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Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>20 ports, it began as a failed contract for a Java gaming platform then an experiment for an open-source handheld, a practice project for Godot and then finally an obsession. Jurl, soon all will be Jurl <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/JoinTheCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinTheCult</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
The Last Psion | Alex<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@colinhoad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>colinhoad</span></a></span> has just released the source for his <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPL</span></a> language server. This is very much a work-in-progress pre-alpha project at the moment, but the very fact that it exists at all is very exciting! </p><p><a href="https://github.com/colinhoad/psion-opl-language-server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/colinhoad/psion-opl</span><span class="invisible">-language-server</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lsp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lsp</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>This has been a little bit of a grind, something i'll talk about in a different post, but the Jurl logo has, somewhat, come home, it's Jurl for the Atari Jaguar <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/Retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogaming</span></a><br><a href="https://tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-atari-jaguar-edition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-atari-jag</span><span class="invisible">uar-edition</span></a></p>
Allanon 🇮🇹 :amiga:<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/TheGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGate</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a><br>---<br>Fingers crossed, I'm going to test it right now.<br>For those interested the demo should take about an hour and a half to complete 100%.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/solodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solodev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/amos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/AMOSProfessional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMOSProfessional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
The Last Psion | Alex<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@colinhoad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>colinhoad</span></a></span> has been working on a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPL</span></a> language server in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a>. He's got a proof-of-concept running with NeoVim! <a href="https://www.colinhoad.com/a-working-proof-of-concept-language-server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colinhoad.com/a-working-proof-</span><span class="invisible">of-concept-language-server</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Matt Hogan :psyduck:<p>This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScreenShotSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenShotSaturday</span></a> includes more than just my game running! This week, the moving platforms can now move along a fixed path. I thought it'd be fun to see a bit more of the dev process, so here you can see the platform being placed via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@tiled" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tiled</span></a></span>!<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nanochess" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nanochess</span></a></span> for testing on real hardware, the Jurl port to the Colecovision is released <a href="https://tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-colecovision-edition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-colecovis</span><span class="invisible">ion-edition</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/Jurl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurl</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>The MSX port of Jurl is released. And, for all the Jurl aficionados out there - yes there is a new terrible rendition of Fur Elise <a href="https://tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-msx-edition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-msx-editi</span><span class="invisible">on</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p>Expanded the list of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> development resources with suggestions from the community...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p>I added more compiler and a treasure trove of documentation for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> programming!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Yes it's a new Jurl version, this time for the MSX <a href="https://tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-msx-edition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tonsomo.itch.io/jurl-msx-editi</span><span class="invisible">on</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Has anyone got a Sord M5 with some way of running ROM files, I need to test something on real hardware? <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p>I just cobbled a list of my favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> resources.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOSDevelResources/blob/main/README.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/SuperIlu/DOSDevelRe</span><span class="invisible">sources/blob/main/README.md</span></a></p>
Captain 🚲👣<p>StarGrid for Palm OS is almost ready! 🎮✨<br>Added some background animations 🌌, visual tweaks and a ranking system. Next up is some minor cleanup work (mainly for grayscale devices 🖥️), a short playtesting round 🕹️ and then we can officially release a brand new Palm OS game in 2025! 🚀🎉"<br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/StarGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarGrid</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PalmOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOS</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PalmOSGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOSGame</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/NewPalmOSGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPalmOSGame</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PalmOS2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOS2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/IndieGameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGameDev</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PalmOSCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOSCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PalmOSRevival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOSRevival</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/HandheldGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandheldGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ComingSoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComingSoon</span></a></p>
Mx. Paige Ashlynn<p>Stello created this Aseprite plug-in to <a href="https://stellod.itch.io/gbc-palette-guard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">enforce hardware limitations when making</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GameBoyColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameBoyColor</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a>! Tailored to work with <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GBStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GBStudio</span></a> 's autocolour background feature</p><ul><li>1 palette per 8x8 tile</li><li>8 palettes maximum</li><li>clamp to 5-bit color</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nfeoaFWAGg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Check out the trailer!</a></p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homebrew</span></a></p>
pixelgladeWhile updating the preview images for the dithering pixel art brush sets for Clip Studio Paint, Krita, and Aseprite, I set the Aseprite and Krita brush bundles to use an open source license (GNU General Public License V3).<br> <br> Today I've made a Codeberg repository with the source files for the Krita brush set. If anyone wants to extend the brush set or tweak some previews, you can now.<br> <br> <a href="https://codeberg.org/travis-jeans/Pixel-Art-Dithering-Brushes-for-Krita-by-pixelglade" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/travis-jeans/Pixel-Art-Dithering-Brushes-for-Krita-by-pixelglade</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/krita?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#krita</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/opensource?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artwithopensource?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artwithopensource</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ドット絵?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ドット絵</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelartist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixelartist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrodev?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrodev</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrogaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dither?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dither</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixels</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pc98?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pc98</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digitalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalart</a>
jbz<p>I made a D&amp;D Game for the Game Boy - NesHacker</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWrwn26Qts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=APWrwn26Qts</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>d</span></a>&amp;d <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/gbdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gbdev</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>The chickens are riding the elevators <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Allanon 🇮🇹 :amiga:<p>Working on the title screen! :amiga: <br>---<br><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/TheGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PyDPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PyDPainter</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Safe to say I haven't got the lifts working properly yet <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/Speccy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speccy</span></a></p>