Ryan Joseph Johnson

Frontend Tech Lead

Tokyo · React · Vue · holistic apps in the age of AI

About

I'm a frontend tech lead based in Tokyo, with 5+ years building enterprise-grade B2B and B2C web applications. My bread and butter is JavaScript (React and Vue) but I still handle backend tasks and questions day to day. My entry to programming was front-end web design, and a background in furniture design and production taught me to enjoy balancing fancifulness with practicality. These days I'm leaning into holistic app-making in the age of AI, and getting into game development on the side, exploring Godot through a couple of in-progress titles below.

Now Building

Ceres Front

A 3D real-time strategy sandbox

A 3D real-time strategy sandbox built in Godot. Command one of three rival space factions competing for a shared solar system. Features asymmetric ship designs, base building, tactical combat, and per-faction AI opponents.

Godot GDScript 3D

Jupiter's Bounty

A cozy space-station management sim

A cozy isometric space-station management sim built in Godot. Construct habitable rooms for a crew of personalities, balance resources like hydrogen, power, and Ganymarks, and watch utility-driven AI crew members live out their eat / rest / work cycles.

Godot GDScript Isometric

Upcoming app

Coming soon

A new app I'm building and covering on social media. More details soon.

Old Projects

nouyuu

A progressive web app for home vegetable garden and allotment management. It tracks the weather and climate based on location in order to offer recommendations on what crops to grow and how to care for them.

DeepSpaceMine

A simple space station building simulator with a retro pixel art design.

MKS Teal Factory

The company homepage of a furniture design and manufacturing company based in Fukuyama, Japan.

PLOW

An online marketplace for wintersports equipment rentals.

Maria Colico

The personal homepage of Tokyo-based Filipina fashion model and commercial actress Maria Colico.