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Sam Higton

@samhigton.bsky.social

Web developer, game maker, book reader, birb lover

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I did a little games jam over January with some friends, where we tried to make 4 small games in 4 weeks in #pico8. This was the first week's game. I did the programming, and my partner did the art. All in all, I'm pretty happy with it, for a first go at pico-8

www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=154...

16.02.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Australian raven in the foreground, trees some bins and the Perth Skyline in the background

Australian raven in the foreground, trees some bins and the Perth Skyline in the background

Oh, hey there Raven

15.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm currently making my first Pico-8 game, and I swear I'll have that cheat sheet burned into my retinas by the time I'm done

12.01.2026 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m enjoying the Seance of Blake Manor so far, but my god are those sigil puzzles annoying

31.12.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The box art for Sky Oddysey on the PS2, showing a yellow swordfish flying down a sandstone canyon

The box art for Sky Oddysey on the PS2, showing a yellow swordfish flying down a sandstone canyon

More people should play Sky Odyssey on the PS2. It’s a hidden gem of a flight sim with a tonne of varied missions

28.12.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, I’ll leave you to it then, have fun!

12.12.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which grifter sided with capital?

12.12.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who’s eternally out of the loop, who’s done what now?

12.12.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

08.12.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Earth Tongue - Dungeon Vision (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Earth Tongue Earth Tongue - Dungeon Vision (Official Music Video)

this is my new favourite thing

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

29.11.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 1946 expansion for IL2 touched on this. Try as I might, I don’t think I ever landed the Heinkel Lerche successfully

27.11.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I totally forgot about this game! It's a totally unhinged Mad Max Yakuza game. Such a hidden gem

24.11.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MK7 really is a forgotten gem of a Mario Kart game, and set the bar for Mario Kart 8. Two stage drifts, jump boosts, rally stages; it's got the lot! Some surprisingly good courses too, on the first couple of cups at least

24.11.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I get the impression that Andrew W.K likes to party

21.11.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love the idea, I just wish it had proper buttons. Those silicon pad things don’t look great

07.11.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I DID IT! I finished a JRPG!

31.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For years, I've wanted to make a huge virtual Library generated from Wikipedia, and have the player act as a librarian; finding and returning articles and sorting shelves. I always underestimate the sheer scale of Wikipedia though.

16.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s HexyOS?

15.10.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just played the first few holes; seems awfully similar to Desert Golf

14.10.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cross-Origin request blocked

14.10.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These were trialled in my home town. They’re pretty neat, and were a godsend during Covid

04.10.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's just his opinion; it's not a personal attack on your favourite game. And from what I've played of it, I tend to agree; it feels kind of soulless compared to previous skate games, and the monetisation is egregious.

23.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I played this a while back and it was a really nice time. An absolute steal at €4

23.09.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent! Just followed, hope that helps push you to number one!

19.09.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Replit used to be good years ago. It was a little programming scratch pad. You could spin up an environment in a bunch of different languages, and just try code out in your browser. It tried it the other day though, and it constantly tried to shove AI down my throat; it's kind of unusable now

16.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GT4 might be the best racing game ever made

01.09.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to order one of these pots; they look absolutely amazing.They seem really delicate, though. Do you reckon they’d survive shipping to Australia?

30.08.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A little off topic, but that’s a lovely looking mug.

22.08.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But making the game is the fun part

12.08.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it runs natively on a mac, for all three of us mac gamers out there!

29.07.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0