I'm Ryan, sometimes my friends call me Spargo. I'm a professional web engineer and novice game developer.

I've really been trying to expand my coding knowledge by trying to make small games for different platforms/libraries. While I'm still taking baby steps now, I would love to enter some game jams in the future.

• Playdate SDK; Going from making small demo games in JavaScript and PICO-8, the shift to working on the Playdate shares some similarities, but brings with it a lot of unknowns that have presented quite an interesting challenge. I really do think the Playdate is a nifty little indie device, so I want to make quite a few games for it!
• Google Chrome Extension Development (but with React!); I've been dabbling with extension projects since college, but I haven't found a lot of up-to-date tutorials online until I stumbled on a Udemy course that ALSO shows you how to code extensions in React. Neat!
• Go (Golang); I'm always looking into learning new languages, and a friend of mine mentioned they had started working with Go. I like it so far! As a heavy web-language developer, it takes me back to the languages I learned when I first started coding.

• I love to play video games and tabletop games. I've been a Nintendo-head since before I could remember, but I play on a wide range of platforms. My favorite genre is rouge-like.
• I play pinball semi-competetively. Casual play to beat my high scores is always more low-pressure and fun, but I've met some great people doing local tournaments and have relly felt myself improve.
• I like to draw and do graphic design. I recently designed Disney Lorcana playmats for me and my fiancé.
• I occasionally stream on Twitch; Right now, I'm experimenting with streaming/discussing my game development progress with the chat, but I also like to play retro games, draw, and play virtual pinball.

• I have over 1000 hours logged in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and it's where my cat Guppy gets his name!