Drew Conley
Drew Conley as pixel art

Drew Conley

Front End Web and Indie Game Developer

Drew and Lauren Conley Our dog Kenobi Development laptop connected to monitor Our cat Samson

Hello, I'm Drew!

I create commercial games for platforms like Steam and Itch. I teach people how to do that, too!

I record free and premium game development tutorials for YouTube and my own course site.

Check out my portfolio of employed professional projects here.

Don't be a stranger! Feel free to reach out to me on Discord or email anytime.

Games

Danger Crew

Released on Steam

Danger Crew

Danger Crew is a turn based RPG in the life of being a programmer. Built in HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React), and wrapped with Electron for Desktop distribution. Quirky adventure inspired by Earthbound, Pokemon, and Super Mario RPG.

Happy Grumps

Steam Early Access

Happy Grumps

Happy Grumps, a game created and programmed by good friend Glenn LaBarre, is a roguelike adventure quest to spread happiness to a grumpy world. I was lucky to contribute to Happy Grumps as a pixel artist.

YouTube Videos

Content configuration and other NPC updates! Pizza RPG Ep 17

Content configuration and other NPC updates! Pizza RPG Ep 17

In this video, we refactor our Game Objects to be initialized from static content rather than JavaScript classes. This change ... Watch on YouTube

I'm making an RPG about programmers... again... [Dev Log #1]

I'm making an RPG about programmers... again... [Dev Log #1]

I've been working on a new RPG game! Legacy Code Legends! In this Dev Log, we take a look at the journey and iterations we've ... Watch on YouTube

End-to-End Testing with Playwright (an Intro)

End-to-End Testing with Playwright (an Intro)

Playwright is a fantastic solution-for-end to end testing web apps and games. You can use it to write scripts that emulate real user ... Watch on YouTube

Build a Multiplayer Game with JavaScript and Firebase

Build a Multiplayer Game with JavaScript and Firebase

In this video, we're going to make a simple online multiplayer game from scratch with HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript and Firebase ... Watch on YouTube

Get feedback on your gamedev project | 4 ways

Get feedback on your gamedev project | 4 ways

Feedback is a critical part of the iterative design process. Getting outside perspective can help fill in "blind spots" you have and ... Watch on YouTube

4 Tips to finally complete your gamedev project

4 Tips to finally complete your gamedev project

Do you have a bunch of unfinished gamedev projects? I struggle with this all the time. In this video, we look at 4 tips and ... Watch on YouTube

Join my Email List

It's a casual, monthly-ish email newsletter including game dev content, my project updates, and bonus videos. I send out early access to projects through this list. We’d love to have you in the community! No spam, ever.

Drew and his brother, Pat

Me and my brother, Pat... probably after writing up one of these emails.