compiler warnings were a misstake, code is either valid or an error. no one reads warnings.

Mini Forest is now available! 🌲 Perfect for creating forest hideouts or archery training camps! The 3D models are compatible with all game engines and are free to use for everyone, for anything. kenney.nl/assets/mini-...

everybody warns you about programming in C like it's gonna be so complicated but it's dead simple. C lets you do anything however you wanna do it. C rolls up on a mini bike, gives you a drag off his cigarette and asks if you wanna throw bricks at an abandoned house

Previously, I posted about how Yoshi's Island bosses are shaped dynamically from cones. It turns out there is a way to see this in-game. If the cartridge is pulled out during a boss battle (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS), the boss will revert back into its true cone form.

Getting tired of the all or nothing LLM takes. Yes, it’s extremely easy to generate shitty software with these tools. That doesn’t automatically mean all software touched by LLMs is terrible. When digital cameras came out in early 00 it was proclaimed that everyone could now make a feature movie.

Pushing Box3D to the limit. A pyramid with 16290 boxes. Stabilized by contact recycling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4H...

Ported an old project to minc compiler, original C++ project is ~200k lines of code and compiles in 21s (without cmake generation, which would add another 35s). The minc project is 160k lines and compiles in ~1s. Left terminal apple clang c++, right terminal minc compiler:

Working on a JIT/hot-reload module for minc compiler. This is a godot app written in minc, with a static "engine" part that loads the minc compiler as a .dll module (libminc.dll), then watches file dir with OS events, recompiles directly to executable memory and remaps. Cross platform win/mac/linux.

Working on a JIT/hot-reload module for minc compiler. This is a godot app written in minc, with a static "engine" part that loads the minc compiler as a .dll module (libminc.dll), then watches file dir with OS events, recompiles directly to executable memory and remaps. Cross platform win/mac/linux.

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

Added minesweeper example based on thirteen.mc header to the minc compiler wasm playground: minc.dev/playground/g... The thirteen header is a tiny library that opens a window and hands back an RGBA pixel buffer.

Added minesweeper example based on thirteen.mc header to the minc compiler wasm playground: minc.dev/playground/g... The thirteen header is a tiny library that opens a window and hands back an RGBA pixel buffer.

I’m happy to announce the release of a new open source 3D physics engine called Box3D. I’ve been working on this project for a few years now, but it represents over 20 years of experience writing physics engines for games. Read more here: box2d.org/posts/2026/0...

Neat game dev tip for tile sizes: Consider how many number of divisors your chosen number have, because this determines the possible lengths repeating patterns can have. 12 and 24 for example have more possibilities than 16 and 32. 30 is a surprisingly good number as well.

Wheel World is currently 40% off on @steampowered.com . Here's what it looked like before it was 40% done: store.steampowered.com/app/1497460/...

"BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS" The award-winning game/glitchy art program @smestorp.bsky.social and I made in 2013 has now been rereleased on Itch for modern OSes. Try it out!, and make sure to tell any friends you want to play a weird prank on mermaidindustries.itch.io/become-a-gre...

updated the minc gfx playground with webgpu compute shader example: minc.dev/playground/g...

minc compiler release 0.9.8: github.com/SpacesOfPlay... Correctness fixes; in particular C ABI correctness to allow godot bindings. minc --shared produces a C-ABI-callable dynamic library on native targets (.dll/.dylib/.so) WASM WebGPU support + WGSL shader support.

the godot bindings repo comes with a polished next gen game as well, or... maybe not. (it's interactive and shows some more binding flow.)

Added a imgui_demo example to the gfx playground. minc.dev/playground/g...

Added a imgui_demo example to the gfx playground. minc.dev/playground/g...

the godot bindings repo comes with a polished next gen game as well, or... maybe not. (it's interactive and shows some more binding flow.)

updated the minc gfx playground with webgpu compute shader example: minc.dev/playground/g...

minc compiler release 0.9.8: github.com/SpacesOfPlay... Correctness fixes; in particular C ABI correctness to allow godot bindings. minc --shared produces a C-ABI-callable dynamic library on native targets (.dll/.dylib/.so) WASM WebGPU support + WGSL shader support.

dear imgui transpiled to minc as one header - 149,708 lines.

