Working on adding grenades to my secret-agent themed game The Hard. #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame

Just given Ship of Doom an extra layer of polish, ready to re-use the engine for another adventure (tbc). #zxspectrum #textadventure

Working on a Rainbow Islands - themed level in Manic Destruction. #retrogaming #retrogames #indiedev #madewithgodot #gamedev

Finally, the remake that everyone has been waiting for: The Sidney Affair! Starting with one witness and a few pieces of evidence, you must identify the murderer using the advanced (for 1987) Police Computer System. #retrogaming #indiegame #indiedev

https://stephensmith.itch.io/the-sidney-affair

Manic Destruction now has a level editor. Here's how it works:- https://stephensmith.itch.io/manic-destruction

In case you haven't seen it, Saboteur in 3D. stephensmith.itch.io/saboteur-3d

Hurray, Microsoft is embracing Open Source! Oh, wait...
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/

I recreated Manic Miner, but with more realism (sort of). https://stephensmith.itch.io/manic-destruction

@yora I've already cancelled, so I'll see what they offer me to come back, if anything.

I keep hearing adverts for Sky for £15/month, but as an existing customer the best they can give me is £68/month.

Facebook's "Search History" is such complete BS. If you so much as glance at something, there seems to be a random chance that it logs you as having searched for it.

@deKay I use USB memory sticks quite a lot.

Why does Windows Explorer have Eject and Format options next to each other in the context menu?

Does anyone actually touch the touchscreen of their touchscreen laptop?

Letting a stranger live in my house while I'm away on holiday, as in AirBnB, just seems like madness.

Doing some gamedev and trying to decide if a weapon pickup should become the new selected weapon. If it's better than the current one? (but who decide which is better?) What if the player already has the new weapon but deselected it?

In this day and age, it shouldn't be possible to type characters faster than the computer or phone can show it.

Χωρίς ιδιαίτερο λόγο, έχω δημιουργήσει μια ελληνική έκδοση του Maziacs, που ονομάζεται "Λαβύρινθος". Φαινόταν κατάλληλο όνομα! https://stephensmith.itch.io/maziacs-3d

Like many authors, all of my books were stolen by Meta. Honestly, book piracy never really bothered me all that much--if someone really wanted to learn Python, why not learn it from me? That's cool. Come by and say "hi" to me at a conference maybe. Having my hard efforts anonymized and regurgitated by some LLM? Not cool.

I sometimes think about updating my book, but then I see the royalty statement and realize I'd do better working one weekend a month serving fast food. Shrug.

Ebay really have buried the option to actually get the money you've been paid sent to an actual bank account.

For future reference: My EBay->Selling->Payments->Click on the White Arrow (which isn't even a identified as a link!)->Withdraw