james martini
@jamesmartini.me
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solo game dev on byte: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/BYTE/
randy johnson enthusiast
solo game dev on byte: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/BYTE/
randy johnson enthusiast
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james martini
@jamesmartini.me
· Oct 6
Save 25% on BYTE on Steam
To live for all eternity is hard. To love for all eternity is even harder. You play as Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent, completing work tasks while exploring the castle, speaking with its...
store.steampowered.com
PLAY BYTE NOOWWWW
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
I’ve been trying a few different things at once but for a few different projects I want to work on i want to recreate Portland’s Pearl District in game form. So far I have a little pretty corner in progress
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I’ve been trying a few different things at once but for a few different projects I want to work on i want to recreate Portland’s Pearl District in game form. So far I have a little pretty corner in progress
It’s not on sale because it launched less than a month ago but byte’s in the Steam Scream 4 Fest right now!! You might see it buried in the rpg tags as you’re searching for cool new things to play 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
BYTE on Steam
To live for all eternity is hard. To love for all eternity is even harder. You play as Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent, completing work tasks while exploring the castle, speaking with its...
store.steampowered.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s not on sale because it launched less than a month ago but byte’s in the Steam Scream 4 Fest right now!! You might see it buried in the rpg tags as you’re searching for cool new things to play 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
Just got the email that byte is officially Steam Deck verified!! You can now officially trust that byte will run with full functionality on the go 🏃♀️
#indiedev #steamdeck #indiehorror
#indiedev #steamdeck #indiehorror
October 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just got the email that byte is officially Steam Deck verified!! You can now officially trust that byte will run with full functionality on the go 🏃♀️
#indiedev #steamdeck #indiehorror
#indiedev #steamdeck #indiehorror
byte’s out now(🧛♀️) but there are lots of punk movies I never got to so here are my letterboxd reviews of four final certified punk! classics™️
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000, show)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Linda Linda Linda (2005)
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000, show)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Linda Linda Linda (2005)
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
byte’s out now(🧛♀️) but there are lots of punk movies I never got to so here are my letterboxd reviews of four final certified punk! classics™️
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000, show)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Linda Linda Linda (2005)
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000, show)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Linda Linda Linda (2005)
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
PLAY BYTE NOOWWWW
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
Save 25% on BYTE on Steam
To live for all eternity is hard. To love for all eternity is even harder. You play as Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent, completing work tasks while exploring the castle, speaking with its...
store.steampowered.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
PLAY BYTE NOOWWWW
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
At long last BYTE is out now on Steam for you to buy, download, and play at will!!!
#byte #indiedev #indiehorror
store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/...
Day 5(!!!!!) of waiting for steam to respond to me. today you should watch hackers. It’s maybe the most famous punk movie and it’s awesome. Just wall to wall 90s hacker names and rollerblades
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Day 5(!!!!!) of waiting for steam to respond to me. today you should watch hackers. It’s maybe the most famous punk movie and it’s awesome. Just wall to wall 90s hacker names and rollerblades
Day 4 today’s movie is slc punk. it’s my favorite punk movie and one of my all-time favorite movies. this typically gets a little underrated in punk movie rankings because it starts out with the usual punk movie absurdity but ends shockingly honestly and seriously. I love the ending tho
October 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 4 today’s movie is slc punk. it’s my favorite punk movie and one of my all-time favorite movies. this typically gets a little underrated in punk movie rankings because it starts out with the usual punk movie absurdity but ends shockingly honestly and seriously. I love the ending tho
Day 3 of not being able to release byte until Steam gets back to me. Today you should watch brass knuckle boys. It’s written AND directed by the great Kankuro Kudo and it understands 21st century punk on a level I haven’t seen anywhere else (except other Kudo works)
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Day 3 of not being able to release byte until Steam gets back to me. Today you should watch brass knuckle boys. It’s written AND directed by the great Kankuro Kudo and it understands 21st century punk on a level I haven’t seen anywhere else (except other Kudo works)
Still no response from Steam support so instead I’ll just post about punk movies I’ve been watching lately until byte is out. This image is from wild zero, a 1999 zombie movie that is mostly an excuse for Japanese noise rock band guitar wolf to break stuff and scream about the power of rock and roll
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Still no response from Steam support so instead I’ll just post about punk movies I’ve been watching lately until byte is out. This image is from wild zero, a 1999 zombie movie that is mostly an excuse for Japanese noise rock band guitar wolf to break stuff and scream about the power of rock and roll
Steam still has not gotten back to me about the error (bug?) blocking me from releasing byte so I’m choosing to follow the wise words of my hero guitar wolf and believe in rock and roll in order to get this game out there
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Steam still has not gotten back to me about the error (bug?) blocking me from releasing byte so I’m choosing to follow the wise words of my hero guitar wolf and believe in rock and roll in order to get this game out there
Actively trying to release byte but steam is just throwing an error and their support team hasn’t gotten back to me. promise the game is coming out imminently, but steam is not making it easy
October 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Actively trying to release byte but steam is just throwing an error and their support team hasn’t gotten back to me. promise the game is coming out imminently, but steam is not making it easy
byte comes out in two days!! as part of a retrospective exercise, I wrote a little (kinda big) blog post about how byte came to be, what it is, and how I feel about it if you want to see more behind the scenes of the game
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
byte comes out in two days!! as part of a retrospective exercise, I wrote a little (kinda big) blog post about how byte came to be, what it is, and how I feel about it if you want to see more behind the scenes of the game
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
finally got around to releasing the little (big) substack post I wrote a couple months ago about skateboarding games and how much they all annoy me
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
Book Club Issue #3: Session: Skate Sim
Full title, "Session: Skate Sim reminds me that video games are a corporate shithole cosplaying as art", but that's kinda long
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
finally got around to releasing the little (big) substack post I wrote a couple months ago about skateboarding games and how much they all annoy me
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmar...
Back in 2018 I wrote a concept for a twenty one pilots fan game based on the Trench story. Over the years that merged with other ideas to become BYTE, so it’s surreal that their “conclusion” to the trench story released three weeks before BYTE. A real full circle moment for me. Good album too |-/
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Back in 2018 I wrote a concept for a twenty one pilots fan game based on the Trench story. Over the years that merged with other ideas to become BYTE, so it’s surreal that their “conclusion” to the trench story released three weeks before BYTE. A real full circle moment for me. Good album too |-/
still avoiding looking at the internet because that’s where the true horrors lie but popping back in to say that byte releases in one month from today!!! I’ll be posting more updates and info this month but for now enjoy 180p Jonathan thanks to the new resolution settings 👾🧛♀️👾
#indiedev #indiehorror
#indiedev #indiehorror
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
still avoiding looking at the internet because that’s where the true horrors lie but popping back in to say that byte releases in one month from today!!! I’ll be posting more updates and info this month but for now enjoy 180p Jonathan thanks to the new resolution settings 👾🧛♀️👾
#indiedev #indiehorror
#indiedev #indiehorror
I’m a little late on the announcement but BYTE is live on the Tiny Teams showcase right now!! Check it out here!!!
#tinyteams2025
www.youtube.com/live/YjiXD3o...
#tinyteams2025
www.youtube.com/live/YjiXD3o...
Chill Games with Gee & Boba | Tiny Teams 2025
YouTube video by The Yogscast
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August 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m a little late on the announcement but BYTE is live on the Tiny Teams showcase right now!! Check it out here!!!
#tinyteams2025
www.youtube.com/live/YjiXD3o...
#tinyteams2025
www.youtube.com/live/YjiXD3o...
Check out BYTE (and all the other cool games) in Tiny Teams right now!!! 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
#tinyteams2025
#tinyteams2025
🎮 Tiny Teams 2025 is now on! 🎮
Check out this delightful smorgasbord of curated indie gems right here: store.steampowered.com/sale/TinyTea...
Check out this delightful smorgasbord of curated indie gems right here: store.steampowered.com/sale/TinyTea...
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Check out BYTE (and all the other cool games) in Tiny Teams right now!!! 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
#tinyteams2025
#tinyteams2025
I’ve been busy not being online lately but I’m super excited to share that BYTE is going to be included in this week’s @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social Steam event from August 7th-14th!! Stay tuned for a new demo update and keep an eye on the official streams to see BYTE in action 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
#tinyteams2025
#tinyteams2025
August 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’ve been busy not being online lately but I’m super excited to share that BYTE is going to be included in this week’s @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social Steam event from August 7th-14th!! Stay tuned for a new demo update and keep an eye on the official streams to see BYTE in action 🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
#tinyteams2025
#tinyteams2025
They said you can’t write emails, Harker.
They said you have no charisma, Harker.
They said you can’t buy a property, Harker.
They said you’ll never make it in NYC, Harker.
How will you respond, Harker?
Help Jonathan prove the haters wrong in BYTE’s demo right now: s.team/a/2946750/
They said you have no charisma, Harker.
They said you can’t buy a property, Harker.
They said you’ll never make it in NYC, Harker.
How will you respond, Harker?
Help Jonathan prove the haters wrong in BYTE’s demo right now: s.team/a/2946750/
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They said you can’t write emails, Harker.
They said you have no charisma, Harker.
They said you can’t buy a property, Harker.
They said you’ll never make it in NYC, Harker.
How will you respond, Harker?
Help Jonathan prove the haters wrong in BYTE’s demo right now: s.team/a/2946750/
They said you have no charisma, Harker.
They said you can’t buy a property, Harker.
They said you’ll never make it in NYC, Harker.
How will you respond, Harker?
Help Jonathan prove the haters wrong in BYTE’s demo right now: s.team/a/2946750/
It’s breakfast time, let's all gather around Nyssa to bless our meal.
Uh…..oh…..uh…..okay.
I guess that was nice…
BYTE demo available on Steam now! s.team/a/2946750/
#IndieGame #IndieHorror
Uh…..oh…..uh…..okay.
I guess that was nice…
BYTE demo available on Steam now! s.team/a/2946750/
#IndieGame #IndieHorror
June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s breakfast time, let's all gather around Nyssa to bless our meal.
Uh…..oh…..uh…..okay.
I guess that was nice…
BYTE demo available on Steam now! s.team/a/2946750/
#IndieGame #IndieHorror
Uh…..oh…..uh…..okay.
I guess that was nice…
BYTE demo available on Steam now! s.team/a/2946750/
#IndieGame #IndieHorror
BYTE is in this month’s Next Fest with a new demo that showcases some brand new FMV!
I shot all the videos in Oregon recently and they’re used in addition to 3D diorama scenes in some of the game’s cutscenes. Take a look here and check it all out in the demo now!
#indiegame
s.team/a/2946750/
I shot all the videos in Oregon recently and they’re used in addition to 3D diorama scenes in some of the game’s cutscenes. Take a look here and check it all out in the demo now!
#indiegame
s.team/a/2946750/
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
BYTE is in this month’s Next Fest with a new demo that showcases some brand new FMV!
I shot all the videos in Oregon recently and they’re used in addition to 3D diorama scenes in some of the game’s cutscenes. Take a look here and check it all out in the demo now!
#indiegame
s.team/a/2946750/
I shot all the videos in Oregon recently and they’re used in addition to 3D diorama scenes in some of the game’s cutscenes. Take a look here and check it all out in the demo now!
#indiegame
s.team/a/2946750/
Steam Next Fest officially starts today and BYTE’s demo is out and ready to go!
And it’s official! BYTE’s full release will happen on October 1st. Check the game out and stay tuned for more updates as we approach release! 🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
s.team/a/2946750/
#indiegame #indiehorror
And it’s official! BYTE’s full release will happen on October 1st. Check the game out and stay tuned for more updates as we approach release! 🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
s.team/a/2946750/
#indiegame #indiehorror
BYTE on Steam
To live for all eternity is hard. To love for all eternity is even harder.You play as Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent, completing work tasks while exploring the castle, speaking with its ...
s.team
June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Steam Next Fest officially starts today and BYTE’s demo is out and ready to go!
And it’s official! BYTE’s full release will happen on October 1st. Check the game out and stay tuned for more updates as we approach release! 🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
s.team/a/2946750/
#indiegame #indiehorror
And it’s official! BYTE’s full release will happen on October 1st. Check the game out and stay tuned for more updates as we approach release! 🩸🧛♀️🩸🧛♀️
s.team/a/2946750/
#indiegame #indiehorror
Reposted by james martini
Wishlisting is free — but for a dev, it’s fuel.
A wishlist isn’t just a ‘maybe later.’ For a lot of indies, it’s the difference between visibility and obscurity. If you’re even a little curious, hit that button.
A wishlist isn’t just a ‘maybe later.’ For a lot of indies, it’s the difference between visibility and obscurity. If you’re even a little curious, hit that button.
June 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wishlisting is free — but for a dev, it’s fuel.
A wishlist isn’t just a ‘maybe later.’ For a lot of indies, it’s the difference between visibility and obscurity. If you’re even a little curious, hit that button.
A wishlist isn’t just a ‘maybe later.’ For a lot of indies, it’s the difference between visibility and obscurity. If you’re even a little curious, hit that button.
Reposted by james martini
Truly yesterday's "main event" was spiritual poison. An absolute donkey nuts excuse for a "AAA" showcase and the best excuse we have for simply scuttling this whole fucking project and burying it in the Mojave Desert.
noescapevg.com/summer-geoff...
noescapevg.com/summer-geoff...
Summer Geoff Fest #4: What a Shitshow
Look, I’ll just say it so nobody else has to: no one goes into the Summer Game Fest presentation truly believing that it’s a heartfelt celebration of the art, craft and hobby of video g…
noescapevg.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Truly yesterday's "main event" was spiritual poison. An absolute donkey nuts excuse for a "AAA" showcase and the best excuse we have for simply scuttling this whole fucking project and burying it in the Mojave Desert.
noescapevg.com/summer-geoff...
noescapevg.com/summer-geoff...
Reposted by james martini
#PitchYaGame - 'Vignettes: The Dream City'
LSD: Dream Emulator crossed with a mix of King's Field and Fear & Hunger.
Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?
LSD: Dream Emulator crossed with a mix of King's Field and Fear & Hunger.
Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#PitchYaGame - 'Vignettes: The Dream City'
LSD: Dream Emulator crossed with a mix of King's Field and Fear & Hunger.
Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?
LSD: Dream Emulator crossed with a mix of King's Field and Fear & Hunger.
Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?