For over a decade I've been wondering what this freaking font is, because I kept constantly seeing it in Japanese gaming media from the 80s and 90s. It wasn't until in recent years when I discovered that the font is called Tankoin AL-KL (淡古印 AL-KL) and it was made by Shaken (写研) in 1979.
A Commodore 1084D monitor showing the PC game AlleyCat running in composite video from a slightly modified CGA card, receiving a custom color clock input from an Arduino.
I bet you've never seen AlleyCat look quite like this before.
#retrocomputing
pixel art of a cat lying under a bougainvillea looking at the viewer by pixel_turkey
cleo under bougainvillea, 320x240px
The YM2151 is similar enough to the Megadrive's YM2612 that I was able to copy the patches and get a fairly accurate Desert Strike theme tune cover going. Not quite nailed the pitch bends but the automation editing in this thing sucks r.n.
This is a big one: We brought on *three!* of the key players in the Sega Channel to reminisce about what it was like to build one of the first major game streaming platforms
We went so long that we broke it out into a bonus episode, exclusive to Patreon supporters!
a photograph taken from ground level looking up at a blue sky with cirrus clouds, with some native Australian bush at the bottom of the frame
photo of a mature gum tree and australian bush, with a bit of blue sky
lizard hanging out on a green gumtree leaf on top of a rock on a sunny day
how it looked outside today
macOS Mojave (the last 32-bit one) runs fine in qemu on linux, if you can suffer through the installation and updates for a few hours. Reaper audio playback seems to work fine, not even doing any hardware passthrough for video or audio. Resurrecting some old music projects from a 2014 macbook.
A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!
We're everywhere and we're cool.
Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.
Get the special limited Sad Cat Comix issue 1 of 3- unique Sad Cat drawing on the back in the Goldenrod stock dankzineshop.bigcartel.com/product/sad-...
looks accurate. I had crispy noodles when they were filming the first Matrix nearby, but hadn't thought about it until now
Transfer Point is now available! It’s a point-and-click adventure game about regret, forgiveness, and email. It was made in World Builder, a Mac app from 1986. You can play it free in your web browser. InvisiClues are available if you need a hint! robotspacer.software/transfer-poi... #MARCHintosh
4kb procedural gfx on #Amiga
www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
A press kit for Sunsoft, subtitled "Our imagination is limitless." It depicts an NES cartridge and its circuit boards flying through some kind of metal desert, watched over by a floating eye.
Hey Sunsoft, wh... what's going on here
Good fake ads are an important part of game design craft
this area was always here but you just couldn't reach it. until now
It's been offline for a couple of months due to hosting issues, but the Video Game Soda Machine Project archive is back online again. If you've ever wanted to browse through more than 3,000 screenshots of soda machines from video games dating back as far as 1983, this is the site for you.
Thunder Helix is ON SALE !
#lowpoly #indiedev #solodev #flightsim #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...
An unfinished painting of a young woman walking toward the viewer. There’s a cat on the ground next to her, and a bus stop and an old house in the background. She’s holding an electronic device in her hand, about the size of a paperback book.
Finally had a chance to spend more time painting today. Made some good progress! I might even finish this in time for the game launch next week?
Screenshot of Enigma Heart. Zalia is in the house of an old woman. A calico cat is sitting behind the old woman. Zalia is sitting on a crate. Zalia's dialogue box reads, "Cute cat. What's its name?"
"Annoying customer."
#GameDev #EnigmaHeart #PixelArt
took a few photos on our Granville Island trip today glass.photo/aurahack/ser...
I worked on this, I did the typesetting and layout in
@inkscape.org which was mostly a pleasure 🫠 Inkscape made many things easy
bsky.app/profile/pixe...
I just want to put this out into the universe again.
If you are a homebrew game dev of a system that runs on MiSTer (GB, NES,MD, etc) with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to include it in SuperStation’s Season 1 Homebrew DLC Pack.
forms.gle/aAja7HEZQnga...
Photo of me speaking at Ubisoft Toronto for International Women's Day. There's a banner to the left reading "Ubisoft Toronto, established 2010", a Farcry banner, and in the upper right a bit of my slideshow presentation. There's also a really nice brick wall in the background, because the studio is housed in a heritage building that was built in 1922.
Photograph of "The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope: 100+ Essays on the Craft of Game Writing", collated by Jon Ingold and published by inkle. My hand's holding it.
Screenshot of "The Examined Game Podcast with Steven Lake: The Power of Play". It's dated March 5, 2026, with description "Julia Minamata (The Crimson Diamond) The Power of Play - 3# The Examined Game". There's a photo of Steven Lake on the left and Julia Minamata on the right.
Curious Odyssey Steam event promo art, featuring The Crimson Diamond. The event runs from March 11-18. The Crimson Diamond's key art is shown, discounted 25%. Text underneath reads "A celebration of contemplative narrative games". Hosted on Steam, curated by Revolution and ASH Games.
March's Crimson Gazette's out! 📰 I spoke at @ubisoft.com Toronto for International Women's Day, contributed to @inkle.co's book, chatted w/ @theexaminedgame.bsky.social, & The Crimson Diamond's 25% off for #CuriousOdyssey (nearly 600 reviews!), & more! www.thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazette90.html
me and my beautiful wife @cammydev.bsky.social are creating a survival horror game called Despecholia in the Quake engine. heres some lil snippets of whats been done so far :3
#indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #quake
youtu.be/RCw6LpHx9wM
did you know: everyone is implementing grenades wrong
www.joewintergreen.com/games-should...
Deluxe Poly - preview builds are now available to Patreon backers! There are more features to add, but it's already very capable. Support and feedback would be very much appreciated!
Find out more here (free access):
www.patreon.com/posts/deluxe...
#pixelart #lowpoly #gamedev #wip
