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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · 2d

I've created a custom slash command "criticalthink" to encourage critical thinking, as a play on "ultrathink". I find it quite useful, but this function itself requires critical thinking. github.com/abagames/sla...

GitHub - abagames/slash-criticalthink: The `criticalthink` command is a custom command that embeds healthy skepticism into the dialogue process itself as a countermeasure against AI's "confirmation bi...

The `criticalthink` command is a custom command that embeds healthy skepticism into the dialogue process itself as a countermeasure against AI's "confirmation bias" and humans' &q...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · 14d

Ever dreamed of a game that plays itself? I explored this idea by building a system where an AI creates, plays, and completes an entire RPG campaign on its own. Humans can then watch the story unfold. dev.to/abagames/ai-...

AI Creates and Plays a Game, Completing the "Game You Don't Have to Play"

"Is there a game you don't have to play?" This is a famous line from the Japanese manga...

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Itooh @itooh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Another web game you shouldn't miss: 1x111 by @abagames.bsky.social

A collection of inventive and delightful tiny games. Think UFO-50 mixed with Wario Ware. Full of surprises, and actually pretty addictive. #gaming #videogame

abagames.itch.io/1x111

1x111 by ABA Games

1-button 111 minigames

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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.itch.io · Aug 15

1X111 by @abagames.bsky.social
one of the classic japanese game hobbiests, Kenta Cho recently tied together 111 of his single-button games into an old-school wario-ware you can play on your phone (he's been making tiny free games since the 80s)

abagames.itch.io/1x111

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Aug 23

You are a switchboard operator. Quickly connect people to who they want to talk to. If you're too slow or make a wrong connection, you'll lose a contract. But don't worry, you can get it back by making another successful connection! abagames.itch.io/switchboard

SWITCHBOARD by ABA Games

Old-school operator: Connect fast or your contract is cut.

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jun 23

Ever wondered what a 'Rally-X Championship Edition' might play like? The goal is to grab all the flags on the left side of the screen. A special flag will then pop up on the right. Snag that special flag, and a whole new course will appear on the left. abagames.itch.io/labyracer

Labyracer by ABA Games

Speed Maze Survival

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jun 5

I've got a new snake game. Feel free to try it out if you're interested. www.metafilter.com/209055/Recor...

Recorded in SNAKESURROUND™

ABA, prodigious creator of plenty of awesome short games like the one-dimensional Pac-Man variant PAKU PAKU, has just released a new game, free to play in your browser on itch.io: BLASNAKE. Start...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jun 3

It occurred to me that not having an 'About Me' page on my website might seem a bit unhelpful, so I went ahead and added it. www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/ab...

About Me - ABA Games

Learn more about Kenta Cho, the creator of ABA Games.

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Apr 25

I contributed an article to "Jisaku Game Magazine 2025", magazine featuring introductions to Japanese indie/homebrew games. I wrote a column titled "Creating Homebrew Games to Enjoy Programming," discussing my activities over the last 40 years yareyare760-game.wixsite.com/home/magazin2

自作ゲームマガジン2025 | 8080 Games

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Mar 21

We need to let generative AI play the games they create and experience that "What is this? This is boring!" feeling too dev.to/abagames/get...

Getting LLMs to Create, Play, Evaluate, and Improve Games

The fish powers up with bubbles and can crush rocks. I managed to make Claude handle everything from...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Mar 20

The fish powers up with bubbles and can crush rocks. I managed to make Claude handle everything from game concept creation and evaluation to implementation and improvement, creating all this without writing a single line of code, just through conversation abagames.github.io/chat-craft-c...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Feb 21

1D Pac-Man x 8 players for Atari 2600 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKZe...

Pac-Line x 8 (v0.91 Build) - Atari 2600 Homebrew

YouTube video by The Foreseen Arcade

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Feb 7

I just noticed that dev.to now supports Bluesky post embeds dev.to/devteam/you-...

You can now embed Bluesky on DEV/Forem

Just a heads up on a new feature: Embedding skeets! This feature is only a basic initial...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 26

The idea that generative AI could create games completely autonomously remains a distant dream, but we're beginning to see early signs of this potential. dev.to/abagames/cre...

Creating Mini-Games in the Age of Generative AI - Generating Ideas, Code, Graphics, and Sound

In this context, what remains for humans to do... fine-tuning, perhaps? Dodge the incoming red...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 25

Dodge the incoming red electrons and boost your score by navigating through the yellow paths between them! 🎮⚡️ abagames.github.io/crisp-game-l...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 22

Tap to jump, tap again to stomp! Crush the cactus to increase your score! Speed increases too! abagames.github.io/crisp-game-l...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 15

Inside the box, a box's jump direction sways back and forth. Tap with good timing to make the box jump, while collecting yellow blocks and avoiding red ones. abagames.github.io/crisp-game-l...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 11

When small integers are passed to Python's hash(), they typically return the same integer value. However, hash(-1) exhibits unusual behavior by returning -2. This is because CPython uses -1 as an error value, making it impossible to return -1 as an actual hash result. omairmajid.com/posts/2021-0...

Why is hash(-1) == hash(-2) in Python?

While browsing Reddit the other day waiting for my code to compile , I ran across this question on r/Python: is hash(-1) == hash(-2) an easter egg? Wait, is that really true? $ python Python 3.9.6 (...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 10

"Cuttle," a playing card game developed in the 1970s, already featured elements similar to Magic: The Gathering, including card-based attacks, interference, defense, permanent effects, and the existence of "2" cards that could neutralize effects. www.pagat.com/combat/cuttl...

Cuttle - card game rules

How to play Cuttle, a combat card game for two players using standard playing-cards.

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Hempuli @hempuli.bsky.social · Dec 31

Wrote an end-of-the-year post on my blog: www.hempuli.com/blog/index.p...

2024 in review

A post on Hempuliʼs blog

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 1

Summary of LLM developments in 2024: Key advances include the emergence of models surpassing GPT-4 and cost reductions. Challenges also emerged, such as low-quality AI-generated content, widening knowledge gaps, and environmental impact from data centers. simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...

Things we learned about LLMs in 2024

A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Jan 1

Human unpredictability based on experiential memory and intuition is fundamentally different from AI's, suggesting a new collaborative relationship between humans and AI. dev.to/abagames/a-n...

A New Relationship Between AI and Humans - Human Potential as a Source of Unpredictability

Humanity is approaching a historic turning point with the emergence of AI systems that surpass human...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Dec 29

"We’ll be releasing Claude 3.5 Haiku and Claude 3.5 Opus later this year"—if we don’t hurry, it might be too late to call it this year www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...

Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet—our most intelligent model yet. Sonnet now outperforms competitor models and Claude 3 Opus on key evaluations, at twice the speed.

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Dec 24

After creating 200 one-button games, constraints have evolved into natural design patterns, and while game creation has become routine, I still find joy in fine-tuning mechanics for optimal player experience. dev.to/abagames/ive...

I've Made 111 One-Button Mini-Games into a Collection (Out of 200 Created)

abagames.itch.io This is a WarioWare-style game where you play quick one-button...

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ABA @abagames.bsky.social · Dec 23

A Python library prettymaps for creating stylish maps using OpenStreetMap. github.com/marceloprate...

GitHub - marceloprates/prettymaps: A small set of Python functions to draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data. Based on osmnx, matplotlib and shapely libraries.

A small set of Python functions to draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data. Based on osmnx, matplotlib and shapely libraries. - marceloprates/prettymaps

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