at CRASH Space LA on running the Boss CO2 laser cutter.