hogsy
@hogsy.me
He/Him. Open-source advocate, data preservationist and a self-declared "game developer". Admin @ https://talonbrave.info & https://thedatadungeon.com
Avatar commissioned from @kewkoh.bsky.social.
#gamedev #digipres #digitalpreservation
Avatar commissioned from @kewkoh.bsky.social.
#gamedev #digipres #digitalpreservation
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archive.thedatadungeon.com
For those that didn't know, we run a public archive of pre-release content for various games via archive.thedatadungeon.com which may be of interest to some! We also have an archive of technical documentation we're gradually building via library.thedatadungeon.com
#digipres #digitalpreservation
#digipres #digitalpreservation
We've added a collection of Max Payne marketing CDs to the site, thanks to a user named Dr. Proton for donating them.
archive.thedatadungeon.com/max_payne_20...
archive.thedatadungeon.com/max_payne_20...
Max Payne
archive.thedatadungeon.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We've added a collection of Max Payne marketing CDs to the site, thanks to a user named Dr. Proton for donating them.
archive.thedatadungeon.com/max_payne_20...
archive.thedatadungeon.com/max_payne_20...
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We were working on a SNES 'Taz' game at Software Creations in about 1993/4 and all that remains of the game are these three Taz sprite frames. That may change if I uncover any other artwork. I believe these were drawn/animated by Andy Wilson ( RIP ). Andy is at the front in the photo.
October 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We were working on a SNES 'Taz' game at Software Creations in about 1993/4 and all that remains of the game are these three Taz sprite frames. That may change if I uncover any other artwork. I believe these were drawn/animated by Andy Wilson ( RIP ). Andy is at the front in the photo.
It's a little dumb, but I sometimes dislike playing games on PC (esp. recently) because my stupid ass brain will get caught up fiddling with the graphics settings every second trying to aim for a perfect balance between visuals and performance; but I want all the sparkly turned on.
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's a little dumb, but I sometimes dislike playing games on PC (esp. recently) because my stupid ass brain will get caught up fiddling with the graphics settings every second trying to aim for a perfect balance between visuals and performance; but I want all the sparkly turned on.
Kinda wondering if I've burnt myself out. Motivation was kinda at a low most of this year already, but yesterday something's just clicked in my head and I'm just sort of, dead inside.
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Kinda wondering if I've burnt myself out. Motivation was kinda at a low most of this year already, but yesterday something's just clicked in my head and I'm just sort of, dead inside.
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Something very special today with the release of Jeff Minter's 'Fastlife' for the ZX81 - based on Conway's 'Life', preserved for the first time by Steve Brown of the TZXVault and released by Games That Weren't today! More details and download here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/earl...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/earl...
October 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Something very special today with the release of Jeff Minter's 'Fastlife' for the ZX81 - based on Conway's 'Life', preserved for the first time by Steve Brown of the TZXVault and released by Games That Weren't today! More details and download here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/earl...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/earl...
Couldn't help myself from setting the Crash Bandicoot "Woah" sound as the notification sound on my phone. Nothing has ever been more perfect.
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Couldn't help myself from setting the Crash Bandicoot "Woah" sound as the notification sound on my phone. Nothing has ever been more perfect.
Setting properties was working for scene nodes, but not for entities as they're a special case in the engine. As of today, it now works for entities, and there's now automatic write/read for properties you set up with some basic validation.
Apologies for ugly UI, it's pending a rewrite 🙃
Apologies for ugly UI, it's pending a rewrite 🙃
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Setting properties was working for scene nodes, but not for entities as they're a special case in the engine. As of today, it now works for entities, and there's now automatic write/read for properties you set up with some basic validation.
Apologies for ugly UI, it's pending a rewrite 🙃
Apologies for ugly UI, it's pending a rewrite 🙃
Not sure why I didn't post about it earlier, but late last month I added a gradient sky effect for the game. The one that's actually in use isn't as trippy as this, it's just for demonstration purposes. Well, unless you want to make a level that way I guess.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not sure why I didn't post about it earlier, but late last month I added a gradient sky effect for the game. The one that's actually in use isn't as trippy as this, it's just for demonstration purposes. Well, unless you want to make a level that way I guess.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
Looks like another pre-release The Sims build has turned up!
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
The Sims (Alpha Version) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An alpha build of The Sims.
archive.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Looks like another pre-release The Sims build has turned up!
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
Rather interesting that the American McGee's Alice port on console now seems to be available for Madness Returns without requiring a code? It's a pretty interesting port, though seems to perform terribly on the PS3. Curious if it performs any better on 360.
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Rather interesting that the American McGee's Alice port on console now seems to be available for Madness Returns without requiring a code? It's a pretty interesting port, though seems to perform terribly on the PS3. Curious if it performs any better on 360.
It's now possible to merge brushes in the engine into a single object, export it and then import it into other rooms.
You can technically child the brushes to a parent node and export that but it felt a little messy rather than just doing it as one object.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
You can technically child the brushes to a parent node and export that but it felt a little messy rather than just doing it as one object.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
October 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's now possible to merge brushes in the engine into a single object, export it and then import it into other rooms.
You can technically child the brushes to a parent node and export that but it felt a little messy rather than just doing it as one object.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
You can technically child the brushes to a parent node and export that but it felt a little messy rather than just doing it as one object.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
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I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
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
gofund.me
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Are you interested in #gamehistory, #reverseengineering or #gamedev? Then this might be of interest to you.
Today I've published a rather extensive look at Haven: Call of the King, for the PlayStation 2. Not quite as extensive as I was hoping but probably long enough I'm rather doubtful many are going to manage reading the entire thing.
talonbrave.info/2025/09/10/h...
Do let me know what you think!
talonbrave.info/2025/09/10/h...
Do let me know what you think!
Poking and Prodding Haven
Haven: Call of the King, or simply Haven, as I’ll refer to it, is a game developed by the British video-game development studio, Traveller’s Tales. It’s quite technically impressive, and certainly amb...
talonbrave.info
October 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Are you interested in #gamehistory, #reverseengineering or #gamedev? Then this might be of interest to you.
Gradually making progress on a compass. This'll be a lot less obnoxious when I'm done.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Gradually making progress on a compass. This'll be a lot less obnoxious when I'm done.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
Well that was a pain, but my engine now supports variable pitch fonts correctly.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
September 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Well that was a pain, but my engine now supports variable pitch fonts correctly.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
#gamedev #gamedevelopment
There are some really weird accounts on GitHub that just seem to follow and unfollow over and over? I wish GitHub had a block feature.
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
There are some really weird accounts on GitHub that just seem to follow and unfollow over and over? I wish GitHub had a block feature.
I don't know if I'm just not interesting enough for people to want to chat with or what, but whenever I try my best to reach out to people, it's always just a one-sided conversation, and they never make any effort to reach out in return.
September 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I don't know if I'm just not interesting enough for people to want to chat with or what, but whenever I try my best to reach out to people, it's always just a one-sided conversation, and they never make any effort to reach out in return.
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A new Rayman 3 press kit just got dumped and it has some really nice high quality Rayman 3 GBA art!
I'll post a few of them here.
Press kit link: archive.org/details/R3_U...
#rayman
I'll post a few of them here.
Press kit link: archive.org/details/R3_U...
#rayman
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A new Rayman 3 press kit just got dumped and it has some really nice high quality Rayman 3 GBA art!
I'll post a few of them here.
Press kit link: archive.org/details/R3_U...
#rayman
I'll post a few of them here.
Press kit link: archive.org/details/R3_U...
#rayman
Hi @ledbydonkeys.org, love your activism work. I've emailed and messaged you guys about it over and over, but why are you still actively contributing to Elon's Twitter and Zuck's Threads? Your Bluesky account almost has more followers than Threads, and yet you've stopped updating it.
September 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hi @ledbydonkeys.org, love your activism work. I've emailed and messaged you guys about it over and over, but why are you still actively contributing to Elon's Twitter and Zuck's Threads? Your Bluesky account almost has more followers than Threads, and yet you've stopped updating it.