Career
Swiderski was developing Commodore 64 games, and later Amiga games for the shareware market as lead programmer. John took a hiatus from programming in 1993 when Commodore went bankrupt and opened a retail computer store in Deer Park, Washington. In 1999, Swiderski began working on new Atari 5200 game cartridges for the newly popular retro-gaming surge.
In 2004, Swiderski began work on Myst for Pocket Personal Computer as lead programmer.
He also began working on several new game concepts as a Designer and Producer for the casual game market. Pet Shop Hop was released in 2008, followed by four more games in 2009.
A government appointed position where John currently serves as Chairman. The authority handles the entire electronics recycling program for Washington State.
Irata"s Quest (unreleased)
Pet Shop Hop (March 17, 2008)
Grocery Story (unreleased)
Everything Nice (April 2, 2009)
Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe (May 27, 2009)
Passport to Perfume (July 21, 2009)
Cat Wash (November 13, 2009)
Vegas Nights (May 15, 2010)
Remarkable Farkle (August 1, 2010).