Space… bruce!
@spacebruce.bsky.social
Aspiring computer game man, currently making a silly platformer for the Sega Mega Drive
good morning friends, I just got pushable blocks working
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
good morning friends, I just got pushable blocks working
Full UTF-8 support too, for your translating pleasure.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Full UTF-8 support too, for your translating pleasure.
textbox render test!
I've mentioned this thing a few times as it's taken an age to get working right, it does pixel-level positioning, proportional fonts, all sorts of stuff.
I'll publish the source to this bit standalone once I've got all the features in and made a good font for it...
I've mentioned this thing a few times as it's taken an age to get working right, it does pixel-level positioning, proportional fonts, all sorts of stuff.
I'll publish the source to this bit standalone once I've got all the features in and made a good font for it...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
textbox render test!
I've mentioned this thing a few times as it's taken an age to get working right, it does pixel-level positioning, proportional fonts, all sorts of stuff.
I'll publish the source to this bit standalone once I've got all the features in and made a good font for it...
I've mentioned this thing a few times as it's taken an age to get working right, it does pixel-level positioning, proportional fonts, all sorts of stuff.
I'll publish the source to this bit standalone once I've got all the features in and made a good font for it...
tryin to find an style that is a) within my abilities b) not horrendous c) can be smushed into pixels gracefully
experiment uno :
experiment uno :
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
tryin to find an style that is a) within my abilities b) not horrendous c) can be smushed into pixels gracefully
experiment uno :
experiment uno :
Added some little splash effects and buoyancy. sploosh
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Added some little splash effects and buoyancy. sploosh
Witches float in water because they weigh about the same as a duck (this is how I avoid making underwater areas)
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Witches float in water because they weigh about the same as a duck (this is how I avoid making underwater areas)
converting enemies from notebook doodles into sprites, maybe made this one TOO cute, he couldn't be evil, not with those eyes
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
converting enemies from notebook doodles into sprites, maybe made this one TOO cute, he couldn't be evil, not with those eyes
It's also completely ""free"" as far as VRAM goes because i'm clobbering Plane A's tilemap with the graphics.
Does result in a blip of visual noise when unpausing, but I think I can get rid of that.
Frees up some space, I think I'll probably ditch the font too and use an animated bitmap for text.
Does result in a blip of visual noise when unpausing, but I think I can get rid of that.
Frees up some space, I think I'll probably ditch the font too and use an animated bitmap for text.
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's also completely ""free"" as far as VRAM goes because i'm clobbering Plane A's tilemap with the graphics.
Does result in a blip of visual noise when unpausing, but I think I can get rid of that.
Frees up some space, I think I'll probably ditch the font too and use an animated bitmap for text.
Does result in a blip of visual noise when unpausing, but I think I can get rid of that.
Frees up some space, I think I'll probably ditch the font too and use an animated bitmap for text.
animated the book opening :)
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
animated the book opening :)
Memory leaks are a trillion dollar problem since the 60's! everyone suffers from a few!
I'm ok with handling my own memory, but SGDK does do some sneaky allocations behind your back, so I added this memory tracker to my (GORGEOUS lol) pause screen to see if I'm losing anything.
I'm ok with handling my own memory, but SGDK does do some sneaky allocations behind your back, so I added this memory tracker to my (GORGEOUS lol) pause screen to see if I'm losing anything.
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Memory leaks are a trillion dollar problem since the 60's! everyone suffers from a few!
I'm ok with handling my own memory, but SGDK does do some sneaky allocations behind your back, so I added this memory tracker to my (GORGEOUS lol) pause screen to see if I'm losing anything.
I'm ok with handling my own memory, but SGDK does do some sneaky allocations behind your back, so I added this memory tracker to my (GORGEOUS lol) pause screen to see if I'm losing anything.
Presenting the most inoffensive and genteel of raster water effects, thanks to Shannon Birt for clearing up some confusion I was having about how horizontal interrupts work.
Now water exists, we can... fish
Now water exists, we can... fish
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Presenting the most inoffensive and genteel of raster water effects, thanks to Shannon Birt for clearing up some confusion I was having about how horizontal interrupts work.
Now water exists, we can... fish
Now water exists, we can... fish
It takes two textures and smushes them into a globe in realtime, two different lighting modes because they both looked kinda nice.
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It takes two textures and smushes them into a globe in realtime, two different lighting modes because they both looked kinda nice.
slowly climbing towards something presentable
October 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
slowly climbing towards something presentable
Silly idea for a stage detail, let the fairy ride the duck.
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Silly idea for a stage detail, let the fairy ride the duck.
Slow bitmap scaler, hard to make these things go fast, probably missing a trick.
(not affiliated with the parodius port, just think puyan-kun is cute!)
(not affiliated with the parodius port, just think puyan-kun is cute!)
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Slow bitmap scaler, hard to make these things go fast, probably missing a trick.
(not affiliated with the parodius port, just think puyan-kun is cute!)
(not affiliated with the parodius port, just think puyan-kun is cute!)
some kinda smash troll dude, don't have a solid design yet so the details are temp, just wanted some shapes to test enemy behaviour with
September 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
some kinda smash troll dude, don't have a solid design yet so the details are temp, just wanted some shapes to test enemy behaviour with
Basically done, art polish some other time, but I'm happy with this kinda composition
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Basically done, art polish some other time, but I'm happy with this kinda composition
oh yeah since it's a pre-drawn effect anyway, with this trick you can layer in overlapping foreground elements for free
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
oh yeah since it's a pre-drawn effect anyway, with this trick you can layer in overlapping foreground elements for free
The perspective effect works in a silly way, set aside a block of tiles, and swap them out for horizontally pre-scaled versions.
I think that fancy toy story game did something like this.
I think that fancy toy story game did something like this.
September 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The perspective effect works in a silly way, set aside a block of tiles, and swap them out for horizontally pre-scaled versions.
I think that fancy toy story game did something like this.
I think that fancy toy story game did something like this.
Working on a foresty town stage
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Working on a foresty town stage