Music teacher and sound engineer turned computer scientist, my videogames are focused on the human experience. Though a bit sad or silly, I push to craft something serene and sincere.
Part organizational dating-sim, part flower-trimming puzzle. We accompany Nema getting ready for her nightly dates. With an eye for the procrustean we help Nema tidy up the space to be judged by her guest and hopefully make a killer impression! A light game about the hard things we go through and the dark art of tidying up.
Role: Code / Design / Sound (2-person team)
Cozy psychological horror about Nema, her secret, and the ritual of tending flowers.
Role: Code / Design / Sound (2-person team)
Just remember: love is hard.
Third-person narrative road trip about driving, talking, and listening to music on the way home.
Role: Coder / Designer (4-person team)
Sightless 2D platformer that navigates via sound and NPC directions.
Role: Solo developer
Additional experiments, prototypes, and short-form work.
A walking sim about working for Ego Vacations, a vacation simulation company. The Batavia is a lonely ship, just you and a thousand souls plugged into simulations. You need to find out how to reboot the system, even if there is something else here.
Solo developed • 5-10 min • Features a secret dream level with a monologue about technology, isolationism, and the ever-increasing gap between us
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A physics videogame about life, loss, and chopping wood. Three of the most heart-wrenching moments of heartbreak from my life. The idea that happiness was never part of my family tree, and that exercising self-worth is hard in a world that tells you you're too sharp, too loud, too much.
Solo developed • 9 min with voiceover • Chop wood, stack wood, maybe chop down the ties of self-sabotage
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11 weekly prototypes from NYU Prototype Studio. A wide variety of explorations - text adventures, physics toys, 3D environments, naval strategy, emotional vignettes, abstract interactions. Each one built in a week, each one a different question.
Solo developed • One per week • Fall 2025
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Surveillance game for Playdate. 50 buildings, 8 districts, "The Architect" conspiracy. All procedural graphics, crank mechanics.
Solo developed • 400×240, 1-bit • 50 levels, full story arc
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A game engine built in C++20 and Vulkan. PBR renderer with ray tracing, ECS architecture, full editor, Jolt Physics and Box2D backends, AngelScript and visual scripting, shader graph, procedural generation, and HTML5 export.
Solo developed • C++20 / Vulkan 1.3 • BSL 1.1
Explore → Technical Analysis → Documentation →
A videogame design text built on a framework of Gesture + Aesthetic Heritage. Gesture is the surface area of contact between player and videogame - everything happening when a videogame is being played. Aesthetic Heritage traces where those design choices come from. Together, they give us a way to understand videogames as their own medium and uplift what makes them powerful.
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Browser-based pixel art editor for Playdate's 400×240 1-bit display. Layers, dithering, animation, undo/redo, C code export.
Solo developed • Single HTML file • No dependencies
Open Draw Tool →Academic writing, technical breakdowns, and videogame commentary.
A study in blind videogames and alternate design theory. How do we craft meaningful experiences outside of the visual component?
Read Whitepaper →Essays on videogame design, technical breakdowns, and commentary on the medium.
Hi there! I'm Marty, a computer scientist, videogame developer, and musician who loves old, new, and future technologies.
I try to make videogames about the human experience: the surreal, serene, and sincere. I'm infinitely interested in what is to come for the medium of videogames.
My accessibility work isn't just about disability. It's about accessibility of concepts, accessibility of art, accessibility of design itself. I love diving into design challenges that require rigor.
I also make music as Bear Gatsby: DIY synth bedroom indie rock, a bit avant-garde, and some chiptune.
