G'day! I'm Jason Hutchens.

I'm an engineer specialising in research, AI, startups, web development and game design.
I ❤️ C and Ruby, and have also worked professionally with Python, C++ and the two Javas.
I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett and They Might Be Giants 😀
Working on interesting things 100% remotely from Perth, Western Australia.

Selected Projects

This is a sampling of mostly hobby projects I've worked on over my ~30-year career.

A cellular automata game creation tool!

Lazybones

The simple password solution for everybody.

Sesame

Charts, SVG badges, CSV export and JSON API for the Johns Hopkins CSSE Coronavirus / COVID-19 dataset.

Corona

A local multiplayer 'cave flyer' party game

Gravitas

Discover how unique you really are.

Statistical Me

A cellular automata game engine.

hackTILE

Control light and music with your hands.

Aruma Room

A game of deception.

Bogus Quest

An entry to the one-key / one-switch comp on Retro Remakes.

Quantum Light Cycles

Black & White is a god video game developed by Lionhead Studios.

Black & White

A browser for the markdown-only indie web!

Vertext

A learning chatterbot.

MegaHAL

Just a bot solving the daily wordle.

Le Word Bot

A machine-generated novel for NaNoGenMo.

Insoluble

A novel text input method for use with game controllers.

d-Board

A massively single-player infinite runner.

Laggy Dash

An Australia-wide visualisation of government data.

National Eyeball

Four dwarves, one controller.

Dwarf Squad

A game inspired by the pause mode of Jeff Minter's Iridis Alpha.

Refrax

L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi.

L.A. Noire

A daily word puzzle game!

Rhyme+Reason

A not-quite-proof-of-concept implementation of QDD.

Canard

A procedurally generated database of everyday things.

rnDB

Great answers to interesting questions about everything

FAQoverflow

A fast-paced retro 2.5D dual-stick arena shooter.

BLaTTiX

Use your black mirror to rate all the things.

Nosedive

A ragdol rhythym action game made for #GGJ17.

RockVomit

Build a single brown cloud by collecting and spitting clouds of different colours.

Brown Cloud

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Soduku Sweeper

Interzone Futebol is a massively multiplayer online game centered on futebol.

Interzone Futebol