Space… bruce!
@spacebruce.bsky.social
Aspiring computer game man, currently making a silly platformer for the Sega Mega Drive
(sorry, *pre-tax pricing, they apply it after the advertised price, dumb dumb dumb idea, do not understand why some countries do this shit. )
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
(sorry, *pre-tax pricing, they apply it after the advertised price, dumb dumb dumb idea, do not understand why some countries do this shit. )
not defending it, just framing it, the PS5 has really dumb pricing pretty much everywhere, every version went up by £50 here in the UK last year.
First console gen where being an early adopter actually meant saving money? bizarre.
First console gen where being an early adopter actually meant saving money? bizarre.
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
not defending it, just framing it, the PS5 has really dumb pricing pretty much everywhere, every version went up by £50 here in the UK last year.
First console gen where being an early adopter actually meant saving money? bizarre.
First console gen where being an early adopter actually meant saving money? bizarre.
yeah not ideal for everyone else. I did check, it was ¥72,980, now ¥55,000
408€ -> 307€ or 449€ -> 338€ (JP uses post-tax pricing and 10% on electronics)
But it's only the digital only model which isn't that appealing anyway IMO, disk version isn't dropping, I think
408€ -> 307€ or 449€ -> 338€ (JP uses post-tax pricing and 10% on electronics)
But it's only the digital only model which isn't that appealing anyway IMO, disk version isn't dropping, I think
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
yeah not ideal for everyone else. I did check, it was ¥72,980, now ¥55,000
408€ -> 307€ or 449€ -> 338€ (JP uses post-tax pricing and 10% on electronics)
But it's only the digital only model which isn't that appealing anyway IMO, disk version isn't dropping, I think
408€ -> 307€ or 449€ -> 338€ (JP uses post-tax pricing and 10% on electronics)
But it's only the digital only model which isn't that appealing anyway IMO, disk version isn't dropping, I think
Nah it makes sense IMO, I don't fully agree with it existing, but Japans in a rough spot financially, they have less comparative purchasing power than other (1st world) places, these are throwing their home market a bone.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Nah it makes sense IMO, I don't fully agree with it existing, but Japans in a rough spot financially, they have less comparative purchasing power than other (1st world) places, these are throwing their home market a bone.
It's as you say, just a cheaper regional variant with a language lock so exporting for cheap it is pointless.
The idea with this and the Switch 2 is to sell these cheaper so they're actually affordable to japanese consumers, the Yen is pretty weak right now.
The idea with this and the Switch 2 is to sell these cheaper so they're actually affordable to japanese consumers, the Yen is pretty weak right now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It's as you say, just a cheaper regional variant with a language lock so exporting for cheap it is pointless.
The idea with this and the Switch 2 is to sell these cheaper so they're actually affordable to japanese consumers, the Yen is pretty weak right now.
The idea with this and the Switch 2 is to sell these cheaper so they're actually affordable to japanese consumers, the Yen is pretty weak right now.
oh the water surface shouldn't actually look that weird, it's a 60hz odd-even flicker but bsky crunched the video to 30hz so you only see half of the pattern.
Looks uh, a little better at the true framerate, but I'm shopping around for alternative effects to find something more web video friendly.
Looks uh, a little better at the true framerate, but I'm shopping around for alternative effects to find something more web video friendly.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
oh the water surface shouldn't actually look that weird, it's a 60hz odd-even flicker but bsky crunched the video to 30hz so you only see half of the pattern.
Looks uh, a little better at the true framerate, but I'm shopping around for alternative effects to find something more web video friendly.
Looks uh, a little better at the true framerate, but I'm shopping around for alternative effects to find something more web video friendly.
ah the infamous turkey leg struts
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ah the infamous turkey leg struts
yep, I'm not a good pixel art guy, but i'm trying my best and figure I can hide that a bit by polishing up the rest of the presentation
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
yep, I'm not a good pixel art guy, but i'm trying my best and figure I can hide that a bit by polishing up the rest of the presentation
When I've got some cash in da bank I'm gonna throw some at you to make my Witch kid like this, I wanna do a pre-rendered gimmick here and there
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When I've got some cash in da bank I'm gonna throw some at you to make my Witch kid like this, I wanna do a pre-rendered gimmick here and there
It's weird the emphasis bit wasn't used more often, it would be cool to have it on horizontal laser beams or flashing patterns without the cost of a full palette update.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's weird the emphasis bit wasn't used more often, it would be cool to have it on horizontal laser beams or flashing patterns without the cost of a full palette update.
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Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
Whatever magic you're using to apply texture to that road, it looks really really good
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whatever magic you're using to apply texture to that road, it looks really really good
gentle, everyone lives
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
gentle, everyone lives
I had to tile crunch a few of the animation steps because it was overlapping the scroll tables a little and breaking the background. Unfortunately Plane B's scroll comes first, if A was clobbered, it wouldn't have been a problem.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I had to tile crunch a few of the animation steps because it was overlapping the scroll tables a little and breaking the background. Unfortunately Plane B's scroll comes first, if A was clobbered, it wouldn't have been a problem.
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.
Normally it would be safe to assume they would leave the original on the quality selector, but Youtube never makes normal decisions so that's a little worrying.
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Normally it would be safe to assume they would leave the original on the quality selector, but Youtube never makes normal decisions so that's a little worrying.
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.
Best of luck, you know where to find me.
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Best of luck, you know where to find me.
- not sure about music, the Z80 needs some care, but I've neglected to learn about that
reloading is so annoying, I've been bashing my head against wanting to have a big image/map viewer that can be ran anytime but it needs wiping out all of VRAM and starting afresh. keep bumping into memory leaks.
reloading is so annoying, I've been bashing my head against wanting to have a big image/map viewer that can be ran anytime but it needs wiping out all of VRAM and starting afresh. keep bumping into memory leaks.
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
- not sure about music, the Z80 needs some care, but I've neglected to learn about that
reloading is so annoying, I've been bashing my head against wanting to have a big image/map viewer that can be ran anytime but it needs wiping out all of VRAM and starting afresh. keep bumping into memory leaks.
reloading is so annoying, I've been bashing my head against wanting to have a big image/map viewer that can be ran anytime but it needs wiping out all of VRAM and starting afresh. keep bumping into memory leaks.
I'd have to double check how I did the demo, but it's probably the interrupt firing in the middle of DMA...
Shut it off with VDP_setHInterrupt(false); VDP_setVInterrupt(false);
and surround your loading code with
SYS_disableInts(); and
SYS_enableInts(); ,if you're not already.
Shut it off with VDP_setHInterrupt(false); VDP_setVInterrupt(false);
and surround your loading code with
SYS_disableInts(); and
SYS_enableInts(); ,if you're not already.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'd have to double check how I did the demo, but it's probably the interrupt firing in the middle of DMA...
Shut it off with VDP_setHInterrupt(false); VDP_setVInterrupt(false);
and surround your loading code with
SYS_disableInts(); and
SYS_enableInts(); ,if you're not already.
Shut it off with VDP_setHInterrupt(false); VDP_setVInterrupt(false);
and surround your loading code with
SYS_disableInts(); and
SYS_enableInts(); ,if you're not already.