Vellum
A literary roguelike where players wield colorful spells, shape enemy powers, and save magical books solo or together.
Jonathan Schenker · Game developer & software engineer
I make playful systems feel alive.
Games, tools, and experiments shaped by a love of responsive mechanics, strange technical problems, and the moment an idea becomes something you can play.
Selected work
Built to be played,
tested, and explored.
A selection of games and side projects across VR, desktop, and the web.
Roads & Riches
A cozy traveling-merchant adventure about exploring a fantasy world, trading magical wares, and growing a caravan with friends.
QuiVr
Bow-and-arrow combat built around physical skill, satisfying feedback, and a world that rewards mastery.
Marble It Up!
A joyful, momentum-driven platformer about precision, speed, and getting the perfect run.
Lyric Graph
Turn a song into an explorable network of repeated words and their relationships.
Unity Neural Network
A compact neural-network implementation built to experiment with learning systems inside Unity.
MazeWar
A pixel-perfect recreation of the original 1970s first-person shooter.
About
Engineer’s brain.
Designer’s curiosity.
I’m Jonathan, a game developer and software engineer who likes working where code, interaction, and creative problem-solving overlap.
My projects span VR archery, momentum platforming, machine-learning experiments, and small web tools. The common thread is simple: make the system understandable, then make it delightful.