Has this ever happened to anyone else? I got over 3000 downloads on two of my April Fools' games on itch, but no views. Guessing bots?

Oh shit, I'm on the box!!!

🧠NORDLE is a Word-Puzzle-game for the Famicom. Made by @fgsoftware.bsky.social to bring this famous game on the Nintendo's 8-bit console. - 3 game modes - English and French dictionary included - Hi-score saving - Family BASIC keyboard support ➡️ www.homebrew-factory.com/famicom/46-n...

I'm a terrible musician, but I made a 2nd tune for my sound engine's test ROM today. It's from Sorcerian by Yuzo Koshiro #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

I shall now reveal the gimmick of this boss now that it's full implemented: Smooth, real-time scaling on PC Engine hardware!!! #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Oh Hard Off, how I missed thee...

Making boss #2. Trying to setup a fancy demo trick, but so far it's going about as well as you'd expect😂 #pcengine #gamedev #pcengine

RIP my wallet On the positive side, I now have 12 carts left for a full PAL/NTSC NES set. Used to be my main focus before moving to Japan/getting into PC Engine, but I'm still grabbing the ones I need when I have the chance!

New enemy: The Zap-O-Matic! This specific one controls the express elevator so you need to destroy it :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Here's a couple enemies I drew during my vacation so far😎 #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

At the end of all of my streams I play @fgsoftware.bsky.social Wordle NES @atjamie.bsky.social aka IntellectualBully decided to be cheeky to start off a new session...

Haven't had much chance to work on the game recently, sometimes life gets in the way. Still planning to go back to it as soon as I can though! For now, I found this silly manga about salaryman ninjas, I feel like I might get some inspiration for Special Ninja Squad :P

Been doodling some enemies for the next level, such as this cyborg amazon :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Awww yeah!!! Mercari DELIVERED!!! #X68000

Stage B-2 is in, and I've made a lot of custom elevator routines for it to make it look like you're inside them :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

haha glitch helicopter go rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Building a new level. A concept I had in Space Soviets already, but a bit more refined! #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

www.gameimpact.info/0621-22tokyo/ If any of you guys are in Tokyo on the 21st and 22nd of June, I will be at Game Impact's event showcasing my PC Engine game, Special Ninja Squad. Event will be in Japanese, but if you have time and want to see me and other local homebrewers, now is your chance!

Something else from the video archives, and it's my look at 1943 Kai for PC Engine! You might just think it's a darn solid conversion of Capcom's remix of 1943, but then you find out it's more. So much more. Which makes a darn tight conversion *truly* special. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bcy...

Does smashing the dead miniboss's head around bring anything to the gameplay? 　No. Is it hella fun? 　Absolutely! #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Stage 2 Miniboss: Mousey. Send the bombs back at him with your sword! (WIP) #gamedev #pcengine #turbografx

One of my latest tracks, open for commissions!

A few tricky spots to make it work, but those motorcycle explosions came out nicely :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Started adding some more complex Stage 2 enemies! Here's a biker cyborg for instance :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Great news! We've cracked 1000 DLs on Special Ninja Squad! Thanks everyone who DL'd so far! Here's to 1000 more! vectrex28.itch.io/ninja-squad #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Backup Booster: Works Saving: Works New decompression: Works Sometimes it feels good to get it all together :D #PCEngine #gamedev #turbografx

More testing equipment! I wonder if Special Ninja Squad will save alright on this ;) And it has AV out which is neat for the LT :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

My new compression ended up freeing 4KB so far. But accounting the extra graphics I still need to add (conveniently enough the kind it noticeably improved) I can already see it save a full bank's worth of data! And every bank counts on a HuCard :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

The first brand new Stage 2 enemy is in! It's a wall lazer. Fairly simple, but more interesting ones are coming as well ;) #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Doing on a few enemies after work :D The first is a stage-specific redesign of an older enemy (The big lad), and the bottom one is a Roller-Blade cyborg (Get it, cuz he has blades for arms and is on rollerblades :P) #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

vectrex28.itch.io/special-ninj... Right after releasing the PCE demo, I made an NES version of my upcoming PC Engine game, Special Ninja Squad! Come check it out :D #nesdev #gamedev

Been working on some more enemies today such as this cyborg on a motorcycle :D #PCengine #gamedev #turbografx

I guess miracles still exist in 2025! Giving my 2023 NES homebrew title Blazing Blocks a go on this "junk" New Famicom vectrex28.itch.io/blazing-blocks #nesdev #famicom #ファミコン #nes

Making graphical variations of certain enemies to fit other levels should be fairly straightforward with my sprite system. Here's a reskin of the running soldier as a cyborg :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Area B is officially in! Well, only the enemies need to be dropped in now that is :P #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Working on that new stage. Sneaking into an evil tech company from its parking garages and an outside section. There will be cyborg goons chasing you ;) #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Since I only have the graphics ready for the next stage, I popped them in the game just to see if they decompress alright (you never know). I forgot how ridiculous levels with the wrong tileset can look lmao #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

"If you see this, quote a game with a 10/10 soundtrack" Seeing as Jesper Kyd is one of my favourite chiptune artists, I'm gonna go with Batman&Robin on the Megadrive. youtu.be/915k0mMK-Fo Red Zone might have my favourite Kyd tune (Walking Remix), but every B&R tune is a 10/10 (esp. Psycho Section)

Here's a boss fight scene mockup I've been working on. Planning to use a particular trick on this ;) #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

Some people said it looked like "Camera zoom" I don't know if I should take that as praise or as an insult lmao 😂😂😂 #nesdev #gamedev

Been a while since I've done anything on NES... Here's Mode 7-like scaling on my Twin Famicom :D #nesdev #gamedev

NEW EPISODE! Let's check out some really cool ports, hacks and homebrews! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZC4...

Today was Syvalion. Easily my favourite #X68000 game

When your character just decides to stop using the computer and does a crab walk forever #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

More #X68000 fun for me tonight. Repairing this thing made me start playing more video games again instead of just developing which is really nice :D Finally got to Stage 3. This game is tough.

Stage select implemented! Using the rarely-used hi-resolution mode too - 512px across :D #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

vectrex28.itch.io/ninja-squad I've updated the demo of Special Ninja Squad to 1.1, addressing feedback and fixing a few bugs! Come get the latest version on my Itch! #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

We got our first emulator breakage coming from a follower 😅 (Emulator in question: BeetlePCE Fast) I'll probably update the demo ROM with a detection/message for bad emulators. I'll also add some of the updates/bugfixes I did last week! #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx

What's New Wednesday once again! Every Wednesday we take a look at new games for retro systems. Today, Vectrex28's 'Special Ninja Squad' demo for the PC Engine is one of many games to feature. 8pm UK www.twitch.tv/charliefar

Here's two demo feedback fixes on lunchbreak. I added a little message to hold down II when getting a helper because it was still hard to figure out somehow, and made walljumping possible only with the jump button (The old way is still doable tho!) #pcengine #gamedev #turbografx