Why485
@why485.bsky.social
Former modder turned gamedev. This is not a very serious account. Do not follow me here for gamedev hot takes or progressposting.
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Why485
@why485.bsky.social
· Dec 18
I've updated the social media chart. More people keep coming here and following me that I respect so it's been tough to figure out what to do with this account.
Snowrunner gets good 30 hours in.
February 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Snowrunner gets good 30 hours in.
I've posted this before and I will post it again.
February 12, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I've posted this before and I will post it again.
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for the cost of one month of discord nitro, you can buy a copy of hit multiple goty award winning hit indie game Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines or a burger to give to your friends and family
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
for the cost of one month of discord nitro, you can buy a copy of hit multiple goty award winning hit indie game Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines or a burger to give to your friends and family
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If you're a big fan of poison swamps, boy do I have the game for you.
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
If you're a big fan of poison swamps, boy do I have the game for you.
destroyOnSpectacularDeath is a great name for a parameter.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
destroyOnSpectacularDeath is a great name for a parameter.
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F-22: Air Dominance Fighter comes to Steam!
We release the 1997 classic – overhauled for modern systems with almost 100 fixes and improvements.
Wishlist now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3146140/...
Shout out to MicroProse for helping us to make this possible!
FAQ below🧵
We release the 1997 classic – overhauled for modern systems with almost 100 fixes and improvements.
Wishlist now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3146140/...
Shout out to MicroProse for helping us to make this possible!
FAQ below🧵
February 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
F-22: Air Dominance Fighter comes to Steam!
We release the 1997 classic – overhauled for modern systems with almost 100 fixes and improvements.
Wishlist now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3146140/...
Shout out to MicroProse for helping us to make this possible!
FAQ below🧵
We release the 1997 classic – overhauled for modern systems with almost 100 fixes and improvements.
Wishlist now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3146140/...
Shout out to MicroProse for helping us to make this possible!
FAQ below🧵
MEMES! THE DNA OF THE SOUL!
Congratulations to @krishty.bsky.social! For those don't know, Krishty has been reverse-engineering this game for many years, so being given unprecedented access to the game to modernize and lead a faithful re-release must be a dream come true. A real passion project.
Congratulations to @krishty.bsky.social! For those don't know, Krishty has been reverse-engineering this game for many years, so being given unprecedented access to the game to modernize and lead a faithful re-release must be a dream come true. A real passion project.
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
MEMES! THE DNA OF THE SOUL!
Congratulations to @krishty.bsky.social! For those don't know, Krishty has been reverse-engineering this game for many years, so being given unprecedented access to the game to modernize and lead a faithful re-release must be a dream come true. A real passion project.
Congratulations to @krishty.bsky.social! For those don't know, Krishty has been reverse-engineering this game for many years, so being given unprecedented access to the game to modernize and lead a faithful re-release must be a dream come true. A real passion project.
The Mi-8 in DCS has ruined helicopters for me. I don't know how it can be topped. It's so hard to make a video game helicopter satisfying to fly when the Mi-8 exists.
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Mi-8 in DCS has ruined helicopters for me. I don't know how it can be topped. It's so hard to make a video game helicopter satisfying to fly when the Mi-8 exists.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Bless whoever is maintaining the old Battlefield 1942 modding SDK website. Battlefield modding was so well documented and it's a wonderful miracle that this information is still available.
E.g. the Engine Type page:
bfmods.com/mdt/scriptin...
E.g. the Engine Type page:
bfmods.com/mdt/scriptin...
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Bless whoever is maintaining the old Battlefield 1942 modding SDK website. Battlefield modding was so well documented and it's a wonderful miracle that this information is still available.
E.g. the Engine Type page:
bfmods.com/mdt/scriptin...
E.g. the Engine Type page:
bfmods.com/mdt/scriptin...
I think I know what's giving the DC helicopters their comfortable slight nose down flight profile and top speed. The engine seems to generate more thrust at liftoff than at speed, and at speed, it's delivering maybe like 70% of the engine power. You know what that sounds like? One of these:
January 31, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I think I know what's giving the DC helicopters their comfortable slight nose down flight profile and top speed. The engine seems to generate more thrust at liftoff than at speed, and at speed, it's delivering maybe like 70% of the engine power. You know what that sounds like? One of these:
My monitor is developing a sort of noisy grain pattern on it and I kinda like the way it looks? It's like a built in hardware dithering almost.
January 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
My monitor is developing a sort of noisy grain pattern on it and I kinda like the way it looks? It's like a built in hardware dithering almost.
I enabled the "debug rotors" so you can see what the real physics rotors are doing on the helicopter and how they work and deflect to turn.
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I enabled the "debug rotors" so you can see what the real physics rotors are doing on the helicopter and how they work and deflect to turn.
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Windows XP Disk Defragmenter
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Windows XP Disk Defragmenter
So I remember that everybody saying that the Desert Combat helicopters from Battlefield 1942 were very unique and the best ever. I don't remember much about them, but I do remember back in the day digging through their code and being very confused by how weird their setup is.
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 AM
So I remember that everybody saying that the Desert Combat helicopters from Battlefield 1942 were very unique and the best ever. I don't remember much about them, but I do remember back in the day digging through their code and being very confused by how weird their setup is.
Talking about this with some other people, and a very interesting point was brought up: Demos might be better for discovery than selling you the game. Even if it's a game that I probably would buy, but never hear about it, then there's no way I could ever buy it!
January 28, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Talking about this with some other people, and a very interesting point was brought up: Demos might be better for discovery than selling you the game. Even if it's a game that I probably would buy, but never hear about it, then there's no way I could ever buy it!
We'll be getting an answer once and for all by July.
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 AM
We'll be getting an answer once and for all by July.
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Variable input sensitivity with controllers kinda makes things play a bit different.... there's some tweaks I need to do to it lol
Also cat is doing better.😺
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d #screenshotsaturday
Also cat is doing better.😺
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d #screenshotsaturday
January 18, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Variable input sensitivity with controllers kinda makes things play a bit different.... there's some tweaks I need to do to it lol
Also cat is doing better.😺
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d #screenshotsaturday
Also cat is doing better.😺
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d #screenshotsaturday
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There comes a time... when a man can no longer simply land. There comes a time when he must stand up.....and fight.
Introducing Tom Fighter. Brought to you by Shimigu Mining Industries.
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d
Introducing Tom Fighter. Brought to you by Shimigu Mining Industries.
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
There comes a time... when a man can no longer simply land. There comes a time when he must stand up.....and fight.
Introducing Tom Fighter. Brought to you by Shimigu Mining Industries.
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d
Introducing Tom Fighter. Brought to you by Shimigu Mining Industries.
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #love2d
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store.steampowered.com/app/4342510/...
Tom Lander Steam page is live!!!!!!!! Please share and wishlist if you like arcade flight sims! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #flightsim #lowpoly
Tom Lander Steam page is live!!!!!!!! Please share and wishlist if you like arcade flight sims! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #flightsim #lowpoly
Tom Lander: The Exiled King on Steam
Pilot wacky aerial vehicles with QWOP-inspired controls through colorful retro-futuristic levels. Struggle to stay airborne while performing deliveries, rescues, firefighting missions, bombing runs, a...
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
store.steampowered.com/app/4342510/...
Tom Lander Steam page is live!!!!!!!! Please share and wishlist if you like arcade flight sims! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #flightsim #lowpoly
Tom Lander Steam page is live!!!!!!!! Please share and wishlist if you like arcade flight sims! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #flightsim #lowpoly
Yeah this much more accurately captures what I was trying to say. From left to right in order of increasingly positive outcome for the game and its demo.
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Yeah this much more accurately captures what I was trying to say. From left to right in order of increasingly positive outcome for the game and its demo.
Roadcraft's demo has me thinking again about the efficacy of demos. There's been several instances I can think of off the top of my head of games that I bought because I played the demo. So maybe demos are good actually? With my trusty spreadsheet, I do have the data to find out!
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Roadcraft's demo has me thinking again about the efficacy of demos. There's been several instances I can think of off the top of my head of games that I bought because I played the demo. So maybe demos are good actually? With my trusty spreadsheet, I do have the data to find out!
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Thunder Helix got a big update today adding 4 color CGA mode + It's now ON SALE ! 🚁
#lowpoly #pixelart #flightsim #steamdeck #gamedev #solodev
store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...
#lowpoly #pixelart #flightsim #steamdeck #gamedev #solodev
store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Thunder Helix got a big update today adding 4 color CGA mode + It's now ON SALE ! 🚁
#lowpoly #pixelart #flightsim #steamdeck #gamedev #solodev
store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...
#lowpoly #pixelart #flightsim #steamdeck #gamedev #solodev
store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...
Tried Overload First Strike, basically a Descent 1 mod for Overload. I played the first 8 levels, but I'm very curious about the later ones. The layouts are mostly unchanged, but the visuals dramatically different, so I sometimes get lost. Not used to graphical fidelity like this for Descent levels.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Tried Overload First Strike, basically a Descent 1 mod for Overload. I played the first 8 levels, but I'm very curious about the later ones. The layouts are mostly unchanged, but the visuals dramatically different, so I sometimes get lost. Not used to graphical fidelity like this for Descent levels.
