Hi!
I'm pancelor, and I make games! I like puzzle games, roguelikes, necrodancer, pico-8, and coding. Other stuff too, probably!
You've somehow wandered into my portfolio/blog -- welcome! I hope you find something of interest here. I like meeting new people, and I'll happily talk to you about the things I find interesting :)
Read a bit about my projects here, or go directly to my itch page to play some games.
New Portfolio
I've been making a new portfolio page that's much easier for me to keep up-to-date, check it out for a full list of my projects.
The rest of this page is a bit out-of-date, but I'm leaving it as-is for now.
Major Projects
Out of all the projects showcased on this page, these are my favorite:
Inbox Unbox
A worryingly recursive puzzle game about pushing boxes into other boxes. Rearrange the structure of the world itself to forge a path to the exit!
linecook
A frantic arcade game about feeding birds from conveyor belts (very normal).
(detailed blog post inside!)
Elephant In A Bottle
A puzzle game
Paint Everything Everywhere!
A satisfying puzzle game about painting a large number of things in a large number of places
Tetris Clone
An exercise to see how hard it is to actually finish a game. (spoiler: it's hard)
(detailed blog post inside!)
Escalator World
An exercise in polishing all the ancillary aspects of a game.
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Variety Mega Jam 2020
I made 10 games in 10 days!
FreeCell 1K
FreeCell in <1024 characters of code
WHATASAVINGS
A custom necrodancer puzzle dungeon
Ocelot Safari
Retrieve the lost gemstone of Tezcatlipoca. My LD48 entry.
Monster Mash
A cute game about getting ready for a monster party.
Guided Sock Meditation
A puzzle game about matching socks.
VelociCorp Warehouses
A short puzzle game for Ludum Dare 49.
SPACESHARKKILLER2000
A game made in an hour, and an investigation of an incredible glitch.
Software Renderer
A hand-written 3D renderer! It doesn't use the GPU at all; instead it does fast (integer-only) math to rasterize triangles to the screen, one pixel at a time.
Fishy
A game written in only 560 characters!
Raccoon Tweetcarts
Two animations, made in <280 characters of code
TweetTweetJam 6
4~5 games in <560 characters!
Purple Gun Game
An exercise in getting a game running on the Windows API (no SDL2 or other libraries) and adding some cool features (like code hot-reloading!)
Crypt of the NecroDecorator
A game about decorating an inn to remind the visiting monsters of home.
Upgo
A little Spelunky-inspired game. This was mainly an exercise in making a platformer with good game-feel (coyote frames, etc)
PuzzleScript Level Select
I added a level select screen to the PuzzleScript engine.
Too Many Daves
A time travel puzzle game. My GMTK2021 entry.
Hexringer
A recreation (with a twist!) of a boss from Crypt of the NecroDancer.
Worms Tweetcart
A fun little animation, written as a pico-8 cartridge that fits inside a tweet.
PICO-8 rnd() Bug
A deep dive into pico-8 internals!
Coming Soon!
These are projects that I want to write about but haven't found the time for yet:
Minotaur Lore
A custom puzzle dungeon for Crypt of the NecroDancer, designed to teach players one very specific aspect of minotaur AI.
Puzzle Primer
How to think about puzzle games, for beginners
Memory Jam
Make a game inspired by your earliest memories of making games!
Skewdence
A simple, fun mod for Crypt of the NecroDancer.