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GarlicDude
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Huge fan of Pac-Man and a ROM hacker.

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@thatgarlicdude
GITHUB: https://github.com/thatgarlicdude
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thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Never thought I'd get 200 subscribers on YouTube already. Thank you all for being awesome! ✨✌️

#youtube #yt #video #videos #pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #namco #bamco #bandainamco #subscriber #subscribers #milestone #milestones #romhack #romhacks #romhacking #gaming #games #videogames #videogame
Got 200 subs on YouTube!
February 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Ayy, I reached the 100 subscriber milestone on YouTube! Thank you all! ✨✌️

#youtube #yt #video #videos #milestone #subscribe #subscriber #subscribers #pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #namco #bandainamco #bamco #arcade #arcades #gaming #games #game #videogame #videogames #romhacking #romhacks #romhack
I got 100 subs on YouTube!
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
It appears that I'm getting a little too ambitious for my Java projects. Initially, I wanted my project, Relaxian, to be a Pac-Man maze editor, but it's beyond my scope for the time being. I might have to start making it a hex editor, and then add the maze-editing functionality later on.
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Took me a while to do, but I made Tim from Jr. Pac-Man brown instead of orange. 🟧→🟫

#pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #arcade #arcades #gaming #videogame #videogames #youtube #yt #video #videos #namco #bandainamco

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Jr. Pac-Man, But I Made Tim Brown Instead of Orange
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December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
As a follow-up to my green Clyde video, I also took the initiative and changed Sue's color from orange to purple in Ms. Pac-Man like in Pac-Mania. 🟧→🟪

#pacman #mspacman #namco #bandainamco #atgames #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #video #videos #youtube #gaming #videogames

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Ms. Pac-Man, But Sue is Actually Purple
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December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Whoa, didn't expect my Green Clyde video to blow up all of a sudden. 💥

#youtube #yt #pacman #mspacman #video #videos #obs #obstudio #analytic #analytics #namco #bandainamco #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #game #gaming #videogames #videogaming #arcade #arcadegaming #random #randomsky #bsky #bluesky
My recent video, Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason, went from having 20 views to a lot of views all of a sudden. Didn't expect that to happen. According to the graph, that video got a decent spike of views. This all happened within a span of a day.
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Yesterday, I made a simple ROM hack of Pac-Man where I just changed Clyde's color palette from orange to green. Thought it'd be cool to show this. 🟧→🟩

#pacman #mspacman #namco #rom #romhack #romhacks #romhacking #game #gaming #videogame #videogames #arcade #bandainamco

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Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason
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November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
All this Maven Central stuff is really overwhelming me. Dunno why. 😵‍💫

#computer #computers #programming #program #software #softwaredevelopment #java #jdk #gradle #maven #mavencentral #groovy #kotlin #linux #linuxmint #foss #freeandopensource #opensource #spongebob #overwhelmed #overwhelm #ouch
SpongeBob getting overwhelmed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Eclipse really sucks to use when making Gradle projects. Do you guys think IntelliJ IDEA is better? 😑

#eclipse #eclipseide #intellij #intellijidea #ide #java #gradle #maven #apache #linux #gnulinux #code #coding #computer #computers #program #programming #pizzatower #peppino #peppinospaghetti #gif
a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a piece of paper with the word debt on it
Alt: Peppino from Pizza Tower thinking.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I think I'm gonna have to use Javax Swing just to make the graphical interfaces for my Pac-Man level editor. That means I'm also gonna have to change the code from my shared libraries from C to Java, which would take up some time. It would also mean that I will use Gradle instead of CMake.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
So I'm creating an app called Relaxian, which is a Pac-Man level editor, and I plan it to be powered by Qt5. The problem is that Qt5 really sucks to build from source. 😕

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #relaxian #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #qt #qt5 #romhacking #romhack #romhacks #software #gaming
Pac-Man shrugging (sorta)
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I just learned that, when you're making cross-platform C applications, you can just turn off C extensions in CMake. I can elaborate in the alt text below. 👇🙂

