Jonathan Howe
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Revision as of 20:12, 19 June 2025
Jonathan Howe is a programmer. Working in Flash, he programmed the second wave of games for homestarrunner.com between 2003 and 2008.
Early Homestar Runner games were very simple, made by modifying basic Flash tutorials. Jonathan Howe emailed the Brothers Chaps and offered to collaborate with them, resulting in the development of TROGDOR! and several other Videlectrix games. Howe, who had been living in Boston, by 2005 had moved to Georgia to collaborate in-person on Homestar Runner games (while continuing to work as a freelancer). By 2007, he had moved out of the Atlanta area which dramatically decreased the amount of time and effort he could contribute to the site. Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque (released December 1, 2008) is the last game he contributed to; later ports and revivals of games he worked on were completed by other programmers.
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Credits
Programming
- Awexome Cross
- TROGDOR!
- Population: Tire
- Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up
- Secret Collect.
- StrongBadZone
- RhinoFeeder
- Thy Dungeonman
- Thy Dungeonman II
- Hallrunner
- Peasant's Quest
- Duck Guardian One
- 50K Racewalker
- Stinkoman 20X6 (levels 1–9)
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig
- Thy Dungeonman III
- Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque (also credited for writing)
Music
Howe composed music for the Peasant's Quest movie trailer, alongside Mike Chapman.
In addition to programming the first nine Stinkoman 20X6 levels, Howe is also credited for composing the game's music.
Acting
He played an unspecified character in the Peasant's Quest movie trailer.
In Thy Dungeonman 3, a photograph of Howe is used to depict the Disgruntled Cleaning Guy.
Fun Facts
- If one reaches or exceeds 2,000 points in TROGDOR!, Jonathan Howe's name will appear in flashing colors at the bottom left side of the game over screen. Strong Bad calls this Easter egg "the coolest secret thing [he] ever found in a video game".
- The signature "Love, jonathan ("nickname")" is hidden in the XML Source for the Weeklies, suggesting Howe contributed to the programming of the Quote of the Week, Weekly Fanstuff, and/or Sketchbook.
- Howe appeared on several strongbad_email.exe DVD commentaries.
- He assisted with the animation on the Strong Bad Email rampage.
See Also
- Adventure Gamers Interview - 2 Sept 2004 — Interview about Peasant's Quest with Matt, Mike, and Jonathan
- Bobby Blackwolf Interview - 5 Sep 2005 — Interview at Dragon Con with Jonathan
