My name is Loren, and I have an insatiable passion for all things technology. I devote a significant portion of my free time to crafting cutting-edge websites, developing APIs, producing podcasts, and creating imaginative video game modifications.
Computers have always fascinated me, and I am constantly motivated to expand my knowledge and push the boundaries of what can be achieved with them.
Below, you will find an extensive catalog of my works, including various advanced websites, innovative APIs, engaging podcasts, and video game modifications.
These are websites I actively maintain and add new features to.
Donut Team Homepage - Lead Developer
- 2021 - Present
The primary website for Donut Team.
This site handles user authentication, profiles, settings and more for users of our web services.
Mod Bakery - Lead Developer
- 2022 - Present
A mod sharing and discovery platform.
Currently focused on mods for The Simpsons: Hit & Run, it is being built to be able to support other games in the future.
Donut Team Safety Tunnel - Lead Developer
- 2022 - Present
A link filter that aims to warn and, in some cases, outright block Donut Team users from visiting third party and potentially malicious websites.
This filter is applied to all user generated links across Donut Team's various web services.
This Portfolio - Lead Developer
- 2022 - Present
As you may expect, I created this portfolio site as well!
Donut Team API - Lead Developer
- 2021 - Present
An API used by various Donut Team web services and desktop applications to retrieve information.
These are websites I created in the past, but no longer actively maintain outside of critical security updates.
Donut Team Docs - Lead Developer
- 2019 - 2023
A fully custom and powerful documentation site that houses a plethora of information about Donut Team modding tools, mods and web services.
Utilizes YAML for document metadata and Markdown (with some custom extensions) for document contents.
Donut Team Forum - Maintainer
- 2021 - 2023
A fully custom forum engine that powers many of the discussions within the Donut Team community.
I took over development and maintenance for this project in Late 2021 when the previous developer left the team.
My Podfic Academia Website - Lead Developer
- 2020 - Present
The homepage of My Podfic Academia, a non-profit organization that produces, voices, edits and distributes podfics of various Boku no Hero Academia / My Hero Academia fanfics.
This website features a custom audio player for listening to our library.
AmpUpRadio API - Lead Developer
- 2021 - 2022
An API for the web radio station, AmpUpRadio, that makes it simple for the client web app to retrieve information about what is currently playing and what has played previously.
These are video game modifications I have contributed to in a major way.
Donut Mod - Lead Developer
- Mission Scripting
- Level Design
- 2013 - Present
A large scale mod for The Simpsons: Hit & Run featuring with a widely expanded version of the original game's story.
I oversee this entire project and I've made a wide array of contributions such as mission programming, character modelling, vehicle modelling and level design.
Road Rage Returns - Lead Developer
- Mission Scripting
- 2016 - 2017
A mod that aims to port the maps, cars and characters from The Simpsons: Road Rage into The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
I oversaw this project and was responsible for the porting of many of the assets used within it as well as the design of many of the mod's original missions.
These are other notable projects I have contributed to in a major way.
AO3 Enhancement Suite - Lead Developer
- 2021
A browser extension that adds a suite of useful functionality when browsing the Archive of Our Own.
Made in vanilla JavaScript with zero libraries.
My Podfic Academia - Lead Audio Editor
- 2020 - Present
A non-profit organization produces, voices, edits and distributes podfics of various Boku no Hero Academia / My Hero Academia fanfics.
I am the Lead Audio Editor as well as the person solely responsible for the distribution of our podfics on our website and various media platforms such as Spotify and Google Podcasts.
In the process of creating everything listed above, I became proficient at using and interacting with the following programming languages, libraries, platforms, programs and runtimes.
- CodingCSS
- CodingHTML
- CodingJavaScript
- CodingLua
- CodingPHP
- CodingSASS/SCSS
- CodingTypeScript
- LibraryFont Awesome
- LibraryKoa
- PlatformAmazon Web Services
- PlatformBetter Uptime
- PlatformDigitalOcean
- PlatformDreamhost
- PlatformEasyPost
- PlatformGitHub
- PlatformVonage
- ProgramGit
- ProgramPostman
- ProgramVisual Studio Code
- DatabaseMongoDB
- DatabaseMySQL & MariaDB
- RuntimeNode.js
If you'd perhaps like to contact me about potential job opportunities or just to tell me my projects are cool, you can reach me at lorengoodwin1997@gmail.com. :)