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Richard
@benjymous.bsky.social
'Veteran' from the AAA games industry, building small games and geotechnical engineering software. he/him.

sing-song ding-dong available now on @play.date catalog and itch.io

https://play.date/g/sings/

https://linktr.ee/benjymous
Februrary?
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
From the docks not far from me #bigspoolsky
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I got this working in my little virtual computer - The screen has 8x8 cells with attributes (much like the Speccy) but each cell has 3 colours from the core palette, generating 16 shades than can be used within that cell. All this happens inside the shader - the actual texture is just 16 greys
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Yes!
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I spotted this variant of one of my favourite multi-pencils is currently on sale:

cultpens.com/products/pen...

I already have a different model, but...
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
This is my fave - comes in multiple versions, some are just coloured pencils, some have a biro included:

www.amazon.co.uk/Pentel-Multi...
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
My little 80s retro platformer is currently 33% off!

play.date/games/sing-s...

#playdate #gaming
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Level design, task planning, progression...
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM
January 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
NO MEAT?
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Tiny duck
January 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
duh-vud
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The true essence of the Turkey!
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Doesn't answer your question, but I've got a matching one on my desk that was found near a local park
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In a long ago place, in a far away time,
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...

Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!

sing-song ding-dong out now on @play.date Catalog

play.date/games/sing-s...

#playdate #gaming
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This guy, but DEI on his badge
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
not rude? Moderation says otherwise!
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It was, literally, our decision to, literally, use the word "literally" continuously that literally foiled the AI, as they literally couldn't distinguish between when we literally meant "literally" and when we literally meant "figuratively."
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
There's a local service station near me that uses the Playmobil font, and it bugs me every time I pass it
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This sort of thing.

It's like gardening with an angry rottweiler, but it gets the job done quick
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Yeah, just outside Newcastle
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM