johnventions
johnventions.bsky.social
johnventions
@johnventions.bsky.social
Chicago software dev.
Electronics. Theme parks. Muppets.
Just got here 🙃
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I unfortunately have less than a month to find a new job before my contract ends.

If anyone knows someone hiring for Marketing, Content Programming or just needs a nerdy consultant with 10+ years of experience, send them my way!
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've been nostalgic for late 90s greeting card software, so I'm building a game concept that recreates that feel with authentic old-school clip-art

#pixijs #gamedev @pixijs.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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if you boil any sport down to its barest essentials you just re-invent tag.

Baseball? Tag, the person with the ball is "it" and that's why the batter tries to hit the ball as far as possible.

Football? Tag, whole defensive line is "it."

Water polo? wet tag. Fencing? Pointy tag.
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Mini Game #2 is... Feed That Bunny!
Drag and Drop to pull the carrot out of the ground and feed it to the bunny. Trust me, she's really hungry.
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The games provide a fun break between looking for clues. My rules for the games are:
- Must fit the theme: "Easter / Spring"
- Easy / No losing (target age 4 to 10)
- Touch screen focused (assume playing on iPad)

The first game is "Eat The Chocolate Bunny". Taps on the screen take a bite out of it
April 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
First post alert! My project for this month is a site that generates an Easter Scavenger hunt and turns it into a web game for your kids. Between each scavenger hunt clue will be a fun HTML5 game. Not yet released, but building with @vuejs.org and @pixijs.com

#VueJs #PixiJs #WebDev
April 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Was listening to a Ludology ep about escape rooms and don't have paper handy so just gonna free-associate a thread of thoughts on a Mario escape room
March 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM