jñani
@jnani.me
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associate progammer @ santa monica studio
jnani.me
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associate progammer @ santa monica studio
jnani.me
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👋🏾👋🏾 hellooo, I'm jñani!
a bit about me:
- game dev based in LA 🗺 lifelong hobbyist, recently AAA
- professional programmer, apprentice everything else 🛠
- here to connect with folks and share my own lil projects 📲
looking forward to connecting with u! 😁
🔗: linkedin.jnani.me
ℹ: portfolio.jnani.me
a bit about me:
- game dev based in LA 🗺 lifelong hobbyist, recently AAA
- professional programmer, apprentice everything else 🛠
- here to connect with folks and share my own lil projects 📲
looking forward to connecting with u! 😁
🔗: linkedin.jnani.me
ℹ: portfolio.jnani.me
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The votes are in and we have our winners for the #BigByteGameJam! After 29 days of jamming, the results are in.
Huge congratulations to:
🏅 Necto
🥈 The Bloom Between
🥉Eat The Dungeon
Links to games in 🧵
Catch these games in the full showcase now:
youtu.be/QqXtIzjn5sc?...
#indiegames #newgames
Huge congratulations to:
🏅 Necto
🥈 The Bloom Between
🥉Eat The Dungeon
Links to games in 🧵
Catch these games in the full showcase now:
youtu.be/QqXtIzjn5sc?...
#indiegames #newgames
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The votes are in and we have our winners for the #BigByteGameJam! After 29 days of jamming, the results are in.
Huge congratulations to:
🏅 Necto
🥈 The Bloom Between
🥉Eat The Dungeon
Links to games in 🧵
Catch these games in the full showcase now:
youtu.be/QqXtIzjn5sc?...
#indiegames #newgames
Huge congratulations to:
🏅 Necto
🥈 The Bloom Between
🥉Eat The Dungeon
Links to games in 🧵
Catch these games in the full showcase now:
youtu.be/QqXtIzjn5sc?...
#indiegames #newgames
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Hey community, we need your help!
Our game is part of the Rising Tide Challenge, a trailer contest.
Voting ends June 17th, so if you see us, please vote!
Voting:
Go to: bit.ly/3Td7yQZ
Create a free account
Connect your Steam account
Vote when you see Clock Out at 2!
#RisingTideChallenge
Our game is part of the Rising Tide Challenge, a trailer contest.
Voting ends June 17th, so if you see us, please vote!
Voting:
Go to: bit.ly/3Td7yQZ
Create a free account
Connect your Steam account
Vote when you see Clock Out at 2!
#RisingTideChallenge
Blue Ocean Games
A new way to validate your game, get feedback, and secure funding.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hey community, we need your help!
Our game is part of the Rising Tide Challenge, a trailer contest.
Voting ends June 17th, so if you see us, please vote!
Voting:
Go to: bit.ly/3Td7yQZ
Create a free account
Connect your Steam account
Vote when you see Clock Out at 2!
#RisingTideChallenge
Our game is part of the Rising Tide Challenge, a trailer contest.
Voting ends June 17th, so if you see us, please vote!
Voting:
Go to: bit.ly/3Td7yQZ
Create a free account
Connect your Steam account
Vote when you see Clock Out at 2!
#RisingTideChallenge
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It’s jam season again at the Game Kitchen!
Join us for the 2nd annual BiG Byte Game Jam 2025, in collaboration with @blackingaming.bsky.social! A 4-week jam featuring a culture-focused theme, Okra Stew, and a $700+ prize!
Starting on June 1st!
Sign Up Here: itch.io/jam/big-byte...
Join us for the 2nd annual BiG Byte Game Jam 2025, in collaboration with @blackingaming.bsky.social! A 4-week jam featuring a culture-focused theme, Okra Stew, and a $700+ prize!
Starting on June 1st!
Sign Up Here: itch.io/jam/big-byte...
May 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s jam season again at the Game Kitchen!
Join us for the 2nd annual BiG Byte Game Jam 2025, in collaboration with @blackingaming.bsky.social! A 4-week jam featuring a culture-focused theme, Okra Stew, and a $700+ prize!
