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Doing everything in my power to keep the legacy gaming systems alive. Love systems like the #NES? Always wanted to create your own games for it? Check out NESmaker at www.TheNew8bitHeroes.com

421 Followers  |  206 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 03.12.2024  |  1.8373

Latest posts by nesmaker.bsky.social on Bluesky

More to come ;-)

31.05.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love that it’s part of your pipeline! :-)

30.05.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wooohooo! Thanks for the love and support!

12.05.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who is coming to Boston for #PAXeast? Come say hello!

08.05.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's have some fun! Every clue needed to solve this mystery of Who Stole the Byte-Off has been presented across the A Bit of Mystery series. Wwhodunnit? Head to www.thenew8bitheroes.com/byteoffv and take the quiz - who, and why? There might be something in it for anyone who actually figures it out!

23.04.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Downstairs is so far awaaaay. I hope to get down there today if we get a lull! So happy to see you had this experience! Love all that you are creating :-)

06.04.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New #NES games made with #NESmaker! All game demos shown were created in just 30 days as part of the Byte-Off. Play them, vote for your favorite, or get started creating your own today at www.TheNew8bitHeroes.com

26.03.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to be among the first to play new #NES games? Heading to Milwaukee for #MidwestGamingClassic? Make sure to RSVP for the Byte-Off Awards (free to attend with MGC ticket)! www.eventbrite.com/e/nesmaker-b...

24.03.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
NESmaker Byte-Off V: A Bit of Mystery, Episode 2
YouTube video by The New 8-bit Heroes NESmaker Byte-Off V: A Bit of Mystery, Episode 2

The best professional advice I can give anyone can be summed up in three words. *Never grow up*.

Here is the latest episode of frame story nonsense from #NESmaker as part of our annual Byte-Off competition season. I promise...the plot thins.

youtu.be/hdfSkMEYbFg?...

18.03.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Byte Off V Theme Reveal
YouTube video by The New 8-bit Heroes Byte Off V Theme Reveal

Tonight at 6pm Eastern, it’s time to reveal this year’s theme for the NESmaker Byte-Off Awards. Join us in the live premiere here!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYs...

23.02.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Super humbled to get some great press on Bitmask Games and GGJ this year, but absolutely floored to see it made front page news! We all need a bit of good news these days, right? Kids coming together to make new NES games - what better news is there? :-)

14.02.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy holidays! Continuing to toil away at out proverbial north pole on more tools to help bring new people to the retro development party :-) very early peek, but figured it made for a good holiday share!

youtu.be/KvIUMEodmPc?...

22.12.2024 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome to see - and also, funny that the date font I recognize as the same one we used for Byte Off III. haha

08.12.2024 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know, i’ve never seen the connection before, maybe it’s the b&w treatment, but he absolutely could’ve stepped in to Brandon Lee’s shoes to continue The Crow series. And we know from TDK he had the range to go that dark. Alas.

07.12.2024 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, I don't care how strong a person you are, but if you don't bawl uncontrollably at the loss of your faithful dog, you're probably incapable of love. Thank you for being the best companion a man could ask for for almost 2 decades, and teaching my kids to love animals. I'll miss you very much.

06.12.2024 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Right? And watching their face light up when they see it on a real console and CRT even though nostalgia can’t be a reason as to why…it’s always so validating!

05.12.2024 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Children of all ages. I think a lot of folks who were at some point terrified of ASM and never would've had the confidence to make the jump are now coding their own complete engines. I'm glad to see it as a nice stepping stone, and with some amazing games launched into the world with it :-)

05.12.2024 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is another trying day in a difficult week that's part of a hard month wrapped up in a rough year. But there are bright spots. When looking for local devs to see if they'd be interested in a #GGJ location at the studio, I accidentally found this. I hope everyone else finds a small win today too!

05.12.2024 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many new friends, so many great artists and so many great st #pixel-art ! If you fancy yourself a decent pixel artist hit me up in a DM :-)

05.12.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's to more to come ;-)

04.12.2024 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know this pain........

04.12.2024 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For those who may think it's a competition, we are SUPER excited for our friends at @gbstudiocentral.com that a mod was able to make a new tool for making NES games, too. Anything that brings more people to the party, I support! I hope folks will be excited for RetroGameForge, too - keep an eye out!

04.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey, if there is one NES developer that would be my go-to to have a frosty beverage with...no contest, my dude :-) And yeah, thanks for helping me start on this journey!

03.12.2024 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All the awesome NESdev crew helped me cut my teeth on NES development so many years ago. People like @pineight.com and Memblers and @kevinhanley.khangames.com and Kasumi and so many others are why I even had the confidence to start making NES games. All hail the NESdev folks :-)

03.12.2024 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Curious to find out how friendly the platform is. I didn't really want to add another social media platform to my daily routine, but...a few friends convinced me to check it out :-)

03.12.2024 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, here I am on BlueSky. Lots of new developments coming to #NESmaker, so maybe this platform is part of a series of *new beginnings* :-)

03.12.2024 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Just joining BlueSky - saw a post about NESmaker almost instantly (even though it was tangential). Feel free to ping me if you have questions about NESmaker or what's next for what we're doing, too :-)

03.12.2024 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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