Richard Jordan
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Richard Jordan
@ericretro.bsky.social
Very part time games dev, tinkering with 80's 8-bit inspired goodness. Author of retro inspired titles Klass of 99, Melkhior's Mansion and Undrium.

Currently working on Playdate projects.

http://www.bitglint.co.uk
Never heard of the word, just got lucky by getting all the letters.

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January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Thanks. Yeh I'm hoping to get the game into the Playdate catalog.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Do it! 😀
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Got a load of work done on it over the Christmas break. Back to the daily grind now though, so the fun stuff slows right down. 😐
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Thanks. 🙂
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Playdate is a great little console, you're gonna love it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Thanks. These are all hand drawn pixel art sprites, there are no 3D textures involved, it's all just good old fashioned 2D. ☺️
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can never have enough crank in your life.
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Yes, I know the ones. It's a spin-off of my PC game Melkhior's Mansion, which was inspired by the ZX Spectrum games from Ultimate Play The Game. It was a kinda mashup of Atic Atac and Knight Lore.
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 AM
No it's all done with 2D graphics. For my PC projects, like Melkhior's Mansion, I do use pixel shaders for fast masking, but whether shaders are used or not, the technique is the same. All inspired of course by those Filmation games. Loved them. 🙂
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Hard to say really without knowing how Ultimate did it, but I do know that Knight Lore isn't perfect, there are ways to move objects that create rendering problems. I developed my own technique, it's documented here: www.bitglint.co.uk/Iso/default....
Isometric Masking Tutorial
www.bitglint.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Each episode is full of pointless filler scenes. Getting very bored with it.
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
They're ace.
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I do. DM me on Twitter if you're on there. I don't use DMs on here because of the UK age verification. Failing that, you can email me at the address found here: www.bitglint.co.uk/EmailContact...
BitGlint Games
www.bitglint.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
No idea at the moment, need to get my creative thinking cap on.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Thanks. It looks smashing on the actual device, I love that little screen. ☺️
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM