John Parker

Plenty of space for more controls, I’d say. 🤔

Been doing more typings.

Word on the street is Clive Dunn’s gonna fuck you up real bad.

Fancy an 3D First Person Shooter on your Game Boy Color? WOLF is right here -> thalamusdigital.itch.io/wolf-game-bo... #pixelart #indiedev #gameboy #GBDK2020 #retrogaming

Hmm… I'm becoming increasingly tempted to pull the plug on a potential 1.0 release any time soon. There's things I want the app to be able to do that don't fit within the current semi-flexible pipeline approach, and it would be painful to put out a release and have to maintain compatibility.

The first rule of Norman Collier club is ou alk ut orm er club.

This one will hurt: I love 1Password as a product. But I'm the son of a concentration camp survivor. I will not give money to companies that align themselves with nationalism, and certainly not ethnic cleansing. Completely disappointing, @1password.bsky.social. www.flyingpenguin.com/dhh-nazism-f...

We've been living through the hottest UK summer since records began. There are almost certainly hotter summers to come; it's just the part about living through them that might change.

Hmm… I suppose I need to decide whether to release @pixel-processor.bsky.social in the macOS App Store. There's additional assets and prep required, and based on my inability to generate any interest, I suspect sales would be at or close to zero if you had to pay for it. Or indeed if it was free. 🤔

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ICYMI I just released WOLF last week. A 3D First Person Shooter for the Game Boy Color! RT to spread the word please. @itch.io -> thalamusdigital.itch.io/wolf-game-bo... #gameBoy #indieDev #retroGaming

Doing more typings of late - trying to move towards a 1.0 release, although there’s still lots to do. It’s fair to say that it’ll always be a (very, very) niche app, but hopefully it’ll be useful to some

If you’re running macOS Ventura or later, you can grab a copy of the beta via the TestFlight link over on pixelprocessor.co.uk

@brendyc.bsky.social If you fancy giving your @jank.cool avatars a six-month refresh, you can get a preview of what’s coming to Retrospecs later in the year via the @pixel-processor.bsky.social macOS app. Either way, it’s extremely cool seeing images generated in Retrospecs in the wild. 🥳

One for UK based people… Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate goodlaw.social/8968d9

Someone did a demake of Tempest 2000 by @stinkyox.bsky.social on *Pico-8*. Mad. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158...

If you use macOS and like pixels, be sure to check it out. Feel free to share to try and help get the word out - it’s a very uphill battle in this day and age.

Some dog related features available in Puppy Truck 🐕🛻 puppytruck.dog

Next up is something long overdue - The Great UI Tidy-Up™ has finally begun. Although it’s mainly just putting things in boxes. 🤔

The fate of Pixel Processor will soon become evident - I think it would take an awful lot of energy to get any kind of uptick in interest, and that’s something I sadly don’t have. Still, it’s not far away from being complete enough for the macOS App Store, even if that’s only in its current form.

What's next, you might wonder? (It'll be the mutator functionality. The mutator functionality will be next.)

Fancy some hot laser fish action? We've just dropped the OG version of Death Ray Manta on itch, along with the game soundtrack! Grab 'em now and save 10%! thalamusdigital.itch.io/death-ray-ma... thalamusdigital.itch.io/death-ray-ma... #DRM #Fish #Tiffin #Lasers #OhStevie

I mean, sure, I’d ideally not have a chronic illness, but on the upside, I can see the future now. I’d have preferred a different special ability, but that’s not how The Assignment works.

Hot new tip in from one of my insiders on the street. There’s a plucky ‘lil startup goes by the name of CompuServe that are going to be BIG with a capital T. Just remember where you heard it first.

who else got the zoomies

Idea: Point and click game about a detective investigating the suspicious death of a food standards inspector caught up in a web of lies and intrigue. The Wurst Case Scenario. (You can have that for free.)

Beta three brings news from afar, the headline being that video conversion is now supported. 🥳 You can now also use Pixel Processor on macOS 13 (Ventura) and up, rather than needing Sequoia. Join the TestFlight via pixelprocessor.co.uk

For @gamesdonequick.com this year I’ve submitted a collection of Pac-Man ghosts, Pac himself and a little blue cover for one of the ghosts - all hand crocheted! Here’s some extra photos I took that didn’t make it to the main site. tracker.gamesdonequick.com/tracker/ui/e...

Footage of my brother and I gifting each other games we both do not have time to play in the Steam summer sale.

The second beta of Pixel Processor should now be out and about on TestFlight. 🥳 Link available via pixelprocessor.co.uk if you’d like to have a play.

@nivrig.bsky.social Cheers for the repost. 👍 Getting traction anywhere these days is more and more of a chore.

Ooo… reet posh. If you've a mac running Sequoia or newer, you can also grab the current TestFlight beta over on… pixelprocessor.co.uk

I guess this happened then. 🤔

Knew I was hanging on to that domain name for a reason. Not quite sure sales would cover the renewal fees for the last four years though. 😬

GOLD TEETH has launched! It's a piratical TTRPG set in a cursed version of the Age of Sail, with 350 pages of briny phantasmagoria, colonial terror and nauseating seafood. It's part Master & Commander, part Blackadder, left to ripen in the sun like a beached porpoise. teethrpg.itch.io/gold-teeth

Pssst! Fancy a bit of Starseed action for your Game Boy Color? For the next 24 hours you can pick up the entire Starseed Trilogy and save 30% on the RRP! itch.io/s/188617/sta... #GameBoyColor #RocketshipPark #FlashSale

Retrospecs first appeared in the App Store twelve years ago today, which is a long time by anyone’s standards. There’s not been much in the way of new features recently, but I’ve been slowly working away on some bits and pieces. Here’s a sneak preview of what’s coming later this year.

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

Download and play OutRun GB on your PC right NOW! An easy way to play without having to tinker with emulators or own a Game Boy. Download it right here -> rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outr... #pixelart #indiedev #gameboy #gbstudio #RETROGAMING #SEGA

I’ve been gradually working away on a re-write of the “engine” that generates the image conversions in Retrospecs, and that work is now largely complete. Whilst the original goal was purely to replicate the existing functionality, there’s also some new bits and pieces to play with. So that’s nice.

It’s entirely possible there’ll be a new version of Retrospecs in the next few months. So that’s nice.

Finally giving into the inevitable macOS Tahoe install. I remember in the old days, when a new OS release was something to look forward to, rather than regret.

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Jingles and all that shit. Created in #Retrospecs for #iOS - 8bitartwork.co.uk #ios #pixelart #8bitart #pixelated #8bit #retro #vintage

Just found my old collection of return tickets. They took me back.

You can now unlock the full version of Retrospecs for £1.99/€1.99/$1.99 In addition to the full suite of system and mode presets, the full version contains custom emulation, font and palette editors as well as additional features such as the emulation mutator. Find out more at 8bitartwork.co.uk

Who dis? (PICO-8 (Secret palette), Bayer 8x8 dithering.) Created in #Retrospecs for #iOS - 8bitartwork.co.uk #retrospecs #ios #pixelart #8bitart #8bitartwork #puppy #minischnauzer

Podcasts! Projects! Games played! Cryptic allusions that something bad has happened! The September update post is up: savestate.site/stage-clear-se...