#computer #computers #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #cmake #clang #gcc #coding #code #software #windows #mac #applemac #macbook
When you turn off C extensions when making C applications, your compiler won't have access to computer-specific features, like dirent.h on Linux and Mac, and windows.h on Windows. This is pretty useful if you're making cross-platform applications using C, since you don't need to worry about headers that are only unique to some operating systems, or having your code be messy with #ifdef statements. Thought this is an interesting tip to share.
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I improved upon my Boss Galaxian vector art, and it looks pretty amazing imo. 👾

#videogame #videogames #gaming #arcade #pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #art #vectorart #vector #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #bsky #bluesky #random #randomsky
Comparison between the old and new versions of my Boss Galaxian vector art.
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Made a cool little vector art of the Boss Galaxian from Galaxian, also from Pac-Man as well. Still feels like it needs some improvement though. 👾

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #vector #vectorart #art #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #gaming #arcade #games
Cool vector art of a Boss Galaxian from Galaxian. This enemy also appears as a bonus fruit from Pac-Man.
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Just wanted to change my profile picture to this. It feels more humble imo. 🙂

#bluesky #bsky #pfp #profile #profilepic #profilepicture #pacman #pacmania #namco #bandainamco #bamco #random #randomsky #game #games #videogame #videogames #gaming #gamedev #arcade #cool #idk
That's supposed to be the flyer for Pac-Mania (1987) to promote the game.
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Using dirent.h just feels so awkward for some reason. I just don't know why.
Mario being exhausted into the void.
September 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Finally got my Linux Mint working again. 👍✨
September 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
So my Linux Mint just broke down for no reason while installing some updates. Like, it won't be able to boot properly anymore. Might as well just reinstall the whole system, I guess. 😑
Oh that's real nice.
September 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I just learned that CMake has a pretty useful testing utility called CTest. It's like JUnit, but for CMake, as far as I know. Should've learned about this sooner.
Guess I learn something new every day.
September 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
So here's what I'm thinking. I kinda want to start over when it comes to making my ROM-hacking tools. I don't know why, but they're always giving me problems as I work on them. Thought it'd be a good idea to start over and such. 😑
Sponge.
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
What do you guys think is the better programming language? C or Java? Just curious. 😕

#linux #gnulinux #gnu #mac #macbook #macbookpro #apple #windows #microsoft #programming #program #coding #code #programmers #programmer #gamedev #gamedevelopment #software #java #gamedesign #eclipse #eclipseide
C Logo Java Logo
August 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I'm gonna have to take a break from Bluesky for a while to focus more on my life, as well as my dream projects... if I could even finish them. 😔
SpongeBob just sitting there... not so menacingly.
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
Why does programming have to be so hard?

#gnu #linux #gnulinux #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu #archlinux #c #c++ #java #python #cmake #gradle #relatable #struggle #help #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #computer #computers #hardware #software #wojak #soyjak #godot #godotengine #unity #unreal
Crying Wojak
August 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
My Pac-Man ROM-hacking tool, LibPacIO, is going pretty good so far. I added the ability to print the help menu, which I guess is pretty useful. 😉👍✨

#gnu #linux #gnulinux #linuxmint #pacman #namco #bandainamco #mspacman #gamedev #gamedevelopment #romhack #romhacks #romhacking #promosky #bluesky
LibPacIO has a version message and a help menu. That's cool, I guess.
August 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
thatgarlicdude.bsky.social
I personally think more people should use for POSIX programming. It is one of the more important standard libraries after all.

#gnu #linux #gnulinux #posix #linuxmint #archlinux #debian #ubuntu #apple #macbook #gamedev #gamedevelopment #xcode #clang #random #randomsky #bluesky #bsky
that spongebob fish just standing there.
August 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM