About

My name is Jacob Vanluven and I often go by KingToot online. I am a software engineer, game developer, artist, music producer, and most importantly of all - a sponge for knowledge. I love to expand my collection of skills through hands on experience and personal projects. I'm quick to get into an interesting project, and extremely flexible.

I've always been interested in creating and helping people ever since I had the capacity to do so. Whether it be through arts and crafts, making up stories in my head, or, most recently, creating video games and experiences for people to connect with.

Current Projects

My largest project is an RPG called Folds Among Stars that I've been wanting to make for the past few years. I believe I'm at a place where I can effectively work through this large project without getting drowned in issues. It's a lot of work, but it's work I love doing. I've been working on it for the past year, slowly whittling away at it when I have time between coursework.

I've also been working on a small collection of tools to help me understand various concepts across all of software development. As of right now, I have created a program to write to and read from a custom file format for storing pixel art (and other low-color) images. Over Summer 2025, I've been working on an undergraduate research project through the Indiana University of Pennsylvania's U-SOAR program. It uses computer vision to detect hand landmarks, converting them into mouse movements and clicks.

Skills

Since I'm interested in so many different fields, I've gotten pretty good at a lot of different things. Here's a brief list of my most used skills:

Languages

Python

Javascript

Game Development

Godot Engine

Unity Engine

Aseprite

Reaper

Front-End Development

Typescript

React

Django

Inkscape

Contact

If you would like to know more, or if you need to reach out to me for any reason at all, use any method below and I'll try my best to get back to you!