Starting on June 1st!
Sign Up Here: itch.io/jam/big-byte...
Join us for the 2nd annual BiG Byte Game Jam 2025, in collaboration with @blackingaming.bsky.social! A 4-week jam featuring a culture-focused theme, Okra Stew, and a $700+ prize!
Starting on June 1st!
Sign Up Here: itch.io/jam/big-byte...
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Catch us and the @bt-games-mac.bsky.social crew at GDC this week to play our latest demo for Clock Out at 2!
We've got a fun day on Tuesday.
See y'all there!
We've got a fun day on Tuesday.
See y'all there!
March 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Catch us and the @bt-games-mac.bsky.social crew at GDC this week to play our latest demo for Clock Out at 2!
We've got a fun day on Tuesday.
See y'all there!
We've got a fun day on Tuesday.
See y'all there!
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PLAY NOW! Without is a top down roguelike game that pushes players to overcome flaws and past mistakes. gameheads.itch.io/without
Without by Gameheads
Play in your browser
gameheads.itch.io
January 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
PLAY NOW! Without is a top down roguelike game that pushes players to overcome flaws and past mistakes. gameheads.itch.io/without
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PLAY NOW! Cookout Calamity is a tower defense game where you and your siblings fend off hangry family members while preparing a cookout.
gameheads.itch.io/cookout-cala...
gameheads.itch.io/cookout-cala...
Cookout Calamity by Gameheads
A tower defense game where you and your siblings fend off hangry family members while preparing a cookout.
gameheads.itch.io
January 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
PLAY NOW! Cookout Calamity is a tower defense game where you and your siblings fend off hangry family members while preparing a cookout.
gameheads.itch.io/cookout-cala...
gameheads.itch.io/cookout-cala...
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The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding—new from @awalkerinla.bsky.social
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding
There's an army of volunteers at their keyboards right now, all over the country, preventing the ignition of a secondary disaster by snuffing out LA's price-gouging rentals
www.torched.la
January 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding—new from @awalkerinla.bsky.social
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...
Brought in the new year locked in, playing a particularly hard Overcooked level with friends. And we got 3 stars! 🤠 feels good feels right
January 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Brought in the new year locked in, playing a particularly hard Overcooked level with friends. And we got 3 stars! 🤠 feels good feels right
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We are now on Patreon.
We've been making titles we are extremely proud of for 10 years now, and we want to make sure we can stick around another 10. We hope that you enjoy the content and inside access that we’ll be providing here. Thank you so much for your support.
www.patreon.com/c/heartmachi...
We've been making titles we are extremely proud of for 10 years now, and we want to make sure we can stick around another 10. We hope that you enjoy the content and inside access that we’ll be providing here. Thank you so much for your support.
www.patreon.com/c/heartmachi...
Get more from Heart Machine on Patreon
Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators.
Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!
www.patreon.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
We are now on Patreon.
We've been making titles we are extremely proud of for 10 years now, and we want to make sure we can stick around another 10. We hope that you enjoy the content and inside access that we’ll be providing here. Thank you so much for your support.
www.patreon.com/c/heartmachi...
We've been making titles we are extremely proud of for 10 years now, and we want to make sure we can stick around another 10. We hope that you enjoy the content and inside access that we’ll be providing here. Thank you so much for your support.
www.patreon.com/c/heartmachi...
Finally took the time to learn how to take off my washer's front panel and discovered the lost sock dimension. TWENTY FIVE socks in there + underwear??
December 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Finally took the time to learn how to take off my washer's front panel and discovered the lost sock dimension. TWENTY FIVE socks in there + underwear??
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Today is the only day you can legally share this. Happy Almost Christmas
December 24, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Today is the only day you can legally share this. Happy Almost Christmas
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December 23, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Swen Vincke did what almost everyone should've done by now, at these awards shows... Calling out pretty much the entire industry for blindly chasing profit and forgetting we're making experiences.
The entire speech and wearing the ceasefire pin.
