Web developer and game maker in Raleigh, NC · hegnauer.io
I build the software behind the Time Travel Institute, the original time travel forum, running since 1997, where John Titor first posted. That work includes Discourse plugins and themes, Next.js sites, and browser-playable simulations.
| Project | What it is | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| tti-curiobase | Discourse plugin that turns forum topics into a catalogue of works and ideas, with community-scored "gravity" between them. Records stay in the post and are crawlable without JavaScript. | Ruby, Discourse |
| discourse-curiobase | Theme component that renders the Curiobase: concept dossiers, an SVG scatter-plot "gravity grid", and poster-art shelves. | JavaScript, SCSS |
| discourse-chronovisor | A museum wing that shows defunct paranormal forums, recovered from the Wayback Machine, as curated exhibits in their original period skins. | SCSS, Discourse |
| churchoftitor-com | Satirical in-universe site whose homepage is an in-browser IBM 5100 emulator interface. | Next.js, Keystatic |
| timetravelinstitute-org / -net | The TTI "about" microsite and its archive/research site. | Next.js, TypeScript |
- TTI Simulations: a first-person simulation engine and level editor made in GameMaker and exported to HTML5, embedded in the forum behind Discourse SSO so members can author and share their own simulations.
- Game preservation tooling: a pipeline that converts Sierra's SCI0 Quest for Glory I into a native GameMaker project from a user's own copy.
- Unity worlds and experiments.
- Client websites for small businesses and nonprofits.
TypeScript · JavaScript · React / Next.js · Ruby · Discourse · PHP · WordPress · Python · GameMaker (GML) · Unity (C#)