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edenwaith

@edenwaith@mastodon.gamedev.place

Software + Bread Artisan. Sierra On-Line + Playdate games. Renewable energy. Sarcasm + cynicism.

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edenwaith, to random
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A decade ago I wrote a Python plug-in (https://gist.github.com/edenwaith/406993d4ca59b058efe6) for TextWrangler/BBEdit to format JSON. Today I learned that BBEdit has a feature which handles this now via the Text > Reformat Document menu.

edenwaith,
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@robotspacer I learned this from a blog post by Michael Tsai. I’ve tried many text editors, but keep coming back to BBEdit (@bbedit), as it continues to be a Swiss Army knife of usefulness and new surprises.

edenwaith, to random
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Years ago, my work made use of LaCie d2 external drives, which I liked a lot and have purchased quite a few. One of them which I used for backups for an old iMac seems to have gotten shocked to death. Fortunately, I was able to quickly disassemble the case, swap the hard drive out with another (functioning) d2 case and discovered that the drive (and its data) is still alive! Very happy to be able to be able to revive a "dead" drive with no proprietary encryption, et cetera.

edenwaith, to random
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Sadly, most of the Wii’s network-based services have been discontinued, but the internet browser still works — sort of. In a similar manner in trying to use a PowerBook to browse the web, SSL connections will often fail to load, the browser doesn’t render modern web pages, but at least frogfind.com is there to try and navigate the Web.

mcc, to random
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Hello. My computer is not working. Can anyone give me some advice?

edenwaith,
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@alghost @mcc A minimum of three times, of course. And if has no power, disassemble and then reassemble.

edenwaith, to random
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If anything, Apple is good about throwing curveballs to keep us guessing and the rumor mill flowing. When there were rumors that a new iPad might feature a brand new M4 chip, that seemed unbelievable since the M3 line was introduced just a little over 6 months ago. Yet, here we are with the new iPad Pro featuring the M4! Now it's time to speculate if the next line of Mac Studio and Pro will skip the M3 family and just go to M4 variants.

edenwaith, to random
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I love the subtle jab Apple took towards Epic Games when they briefly featured PubG during today's iPad event.

cosmicvoid, to gamedev
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Need your opinion! Toying with the idea of having 2 endings in Devil's Hideout.

One that's easy to get and is 'okay, game beaten, but it's not all rosy...' and another that's harder to get but is more triumphant.

Would you rather have that, or just one ending that's good? 🙂

#gamedev

edenwaith,
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@cosmicvoid If it is feasible to do so. One of the reasons that KQ6 is one of my favourites of the King’s Quest series is due to the multiple endings.

edenwaith, (edited ) to random
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[Edenwaith blog]
Cleaning Up Downloads with Folder Actions

Automating a process to clean up downloads via macOS Folder Actions.

http://www.edenwaith.com/blog/index.php?p=160

edenwaith, to random
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Bash shell scripting can be useful, but the syntax can be incredibly picky and annoying.

edenwaith, to random
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I'm reading through some of Apple's Core Image Programming Guide (https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/CoreImaging/ci_detect_faces/ci_detect_faces.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001185-CH8-SW1), and it is amusing/interesting to see some of the (obviously older) sample code is still in Objective-C. Swift has been the way forward for many years, but this is a case where it is still useful to be able to work with Objective-C.

UncrankdPD, to Playdate
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Uncrank'd Issue 3 (digital) is here!
https://xanialasagna.storenvy.com/
or
https://uncrankd.myshopify.com/
It's been a very busy April, but physical orders will start shipping out later this week.

edenwaith,
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@UncrankdPD Time for a great evening with the latest issue of Uncrank’d! I’m especially looking forward to the interview with Neven Mrgan.

edenwaith, to random
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Never forget Adobe Space Monkey! (Apparently, "Space Monkey" was the code name for Adobe Photoshop CS2. I was able to trigger this alternate splash screen when I launched PS CS2 from another partition/OS on my PowerBook.

edenwaith, to random
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It's easy to wax nostalgic, especially when one can pick the choice moments to remember. But, man, watching Mac OS 9 rebuild its desktop is NOT something I ever miss! 😀

MichaelKlamerus, to random
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After a short hiatus, I am back to writing posts on my blog about new indie games that I am into

https://virtualmoose.org/2024/04/05/indie-game-roundup-april-5-2024/

bear pointing at a chalkboard that says "yes and"
screen showing that 21st March 1982 was the origin of the name Llamasoft
guy in his room saying "what the hell is this?"

edenwaith,
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@MichaelKlamerus Thanks for mentioning the Uncrank’d zine. It imbues everything I love about the Playdate. It’s a lot of FUN. Huge props to the @UncrankdPD team and contributors for creating this zine!

edenwaith, to random
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A recap of the evolution of Sierra's Adventure Game Interpreter game engine: https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2012/09/sierras-agi-evolution.html

edenwaith, to random
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Nothing new in the annals of software development, but it seems like every couple of years, another attempt is made at discovering the elusive silver bullet to make creating software easier by some unspecified magnitude. The potential solution? Just write new tools and languages! Genius!

edenwaith, to random
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To celebrate Easter, going to do some Easter Egg hunting in old Sierra games at https://twitch.tv/melluvsgames2 , and then back to more Betrayed Alliance - Book 1.

edenwaith, to random
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I understand that recipe sites are popular, and hence good places for advertising, but they are also some of the most frustrating websites to ever visit with numerous ads, pop-ups, and someone's life story about the recipe. Here's a new level of frustration: the steps for the recipe are now on another page, or one can download the site's app! No, thanks. This is why I have posted some of my favorite recipes on my blog. No ads or in depth story, just the damn recipe.

cabel, to random
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now that's a great game name

edenwaith,
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@cabel What I want to know is if there is an article about the 1980 adventure game “Mystery House” in the magazine.

cabel, to random
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It’s so weird being at Moscone / Yerba Buena for a big conference — my brain keeps expecting to run into fellow Mac developers?! I guess I miss WWDC and Macworld! But no, it’s GDC, and I know no-one.

edenwaith,
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@cabel I’ve heard that there are some Devs who have worked on Playdate games at GDC this year!

edenwaith, to random
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Thinking about different methods how one needs to get past trolls in games like Colossal Cave or King’s Quest 1. What if one tried to bribe a troll with iron pyrite?

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For the past several years, I've spent a lot of time and effort in researching computer games: How the old games were built, developing new tools, helping port games to the Mac, writing tutorials on getting old games to run on new hardware, finding Easter eggs, etc. I've finally compiled all of this work on a new Games section on my website for far easier reference to find a given topic.

http://www.edenwaith.com/games/

mcc, to random
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Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

edenwaith,
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@mcc This post has some neat uses of colors, fonts, and glass-like designs for wallpaper designs: https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/glassy

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[Edenwaith Blog]

Custom Rounded Corners in Swift and SwiftUI

Multiple approaches in applying custom rounded corners to a view using Swift and SwiftUI.

http://www.edenwaith.com/blog/index.php?p=159

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