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giwake @giwake.bsky.social · 13h

today's microgame

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Adrien Dittrick @adriendittrick.bsky.social · 19h

Send me the worst games you've made, I need those for research:

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Figglewatts @figglewatts.materiality.link · 15h

throwback to filming my game on a shitty CRT with an old digicam to make it look like someone's badly recorded youtube gameplay

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 1d

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レイレイ @lei-lei.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 31st Doom ][: Heck on Earth

Here's Doom II on the PowerVR PCX2 through the Dec 29 2000 build of Doomsday (the only GL port that would behave with the SGL MiniGL driver)

there's no flares because they're depthreads on doomsday, and pvr1 doesn't do depth buffers

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fantastic piece; I bounced off Hades for a couple of reasons and I think this captures one of them well.

While the 'casual, modern' tone can help it connect with people who might not be into the source material, it does lose something! It's sad so much SFF defaults to it right now.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

www.endlessmode.com

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MondySpartan @mondyspartan.bsky.social · 1d

‘Tis the big day for fandoms everywhere. Happy October 10th!

Media released on Oct 10, in order:
1. Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Link: The Faces of Evil (1993) (both known for its usage on YTPs)
2. Doom II (1994)
3. Fallout (1997)
4. Sonic’s Smash Bros debut (2007)
5. HL2: Episode Two (2007)
6. Team Fortress 2 (2007)
7. Portal (2007)
8. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007)
9. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010)

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giwake @giwake.bsky.social · 1d

todays microgame

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せきはん @sekihang.bsky.social · 2d

10月9日はトラックの日！🚚 #今日の過去絵

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 3d

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mimill💖🛸 @mimillmon.bsky.social · 5d

animal cell diagram 🦠

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Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social · 2d

The Continuum web/JS port now has a bunch of fan-made "galaxies" (level sets) in addition to the original one, and apparently one of the galaxies was just a 17-level sampler pack for the full 75-level set advertised in this incredible flyer.

A flyer for a Continuum level set, promising "75 of the hardest levels anywhere" if you send a disk and 50 cents (or $3 and no disk) to an address in Oklahoma. The flyer has several different fonts and a few custom graphics.

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 2d

i think the (false) paradox of "the cozy game" is that it's far more memorable when there are elements of weirdness / unknowns / uncertainty in the world to it, like how early animal crossing neighbours were kinda mean sometimes and sims 1 is sorta creepy sometimes. the friction of consciousness

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nikki morgen / ducknuk @duknuk.bsky.social · 2d

Wild West

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giwake @giwake.bsky.social · 2d

where'd you play? fed square?

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Adrien Dittrick @adriendittrick.bsky.social · 2d

22 games in different engines in 44 hours:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Qh...

I made 22 games in 44 hours (each in a diffrent engine)

YouTube video by Samuel Leigh

www.youtube.com

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hyphen @in.terl.ink · Aug 16

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Feverdream Johnny @feverdreamsoft.works · 10d

Thinking about that one peanuts special where charlie brown climbs over a wire fence like a bug lmao

a cartoon character named charlie brown stands behind a chain link fence

ALT: a cartoon character named charlie brown stands behind a chain link fence

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Patty @0xgrlf00d.bsky.social · 4d

hypocrite

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✷U⥻S⥀E〄R⊚L⇳A✥N≟D✺S♫ @userlands.bsky.social · 3d

forgot to post the announcement here but Eternity Egg releases into early-access on December 10

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kit @bloodgutters.bsky.social · 3d

layoffs

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giwake @giwake.bsky.social · 3d

i am not joking when i say that this is probably my favourite quake 2 mod of all time. wonderful and silly and experimental in so many ways.

chris brady @1600frogs.itch.io · 4d

got around to playing Ray Frank's Having Company, a quake 2 mod that I am now convinced is one of the greatest surrealist masterpieces of our time. if you like weird shit and the aesthetics of amateur fan maps, you need to try this. I can't remember the last time a game made me laugh this much.

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chris brady @1600frogs.itch.io · 4d

got around to playing Ray Frank's Having Company, a quake 2 mod that I am now convinced is one of the greatest surrealist masterpieces of our time. if you like weird shit and the aesthetics of amateur fan maps, you need to try this. I can't remember the last time a game made me laugh this much.

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Cynthia 🐈 @cynthia.dev · 15d

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giwake @giwake.bsky.social · 3d

todays microgame

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