Jonjoe1001
About
Hey, I’m Jonjoe1001.
I’m a learning developer. Most of what I build starts as getting frustrated by pay walls or fun nerdy tools — Oh and games because who doesn’t like games. I’ve never been the type of person who quits something they start, so after a few nights or years, BOOM, a new program enters the world.
What I really care about is the part underneath. Not just does the game run, but is the thing driving it any good? A physics step that doesn’t blow up. A room editor good enough that building levels stops being a chore. A brain graph that shows function and properly works. That’s the stuff I’m proud of, and it’s most of what I end up writing about in the dev log.
How I got here
I started teaching myself to program in 2023. No plan — just a pile of things I wanted to exist and no idea how to build them. So I built them badly, and then I built them again a little better, and then slightly less better. (<— We are Here)
Eventually my girlfriend and I started working on Timeless, a twin-stick roguelike with a Steam build currently in playtesting beta! Custom engine on Pygame, my own room editor, three bosses, full Steam integration with achievements and leaderboards. Every piece of that was something I had to work out first, and building it taught me more than any tutorial ever did. Diving off the deep end is my specialty.
I started school in 2025, so now I get to learn this properly and keep doing it my own stubborn way. I won’t name my school, but I’m currently double majoring in software engineering and physics. I hope one day I can take my skills to build a better future, and if not better MORE FUN WITH LOTS OF GAMES.
What I build with
- Python — game engines, tooling, automation, local AI pipelines
- JavaScript — simulations that run right in a browser with zero dependencies
- Java — object-oriented programming
- Godot 4 — 3D, procedural geometry, GDScript
- Unity — C# game development
- C & CUDA — for when something needs to be STUPID fast
- Blender — 3D modeling
- Fusion 360 — CAD, designing real-world parts
- Self-hosting — TrueNAS, and a house full of services I’d rather own than rent
If there’s a pattern here, it’s that I like owning the whole stack. Timeless runs on an engine I wrote. DIANA is a voice assistant that never sends a single word to somebody else’s server. Even this site is hand-written HTML with no framework, because I want to still be able to fix it in two years. AND NO PAYWALL OR SUBSCRIPTION. Also running this site off my own home server… coming soon! (Here’s the plan.)
Outside the editor
I’m a huge nerd. I love math, physics, and psychology. I love to sit in awe of the wonder of the world. My dream in life is to do something meaningful on the frontier of modern science, but I have a hell of a way to go. I figure if I keep chipping away a little every day, someday I’ll get there OR DIE TRYING!
Come build things with me
I’d much rather this site be the start of something than a museum. If you make games, break games, or just want to argue about whether fixed timesteps are worth the trouble — I want to hear from you. The modern world has robbed us of our sense of community, so let’s connect our minds!
Tell me what you’re working on. Tell me what I got wrong! Seriously, if you played Timeless and something felt off, that is honestly my favourite kind of message to get.
Wanna follow along? I post devlogs on YouTube, quick clips on TikTok, and the Discord is where everyone hangs out (come say hi!). Every link I've got lives on one page too.