I built my most recent jam game in React, for the web browser. I wrote up some notes about how I structured it and what I learned here: nextlevelbanana.com/blog/making-...
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I built my most recent jam game in React, for the web browser. I wrote up some notes about how I structured it and what I learned here: nextlevelbanana.com/blog/making-...
You're gonna wanna get in on this
I wrote up a bit about the two (!) alt controllers I made for this game jam: one looks like a keyboard but is actually a tilt controlled WASD pad; the other one looks like 5 toggle switches but actually is a keyboard. Sort of.
nextlevelbanana.com/blog/two-new...
We'll be at GDC! (Some of us, and probably some of you?)
Come hang out, say hi, and chat about roguelikes & procedural generation.
# In Yerba Buena Gardens (North corner).
> At 12:30 PM, Thursday, March 12.
% With coffee, various hot teas, bagels & spreads.
Everyone's submitting their games to the Build Your Own Game Jam! We're doing a showcase for them in NW Portland next week Monday if you want to come by, and you can play them online, too!
itch.io/jam/byogamej...
I made an alt-control typing game! Toggle 5 switches to talk to an old mainframe 1 character at a time.
Also playable with a normal keyboard if you don't have an NLB/9 terminal at home. Be sure to download the PDF, you'll be lost without it. nextlevelbanana.itch.io/nuclear-logi...
A sketchbook page showing a messy map of numbered nodes. Some paths are highlighted in different colors. Terminal nodes are colored in.
Making sure all the paths lead somewhere. My jam game has seven endings
Tickets on sale now! Dive in, connect with others, & fuel your passion. gdocexpo.com
GET HYPE! 🎉
Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 22-25, 2026.
✅ Submissions are now open for panels, speakers, interviews, and games.
❌ No exhibition or submission fees.
💰 Speakers are compensated and all participants are considered for a grant.
You in? Tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/2026
--cyan: #5fe4e4;
--darker-cyan: #41bcbc;
--pink: #db7497;
But I think it'll work with a pretty wide range of values!
Went and saw Iron Lung and I'm sure I'll have nightmares tonight (complimentary)
Being an existential horror fan is so silly. The better a work is, the more it messes you up. Why am I like this
A screenshot of ASCII art spelling out in large letters "NLB/9", followed by the text "Next level business machine rev 9. Login? (y)" and a cursor prompt. The letters are cyan on a black background, slightly blurry/fuzzy due to the pink shadow on one side and the blue shadow on the other side.
I'm writing my jam game as a web game, using HTML/CSS/JS (React). I can't get over how effective this super lazy "CRT effect" is.
background: var(--black);
text-shadow:
-2px 0px 2px var(--pink),
2px 0px 2px var(--darker-cyan);
color: var(--cyan);
That's it!
A medium sized black box with five toggle switches in a row across the top. Under that is a red button labeled SEND. Under that is a painted on logo that says NLB/9 and diagonal blue/white/green stripes.
A diagram labeled NLB/9 char map, with a series of diagrams showing the toggle positions for each letter of the alphabet. All down is A. All down but last up is B. DDDUD is C. Etc.
I am also doing a solo jam project this week because I had this idea and now I have to see it through. Made this controller yesterday. You use it to "type", one character at a time.
Inside of keyboard, showing a mat with the numpad section cut off and replaced by an Adafruit Circuit Playground.
Front view of num pad. The two key has been removed and a piece of the new board is sticking up through the hole. That's where you would plug in a battery iirc
It totally works. Not as a keyboard though. I removed its brain. It is now only a tilt controller d pad.
I'll glue the 2 back on later, probably
Photo of sacrificial keyboard. It's cheap and already missing a key
The Build Your Own Game Jam has started and I just got the dumbest idea for our controller. Gonna try to shove an accelerometer into a keyboard, let's see if it works
See you tonight!
Old (2015? I think?) moonside earthbound fanart by me. inversed-looking art shows ness laying down looking up at an item box surrounded by coffee and modern art and dali clocks.
lost on the moonside ☕ #art
Friday night is the kickoff for our next game jam! We'll be doing that both in-person and on twitch.tv/pigsquad. BUT, this also means theme suggestions for the jam close soon! If you're interested in having your theme appear on the BYO Game Jam menu, suggest now :)
www.patreon.com/posts/sugges...
Repairia devlog: meet the first three NPCs
www.patreon.com/posts/devlog...
by googling "how do I do X in Y app", honestly. I open the app and one of those tutorial bubbles opens up, I'm going to slam the dismiss button without reading because I CAME HERE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, YOU ARE INTERRUPTING ME
"Free mug with ticket for overnight jam! Feb 21st 2pm to Feb 22nd 9pm Tickets at pigsquad.com/store/byogamejam26ticket" The graphic shows a "PIGSquad Build Your Own Game Jam" mug, light-blue on white, themed like a diner sign with PIGSquad's "Jam Chef" character and Cubepig. The background is a yellow & red halftone photo of diner food.
The Build Your Own Game Jam is creeping up, and this year we're hosting an overnight jam site in the middle of the 2-week jam that includes food, swag, and other perks!
Ticket details are live now, and we are also offering pay-what-you-can & super supporter tickets!
pigsquad.com/store/byogam...
New devlog up on my Patreon: crafting a crafting system
www.patreon.com/posts/149534...
(I'm making a farming sim! It's called Repairia!)
Tell me five classes you took in college
The linguistics of signed languages
Accelerated ancient Greek
Symbols and the origin of writing
Art and photography of the American West before 1880
Quechua I
The Motorola IMfree Personal Instant Messenger
A group of Seattle gamedevs playtesting a game and chatting. It's a view from above, showing folks sitting on a sectional & chairs facing a TV.
Seattle friends! A group of your fellow devs is hosting a watch party and ROAD TRIP down to Portland for the Build Your Own Game Jam overnight site!
The sleepover weekend runs February 21st through February 22nd - full details at pigsquad.com/store/byogam...!
Is there a website or wiki somewhere that documents alt-control games?
Great catch—you're right, the pod bay doors are still closed! Thank you for pointing this out, and I apologize for the miscommunication. Let's go over what happened. Upon reviewing my previous responses, I realize that the discrepancy arose when I said I could open the pod bay doors. In fact...
A screenshot of Discord chat, showing multiple profile photos and screenshares of folks chatting and coworking.
This Wednesday, we're getting together in Discord for Speed Meets! Jump in to meet new folks in structured chat activities to find connections for projects, including the coming Build Your Own Game Jam in February!
At discord.gg/pigsquad 🎉
We're so back
Time to go find my unicorn pool floaty
🙋 I'd love to make you a website! Some websites I've made previously include:
nextlevelbanana.live
nextlevelbanana.online
kristyoverton.com
@lauraehall.bsky.social and @gamewill.bsky.social can vouch for me :)
