My games are about growing up chronically online and the dangers of it. In my newest game I want to talk about the false promises of the internet, unhealthy obsessions with nostalgia, and how movies and internet stories create a false expectation for friendships and love.

gist.github.com/riperiperi/7... The fact that the grass in the Sims 1 was drawn blade by blade was insane to me...

busy game developers saying sorry for leaving me on read for months are so relatable because i do the exact same thing there is so much to do!!!!

really excited to write my own link / page / routing system... for my game.....

Had horrible food poisoning recently. Back to normal again!

Working on decoupling my localization library from Last Seen Online to reuse in And You'll Miss It. Wondering if it's worth it to move to Crowdin.

Addressing tech debt sets me up very well for success in any future games and work! The reason LSO and AYMI were developed so fast is because of the all the preparation work I did before that. Tooling, decision to mono repo, etc.

Did a major refactor this past month to: Animation Sound Settings / Cheats All of this so that I can get the title screen of Last Seen Online to pause correctly hahahaha

There is a balance between fixing all the tech debt in my old game vs. just letting it be and moving on that I need to strike. The debt addressed really needs to be something useful for the future. Some things can be left ugly and shoved under the rug.

For pausing, I loop through all of my sounds and call a pause function, but I just discovered that ToneJS has "Transport" which allows you to control the timing of things such as pausing and resuming! My only issue so far is the existence of singletons but I can't fight it.

I'm making a #react component-based sound library for my game engine. It's just wrapping around #ToneJS right now. Simple test but I got a sample to route itself to master. Now for audio busses and effects chaining! I am kind of basing this off of FL Studio's mixer.

Working on moving my game from using Howler.js to ToneJS for game audio. Quite scared of compatibility with iOS and android. Just trying to take advantage of the audio effects. #Javascript

Realized the adjusting settings in my games causes an unnecessary global redraw... Now I have to learn how to use react stores. #GameDev #React

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Portal 2 #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

i just want hana vu to come to vietnam

listening to wenszy, inspiring me to make a horror game using NewJeans as imagery

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Detention #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Deep Sleep Trilogy #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 3 #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 2 #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 1 #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky

I've been seeing "plus" versions of indie games appear and it is pretty inspiring. Perhaps after my next game I'll devote time and an official team into making "plus" versions.

decided that my next game is going to have a price tag and pressing that "New Folder" button has been pretty hard... i just wanna give everything away for free :(

omg wait Soccer Mommy's Abigail is actually about a Stardew Valley character???

finally documented my latest piece on my website at jackieis.online/projects/i-f... ~ yay i feel so much shame💕 is a browser-based interactive narrative made from scanned Risograph prints.

this app makes me happy, very happy-coded

I am proud to release my newest game, And You'll Miss It. It's 10 minutes long. This game was originally developed for an art gallery pop-up. It's quite a personal story about "time", but remixed and fictionalized. I really hope you enjoy it. qwook.itch.io/and-youll-mi... #gamedev #indiegamedev

I'll be working on releasing my game "And You'll Miss It" this weekend! It's a short 10 minute interactive zine. #gamedev #indiegamedev

today, i thought that all i need to do is add a new image for displaying gamepad controls and then i realized i have to code a brand new layer for gamepad/joystick controls to signal to different parts of the game that a different type of gamepad has been plugged in 5 mins turns into 5 hours

How much of yourself do you leave on your computer? Last Seen Online is a mystery game about looking through somebody else's computer. What happened to the owners? Play now at: lastseenonline.com

Blog post on why I removed AI art from my game, "Last Seen Online"!

i am doing pixel art again

i just figured out how to tell a love story in an escape room game

guys i live in viet nam now omg

half life 2 team, just before release

half life 1 team

making pho broth northern style

ty for playing!!

I just really like butterflies and they represent change :) I love adding ways of participation to my friends The visuals are written in React!

so happy with how it turned out!!

I hosted a party where people can upload their face and get turned into butterflies that float around my apartment building! I didn't anticipate so many butterflies on the screen so it got pretty crowded!!!

oh no

my therapist said "art is 60% for you and 40% for other people" and that has really stuck with me. I think there's too much shame towards external validation when it's necessary as social creatures, with the right balance.

a cute cat is on my lap, how do I do work?

I wrote a blog post about seeking attention. qwook.substack.com/p/seeking-at...

my motorcycle next to a cute moped

a couple reasons why I will miss san francisco

I've lost the e-mail and password for my high school tumblr. An era has been erased permanently because my feeble human brain only has 2gb of memory and only stores miscellaneous facts like how Chinese takeout boxes were originally designed for holding shucked oysters..

I'm creating virtual plants that you can adopt, put on your website and watch grow over time. Below is a "timelapse" of the growth.

You can now talk to God at qwook.io/god.