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ericretro.bsky.social
Richard Jordan
@ericretro.bsky.social
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Very part time games dev, tinkering with 80's 8-bit inspired goodness. Author of retro inspired titles Klass of 99, Melkhior's Mansion and Undrium.

Currently working on Playdate projects.

http://www.bitglint.co.uk
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ericretro.bsky.social
I was 26 when I wrote Klass of 99. The game itself is now 26 years old. Blimey! 🤪 bitglint.itch.io/klassof99 #klassof99 #skooldaze #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gaming
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
Been tinkering with a prototype for a quick little Playdate game. Zap the balls to fill the three batteries to a certain level (not shown), but don't over charge. See how many level you can do in 99 seconds. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Still playing with this, but going in no particular direction. It's just fun seeing the Melkhior's Mansion characters come to life on the PlayDate.

#melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Another project I'm tinkering with is a possible PlayDate exclusive Melkhior's Mansion spin off. Very early days, but it looks really neat on the actual device.

#melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Zyphatron's teleport sequence is now complete. On this project I'm looking to complete features as I do them, rather than improve the features with subsequent iterations. Might work, might not.

#zyphatron #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Today I gave my little browser based Space Invaders clone a new lick of paint, just because! It looks a bit more authentic now. Free to play at bitglint.itch.io/retro-invaders #IndieGameDev #spaceinvaders #unity
August 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
I don't normally play my own games that much, but I've found myself enjoying Undrium over the last few days. Download for free and have a go yourself if you haven't already. 🙂

bitglint.itch.io/undrium

#undrium #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #zxspectrum
August 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Yeh see you in Lerwick, it's where the sensible temperatures are...
June 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
Playing with some of the new tile graphics from @craigstevenson.bsky.social. Still far from the finished look, but coming along nicely. #zyphatron #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Back on this PlayDate project. Graphics are starting to appear from pixel supremo @craigstevenson.bsky.social and I've started work on the robot interface sub game. The game is called Zyphatron.

#zyphatron #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
I've been on a game dev sabbatical in recent weeks to work on something a little different. It's a website for creating event countdown timers for, well, anything really. Just for fun. It's almost finished, give a go at:

countingthedaze.com

#countdown #event
May 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
This never really got finished, but it's still quite usable. It's a modern browser based version of my old Spectrum Graphics Editor utility, for browsing and editing graphics in Speccy snapshot files. Available at bitglint.co.uk/sge
#zxspectrum #spectrumgraphicseditor
April 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
Added more movement intelligence to the NPC robots in my new Playdate project, and also made the whole play area visible, just for testing, but it actually looks quite good. Might keep it like that.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
More work on the new Playdate project. Better player movement, rotation and animation. Also got the NPC robots moving around, all be it in a very basic way. All graphics are just placeholders.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
My new Playdate project is progressing well. Maps are created using the excellent Tiled. Rooms can be either small static areas, or larger scrolling areas.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
I'm using the "Show Device Info" menu option from the Windows version of the simulator. Amongst other things, it tracks memory usage on the actual device when it's running an app and plugged in via USB. It's so useful!
February 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Lost track of how many YouTube videos I've uploaded in recent years that chart my game dev progress, so I've had a sort out and started using play lists. Subscribe if you like seeing this sort of shizzle...

www.youtube.com/@bitglintgam...
February 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
Starting something new on the Playdate, hopefully it'll go places. Very early days though. Here's a rapid room change test to make sure I'm not leaking memory. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
I've just released my first Playdate project, a little experimental Space Invaders clone called Retro Invaders. If you have a Playdate, and want some simple shooty fun then download it for free from bitglint.itch.io 😎

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate
February 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
My Playdate Space Invaders test project is nearing completion. Been adding progressive difficulty and power ups.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate
February 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
A demo of my recent project, Blackford PI, is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac. It's a retro styled isometric solve 'em up type thing!

Download from bitglint.itch.io/blackford-pi

#blackfordpi #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric
February 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
My first project for the Playdate is nearly done. It's just a simple Space Invaders clone to learn the C API, but it's been really good fun to do. Love this device. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate
February 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
Undrium is my tribute to Ultimate's love/hate platformer Underwurlde. I'm in the "love" camp! 😀 Free download for Windows PC, Mac and Linux from bitglint.co.uk #undrium #underwurlde #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart
January 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ericretro.bsky.social
Got myself a Playdate, it's lovely! This isn't a real project, just wanted to see what the awesome graphics by @craigstevenson.bsky.social look like on the device. #melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate
January 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ericretro.bsky.social
A demo of my current project, Blackford PI, is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac. Not sure what the future of the project is yet, just wanted to get to this milestone.

Download from bitglint.itch.io/blackford-pi

#blackfordpi #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric
January 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM