Skin Deep

April 30, 2025 | Built with idTech4
blendogames.com/skindeep

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. Stalk through vast non-linear starships and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox.

I was the creative director of this project. This project was a collaboration with an amazing crew of artists, designers, writers, programmers, and musicians.

Published by Annapurna Interactive.

Black Mesa Facility Map

May 1, 2022 | image
blendogames.itch.io/black-mesa-facility-map

Map of the Black Mesa facility from Half-life (1998).

Acre 9

January 13, 2021 | Built with Discord.JS
discord.com/channels/296708779494342657/767445942428237844

A cooperative storytelling game played via Discord.

Every 24 hours, players were assigned a date on a timeline. They would write a description for what happened on that date, cooperatively creating a story with other players. This was an iteration of Acre 8.

Acre 9 ran from January 13, 2021 to February 10, 2021 (28 days). The final story consisted of a total of 96 entries.

Sub Rosa (level design, art)

March 25, 2021
store.steampowered.com/app/272230/Sub_Rosa

I joined Cryptic Sea's project in an art role. I and Luke Hetherington conceived, constructed, and implemented level design and level art.

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer game about gunfights, car chases, and business deals.

Sub Rosa (manual)

2021
cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/272230/manuals/subrosa_manual.pdf

I created the manual for the game Sub Rosa.

Northern District

April 30, 2021 | image
blendogames.itch.io/northern-district

Hand-drawn map of Far Cry 2 (2008).

Nap Bench 2021

July 17, 2021 | wooden bench
blendogames.itch.io/nap-bench-2021

Collaboration with my wife Laura Michet and my dad. Bench design plans.

Tall Bagel 2: Avocado Hardtack

November 7, 2021 | Built with FNA, Yarn Spinner
lauramichet.itch.io/tallbagel2

Collaboration with my wife Laura Michet. Made for the 7-Day FPS Jam.

Awkward dinner party simulator. Sequel to Tall Bagel.

Dunebug

December 2021 | Built with FNA
blendogames.itch.io/dunebug

Collaboration with Luke Hetherington. Made for the 7-Day FPS Jam.

Driving game that takes place in sand dunes.

Stay Home Simulator

March 12, 2020 | Built with Javascript
blendogames.com/stayhomesimulator

Visualization of infection spread. Made at outset of Covid lockdown.

Acre 8

March 14, 2020 | Built with Discord.JS
discord.com/channels/296708779494342657/683478757809586232

A cooperative storytelling game played via Discord.

Every 24 hours, players were assigned a date on a timeline. They would write a description for what happened on that date, cooperatively creating a story with other players.

Acre 8 ran from March 14, 2020 to July 9, 2020 (3 months, 25 days). The final story consisted of a total of 169 entries.

Blendo Itch Uploader

May 2, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.itch.io/blendo-itch-uploader

Utility to upload work to itch.io.

Blendo Steam Uploader

May 6, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.itch.io/blendo-steam-uploader

Utility to upload work to Steam.

PlanetFriend

May 11, 2020 | Built with FNA
lauramichet.itch.io/planetfriend

Collaboration with my wife Laura Michet. Made during the first 2 months of Covid lockdown.

A desktop virtual planet pet.

Blendo Build Machine

May 18, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.itch.io/blendobuildmachine

Utility to allow project teammates to get latest data from source control and compile a new build.

Blendo Steam Uploader

May 28, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.itch.io/blendoscreenshotter

Utility to automatically take screenshots at regular intervals.

Blendo XNB Watcher

October 19, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.itch.io/blendo-xnb-watcher

Utility to automatically convert XNB assets.

Tall Bagel

December 13, 2020 | Built with FNA, Yarn Spinner
lauramichet.itch.io/tallbagel

Collaboration with my wife Laura Michet. Made for the 7-Day FPS Jam.

Awkward dinner party simulator.

Blendo Changelog Bot

July 29, 2019 | Built with C#
blendogames.com/news/post/2019-07-29-discord-changelog

Utility to display a live feed of your source control changelog on a Discord channel.

Acre 7

November 24, 2019 | Built with Discord.JS
discord.com/channels/296708779494342657/653336941751828480

A cooperative storytelling game played via Discord.

