skirlez.com
Welcome!
My name is David. My username in most places is Skirlez.
I am 18 years old. I've started programming/game development around age 9 or 10, using
Scratch.
After a while I moved to GameMaker, and later on I started doing programming on its own, learning languages like Java.
I never used HTML/CSS/Javascript before, which is likely why this site looks so bad.
On this site, you will find projects I've created or contributed to!
You can find me on:
Discord (skirlez)
GitHub
X, the Nothing app
Bluesky
Projects
A level builder for Void Stranger. You can create your own levels and upload them to a Void Voyager server instance.
I think this is the most complex/impressive project on this list. Aside from the expected challenges of a level
editor mod, and communicating with a server to upload/download levels, the mod has its own patching system and
method to merge its code and assets with the main game. It's probably the project I enjoy working on the most.
Links:
A Fabric remake of the Minecraft mod ProjectE/Equivalent Exchange 2.
I love the original mod and decided to try and remake it to learn Minecraft modding.
A lot is already done, and I'm very proud of how the mod is in its current state.
Links:
Untitled Assembly Game
An incredibly short game whose game logic is written in Assembly.
We had to write a game in assembly as the final project for a course.
The actual rendering, audio, and input, are handled by SDL2, and there's a very small amount of C++ code...
But the vast majority of the game part itself is indeed MASM assembly.
I really like how it turned out! Pretty much exactly how I had it in my head:
A chaotic game where you have to manage multiple elements at once, and if you fail to handle any of them for long enough, you lose.
The music, which I composed, also turned out very well, and I'm afraid I will never compose anything better.
Also, the project got a 100. Obviously!!!
Links:
cate-bossfight-gm
A remake of the Scratch game "Cate remix remix remix remix remix remix" in GameMaker.
I decided to remake this game pretty much on a whim. It's a pretty faithful recreation of the original,
with enhancements like widescreen and an unlocked framerate. It also has some additional, new content...
Links:
OR
Play in your browser!
ZeroRanger & Void Stranger Palette Makers
These two apps allow you to make your own palettes for both of these games.
The Void Stranger palette maker app is just a slightly modified version of the ZeroRanger palette maker app,
so they go together.
The games' palette system is basically identical.
Internally, these two are AWFULLY written.
I would recommend for anyone looking to improve on this to start from scratch.
Links:
(ZeroRanger),
(Void Stranger)
GameMaker Nix Flake
I switched from Windows to NixOS at the very beginning of 2025 and I don't regret it.
However, when I was first setting up the system, I had discovered that
there was no GameMaker package on Nixpkgs!
(NixOS, of course, can't simply install
the official .deb file(s))
Initially, I used
distrobox
to set up an Ubuntu instance and installed GameMaker there. However, there were a few issues with
getting my NVIDIA GPU to work with it, and eventually I decided to write a flake.
I first assumed GameMaker just wasn't popular enough with Linux users to get a package.
After making this flake, I think it's actually because it's quite an
annoying piece of software to package for Nix.
This is the very first flake I wrote, so I'm sure it SUCKS, but it works.
Links:
Contributions
RetroArch
I implemented scrolling sounds for RetroArch. You may find them in Settings->Audio->Menu Sounds->Enable 'Scroll' Sounds.
The audio for scrolling was made quite a while ago, but no one bothered to implement it. I think audio adds a lot to menu feel,
and I love RetroArch, so I decided to spend the time to make a pull request.
I also implemented the sound for closing a notice. (The sound for when notices open was implemented, but not for when they closed)
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