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Minion
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The real Minion.
The one with more W.I.P.s than there are stars in the (blue)sky.
Watched my first Christmas film of the year tonight :) Ya cant beat a bit of Lethal Weapon ;)
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sad times :( Still have 3000 tokens left, and 16k chars available, but running at 100.14% compressed capacity :( She's dead Jim :( #Pico8
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Tonight, simple maths eludes me :(
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Its that time again. Lots of progress me thinks :) #ScreenShotSaturday #Pico8 #GameDev #Retro #Remake #StarQuake
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I turned it off. Don't need it and want to save power.
BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Few issues at home, but now back on track and things are getting real ;) #Pico8 #GameDev #StarQuake #Remake
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Woohoo ! When I'm happy with my map data I can crunch it down from a whopping 1120 tokens, to a rather impressive 160 :) Now that's a saving I'm happy with. Still occupies 15.1Kb of actual chars tho :( #Pico8 #GameDev
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Should I be the one to blame if the users of my software are idiots ? #GameDev
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
That's me done for today. 256 rooms defined so far, just another 256 to go. GFX are subject to change, but looking OK for me so far ;)

#Pico8 #GameDev #Remake #Retro
October 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Q: Would a game such as Knight Lore or Head Over Heels or GunFright be classed as a (3d) physics engine ? #GameDev
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This coding lark is like wading through treacle :(
September 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And that's one fully working attract screen done :) #Pico8 #GameDev #Remake #Retro
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Another obscure arcade tile from way back when that I've started a remake of. Can you guess what it is ? #Pico8 #GameDev #Remake #Retro
September 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I live in the UK. Its a shit hole. Its going to pot. The place is a mess and the government is shockingly bad. I'd say it could well be one of the worst places on the planet. But look on the bright side, at least I don't live in America.
September 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Blimey. Looking back over some of the WIPs I've let slip is a shame. Some of those games looked bloody gorgeous. Games like Zaxxon and BankPanic! and Gyruss and Wizadore and 1942 plus many many more. All well into development. I really should sit down and finish at least one of them ;) #Pico8
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ooopsies ! Doesn't bode well :( #Pico8
June 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Managed to get hold of a copy of this today. I know you can read the online PDF version. But just having a tangible version in my hand gives me the feels so much, its bumping up my coding impetus ;) archive.org/details/Big_...
Big K Magazine Issue 01 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Big K Magazine Issue 01
archive.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today I adult'd. And it was good !
June 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The fruits of my itch from 3 days ago. Progress is really coming on :) #Pico8 #Remake #Retro #Cybernoid #GameDev
June 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looks like WWIII is about to kick off :( Must mean I've got just enough time to start 5, maybe 6 new W.I.P.s :)
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cant believe it. ChatGPT has been giving out my Pico-8 cartridges willy-nilly for free, by-passing the purchase side of the Itch.io page ! The liberty of it ! Cheeky bloody A.I.
June 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Its true, the worst thing you can do when you have an itch is to scratch it :(
June 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So, its a post-post-post #ScreenShotSaturday :) Still needs some work on the spriting, but the E.o.G. Boss is sorted :) #Pico8 #GameDev #Wizadore #BBCMicroRemake
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM