gingerbeardman

gingerbeardman, 1 day ago to random

Over on the @InsertCreditForums we're trying to ID all 120 profile photos featured in the musician simulator/adventure game Band-kun (1990, KOEI). https://forums.insertcredit.com/t/forum-team-building-activity-band-kun-koei-1990/3451

Here's my old blog post about the game with further info:
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2020/12/16/band-kun-musician-simulator-1990-koei/

gingerbeardman, 5 days ago to random

Earliest emoji in the news

gingerbeardman, 13 days ago to random

New blog post! "Emoji history: the missing years"
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/05/10/emoji-history-the-missing-years/

In January I bought a long-forgotten personal organiser from Japan and stumbled across a set of emoji that shouldn't have existed. Then I found some more lost emoji, so decided to redraw them all. Enjoy!

gingerbeardman, 1 month ago to random

Mario Kart 8 will be 10 years old next month. 🤯

gingerbeardman, 2 months ago to Playdate

So the @playdate pachinko peggle thingy is playable already! Very early, of course, but it has scoring and sound and you can try right now. Info on Playdate Squad Discord Server. #screenshotsaturday #koatari #playdate

join https://discord.com/invite/zFKagQ2
devlog https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1219023747105685544

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gingerbeardman, 2 months ago to random

Watched Luc Besson's first movie "Le dernier combat" (The Last Battle) from 1983. It's a silent, b&w, sci-fi movie akin to Mad Max. Great to see his comic book vibe was there day 1. The SNES-style synth score by Eric Serra really made me smile. Loved it. https://letterboxd.com/film/the-last-battle/

gingerbeardman, 2 months ago to random

Read about how I made my hit game YOYOZO in only 39 kilobytes of data over 23 days of development.
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/11/21/yoyozo-how-i-made-a-playdate-game-in-39kb/

• "Best Games of 2023" @arstechnica
• "Best Arcade Game" @playdate Community Awards 2023

YOYOZO is currently ON SALE https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

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gingerbeardman, 2 months ago to random

Bit of a strange request but can anybody recommend any retreats in Japan? Where I would go and do meditation or similar. To live in the mountains for a while. (And crucially also be allowed to use my computer in between lol)

gingerbeardman, 2 months ago to random

Playdate Community Awards for 2023 have just happened! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCj9KPpvEsk

I'm happy to receive two awards!

• Best Arcade Game (YOYOZO) https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

• Best Puzzle Game (Sparrow Solitaire, made with @vogelscript)
  https://play.date/games/sparrow-solitaire/

Both currently ON SALE!💸

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

I uploaded a 5.1 mix of The Blue Nile's "A Walk Across The Rooftops" that's been hiding in my archives for over a dozen years. To celebrate I produced a set of files that can be added to Apple Music, so you can play the audio more easily in 2024! https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/02/22/the-blue-nile-a-walk-across-the-rooftops-5-1/

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

Interview: Kenta Cho (Japanese indie game developer)
He talks about early computers, golden age arcade games, his first published game, top 5 video games, and his philosophy for game design and development.
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/02/10/interview-kenta-cho-indie-game-developer/

First in a series of interviews.

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

Just updated my guide to building the BasiliskII Macintosh emulator onto an iPad Pro, using latest Xcode, macOS and iPadOS. https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/04/21/building-basiliskii-for-ios/

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

Quick game on the GOAT: MaBoShi.

It's a WiiWare game that could beam a single player version to a Nintendo DS.

I'm running the extracted NDS ROM in an emulator set to rotate and display one screen, on my rotated HD display with a SNES mini controller connected over Bluetooth 🤓

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

HANAPAI a collection of Hanafuda and Mahjong icons for classic Macintosh, created by Imachan! (Imanishi Kazunori) in 1997.

Found on MacPeople CD-ROM #6 (1997-09-15, No.18)

gingerbeardman, 3 months ago to random

Running modern macOS on a non-retina display? Do I have a blog post for you. It's a workaround to negate the problems with the cursor overlapping neighbouring text, the stretched and badly positioned toolbar icons, and more. https://blogrunning-modern-macos-on-non-retina-displaysrn-macos-on-non-retina-displays/

gingerbeardman, 4 months ago to random

JINZO Paint is a vintage mobile drawing app (1999, t-ueno) which carries on the tradition of PC-98's Multi Paint System allowing you to do a ton of cool stuff with your stylus.
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/01/22/jinzo-paint-vintage-mobile-drawing-app/

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gingerbeardman, 4 months ago to random

JINZO Paint is a drawing app for PocketPC/WinCE. Comes in versions with either 4-grey-shades or 16-colours, both support drawing with dither patterns.
I run it on a Sharp BRAIN PW-SH1 whose screen can fold back-to-back with the keyboard to make a tablet!
http://www.tomozon.sakura.ne.jp/wince/JINZO_COLLECTION/DATA_BOOK/JZP_DATA/BAB/babzauex.htm

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gingerbeardman, 4 months ago to random

Anybody know what this gem of an FM synth chip tune is? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2GnaH7K5va/

audio recording masquerading as a video

gingerbeardman, 4 months ago to random

What mouse alternatives do people use? Finger mouse? Track ball? Roll bar? Ring mouse? Track pad? Vertical mouse?