Sam Makes Games

Outside of my job making games that make $, I make games for fun too.

For serious business inquiries, reach out on LinkedIn. For more reading, check out my Medium.

Select Games

Rawgs to Riches

My first game, originally made in VBA, before I joined a gaming company. Revived for $2.68 in Claude credits.

Kangaroo Court

More a streamer's setup to coordinate courtroom drama with friends than a game.

Friendship Garden

A discord 'game' that tracks time spent with friends with plant progression.

Generative AI Prototypes

Games made with API calls to AI as part of the core gameplay loop

Chimera Quest

Breed unique creatures and send them on quests to improve their stats.

Anything Crafter

Combine anything with anything to invent new objects in the game world for others to craft.

VectorNames

LLM guesses your Codenames-like clue.

(Play by Request)

Fan-first Multiplayer Games

(Novel multiplayer interactions - more reading)

Debate Court

Wavelength / Here To There meets courtroom drama. Lawyer up and convince the jury of your case.

Other Games

Asteroid Crossfire

Physics-based RTS with factory/automation elements.

EndZone

Coach characters using Natural Language.

Select Game Pitches

I didn't make these, but I thought about making these. All pitches can be browsed here.

Octopus Crafter

A survival crafter where you make progress without clicking anything.

Mass Gathering

Place audio/visual accoutrement in a public space to inspire, provoke, excite, or terrorize hundreds of characters.

Sam Makes Non-Games Too

Podcast: The Multiplayer Project

Sam and friends talk about coordinating online play in a casual, no-prep podcast.

Book: Notebook Doodles of a a Future Genious [sic]

Sam wrote and published on Amazon a snarky book. One of the top 761,588 sellers in January 2021 of titles called "Notebook Doodles".

Youtube Channel

Mostly personal / travel stuff.

Contact

See a game you're interested in? Want to build something? Let's chat!

Sam's LinkedIn

Secret Dogs

Congratulations, you found the secret dogs. Your next game project will be a hit.

Blep Dog (Benji)
Nap Dog (Wendy)
Small Angry Dog (Tucker)

(joke explainer)