matt sephton
@gingerbeardman.com
✳️ Games @ Serenity 🤓 Game Dev since ~1990 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️ Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
Trying it again, and they're not as clicky as I thought they were. So about half way between pro controller and joycon. They kind of feel like snes controller, but the buttons themselves are smaller diameter
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Trying it again, and they're not as clicky as I thought they were. So about half way between pro controller and joycon. They kind of feel like snes controller, but the buttons themselves are smaller diameter
I prefer mushy buttons but this is going in my backpack for occasional use so it's no big deal. Pro controller or Gamesir (analog triggers) at my desk
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I prefer mushy buttons but this is going in my backpack for occasional use so it's no big deal. Pro controller or Gamesir (analog triggers) at my desk
They're around the hard/clicky/small joypad end of the spectrum
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 AM
They're around the hard/clicky/small joypad end of the spectrum
Is it easier to launch an app on Pebble store? I'm guessing so
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Is it easier to launch an app on Pebble store? I'm guessing so
BTW I found your repos and you via this tool news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4651...
Show HN: Similarity = cosine(your_GitHub_stars, Karpathy) Client-side | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
BTW I found your repos and you via this tool news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4651...
Good luck with this!! Sounds fun.
I've been following one by @suzukiplan.bsky.social called VGS-X medium.com/@suzukiplan....
I've been following one by @suzukiplan.bsky.social called VGS-X medium.com/@suzukiplan....
VGS-X 1.0.0: Designing a Fixed Hardware Model You Can Keep Using for Decades
VGS-X version 1.0.0 has now been officially released.
medium.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Good luck with this!! Sounds fun.
I've been following one by @suzukiplan.bsky.social called VGS-X medium.com/@suzukiplan....
I've been following one by @suzukiplan.bsky.social called VGS-X medium.com/@suzukiplan....
My game Serenity will be in #SteamNextFest 23 Feb–2 Mar 2026
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
My game Serenity will be in #SteamNextFest 23 Feb–2 Mar 2026
I'd have liked to have been in the position to have joined you on that dev journey, but sadly it was not good timing for me.
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I'd have liked to have been in the position to have joined you on that dev journey, but sadly it was not good timing for me.
Seems like it was MacPaint! www.bertmonroy.com/archive/text...
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Seems like it was MacPaint! www.bertmonroy.com/archive/text...
Here's data analysis of all unique patterns included across a huge collection of MacPaint images. entropymine.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/s...
Survey of MacPaint brush patterns
MacPaint is a paint program for early Macintosh computers. You can see it, and try it out, at the Internet Archive: < Its native image file format is very limited, and very obsolete. But a large…
entropymine.wordpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Here's data analysis of all unique patterns included across a huge collection of MacPaint images. entropymine.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/s...
www.bertmonroy.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Bert was also great with vectors and wrote some books on how to use various drawing apps.
It's likely that something other than Macpaint was used, eg. ImageStudio or PixelPaint, with the artwork being saved in standard MacPaint format.
archive.org/details/verb...
& archive.org/details/mac-...
It's likely that something other than Macpaint was used, eg. ImageStudio or PixelPaint, with the artwork being saved in standard MacPaint format.
archive.org/details/verb...
& archive.org/details/mac-...
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Bert was also great with vectors and wrote some books on how to use various drawing apps.
It's likely that something other than Macpaint was used, eg. ImageStudio or PixelPaint, with the artwork being saved in standard MacPaint format.
archive.org/details/verb...
& archive.org/details/mac-...
It's likely that something other than Macpaint was used, eg. ImageStudio or PixelPaint, with the artwork being saved in standard MacPaint format.
archive.org/details/verb...
& archive.org/details/mac-...
I added a bunch of these to Dottie in still not sure they're correct
January 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I added a bunch of these to Dottie in still not sure they're correct
I did it that way on Playdate bitd.
But in my Dottie pixel art app I create a path of all selection edges (doesn't need to be closed) and draw a dotted line with constantly changing start offset.
But in my Dottie pixel art app I create a path of all selection edges (doesn't need to be closed) and draw a dotted line with constantly changing start offset.
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I did it that way on Playdate bitd.
But in my Dottie pixel art app I create a path of all selection edges (doesn't need to be closed) and draw a dotted line with constantly changing start offset.
But in my Dottie pixel art app I create a path of all selection edges (doesn't need to be closed) and draw a dotted line with constantly changing start offset.
More info on the video metamorf.no/2024/goldsmi...
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
More info on the video metamorf.no/2024/goldsmi...
Reposted by matt sephton
Music video for SMILE by Will Powers (Lynn Goldsmith) animated by Rebecca Allen (1983) youtu.be/g43lzoRamWE
Will Powers - Smile (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Lynn Goldsmith
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Music video for SMILE by Will Powers (Lynn Goldsmith) animated by Rebecca Allen (1983) youtu.be/g43lzoRamWE
Music video for SMILE by Will Powers (Lynn Goldsmith) animated by Rebecca Allen (1983) youtu.be/g43lzoRamWE
Will Powers - Smile (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Lynn Goldsmith
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Music video for SMILE by Will Powers (Lynn Goldsmith) animated by Rebecca Allen (1983) youtu.be/g43lzoRamWE
Aha! It's SMILE by Rebecca Allen from 1983. www.rebeccaallen.com/projects/smile still looking for the video
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Aha! It's SMILE by Rebecca Allen from 1983. www.rebeccaallen.com/projects/smile still looking for the video