So—you might be wondering why these sites even exist. Honestly, I’ve asked myself that same question more than once. So I figured I’d answer it out loud. For decades, I’ve been building things that never saw the light of day: game prototypes, toy ideas, half-finished systems. I didn’t lose them—I ar...
Welcome! You may not notice much but that was quite the undertaking. What? Exactly. Well, I rebuilt the backend of two websites to make them share the same content. That's right: Now SleightError.com and ZachGilkey.com have a central location for all content. I know you're just so very very excited...
This one is for the kids. Silly Sentence Machine is a small, calm sentence-building toy. Tap a few words, make a silly sentence, and hear it spoken out loud. No scores. No timers. Just playful nonsense and repeatable laughs. It’s free, works offline, and can be installed on devices that support PWA...
So I decided it was time to quantify one of humanity’s most important questions: Am I the asshole? No more waiting on friends to sugarcoat it. No more refreshing Reddit, hoping strangers take your side. This is a small experiment that tries to answer the question with sliders, weights, and just en...
So, I built this thing and I honestly have no clue what it is. I’m calling it Pressure Garden because it started as a way to test “pressure” in a system — changing rules, tweaking parameters, running experiments in real time. It’s part Conway’s Game of Life. Part disk defrag simulator? But honestly,...
I just wanted to post a progress update on some of the systems and features taking shape in Wiz Up since the last release. Things are coming together quicker than I expected. I’m having a lot of fun building out the various systems and seeing how they affect the world. The thing I’m most excited abo...
Hello everyone— I’m putting a new game out into the world: Wiz Up. At its core, Wiz Up is a vertical tower defense game. It’s short, replayable, and a little unfair—but (hopefully) still fun. The pressure comes from going up, not spreading out. You build floors. You improve floors. You rearrange and...
Just a quick update, I have posted a collection of poetry -- Unsorted to Writings. I'm releasing these all to clear off the shelf and get moving on to the next book in my life. I hope you enjoy!...