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Hobby gamedev. Likes 8bit stuff. Currently working on a Z-Machine interpreter. Buffalo Game Space member. TTRPG enjoyer.

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What's amazing is how all that can be going on and you can still just rp a character doing their own thing and not really taking part in any of it. It adds an unparalleled richness to the entire experience.

31.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.

29.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1763    πŸ” 593    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 12
An Apple ][GS showing Epyx World Games

An Apple ][GS showing Epyx World Games

Time to take my powerful new gaming computer fior a spin!

28.10.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s

This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer

#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart

26.10.2025 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 12

Sign #over/under may have gotten into my head: I quit my fake job over a fake reorg of a fake company and genuinely feel a bit down about it.

24.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mondo is one my favorite denizens of the dream! I laugh every time i see that gif.

22.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things I am most enjoying about #over/under is that there's nobody to disappoint. You can do what you want and participate as much or as little as you want and there's no sense that you ruined the Warden's extensive prep by going in a different direction than they intended.

22.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Villa Maria College presents BGSJamXXI A game jam from 2025-10-24 to 2025-10-26 hosted by Buffalo Game Space. Collaborate and make a new game in 48 hours at the 21st official game jam of Buffalo Game Space! We want you to come create somet...

If you are in the Buffalo area this weekend, consider joining BGS Jam XXI hosted by Villa Maria College! Starting Friday October 24th at 7pm and ending on Sunday October 26th at 7pm, we'll be making games. No game dev experience necessary, only the desire to work on a game.

itch.io/jam/bgs-jam-...

22.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a terminal window, with some text-adventure text on the left and a debugger (showing variable values) on the right.

A screenshot of a terminal window, with some text-adventure text on the left and a debugger (showing variable values) on the right.

It's been an unproductive year for gamedev. I worked on a game engine for the #playdate but my interest petered out. My current project is liskon, a Z-machine interpreter written in C. This is actually the third stab I've taken at an interpreter, previously writing ones in Python and Rust.

22.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Key art for Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. The Auriga Vault, an enormous spaceship with a gothic monastery-inspired design, rises up from behind a sun. Smaller ships surround it, and around those, planets and moons of different sizes.

Key art for Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. The Auriga Vault, an enormous spaceship with a gothic monastery-inspired design, rises up from behind a sun. Smaller ships surround it, and around those, planets and moons of different sizes.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. 3D models of gothic-inspired spaceships are on the 'board'; one, the Ariga Vault, is central, and very large. Two much smaller ships wait in front of it to be directed by the player. An annotated lines on the 'board' stretches away from the ships, the start of the route they can take into the solar system.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. 3D models of gothic-inspired spaceships are on the 'board'; one, the Ariga Vault, is central, and very large. Two much smaller ships wait in front of it to be directed by the player. An annotated lines on the 'board' stretches away from the ships, the start of the route they can take into the solar system.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. A large, red, ringed planet is in the centre, with a smaller green-yellow further up. Annotated lines show the routes a ship can take between planets and moons on the map.

The Energy Calculator tool is open, which players can use to work out how much fuel they need for a journey. There are four categories, each corresponding to a set of numbers: Engine Efficiency, Ship Mass, Fuel, and Energy. When the player increases or decreases one section, the rest also increase or decrease accordingly.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. A large, red, ringed planet is in the centre, with a smaller green-yellow further up. Annotated lines show the routes a ship can take between planets and moons on the map. The Energy Calculator tool is open, which players can use to work out how much fuel they need for a journey. There are four categories, each corresponding to a set of numbers: Engine Efficiency, Ship Mass, Fuel, and Energy. When the player increases or decreases one section, the rest also increase or decrease accordingly.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. Several stylised buildings are placed down on a grid, some with a wooden texture and others with a transparent, glass-like texture. These are completed and in-progress buildings, respectively, on the surface of a planet.

A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. Several stylised buildings are placed down on a grid, some with a wooden texture and others with a transparent, glass-like texture. These are completed and in-progress buildings, respectively, on the surface of a planet.

The Banished Vault is in this year's Roguelike Celebration sale!

A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery.

33% off now 'til October 27 πŸŒ™

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2341070/The_Banished_Vault/

21.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I hope they do! I will miss this chaos when it's over.

21.10.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Roguelike Celebration 2025 a community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics

This year's Roguelike Celebration steam sale is up! Check out some awesome games, and don't forget to buy tickets for the conference *this weekend*!

(also @shing.bsky.social's art is so good, I'm so glad we got them to do this year's art!!)

store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...

21.10.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen You can now join the Discord server and read the rules. Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025β€”the annual group-crowdfunding

Over/Under is one of the strangest and most interesting games I've ever played.

samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

21.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Roc The Jam | Global Game Jam Roc the Jam welcomes artists, musicians, developers and game makers from the Rochester area. Come by yourself and find others to work with, or come with a team ready to roc(k). Located at MAGIC Spell ...

Very excited to share that #RocGameDev is partnering with RIT MAGIC and IGM to host Global Game Jam 2025 in Rochester!

globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...

08.12.2024 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finished this today. Loved it! Very much recommended.

02.12.2024 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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snow! on #playdate is going to be on official Catalog Feb 2025 - some tricks to study while waiting for the game 😜

29.11.2024 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Save 60% on Shotgun Farmers on Steam Missed shots grow guns in this multiplayer shooter. Fire your bullets into the ground to plant your ammo. The longer it grows the more ammo you will get!

Make sure to eat your veggies this Black Friday! Shotgun Farmers is 60% off on Steam until Dec 4th! 🌽 πŸ₯• πŸ§…πŸŒΆοΈ

store.steampowered.com/app/604240/S...

29.11.2024 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A pixel art pyramid

A pixel art pyramid

The player character from my indie game.

It's going to eventually be a horse. But a pyramid was much easier to draw!

28.11.2024 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've just started working on a #playdate game that is intended to be an Erie-canal themed Paperboy-like. It's a remake of a half-finished game I worked on in Unity. The current goal is to build a whiteboxed prototype to test and tune gameplay.

24.11.2024 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to everyone who watched, donated to, and presented on the Buffalo Game Space fundraising stream yesterday! We hit our goal of $10,000 which enables us continue to serve Buffalo's amazing local game dev community.

24.11.2024 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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