A while back, for fun, I created a mod for Deus Ex that lets you play through the game in a tiny form, called Tiny JC. I've now mirrored it here if you want to check it out.
https://hogsy.itch.io/tiny-jc

A video is available below if you want to see it in action.
https://youtu.be/_nWt3MvnAqQ

#deusex

Celebrating a number changing today. Another day towards becoming old 👴

Photo from this morning. Lad was enjoying the warm weather ☺️

Been gradually making progress on updating the texture tools in the editor. There are some other improvements I've worked on over the month but I'll show those later.

#gamedev

Blergh, it's done.

I try to be fairly open minded, so I've been trying MindsEye for myself. I think my conclusion now that I'm nearing the end is that it's not good. There are some areas where I think production is pretty good, but it's just really really underdeveloped... The story is like nails on a chalkboard.

Some uh, interesting design. Properties? Properties.

Dumped some more things recently, with more on the way. Unfortunately, as I'd suspected, the Haven copy turned out to match the PAL release but still nice to have it archived given the unique cover.

https://archive.org/details/hidden-dangerous-deluxe-2002-01-21-microsoft-windows-preview-code

https://archive.org/details/bet-on-soldier-2005-05-30-microsoft-windows-preview-code

https://archive.org/details/haven-call-of-the-king-2002-10-14-sony-playstation-2-review-code

REHex 0.63.0 is finally out!

https://github.com/solemnwarning/rehex/releases/tag/0.63.0

#hexeditor #opensource #windows #linux #macos

That was an easy one for a change. Good to finally finish it too - originally started playing it on PSP back when that was still somewhat relevant 🤪

It's a bit late, but I've uploaded a video showing some exploration of the Halo Speartest prototype. This was recorded not long after the leak, and the intention was to add a commentary, but I never got round to it.
https://youtu.be/uYr3NuCsocc

Jon Jon Jon Jon Jon J

I guess it's no worse than when I just commit a change with "splat" in some instances on my personal projects, so I'm probably not one to criticise 🫠

Had a bit of a mental block for a while, but gradually getting back into the swing of things for the talonbrave.info blog. Building up some notes that I can hopefully turn into something soon. Pixelated mess as I obviously don't want to give too much away until I'm done.

> We'll discuss positioners in chapter 10.4

Chaper 10.4: https://wayland-book.com/xdg-shell-in-depth/positioners.html

I'm tired of "new" and "improved" things replacing and breaking everything that has been working fine for years, throwing out capabilities as "undesirable" and not even having the decency to document exactly how everyone else is expected to change to suit them.

Fuck Wayland.

Totally legit Disney branded castle too :amogus:

We went on our usual pilgrimage to Hadlow Down Steam Rally.

Today I'm happy to release a collection of documents for DMA Design's cancelled Zenith / Climber title. Enjoy!

https://archive.org/details/zenith-climber-design-report-documents-1995-1996

#gamepreservation #gamedev #digipres

Linking portals to other rooms is starting to finally come together enough to start creating some weird looking situations. Still no traversal yet, but it's a start.

Someone in a server I'm in linked this cursed footage from E3 2019 where Bethesda falsely claimed they invented the first-person shooter genre and were the first to support mods on consoles. I hate this shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSWZQC0BVvU&t=55s

Last little touch of polish. This'll probably need some tweaking and such, but eh it'll do for now!