Charles Lukowski

Finance Professional & Developer

My day job is budgeting and reporting. Outside of it, I build and ship software — most of the projects below are live. There's a directory of everything that's live, with screenshots, on one page.

Projects

Nuclear Bend screenshot
Game Experiment

Nuclear Bend

A satirical SimCity-style boomtown sim about a real proposed nuclear plant — built on the actual parcel map of the three counties around the site.

Excavation Simulator screenshot
Game Experiment

Excavation Simulator

A browser-native, first-person digging sim where material is conserved — every cubic meter you dig has to go somewhere, and the spoil slumps to its angle of repose.

Swarm Royale screenshot
Game Experiment

Swarm Royale

A movement-only battle royale. You can't attack anyone — your only weapon is herding a shared swarm of enemies onto your rivals.

Dig to the Core screenshot
Game Experiment

Dig to the Core

A collaborative multiplayer browser game where everyone digs through 6,371 km of Earth to reach the core. One shared world, updated live.

ace.day screenshot
ace.dayA daily one-shot physics puzzle. You get a single putt — scored on where the ball stops, not stroke count. Read the green's break, dial the pace.
Office Factory screenshot
Office FactoryFactorio in a cubicle — extract raw data, route it through desk arms, and have caffeinated workers turn it into memos you sell for profit.
Office Worker Idle screenshot
Office Worker IdleAn incremental idle game set in the workplace.
HTML5 RPG screenshot
HTML5 RPGA top-down exploration and crafting game built with vanilla JavaScript and Canvas.
Digital Empire screenshot
Digital EmpireAn incremental idle game about building a computer manufacturing business from scratch.
SimOps screenshot
SimOpsA management sim inspired by The Phoenix Project. Run IT operations at a failing company — your shortcuts become next week's outages.
Breakout Clone screenshot
Breakout CloneThe first game I ever built, back in 2013.

Writing

What Even Are "AI Skills"?Playing Programmer