2bitcrook

Remember the 90s Schwarzenegger movie Eraser? Or the Charlie Sheen alien conspiracy thriller The Arrival? Or Keanu as Johnny Mnemonic? Well all three of these received FMV adventure games that CRUSHED MY ENTIRE SOUL IN UNIQUE AND HELLISH WAYS. My suffering distilled into 90 minutes, just for you:

Not Ostro 2013-05-12

I did an 80s Halloween mix minus the stuff you've heard on every other 80s Halloween mix and never need to hear again. www.patreon.com/drewmackie/p...

Why do we keep on doing this? Praising a 'small core team' for a game with 1100+ people in the credits is incredibly misleading. This PR narrative hurts, hides the massive shadow workforce of outsourced developers and testers, and sets impossible standards for actual indie teams.

It's my great pleasure to give a long overdue progress update on our fully human-translated and human-coded English patch for the legendary Tokimeki Memorial 2!

NEW VIDEO We're delivering pizza, we're watching a baby getting eaten by a fish, and we're watching me losing the will to live. It's a fun time! Obscure & Forgotten PS1 Games Vol.18 is out now! youtu.be/CKbJ5bFixRE

It's that wonderful time of year again, the GB Pixel Art Jam 2026 starts soon! Check out our news release for this super laid back and fun jam: gbstudiocentral.com/news/gb-pixe... #gameboy #pixelart #artjam

Honestly refreshing to see a recomp clearly stating this. Go check it out, tbh

this is gaming

For the second-to-last of Gayest Episode Ever, I wanted to cover... something that it not sitcom at all, but does have plenty to say about the prison of nostalgia: the Baby Doll episode of Batman: The Animated Series! It gets kinda personal! www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/bab...

Jackie Chan Stuntmaster (2000, PS1)

Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios

What kind of hazards do I have planned for my game? Elderly jaywalkers, rival bike messengers, dogs who don’t like delivery people?

austin powers: oh, behave!, screenshot, game boy color (2000) www.mobygames.com/game/6247/au...

I dont think I have shown any of this online yet but I’m still slowly working on my GBC game. Lately I have been prototyping these maze chase levels. You pick up and drop off packages while avoiding hazards. #screenshotsaturday

Another recent Animation Obsessive article that I really like: this one about Hayao Miyazaki's gorgeous image boards. Miyazaki's image boards aren't storyboards, but they're not fleshed out concept art either; they kind of sit somewhere in between. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-image-...

Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:

💍NEW VIDEO!💍 Come with us on a dreamlike journey in this 6 HOUR extravaganza where we explore Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and beyond. [With closed captions] www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AR...

Ihatovo Monogatari (1993, SNES) #houseplants #gaming

They will kill me for this one.

Finally got around to posting an adaptation of Keni Ambro's excellent GB Studio Logo, with musical help from @beatscribe.bsky.social! 2bitcrook.itch.io/gb-studio-lo... #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev #pixelart

If you're in the need for a transition that isn't Fade in/Fade out, I made a GB Studio Transition Template project! 2bitcrook.itch.io/gb-studio-tr... #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev #gamedev

Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/

My GBC puzzle/action game Hell Breaker just dropped for Playtiles Season 2! Shout out to @2bitcrook.bsky.social , @robotmeadows.bsky.social , @saredd99.bsky.social for their excellent art and music. Grab it at a discount with the code “TECHNO” at get.playtil.es #gamedev #gbstudio #homebrew

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gender," i holler as i overturn my uncle's pottery studio and turn boku no natsuyasumi into Boku no Shit

Thanks to some GB Studio wizards at the discord, I was able to get SEAMLESS SPRITE SHEET SWAPS working as a workaround to that 1 frame graphical hiccup that you can hopefully see here (may be tricky with bsky video compression). Sharing the tech for bsky folks here in this 🧵: #gbstudio #gameboy

Adding #sauce to my #GBStudio game every day- Day 57 Actually, today I'm adding #juice. Need to refill your hearts after a tough fight? Take a swig of some apple juice, every islander's favourite drink.

broke: mina the hollower looks like link's awakening woke: mina the hollower looks like dark arms for the neo geo pocket color

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Opoona (2007, Nintendo Wii) 📽️ Captured on an actual Wii. @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social #OpoonaPosting

Eventually, Nintendo decided Mario and Luigi were different heights. There's subtle shade about this in SMBDX. Not only must Peach kneel to thank Mario, but the "camera" is tilted down, showing more foreground like you would photographing shorter subjects. thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/mario101

no more mass appeal

I dunno why but I get the feeling they drew the Tyris frames first and then traced them for the remaining characters when doing the back turning poses in the endings for the PC-Engine version of Golden Axe

MOXIE // Graffiti Burst - A GBC Skateboarding game by PlatinaXO, OUT NOW! Check it out 🦌🛹: platinaxo.itch.io/moxie-graffi... #gamedev #gbdev #gbstudio #deer #indiedev #moxiegb

Thinking about the gen 1 machoke sprite again

I drew Ethel Cain in MacPaint from 1984 with a 25 year old mouse

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

New video is live! youtu.be/FG3AZgY8lac

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This is the true spirit of youtube, not 4 hour video essays that make you impotently angry youtu.be/L7D7KCs6PNE?...

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How I’ve Been Pronouncing It (Feat. Foghorn Leghorn, my… roommate?)