I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project: Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece. Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon. See thread for details. 1/9 github.com/markmoxon/th... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

I enjoyed this video on why GenAI concepts of physical products are a bad idea. Good to remember that, for both real & virtual, that concept artists don't just make "cool pictures", but have rationale and holistic knowledge that informs the work. You can ask them "why?" m.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2r...

Today I learnt of a new source port under development for that other early id Software FPS: Hovertank 3D! The developer, Havoc, has also acquired the rights to the game. He has a YouTube channel and maintains a blog on his website at havoc.de. www.youtube.com/watch?v=koTn...

wolfenstein 3d, custom fan made sprite (2005) 'this character is basically the brain part of the spider mastermind enemy from doom, minus the mechanical legs, and with a chaingun mounted in it's head.' web.archive.org/web/20180814...

Jets now support multiple materials, transparent canopies, and, finally, decals #gamedev #flightsim

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when everyone was anxious about the y2k bug at the end of 1999 and thought shutting down our computers would stop the apocalypse. people forget what that moment was like

Have a Happy New Year everyone 🥳 More exciting Thunder Helix and Deluxe Poly things coming in 2026 !!

3D render was later brought into photoshop for touch up and stylization using the 'index painting' method before exporting. #JSDungeon

Intel announced the 8087 floating-point chip in 1980. Now I have a blog post that explains a small part of the microcode in this chip. www.righto.com/2025/12/8087...

1000 followers, wowza! I made this to share my love for games and early 3D, to create the types of posts I'd like to see anyway and as an anchor of consistency and stability for my overly anxious mind. So a big thank you to anyone that's ever seen, liked, shared or commented any of my posts! 💖 1/3

#olcPixelGameEngine3 development continuing! Random demo shows here: lines, fills, rects, rounded rects, circles, ellipses, shades, textures, independent region clipping, affine transforms and user interaction

My RPG map making software Grid Cartographer just got a small update to add a (wip) PDF manual. It's also ON SALE ! store.steampowered.com/app/684690/G...

It's time to make that game you've always wanted to make! 🕹 #screenshotsaturday #rpginabox #gamedev #indiedev

Big shout to the makers of ArchieSDK (on Gitlab), a GCC cross-compiler for early Acorn Archimedes (A3020 here). Very easy porting my Snowscape (Midwinter clone) to it. Can just write C/ASM in VSCode and then cross-compile straight over to the emulator or hardware. Very cool indeed. 😎 #retrogaming

Turns out the lighting on the day-night cycle was totally broken - since 2023! Well, better fix it late than never. #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #flightsim #ww2 #wwii #retrogaming #screenshotsaturday

Stealth is for creeping around a location in #StarCadre Combat Class without being noticed. It's useful for peeking around corners or silently approaching an enemy to attack them. This is a Scout's primary skill. cyningstan.itch.io/star-cadre-c... #ibmpc #msdos #cga

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As a Boxing day treat, i give you JetPac Willy, now available for FREE download on my itch page - ZX Spectrum BASIC - Animated ALex - [https://animatedal.itch.io/jetpac-willy]

Because, I really enjoy Thunder Helix and think you should play it. @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social has made a pretty damn good game thus far.

The wait is over: we're finally releasing the demo for our project "Power Rangers It's Morphing Time"! - Solid combat system with good combo possibilities - Frenetic action, inspired by arcade games like TMNT Preview and download: youtu.be/BkFQ4LiHtAQ #gamedev #powerrangers

Anyway, if you've come from twitter's like, fourth exodus, I've got a pixel artist starterpack worth checking out. bsky.app/starter-pack...

daddy and his computer, story submitted to creative computing magazine (1974) archive.org/details/crea...

Developed by PEOPLE.

