Here's a site with info about Hypnogenesis, the new psychedelic space shooter that I am making with @andymakes.itch.io. The game uses video feedback as a core gameplay mechanic via Andrei Jay's Video Waaaves library. www.hypnogenesis.xyz

We got all of our answers! Thank you, folks. As promised, my camp just donated $500 ($5 per responder) to the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. You can donate too! www.wfmn.org/funds/immigr... bsky.app/profile/andy...

We're about halway there! If you want to answer some dumb questions we'll donate $5 to WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. bsky.app/profile/andy...

Working on an attract mode for Hypnogenesis today. I wrote a little AI that does a reasonable job of playing the game. Enough that I can drop it into any room let it do its thing. Bonus is that the title plays with a lot of the game feedback in a fun way. [flashing colors] #gamedev #videofeedback

We're about halway there! If you want to answer some dumb questions we'll donate $5 to WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. bsky.app/profile/andy...

Another XCom 2 Long War of the Chosen Campaign in the books! That means it is time for me to post my roster. (plain text of their names in the alt text) Thank you to every one of my precious soldiers for fighting the alien forces of ADVENT.

If you play XCom 2 at all, I cannot recommend the Long War of the Chosen overhaul mod enough. I just finished my yearly Legend / Ironman campaign and did a pretty big update on my guide for the mod: andymakes.notion.site/Andy-s-LWotC...

I'm expanding my Family Feud game with a bunch of ~After Dark~ style questions. For each respondent we get up to 100, we'll be donating $5 to WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund (www.wfmn.org/funds/immigr...) supporting victims of ICE in Minnesota. Answer here: forms.gle/qmN4TJvsN5i5... Fuck ICE

Every year I make a little game for my partner's birthday, usually staring our dog Tuppy. This year I asked... could our dog run the @arcadecommons.org merch stand at @magfest.org? You can play it here: andymakes.itch.io/help-tuppy-r... (requires keyboard) Art by @chriscariot.bsky.social

Does anyone in NYC have a metal detector? Would you like to help a small band of sympathetic New Yorkers in their quest to find a lost wedding ring in the snow in [undisclosed park]? (pls share?)

"Battle" (300 chars) Feint. Swing. Parry. Riposte. Repeat. Without a wielder, the blade repeated its last commands until there was nothing left. #postcart #pixel_dailies #screenshotsaturday @pixeldailies.bsky.social

minnesota coming together to show us all how to stand up against ICE is such a beautiful display of what solidarity looks like

Chewy just shipped me a perfectly intact empty box.

I had a nightmare that one of my siblings updated the OS on my computer.

I finally got around to writing up my 2025 year-in-review post. This year I worked on high speed mutts, Robotron-inspired CRT psychedelia (with @allenriley.bsky.social), another alt control jam (with @mtylpg.bsky.social & @arcadecommons.org) among many others! blog.emma.coop/andy/andys-2...

I wanted to build a console for the game jam games that would eventually be wall-mounted and live at @wonderville.nyc Here's a demonstration of how it works showing Up To Go Down by @dxtr.se and Wesna

In late 2025 @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social teamed up with @arcadecommons.org to run a game jam called Flip Out - games made using 5 toggle switches. This is the second alt.ctrl game jam following 2024's Lever Up jam. You can play the games made from this jam here: itch.io/jam/flip-out

Two rad pictures of @jfriedhoff.bsky.social and I running tournaments for @arcadecommons.org at @magfest.org courtesy of Nick Santaniello!

What will come for me first, Linux-Guy or Birding-Guy? Or will we see a dark horse victory from Model-Train-Guy, even though that one isn't scheduled for another few decades?

And of course a mention of extreme honor to our runners up, including @goferboy.bsky.social's Low Guevara, who was involved in the FINAL SCAN of our main quest line (even though it looked like it was maybe Mr Beast?) Kudos all around, for fish well fed! Moving on, to the 📈TANK STATS📊 2/5

Hello Fish Friends it is time for 🎊🐟The MAGFish Awards🐟🎊 Starting off, let's have a round of applause for our BIGGEST FISH: ahem drum roll please and thank you 🥁🐟🥁🐟🥁🐟🥁🐟🥁🐟🥁🐟🥁 SALT HILL (from @smashriot.bsky.social!) with a staggering 57 total meals!! 23 feeds is a lot!!! ON ALL 3?!? how. 1/5

the heroic winners, and me, and @andymakes.itch.io! massive thanks to Andy and Jane and all the other @arcadecommons.org folks running these tournaments. what a blast

“Cascading” (280 chars) #pico8 #evagellion #エヴァンゲリオン #ドット絵 #postcart

fixing the riot grrrl arcade machine while listening to steely dan on headphones to drown out nearby techno. what does this mean

Hey @magfest.org I'll be on the alt control panel hosted by @emilykoonce.bsky.social at 6PM! Panels 4 - Chesapeake I'll be talking strange controllers with Blake Andrews (currently blasting me in the arcade with horse race test), David Antognoli of Night City Games and John Meister of Super Soul!

