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Software Developer

Jared Markowitz

I make small, simple Mac apps and games.

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About

I'm a software engineer who makes games and apps for fun.

I currently live in Japan. Outside of coding, I enjoy fantasy books, video games, and improv.

Apps

All apps

Minimal Menu Bar Pomodoro

A calm focus timer that lives in the macOS menu bar. Classic Pomodoro cycles with auto-start, drag-to-seek, and notifications that survive sleep and restarts.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI

Games

Leader Card Battle Bros

A turn-based card battler you can play against a friend or the computer. The rules engine is plain C# with its own test suite, kept separate from the Blazor WebAssembly front end.

  • C#
  • .NET
  • Blazor

Teseris Tournament Fighter

My current, ongoing RPG battler, built in the Godot game engine. Join the newsletter for a chance to be an alpha tester.

In development

  • Godot

Mega Man Puzzle League

A tribute to Tetris Attack with a Mega Man skin. The game loop runs on requestAnimationFrame, so timing stays smooth on any hardware.

  • JavaScript

Zombie Slayer

Dodge zombies and slay them to raise your score. Movement, sprite animation and collision detection are built from scratch.

  • JavaScript
  • Canvas

Snake

The classic game Snake, remade with JavaScript.

  • JavaScript

Projects

Tribute to Google Keep

A Google Keep clone with notes you can open and edit in place, without page reloads. Rails and PostgreSQL backend with hashed, salted passwords.

  • React
  • Redux
  • Rails
  • PostgreSQL

Dungeons and Management

A team-built tabletop companion where players join rooms and see each other's dice rolls and updates in real time over WebSockets.

  • JavaScript
  • Socket.io

Contact

The best way to reach me is email: jmarkowitz098@gmail.com. I'm also on GitHub and LinkedIn.