This is probably my favorite site I've worked on so far. I got to develop this site by myself (which is always a fun challenge), and Darkroom really let our design partners get creative. There are unique styles and animations throughout the site, and the entire thing feels very cool. Some of my favorite parts of the site are the initial animation on the home page, the navigation animation, and the character bios on the episode pages.

I got to collaborate on Floodlight's 15 year anniversary site with two of Floodlight Design's other developers. My primary contribution to the project was "Floodle", a Wordle-style game with answers related to Floodlight Design and web development. This was a really fun project to work on. I had never tried to make a game before, and there were some novel challenges to overcome.

For most purposes, YouTube and Vimeo's video players work really well. However, at Floodlight our clients often wanted features that required some hacky CSS or digging through YouTube/Vimeo's API in order to achieve. So instead, we created our own solution. Using Cloudflare's Stream platform for video hosting, we created an internal plugin that allowed our clients to upload videos from within Wordpress. It gave us the ability to generate thumbnails from the video that appear while the video is loading and hide when it's ready, creating a more graceful transition once the page loads. Hiding controls, autoplay, looping and muting can be set per instance and on initialization, giving us a lot of flexibility and making the process easier for the client. The lack of YouTube/Vimeo branding on videos was also a big plus. The homepage video on Darkroom Faith, which I've linked below, is one of my favorite use cases of the plugin.

Trailhead is another favorite site of mine. The bold, bright colors and simple yet satisfying load in animations and hover effects all come together in a way I'm really proud of. But the most unique feature of this site is it's 'Neighborhood' page. On it, you'll find a map of nearby attractions, restaurants, transportation and shopping options. You can select a category you'd like to see, and both the map and list update dynamically. It's a great tool for getting a sense of the amenities near the apartment building.