"Even the world's most famous special-purpose computer soon outlived its usefulness. There's a lesson in there somewhere..." (Source.)

Reminder that the coding help I need the most for Dear ImGui are related to tech that are foreign to me: Vulkan, OSX, Metal, Android, Linux. Many open issues/pr, need quality brain time, design time, explanations & reviews to close topics rather that have more opened: github.com/ocornut/imgu...

Infe2tation is out now! monteboyd.itch.io/infe2tation The galactic sheriff is back to unravel the Mystery of the Crystal Moon. Run ’n’ gun action with massive levels, varied enemies, 4 distinct areas, fun power ups, and a mini-game featuring robo-sidekick, D3P-UT! #c64 #commodore64 #pixelart #8bit

inspired by @boggo.bsky.social 's fluff which uses atomic-max points scattered by a DoF circle of confusion to do stylised bokeh blur, I tried implementing the awesome recent paper jorisar.nl/gaussian_poi... by @momentsingraphics.bsky.social et al and it works well enough to be fun!

the minc compiler is 1.5MB. it requires ~512Mb to self-compile inside the minc micro kernel.

sokol wasm/webgpu support in minc compiler, available in next release.

things might have escalated

Did you know that any language can be bound to control the Godot game engine? Here's a quick test setup with minc running the game loop, drawing a mc test cube. All scripted in minc, no godot editor used. Running on macOS.

The thirteen-minc single header transpile/port for minc is now available at github.com/SpacesOfPlay... The original is "a header-only C++ library that initializes a window and gives you a pointer to RGBA uint8 pixels to write to." Targets win, linux, macos, wasm.

more scope creep is happening...

Released minc compiler v0.9.7. This release had a bit of feature creep. Added shader live editing, supported with cli "minc run --shader-live app.mc" syntax, and in vs code including wasm targets. Preview directly in the live wasm playground at minc.dev/playground/g...

some of these are more well known than others 9games.pages.dev/s/3mbl1wyp

Released minc compiler v0.9.7. This release had a bit of feature creep. Added shader live editing, supported with cli "minc run --shader-live app.mc" syntax, and in vs code including wasm targets. Preview directly in the live wasm playground at minc.dev/playground/g...

Deluxe Poly - I used a combination of the new wiggle and wobble FX tools to create this little animation loop. #pixelart #lowpoly If you'd like to support me in obtaining real coffee, and gain access to work-in-progress builds of Deluxe Poly, I have a Patreon here: www.patreon.com/c/davidwdev

GentleOS is a simple, ultra-lightweight OS for old PCs, that I simply need to try out on some of those ancient laptops lying around. Have a look here: hackaday.com/2026/06/13/g...

View of Earth from Saturn - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/ffkErQ

Sorry but we'll never shy away from an excuse to highlight one of the rarest items in our archive: Check out some clips of Nintendo veteran Steve Okimoto introducing the GBA to Nintendo of America employees for the first time! This tape is dated 9/22/00, nearly 8 months prior to the GBA's US launch!

Announcement: I'm teaming up with 505 Pulse for my game Rhythm Doggo. If you think you'd like it, please wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/... Also there's a discord where we'll do playtesting discord.gg/3SG2ZxVeb The game's key art was made by @1neila1.bsky.social #gamedev #indiedev

was going to QA a new release today but got sidetracked into shader live reloading. work in progress, available in next release.

work in progress on transpiled thirteen minc header. thirteen uses D3D12 so uncovered a ABI calling convention bug in the compiler, need to do a new release before I can post this header.

The squares may appear to shift vertically or horizontally, but they are actually stationary and perfectly aligned in either vertical or horizontal positions. References Flynn, O. F. & Shapiro, A. G. (2018). i-Perception, 9(6), 1–6.

More binary size reduction found today in minc. Added a const fold for "arr[const_index]" that avoid some pointer math and array overflow protections. Doing a constant array access out-of-index is now also compile error. Compiler binary reduction 87KB (~6%).