Stephen Smith

And heads should roll!

You're right in both respects, and Horizon should never have happened. But we've become far too accepting of bugs in software, even when it's a critical system in society,

So it looks like the C# ASP.Net annotation "DisableRequestSizeLimit" doesn't disable the request size limit. Great. I might start a blog on all the ways modern tech is rubbish.

Courts service accused of covering up IT bug that caused evidence to go missing Sources say judges in courts and tribunals will have made rulings when evidence was incomplete.

What with Fujitsu Horizon, now this, and generally most IT systems being buggy, maybe we should go back to using pen and paper. Or call out crap when we see it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And Windows as well I hope?

I wish every programming language had built-in signals just like Godot's GDScript does. Having to go back to C# and pass references around from class to class is becoming tedious.

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

I generally only follow retro and gamedev accounts on Bluesky, and that's all I usually see. So why is my Popular With Friends tab full of American politics?

I'm having a go at recreating the text adventure "Inca Curse" as a roguelike. #zxspectrum #textadventure #indiegame

A 42Gb Overwatch update? Seriously??

GTA1 and 2 had LAN multiplayer. To save bandwidth, they only sent keypresses between machines — assuming the game state was 100% deterministic. That meant every game had to run in perfect sync, at the framerate of the slowest PC.

Nintendo could give tips to Apple on how to scrape as much money as possible from customers.

Pinterest has been around for years but I've still no idea what it is. Just a load of pictures?

Working on adding grenades to my secret-agent themed game The Hard. #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame

Just given Ship of Doom an extra layer of polish. #zxspectrum #textadventure #retrogamedev

Back on this PlayDate project. Graphics are starting to appear from pixel supremo @craigstevenson.bsky.social and I've started work on the robot interface sub game. The game is called Zyphatron.

#zyphatron #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk

You are your own worst enemy! :D

Working on a Rainbow Islands - themed level in Manic Destruction. #retrogaming #retrogames #indiedev #madewithgodot #gamedev

Remake moderne de l'Affaire Sydney (Sidney sur Pc) de Gilles Blancon, la suite du + célèbre L'Affaire Vera Cruz. Gendarme, cet auteur apportait sa patte avec un souci de procédure réaliste dans l'enquête.

Why do browsers still have a Home button?

Ha, I did wonder why it was spelt differently sometimes.

Or any episode of the Brittas Empire!

The Sidney Affair by Stephen Smith Solve a puzzling murder

Finally, the remake that everyone has been waiting for: The Sidney Affair! Starting with one witness and a few pieces of evidence, you must identify the murderer using the advanced (for 1987) Police Computer System. #retrogaming #indiegame #indiedev stephensmith.itch.io/the-sidney-a...

At first glance I thought that was Splat on the Speccy.

How many of you can relate to this image?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #FACup #FootballGame #SportsGame #FootballSim #SoccerGame #RetroGames #RetroComputers #UKGames #ZXSpectrum #C64 #Commodore64 #Amstrad

It's a crime against humanity that Kung Fury 2 hasn't been released yet.

And then they have to deal with "Windows" updates to their ship's computer. >:)

It's very hard to know if the trailers are legit.

Manic Destruction now has a level editor. stephensmith.itch.io/manic-destru...

In case you haven't seen it, Saboteur in 3D. stephensmith.itch.io/saboteur-3d