Jordi Santonja

@jordsa.bsky.social

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Programmer and aspiring game developer. Spain → Norway (Alcoi → València → Oslo)

Entry for the Oldskool music competition at the Black Valley demo party, number 3: Supa Nova Boss Theme, by Stein Pedersen. Platform: Commodore 64
General view of an empty hall, with many tables and chairs at the sides and a big screen on the front. The tables are prepared to be filled with people with computers
The book “Next Level, making games that make themselves” by Mike Cook, hold by a hand with grass and a wooden building in the background
A hand holds a copy of the Patch magazine, featuring the game Wax Heads on the front page, in front of a Steam Deck running the game Wax Heads.
Freya Holmér presenting her talk “3 things I learned creating Half-Edge, a 3D Modeling App”, at Spillkonventet
Talk at Spillkonventet, the Norwegian video game conference, with the title “Using Raylib to make small tools”, by James Gallagher Poole
Posing in front of the Soria Moria hotel, with a banner of Spillkonventet, a congress about the video game industry in Norway
In a park, with a small Norwegian flag
One slide of the talk about WebAssembly in Rust with the presenter and the audience
The Patch magazine March 2026 in front of a sleepy dog
The Snowcastle games team at the event
Me in front of a computer with the Lysward demo running on it
The cover of the book "The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, 100+ essays on the craft of game writing” collated by Jon Ingold and edited by inkle, held by a hand with a dog in the background.
Goodies physical pack from the Kickstarter campaign of the game “Kioku: Last Summer,” that consists of some stickers and two postcards, one of them with a thank you note
The book “Zen and Slow Games” by Víctor Navarro-Remesal hold by a hand with a snowy urban landscape in the background.
A hand holds a book named “The Game Development Strategy Guide, crafting modern video games that thrive” by Sheryl Platz; in a train on a window that shows some snowy landscape in Norway.
Two big screens with the Global Game Jam Oslo schedule for the three days
A laptop with a Spill Klimpring wallpaper in a Windows desktop. “Spill Klimpring” is a free translation to Norwegian of “Game Jam.”
First page of an IKEA assembly manual showing the required equipment: a Phillips screwdriver, a flathead screwdriver, a stitching awl, a spirit level, a pencil, a hammer, a bar clamp, a measuring tape, a drill, and a 5mm drill bit.
The book “The game needs to change: Towards sustainable game design”, edited by Patrick Prax, Clayton Whittle & Trevin York. CRC Press.
A Playdate portable game console, yellow with a purple cover, hold by a hand in front of a Christmas tree
Davant de l’entrada al pavelló 1, on estaven els artistes i el cosplay. Al pavelló 2, més gran, estava la resta
Asbjørn and me, at their booth at Spillexpo showcasing their game Fractala Sandbox
Me and Hans Olav Muri, from Riddlebit, at their booth at Spillexpo showcasing the game Jetrunner
With Oliver Getz at their stand at SpillExpo, showing their game Sacred Gems
Kristian, Alex and me, at their stand at SpillExpo in Lillestrøm, where they are exhibiting their game Kioku: Last Summer
Text from the copyright page of the book “The Best Life Adventure Games”: “NO AI TRAINING: Without in any way limiting the Author’s and Publisher’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to “train” generative artificial intelligence (Al) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. The Author and Publisher reserve all rights to license uses of this work for generative Al training and development of machine learning language models.”
The book “The pocket mentor for Game Production” by Doug Pennant hold by a hand inside a Norwegian train
Contraportada del fanzín Aquarel·la Virtual, amb la numeració 15/50
Una foto del póster del videojuego Wax Heads, delante del edificio de la ópera de Oslo al atardecer.
Un exemplar d’Aquarel·la Virtual, fotografiat des d’un seient d’avió
Talk at the main stage at the BCN Game Fest: Art, Activism, Politics, Culture, Labour Movement, with Marijam Didžgalvytė, Cat Bluemke, Simona Maiorano, Oriana Laplana and Sithe Ncube
Un montón de gente haciendo cola, o colas, para entrar en el recinto ferial de La Farga, donde se celebra el BCN GameFest (antes Indie Dev Day)
Yo mismo ante la puerta de embarque del avión con destino Barcelona
Me after the finish line of the Oslo Marathon 2025
Un ejemplar de la revista Loop número 6, Tecnología, sostenido por una mano frente al ayuntamiento de Oslo, Noruega.
A physical copy of the game “Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound” for Nintendo Switch
A bit screen showing the logo of the card game Snipp Snipper, and its creators
Neverway: 2026 for Nintendo Switch at the Indie World
Train departures from Kyoto to Tokyo. One every 6 minutes or less
Bitsummit after party general view. It’s the end of the first day of the indie game fair at Kyoto
Main entry to the Nintendo Museum
Bitsummit XIII ad in a Kyoto subway train, hanging from the ceiling.
Hueco de estantería con algunos libros de la editorial “Héroes de papel”, junto con algunos otros libros en inglés.
A physical Switch edition of “A Highland Song”