iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 29/09/2026

I have a plaster on the end of my finger and it feels like a really simple hacking tool. Suddenly I can't use my phone, my tablet, even my mouse is touch sensitive.

010

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 26/09/2026

These are Cirrocumulus clouds. They’re very pretty. But I’m sorry cirrocumulus clouds, I will never draw you. We all want the poster-boy cumulus clouds.

Sunset of cirrocumulus clouds above some houses

1142

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 24/09/2026

Bitmap Book's Fatal Fury Ultimate History is lovely, as expected. I love seeing the behind-the-scenes sketches. And check out the barcode!

Cardboard sleeve for the book. If you press the characters they shout out one of their moves! If you press Mary she says "Touch me", of course.

Early concept sketches for the original Fatal Fury

Sketches of game mechanics for Real Bout Fatal Fury, possibly used in the manual? And sketches of the stages.

A little Terry Bogard rushing forward with lines coming out behind him to form the Barcode

1115

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 22/09/2026

With the NeoGeo AES+ coming out, they're apparently looking for new NeoGeo games from Indies... so, obviously, if there are any NeoGeo devs looking for pixelart let me know! (From this interview video at TGS) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2I...

youtube.com

Exploring the Neo Geo AES+ Tech & 2027 Delay at TGS (Full Interview)

YouTube video by Neo Ness

010

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

OCTOBER 27 🔴 TAKE A HAMMER TO YOUR PAST 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨 VIRTUE AND A SLEDGEHAMMER store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/...

6346136

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 20/09/2026

I’m not one for VR, but slap a favourite game in there and suddenly I want to spend hundreds on a headset youtu.be/NfFkKUvGLiI

youtu.be

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast VR Mod — Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by frank hunter

151

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve always wondered… When the lift goes out of view, does it rotate to match the curve, or stay upright? Asking the important questions.

251

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 16/09/2026

Are people that dumb? Are they really falling for this? "We're the only ones who can save you from our terrible creation, so please keep sending us money"

BBC News headline of "OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms"

1177

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 15/09/2026

I think "CNT" for Closed Network Test is a brilliant acronym and whoever decided that was good deserves a raise. Anyway, the Crazy Taxi CNT was not great. I won't be buying it.

030

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 13/09/2026

The real question is: why aren’t we all making Saturn games now? There’s apparently no money in games anyway, so might as well have some fun ;)

2174

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 10/09/2026

I've seen so many "X game with DLSS5 enabled" videos and I'm always surprised at how excited people are for it?! It genuinely looks awful on every example, it feels like proper gas lighting. Like, can't they see the AI muddy faces? Inconsistencies? Destroying the art direction? Whinge over.

5100

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you want a folding phone that doesn't cost a bazillion dollars & won't let you waste your time or money on 'apps' then have I got good news for you

The Pacman phone from the1980s which opens & closes

7552171

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 09/09/2026

Now don't get me wrong I love me some Kirby, but let's not lie the best game is still the SNES game. (The golf game Kirby's Dream Course, obviously)

230

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 07/09/2026

Looking at doorstops (as one does) and found a familiar pose

On the left, a doorstop which is of a white figure in a kicking pose. On the right, Ryu doing his Joudan Sokutou Geri!

0132

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

GOOD NEWS, TERRANOIDS. Brillo comedy adventure Earth Must Die is coming to your PS5 and Switches on September 9th! Chock full of amazing British comedy voice talent including Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Tamsin Grieg, @alexhorne.bsky.social, @misterabk.bsky.social and LOADS more.

Earth Must Die capsule with PS5 / Switch written on it. A blue alien man is fucking lording it over a tiny planet Earth while his milk-stuffed robot companion looks on, shocked.

514755

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 28/08/2026

A quick Street Fighter 6 Akuma/Gouki sketch. I saw a tennis photo which inspired the pose!

Sketch of Akuma in a martial arts pose in his Street Fighter 6 appearance

3202

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 28/08/2026

A quick Street Fighter 6 Akuma/Gouki sketch. I saw a tennis photo which inspired the pose!

3202

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 26/08/2026

Look at how REAL they look! …Comparatively. It was a great way to show the tech progression. Poor wireframe dude.

074

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 23/08/2026

I did work experience at Future Publishing at a Nintendo magazine and they had an early copy of Perfect Dark. It wasn’t even in a case like this, it was pure naked PCB goodness poking out the N64 held together with rubber bands. Every night we stayed after work to play deathmatches… good times!

