Ste Pickford
@stepickford.bsky.social
Full time video game developer. Some time comic artist.
Not won an award since Primary School.
Not won an award since Primary School.
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Ste Pickford
@stepickford.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Did you know that Plok, star of the cult classic 1994 Super Nintendo game, has his own comic?
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
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I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
GitHub - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro: Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro
Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
github.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
github.com/markmoxon/th...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
Everyone at breakfast in The Traitors is talking dead loud, but as if nobody can hear them. It’s really weird.
January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Everyone at breakfast in The Traitors is talking dead loud, but as if nobody can hear them. It’s really weird.
There should also be a blue plaque up on the wall on Well Street.
Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.
December 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There should also be a blue plaque up on the wall on Well Street.
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Calling all 6502/NES programmers!
We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state.
I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping?
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...
We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state.
I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping?
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Calling all 6502/NES programmers!
We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state.
I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping?
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...
We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state.
I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping?
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...
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Hey there, I need to collect a backlog of 3d animators, texture artists, and modellers for something in the future. Post up your folios!
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey there, I need to collect a backlog of 3d animators, texture artists, and modellers for something in the future. Post up your folios!
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Okay this is some strong as hell maths.
Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out.
If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.
Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out.
If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.
Okay, it's that time again: you can currently buy all available Size Five games on Steam at 75% off. That's six brillo games for less than a tenner! What a festive treat!
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Okay this is some strong as hell maths.
Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out.
If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.
Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out.
If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.
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Comic pals 👋 I’m on the look out to chat with artists who do sequential work in an anime style for a potential project in 2026.
Please hit me up or share if you have any recommendations.
Please hit me up or share if you have any recommendations.
December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Comic pals 👋 I’m on the look out to chat with artists who do sequential work in an anime style for a potential project in 2026.
Please hit me up or share if you have any recommendations.
Please hit me up or share if you have any recommendations.
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There is nothing more festive than being hunted by robots, I say!
And it is with that sentiment in mind that I bring you Sir, You Are Being Hunted, beloved and seminal stealth and survival game from Big Robot, a gift of 40% off.
Cheers!
And it is with that sentiment in mind that I bring you Sir, You Are Being Hunted, beloved and seminal stealth and survival game from Big Robot, a gift of 40% off.
Cheers!
Save 40% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on Steam
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...
store.steampowered.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There is nothing more festive than being hunted by robots, I say!
And it is with that sentiment in mind that I bring you Sir, You Are Being Hunted, beloved and seminal stealth and survival game from Big Robot, a gift of 40% off.
Cheers!
And it is with that sentiment in mind that I bring you Sir, You Are Being Hunted, beloved and seminal stealth and survival game from Big Robot, a gift of 40% off.
Cheers!
The author of this post must be someone I know. I will be judging you all for the whole of the next year. While also admiring you.
Last Christmas I told my family that I'd been commissioned to write an article on Infocom and I needed to play through all their games. I did play them all and even wrote a blog post about it. But this year I have no excuse and need to pay attention to my family. Very scary.
December 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The author of this post must be someone I know. I will be judging you all for the whole of the next year. While also admiring you.
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Christmas is getting off to a cracking start today. A day off because work closes up for the Christmas break early, off into Manchester for drinks and food with both my daughters, then we’re watching It’s A Wonderful Life in the posh seats of the Everyman. And all that’s before Mad Friday kicks off!
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Christmas is getting off to a cracking start today. A day off because work closes up for the Christmas break early, off into Manchester for drinks and food with both my daughters, then we’re watching It’s A Wonderful Life in the posh seats of the Everyman. And all that’s before Mad Friday kicks off!
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Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
So glad this has been recovered and getting seen. It was kind of legendary in parts of the UK gamedev community at the time. We all knew about it and commiserated that it wasn’t getting released.
Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So glad this has been recovered and getting seen. It was kind of legendary in parts of the UK gamedev community at the time. We all knew about it and commiserated that it wasn’t getting released.
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It's time for a winter sale again! 25% off all my C64 games.
itch.io/s/175946/sja...
itch.io/s/175946/sja...
SJA's Winter Sale 2025 by SarahJaneAvory
A bundle by SarahJaneAvory, $26.94 for 6 games
itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's time for a winter sale again! 25% off all my C64 games.
itch.io/s/175946/sja...
itch.io/s/175946/sja...
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If you're an environment artist and you're based in the UK we will be hiring in the New Year. Job listing will be posted on our website in January.
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If you're an environment artist and you're based in the UK we will be hiring in the New Year. Job listing will be posted on our website in January.
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
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And still time to order a copy of the Freaky Dancing Collection as a Christmas gift for the aging raver / fanzine culture nerd in your life.
You can also buy the collected edition of the cult acid-house fanzine Freaky Dancing - The unofficial fanzine of Manchester's Haçienda club in 1989-1990 - which I co-created.
A slice of history!
www.amazon.co.uk/Freaky-Danci...
A slice of history!
www.amazon.co.uk/Freaky-Danci...
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And still time to order a copy of the Freaky Dancing Collection as a Christmas gift for the aging raver / fanzine culture nerd in your life.
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Hey, there's still time to order Plok comics as Christmas gifts for the retro gaming comic fan in your life.
Best present ever!
Best present ever!
Did you know that Plok, star of the cult classic 1994 Super Nintendo game, has his own comic?
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hey, there's still time to order Plok comics as Christmas gifts for the retro gaming comic fan in your life.
Best present ever!
Best present ever!
And still time to order a copy of the Freaky Dancing Collection as a Christmas gift for the aging raver / fanzine culture nerd in your life.
You can also buy the collected edition of the cult acid-house fanzine Freaky Dancing - The unofficial fanzine of Manchester's Haçienda club in 1989-1990 - which I co-created.
A slice of history!
www.amazon.co.uk/Freaky-Danci...
A slice of history!
www.amazon.co.uk/Freaky-Danci...
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And still time to order a copy of the Freaky Dancing Collection as a Christmas gift for the aging raver / fanzine culture nerd in your life.
Hey, there's still time to order Plok comics as Christmas gifts for the retro gaming comic fan in your life.
Best present ever!
Best present ever!
Did you know that Plok, star of the cult classic 1994 Super Nintendo game, has his own comic?
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hey, there's still time to order Plok comics as Christmas gifts for the retro gaming comic fan in your life.
Best present ever!
Best present ever!
Who on earth is willingly watching Marvel movies more than 6 times?
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Who on earth is willingly watching Marvel movies more than 6 times?
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starting a generative AI consultancy service for small businesses, £1500 up front fee and I will tell you not to use AI
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
starting a generative AI consultancy service for small businesses, £1500 up front fee and I will tell you not to use AI
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In the 1970s, Mulholland Dr. between Laurel Cyn. & Coldwater Cyn. was the peak of illegal racing. Racers handed out this cheeky business card to lure Van Nuys cruisers up the hill to challenge them. The Valleyites, unversed in the road's nuances, often plunged over its cliffs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In the 1970s, Mulholland Dr. between Laurel Cyn. & Coldwater Cyn. was the peak of illegal racing. Racers handed out this cheeky business card to lure Van Nuys cruisers up the hill to challenge them. The Valleyites, unversed in the road's nuances, often plunged over its cliffs.
Christmas has officially started in our house.
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Christmas has officially started in our house.
Aha! So Sylvester Stallone was the guest star in the finale of The Chair Company.
President Trump with this year’s Kennedy Center honorees which include Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gene Simmons, and Gloria Gaynor.
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Aha! So Sylvester Stallone was the guest star in the finale of The Chair Company.