Giruka
hey, i'm giruka.
developer • modder • gamer • professional scope-creep enjoyer
◆ about me
I'm Giruka. I like programming, modding games, reverse engineering things and taking ideas significantly further than they were ever supposed to go.
I'm usually the type of person who starts with "I'll just add this one feature" and somehow ends up building an entire new system around it.
I'm heavily into games, anime, music and character-focused stuff. I play everything from RPGs and shooters to weird indie games, but I'm especially into Genshin Impact and games that give me enough freedom to experiment or break things.
◆ what I make
I like working on games and software that have a good foundation but were abandoned, left unfinished, or simply never pushed as far as they could have been.
That usually means mods, tools, prototypes, animation systems, multiplayer features, quality-of-life improvements and random experiments made mostly because I wanted to know if they were possible.
I also care about keeping the identity of whatever I'm modifying. Adding new features doesn't mean everything needs to suddenly look and feel like a completely different game.
◆ GL2MP
My main project right now is GL2MP, an unofficial expansion for Gacha Life 2.
It originally started because I wanted to add the multiplayer functionality GL2 never received.
Then I realized that once I could properly extend the game, there was basically no reason to stop at multiplayer.
Now I'm also working toward proper character animation, procedural idle/walk/run animations, a real animation editor, better Studio tools, creator features, quality-of-life improvements and other additions that fit naturally into the original game.
The goal is for new features to remain game-accurate. UI, visuals and behavior should feel like they actually belong in Gacha Life 2 instead of looking like random external software glued onto it.
Basically: what if Gacha Life 2 had actually kept receiving major updates?
◆ this page
GL2MP is what I'm mainly working on right now, but don't expect this page to stay about one project forever.
If I make a mod, game, prototype or sufficiently stupid experiment that becomes interesting enough to release, it'll probably end up here.
