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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 9h

youtu.be/2SWrIB75vc8?...

Needles In The Camel's Eye (2004 Digital Remaster)

YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, it's not bad at all. I was mostly curious about the Enum.HasFlag() method, which I just learned about from Nick Chapas' tip series. It's ... not great.

www.youtube.com/shorts/1gdGG...

Enum Flags are awesome in C#

YouTube video by Nick Chapsas

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 10h

two big influences on my young comics art brain. from Comics Scene magazine they commissioned 4 top inkers to ink the same drawing to show what an inker does. a page from How to Draw Comics the Marvel way by John buscema

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 14h

This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 10h

Regardless, the .NET way:
_P.HasFlag(flag)
... is unbelievably bloated in the assembly. It works like the first example, according to the documentation.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 10h

For context, this:
(_P & flag) == flag
... is True when ALL bits in "flag" are set, and:
(_P & flag) != 0
... is True when ANY bits in "flag" are set, and may be infinitesimally faster. Either will work in my current code, but if I ever test multiple bits, the difference is important.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 11h

I'm certain weighing the merits of:
cmp eax,dword ptr [rbp+58h]
sete al
... versus:
test eax,eax
setne al
... was not in any way a colossal waste of time.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2d

So, if you're thinking about backing Blanksword but are unsure, there's a demo you can check out right now, which might help you decide. 😊👍

store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 14h

Huh. Found a free gift inside issue two. (Issue one didn’t have its one, alas.)

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 14h

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 12h

Kotaku did not last long in my feed.

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Weasel Hills C.C. (Hole 19) @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 1d

Some inappropriately creepy golf content - Sente Mini Golf (1986) has DIP switches that add photos of missing children to the attract mode (and to enable a "LOCATED" message per kid). These profiles were replaced with new ones in updated ROMs.

Modern operators seem to leave them on, a lot. 😨

A Reddit post from r/creepygaming by user SuperCamouflageShark - I saw these missing child reports on the attract mode of a Sente Mini-Golf arcade machine recently.

The photo is of a Sente Mini Golf machine, displaying black-and-white photographs of missing children: Tahj Allen Merriman, and Steven Phillip Curtis. Their profiles are filled out in red text.

Another photograph of a different Sente Mini Golf machine, displaying the same photos of missing children.

Sente Mini Golf running under MAME, with the DIP Switches menu showing. DIP switches 3, 4, and 5 configure whether the missing children are displayed in the attract mode, with switches 4 and 5 showing or hiding a "LOCATED" stamp over the respective kid's photo.

Screenshot of Sente Mini Golf running under MAME; this screen shows two different missing children: Malinda Marie Smith and April Rose Yates. For the sake of demonstration I have enabled the "LOCATED" flag on the kid on the right. (DISCLAIMER: I do not have any information on whether April was located or not. This is strictly a demonstration and is not intended as documentation of a real event.)

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MadChirpy @madchirpy.bsky.social · 3d

New video! This is a full recap of my first year as a full-time indie game developer and content creator. Thank you so much to everyone that's been supporting me on this journey!🧡 Also I definitely didn't cry, I promise...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwEp...

#gamedevelopment #indiedev #contentcreation

1 YEAR as a FULL-TIME Indie Game Developer & Content Creator

YouTube video by MadChirpy

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Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co · 4d

Exactly 1 year ago I released my normal gardening game ‘Grunn’

A big thanks to all of you who played it and supported me! I have received so many nice reactions since release.. it has far exceeded my expectations 🙏

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The Indie Informer @theindieinformer.bsky.social · 1d

Deadwire takes a tactical approach to top-down shooters by implementing some incredibly clever hacking-puzzles.

Deadwire Impressions: Hackerz

More like Hack-line Miami, right?

the-indie-in-former.com

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 15h

Kevin has been on a tear with his blog lately, working through every single Atari 2600 game on chronological order. He's making me care about Atari games!

Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 1d

The blog continues its updates, as Bob Whitehead's Boxing gets its time in the spotlight. Unassuming but a blast to play, particularly if you're using the original joysticks and want to experience actual exhaustion in your boxing match. www.atariarchive.org/blog/boxing-...

Boxing – August 1980, Atari Archive

After exiting Atari upon the completion of Video Chess and participating in the risky venture of starting up the novel idea of a third-party video game...

www.atariarchive.org

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KISSman @kissman.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 17h

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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Paprika who is a fox Ⓥ🏳️‍⚧️☯️ 🍉🍉🍉 @papr1ka.bsky.social · Oct 14

If you haven't listened to Rebecca Heineman talk about her time working on 3DO Doom it's a very entertaining story

Burgertime 7/12/2015: DOOM 3DO

YouTube video by Rebecca Heineman

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Kaye “Silent Hill f[emale]” Ross @kaye.zone · 4d

Rebecca Heineman is a titan. You either love her work, or her work informed some other game that you love. A few bucks to help her out is a pretty good deal imo

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

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Emily Young @eayoung.net · 1d

Rebecca Heineman is probably best known for coding 3DO Doom from zero in 10 weeks after being told it just needed "polish" - the licensee didn't understand what porting involved.

Since hearing that story, she's someone I've looked up to a lot. Now, she's got a different struggle...

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Michael 🐉 @dragonitespam.bsky.social · 18h

so #gamemaker thought they could sneak one by me without my noticing
youtu.be/-MeNNAVrCjI

Visibility Culling - 3D Optimizations in GameMaker

YouTube video by DragoniteSpam

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 21h

been using chromatic aberration as an alternative to screenshakes by just offsetting the RGB values towards a set direction and distance which just gets lerped back.

feel like it achieves a similar feeling of intensity without taking away visiblity too much?

thoughts? #gamedev

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sink @sinksadventure.bsky.social · 1d

My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!

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