We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
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Posts by Colin Kiama
I Trapped A 15-Year Old in an Experimental Mobile Suit. If he stays in it until the end of the One Year War, he gets to live!
Alexus 2040 update is now available on iOS and Android!
- New spaceships and power-ups
- Accessibility settings, including EASY MODE
- Controller support
- New achievements
App Store: apple.co/4fLrHHw
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#IndieDevGame #gamedev #arcadegame #AppStore
The black hole swallows everything within range: enemies, lasers, collectibles, other power-ups, even background elements.
At some point I wanted to make it move towards your spaceship. I didn't do it, not worth the effort and breaking the idea that power-ups can only be helpful.
#IndieGameDev
London! We are looking for a venue for the regular meetup in the North/Central area. Our Peckham venue got a private space (i.e. no noise issues) and is quite nice but it's a little far for some people. So we've been trying to alternate between North and South.
Can someone help us out? ๐
SKATE STORY
"OVERLORD" Trailer
Coming to PS5
2025
please i am so broken
I made a retro-inspired arcade space shooter game using the Phaser game framework.
I worked on the art, programming and audio.
Feel free to try it out!: colinkiama.itch.io/last-one-fly...
#gamedev #retro #phaser #phaserjs
healthbar made of cogs in 1 bit pixelart
Day 60 of Pixelart! โ๏ธ
Just joined Brackey's Gamejam 2025.1! ๐ฎ
Thought I'd start things off with a unique healthbar for the game I'm going to make ๐*
Any feedback on what I could do to make it better?๐ค
๐ท๏ธ: #pixelart #learning #aseprite #cogs #healthbar #health #blackandwhite #1bit #gamejam
๐ I'm hosting a new showcase event in London, May 2025 & still on the look out for more games. I'm teaming up with a Marketing company so it'll be something like a showcase meets secret cinema ๐๐ฟ๐ฌ
For more info + signup, โก๏ธ forms.gle/9DqpwpLUfE4v...
Reposts appreciated, ty! ๐
#gamedev #indiedev
We still talk about you
Here's some Skate Story to kickflip you into the week.
Ending the year strong!: buttondown.com/colinkiama/a...
#blog #newsletter
hi bluesky! i wanted to start sharing my wip solo dev project
Triumvora is a game where you are a Creachure. what does a Creachure do? mostly, it eats and tries not to get eaten. but you can also find them staring at the sky, as if yearning for something... โจ #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Wow, what a nightmare this could've been. Amazing story!
When are we getting the Netflix Adaptation? ๐
Lastly, here's a link to Erik Schierboom's article on this to learn about how all of this works in more detail: www.erikschierboom.com/2020/02/17/c...
Here's a link to my original blog post where I wrote about this last year: colinkiama.com/blog/git-swe...
That's it! You'll now be able to quickly clean up local branches with deleted remotes (Note: On Windows you may need to use a different terminal like Git Bash for this to work!) Thank you for reading!
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Example of expected git config contents to see in git config file after adding `git sweep` alias: [alias] sweep = ! "git fetch -p && git for-each-ref --format '%(refname:short) %(upstream:track)' | awk '$2 == \"[gone]\" {print $1}' | xargs -r git branch -D"
Here's an example of what the config file should look like with the alias added:
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Command for adding the `git sweep` alias: git config --global alias.sweep "! git fetch -p && git for-each-ref --format '%(refname:short) %(upstream:track)' | awk '\$2 == \"[gone]\" {print \$1}' | xargs -r git branch -D"
You can set it using the `git config` command or by editing the your git config file directly. Here's the command to set the alias with the `git config` command:
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`git sweep` is a git alias I created that does the following: - Run the `git fetch --prune` command to delete all references to remote branches. - Find local branches linked to deleted remote branches (these are marked as "gone") then deletes them.
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git sweep - Delete all local branches linked to deleted remote branches
I wasted so much time deleting local and remote branches I was done with. Now, I delete my remote branches (e.g on GitHub) then run this command: `git sweep`. Local branches that track remotes are automatically deleted! Here's how to get started with this....
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I finally feel like I'm at a point in my life where I know what I want to do and why I want to do it.
Now, the issue is finding the time to do things ๐.
How do you guys manage your time?