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Brendon Smith
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Santa Cruz, USA
AI first software engineer and creator
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Nova64 -> Fantasy Console for RetroArch, Godot, and the Web
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🕹️ What happens when a software engineer misses the strange, experimental magic of the Nintendo 64 and original PlayStation era? Apparently, he builds an entirely new game console. Meet Nova64: a JavaScript-powered 3D fantasy console inspired by chunky polygons, mysterious cartridges, CRT glow, demoscene creativity, and the wonderfully weird software of the late ’90s. I designed and engineered Nova64 as an open platform where developers can create a game cartridge in JavaScript and launch it instantly—no actual plastic cartridge blowing required. 😄 Underneath the playful exterior is some seriously fun engineering: 🎮 A shared game-development API across Three.js, Babylon.js, and Godot 🧠 JavaScript running natively through an embedded QuickJS engine 🕹️ A custom RetroArch core for playing Nova64 cartridges alongside classic systems 🛠️ A browser-based studio with Monaco, hot reloading, and developer tools 🌎 3D graphics, physics, particles, shaders, audio, controllers, voxel worlds, and WebXR 💾 More than 70 playable demos and experimental cartridges 🖥️ A Mac OS 9-inspired desktop—because modern software could use more personality Nova64 isn’t an N64 emulator, and it isn’t pretending to be a historical machine. It’s a new creative platform built around a question I couldn’t resist exploring: What if the next fantasy console used JavaScript cartridges? This project brings together nearly everything I love building: games, graphics, creative tooling, native integration, web technology, nostalgic interfaces, and slightly unreasonable ideas that somehow become real products. I’m not selling Nova64 as a Contra service. I’m sharing it because it demonstrates what’s possible when creative direction and deep engineering live in the same project. If your idea sounds ambitious, interactive, technically unusual—or just a little bit weird—I’d probably love to hear about it. 🚀 Explore Nova64: https://nova64.io (https://nova64.io)View my services: https://contra.com/brendon_smith_axke294z/services?r=brendon_smith_axke294z
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m{ai}geXR: AI + 3D for Desktop, iOS, iPadOS & Android
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Your next Shopify storefront could start here. 🚀 I’ve released a 100% open-source Next.js + Shopify template with a retro look and the essentials to start building: product collections, variant selection, a shopping cart, and responsive layouts. Run it with the included demo catalog, make it your own, then connect your Shopify store for live commerce. Built with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Free under the MIT license and ready to download and customize. 👉 Get the template on Contra (https://contra.com/products/GlQ38Sga-shopify-next-js-template) If you like it, share the love! I’d love to see what you build. #NextJS #Shopify #OpenSource #Ecommerce
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Anthony Ettinger
Los Gatos, USA
From imagination to implementation, we craft digital masterp
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ETH Shot: Ethereum-Powered Gambling Game Development
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Quantum-Resistant Encrypted Messaging App Development
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Win More Proposals — With Less Effort
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