Adam Dawes

Pac-Zania, my remake of the arcade classic Pac-Mania, is available now! Here's a quick preview www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deii... Download for free for Windows and Linux: adamdawes.com/games/pac-za... I hope you like it, let me know what you think. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #retro

[Wistfully clicking the Refresh button on the Eaten by a Grue podcast feed, in the hope that maybe, just maybe, there might be a new episode.] *𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘* Oh well. Maybe next month. @carringtonvanston.bsky.social @savetz.bsky.social

You can get quite a good view of the eclipse by just making a circle with your fingers if you hold it in just the right place. #eclipse #eclipse2026

@dmullinsgames.bsky.social I just finished playing Inscryption and just wanted to say "Bravo", what a wonderful game, which exceeded and twisted my expectations repeatedly. It joins a short list of games for which I wish I could erase my memory in order to experience them again from the start.

Our Top 100 Songs of the 90s countdown, as voted for by YOU our listeners, is playing out right now! Listen in at the90snetwork.com or with your favourite radio app.

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

My solar panels have now passed 1MWh of generated power since I had them installed just over a month ago. The equivalent (according to the app) of 480kg of CO2 saved, or 400kg of coal. I'm so impressed with them. ☀️⚡🔋

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There are few things more satisfying than sitting in the garden on a warm summer evening picking home-grown fruit. 😋

My new solar panels were connected up today. I find it completely magical to think that my whole house is literally powered by this afternoon's sunshine. ☀️ Battery charged fully despite a cloudy day and only getting connected after lunchtime. I'm excited to see performance in the coming days. #solar

We prototyped procedural ice shattering 2 years ago. Now, we’ve turned it into a game. #gamedev #indiegame #metroidvania #promosky

Would you be interested in a Real-Time Water Simulation book in Unity 6? 🌊 We’ve now passed 500 votes, with less than 500 to go to make it happen. Vote here ➡️ jettelly.com/idealabs #techart #indiedev #gamedev

NetHack 5.0.0 was released today, and MS-DOS is still one of the official platforms: nethack.org/common/index...

This demo by Razor 1911 is absolutely wonderful. If you were there for the 8-bit or 16-bit #demoscene, you should really take a few minutes to give this a watch. youtu.be/dybkLM-1eQo

Bill Harbison has recently started a YouTube channel where he tells tales of olde from Ocean Software. Go give it a gander: youtu.be/ykh7en7NJok?...

WordsUp is coming back! I had to withdraw my popular tile-stacking game ten years ago as it broke on modern versions of Windows, but finally I'm working on getting this up and running again. Coming soon for Windows, Linux and maybe Android. Follow for updates. #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

I tried out the new Alexa+. Had a twenty minute argument with it about the existence of one of my smart lights. Went back to classic Alexa. Maybe it'll improve over time...

As a former Magic The Gathering player many many years back, I found this video from Stand Up Maths particularly enjoyable, well worth a watch! m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3dE...

Happy March 31! #freaksugar #ronswanson #aubreyplaza #march31 #nickofferman #parksandrec #parksandrecreation

I dug out one of my old Windows Phones today. It's still working fine, but I can't get over how TEENY TINY it is. Here's a picture of it next to my current Samsung Galaxy S25. This size felt normal back then! It also still seems to think it's 2014, which is when I last used it. Aww... #WindowsPhone

Our new show One Hit Wonders starts today, and can be heard at 11am every weekday (Ireland/UK time). Listen in at the90snetwork.com, on your smart speaker, or get our app from your app store. 🎶📻🎶

I just watched The Life of Chuck on #Netflix. What a superb piece of work, enjoyable, enthralling, memorable and quite unexpected. I have adored every single thing I've seen from @mikeflanaganfilm.com and this certainly didn't disappoint!

Oh my goodness Starfleet Academy is so good. It has hugely exceeded any expectations I had of it, this week's episode (The Life of the Stars) is a masterpiece. #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

I'm watching multi-hour clips of #MTV Europe from back in the #90s today and feeling super nostalgic about it. The channel and its presenters were so awesome back then, I miss it so much 🥹

😭 Though clearly #MTV was a shadow of its former self, it has long had a place in my heart. I remember the MTV Europe VJs, Ray Cokes, Simone Angel, Marijne van der Vlugt, endless amazing music, the cool logo animations. It was the soundtrack of the #90s for me. So long, MTV, gone but not forgotten ♥️

@blacksaltgames.com I just finished playing Dredge today (PC version), what a fantastic game. Intriguing, atmospheric and compulsive from start to finish, loved every minute of it. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with next!

❄️🫧 BUBBLE 'N' SNOW 🫧❄️ It's Christmas Eve, and these two Arcade-heads are finishing preparations! You wanna lend a hand? #bubblebobble #snowbros #digitalart

I blinked and he's written another 14...<touches ear piece> wait, I hear these have been out a while Go get them all anyway. Before @aptshadow.bsky.social finishes another two...

@aptshadow.bsky.social Hello, I'm currently reading and very much enjoying Shroud. In chapter 4.8 you reference a mining accident. Is this a reference to a true event, and if so, are you able to provide a little more information please? I'm curious to learn more about it. Thank you!

It's a spooOOooky night, and if you feel like spending your evening being chased around by ghosts, then why not give my Pac-Mania remake a try? Can you reach, and survive, the haunted library? 👻 Download Pac-Zania free for Windows and Linux: adamdawes.com/games/pac-za... #gamedev #indiegame #retro

@carringtonvanston.bsky.social @savetz.bsky.social "We are back, baby!" -- Kay and Carrington, December 2024. 😂 Missing you guys, wondering how you are getting on with "Fish!"? Will your next report be ready any time soon? 🤞

@helenzaltzman.bsky.social I just finished listening to Allusionist 110, about gravestone epitaphs. Very interesting listen. I got to thinking about what I might like mine to be, and realised I would use my social media profile text. We all have our own little living epitaphs on our profiles. 🤔

Soon my channel is going to start to also do Pinball content, this is why... youtu.be/CZ0rSI0sqCI?... #pinball #retro #videogame #retrogaming

The European Space Agency invited me to their mission control centre in Germany to find out what it takes to be a Satellite Operations Engineer working on their new Earth observation satellite, BIOMASS. @esa.int www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1X...

Pac-Zania v1.1.0 is available now. This update has a number of changes and fixes, the biggest being the new level select feature: you can now start each new game from any level you've previously reached. Download FREE for Windows or Linux from my website at adamdawes.com #indiegame #gamedev #retro

The Pac-Zania level select screen is coming along nicely, thank you for that suggestion @gentspixelclub.bsky.social!

This is Pac-Zania running on the #PC from @adamdawes.com 🕹️ youtu.be/8lqM6iOBJSY 🕹️ We are a hobbyist non-monetized channel - can you join our Discord ? 👉 discord.gg/DuswzTmxAt 👈 #videogame #retrogaming

If the first season of the TV adaptation of The Last of Us had been based on my playthrough of the game, it would have been 50 hours long and primarily based around watching Joel meticulously comb every room he finds on the offchance there may be a piece of hidden collectible rag or a spare bullet.

I'm getting veeeery close to finishing Pac-Zania now and starting to prepare it for release. It's taken a lot longer than I expected but hopefully you'll all enjoy it - more details soon... 🍒 👻