Tom White
@tomwhite.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Dad and Playdate developer when I get time (not often).
https://play.date/games/flinger/
https://play.date/games/flinger/
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Hello, it's my birthday so I feel bold enough to suggest;
if you'd like to make a small, for-profit game or two together in 2026 please get in touch!
if you'd like to make a small, for-profit game or two together in 2026 please get in touch!
December 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hello, it's my birthday so I feel bold enough to suggest;
if you'd like to make a small, for-profit game or two together in 2026 please get in touch!
if you'd like to make a small, for-profit game or two together in 2026 please get in touch!
There's been a bit of a break in Hyper Vector development, but I've been on another stint recently. Gradually ironing out bugs and improving balance. Today I've been tweaking the slot machine payouts, here's what I'm using to simulate!
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There's been a bit of a break in Hyper Vector development, but I've been on another stint recently. Gradually ironing out bugs and improving balance. Today I've been tweaking the slot machine payouts, here's what I'm using to simulate!
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This is incredible. They took this picture down, not because its a nightmare ai monstrosity, but because "it looks like immigrants a bit. maybe." Like 2 different strains of insanity colliding and somehow cancelling each other out
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is incredible. They took this picture down, not because its a nightmare ai monstrosity, but because "it looks like immigrants a bit. maybe." Like 2 different strains of insanity colliding and somehow cancelling each other out
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Truly smart devices would choose not to connect to the internet.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Truly smart devices would choose not to connect to the internet.
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Playdate game developer Keith Baker has created a super handy, unofficial Mac app for managing a Playdate device. Easy access to screenshots, achievements, logs, and lots more. Check out pdmanager!
🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/pdman...
🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/pdman...
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Playdate game developer Keith Baker has created a super handy, unofficial Mac app for managing a Playdate device. Easy access to screenshots, achievements, logs, and lots more. Check out pdmanager!
🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/pdman...
🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/pdman...
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In a long ago place, in a far away time,
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...
Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date Catalog on the 9th of December!
#playdate #gaming
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...
Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date Catalog on the 9th of December!
#playdate #gaming
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In a long ago place, in a far away time,
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...
Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date Catalog on the 9th of December!
#playdate #gaming
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...
Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date Catalog on the 9th of December!
#playdate #gaming
A playtesting build is available for Hyper Vector! If you'd like to give this rather rough version a go I'd appreciate any feedback!
#gamedev #playdate #indiedev #solodev
discord.com/channels/675...
#gamedev #playdate #indiedev #solodev
discord.com/channels/675...
October 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A playtesting build is available for Hyper Vector! If you'd like to give this rather rough version a go I'd appreciate any feedback!
#gamedev #playdate #indiedev #solodev
discord.com/channels/675...
#gamedev #playdate #indiedev #solodev
discord.com/channels/675...
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The Sunken Bell is an unpleasant pub. Grim men, salt-scarred and edging mania, hold to its tables as if to let go would cast them adrift in some terrible storm. Even the local farm perries cannot compensate for what can only be called an atmosphere of doom. - Hookland Fruit Cider Pub Guide, 1980
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Sunken Bell is an unpleasant pub. Grim men, salt-scarred and edging mania, hold to its tables as if to let go would cast them adrift in some terrible storm. Even the local farm perries cannot compensate for what can only be called an atmosphere of doom. - Hookland Fruit Cider Pub Guide, 1980
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
Fewer updates on Hyper Vector recently, but that's because it's getting close to something play-testable and I've been head-down!
I'm down to a handful of blockers, I've invested a bit of time sorting out perf issues and it now runs smoothly on-device too!
#playdate #indiedev #solodev #gamedev
I'm down to a handful of blockers, I've invested a bit of time sorting out perf issues and it now runs smoothly on-device too!
#playdate #indiedev #solodev #gamedev
September 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I will never apologize for a post
September 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I will never apologize for a post
Just spent an hour refactoring how I reference things, now it's all with keys rather than names. This makes save files a lot more robust to minor changes in the game, and has helped procrastinate writing more quests for another night.
August 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just spent an hour refactoring how I reference things, now it's all with keys rather than names. This makes save files a lot more robust to minor changes in the game, and has helped procrastinate writing more quests for another night.