Idrees 💽

Making some good progress on my Animal Crossing letter editor!

Animal Crossing New Horizons stationary and letters

Preview of my next project...

Ho-Oh placeholder Pokémon Card from Pokémon TCG Pocket

IOU one card art

Lorem ipsum text written with the minecraft enchantment table script

Monocraft v4.1 has been released and now includes the enchantment table language (also known as the "Standard Galactic Alphabet")!
Get it here and try the magic yourself: github.com/IdreesInc/Mo...
And follow along on my new Discord for updates and prerelease builds: discord.gg/uUtRgC8gd8
#minecraft

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Pokedex completion diploma from Game Freak

Hell yeah

That's so sweet, what a brilliant idea!

To keep myself motivated and better collaborate with people as I make new open-source projects, I've created a Discord! Dunno how it's going to play out, but if you want to get updates and beta builds of projects like Monocraft, Picochat, PlayBook, etc., give it a join!
discord.gg/6yxE9prcNc

an old beat up red apple watch series 7 displaying the pokétch app described in the post. it is currently displaying the time

omg someone made a version of the pokétch from pokémon diamond and pearl for apple watch (currently in testflight) and it has all the features and i’m so nostalgic

That reminds me, I actually made a web app for me and my gf (now wife) to send Animal Crossing letters to each other during the pandemic via a virtual NookPhone! I really should open-source that at some point...

Thank you so much!! I hope you enjoy messing around with it!

Bluesky mail from Pokémon Crystal

"Liteblue" mail from Pokémon Crystal

Anyone know if there are any bots or websites for creating "mail" from the Pokémon games? Was thinking it might be a fun project to make a little mail generator, especially considering the curiously named "Bluesky Mail" design

Of course you may, it is open source! But do note that it is based off of the Minecraft font face so take that as you will.

This is great, now my code comments can be even more confusing!
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Lorem ipsum text written with the minecraft enchantment table script

Monocraft v4.1 has been released and now includes the enchantment table language (also known as the "Standard Galactic Alphabet")!
Get it here and try the magic yourself: github.com/IdreesInc/Mo...
And follow along on my new Discord for updates and prerelease builds: discord.gg/uUtRgC8gd8
#minecraft

Thanks for the heads up, deployed a new build now!

I've created a discord server where you can contribute and follow along for updates on all of my open-source projects! I've realized that it's been hard to manage requests and issues, so I've decided to make it even harder by managing a community as well!
discord.gg/6yxE9prcNc
#opensource #indietech

The new Apple Watch Pokétch build is available on TestFlight now!
Also I've realized that I've been missing when the build expires, so to make communication easier I've created a discord. Check it out here for updates and new build links: discord.gg/3z5gHQJRcv
#pokemon #poketch #opensource

Nintendo Pictochat-inspired iMessage app lets you text your friends like it's 2004 Relive the early 2000s and chat using a new Nintendo DS Pictochat-inspired iMessage app.

Relive the early 2000s and chat using a new Nintendo DS Pictochat-inspired iMessage app.

You should, it’s quite a fun little device!

This would legit be perfect on the #playdate with its crank

And if you are more into coding than drag and drop, you should check out GBDK-2020 which can be used to code games for all sorts of retro systems without needing to know assembly!
gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020/

‎PicoChat for iMessage ‎Remember sitting on the bus and messaging your friends via your favorite two-screened handheld? Relive those memories with PicoChat, a tiny retro drawing app for iMessage! Featuring all the nostalgic...

Man do I have the app for you:
apps.apple.com/us/app/picoc...

if you have an iphone get picochat ! it’s literally so fun & nostalgic, it’s like playing my DS with friends again 💫

GitHub - easonwong-de/Adaptive-Tab-Bar-Colour: Changes the colour of Firefox theme to match the website’s appearance. Changes the colour of Firefox theme to match the website’s appearance. - easonwong-de/Adaptive-Tab-Bar-Colour

This Firefox extension is awesome, it changes the UI color to match the webpage like Safari: github.com/easonwong-de...
Can't believe I hadn't seen it before!

It’s a brilliant device and quite fun to program for, great community too! Recommend checking it out, lots of helpful people

Can’t believe I was just browsing gaming news and came across my own project, it was like a jump scare

'Picochat' Recreates Beloved Nintendo Feature on iOS "PicoChat" brings a nostalgic experience from the Nintendo DS to Apple's iMessage (via Overkill). iMessage already includes built-in drawing via Digital Touch, but PicoChat recreates the distinct aesthetic and interaction style of PictoChat.…

'Picochat' Recreates Beloved Nintendo Feature on iOS

Thanks for your insights! I hadn't considered that UIKit could be used within SwiftUI. The canvas drawing definitely seems to be a bottleneck since it has to redraw the whole thing every change unlike a normal (non-declarative) canvas. I do hope I don't have to mess with the keyboard though...

Finally, someone caught that! Bird & Beans was my favorite DSiWare game as a kid

iOS keyboards have strong limitations on memory usage and other things for whatever reason, plus I'm unsure if they allow images (they may well do). That's why I chose an iMessage app for now.
If I can optimize the app to stop being so laggy, maybe I can look into that in the future.