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

Leisure Suit Larry solved the age verification problem years ago, the UK should just use that.

Snake in Brainfuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn0yFkgNXqQ

I watched a YouTube video of someone using Vibe coding to make a game with AI. 45 mins in and it was running but spewing out error after error. The presenter finally went in an fixed the errors by hand requiring a lot of time and knowledge. I watched the whole thing like someone staring at a traffic accident.

I want to return to time where my biggest worry was how fast I was leveling my warlock.

American Oligarchs could be brought to their knees if everyone: a) Stopping using Facebook b) Stopped using X c) Stopped shopping on Amazon. d) Stopped using Google. Yeah, I'm not holding by breath.

The day you've been waiting for is finally here. The Death by Scrolling sekrit beta sign up. We will randomly select a handful of people every few days to join (as to not overwhelm the team). If you're interested in joining, do not reply to this post, fill out the form below.

https://forms.gle/hpSrXvM3tuPqrGb86

I had hoped to get a new playtest version of my game out for people to play, but then we decided to redo how procedural levels are made. It's much better but has delayed the playtest.

#pixelart

Serious questions someone should look into.
1) How much of the Enterprise warp core energy is using to train AI models?
2) Does the Enterprise have a privacy policy?
3) Does the Enterprise computer listen into conversation without the "computer" wake word?

I got a new attorney for my company dealings in NZ, he asked what the game was I was working on so I sent him a Steam key. He then played all weekend and sent me a list of bugs and feedback. I assume I wasn't billed $300 an hour for this.

Thimbleweed Park released 8 years ago today. A damn fine game, if I don't say so myself.

If you haven't played it, add it to your bucket list today. Also available on Switch, Xbox, PS, iOS and Android.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/Thimbleweed_Park/

When I first started at Lucasfilm, George shaved his beard so he could go watch the rerelease of StarWars and not be recognized. So the first time I met him he didn't have his iconic beard, I felt ripped off.

Welcome this episode of "Ask Mastodon".

I'm looking for a good web based RSS reader.

1) Web based
2) Not Feedly
3) Not self-hosted
4) Not filled with AI bullshit

Please read criteria carefully before replying.

Isn't it obvious what Trump/Musk are doing with Canada and tariffs? He's trying to make Canadians miserable so they elect a conservative leader who promises to fix everything. People are idiots so it will work.

More blogging. You remember blogging?

https://www.grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrolling/

I knew the idiot Elon Musk was a horrible human back when he called the guy who helped rescue those kids from the flooded cave and pedophile, simply because they wouldn't use his tech-bro solution. I wrote Musk off back then. Musk is a horrible human. Always has been. He has no redemption arc.

Any sufficiently advanced pile of shit is indistinguishable from artificial intelligence.

I'm starting to realize we're the ones in the Mirror Universe.

Not good news to wake up to.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78

What would you name a power-up that did nothing but cost a lot of gold to poke fun at the player for buying it.

I dislike git blame. It's hostile. It assume there is someone to blame. That someone did something wrong. That someone is at fault.