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gamedev hobbyist & a little bit of everything else deerbell.itch.io
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I'm going to take the wildly swinging between things are going good and things are going poorly to be normal, average them out and say things are things
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I'm going to take the wildly swinging between things are going good and things are going poorly to be normal, average them out and say things are things
Pros: I have the emulator working with modern DAWs, I have Dosbox outputting usable data to windows base midi.
Cons: How do I make it go do the thing I want instead using my virtual midi device?
The world may never know, but if it does it should tell me!
Cons: How do I make it go do the thing I want instead using my virtual midi device?
The world may never know, but if it does it should tell me!
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Pros: I have the emulator working with modern DAWs, I have Dosbox outputting usable data to windows base midi.
Cons: How do I make it go do the thing I want instead using my virtual midi device?
The world may never know, but if it does it should tell me!
Cons: How do I make it go do the thing I want instead using my virtual midi device?
The world may never know, but if it does it should tell me!
I have a mild interest in getting a sc-55 emulator going with dosbox-x via cakewalk 5.0 just so I can pretend to be a composer from 1992. But Not enough interest to wrestle with the internet to figure out how to fucking do this.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I have a mild interest in getting a sc-55 emulator going with dosbox-x via cakewalk 5.0 just so I can pretend to be a composer from 1992. But Not enough interest to wrestle with the internet to figure out how to fucking do this.
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chitinous broodmother. been chipping away at this design for a while
#CharacterDesign
#CharacterDesign
January 29, 2026 at 8:58 AM
chitinous broodmother. been chipping away at this design for a while
#CharacterDesign
#CharacterDesign
you know exactly what you have to draw to make the number go up 😱
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 AM
you know exactly what you have to draw to make the number go up 😱
What does that even mean? Also have you played my Quake map yet?
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
What does that even mean? Also have you played my Quake map yet?
I better get to work I've got a long road ahead 😖
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I better get to work I've got a long road ahead 😖
I used to coyly say that spite fuels me, but I don't really think that's the case anymore, I just feel something like instinct now. I think when I need to, but good things just flow out of me. Maybe this is what happens to everyone who spends enough time dedicating them to a skill?
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I used to coyly say that spite fuels me, but I don't really think that's the case anymore, I just feel something like instinct now. I think when I need to, but good things just flow out of me. Maybe this is what happens to everyone who spends enough time dedicating them to a skill?
Even if it's a flop and I don't make anything I know that every past thing I've put out has reviewed positively and people still sometimes donate to Eudora and Witchy Workshop and that was some of my earliest stuff.
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Even if it's a flop and I don't make anything I know that every past thing I've put out has reviewed positively and people still sometimes donate to Eudora and Witchy Workshop and that was some of my earliest stuff.
What finally sent me over the edge was seeing how vigorously I've pursued a better understanding of music and game design, the large quantity of highly positive reviews for my recent project, and of course the instrument I want to play costs a lot of money I just can't realistically get fast.
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM
What finally sent me over the edge was seeing how vigorously I've pursued a better understanding of music and game design, the large quantity of highly positive reviews for my recent project, and of course the instrument I want to play costs a lot of money I just can't realistically get fast.
Everyone I've talked to about this has been supportive of me... I've always been too scared but I know I'm finally ready to make a game that you have to pay for to play. Attaching monetary value to my work is a new concept.
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Everyone I've talked to about this has been supportive of me... I've always been too scared but I know I'm finally ready to make a game that you have to pay for to play. Attaching monetary value to my work is a new concept.
Yeah I was a big fan of them and it certainly helped me figure out what the icons should look like in the RTS I made
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Yeah I was a big fan of them and it certainly helped me figure out what the icons should look like in the RTS I made
Gneiss Name put out a video for Hytale so now I want to buy it and play blind. I bet it's not even that good.
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Gneiss Name put out a video for Hytale so now I want to buy it and play blind. I bet it's not even that good.
I try to always be working on something, but I always feel like I'm spinning my wheels until the inspiration hits. It reminds me of trauma like you can't escape your obsession without therapy or closure, you just go on repeat without thinking.
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I try to always be working on something, but I always feel like I'm spinning my wheels until the inspiration hits. It reminds me of trauma like you can't escape your obsession without therapy or closure, you just go on repeat without thinking.
Now imagine playing it on the original DOS Resolution and without a strategy guide. Red Alert was a little more tolerable at least.
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Now imagine playing it on the original DOS Resolution and without a strategy guide. Red Alert was a little more tolerable at least.
I can’t think of a better feeling at the computer than when 3d stuff works properly
January 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I can’t think of a better feeling at the computer than when 3d stuff works properly
I wish I had something to talk about or show off... Mass got cancelled due to weather today and I really miss all the old people and weirdos and music and post-service-coffee+snacks. I practiced singing this week and never got to sing.
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I wish I had something to talk about or show off... Mass got cancelled due to weather today and I really miss all the old people and weirdos and music and post-service-coffee+snacks. I practiced singing this week and never got to sing.
sounds like a job for rotation matrices with constant orthonormalization?
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 PM
sounds like a job for rotation matrices with constant orthonormalization?
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My first feature of the year explores the phenomenon of Quake Brutalist Jam for @theguardian.com, and how the FPS mapping community is keeping old-school level design alive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
My first feature of the year explores the phenomenon of Quake Brutalist Jam for @theguardian.com, and how the FPS mapping community is keeping old-school level design alive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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I think I saw a meteor or something. Big bright orange ball in the sky went past a nearby hill, looked low.
January 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I think I saw a meteor or something. Big bright orange ball in the sky went past a nearby hill, looked low.
I woke up this morning and I have relative pitch. What the fuck
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I woke up this morning and I have relative pitch. What the fuck
I liked not having to worry about anything and just put some brushes in a box and make the UVs look okay. That was good.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I liked not having to worry about anything and just put some brushes in a box and make the UVs look okay. That was good.