Kieran HJ Connell
@kieranhj.bsky.social
Software developer & Engineering Manager. Formerly Rare, Xbox, HoloLens. Now helping invent the future of AI at Google DeepMind by day.
Developing retro games & demos by night for BBC Micro & Acorn computers as kieran^Bitshifters. #demoscene
Developing retro games & demos by night for BBC Micro & Acorn computers as kieran^Bitshifters. #demoscene
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Been quite busy lately preparing things for Inércia, that is happening 6-7 Dec in Almada, Portugal. Please consider attending or remote submitting an entry, it's the only way to help my brain conclude this is totally worth 3 months of my life every year. inercia.party
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Been quite busy lately preparing things for Inércia, that is happening 6-7 Dec in Almada, Portugal. Please consider attending or remote submitting an entry, it's the only way to help my brain conclude this is totally worth 3 months of my life every year. inercia.party
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Similar to last year, we'll take the night party from our main location up to Bar A Cerca as a pre-party and after-party of our main event. Meet us 5-6-7 Dec for drinks and music selected by rc55, bacter, varrho, @tinastormcaller.bsky.social , @raccoonviolet and a few other guests.
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Similar to last year, we'll take the night party from our main location up to Bar A Cerca as a pre-party and after-party of our main event. Meet us 5-6-7 Dec for drinks and music selected by rc55, bacter, varrho, @tinastormcaller.bsky.social , @raccoonviolet and a few other guests.
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I'm not good at this marketing lark, but as it's black friday and I'm inundated with other people's offers...
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
Compiler Explorer
The official Compiler Explorer shop! Come show your support for CE and get cool gear!
shop.compiler-explorer.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm not good at this marketing lark, but as it's black friday and I'm inundated with other people's offers...
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
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Here comes a wild schedule of what's going to happen at Inércia 2025 on the 6-7 December. More info at inercia.party
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here comes a wild schedule of what's going to happen at Inércia 2025 on the 6-7 December. More info at inercia.party
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Any old Amiga devs from back in the day out there?
What did you work on?
What did you work on?
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Any old Amiga devs from back in the day out there?
What did you work on?
What did you work on?
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As the year is coming to a close, our jurors have already started looking into your releases.
AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN US!
Register and help determining the categories, and make sure your favourite demos of the year get recognised!
2026.meteoriks.org/taking_part/...
#demoscene
AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN US!
Register and help determining the categories, and make sure your favourite demos of the year get recognised!
2026.meteoriks.org/taking_part/...
#demoscene
Apply to be a juror | The Meteoriks 2026
2026.meteoriks.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As the year is coming to a close, our jurors have already started looking into your releases.
AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN US!
Register and help determining the categories, and make sure your favourite demos of the year get recognised!
2026.meteoriks.org/taking_part/...
#demoscene
AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN US!
Register and help determining the categories, and make sure your favourite demos of the year get recognised!
2026.meteoriks.org/taking_part/...
#demoscene
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Hurrah! The Nintendo Switch port I’ve been working on is finally done - Moonring is out today!
#gamdev #moonring
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
#gamdev #moonring
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
Moonring DX | Nintendo Switch download software | Games | Nintendo UK
Travel, trade, sneak, fight and sail the world of Caldera in this retro-inspired open-world, turn-based RPG, featuring a mix of hand-crafted world and procedural dungeons.
www.nintendo.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Hurrah! The Nintendo Switch port I’ve been working on is finally done - Moonring is out today!
#gamdev #moonring
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
#gamdev #moonring
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
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2 weeks until our Inércia 2025 event takes place! Checked the program schedule? Finished those bridge theme inspired entries? Registered to attend? Great! Now help us promote the event to the rest of the digital art community out there! inercia.party
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2 weeks until our Inércia 2025 event takes place! Checked the program schedule? Finished those bridge theme inspired entries? Registered to attend? Great! Now help us promote the event to the rest of the digital art community out there! inercia.party
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2".
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
Tom Forsyth (@[email protected])
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I sha...
mastodon.gamedev.place
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2".
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
I wrote it up over on Mastodon (I find it's better at long threads):
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
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I just posted my little intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisation #AoCO that I announced yesterday. Check it out (and laugh at my terrible editing) at youtu.be/j-BwR-Cw0Gk?... @!4 if you want to watch the series, subscribe! :)
Intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisations
YouTube video by Matt Godbolt
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I just posted my little intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisation #AoCO that I announced yesterday. Check it out (and laugh at my terrible editing) at youtu.be/j-BwR-Cw0Gk?... @!4 if you want to watch the series, subscribe! :)
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Of course this series will demonstrate ways to use Compiler Explorer - and is part of a fund raiser too. shop.compiler-explorer.com and www.patreon.com/cw/mattgodbolt
Compiler Explorer
The official Compiler Explorer shop! Come show your support for CE and get cool gear!
shop.compiler-explorer.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Of course this series will demonstrate ways to use Compiler Explorer - and is part of a fund raiser too. shop.compiler-explorer.com and www.patreon.com/cw/mattgodbolt
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This December, I'll be posting an article & video each day until Christmas in the Advent of Compiler Optimisations! #AoCO2025
Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!
YT: youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: xania.org
Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!
YT: youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: xania.org
Matt Godbolt’s blog
xania.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This December, I'll be posting an article & video each day until Christmas in the Advent of Compiler Optimisations! #AoCO2025
Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!
YT: youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: xania.org
Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!
YT: youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: xania.org
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In case you didn't know, loads of my DJ streams are on mixcloud.. including tonights..
www.mixcloud.com/h0ffman/unst...
www.mixcloud.com/h0ffman/unst...
Unstable Radio 2025-11-10 - Game of two halves
Listen to Unstable Radio 2025-11-10 - Game of two halves by h0ffman
www.mixcloud.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In case you didn't know, loads of my DJ streams are on mixcloud.. including tonights..
www.mixcloud.com/h0ffman/unst...
www.mixcloud.com/h0ffman/unst...
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Revision is a non-profit event; however, that does not make us non-cost. Do you want to help us in realising one of the biggest participatory programming art events? Then we'd be excited to have you!
[email protected]
#digitalart #programming #culture #sponsoring #demoscene #floss
[email protected]
#digitalart #programming #culture #sponsoring #demoscene #floss
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Revision is a non-profit event; however, that does not make us non-cost. Do you want to help us in realising one of the biggest participatory programming art events? Then we'd be excited to have you!
[email protected]
#digitalart #programming #culture #sponsoring #demoscene #floss
[email protected]
#digitalart #programming #culture #sponsoring #demoscene #floss
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We are exactly one month away from Inércia 2025 taking place! Already have a release done? Cool! You can upload them at inercia.partyman.cloud Nothing ready or even planned yet?! Oh dear! Well, you still have a whole month to be creative and build those bridges! No pressure!
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are exactly one month away from Inércia 2025 taking place! Already have a release done? Cool! You can upload them at inercia.partyman.cloud Nothing ready or even planned yet?! Oh dear! Well, you still have a whole month to be creative and build those bridges! No pressure!
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Every year we host talks on digital art topics and try to enable any tech-art installations that our visitors might want to bring and setup. Have a topic or a piece you'd like to share at Inércia? You'll get the attention of dozens of artists and a free entrance! Get in touch!
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Every year we host talks on digital art topics and try to enable any tech-art installations that our visitors might want to bring and setup. Have a topic or a piece you'd like to share at Inércia? You'll get the attention of dozens of artists and a free entrance! Get in touch!
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An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
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Added a bunch of my old vic-20 demoscene sourcecode onto itch. 4mat.itch.io/music-drivers
vic-20 demo showreel
YouTube video by 4mat
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Added a bunch of my old vic-20 demoscene sourcecode onto itch. 4mat.itch.io/music-drivers
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Come on people.. give me YOUR fave tracker tunes.
Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day!
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Come on people.. give me YOUR fave tracker tunes.
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Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day!
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day!
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music
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@merrittk.com
[1st date]
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990
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her: so what do yo-
me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
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Le crowdfunding d'Alex pour son film "DEMO" ! :)
fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...
fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...
DEMO - Un film double face / double densité par Alex Pilot
Une plongée fascinante dans l'univers des coders amateurs sur Atari ST et Amiga.
fr.ulule.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Le crowdfunding d'Alex pour son film "DEMO" ! :)
fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...
fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...
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Another reminder that the #ChunkyFringe teletext editing system is online for anyone to have a go at creating real teletext pages:
blockparty.zxnet.co.uk
Channel your inner @mrbiffo.bsky.social* and come and admire your creations in all their chunky glory on CRT tellies in Harrow this Saturday!
blockparty.zxnet.co.uk
Channel your inner @mrbiffo.bsky.social* and come and admire your creations in all their chunky glory on CRT tellies in Harrow this Saturday!
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Another reminder that the #ChunkyFringe teletext editing system is online for anyone to have a go at creating real teletext pages:
blockparty.zxnet.co.uk
Channel your inner @mrbiffo.bsky.social* and come and admire your creations in all their chunky glory on CRT tellies in Harrow this Saturday!
blockparty.zxnet.co.uk
Channel your inner @mrbiffo.bsky.social* and come and admire your creations in all their chunky glory on CRT tellies in Harrow this Saturday!