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tomgranger.bsky.social
Maker of random things, co-maker of one person, Google Arts & Culture engineer. I like pixels. he/him. Also on mastodon and the other thing.
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I thought I was done with over engineering this Jackal but a YouTube commenter had a cool suggestion: secret Pong mode. A good excuse to test what Gemini code assist can do! Hold orange button while powering up to start, pots control the paddles. And vu meter tracks the ball because why not 😛

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Tested Gemini code assist this afternoon: - setup VS code extension: 2mn - load a project, add a feature with Code Assist: 5mn - find out the project no long builds, clean up build artifacts, mingle with flags and deps, look for help with cursor, copilot, google search, give up, hack a kludge: 1.5h

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I just released the Museum of All Things version 1.0!!! You can find it at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...

submitted 8 days ago • 93 comments

every UK video game in the 80s and 90s was made by a guy named like "lord wensleydale" or two guys named "the chippy twins" and was about an egg with no special abilities going on an adventure and dying immediately. it was ported to the super nintendo where everyone hated it

submitted 30 days ago • 122 comments

New dithering method dropped I call it Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering and I've released it as open source along with this explainer video of how it works. Explainer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqG... Source repository: github.com/runevision/D... #gamedev #vfx

submitted 40 days ago • 49 comments

Introducing the SuperStation one. An open-source PS1 FPGA gaming console that supports original games, memory cards, and controllers. Load games from a disk or a backup. Region free. Supports all MiSTer FPGA cores, including N64 & Sega Saturn. Learn more: retroremake.co

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submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

When @hackaday-feed.bsky.social covered this in 2021, it sparked a debate of preservation vs modernization in comments. It is a very interesting topic (as long as opinions are shared with kindness and respect). I've done both myself. Like emulation vs fpga vs real hw, it depends what one values most

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

@machonachomedia.bsky.social some news on this old project ;) bsky.app/profile/tomg...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

(Re-)Introducing my upcycled Sony FX-300 "Jackal" radio from 1978. Teensy + ESP32 powered, 2.8" IPS display and feature packed! Bluetooth, FM radio, recorder, and more ✨ Starting a short 🧵 with additional videos (some details in captions), and code link at the end! ⤵️

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

@obsoletesony.bsky.social congrats on the Kickstarter :) If you are interested I can send you that Jackal ad I painstakingly restored and upscaled. There's a lot of cool information about the device on it !

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

@carolmertz.itch.io remember when I had to fly to the US and go to Target for the first time in my life to get my exclusive pancakes?

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

I've backfilled this account with my old tweets, so the message below no longer appears as my first one here. Kudos @blueark.app for the very smooth service and very polished user experience end to end!

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments