{"id":492,"date":"2026-06-17T01:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josiahpadu.la\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:22:44","slug":"independent-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/josiahpadu.la\/?page_id=492","title":{"rendered":"Independent Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"492\" class=\"elementor elementor-492\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3034535b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3034535b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a263b30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a263b30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b4cc8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39b4cc8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Independent Work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cca1cbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cca1cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These projects show the work I\u2019ve pursued outside my day job: original games, live multiplayer systems, technical prototypes, and current engine experiments. 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