Toad64

He/Him
Hi! I'm a digital services librarian during the day, the rest of the time I'm a hobbyist gamedev, and trying out the YouTuber thing! Also a lover of retro games and anime.

@OffTheBooks Good thing the new joycons aren't held in place with super strong magnets. Oh wait.

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DrSmeydrsmey
2025-05-22


Simple Guide: Aseprite Brush Tool
(Repost from April 2024)

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windrider essentials 🦊 🍄

#PixelArt #Ghibli

Pixelart based on the manga/movie "Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind", showing the main character, her pet fox-squirrel and various items needed to survive the fungal forest
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Philip Drobar 🎬 🎮philipdrobar@peoplemaking.games
2025-05-21

GRIDHACK is a sci-fi RPG where hacking = fighting Picross battles.

I've been working on this one for a long time. Any boost or share is greatly appreciated.
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/305

#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly

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Clarissa | making Enigma HeartClarusPlusPlus@gamedev.lgbt
2025-05-21

With Recall happening now, I think now's the time for Valve to develop and roll out a sort of "reverse Proton" that would allow users to run Linux-native games on Windows. Incentivize devs to dump Windows while not punishing users who decide to (or have to) stay.

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2025-05-21
Pixelart of a human hand petting a grey/tabby cat. Text says "A vida não é só trabalho, afofe um gato", which translates roughly to "Life ain't just about work, pet a cat."
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Clarissa | making Enigma HeartClarusPlusPlus@gamedev.lgbt
2025-05-20

Hi! I'm Clarissa (she/her)! I'm currently working on a retro-styled action RPG called "Enigma Heart."

(Think: Zelda II with a non-silent protagonist and a sapphic love story!)

➡️ NOW AVAILABLE TO WISHLIST!! store.steampowered.com/app/298

@HadroSoft

hadrosaurus.net/enigma-heart
patreon.com/hadrosoft

#introduction #introductions

A screenshot of "Enigma Heart." We're on the overworld map, in a green field of grass with a lake, a river, and a forest nearby. The player character, Zalia, is surrounded by small blob-shaped creatures representing encounters.A side-scrolling action scene in "Enigma Heart." Zalia is in what appears to be a cave. Everything, including her, is in silhouette. The background is a purple-and-blue sky with lightning bolts striking all over.Screenshot of Enigma Heart, in the village of Lydaea. Zalia is talking to a village guard. Her dialogue box reads "Thank you. I'm still getting used to things. My memory still isn't all there yet." Adorning the dialogue box is a 48x48 pixel art anime portrait of Zalia.
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The Simpsons

#pixelart

Sprites of the Simpsons in two rows. The first row are Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa. The second row are Maggie, Abe, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball.
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GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦GrrlScientist@scicomm.xyz
2025-05-19

"Your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it."

#WarOnScience #science #politics #tyranny #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #education

"Your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it."

@richardgunther Ha, that looks great!

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2025-05-17
Still image. Cow on a skateboard zipping along a road. Text reads:

i'm literally fine as long as i don't think about the past or the future and also the present

@richardgunther so first I create a vector image of the file using Inkscape. Each color is a separate layer. I save each layer as a separate SVG file, then import them into Tinkercad to make the 3D file.

@eniko pmg has a discord?? I was not aware.

@marybethR Oh yeah, I had Word Perfect! Used to write lots of stuff on there! And I remember if you wanted spreadsheets, Lotus 123 was the place to go. Oh, and used to love making things in Print Shop!

So I 3D printed a design that I thought would make for a fun pin to put on a backpack or laptop case....but so far no one I've shown it to has recognized this logo instantly...feeling old today.
#3DPrinting #DOS #RetroComputing

Holding a 3d print of the MS DOS logo.
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Brian Danger Hicksckape@teh.entar.net
2025-05-15

Instead of storing my data in the cloud, I just store it in the bush. It's the same thing, only palette-swapped. More accessible, too.

A pair of Super Mario Brothers screenshots showing that the art for the clouds and the bushes is the same, just different colors and the bottom of the bush isn't displayed.
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Cube Dronecube_drone
2025-05-14

I worry that I date myself terribly by still loving a bunch of the stuff I loved as a kid and young adult - Final Fantasy 6, Cowboy Bebop, IRC, Our Lady Peace, The Simpsons, Command & Conquer, WinAmp.... all wild retro shit by today's standards.

But then I think about some of the stuff that my parents and grandparents loved and how much reverence and fondness I, as an adult, treat it with, because they introduced it to me with such obvious fondness, and I think "nah, 's good to like stuff"

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it's taco night at work

#pixelart #nateyCORP

Natey holding a taco up with the words TACO TWEDNESDAY

Wow, so after months of failed attempts, I've finally, FINALLY, moved by blog off of WordPress and having it as a simple static site hosted on Netlify! The address is www.paintedpixels.xyz. I'm still setting things up and moving things around, lots of pics from older posts are broken, and the custom domain is only on the homepage right now, gotta figure out how to make it the address for every page, but hey, it's now it's own thing! Now to make a page full of my favorite links to other pages, and a page of Neocities-like badges!
#blog #smolweb #wordpress

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James Gleickgleick@mas.to
2025-05-13

DOGE violated the law when it canceled grants authorized by Congress and awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Authors Guild is suing, and if your grant was canceled, you may be part of the class.

authorsguild.org/news/ag-files

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