Pocket Bird now has 10+ new birds, rare unlocks, and more! Pocket Bird 2.0 is here in its biggest update yet, with a dozen new species, rare unlocks, and updated sprites! After many weeks spent staring at pictures of random birds, I’ve finally added more bi.....

Pocket Bird 2.0 has been released with 10+ new birds, rare unlocks, and more!
idreesinc.itch.io/pocket-bird/...
#opensource #bird #pixelart

Original looked like this for reference:

Currently trying to decide between these two designs, any opinions? First one is slightly slimmer, second is fatter.

Animal crossing letter posted through my anonymous animal crossing letter project with a background photo from the game in the dodo airport

I'm going to be testing random Animal Crossing photos as backgrounds for my anonymous Animal Crossing letter project! If you have any in-game photos you would like me to use, feel free to send them to me!
#opensource #animalcrossing

A letter posted anonymously as a message in a bottle via acmail.idreesinc.com containing the following text: Dear Villager, Hey There! Hack the Planet! From Your Friend

Original message here, submitted via acmail.idreesinc.com
#animalcrossing #acnh

There we go, aspect ratio working! I wonder why the bluesky api requires you to provide that information rather than figuring it out automatically

Interesting, something seems to have broken in regards to the aspect ratio when posted via the api rather than manually. Will have to look into that.

Oops, my lambda deploy failed yesterday. Just updated it, the next message should include a background image!

Note that any images you send will need to be made available as public domain so don't send me anything you wouldn't be comfortable being posted!

Animal crossing letter posted through my anonymous animal crossing letter project with a background photo from the game in the dodo airport

I'm going to be testing random Animal Crossing photos as backgrounds for my anonymous Animal Crossing letter project! If you have any in-game photos you would like me to use, feel free to send them to me!
#opensource #animalcrossing

New Animal Crossing New Horizons stationary being presented, including the bunny day, full bloom, cherry blossoms, and dandelion stationery.

New limited edition spring stationery has been added to the Animal Crossing Letter Generator, get it while it's hot!
acmail.idreesinc.com

This error message somehow showed up as a file listing ._.

Rotund pixel art blue jay for my bird taming program called "Pocket Bird"

I am quite pleased with this extremely rotund blue jay

Rotund pixel art blue jay for my bird taming program called "Pocket Bird"

I am quite pleased with this extremely rotund blue jay

Quick question, should I continue posting with the gradient backgrounds or should I start using screenshots from the game as the background to make things more interesting?
#animalcrossing

Created a little sprite editor thing to help me design new birds for Pocket Bird. Could I have made like a dozen birds in the day it took me to write this? Maybe, but look at how cute it is!
#opensource #pixelart

Created a little sprite editor thing to help me design new birds for Pocket Bird. Could I have made like a dozen birds in the day it took me to write this? Maybe, but look at how cute it is!
#opensource #pixelart

Micropterigidae - Wikipedia

Wait, there's a group of lepidoptera with MOUTHS??
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropt...

Someone was kind enough to post about @acmail.idreesinc.com on Instagram and now I am swimming in anonymous letters to review! At this rate, I'm going to have to build some little app to help make approving letters easier because manually copying each letter into my code isn't cutting it lol

A screenshot of a sprite stack editor with a simple pixel art editoron the left and a faux 3d render of the object on the right. The render shows a simple house with green grass, white walls and a red roof.

Had an idea for a game last night so made a quick editor as a proof of concept. It's a "3d" editor that involves you drawing pixel layers that then get stacked giving a faux 3d effect when the layers are transformed and drawn on top of each other.
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #javascript

Though for now, Pocket Bird also exists as a userscript so using something like "tampermonkey" would let you do the same thing! On another note, I'm also waiting for the plugin to be approved for @obsidian.md but the review queue has been months long so it's likely going to take a minute.

I want to at some point, but the hard part with Safari is that it can a bit of a hassle to do all the work required to get the extension into the app store (like with my other extension "Mutable"). I was thinking if Pocket Bird reached a few thousand users on Chrome then I might!

Pocket Bird - Chrome Web Store It's a pet bird in your browser, what more could you want?

Pocket Bird officially has over 500 chrome users! Thanks to everyone that has chosen to let a tiny bird loose while they browse the web!
#opensource #desktoppet #pocketbird #birds

I’ve just started playing Pokémon Legends ZA and I’ve already accidentally encountered two shiny magikarp flopping about??

I'm just saying, if you're trying to leave Discord for PictoChat or whatever, I've got an open-source recreation for mobile right here...

I'm just saying, if you're trying to leave Discord for PictoChat or whatever, I've got an open-source recreation for mobile right here...

Remember pulling out your Nintendo DS on the bus and messaging your friends over PictoChat? To bring that feeling back, I made "PicoChat" for iMessage! It's free and open-source (of course), so give it a try and let me know what you think!
apps.apple.com/us/app/picoc...

GitHub - IdreesInc/Bluesky-Moon-Phaser: A simple script to automatically update your Bluesky display name with the current moon phase! A simple script to automatically update your Bluesky display name with the current moon phase! - IdreesInc/Bluesky-Moon-Phaser

I've made an open-source program that updates your Bluesky display name with the current moon phase!
github.com/IdreesInc/Bl...
#opensource #bluesky

Animal Crossing Letter Generator A pixel-perfect editor for writing letters like in Animal Crossing New Horizons!

Added more bottles to acmail.idreesinc.com and finally fixed the issue where line breaks weren't being saved! Also added this pretty social media card formatting. Wish I could figure out a way to generate a preview image of the specific card for the tag, but I don't think that's possible?

Also made it generate accurate alt text and link to the original message, which was surprisingly difficult but worth it!