PNW based musician 🎵 and game developer 🎮 // I spend most of my time putting away books // Disillusioned by national politics // josephenglish.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lu6uqbjay22gIt’s been a while since I posted on here. A lot has been going on and I’ve been really busy. I finished up school and now I’m in the process of getting my portfolio website together so I can start apply for junior dev jobs and internships. We’ll see how that goes. I also want to work on more games!17 Jul 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6uqbjay22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lkan4szxrs2qI saw Mickey 17 tonight. I loved it! It was weird in all the best ways. Had a lot surprising similarities to nausicaa of the valley of the wind13 Mar 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkan4szxrs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lk57jp7bzk25I can’t wait to be done with school so I can go back to making games in between job searching11 Mar 2025 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk57jp7bzk25https://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3likkmv5p722mSorry I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been in full school mode19 Feb 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3likkmv5p722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3li5subqqt22zHappy Valentine’s Day yall14 Feb 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5subqqt22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lgk25dyk622pI’ll get more into it when I post the clip, but what I like about the theme for this jam (bubble) is it made me create something I wouldn’t have even considered otherwise.25 Jan 2025 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgk25dyk622phttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lgjzyxtiok2pI have the beginnings of my Global Game Jam project! I’ll post a clip when I get home. It’s very much in early stages but I got what was probably the most complicated feature sorted out so from here it’s just building the game around that25 Jan 2025 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjzyxtiok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lgjsm7fhak2pThe theme is Bubbles!25 Jan 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjsm7fhak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lgh5n6zlxc2aIt’s been a minute since I posted on here, I’ve just been super busy with school. Tomorrow my school is hosting an in person game jam, so I’m super excited to go to that. I’ll definitely post screenshots of whatever I end up making so stay tuned!24 Jan 2025 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgh5n6zlxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lfyq3yofa226My college is hosting a game jam next weekend so that’ll be fun. The point is collaboration so I hope I can find some folks that are fun to work with and we can make something cool!18 Jan 2025 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfyq3yofa226https://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lft23tyma22kI’d like a cute girlfriend please16 Jan 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lft23tyma22khttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lf4izjkay224School has started up again, so I’m going to be pretty busy. But I plan on continuing development of all of my game projects as I find time so I’ll post about them as I have more to show!07 Jan 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf4izjkay224https://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lezpgksudk2yLast night I won my first gold stake balatro run05 Jan 2025 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lezpgksudk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lenpnzbhhc2jHappy new year almost! Gonna be doing a new years murder mystery tonight so that should be fun01 Jan 2025 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenpnzbhhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3leibo2ezjc22Sigh I really need to get my life in order30 Dec 2024 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3leibo2ezjc22https://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lefkr5ds4s2yWe took a family photo today and I’m violently reminded of how much I don’t like how I look in pictures28 Dec 2024 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lefkr5ds4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3lea77mgh4s2mI love seeing trans people living their best life. It’s scary and disappointing how intolerant and conservative the US has become, but when I see a trans person on social media absolutely killing it I get hopeful.26 Dec 2024 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lea77mgh4s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3le5j4t6w222jMerry Christmas to all who celebrate! 🎄🎁25 Dec 2024 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5j4t6w222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3le4c4nzvvk2jI’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History was one of my favorite anime this season. I hope it gets a second season sooner rather than later25 Dec 2024 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4c4nzvvk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3le2ex2pjas2xI stayed up until 4am playing Balatro…24 Dec 2024 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2ex2pjas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldscxda4ic2rI've made a few masocore platformers in the last few years, but this adventure game might be the meanest thing I've made yet.21 Dec 2024 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldscxda4ic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldphjarzik2nI’ve been having kind of an internal crisis about my current project. Unlike most games I’ve made there’s no core gameplay loop because it’s essentially an adventure game. The gameplay is all about exploring, solving puzzles and talking to npcs. There’s no one main mechanic tying it all together.20 Dec 2024 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldphjarzik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldkpwtubhc2rI didn't work on A Lone Match in a Darkened Room the last two days, but I think I got some good progress in tonight! Nothing really visual though, so I can't really post much. But I'm excited for this project!18 Dec 2024 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkpwtubhc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldd6ipny7s2rHere is a sneak peak at my next game: A Lone Match in a Darkened Room. It is a story-based, puzzle rogue-like where you have two in game hours learn why you are here and to make your escape. I'm currently only a few days into development but I'm very excited for this project.15 Dec 2024 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldd6ipny7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldd6ipny7s2rHere is a sneak peak at my next game: A Lone Match in a Darkened Room. It is a story-based, puzzle rogue-like where you have two in game hours learn why you are here and to make your escape. I'm currently only a few days into development but I'm very excited for this project.15 Dec 2024 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldd6ipny7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldd2nstpac2xI’m going to be able to show some of the game I’m making soon! Hopefully tonight I can show off the logo and a screenshot.15 Dec 2024 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldd2nstpac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/musicjre.bsky.social/post/3ldauokzcrs2xA Lone Match in a Darkened Room14 Dec 2024 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:7qpaltc5thnbxtbdgfw3cdyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldauokzcrs2x