Jonathan Aldrich
@jdaster64.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/jdaster64
Software engineer, amateur musician, gamer, and math enthusiast. That guy that's got super in-depth knowledge about random mechanics from the '00s Mario RPGs.
Software engineer, amateur musician, gamer, and math enthusiast. That guy that's got super in-depth knowledge about random mechanics from the '00s Mario RPGs.
Nearly finished with my favorite Pokémon by generation series; here're my favorites from Galar + Hisui!
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Nearly finished with my favorite Pokémon by generation series; here're my favorites from Galar + Hisui!
The whole Kalos Mega trio's together now!
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The whole Kalos Mega trio's together now!
Everyone's favorite fox mage and mage-in-training, with new Mega flair!
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Everyone's favorite fox mage and mage-in-training, with new Mega flair!
Picking back up with these sketches, here're my favorite Pokémon of each type from Alola! This should end up being the last generation where I'd never sketched any of them before, but I'll definitely still have a lot of new ones for the remaining two gens.
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Picking back up with these sketches, here're my favorite Pokémon of each type from Alola! This should end up being the last generation where I'd never sketched any of them before, but I'll definitely still have a lot of new ones for the remaining two gens.
Also, as a bonus, I did a pixel-art version of the final Braixen sketch in wplace a bit ago!
August 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Also, as a bonus, I did a pixel-art version of the final Braixen sketch in wplace a bit ago!
Didn't have time to finish the Alola favorites sketch this month, but here's a couple alternate sketches I had for the previous grids:
August 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Didn't have time to finish the Alola favorites sketch this month, but here's a couple alternate sketches I had for the previous grids:
Finally time for sketches of my Kalos favorites; most of these are among my favorite designs from the whole series! Had already sketched most of these for something or another at some point in the past, but the last three generations will be mostly untrodden territory!
August 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Finally time for sketches of my Kalos favorites; most of these are among my favorite designs from the whole series! Had already sketched most of these for something or another at some point in the past, but the last three generations will be mostly untrodden territory!
The setup (I was expecting to play the "S" variant, but Z just happened to show up); took about a dozen resets to get the basically-required Glass + "Start with all tile slots filled", and also have enough Plays/Refreshes to get me close enough for the swap upgrades to get me the rest of the way.
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The setup (I was expecting to play the "S" variant, but Z just happened to show up); took about a dozen resets to get the basically-required Glass + "Start with all tile slots filled", and also have enough Plays/Refreshes to get me close enough for the swap upgrades to get me the rest of the way.
One ridiculous achievement down...
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One ridiculous achievement down...
Another month of Pokémon favorite sketches; it's well and truly summer here, and perhaps appropriately, my Unova favorites have a lot of Fire- and Bug-type representation.
July 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Another month of Pokémon favorite sketches; it's well and truly summer here, and perhaps appropriately, my Unova favorites have a lot of Fire- and Bug-type representation.
Another monthly favorite-Pokémon grid, this time from Sinnoh, perhaps exhibiting some additional bias on top...
June 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Another monthly favorite-Pokémon grid, this time from Sinnoh, perhaps exhibiting some additional bias on top...
Another monthly Pokémon grid, this time with my favorite Hoenn 'mon (or pair of 'mons, as appropriate) for each type!
May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Another monthly Pokémon grid, this time with my favorite Hoenn 'mon (or pair of 'mons, as appropriate) for each type!
I'm playing a piano set at VGM CON: Dimensional Riff this weekend! Catch it in person at 3pm Friday if you can (and also pick up some exclusively in-person CDs + merch!)
I'll try to live-stream it so you can watch it from home as well, but if not I'll have a VOD up soon enough!
I'll try to live-stream it so you can watch it from home as well, but if not I'll have a VOD up soon enough!
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm playing a piano set at VGM CON: Dimensional Riff this weekend! Catch it in person at 3pm Friday if you can (and also pick up some exclusively in-person CDs + merch!)
