I am Jan J. Jepma, better known as JJampion (/ ˈdʒeɪˈtʃæm.pi.ən /). I am 27 years old and come from Franconia, Germany. Since my childhood - actually as long as I can remember - I have been a passionate video game fan and fascinated by the gaming world. In 2018, I discovered how to root Android systems, which inspired me to delve into reverse engineering of games and manipulation of game values.
At that time, I decided to pursue my dream of starting my own indie game studio. The name "Nightoday Game Studio" came to me easily, inspired by my mother, who often reminded me not to stay up too late, take care of my eyes, and get enough sleep. and the legendary Bethesda Game Studios. who basically saved my life with Skyrim when I was in a children's home and only had one hour of "media time" per day. I invested almost every single day of that hour in this masterpiece. The term "Nightoday" comes from the direct translation of the highlighted part of the quote from my mother in German: "Du sollst doch nicht schon wieder die Nacht zum Tag machen. Thus, the name of my dream studio was born.
My goal is to gain as much experience as possible to start my career as a lead game designer or game director in my own studio. I am determined to translate my passion for games into creative and innovative projects and develop games that will excite and captivate players.
In my portfolio, I will present my previous experiences, projects, and ideas. I have invested a lot of time and effort to improve my skills in game design and development, and I am ready to use my skills and knowledge in my future job as a game designer. I hope that my work in this portfolio will demonstrate my enthusiasm for games and my ability to solve complex problems and find creative solutions.
Thank you for your interest. If you have any questions or are interested in collaborating, please feel free to contact me.
The first idea for NSBB came to me in 2018. At that time, I simply decompiled the original Flappy Bird APK file using APK Easy Tool, edited the Sprite Sheet with GIMP, and then recompiled and signed everything. Later on, I decided not just to exchange things, but to program the whole game from scratch. I started developing my own GUI, only to discard it later on when I had the idea to merge it with NSMB.
Below you will find some more facts and screenshots of what was just described. If you have an Android phone, there is even a button at the bottom to download the APK file of my very first version. Back then, I called it Flappy Bill in 2018.
Please Nintendo, don't sue me.
Project Length: 2018-Present (with long breaks)
What I did: Everything from ripping over editing to building.
Team Size: 1
Language: GML
Engine: GameMaker
Tools: GIMP, DeSmuME, BlueStacks and APK Easy Tool.
Nightoday Game Studio is probably my biggest project. It's not just about a game or any other project from me. It's about the company behind those games and projects. Under Nightoday Game Studio, the games are not only developed but also published. The project also includes the website that you can visit here: nigh.today
First of all, I am not a professional conlanger. I am simply curious and find fictional languages fascinating, which is why I decided to create my own language for future games. Additionally, I couldn't find a nice name for an island in a game I'm currently working on for its game design document. As for the language, I named it Eldragan (/ˈɛlˌdragˌɑn/), which means 'Spoken of the First' as the Eldra were the first and already existed when the world was created. 'Gan' means 'to speak'. So far, I have developed around 266 words, but I have paused the development to focus on the grammar and creation of my own alphabet for Eldragan.
Stay Tuned
NightyBOT
is one of my projects/hobbies for my Discord servers. It has some cool features, including a ChatGPT integration that lets you chat with him like you would with your favorite OpenAI bot. NightyBOT can also play music and allow you to play chess against your friends in Discord while listening to some good songs. It's easy to ask NightyBOT about your next chess move. Additionally, I use NightyBOT for role management. He also has some cool slash commands and other features that I'm considering making public someday.
Pair Pursuit is a memory game with 2 modes.
NORMAL MODE
The normal mode adjusts its difficulty according to your skill level, allowing you to reach level 100 if you are good enough. However, reaching level 100 is not the main goal. You start with the easiest difficulty level, which has 8 cards. Each difficulty level consists of 5 levels. If you manage to complete all 5 levels, you progress to the next difficulty level, and you unlock the difficulty tier in the quick modes. In each level, the number of cards increases by 4. There are a total of 5 difficulty levels, and in the highest level, there are 24 cards.
The uniqueness of this game lies in level 2 (12 cards), where 4 cards are already visible at the beginning of the game. This means that the difficulty increase is only related to remembering the 4 cards shown earlier. When the game starts, these cards are turned face down again, so you essentially only have to find 4 pairs, just like in level 1. As the number of cards increases in each difficulty level, more cards will also be shown at the start.
QUICK MODE
In the second mode, called the "quick mode," you can play the quick modes that are unlocked in the normal mode. In these quick modes, you only play each level once, but you are timed. The faster you complete the level and the fewer hearts you lose, the more points you earn.
Project Length: 2023-Present
What I did: Programming, Game Design, Art
Team Size: 1
Language: C#
Engine: Unity
Tools: Gimp, Visual Studio, Notepad++
Credits: Kenney.nl (some assets)
Mugiwara Cowboy is a Cute Pixel Art Endless Runner (WIP)
art not final
Project Length: 2023-Present
What I did: Programming, Game Design
Team Size: 1
Language: C#
Engine: Unity
Tools: Visual Studio
Credits: Art by Daniel Diggle