@reidrac@social.sdf.org
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

reidrac

@reidrac@social.sdf.org

FOSS person. #Gamedev for the #ZXSpectrum, #Amstrad CPC, #Commodore64, #MSX and other shiny things (PC and #DOS!).

Also #Scala, #C, #Python and #haskell, and some (retro) gaming.

Not made of actual Lego.

Toots have TTL.

Was reidrac@mastodon.sdf.org.

#nobot #nobots #noindex

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Matodon search is a bit useless,. isn't it? I can't even find my own posts.

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

The Heart of Salamanderland website is up!

https://www.usebox.net/jjm/heart-of-salamanderland/

Coming soon to your CPC. As soon as next month 🤞

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Danny has probably more than 2500 games on his handheld, for PS1, GBA, SNES, NeoGeo, MAME, ... , and he decides to play... Donkey Kong on the GB 🤷

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Just realised that has been a year since I moved to this instance, let's do a new !

I love OSS and (, CPC, , and ). Also regular dev in , , #C and .

My games are always free to download and play:

https://www.usebox.net/jjm/

I'm currently finishing "The Heart of Salamanderland" for the Amstrad CPC, that will have a physical release by PolyPlay (see my Brick Rick for an example!).

See you around!

Physical release of Brick Rick for the Amstrad CPC by PolyPlay.

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Aaaand... I have a cold.

image/gif

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

I may have an idea for the boss. Bit Castlevania, but I don't care.

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

From HN, list of shame: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formerly_open-source_or_free_software

"This is a list of notable software packages which were published as free and open-source software, or into the public domain, but were made proprietary software, or otherwise switched to a license (including source-available licenses) that is not considered to be free and open source."

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

What is this room? Is that a constellation? May be a clue to find the Heart of Salamanderland?

I don't know, but find the 9 Tears of The Guardian and come back to this room to find out!

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Checks out!

"2078: He announces that he's finally making the jump from screen+irssi to tmux+weechat."

I'm already using tmux+weechat, I'm in the future! 😂

https://xkcd.com/1782/

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

In case you missed it and you are into and for retro/classic systems, join us on channel!

More info: https://www.usebox.net/retrogamedev/

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Level design: progressing.

I've decided to use a cluster of 8 screens as "tutorial". Introducing a couple elements early so the player can get a feel of how this works.

Later on, I will change the rules and introduce mechanics that aren't that obvious, and include new enemies with different behaviours.

Al together, hopefully, it will be ✨fun✨ 🤞

(didn't want to spoil anything because this is not a test screen any more -- even if WIP; so the video is not too exciting)

video/mp4

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

I don't know what I did today, but this batch looks pretty 🤩

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Got down the rabbit hole of tweaking the fonts I'm using in my blog. HALP!

(I have stopped now, even if I don't fully like the result, I can't be bothered to revert)

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

"2021 update: I wrote this ten years ago. Since then, Google has tried to kill blogs, one social network after another has come along to entice people who want to write (and read) and figured out how to steal the permission that writers have worked so hard to earn. And yet, RSS, free, open, easy to use RSS persists. If you’re not the customer, you’re the product"

https://seths.blog/2011/01/in-defense-of-rss/

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Eric (TITAN) contributed a loading screen for The Heart of Salamanderland.

reidrac, to firefox
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

What is "Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG" and why I get it in but not on Chromium?

Also, as error messages go, this isn't great.

I can't really "contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem" because WTF is going on anyway?

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

"Going forward, the company said in an internal memo, Mozilla will focus on bringing “trustworthy AI into Firefox.” To do so, it will bring together the teams that work on Pocket, Content and AI/Ml."

Oh, dear.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/mozilla-downsizes-as-it-refocuses-on-firefox-and-ai-read-the-memo/

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Cleaned the tileset a bit, and there you have the entry to the dungeon.

Quite happy with it!

reidrac, to gamedev
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Getting there!

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Oh, hello

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

Yesterday was a bit unexpected work re: DNS, but I'm happy with the results.

Got mail today, looks like Verisign is rising the .net domains prices by 8%, and this is after a 10% increase in 2023.

Bastards!

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

I changed the hose of the shower and I feel like the boss.

It wasn't as easy as it looked, actually.

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

I'm selling my Behringer V-tone Guitar GDI 21 Amp Modeler and DI Guitar Pedal. Put it on ebay, local only. Not sure, if someone is very interested here I could ship it as well.

Is not bad-bad, but I'd like to explore other things. It is as good as new, it has been in storage 10+ years now.

This is something I recorded back in 2011 using my Tele (so no high gain pickups). Not sure it is a great example, I'm not an audio engineer etc; but it gives you a few different tones without an actual amp.

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

"The entire Turbo Pascal 3.02 executable--the compiler and IDE--was 39,731 bytes"

My avatar is a 256x256 image that is 81,292 bytes already, or 2.04 times Turbo Pascal 3.02.

https://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html

reidrac, to random
@reidrac@social.sdf.org avatar

In VX Bristol they have a "Secret Vegan Society" poster, and I found it amusing.

I don't know many vegans, but all of them seems to not be too secretive about it 😂

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • megavids
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • thenastyranch
  • magazineikmin
  • osvaldo12
  • ethstaker
  • Youngstown
  • mdbf
  • slotface
  • rosin
  • everett
  • ngwrru68w68
  • khanakhh
  • JUstTest
  • InstantRegret
  • GTA5RPClips
  • Durango
  • normalnudes
  • cubers
  • tacticalgear
  • cisconetworking
  • tester
  • modclub
  • provamag3
  • anitta
  • Leos
  • lostlight
  • All magazines