{"id":17,"date":"2019-01-21T20:27:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T02:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:54:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gray_1000.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gray_1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gray_1000-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gray_1000-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gray_1000-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m J. Kyle Pittman, game designer and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/minorkeygames.com\/\">Minor Key Games<\/a>. As of 2026, I reside in the North Texas area, where I&#8217;m currently employed as a senior programmer at Gearbox Software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working in games since 2005, both as a programmer in AAA space and as a game designer and wearer-of-many-hats in indie space. A partial ludography can be found on my <a href=\"https:\/\/piratehearts.itch.io\/\">itch.io<\/a> page and my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/developer\/sheet\/view\/developerId,338138\/\">MobyGames<\/a> page. A more complete list can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/games\/\">Works<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My pronouns are he\/him, and my professional name is J. Kyle Pittman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No AI, no crypto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m J. Kyle Pittman, game designer and co-founder of Minor Key Games. As of 2026, I reside in the North Texas area, where I&#8217;m currently employed as a senior programmer at Gearbox Software. I&#8217;ve been working in games since 2005, both as a programmer in AAA space and as a game designer and wearer-of-many-hats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piratehearts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}