Welcome to my digital lair!

Hi there! I am Kyratech and you find yourself on my personal website. This is where I organise and show off all of the various creative projects that I work on. I hope that they bring you some fraction of the joy that they bring me!

Recent updates

A quick and dirty USB-C mod for the WiiU gamepad
A PSX style render of my late cat Honey, based on one of the best pictures we have of her.
I made a custom controller with trigger stops and USB-C.

Recent blog posts

Ah, 2024. A year in which I vowed to work on my personal projects more, but instead spent about 70% of the time feeling burned out and getting nowhere. You might expect that the time that I spent not writing blog posts this year (hello, GOTY 2023 exactly two posts before this one) could have instead been spent experiencing more video games than usual, but unfortunately it didn’t seem to shake out that way. Indeed, I initially struggled to recall more than three or four games that I played this year, but I think I’ve now managed to put together a respectable list, including one that is competing for a spot on my best-of-all-time list!

31 December 2024

The last time that I did a blogpost was this time last year. I’ve tried a few times to write posts this year, but I’ve really struggled with finishing them. I would get halfway through and just wonder to myself: What right do I have to share opinions about these things? Who even cares what I think?

9 December 2024

What am I currently up to?

Stuff I am working on

Replacing the banner images for this website

Since first creating this website, I have updated my persona to be a machine woman instead of a flesh and blood monster girl. One of my current projects is to update my page banners with the new avatar, but I am going to do them in 3D this time round. As a result, I need to create a bunch of props before I can render out the new pictures.

EXOTURBINE

A low poly shapeship in a bare testing environment.
It's still too early to really show off, but I'm getting there!
Arcade hover racing action! I'm slowly plugging away at a prototype for a racing game that I've wanted to make for years, ever since I worked on mods for a particular WipEout-inspired game. My inspirations are Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, WipEout Fusion, WipEout Pure, Redout, Motorstorm, Oban Star Racers, and most likely Redline once I get around to watching that. I plan on recording my progress in blog posts once I have a core system that I'm confident is worth developing further.

Stuff that I am playing

Cobalt Core

Look, I don't know how to play a deckbuilder, but this one has cute animals flying spaceships so I'm going to have to learn.

Hypnospace outlaw

Web 1.0: the game. Immaculate vibes, storytelling that's only possible in interactive media, tracker music. I'm in love.

Armored Core: Master of Arena

Good god this game is so much harder than the other Gen 1 AC games! Someone send help because the Karasawa isn't enough to save me!