Hey there everyone. After far too long being scared what people would think, and fiddling with it for the sake of it, I've finally done a public demo of Oidanoid. aquietspace.itch.io/oidanoid #gamemaker. #indiedev, #arcade, #retro, #shooter, #weird

Needed a break from Oidanoid today as was getting code blind. So instead I knocked up a simple space invaders clone. Free to download. aquietspace.itch.io/yasic #gamemaker #retro #indie #indiedev #arcade #spaceinvaders

A short teaser I've done for Oidanoid explaining the relationshhip that robots have with biscuits. #screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage

New book alert! After a long wait, the sequel to Wild Women is out! Midnight Magic follows young witch Sal through the dramas of her magical family life.

As it's Halloween I thought this video may be appropriate. Mrs Appletreeman and I were at this gig. This was the first live outing for a brand new song so noone in the audience knew it at the time. youtu.be/ax_FATpzAB8?...

A short video showing where Oidanoid started and how it is looking now... youtu.be/lXo1P2UFfNk #gamemaker #indie #videogame #indiedev

Holy crap. What a brilliant little interview @d0kk.bsky.social has done with musician Graham (Gribbles) Thorpe. Gives you a real feeling of why people respond the way they do to Jeff Minter. youtu.be/GGeoWmPyPak?... #heartofneon #supportindiefilm #videogames #art

Happy towel day everybody.

Suffering. Slowly recovering from a car smash in Jan. Feel like I’m getting a bit of PTSD as everything’s just getting to me. Can’t even use the ‘puter as the room is being decorated :(

Been bingeing Yellowjackets recently and now we’re up to date and have to wait for each new episode. It’s like being back in the old days.

Been having some major issues with my game. When I was trying to run it the game window appears and then immediately crash out with no error. If I pull a backup out of Time Machine it would work fine the first time but then crash again on subsequent tries even if nothing had been changed.

Nintendo Switch Spotlight: Rebuilt from the ground-up, Bezier is a seminal dual-stick blaster set inside a vast computer built deep underground. Shoot, pray, love. thalamus.link/bezier-us thalamus.link/bezier-uk

So, today it would appear I'm on stupid bug fixing duty. Idiot rookie mistakes are the bane of my dev existence. #gamedev #indiedev #GameMaker

So I woke up this morning to the first ever write up of my game. Not bad to say it isn't even released yet. Very kind words indeed from @fishwithlasers.bsky.social who I must confess is one of my influences. Read it here... bobbins.punchingrobots.com/oidanoid-dra... #GameMaker #indiedev #gamedev

Morning, you ‘orrible lot. Have some words (and a picture) on a videogame to start your Monday off. bobbins.punchingrobots.com/oidanoid-dra...

13 years ago today I published my first (and so far only) game. It didn’t make me rich but did at least pay for itself. Recently started rewriting it. #gamemaker #indiedev #gamedev

Overreact, my first mobile app launched for iOS today, featuring a collection of (somewhat frustrating 😆) button-based mini games! And a huge thank you to everyone who helped with testing and providing feedback! (Android coming soon, I'm just waiting on the review process) #ios #gamedev

Enjoyed some fabulous books this year, mostly horror, SF and crime, a few NF for good measure... then I got this beauty, which was a gift & outranks them all. Bloody joyful! #FeedingtheMonster

A few more up to date grabs of Oidanoid. Currently playing the hell out of this and bloody lovin' it! #gamedev #gamemaker #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #retro #arcade #trippy

It's a good job I'm so good at my own game. Just discovered a bug that would be so incredibly rare - triggering an extra life AFTER getting game over, leading to an endless state of limbo. A special xtra life that only an elite few will ever get. #gamedev #gamemaker

16 years ago today.

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Hey retro people. You really need to play this awesome game. It’s a proper slice of 80s nostalgia.

A few grabs to show off the current state of Oidanoid my twin stick shooter for #screenshotsaturday It's a bit addictive. #gamemaker #gamedev #indiedev #retrogames #trippy

Hope everyone (regardless of age, gender, race, religion or haircut) is having a great day, filled with plenty of good food and drink, and lots of love and laughter.

Our home for the next few days.

Getting very close to dev end of my game. What started as a 90 minute coding challenge has turned into 3 years of fun, laughter, swearing, tears, and such a sense of pride that I've got this far. I struggle to learn new things so this is BIG for me. Here's a sneak pic... #GameDev #Gamemaker

Broad daylight and even I know better than to go into a corn field. People in films are stupid.