gamedevjeff
@gamedevjeff.pixelturkey.com
Part-time dev, working on (code, music, and sfx) for a few retro inspired adventure games and more for Pentium era DOS (DJGPP), TBA (Steam wishlist coming soon). Co-creator of The Zen of Kayaking, a Z-Machine adventure game.
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The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
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#WishlistWednesday is for people who get excited about accidental immolation
Wishlist Chronicles IV on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3919080/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #roguelike #ultima #steam
Wishlist Chronicles IV on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3919080/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #roguelike #ultima #steam
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#WishlistWednesday is for people who get excited about accidental immolation
Wishlist Chronicles IV on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3919080/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #roguelike #ultima #steam
Wishlist Chronicles IV on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3919080/...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #roguelike #ultima #steam
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
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My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
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Why am I taking a selfie in front of a random office building? This is a former Maxtor office and where several versions of the ATA/ATAPI spec were written. While working on #PicoIDE I noticed that the work address of the editor was literally right next door to where I work so I made a pilgrimage!
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Why am I taking a selfie in front of a random office building? This is a former Maxtor office and where several versions of the ATA/ATAPI spec were written. While working on #PicoIDE I noticed that the work address of the editor was literally right next door to where I work so I made a pilgrimage!
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A Pentium In Your Hand
A Pentium In Your Hand
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A Pentium In Your Hand
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I made a new MSDOS utility, the MIDI Sniffer:
* takes in MIDI in
* reroutes to: MIDI out, PC Speaker, or OPL2
* supports polyphony
1/2
* takes in MIDI in
* reroutes to: MIDI out, PC Speaker, or OPL2
* supports polyphony
1/2
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I made a new MSDOS utility, the MIDI Sniffer:
* takes in MIDI in
* reroutes to: MIDI out, PC Speaker, or OPL2
* supports polyphony
1/2
* takes in MIDI in
* reroutes to: MIDI out, PC Speaker, or OPL2
* supports polyphony
1/2
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Calling for help from the #retrocomputing community!
Help us verify extraction of the Intel 8087 Microcode ROM!
8087.martypc.net
Help us verify extraction of the Intel 8087 Microcode ROM!
8087.martypc.net
Microcode Deep-Zoom Viewer
8087.martypc.net
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Calling for help from the #retrocomputing community!
Help us verify extraction of the Intel 8087 Microcode ROM!
8087.martypc.net
Help us verify extraction of the Intel 8087 Microcode ROM!
8087.martypc.net
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I've been digging into an obscure Japanese computer game from 1986 published by the appropriately eldritch-sounding Bothtec.
This here will be a lil thread of my experience so far, but first, let's have a look at the manual cover here and its unsettling cover image.
🧵
This here will be a lil thread of my experience so far, but first, let's have a look at the manual cover here and its unsettling cover image.
🧵
October 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I've been digging into an obscure Japanese computer game from 1986 published by the appropriately eldritch-sounding Bothtec.
This here will be a lil thread of my experience so far, but first, let's have a look at the manual cover here and its unsettling cover image.
🧵
This here will be a lil thread of my experience so far, but first, let's have a look at the manual cover here and its unsettling cover image.
🧵
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#SteamNextFest Challenge: The player who has the fastest speedrun time on the BioMenace Remastered Demo by next Sunday will win a Steam key for the full release of the game! Go get running 🚀! Get the Demo here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/...
#BioMenaceRemastered #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/...
#BioMenaceRemastered #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
BioMenace Remastered on Steam
The classic 2D action platformer BioMenace returns with enhanced graphics and refined gameplay. Fight your way through a city ravaged by dangerous mutants, rescue hostages, find secrets and rack up po...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#SteamNextFest Challenge: The player who has the fastest speedrun time on the BioMenace Remastered Demo by next Sunday will win a Steam key for the full release of the game! Go get running 🚀! Get the Demo here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/...
#BioMenaceRemastered #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/...
#BioMenaceRemastered #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
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I'll tell this story again - during GET LAMP, before I hired @lukasketner.bsky.social I spoke to Drew Struzan about doing the art. This was 2009, he could have told me to take a leap, and instead, he was surpremely helpful, and even offered to do something for $10k. For my little documentary!
