Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

in which I embark on The Caves of Olympus, a very unconventional Apple II adventure game (pixels instead of vectors! the main character is a 50 centimeter tall robot!) published by a company previously known for technical books

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/15/the-caves-of-olympus-1982/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple #textadventure

#truchet #pong :)

today's German word for you: Vorführeffekt

n., the phenomenon that something which was previously working correctly, suddenly does not work correctly when one tries to demonstrate the operation to others.

So that's that: Firefox is now the only useful browser in the world.

Meanwhile, Google controls nearly the entire web browser market, far more than Microsoft ever did at the height of the original browser wars.

Using Chromium based products makes you less safe.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin

#chrome #chromium #manifestv3 #firefox

I have a post I want to make about this but I am feeling too angry to type coherently

https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/112961570957766000

So cool! A one-pixel-wide font that exploits subpixels.

(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/slGDHG3oyt cc @elliotjaystocks @glennf)

This UI pack will release tomorrow! It was previously exclusive to Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 but now it'll be free, for everyone. I'm improving some elements and exporting all sprites properly - so everyone gets a lil' upgrade! #gameassets

another for my adultbel series

Bring back skeuomorphism

it's time again for everyone's favorite kind of gamedev fuckup

#gamedev

In the 1980s, Amiga heralded a new era of creativity for computing.

It wasn't even close.

#retrocomputing

ProjectIGI.wsz

https://skins.webamp.org/skin/b962ab58207d72a454c655643631d161

more work on Apple II Riven, the stained glass images. It's really hard to get Gehn looking menacing enough with so few pixels

#2970 - Meteor Shower PSA

This is insanely good. Anime girl becomes self aware and uses Blender.

Source: https://twitter.com/kensyouen_Y/status/1820748563338637581

"Decoder Ring is a keygen for games released by Ambrosia Software. This software was released on 1 October 2023 by Andrew Welch, former president and Chief Thaumaturge of Ambrosia Software.

May your flights through the stars be free of Cap'n Hector's menacing Rapiers and may no one try to kill you with a forklift."

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/decoder-ring