The entire speech and wearing the ceasefire pin.
I had to snip out my favourite moment from #TheGameAwards. @laratlarian.bsky.social's words echo the heart of every developer. The industry needs to listen.
We just want to make cool stuff for people.
#indiedev #gamedev
We just want to make cool stuff for people.
#indiedev #gamedev
December 13, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Swen Vincke did what almost everyone should've done by now, at these awards shows... Calling out pretty much the entire industry for blindly chasing profit and forgetting we're making experiences.
The entire speech and wearing the ceasefire pin.
The entire speech and wearing the ceasefire pin.
This year's #thegameawards were @jadanique.bsky.social and i's first ever award show!
That was wayy more fun than I expected ngl 🤩
And I appreciated that there were more sober takes on the state of the industry than I expected (0)
That was wayy more fun than I expected ngl 🤩
And I appreciated that there were more sober takes on the state of the industry than I expected (0)
December 13, 2024 at 5:43 AM
This year's #thegameawards were @jadanique.bsky.social and i's first ever award show!
That was wayy more fun than I expected ngl 🤩
And I appreciated that there were more sober takes on the state of the industry than I expected (0)
That was wayy more fun than I expected ngl 🤩
And I appreciated that there were more sober takes on the state of the industry than I expected (0)
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✨️Artists/Devs trying to break into the industry or affected by Layoffs!! Friendly reminder that Scholarships have OPENED to help folks get FREE🩷 FULL RIDES to the Game Developers Conference (i.e all or most expenses PAID travel, access to VIP events, etc.) - Doc in 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
✨️Artists/Devs trying to break into the industry or affected by Layoffs!! Friendly reminder that Scholarships have OPENED to help folks get FREE🩷 FULL RIDES to the Game Developers Conference (i.e all or most expenses PAID travel, access to VIP events, etc.) - Doc in 🧵
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THE NEWS IS OUT!! We'll officially be revealing our Early Access LAUNCH DATE✨️ During Day Of The Devs THIS WEDNESDAY!!! 💖💖💖
December 9, 2024 at 11:09 PM
THE NEWS IS OUT!! We'll officially be revealing our Early Access LAUNCH DATE✨️ During Day Of The Devs THIS WEDNESDAY!!! 💖💖💖
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Data management isn't a sexy aspect of gamedev to showcase but for a monster/ pet training game I feel like it's a backbone.
Here I'm showing storing values such as username, currency , generating pet objects with unique UID's , and adding objects to an inventory.
#unity3d #gamedev #indiedev
Here I'm showing storing values such as username, currency , generating pet objects with unique UID's , and adding objects to an inventory.
#unity3d #gamedev #indiedev
November 23, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring highlights about our recently released game, Crumble Party!
Thanks in advance for the feedback. We hope you enjoy this current version of the game and it engages your imagination.
Check it out via STEAM or on itch_io. 👇
#indiegame #blackgamedev
Thanks in advance for the feedback. We hope you enjoy this current version of the game and it engages your imagination.
Check it out via STEAM or on itch_io. 👇
#indiegame #blackgamedev
November 20, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring highlights about our recently released game, Crumble Party!
Thanks in advance for the feedback. We hope you enjoy this current version of the game and it engages your imagination.
Check it out via STEAM or on itch_io. 👇
#indiegame #blackgamedev
Thanks in advance for the feedback. We hope you enjoy this current version of the game and it engages your imagination.
Check it out via STEAM or on itch_io. 👇
#indiegame #blackgamedev
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Yes!! It's always an amazing time. If you love Day Of The Devs, or Alt. Ctrl. at GDC, you'll absolutely love this event💖
Los Angeles, come out to IndieCade this weekend! It's free! It's at the Music Center! It's always my favorite game event. www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Want to play games under the stars? The Music Center is turning into an outdoor arcade
IndieCade's Night Games returns to downtown's Music Center, bringing a host of unique and experimental games focused on communal play. And being silly.
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Yes!! It's always an amazing time. If you love Day Of The Devs, or Alt. Ctrl. at GDC, you'll absolutely love this event💖