Variant
@vxyz.me
vwf enthusiast / platform sec by day / gameboy jrpg hacker by night / just a guy playing his DSi
Trying to make this the year of the PowerBook G4.
https://github.com/VariantXYZ
https://vxyz.me
WIP: Medabots GBC titles, maybe some others.
Trying to make this the year of the PowerBook G4.
https://github.com/VariantXYZ
https://vxyz.me
WIP: Medabots GBC titles, maybe some others.
It took hours of staring at raw bytes and writing hacky Python to parse it, but seeing that cmp -l with no issues after rebuilding a scripting engine is that special type of nerdy exhilaration I crave.
Finally feel like I can justify finishing up that Mina the Hallower demo now.
Finally feel like I can justify finishing up that Mina the Hallower demo now.
August 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
It took hours of staring at raw bytes and writing hacky Python to parse it, but seeing that cmp -l with no issues after rebuilding a scripting engine is that special type of nerdy exhilaration I crave.
Finally feel like I can justify finishing up that Mina the Hallower demo now.
Finally feel like I can justify finishing up that Mina the Hallower demo now.
Probably the last big thing for #medabots 3 - the localized version of the patch (sans audio).
Lots of work went into this from a lot of people, so hope you all enjoy!
I need to find an alternative to RHDN but, for now, it'd be helpful if people could share this around.
github.com/Medabots/med...
Lots of work went into this from a lot of people, so hope you all enjoy!
I need to find an alternative to RHDN but, for now, it'd be helpful if people could share this around.
github.com/Medabots/med...
July 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Probably the last big thing for #medabots 3 - the localized version of the patch (sans audio).
Lots of work went into this from a lot of people, so hope you all enjoy!
I need to find an alternative to RHDN but, for now, it'd be helpful if people could share this around.
github.com/Medabots/med...
Lots of work went into this from a lot of people, so hope you all enjoy!
I need to find an alternative to RHDN but, for now, it'd be helpful if people could share this around.
github.com/Medabots/med...
Was trying to figure out which of my projects to pick back up and the world sent me a sign with all the subtlety of Truck-kun isekai-ing a random passerby.
July 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Was trying to figure out which of my projects to pick back up and the world sent me a sign with all the subtlety of Truck-kun isekai-ing a random passerby.
Ohhh. I have a few fun things but this is probably one of my favorites. A GBA SP signed by all the members of Evanescence from the Nintendo Fusion Tour.
May 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Ohhh. I have a few fun things but this is probably one of my favorites. A GBA SP signed by all the members of Evanescence from the Nintendo Fusion Tour.
People out here worried about NS2 pricing, meanwhile I'm playing a game I picked up for 15$ loose on a DSi that would've been thrown away in 2016.
I detest the upsell of old games and hardware that weren't meant to be collectible, but at least there's still some cool stuff you can find cheap.
I detest the upsell of old games and hardware that weren't meant to be collectible, but at least there's still some cool stuff you can find cheap.
April 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
People out here worried about NS2 pricing, meanwhile I'm playing a game I picked up for 15$ loose on a DSi that would've been thrown away in 2016.
I detest the upsell of old games and hardware that weren't meant to be collectible, but at least there's still some cool stuff you can find cheap.
I detest the upsell of old games and hardware that weren't meant to be collectible, but at least there's still some cool stuff you can find cheap.
Well, patched up enough of SDL 2.0.3 and added some stuff from 2.0.4 to build SameBoy.
If you listen closely, you can hear Ikki's voice played at 5 Hz.
If you listen closely, you can hear Ikki's voice played at 5 Hz.
February 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Well, patched up enough of SDL 2.0.3 and added some stuff from 2.0.4 to build SameBoy.
If you listen closely, you can hear Ikki's voice played at 5 Hz.
If you listen closely, you can hear Ikki's voice played at 5 Hz.
For the love of god someone tell me how to properly do artifact dependencies in GitHub Actions so I'm not building zlib 4 times for Git.
February 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
For the love of god someone tell me how to properly do artifact dependencies in GitHub Actions so I'm not building zlib 4 times for Git.
SSH was pretty straightforward...
Just need 'Make' and a GBC emulator with a debugger that'll run on PowerPC well enough... might have to write one.
Neovim with a good terminal replacement might be a good editor setup... anyone know any good ones for 10.4.11?
Just need 'Make' and a GBC emulator with a debugger that'll run on PowerPC well enough... might have to write one.
Neovim with a good terminal replacement might be a good editor setup... anyone know any good ones for 10.4.11?
February 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
SSH was pretty straightforward...
Just need 'Make' and a GBC emulator with a debugger that'll run on PowerPC well enough... might have to write one.
Neovim with a good terminal replacement might be a good editor setup... anyone know any good ones for 10.4.11?
Just need 'Make' and a GBC emulator with a debugger that'll run on PowerPC well enough... might have to write one.
Neovim with a good terminal replacement might be a good editor setup... anyone know any good ones for 10.4.11?
Random game Saturday?
Lemme hit you with Metamode, a Link's Awakening-style game with some of the most interesting character customization mechanics I've ever seen on the Gameboy.
I'll try to get to disassembling and translating it one day...
Lemme hit you with Metamode, a Link's Awakening-style game with some of the most interesting character customization mechanics I've ever seen on the Gameboy.
I'll try to get to disassembling and translating it one day...
January 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Random game Saturday?
Lemme hit you with Metamode, a Link's Awakening-style game with some of the most interesting character customization mechanics I've ever seen on the Gameboy.
I'll try to get to disassembling and translating it one day...
Lemme hit you with Metamode, a Link's Awakening-style game with some of the most interesting character customization mechanics I've ever seen on the Gameboy.
I'll try to get to disassembling and translating it one day...
Some minor progress, I performed some Make shenanigans to get tag pages and things auto-generating, and some really primitive CSS to lay things out.
Found a neat little project for Markdown editing with GH integration: github.com/jmas/reprose, but will need to figure out static GH authentication...
Found a neat little project for Markdown editing with GH integration: github.com/jmas/reprose, but will need to figure out static GH authentication...
December 28, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Some minor progress, I performed some Make shenanigans to get tag pages and things auto-generating, and some really primitive CSS to lay things out.
Found a neat little project for Markdown editing with GH integration: github.com/jmas/reprose, but will need to figure out static GH authentication...
Found a neat little project for Markdown editing with GH integration: github.com/jmas/reprose, but will need to figure out static GH authentication...