Jake Ouellette
@jakeout.com
Work: Eng @ Google, formerly Twitter, works on tools for developers (Firebase)
Hobbies: Indie game dev: (https://jakeout.itch.io), drawing comics (http://drawblanks.com) & more: https://jakeout.com/about
Hobbies: Indie game dev: (https://jakeout.itch.io), drawing comics (http://drawblanks.com) & more: https://jakeout.com/about
It's ZZT's 35th birthday,
I got back into making games in it recently as a hobby (bottom right game is mine!) -- but, it's what got me into coding.
ZZT, tools like Scratch, Minecraft mods even, all fill a place in my heart, for giving people, esp kids, a chance to tell stories with code.
I got back into making games in it recently as a hobby (bottom right game is mine!) -- but, it's what got me into coding.
ZZT, tools like Scratch, Minecraft mods even, all fill a place in my heart, for giving people, esp kids, a chance to tell stories with code.
Happy 35th birthday ZZT!
Thank you for showing us that anyone can make a game
Thank you for showing us that anyone can make a game
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It's ZZT's 35th birthday,
I got back into making games in it recently as a hobby (bottom right game is mine!) -- but, it's what got me into coding.
ZZT, tools like Scratch, Minecraft mods even, all fill a place in my heart, for giving people, esp kids, a chance to tell stories with code.
I got back into making games in it recently as a hobby (bottom right game is mine!) -- but, it's what got me into coding.
ZZT, tools like Scratch, Minecraft mods even, all fill a place in my heart, for giving people, esp kids, a chance to tell stories with code.
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This answers the question no one had previously thought to ask, “what would have happened if you gave prime Hunter S Thompson Claude Code”
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This answers the question no one had previously thought to ask, “what would have happened if you gave prime Hunter S Thompson Claude Code”
Happy #dosember! I made a textmode (ZZT) game, jakeout.itch.io/botdown, for a dos-themed game jam, inspired by that old flash game "motherload".
Kudos to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the jam. Lots more folks are also streaming old-school games if you're feeling nostalgic, at dosember.com
Kudos to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the jam. Lots more folks are also streaming old-school games if you're feeling nostalgic, at dosember.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy #dosember! I made a textmode (ZZT) game, jakeout.itch.io/botdown, for a dos-themed game jam, inspired by that old flash game "motherload".
Kudos to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the jam. Lots more folks are also streaming old-school games if you're feeling nostalgic, at dosember.com
Kudos to @emmfoolery.bsky.social for organizing the jam. Lots more folks are also streaming old-school games if you're feeling nostalgic, at dosember.com
Reposted by Jake Ouellette
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Sharing @jay.bsky.team's discourse over the last few days, feeling disappointed.
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sharing @jay.bsky.team's discourse over the last few days, feeling disappointed.
yikes
WAFFLES
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
yikes
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forgot to actually post about this whoops. i've released my entry to the #FallingBlockJam, in which I believe I have incurred the wrath of God for my crimes.
introducing Project Omni, the *other* kind of game jam:
itch.io/jam/falling-...
introducing Project Omni, the *other* kind of game jam:
itch.io/jam/falling-...
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
forgot to actually post about this whoops. i've released my entry to the #FallingBlockJam, in which I believe I have incurred the wrath of God for my crimes.
introducing Project Omni, the *other* kind of game jam:
itch.io/jam/falling-...
introducing Project Omni, the *other* kind of game jam:
itch.io/jam/falling-...