Gaming has been one of my oldest hobbies. I've always enjoyed games that employ you to solve puzzles and problems in real time, such as Plants Vs Zombies, as well as games like Balatro, which requires you to make quick calculations in real time and plan accordingly in a very dynamic environment.
My favourite games tend to be games like Little King's Story or Pikmin, which require real-time and long-term strategizing, managing teams to achieve a greater long-term objective.
As of writing this, the game I've had the most focus on is Balatro, modding it and gaining much more experience in languages like Lua and HTML.
Programming has always been the canvas for my creativity, with the web apps, games, and mods I've developed over the years. I've mainly focused on languages like C# and Lua lately, though I started with things like HTML and MIPS Assembly, eventually moving onto later things like Python, Java, JavaScript, and the like.
Currently, I act as an indie game developer. I develop PC and mobile games, and mod video games, though my mods are the most prominent due to their lessened development requirements. As mentioned above, I've mainly been working on Balatro as of late, making mods and other managers to handle things like mods and modpacks and whatnot.
Honours in Mathematics is my current major in university (started Sept. 2024), though I've been studying university-level mathematics long before my enrollment, just for fun or otherwise.
Currently, I'm studying and enjoying Topology and Complex Manifolds, but I've had a strong interest in fields like Category Theory and Galois Theory for quite a while.
My favourite number is i. It's the start of when we began to truly reach out and understand mathematics on a deeper level.
Photon Mod Manager is a web-based Balatro mod manager wherein you can upload mods to the platform (with verifiable consent of the owner), with support for tags and likes, then browse the listed mods and rate your favourites.
The website has all of its data easy-to-access for APIs and other software so that you can access all the necessary static information about a mod whenever you want!
There are plans to add an in-game version to Balatro via Steamodded, and the website is currently structured around having all necessary info for that easy-to-access and available.
Photon Auto-Updater is a Balatro mod extension on PC that allows for quick, efficient, and autonomous updating of any mod. It activates on game launch, and is compatible with almost every mod.
While it does not have an individual page yet, we're hoping to implement it directly in Steamodded itself to further optimize its usage. (If you want to view the current version of the code, it can be found here. You can ignore that it's in the directory of one of my other mods; it's entirely independent of that mod.)
JoJo Mod is a mod for Balatro that adds 45 new Jokers based on characters from the anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, with many more planned to come.
As well as that, there are 29 new items, as well as multiple modifiers to help spice up the game. Many new mechanics are introduced, and it should make the game more varied and fun.
Lots of effort was put into balancing and tweaking each Joker so that their mechanics were unique, non-overlapping, and balanced, and it's gotten positive reviews from the community we've grown as a result.
While these are just the most recent projects I've been working on, you'll have to wait and see when this website updates if you want to see more.
Otherwise, you can always check on my GitHub page for any future projects I start. I'll likely put them there, first.
Given that, I wouldn't stay away too long; I might upload something cool!
Money has been tight, and studies intense, so my development speed might speed up if those get lighter. My Ko-Fi page is right there if you want to support me and make sure my projects get out there faster, and with utmost quality.