I'll try to live-stream it so you can watch it from home as well, but if not I'll have a VOD up soon enough!
I'll try to live-stream it so you can watch it from home as well, but if not I'll have a VOD up soon enough!
Following up from last month, here's Johto's personal-fave-per-type grid! A few of my overall favorites in this bunch, as well as a couple that couldn't really be helped! (Looking at you, Kingdra)
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Following up from last month, here's Johto's personal-fave-per-type grid! A few of my overall favorites in this bunch, as well as a couple that couldn't really be helped! (Looking at you, Kingdra)
Happy Pokémon Day! I thought this year I'd try getting myself to keep up with sketching stuff every so often, so I'm planning on filling out a "favorite Pokémon per type" template for each generation! Shooting for one every month, but not going to hold myself strictly to it.
February 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Happy Pokémon Day! I thought this year I'd try getting myself to keep up with sketching stuff every so often, so I'm planning on filling out a "favorite Pokémon per type" template for each generation! Shooting for one every month, but not going to hold myself strictly to it.
Thanks to everyone that supported my music on Spotify this year!
December 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Thanks to everyone that supported my music on Spotify this year!
Took a couple of creative liberties, but I'm happy with most of these picks. Some of these were way harder to narrow down than others!
December 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Took a couple of creative liberties, but I'm happy with most of these picks. Some of these were way harder to narrow down than others!
Tower of Trials is getting very close to completion; here's one more teaser showing off the reworked "Journal" menu!
In addition, I'll be streaming the first hour or so of Tower of Trials on Twitch this Saturday at 5pm EDT!
www.twitch.tv/jdaster64
In addition, I'll be streaming the first hour or so of Tower of Trials on Twitch this Saturday at 5pm EDT!
www.twitch.tv/jdaster64
October 9, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Tower of Trials is getting very close to completion; here's one more teaser showing off the reworked "Journal" menu!
In addition, I'll be streaming the first hour or so of Tower of Trials on Twitch this Saturday at 5pm EDT!
www.twitch.tv/jdaster64
In addition, I'll be streaming the first hour or so of Tower of Trials on Twitch this Saturday at 5pm EDT!
www.twitch.tv/jdaster64
I usually do a new Pokémon sketch around this time, and playoff baseball's been on the mind recently, so I thought why not?
October 6, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I usually do a new Pokémon sketch around this time, and playoff baseball's been on the mind recently, so I thought why not?
Here's a sneak peek at a few of the changed / new moves in Tower of Trials!
September 28, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Here's a sneak peek at a few of the changed / new moves in Tower of Trials!
Another quick Tower of Trials teaser, this time going over the changes to Star Power!
September 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Another quick Tower of Trials teaser, this time going over the changes to Star Power!
Here's another quick preview of some of the mechanical changes coming in Tower of Trials!
August 28, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Here's another quick preview of some of the mechanical changes coming in Tower of Trials!
Been a while since the teaser trailer for Tower of Trials dropped; here's a better look at the different rewards you can get after every battle:
August 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Been a while since the teaser trailer for Tower of Trials dropped; here's a better look at the different rewards you can get after every battle:
As if Battle Bits #007 already covering highly specific janky interactions weren't enough for him already, Rawk Hawk's ceiling prop attack can revive fallen partners!
August 15, 2024 at 7:53 PM
As if Battle Bits #007 already covering highly specific janky interactions weren't enough for him already, Rawk Hawk's ceiling prop attack can revive fallen partners!
TTYD Battle Bits #027: Outta Spite
Enemies can "hold" Spite Pouches in TTYD without you being able to tell!
Enemies can "hold" Spite Pouches in TTYD without you being able to tell!
July 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
TTYD Battle Bits #027: Outta Spite
Enemies can "hold" Spite Pouches in TTYD without you being able to tell!
Enemies can "hold" Spite Pouches in TTYD without you being able to tell!