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Coding, rants. Wrote a #C64 style #BASIC interpreter. Dev of the eLearning suite widebight.de
I may post things made of bricks, also gamer. Getting into making games again (see: ngfx.de).
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I started building this year's #WinterVillage and began with something very #NotLego, Fun Whole's "Ski Lodge". It's a tad bigger than I thought (as I ignored the size info when I bought it).

On to the next building.
Fun Whole's Ski Lodge, 3 steps in. Fun Whole's Ski Lodge, halfway through. Fun Whole's Ski Lodge, finished. Fun Whole's Ski Lodge, with lights on.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Big sky.
b/w image of Lake Garda showing water and clouds lit from behind.
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Looking down on Toscolano-Maderno, Lake Garda
b/w image, shot of Toscolano-Maderno
September 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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AFK for 2 more weeks, one being already over.

Anyway, this is part of the view from our terrace.
b/w foto of an Italian hillside, clouds behind trees.
September 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam
Album cover: NIN, The Fragile, 1999
September 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I finally found some time to work on my game again. The change from mouse to controller removed many problems that killed progress before.

New doors and the action menu is in again, I also changed the base grid from 32 to 16px (I was using the tiles in 2x).

#gamemaker #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
Part of a game map, pixel art, shows a door not fitting the doorway Ingame shot of the same map, this time with a door that fits the doorway, player character stands behind the door and the action menu is open. Pointer is over the open icon and the text reads: "Open (2s)"
August 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Farewell, #olgasrock
Publikum Olgas Rock, Letzte Runde
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that is iconic to you.
Last Ninja, C64, Title
August 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Just add bricks ...
Prices for Lego's Crusty Burger' sticker sheet
August 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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'nough said ...

www.brothers-brick.com/2025/05/16/l...
Enormous sticker sheet.
August 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Look! Loot! Freshly arrived "Roomies" by @bonerbob.bsky.social
Roomies comic, postcstd and sticker lying on a wooden table.
July 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The story so far: 12:00h, 28°C in my office, but I've added basic tooltips and that's as far as I'm willing to take it right now.
Instead of going with a tooltip object to reuse, I decided to use a script in the draw event (and not needing an event manager).
#gamedev #gamemaker #itshothere
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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What a freaking great show tonight.

#weezer #berlin #columbiahalle
weezer on stage weezer on stage weezer on stage weezer on stage
June 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Today. @weezer.bsky.social !
Weezer tickets.
June 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Working on my game and watching "Ghost in the Shell" (1995).

I rewrote the "hint bubble" mechanic, moving it from a dedicated object into a script to be run from Step and Draw.

#gamedev #gamemaker #retromovie
Shot from Ghost in the Shell (1995). The Major, sitting in a tank-top beside a window. Screenshot from "Rein. Greifen. Raus." showing a hint bubble over the selected character.
May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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It's been a while since my last post, as I was busy working on the latest version of my "pays-the-bills" software.

Anyway, I had a few minutes to work on my game and I finally added doors and interactions (or the base code for it).

#gamedev #gamemaker
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"Love me
F*ck me"

Block you.
Screenshot of tge spam account paris904
May 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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In the light of recent events, I decided to change the icon for "valuable" swag in my game from $ to €.

#gamedev #gamemaker
A pixel $ sign A pixel € sign
April 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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More hiccups while making a new game.
So I wrote about it:

ngfx.de/post/2025/03...

#gamedev #gamemaker
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Luckily, I deleted every damn tweet when I still could.
@xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt). Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale. X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth. xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach. The combined company will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences to billions of people while staying true to our core mission of seeking truth and advancing knowledge. This will allow us to build a platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress. I would like to recognize the hardcore dedication of everyone at xAI and X that has brought us to this point. This is just the beginning. Thank you for your continued partnership and support.
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Last night's #gamedev progress: walking towards items when the character is not close enough to interact (that will be the next thing to do)

#gamemaker
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A movie and some #gamedev to get things rolling.
Image of a blurry laptop screen with a code editor open and a tv in the background, showing the intro of "Diamonds are forever"
March 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Look! Loot!
#disenshittify or die.

#enshittification #doctorow
A book: Cory Doctorow's "Picks & Shoveks" Inside: For Oliver — disenshittify or die! Signed by the author.
February 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Seeing Creedence Clearwater Rived at #Ebertbad .
I don't usually feel like a puppy when seeing a show (being a #C64 kid), but bugger me, being in a room full of 70+ is like a dance of the dead. At least there are chairs.
Tickets for CCR. CCR on stage
February 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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After toying around in #gamemaker and trying to make the game idea work with the gameplay loop I had in mind, I decided that it wouldn't work.
So I killed off almost all code written so far to start with a "blank" project. (No, I'm not quite ready to reveal it yet).

#gamedev #restart
Screenshot of a test map created in Game Maker.
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM