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james martini
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solo game dev on byte: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946750/BYTE/

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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
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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
A screenshot of the Steam admin page showing that byte is completely Steam Deck verified
October 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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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)
Letterboxd review of ikebukuro west gate park that reads “just a cool show about boys hanging out in a bathhouse and then a park and then a bathhouse again and then getting into gang wars because a goth ballerina decides they aren’t doing enough crime and then they kiss” Letterboxd review of Repo Man that says the movies tag line, “it’s 4 am. Do you know where your car is?” but all the letters are equally spaced one space apart Letterboxd review of Linda Linda Linda that reads “just a wonderful delightful movie truly as fun as it gets” Letterboxed review of velvet goldmine that reads “david bowie x iggy pop fanfiction with full frontal ewan mcgregor nudity”
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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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
movie poster for hackers
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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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
movie poster for slc punk
October 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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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)
Poster for brass knuckle boys. It has the main character, Kanna, with a lollipop in her mouth and the faces of the four band members of brass knuckle boys stamped on her face
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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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
Movie poster for Wild Zero (1999), featuring the three members of Guitar Wolf
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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
An image of guitar wolf, from the band guitar wolf, in the movie wild zero, saying “Believe in rock’n’roll!”
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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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 |-/
The album cover for twenty one pilots’ new album “Breach”, from the Digital Remains version
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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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
an EXTREMELY low resolution image of the chapel in byte where Jonathan is just barely recognizable from the eight pixels that compose his tie
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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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
The official Tiny Teams selection key art for BYTE
August 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Very thrilled to get to use one of my favorite sports copypastas for this one. Who is Jonathan Harker if not the lebron of real estate anyway?
The meme from @BronMuse on twitter that involves variations of the phrase “They said you’re washed 6” and ending with “How will you respond 6” and a picture of lebron james
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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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/
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I’ve got my game, BYTE, in next fest right now! It’s a persona-inspired tactics-rpg/visual novel based on Dracula 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️

s.team/a/2946750/
June 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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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
June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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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/
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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It’s #PitchYaGame time!! In BYTE, take the role of Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent as you work with the Count and investigate ominous events in the castle

BYTE’s a game about fear and desire.

Experience the gripping visual novel story and tactics combat in the demo right now!
June 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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got some new screenshots for byte’s Steam page 📸📸
#indiedev #indiehorror
And image of Count Dracula with the text “Through the Count’s concern I felt a hiss in his voice, like a snake reaching out and licking Arthur, checking his taste” An image of Van Helsing on a cliff in the rain, holding a severed head up in the air The fair bride leaning over Jonathan, saying “His love devours wholly. So does hers.” Mermaid sitting atop a rock saying to the player, “Good girl.”
June 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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here’s a little 45-second preview of the videos I shot in oregon for byte. They’ll be available to see in my next fest demo next week 🎥🩸🎥❤️🎥
June 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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haven’t checked out BYTE’s demo yet? It’s on Steam’s homepage right now as part of the Games in NY Steam event!
BYTE in the demos carousel for the Games in NY Steam event alongside Demon Tides, Banned Together, Brass Lament, and Tough Love Arena
May 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Have been catching up on emails and wanted to share that BYTE’s demo was selected to be a part of @nyugamecenter.bsky.social’s upcoming Games in New York Steam sale! It runs from 5/29-5/31 and will feature tons of cool games made in NY 🍎🦇🍎🦇🍎
Poster for the Games in New York Steam sale that lists the dates and time from 1pm EST on 5/29 through 1pm EST on 5/31
May 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I don’t have good video for it yet but I’m adding fmv into byte
#indiedev #indiehorror
May 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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finale
A shot of Jonathan from BYTE on a White Island with a lighthouse in the background Jonathan on a white island talking to a mermaid Jonathan standing in front of the lighthouse Jonathan on top of the lighthouse
April 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Finally finished playing through another build of byte and forgot about this killer line I wrote
A screenshot of Jonathan in BYTE reading a pamphlet with a quote from a doctor that says, “Well, the river can flush out a lot, but I’ve never seen it vacuum out a fella’s blood like that”
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Haven’t been able to work because I’ve been consumed by pirate yakuza in hawaii so instead enjoy goromi
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM