After having used the new #c64ultimate for a day, I'm very pleased. It really lives up to its name and makes it fun to try out new games and demos for the #c64. The only thing I miss is a fast way to swap disks without entering a menu for seamless demo watching.

My kid using the #c64ultimate for the first time. He was a bit confused to say the least. When I told him I used real cassettes back in the day, he got very intrigued, so the plan for the day is to connect my old datasette and see if we can play a couple of my old games.

I'm currently working on new enemies in our #nes game. The skeleton enemy you see here is immune to jumps and need to be punched. Currently we have 8 enemies in the game, but I think we need to reach closer to 50 to have enough variation. #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

Here are the slides for my "Live++: A Bag of Tricks" talk presented at Guerrilla Games last Friday. Enjoy! PPTX: liveplusplus.tech/downloads/Gu... PDF: liveplusplus.tech/downloads/Gu... #cpp

Here is a screenshot from our editor for our #nes game. We have made a custom editor which increases iteration speeds a lot. It's just a matter of placing stuff, assemble a rom and play! #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

I've started to make proper levels in our #nes game. It's quite fun but also challenging, as we are not doing a conventional platformer and need to invent a good formula for levels. I use greyboxing until I have something fun. #gamedev #nesdev #homebrew #indiedev

Today I've worked on collision in the over world of our #nes game. We use 16x16 tiles so the grid is quite blocky. By adding special tiles that nudge the player it makes the navigation much smoother as you don't get stuck as easily. Works really well! #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

I haven't update in a while, but our next #nes game is progressing nicely. I've been working on the first boss. There's polish left but I'm pretty happy with the base concept as I don't think it feels too static, which is often the case with bosses on the nes. #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

Today one of my kids proudly told his brother, "Daddy showed me a life hack!". You might be curious what the hack is? To button up a pair of jeans. I feel the bar for life hacks has gotten surprisingly low...

I got a new computer today so I could migrate to Windows 11 and oh my God it's been painful. I've had several Windows 11 bugs (with crashes) and getting back to a similar state as with my Windows 10 machines seems impossible. Is it not possible to get Visual Studio 2022 anymore?

I've finally found a good use case for AI, to help me configure Emacs!

There are 5 NES games back in stock at the Homebrew Factory US store! 🇺🇸 - Nebs 'n Debs - Basse Def Adventures - Lizard - Changeable Guardian Estique - Data Man ➡️ usa.homebrew-factory.com/11-nes?q=Ava... Steel Legion and Micro Mages are also being assembled for a restock soon.

As it's Christmas I've changed the palette to get snow. It's fascinating how much a simple palette change can do. You also see me testing collisions for entities by dropping a coin on punches. Not single frame drop in sight! #nes #nesdev #gamedev #homebrew #indiedev

Just finished watching Terminator with the kids. They liked it a lot so tomorrow we'll move on to Terminator 2. Also, I had no idea the T-800 model is powered by a 6502 like processor. Pretty funny.

I haven't posted an update about our #nes game in a while, but things are progressing nicely. I'm currently working on a shop. Money will play a vital part of the game to get items to access new areas as we plan to add some light RPG elements. #nesdev #indiedev #gamedev #homebrew

Got my Multisystem 2 in the mail today from @heber-limited.bsky.social . I've been looking forward to the Multisystem 2 more than Switch 2, and so far it does not disappoint. I'm quite blown away by the form factor and it looks much better in person than I thought!

I've been doing a lot of work with the overall framework of the game lately, such as adding a save system, menus, progress displayed on the map for levels etc. It's fun as it makes the game feel more real. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev

This week I've worked on the over world from where you enter levels. I've decoupled levels from entities which means I can have a lot of levels in a screen as they no longer take up entity space. What you see is one biome and the plan is to have several. #nes #nesdev #gamedev #indiedev #homebrew

After a summer holiday break I'm back with #nesdev. Today I've added a charge punch that makes it possible to destroy bigger and harder blocks but could also be used for stronger enemies. I'm leaning towards the skill being an upgrade you don't have at the start. #nes #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

I've implemented a system that persists data between rooms in a level which makes the game remember destroyed blocks. The best part is that it's quite memory efficient so levels can be pretty large. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #indiedev #gamedev

Finally got around to upgrade my #mega65 core to latest version today. Very smooth process! Also managed to test Maniac Mansion which was very cool to see!

The news about Perifractic (and friends) potentially buying Commodore is kinda exciting, that it's even a possibility to do something like that.

🐣PaperKlay is now available!🐔 A 3D Platformer where you rotate and unfold a paper and cardboard world! Meet fully voiced characters on your adventure! Featuring the Banjo-Kazooie composer on the title track! Poured my heart into this game, I hope you like it! RT to help 💜

I've added the ability to punch enemies and punch throw blocks. Effects are missing and animation is still work in progress, but it's quite promising. The idea is that it will also open up more ways to interact with the world beyond just destroying things. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

Here is an update on the water effect. It now works as expected in both vertical and horizontal rooms and takes the camera into consideration. Conclusion is it's starting to look quite doable now! #nes #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

I've been playing more with the water effect and added water physics as a test. It's tricky to get the timings right, so we'll see if the effect can be used for real. I'd also rather have the the ability to actually swim than simply run around slowly. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

Just for fun I had so see if I could expand the water effect. Pretty simple stuff but yet not that commonly seen on the #nes. Perhaps a bit too much (especially if it covers the whole screen), so we'll see if I keep it. #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

Transparent water on the NES? Yes please! Subtle effect, but I think it works quite well. The only problem now is that I need to implement water physics... #nes #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev #indiedev

We've made it possible to stomp enemies to kill them. There's still a lot of polish work left, such as adding effects to make it feel good, but at least it's working. #nes #nesdev #gamedev #indiedev #homebrew

We now have moving platforms in the game added by @tedsteen.bsky.social. Quite a simple mechanic but can add a lot of variation and challenges to a level. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev

I got this record in the mail today. I've wanted to own it on vinyl for a long time and was shocked when I learned recently it was not considered a success upon its release. Among my friends in Sweden in 1998 it was definitely considered a great album!

Super Homebrew War update! Now featuring characters from The Storied Sword, Courier, Full Quiet, Super Sunny, Jane Austen, and Biocreeps! With newly added DataMan themed stage. 4 player battle royale featuring NES homebrew personalities. Get the rom here ⬇️ www.bitethechili.com/superhomebre...

Sometimes I find records at home I have no recollection of buying. In this case I don't even remember the band. Anyway, it's a pleasant surprise! I guess I should pay my record collection more visits in the future.

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A very trivial effect to do in order to create the illusion of depth is to change the player to render behind background tiles at certain locations. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #indiedev

I've added a ground slam mechanic. The idea is that you will be able to destroy certain blocks and use it to attack enemies. It's going to be interesting to see how it feels when it can actually affects the environment. #nesdev #nes #gamedev #homebrew

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwS9... Pretty cool talk by Trident on two programming tricks for #C64. Especially the protothreads are pretty neat and I can definitely see myself using it in the future.

We have added wall jump. At first I was a bit skeptical but it feels quite good. We probably need to tune it a bit though to not make it too powerful. #nesdev #nes #gamedev #homebrew

Saturday night fun. Making a fresh install of Workbench.

I've added collectible items. Instead of having it completely static I also added a spawner you need to follow which is time limited. I think it'll be a good fit for the game as it adds an optional challenge to a room in a very simple way. #nes #nesdev #homebrew #indiegames

Data Man is a Multidirectional Shooter for the NES! Protect the Central Processing Unit from hordes of attacking minions, alone or with a friend (2-player co-op mode). Cartridge version: ➡️ www.brokestudio.fr/product/data... By Darkbits (@olofn.bsky.social, @finalman242.bsky.social, Ted Steen).

I've added destructible blocks. It's a bit blend without effects and quite limited (SMB style), but it will be expanded upon in the future. I've also added death and respawn if you hit an enemy. It makes it feel more like an actual game with a simple game loop. #nes #nesdev #gamedev #homebrew

I asked my partner if it's okay if I buy another microcomputer and she said, yes of course, if it makes you happy. At that moment I knew why I married her. (Not shown in the picture is three C64).

Check out a great game by Darkbits called Dataman. youtu.be/8ulTyrYFLvY?... #NES #indienes #homebrew

Here I'm stress testing a room filled with enemies. There are 15 enemies individually updating which is our current max. Seems to work fine in NTSC with zero lag and time to spare in the frame. We haven't optimized anything yet, so it's all good! #nesdev #nes #homebrew

We now have acceleration in our controls and different animation speeds. Although a lot of work is still left, it's starting to feel quite decent and it runs pretty much the same on PAL and NTSC! #nesdev #nes #homebrew

My favorite NES games arrived from @brokestudio.bsky.social and they’re beautiful! Dataman by @olofn.bsky.social and Micro Mages by @morphcat.bsky.social. Can’t wait to play these multiplayer on real hardware! #nes #homebrew #indiegame

We now have dialogues and @tedsteen.bsky.social ported our script system from Data Man, which drives the dialogues! It was tricky to make it not glitch and keep as many colours on screen as possible. I think only #nesdev people might really appreciate it. Felt like doing demo coding again! #nes

Perfect opportunity to get your own copy of Data Man for the #nes.