Notices by Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer) (grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place)

Just realize it's 2026 and we don't have moon bases. We do have video calls and psychotic AI, so that's something.

#2001_a_space_odyssey

I think this is something each Mastodon server admin needs to do, but it would be nice to have a translate button on posts and replies. I get a lot of them, mostly german, but also french and others. I'm always having to copy/paste to a translation website.

You heard it here first:

https://www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/

I'm glad that a lot of devices are now using usb-c, but they all come with usb-c cables and now I have way too many usb-c cables.

The latest Terrible Toybox contractor agreement has a 218 word section about how you can't use AI and it was written by a real life human lawyer, so you know I'm serious. AI is a cancer to the creative process and I do consider programing to be a creative process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCSzEtZcUw

List your top 3 adventure games that came out in the last 2 years. I'm not interested in order games no matter how much you loved it.

I always end my git commit messages with a ? because who knows if the change actually works. I want plausible deniability.

Every time I work on the AI of my game I feel dirty. Damn tech bros wrecking the good kind of AI.

Death by Scrolling on consoles! You read it here first.

https://www.grumpygamer.com/dbs_consoles/

#deathbyscrolling #indiedev #xbox #switch #playstation

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116366638003001782

It doesn't get any better than EGA.

I just spent 7 days in Australia and didn't see a single spider. I did see a bunch of kangaroos hanging out by the airport, probably plane spotters.

C64 MI

https://pixeldust.se/monkey-island-project

Feeling old because I've never heard of Bad Bunny before a few days ago.

If I walk into a bar and order a drink I expect them to ask for ID to prove my age. If I walk into a McDonalds and buy a Big Mac I would not expect them to ask for ID to check my age and if they did I would not expect them to photocopy it and give it to Fred to keep in his poorly locked file cabinet.

No thank you. Its all part of the plan. I'm sorry if your feelings got hurt.

"Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media " -- He was also all in on VR being the future... how did that work out? He is the typical idiot who got lucky and now thinks it was his genius.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115974812541701136

Hahahhahahha!

I found some ancient remains of Rivendell deep in the wilderness of NZ.

Found my old S100 graphics card I got when I was 11. 128x128 resolution (64x64 if you wanted 16 colors). Made a lot of games with this in Z80 asm. I wrote a RPG game before I knew what RPG games were. Sending my old CP/M floppies to @vhamm to see if he get the data off them. I'm sure there is game design gold in there.

State of the art game dev tools in 1989: