MausTheKat
LightNews LightNews
banner
mausthekat.bsky.social
MausTheKat
@mausthekat.bsky.social
4 followers 4 following 13 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
mausthekat.bsky.social
This is the most extreme crt shaded room in the game. It looks just as awful as I remember from the original back in '84. #JetSetWilly #Retro #Gamedev #Python
A screen from JSW with a bright red backend and magenta foreground with the CRT filter applies. It looks terrible, with lots of ghosting and color bleed - just like I remember from 1984.
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
I've got the headless server fully on par with the in-process host server. The plan is to replace the host server with the headless in-process, eliminating a bunch of duplicate code.

In other news, I took a break today and started on the animated title screen.

#JetSetWilly #Gamedev #Python #Retro
The WIP title screen showing the stylized text "Jet Set Willy Redux" in pink over a cyan, green and blue Penrose triangle. Thanks to Andy Noble for permission to use his awesome graphics!
February 10, 2026 at 5:56 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
A screenshot of the standalone server (optional) showing the flashy ASCII art logo.

#JetSetWilly #Gamedev #Python
ASCII Art logo for the server. The logo shows the text Jet Set Willy Redux over a Penrose triangle.
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
Testing headless sync via a transatlantic server. Multi-player part has two modes: "host" where a player hosts the server in-process and "headless" where a server runs separately. It's not as clean as I'd like, but can be tidied. #ScreenshotSaturday #JetSetWilly #GameDev #ZXSpectrum #Remake #Redux
Two game clients side-by-side showing that the room guardians and ropes are synchronized in the Jet Set Willy room, "The Swimming Pool". The client on the right shows a ping of 50, and that the bandwidth used is currently 0.0kbps for RX and TX.
February 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
mausthekat.bsky.social
After finishing the color clash shader, I got the shader bug and implemented an approximation of an old school TV display.

#JetSetWilly #gamedev #python
A screenshot showing a white pixel based character surrounded by blue walls with a white lift and a green teacup like thing. The interesting thing about the images is that the colors bleed and discolor very similarly to computers and consoles from the 80s plugged into a TV via the RF cable.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
mausthekat.bsky.social
I added a ZX graphics mode with authentic(ish) colo(u)r clash shader. Only 2 colors permitted per 8x8 pixel block.

#JetSetWilly #gamedev #python
BEFORE: Willy's colors do not merge with the colored background, so he appears white over the red/yellow blocks. AFTER: Willy's colors merge with the colored background where he overlaps, so his head appears yellow over the red/yellow blocks.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
More #JetSetWilly. This time with alternative graphics from a mobile conversion from about twenty years ago.
First Landing from Jet Set Willy Under the Roof from Jet Set Willy Back Door from Jet Set Willy Above the West Bedroom from Jet Set Willy
February 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
Implementing a replay mode is a lot more complicated than you'd think when you want it to adjust the replay on the fly in what I've turned into a semi- nondeterministic environment... #JetSetWilly #GameDev #Python
A replay in progress; Willy is standing on a platform over the beach, waiting to jump on the swinging rope. Willy is standing on the stairs in the bathroom; the replay has paused (Willy has stopped moving) while it waits for the guardian to return to the place it was at when the recording was made.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
mausthekat.bsky.social
Jet Set Willy
The Bathroom from Jet Set Willy, a popular 1984 video game, enhanced with graphics by Andy Noble (@loafjaw.bsky.social)
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM
mausthekat.bsky.social
@loafjaw.bsky.social are you on here at all?
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 AM