3 players are randomly chosen, and they write a short continuation of the story. Everyone votes on which of the 3 continuations to go forward with.

Acre 7 ran from Nov 24, 2019 to Mar 11, 2020 (3 months, 16 days). 66 entries were submitted, creating a story with 28 sections.

Flotilla 2

August 17, 2018 | Built with OpenTK
blendogames.com/flotilla2

Turn-based spaceship combat. Made for VR interfaces.

Foods: Their Apocalyptic Lives

October 1, 2018 | image
blendogames.itch.io/foods-oranges

Fictional manual. Made for the Style Jam.

Blendo Stream Suite

October 19, 2020 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.com/files/blendostreamsuite.zip

Utility to automate streaming tasks. One-click interface to post a Twitter message, a Discord message, set Twitch title, and run the stream's countdown pre-roll.

Tiger Team

September 8, 2017 | Built with Half-life 2 engine
blendogames.itch.io/tigerteam

Mod for Half-life 2. Made for the Epistle 3 Jam.

A small single-player mod for Half-life based on Marc Laidlaw's Epistle 3 synopsis.

Fitz Packerton

February 1, 2016 | Built with Quake 2 engine
teddydief.itch.io/fitz

Collaboration with Sarah Elmaleh, Ryan Cousins, and Teddy Dief. Made for the Global Game Jam.

First-person narrative game about packing.

Blendo Workshop Uploader

April 2016 | Built with WinForms
blendogames.com/files/quadrilateralcowboy_workshopuploader.zip

Utility to upload work to Steam Workshop. Open-source release.

Iron Honx

March 12, 2016 | Built with SFML
blendogames.itch.io/ironhonx

Roguelike game built for 7-Day Roguelike game jam.

Quadrilateral Cowboy

July 25, 2016 | Built with Doom 3 engine
blendogames.com/qc

First-person cyberpunk hacking game.

Spacechat

October 28, 2016 | Built with SFML
youtube.com/watch?v=t4SZic0JOtc

Collaboration with Uli Gurgel. Commissioned for No Quarter.

Social multiplayer game where secret traitors attempt to sabotage the crew's tasks. Players then vote who they believe the traitor is.

Game screen is displayed on a projector/TV, and players control their character via their phone. Designed to support a large amount of players.

Acre 6

November 7, 2016 | Built with FNA
blendogames.itch.io/acre6

RPG game made for the Procedural Generation Game Jam.

Monday Sketches

2015-2018 | image
twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ablendogames%20monday%20sketch&src=typed_query&f=live

Weekly sketches made 2015-2018.

Expat

June 2, 2014 | Built with SFML
blendogames.itch.io/expat

Space bounty hunter game. Made for the Space Cowboy Game Jam.

Glitch City

February 2013
patreon.com/GlitchCityLA

I'm one of the co-founders of Glitch City.

Glitch City is a collective of gamemakers and creators. We share a studio space and host events.

Guru

August 11, 2013 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/news/post/2013-08-11-7dfps-guru

Multiplayer game where you play as a blind swordsman. Built for 7-Day FPS Jam.

Photog

August 14, 2013 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/news/post/2013-08-14-7dfps-photog

Multiplayer game where you play as a cameraman for a third-person shooter. Built for 7-Day FPS Jam.

Nuka Baby

April 1, 2012 | Built with Unity engine
blendogames.com/files/nukababywin.zip

Collaboration with Daniel Herrera, James Liu, and Wallace Huang. We built this within 48 hours for the Molyjam game jam.

Competitive local multiplayer game. One player escorts a baby while the other player is a dungeon master.

Thirty Flights of Loving

August 20, 2012 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/thirtyflightsofloving

First-person narrative game.

Atom Zombie Smasher

January 24, 2011 | Built with SDL2
blendogames.com/atomzombiesmasher

Tactical strategy game about evacuating people during a zombie epidemic.

Flotilla

February 27, 2010 | Built with FNA
blendogames.com/flotilla

Turn-based spaceship combat about your final space adventure.

Air Forte

July 17, 2010 | Built with SFML
blendogames.com/airforte

Educational game where you fly airplanes around. Covers geography, vocabulary, and math.

