Working on a helicopter game, planned to be a remake of Tomahawk but I know it will probably change into Krakatoa. #gamedev #godot #zxspectrum #retrogaming

I've just released Super Bugaboo Race Time Challenge! #zxspectrum #godot #indiegame stephensmith.itch.io/super-bugabo...

How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far: 🤣 🖕 👌 👎

I've now created 3 levels for Super Bugaboo Race Time Challenge. #gamedev #godot #zxspectrum

Currently working on a Bugaboo type of game - can you get to the end of the level in time? Lots of scope for showing some classic Spectrum levels. #gamedev #godot #zxspectrum

If you haven't read The Wind in the Willows and you think you know what it's about, let me tell you — you are wrong as HELL. It's the weirdest kids' book I've ever read, but @eleanormorton.bsky.social loves it. New episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read that out today! linktr.ee/readthat

Moonbase Assault in Stellar Forces, my Laser Squad remake. stephensmith.itch.io/stellar-forces #zxspectrum #amiga

Been tinkering with the title screen and screen transitions in Melkhior's Tower. More info about the game in the devlog: itch.io/dashboard/ga... #melkhiorstower #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

A quick space invaders remake with destructible invaders. #godot #indiedev #gamedev

I think I may have to replace my R-Type gfx with a more obscure retro game, what with Irem and Activision both still being around and feeling litigious. Suggestions welcome!

Working on a shoot'em-up with destructible scenery and enemies. Got some "placeholder" gfx in it at the moment. :) #gamedev #godot #zxspectrum

Age verification? I've almost finished a gamedev project I started.

The deadline for responding to this consultation (about whether we should shovel even greater heaps of bureaucratic misery onto immigrants in the hope of pacifying racists) is midnight on Thursday 12th:

Somehow they've done it. The new #Overwatch update has made the pre-and-post game UI even more convoluted and difficult to use.

Probably my most popular game to date: Manic Destruction. stephensmith.itch.io/manic-destru... #zxspectrum #retrogaming #retrogames #indiedev #madewithgodot #gamedev

I've had to use two websites today that only worked with Chrome and not Firefox. Is it 1999 again?

Probably still my finest hour. stephensmith.itch.io/exolon-3d

Tesco Mobile is sending me text messages to say that I can no longer receive text messages, since they turned off 3G and apparently my phone isn't 4G ready. Hmm...

I created a Neural Net to play BMX Simulator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hkc...

Just watched Die Hard again for obvious reasons (and it's so obviously an Xmas file there's not even a debate) but Disney+ have spoilt it by cutting so many segments. Like the dead body falling onto the cop car at the start; in the Disney+ version, he just appears on the car.

Programming a Neural Net is one of the hardest things to code: it's very hard to tell if there's any bugs, because you've no idea what it's going to do.

I'm trying to recreate Deactivators as a top-down 2D puzzle game... #gamedev #indiedev #zxspectrum #c64 #godot www.youtube.com/watch?v=780l...

What is the point of a TV channel like Channel 4 bring up films in their search results that you can't actually watch?

Getting warnings in Whatsapp that my Google storage is 50% full and backups are in peril. Oh noes!! Only 7Gb space left!!! Anyway....

Time Squad update! Someone went and actually sent me some cash for this game, so I've been morally obliged to add new features: Grenades, 3 difficulty levels, a level selector, and an extra level! stephensmith.itch.io/timesquad

What if I told you there's a kit with 62 modular clothing models to create your own characters? All textured, rigged and ready to use! This kit, along with all my other fantasy sets are 25% off! itch.io/s/167495/fan... #gamedev #indiedev

The next episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That comes out in a week! Please remember that, at the time of recording, Kier Starmer was Prime Minister and our hilarious remarks made sense.

I've released an early version of TimeSquad! to garner opinion as to whether it's a good game or not. stephensmith.itch.io/timesquad

You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...

Another AI fail. #godot #godotengine

I'm currently working on this single-player squad puzzle game "Time Squad". Work as a team with yourself by rewinding time! #madewithgodot #indiegame #indiedev

New level alert for The Black Hole: Expanding Asteroids! It's like pest control in space. stephensmith.itch.io/the-black-hole

Always fighting among friends about whose turn it is to play #JetPac? 🤨🙄 Fight no more: 'Multiplayer Jet Pac' will take you all on simultaneously. 🤯🍻 More #UPtG here: wwwSabreWurl.de @stevecsmith.bsky.social #UltimatePlayTheGame #RetroGaming #RetroGames #8bit #ZXSpectrum #Jetman

I've just released my second recreation of a classic Artic text adventure game: Inca Curse! stephensmith.itch.io/inca-curse

New game released: The Black Hole stephensmith.itch.io/the-black-hole

I propose replacing all AI with children paid to browse the internet and then argue with each other as to what the answer is, and then responding. Far cheaper and probably more accurate than AI.

This is not an Asteroids remake, honest.

I wonder if anyone not rich enough to take YouTube to court will also get a payout if their account has been incorrectly suspended? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

WIP of some kind of modern Asteroids remake I'm working on, including black holes. As with most software projects, there is no spec.

I've recently been browsing The Home Computer Course on archive. org. What a great magazine this was, really well laid out, interesting and informative.

Please sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I'm slowly removing all the AI generated images from my games. Only one game left, which unfortunately uses quite a few for the faces of people (it's a murder mystery).

In Stellar Forces (a Laser Squad remake) you can watch the playback of all your missions. Here's a playback of the classic The Assassins mission. Sterner is the big yellow circle! www.stellarforces.com

Sometimes the internet is great. I was reminiscing about an old very basic dungeon crawler I played from the early 90's, so I googled "msdos freeware dungeon", and it was among the first images. Dungeons of Drakklor!

Tesco Mobile:- 1. Send a message to all customers telling them their phone won't work soon because 3G is being turned off, even though their phones will work perfectly fine. 2. Profit!

Very suspicious why Google are constantly asking Android users to backup their photos to their cloud. It's almost like they want to use them to feed their AI machine.

Fame at last!

Top tip for being thought of as the best developer at your workplace: give very long time estimates and then complete your work sooner than expected.

So it looks like the C# ASP.Net annotation "DisableRequestSizeLimit" doesn't disable the request size limit. Great. I might start a blog on all the ways modern tech is rubbish.

What with Fujitsu Horizon, now this, and generally most IT systems being buggy, maybe we should go back to using pen and paper. Or call out crap when we see it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...