Project Timbre, is a bite-sized level-based 3D platformer that is inspired by some of the challenge levels in Super Mario Sunshine 💜 🧨Dynamic move-set creates expressive movement 🟢👅🐽🦷🟣 Colorful original characters 🌱Hidden cute collectables #TeaseYaGame #gamedev #indiegame

I've created a couple of Xmas themed #C64 games, one of which is Snow Force, a snowy version of Soul Force. Snow Force also includes Soul Force X, an updated version with 2nd button support. Snow Force is on sale right now (along with my other games). sarahjaneavory.itch.io/snow-force-c64

Converted the final skin to support CGA more (The 'medic', presumably a specialist in eye trauma) + fixed the "bug" where I'd been overwriting all the EGA character skins instead of maintaining two folders ... oops 😬 (very thankful for git today!) #lowpoly #gamedev #solodev #wip

For those that would enjoy classic flight sims with some modern QoL, then I'll give a couple of games a shout-out, starting with this one. Thunder Helix is inspired by EGA flight sims such as LHX and walks a fine line between arcade action and simulation.

High frame rates and sharp, untextured polys: when technical limitation transcends into an aesthetic. 📺: F/A-18 Hornet, Graphic Simulations, 1993 (Apple Mac)

The intro was not made by Digital Domain this time, but instead Timothy Hoffman. It's still iconic to this day

CGA screenshot Freddy Hardest in South Manhattan #CGA #msdos #retro

You can rest assured my projects are all 100% AI free from top to bottom. You'll never see AI jank art or code in any aspect of my games, store pages, etc. - I'm perfectly capable of making my own jank. #gamedev #solodev #fuckai

Been fixing a fun bug in my engine where a user is dragging a Direct3D9 window from a laptop to an eGPU desktop and this works except if crashes if you drag it to the bottom half of this other desktop. But it otherwise works great and no-one else can repro it 💀 ... engine dev is fun, mostly !

Whirl for(float i,z,d,h;i++<8e1;o+=vec4(9,5,h+t,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;a=mix(dot(a+=.5,p)*a,p,sin(h=dot(p,p/p)-t))+cos(h)*cross(a,p); for(d=0.;d++<9.;a+=.3*sin(a*d).zxy);z+=d=length(a.xz)/15.;} o=tanh(o/1e4);

MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series #Racing #RetroGames #PCGaming #Gaming #GeoffCrammond

When egressing in Thunder Helix, it is always good to continue sorting through targets to keep up situational awareness. You never know what is tracking you out there. In this case, a Mi-24 Hind attempting to catch us over the open sea. #flightsim #indiegame @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social 1/2

A mini tiled dungeon in Deluxe Poly. Pay no attention to the cursed toolbar skin I made.

Thunder Helix - more conversion of assets to support CGA mode. (sorry it's taking so long 😅) #gamedev #lowpoly #indiedev #solodev

Fisherman Park (Pilot ni Narou!/Wing Over 2, PS1, Beluga, 1998)

I made a really terrible game I made in 4 days! You walk and open doors! It's just the same rooms again and again! There's apparently no guidance! See why people are already saying, "I couldn't find a way out :((((" shallowthinking.itch.io/there-is-no-... #indiedev #7dfps #gamejam #gamedev #RTO

A bit of a stress test tracing in Deluxe Poly :)

Wow, reached 500 followers, thank you all! As a little treat, here's me posting my first SEGA Saturn high-res screenshots (finally figured it out) with more to come! Fighters Megamix (Saturn) (1997) 1/3

Traced an old photo of mine in Deluxe Poly. Having undo and the combined polyline/pencil functionality sure helps a lot!

You wanna know the secret to surviving air travel? After you get where you're going, take off your shoes and your socks then play an MS-DOS game. I know, I know, it sounds crazy. Trust me, I've been doing it for nine years. Yes sir, better than a shower and a hot cup of coffee.

CGA screenshot Awesome Earl in SkateRock #CGA #msdos #retro

Another prototype of Atari CX-2000 console (nicknamed Val) has been found forums.atariage.com/topic/386503... #Atari2600 #Atari

Deluxe Poly - experiment with a modifier key to temporarily turn a line into a pencil. #gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart

CGA screenshot Wings of Fury #CGA #msdos #retro

Thunder Helix - Added support for CGA mode to the SAM launcher. #gamedev #lowpoly #flightsim 🚁