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'll tell this story again - during GET LAMP, before I hired @lukasketner.bsky.social I spoke to Drew Struzan about doing the art. This was 2009, he could have told me to take a leap, and instead, he was surpremely helpful, and even offered to do something for $10k. For my little documentary!
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Our microgrants program is back for a third year! This year again, IFTF is looking to disburse $3,000 to cool projects related to interactive fiction that could benefit from a little bit of cash. More details on our blog post!
2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!
You can now apply to our third grant cycle!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Our microgrants program is back for a third year! This year again, IFTF is looking to disburse $3,000 to cool projects related to interactive fiction that could benefit from a little bit of cash. More details on our blog post!
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Version 0.2.0 of the Sega Saturn emulator Ymir is now available, with more compatibility improvements and the introduction of a low-level CD block emulation, boosting accuracy. An automatic update check has also been added.
Compatibility with the Saturn library is now over 90%
Compatibility with the Saturn library is now over 90%
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Version 0.2.0 of the Sega Saturn emulator Ymir is now available, with more compatibility improvements and the introduction of a low-level CD block emulation, boosting accuracy. An automatic update check has also been added.
Compatibility with the Saturn library is now over 90%
Compatibility with the Saturn library is now over 90%
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Has the VGHF archived original Bubsy 3D art from a press CD provided to GamePro magazine? Yes. Do you want it? No? Well you're getting it anyhow... archive.gamehistory.org/folder/0119a...
October 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Has the VGHF archived original Bubsy 3D art from a press CD provided to GamePro magazine? Yes. Do you want it? No? Well you're getting it anyhow... archive.gamehistory.org/folder/0119a...
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I launched a retrogaming podcast.
The deep research and development secrets you know me for.
Structured lore shocks.
Laser-focused episodes.
It's not the news, it's not rambling and calling it "content"...
It's GODS OF RETRO.
Out now. Every Monday.
The deep research and development secrets you know me for.
Structured lore shocks.
Laser-focused episodes.
It's not the news, it's not rambling and calling it "content"...
It's GODS OF RETRO.
Out now. Every Monday.
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I launched a retrogaming podcast.
The deep research and development secrets you know me for.
Structured lore shocks.
Laser-focused episodes.
It's not the news, it's not rambling and calling it "content"...
It's GODS OF RETRO.
Out now. Every Monday.
The deep research and development secrets you know me for.
Structured lore shocks.
Laser-focused episodes.
It's not the news, it's not rambling and calling it "content"...
It's GODS OF RETRO.
Out now. Every Monday.
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Give folks their flowers
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Give folks their flowers
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
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October 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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Australia really is other worldly. You do not need to go to Mars.
October 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Australia really is other worldly. You do not need to go to Mars.
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Minor update to smzxtest: I added a copyright string (should have done that from the start) and added a brief note to address the 256-color alternating bars result that some laptops get (you have a 800x600+ screen and need to turn off scaled text mode).
github.com/AliceLR/smzx...
github.com/AliceLR/smzx...
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Minor update to smzxtest: I added a copyright string (should have done that from the start) and added a brief note to address the 256-color alternating bars result that some laptops get (you have a 800x600+ screen and need to turn off scaled text mode).
github.com/AliceLR/smzx...
github.com/AliceLR/smzx...
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What a fun conversation I had with @ronscompvids.bsky.social !! I especially enjoy getting asked new questions, or twists on questions.
What do you get when your love of technology and computer gaming collide in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Well, you become employee #3 at LucasFilm Games of course!
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU
Let's Chat with LucasFilm Games designer David Fox!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a fun conversation I had with @ronscompvids.bsky.social !! I especially enjoy getting asked new questions, or twists on questions.
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What do you get when your love of technology and computer gaming collide in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Well, you become employee #3 at LucasFilm Games of course!
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU
Let's Chat with LucasFilm Games designer David Fox!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What do you get when your love of technology and computer gaming collide in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Well, you become employee #3 at LucasFilm Games of course!
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU
Join Ron for an exciting and informative interview with adventure gaming luminary - @davidbfox.com youtu.be/LITkLuD1cYU