40 years ago, I ported Jet Set Willy to the C64. Today, I pondered on what it was that made 1984 to 1986 the most magical years of my time in video games. Here are ten reasons. (Tomorrow I’ll talk about how I bring the spirit of that time back, 40 years on.) 🧵

The stories of Conan are timeless, and filled with fantasy adventure that still hold up today. This is merely a tribute from me, but hopefully fans of Conan will enjoy the glimpse into his world as seen through my eyes! "The Tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard.

Any self-respecting retro RPG needs a hand-drawn map! #SKALD is certainly no exception!🗺️⚔️🛡️ The Deluxe Bundle will ship on May 30th with the high-resolution overland map of the Outer Isles region. And don't worry: You get both a spoliery and a non-spoilery version! In fact,

Home stretch! I'm pumped!

The Kickstarter campaign for EONBLADE is live. Starring Doug Jones ( from Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, The Shape of Water and Star Trek Discovery), Jake E (Cyhraofficial, Amaranthe ), Kaiser Johnson (sƃuᴉɥʇ ɹǝƃuɐɹʇs , The Vampire Diaries )

City of Camorr from The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, commissioned by The Broken Binding | Bookstore I had so much fun working on this! The Gentlemen Bastards is one of my favorite series and it was an absolute dream to illustrate Camorr.

The Blender Market 10 day giveaway is going out with a huge bang! Get the immensely popular Auto-Rig Pro for #Blender3d completely free. TODAY ONLY! gamefromscratch.com/blender-auto-r… #gamedev #indiedev

Absolutely. This has fixed many of my problems.

keeping an eye out for any retro gaming related folks who have bsky accounts. want to move off here eventually.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN 1 MILLION VIEWS?!

Alien Kong?!

I will be speaking Sunday at 2pm in the panels and presentations hall midwestgamingclassic.com/meet/?fbclid=I…

I realized that in 2025 I could stop counting clock cycles manually and just use an extension for that. Hopefully there are no known bugs!

I am trying something new! Usually I'll spend months making a new game and then never actually release it. So this time, I'm releasing it in an early phase. Crazy huh! furroy.itch.io/treachery

claude code is pretty wild. i can now create and abandon new projects at least ten times faster!

Gm Asked my lady about this. She simply responded, "Yes."

one claude agent plays my game, all errors are trapped and logged with game state. another agent converts those into unit tests, another fixes them. vibe debugging!