Mouflon Cloud
@mouflon.cloud
Role playing being a game dev www.mouflon.cloud
it’s bleak out there but today, at least, i was there to see this:
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
it’s bleak out there but today, at least, i was there to see this:
After more than 20 years of programming, I saw today for the first time a filename with a NON BREAKABLE SPACE in it. Like… what were you even doing, my predecessor!
An evening before launch. Four hours and my nerves lost.
An evening before launch. Four hours and my nerves lost.
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After more than 20 years of programming, I saw today for the first time a filename with a NON BREAKABLE SPACE in it. Like… what were you even doing, my predecessor!
An evening before launch. Four hours and my nerves lost.
An evening before launch. Four hours and my nerves lost.
post you from a different era
September 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
post you from a different era
The names in Arabic are encoded as images, as there’s no support for right-to-left text on Playdate.
These images are paired to the data tables and there’s also 62 of them. Each is about 250kB in size (about half when encoded into Playdate’s super minimalist black and white pdi format).
These images are paired to the data tables and there’s also 62 of them. Each is about 250kB in size (about half when encoded into Playdate’s super minimalist black and white pdi format).
September 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The names in Arabic are encoded as images, as there’s no support for right-to-left text on Playdate.
These images are paired to the data tables and there’s also 62 of them. Each is about 250kB in size (about half when encoded into Playdate’s super minimalist black and white pdi format).
These images are paired to the data tables and there’s also 62 of them. Each is about 250kB in size (about half when encoded into Playdate’s super minimalist black and white pdi format).
A single table like this would still crash Playdate upon loading the data. I still needed to split the table into many smaller files. In the end there’s 62 of them, each with 1000 people. (The data is saved as code instead of loading it from a data file such as csv.)
And what about these images?
And what about these images?
September 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A single table like this would still crash Playdate upon loading the data. I still needed to split the table into many smaller files. In the end there’s 62 of them, each with 1000 people. (The data is saved as code instead of loading it from a data file such as csv.)
And what about these images?
And what about these images?
Compared to a computer, Playdate is slow. Any data you work with needs to be as small as possible.
I converted all data, including names, into numbers. Data then look like on the picture — age, year/month/day of birth, gender, and several numbers that encode the name (1 = Rafat, 2 = Amir, etc)
I converted all data, including names, into numbers. Data then look like on the picture — age, year/month/day of birth, gender, and several numbers that encode the name (1 = Rafat, 2 = Amir, etc)
September 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Compared to a computer, Playdate is slow. Any data you work with needs to be as small as possible.
I converted all data, including names, into numbers. Data then look like on the picture — age, year/month/day of birth, gender, and several numbers that encode the name (1 = Rafat, 2 = Amir, etc)
I converted all data, including names, into numbers. Data then look like on the picture — age, year/month/day of birth, gender, and several numbers that encode the name (1 = Rafat, 2 = Amir, etc)
My motivation: Statistics are useful for many things, however sometimes it’s important _not to zoom out_ and to stay with one name at a time. Instead of comparing this list with other lists, to look closely at each item in the list.
The interaction of turning the crank feels very powerful to me.
The interaction of turning the crank feels very powerful to me.
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My motivation: Statistics are useful for many things, however sometimes it’s important _not to zoom out_ and to stay with one name at a time. Instead of comparing this list with other lists, to look closely at each item in the list.
The interaction of turning the crank feels very powerful to me.
The interaction of turning the crank feels very powerful to me.
me thinking of relaxing: packing my playdate, switch, kindle, phone, two books _and_ a magazine into my backpack
me actually relaxing: filling in sky blue while my kid is coloring in the rest of the sheet
me actually relaxing: filling in sky blue while my kid is coloring in the rest of the sheet
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
me thinking of relaxing: packing my playdate, switch, kindle, phone, two books _and_ a magazine into my backpack
me actually relaxing: filling in sky blue while my kid is coloring in the rest of the sheet
me actually relaxing: filling in sky blue while my kid is coloring in the rest of the sheet
AI overview just told me that the best way to find the thing I’m looking for is to enter it into a web search engine and check the results. I can’t even. (Pic shows my original search in Czech, the translation is in ALT.)
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
AI overview just told me that the best way to find the thing I’m looking for is to enter it into a web search engine and check the results. I can’t even. (Pic shows my original search in Czech, the translation is in ALT.)
The sixth volume of Lock On from @lostincult.co.uk just landed on my desk and what an absurdly magnificent achievement! I love this.
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The sixth volume of Lock On from @lostincult.co.uk just landed on my desk and what an absurdly magnificent achievement! I love this.
The issue is that this is not at all easy to fix — this is how the LLM tech works. They can add tons of safeguards but they cannot change the nature of the probabilistic text generation. The bias will leak out in new ways.
September 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The issue is that this is not at all easy to fix — this is how the LLM tech works. They can add tons of safeguards but they cannot change the nature of the probabilistic text generation. The bias will leak out in new ways.
list of games on sale is giving me a pep talk right when i need it
genuinely made me feel a bit more hope
genuinely made me feel a bit more hope
August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
list of games on sale is giving me a pep talk right when i need it
genuinely made me feel a bit more hope
genuinely made me feel a bit more hope
Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
August 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
throughout this weekend, you can still get the best playdate arcade game of 2024, o3c’s goty and best toilet game of 2022 for a $1 less than usually!
play.date/games/search...
hashtag so good at selfpromo
(stars of the screen is a puzzle box)
(be kind to yourself is a puzzly arcade score chaser)
play.date/games/search...
hashtag so good at selfpromo
(stars of the screen is a puzzle box)
(be kind to yourself is a puzzly arcade score chaser)
August 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
throughout this weekend, you can still get the best playdate arcade game of 2024, o3c’s goty and best toilet game of 2022 for a $1 less than usually!
play.date/games/search...
hashtag so good at selfpromo
(stars of the screen is a puzzle box)
(be kind to yourself is a puzzly arcade score chaser)
play.date/games/search...
hashtag so good at selfpromo
(stars of the screen is a puzzle box)
(be kind to yourself is a puzzly arcade score chaser)
I grew up on these streets.
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I grew up on these streets.
thank goodness, the print is here 🥰
June 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
thank goodness, the print is here 🥰
today’s Connections puzzle makes me think that i should get back to Returnal
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
today’s Connections puzzle makes me think that i should get back to Returnal
The End Of Gameplay: The Rehearsal
I would binge that.
I would binge that.
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The End Of Gameplay: The Rehearsal
I would binge that.
I would binge that.
this turned out to be somehow even much better than I expected. what a delight!
May 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
this turned out to be somehow even much better than I expected. what a delight!
