Jason Rohrer (born November 14, 1977) is an American
computer programmer, writer, musician, and
game designer. He publishes most of his software under the
GNU GPL or into the
public domain, and charges for the
iPhone ports of his games. He is a graduate of
Cornell University. From 2004 until 2011 he practiced
simple living, stating in 2009 that his family of four had an annual budget of less than $14,500. They have since relocated from
Las Cruces,
New Mexico to
Davis,
California. In 2005 Jason Rohrer worked on a
local currency, called
North Country Notes (NCN), for
Potsdam, New York.