0254

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 21/08/2026

Konami used to make fun games

0123

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 20/08/2026

Hmmm… not really sure who this is for. Oh well:

030

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Alex May @a-type.net · 16/08/2026

A walkable cyberpunk city in ASCII?! Finally a depiction of a cyberpunk world the way it appears in my minds eye. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yty...

youtube.com

A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File

YouTube video by Grow Now! Games

121

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 13/08/2026

It’s like that bit in the Matrix where the humans blacken out the skies so the robots can’t survive… (don’t do this, it’s awful for many reasons) arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/n...

arstechnica.com

The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font

“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.

021

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 12/08/2026

My super scientific method to capturing the eclipse worked perfectly…

Amazing super great quality photo of the eclipse

Zoomed out photo showing I was holding the protective glasses up to my phone

150

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 12/08/2026

Inserting foreign objects into my computer. What is this ancient technology?

161

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11/08/2026

This same account posted the original SNES release of the same artwork. Great to compare! But these GBA versions have a certain quality to them, they're really nice.

082

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 10/08/2026

Had a play of this at lunch. It's a notable improvement over the original demo, that's for sure. ...But I'd still rather play the original. Very difficult not to compare this with the Starfox 2026 remake in terms of quality.

130

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The current biggest use of disclosed AI on Steam is 2D images (12% of all releases, 63% of all AI disclosures) among titles released since Jan '24 (when disclosure started). Code remains listed on a number of games, despite Valve dropping the requirement. More data: weloveit.io/developers/a...

151

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 05/08/2026

A picture of Zool. Anyone remember Zool? Did anyone actually like Zool? I thought I did until I played it again. Cool character, great product placement(?!), awful game.

119025

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"I like your art, it's inspiring" - amazing to hear, thank you "your art is so good it makes me feel inadequate, I am going to fucking k*** myself" - can you workshop this

0897

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 03/08/2026

I can't believe this film was originally a bit of a flop. It fuelled my childhood nightmares for years! I love it :)

1264

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 31/07/2026

If you’re going to do business cards, make sure you do them properly, like @oldlethers.bsky.social did!

A packet of business cards from James Letherby. Each card has a unique design and work as a game

190

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 30/07/2026

DENSHATTACK! Such a great game I had to draw (almost) all of the characters. This is still part of the #SixFanArts callout I did the other day, I just really wanted to do something bigger for Denshattack. Emi is so cool!

Emi standing on her train, with seven of the games "bosses" who all become your friends faintly in the background.

24515

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 30/07/2026

24515

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 29/07/2026

Spent the morning trying to figure out why colour settings are off in Photoshop... let's see: - Check proof colours. Nope. - Check colour profiles. No change. - Check hardware colour profiles. Normal. - Check for any weird layers. Nope. Oh wait, Photoshop updated this morning, it's just a bug 😡😡😡

040

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 27/07/2026

I just completed Denshattack and I thought it was amazing. 100% up my street, really colourful silly fun. Thanks @kairuh.bsky.social for the recommendation!

140

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 23/07/2026

Good. I never liked saying Google it, it felt very American to give a brand name, rather than just “search”. Also this might help people move away from Google, so double positives

071

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 22/07/2026

I remember seeing this on GamesMaster when it was released and thought it was amazing. I also felt sad that this would never come to consoles... So, yay!

041

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 21/07/2026

Here's some poster artwork I made for a (proper) party at Develop this year. @owendavies.bsky.social kindly printed it onto tshirts as well!

Three DJ's back to back on their decks. Nine Inch Nils, Sonic the Decks God and ModernLlama

2132

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 19/07/2026

I want to draw something but I have no clue what... sooooo #sixfanarts again! Any game characters!

1041

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 19/07/2026

I want to draw something but I have no clue what... sooooo #sixfanarts again! Any game characters!

1041

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Governments around the world are protecting Big Tech’s interests instead of the people. It doesn’t have to be like this. Together we can shape a better future. Join us. www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk

23626

Reposted by Tom Waterhouse

Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 17/07/2026

Its a really bizarre state you find yourself in when you work so much on commercial art that it becomes difficult to share. Because then, you stop existing, so to exist, you have to work double to make more, other art, which then doesn't represent your main career. So to solve that you have to -

51569

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 17/07/2026

My artwork is in the latest Edge magazine, as part of an interview with the lovely @danthat.bsky.social

Artwork from the Limited Run edition of Lair of the clockwork God. The main characters (Ben and Dan) stand proud in front of a doorway of light with various creatures coming out of the doorway.

0287

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 14/07/2026

On the way to Brighton for Develop while frantically trying to tweak my website while on the train cos I'm a cooool guy. Will I do it in time? NOPE. See you in Brighton!

190

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11/07/2026

Another clever art tool! People are making beautiful tools for free. The internet is healing!

0101

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 10/07/2026

This is really *really* good. Even if you're not a pixel artist, check it out for the novelty alone.

1114