Lord of the Rings: Conquest

January 13, 2009
wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Conquest

I worked at Pandemic Studios LLC and was a level designer on this project.

Gravity Bone

September 28, 2008 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/gravitybone

First-person narrative game.

Space Balloons 1892

~2007

Local multiplayer game jam project.

Barista 4

February 2006 | Built with Half-life 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#barista4

Mod for Half-life 2.

Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

March 27, 2006
wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Spectrum_Warrior:_Ten_Hammers

I worked at Pandemic Studios LLC and was a level designer on this project.

Grotto King

May 2006 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.itch.io/grottoking

Bow and arrow combat game.

Barista

August 5, 2004 | Built with Doom 1 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#barista1

Stand-alone Doom level based on Marathon (1994) and the Doom Bible (1992).

Barista 2

August 2004 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#barista2

Independent study project made during college.

The Puppy Years

August 2004 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#puppy

Mod for Half-life.

Barista 3

September 2004 | Built with Doom 3 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#barista3

Narrative mod for Doom 3.

Pathways Redux

November 26, 2004 | Built with Doom 3 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#pathways

First-person adventure game based on Pathways into Darkness (1993).

Bootleg Squadrog

January 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#bootleg

Mod for Half-life Opposing Force.

Carfax

March 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/files/dod_carfax.zip

Map for Day of Defeat.

Multiplayer map.

Exham

March 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/files/dod_exham_b2.zip

Map for Day of Defeat.

Multiplayer map. Set inside an underground train station.

The Veldt

May 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm

Procedurally-generated wilderness combat mod for the Half-life engine.

Lead Eaters

June 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm

Top-down shooter mod for the Half-life engine.

Mustang Sally

June 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm

Top-down spaceship dogfight mod for the Half-life engine.

Pilot Light

September 2003 | Built with Adventure Game Studio
blendogames.com/older.htm#pilotlight

Point-and-click adventure game.

Hero Squad

September 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm

Turn-based tactics mod for the Half-life engine.

Droptank Oscar

September 2003 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm

Mech simulator mod for the Half-life engine.

Gulch

June 2002 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/files/tfc_gulch.zip

Map for Team Fortress Classic.

Opposing team bases are separated by a body of water. Players can snipe a button to open a shortcut for teammates.

Plain

June 2002 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/files/tfc_plain.zip

Map for Team Fortress Classic.

Opposing team bases are separated by a grassy plain. Players can use the foliage to camouflage themselves.

Plain

June 2002 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/files/tfc_bombard.zip

Map for Team Fortress Classic.

Both team bases have large artillery cannons. The artillery crew has to rely on teammates to relay firing coordinates to help aim the cannon.

1986

July 2002 | Built with Half-life engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#1986

Mod for Half-life.

Citizen Abel 4: Malfunction Junction

August 2001 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#citizenabel

Single-player mod for Quake 2.

Citizen Abel 3: The Civic Redemption

September 2000 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#citizenabel

Single-player mod for Quake 2.

Quake 2 multiplayer maps

1999 | Built with Quake 2 engine

I made eight multiplayer maps for Quake 2. They got lost in a computer crash and to the best of my knowledge the files no longer exist online.

• "Moonsault Scramble"
• "Chem Facility Revival"
• "Lazarus Pandemic"
• "The Dark Zone Revival"
• "Cosine Agenda"
• "The Longest Wait"
• "An American Deathmatch"
• "Crimson Jargon"

Citizen Abel: The Self-Entitled Adventure

August 1999 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#citizenabel

Single-player mod for Quake 2.

Citizen Abel 2: Bargain-Bin Savior

November 1999 | Built with Quake 2 engine
blendogames.com/older.htm#citizenabel

Single-player mod for Quake 2.

Dawn of Darkness

1999 | Built with Quake 2 engine
moddb.com/mods/dawn-of-darkness1

This was a total conversion mod for Quake 2. About a couple dozen people were involved in the project. I was brought in during the latter half of development.

My main contributions were making a floating airship and doing touch-up work on various maps.

Doom 2 maps

1997-1998 | Built with Doom 2 engine
blendogames.com/files/doom2maps.zip

Various levels made for Doom 2.