fedellen

Derek R Sonnenberg

Co-Founder, Lead Game Designer, Game Programmer, Software Developer

Derek is our resident game designer, programmer, software developer, marketer, sound designer, and writer. All of these roles self-taught since 2018; including some pixel art, 3d modeling, and music. His primary role most recently has been a stay at home Dad. He loves lake days, jumping on the trampoline with his son, and Bonnie’s sour dough bread.

fedellen's Game Project Experience

Programming, Pixel Art, and Game Design for Doomridge Dungeon Demo
Programming, Game Design, Sound Design, Publishing, and Marketing for Sonar Smash
Solely Developed and Published Astral Defense

Web Design and Software Development Experience

Solely developed List Together, a full-stack TypeScript Web App with React, Postgres, TypeORM, Apollo, and GraphQL
Self-taught JavaScript and React through a fullstackopen.com course: fullstackopen-learning-journey
Developed and designed this website you’re viewing in WordPress: PixelPajamaStudios(dot)com.
Designed and developed RoxysRedLight(dot)com with WordPress for a local client, Roxy’s Red Light Consignments.

Game Dev Tools

Unity
Stencyl
VSCode
Aseprite
BFXR
Audacity
LMMS
Blender

Web Technologies

React
Express
GraphQL
Apollo
Postgres
MySQL
MongoDB
TypeORM
TypeGraphQL
WordPress

Languages

JavaScript (TypeScript)
CSS
HTML
PHP
Haxe
C#

fedellen's Work Featured in:

Detroit Lakes Tribune – Marie Johnson
Pocket Gamer – Cameron Bald
Valley News Live – Lisa Budeau
Indie Games Plus – Trailer Tuesdays, Joel Coture
Android Police – Notable Android Releases
Droid Gamers – Ash Maydew
Touch Arcade – Best New Iphone Games
App Advice – Brent Dirks

fedellen is currently open for a wide range of commissions and/or contract work including custom programming, web design, and custom software development. For more information check out our Commissions page or email directly: fedellen(at)pixelpajamastudios.com.