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I’m James Martini (they/them), a game designer and writer from Portland, Oregon!

I'm a solo developer with a BFA in Game Design from NYU's Game Center. I have been making games for nine years and have worked professionally in the games industry for over five years, most recently as a QA tester for Major League Baseball's Gaming and VR department.

My first commercial game, BYTE released in October, 2025, and I have been building tools for my next game in Godot since.

Take a look at the featured pages here or use the nav bar to poke around as you please!

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BYTE

To live for all eternity is hard. To love for all eternity is even harder.

BYTE is a tactics-RPG/visual novel from developer James Martini that adapts the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, examining themes of queerness, technology, desire, and more.

I <3 Games That Aren't Games

See my opinions on Harakiri, Stake Story, and why I love games that aren't games (like Death Stranding)!

Whale Watching Quarterly: January 2026

2026: The Year of Yassai Mossai 2003

Come learn about my favorite boys in the world, the Kisarazu Cats Eye!!!!!!

Also I talk about Taiko no Tatsujin,

James, now!

This is a live page that is upated periodically with what I'm up to.

This page was last updated on 4/28/26.

General Status

I finally made the move to Portland!! I now have 15 boxes and multiple suitcases to start sorting through and unpcking before I can get myself fully set up and going with my normal work again, but I'm almost back to being settled.

In gamer news, because I had to pack up all my consoles when I moved, I've spent the past week or so putting some pretty heavy gaming into my 3DS, which I remain convinced is the greatest game console ever made. I've struggled a little bit to find games that aren't clearly made for small children (sorry Luigi's Mansion and Minish Cap), but Tomodachi Life and SMT: Devil Survivor have been hitting for me lately.