Jonjoe1001
Jonjoe1001 Jonjoe1001 Game & systems developer

Currently building Timeless

I build games, tools and simulators!

Roguelikes, physics simulations, neural evolution, and whatever else I get curious about at 2am. Self-taught since 2023. All of it gets written about here. WELCOME FRIENDS, LET’S GET CURIOUS!

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My big three. If you only look at one thing here, make it one of these!

In development Roguelike Python

Timeless

What if your health bar was a clock? That’s Timeless. You don’t lose hit points, you lose TIME, and when it runs out so do you. So playing it safe is actually how you die! Custom engine, custom room editor, 43,000 lines, and three bosses who each break a rule the game just spent an hour teaching you. I’ll be honest, I should have made this game in a known engine (Unity, Godot, etc), but it was far too late and I’ve learned more than I could ever dream. This game is still being worked on by me and my talented, amazing girlfriend. She hand drew all of the art in the game. Yes, that’s why it looks so good.

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Timeless key art - a star-lit figure holding a black hole in one hand and a galaxy in the other, above the Timeless logo
Playable now Simulation JavaScript

Emergent Evolver

Have you ever been interested in machine learning, anatomy, or evolution? Well, Emergent Evolver explores emergent complexity with machine learning. You draw the body, and that’s it — you never tell it how to move! The brain starts as pure noise and grows its own neurons while it learns. Give it a few hundred generations and the thing RUNS. Best part? You get to watch the brain wire itself up live while it works it out. Play with the physics, evolution, and body settings to see what you can dream up and create!

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Emergent Evolver key art - a jointed creature below the title, over a tangle of plotted neural-network curves
Out now Tool Python + Web

Wheelhouse

OK guys, we all have games but no games, am I right? Well… Game night, solved! Wheelhouse looks at what your Steam Family actually owns and only puts games on the wheel that everybody can launch. No more landing on something one person bought two years ago. Have a party of 5? Set the wheel to five players and the program will sift through all the games you and your Steam family CAN play together!

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The Wheelhouse category picker, five categories selected out of twenty-one

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