Blood Crisis is coming to MAGFest! youtu.be/qjdKio0h5b8

Pro MAGFest move: use the bathroom NOW so that you don’t have to go during the con

And of course, it wouldn't be MAG without Slam City Oracles by Jane Friedhoff Particle Mace & Salmon Roll by @andymakes.itch.io Volleygon & Powerboat Italia '88 by Robysoft Super Sharp Birds by Neil Sveri Waxwing by Common Opera WeatherSys Admin MASSIVE by Matt Fry & Robysoft

We're hard at work gearing up for @magfest.org ! We'll be there with all the beloved indie arcade community classics, like HOVERBURGER by Robysoft, Nightmare Kart by @b0tster.yeag.gay, Dyebreaker by @runningjump.games , and a new build of TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME, by @jameskor.in and @kokode.io !

Driving a big truck to MAG

In Peekskill this Friday, 1/9? Please join me and my Drawing with Machines students for the opening of our exhibition at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery! We'll be showing scores of generative artworks created with pen-plotters, p5.js, and much more! www.instagram.com/p/DTGWAUlkS8Q/

"Tatami" (300 bytes) #pico8 #postcart #pixelart

I had a dream that I taught my step mom how to do whippets

Over at Wonderville doing some more CRT work with @kleeb.bsky.social to get Hypnogenesis (my video feedback game with @allenriley.bsky.social) ready for @magfest.org!!! It's been a minute since I played through the whole game!

s="htlaeh rof doog bad for education"n=circfill::_::cls(8) q=t()for i=1,33do a=i/34+.02e=50+max(sin(q+i/90)*9) ?"\^o2ff"..(i<17and"\^t"or"\f8")..sub(s,i,i),63+cos(a)*e,63+sin(a)*e end for f=0,1do for i=0,18do a=sin(q)*9+sin(q/2)*i if(f<1)n(i+53,63+a,9,14-i\12*2) n(i+50,60+a,2,7)end end flip()goto _

"AKIRA" (299 bytes) #pico8 #postcart #akira

The Flip Out Jam itch.io/jam/flip-out, with games made for a custom alt controller with five toggle switches, was such a blast. Play the jam games (including my annoying elevator operator simulator Up To Go Down) at MAGFest!

Jam organized by @arcadecommons.org and @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social ✨ As part of the jam participants also built their own version of the controller, this is our shoebox version by @sadlilrobot.bsky.social

For the holidays, my partner made me these amazing stickers to compliment my XCOM-2 obsession (which includes running way too many mods).

2025 was a huge year for building arcade cabinets- I sold 12 this year alone! Here’s where they went: 1. Particle Mace by @andymakes.itch.io sent to @indiedarlingsf.bsky.social in SF

Here's a quick vid of the Rocket Dog level gen in action, which does a nice job of showing it getting caught in a dead end for a while and needing to rewind. #indiedev #gamedev

Taper 15 is live! You can check out my code poem here: taper.badquar.to/15/burning_t... All of the entries in Taper are HTML and javascript with less than 2kb of source code. #sizecoding #proceduralgeneration

It's my holiday party and creating an unpleasant sonic experience is part of it.

Perhaps you might see it at some kind of... Community Showcase...

Getting Hypnogenesis ready for its debut at @magfest.org with a new console!

deeply evil people we have in charge of this country. the entire political establishment needs to go

🎶🎵 santa baby scuttle up the chimney to me 🎶🎵

Tomorrow I'm doing a presentation about Alternative Controllers and my ITP class @newarcadeitp.bsky.social at Word Hack at @wonderville.nyc - come check it out or watch on Twitch!

I intend to use my profits from the game to fund and uplift creators less privileged than he is. I’ve already begun that effort with the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant: grants.draknek.org

Big revamp of the level generator for Rocket Dog. I love proc-gen so I went harder than I need to. It's pretty robust! Supports segments of any orientation & size, full checkpointing etc. The levels feel nice & twisty! first pic is the old output, then 3 of the new one #indiedev #gamedev #procgen