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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 22/09/2026

Run-through of the intro sequence for Waterline, a 'space game on a single planet' that I am developing. None of the ships are final, obviously. #spacegame #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 14/09/2026

Here is my first successful playthrough of the ESCORT mission type in my space (without space) game called Waterline. Very much alpha, but everything worked. youtu.be/MxLQAy_9nuc #gamedev

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Waterline "space game" Alpha Escort Mission Test

YouTube video by 88mphTim

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 13/09/2026

Did they intend to create an #F1 track that races like Monaco without the prestige?

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 16/08/2026

For learning, you dump memory, change something, dump memory, examine for changes. You'll sometimes get hundreds of things that changed and you have to eliminate those down to find the right thing. It doesn't just 'give you' a track map, but gives enough data to code one in the tool. #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 04/08/2026

I don't know how much time I will have to put into it over the next couple of months, but... #gamedev youtu.be/X_F7NlGYjXo

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"Waterline" Alpha Gameplay (game I am developing)

YouTube video by 88mphTim

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 04/08/2026

I’ve wanted to setup stations to have PCs displayed and ready to play for a really long time. Still lots to do, but you can see the direction. And no i have a lot more in the basement … #retrogaming #dosgaming

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 31/07/2026

Just had a potentially life changing phone call. Opportunity I’ve looked for since 1998.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 30/07/2026

And he accepted it because he feels he deserves it. Let that sink in.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 28/07/2026

This database of information was very valuable to me when we started the process of trying to help my youngest daughter. Finding out about others with the same microdeletion told us what kind of life and challenges we could expect for her. Great resource.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 27/07/2026

We just had a tornado. We’re ok. Lots of big branches down and we’re running on a generator. Others on our street lost more trees and property from them falling than us. We will be a while without mains power.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 19/07/2026

I don’t think I understand #F1 rules anymore. Leave a cars width and make contact in a committed corner-penalty. Drift over and take a cars width away, with contact-no penalty.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 16/07/2026

My parents would sit with me for hours and hours typing code from magazines into our computers and trying to help me understand what they didn't. Although I let what *I* think of as coding go away, I did find it easy to teach myself HTML, CSS, PHP which led to my career through the Web site I made.

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Sinclair Research @sinclairresearch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Has anyone else noticed that the ZX81 manual casually introduces arrays, FOR-NEXT loops, and conditional branching within the first 30 pages, as though teaching structured programming to nine-year-olds is a perfectly normal thing to do on a Tuesday? Because it worked. And nobody has apologised.

ZX81 screen showing: Has anyone else noticed that the ZX81 manual casually introduces arrays, FOR-NEXT loops, and conditional br

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/07/2026

This has timestamps. Dogfight with a pirate under attack from all angles and in mostly 'flee' mode. #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=o67b...

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Dogfight example with mouse (game in development - no sound)

YouTube video by 88mphTim

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/07/2026

Awesome game that you should try.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/07/2026

Mouse control is pretty hard, and I've gone with roll to pitch for the defaults there and you can see my inputs from the dot in the reticule. You can also see factions at work (everyone hates pirates). If you have a ship manifest scanner you can see everything... #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 14/07/2026

Everything shown in the options/player screens is working. Pause and have a look. #gamedev

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 12/07/2026

At the turning of the millennium there were 769 satellites in space, 2026 there are 14,500 satellites. I spent 7mins photographing the Milky Way rising above Poatiri Mt Charles Hoopers Inlet, on Muaupoko (Otago Peninsula) this evening. Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ #Photography

The Milky Way rising above a hill at Hoopers Inlet on Otago Peninsula with crazy lines of satellites in the sky

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 12/07/2026

It's very important that you allow your NPCs to express their anger in an appropriate manner. (This is a solo dev game I am working on). #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 11/07/2026

I haven’t watched any pregame stuff during the World Cup. Is the American on the right actually trying to be unlikable? A contrarian for the sake of, what? Because he thinks it makes his opinion of value? It really doesn’t…

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 08/07/2026

This is a person who thinks 1 in 8 people on the planet are her target audience for playing Xbox.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 08/07/2026

I don't think I will ever be excited by Xbox ever again. Their strategy is self serving, board serving, bonus serving. They don't care about games. They don't care about their customers. They don't deserve your excitement, your money, or your time. I'm done, and I hope you are, too.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 07/07/2026

My head canon is that without the corruption of FIFA undoing bans the US would have put a reserve player on the pitch, they’d have had a breakout performance, won the game. We’ll never know.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 05/07/2026

F1 Media: Leclerc bounces back from the struggles we had decided he was having.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 04/07/2026

We have a flooded basement. No power for hours. Battery is dead on the backup. Stores are closed. Rain expected for hours. I feel really helpless. I can’t do anything about it.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 04/07/2026

That’s annoying. Could do with the money, any money, and after getting the monetization requirements done in 9 days out of 30 I have to wait until August? Meh.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 02/07/2026

My distraction project... Honestly, everything I try to do teaches me a new skill. I love this. #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 01/07/2026

Listen, I like my gaming media. I think we can see that (excuse the mess). For Sony to put out notice to users that movies they purchased will soon be 'removed from their account' and that they will be ceasing physical media production within a week is truly disappointing. I think it stinks.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 30/06/2026

So the game area for a game I am making, using real geo data for terrain, is 4,000,000 km2. It loads in on my system (even at 81m tris), but I am currently trying to write a script to chunk it so I can get it to LOD in sections by distance. First time tackling that. #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 29/06/2026

F1 media are ridiculous. Last week this was Hamilton’s championship. This week it’s over. But please click and read!

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 28/06/2026

We found the shifter (for sim racing) I had lost today in a tote we hadn't fully explored since before moving to this house. 25 months. Twenty-five.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 28/06/2026

I fear Ferrari threw away a podium today. #f1

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 27/06/2026

Figured out how to use geo data first terrain geometry in blender. Now I’m in trouble… #gamedev

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 22/06/2026

Ever just feel like you're drowning and then life stands on your shoulders to stay dry?

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Race Sim Central @racesimcentral.net · 22/06/2026

@bsky.app is there a reason why you are using 300mb as the notified limit for uploading, but refusing a 284mb video? Is it because you're using 300,000,000 bytes for 300mb? FYI, 300mb is not 300,000,000 bytes. Can you fix this? It's been like this for every size you have limited to.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 21/06/2026

Really enjoyed Toy Story 5. They did a good job reconnecting and separating the characters. The story itself is really interesting. Many people don't seem to recognize it's not anti-tech, it's pro-play and in the end (in the movie too), that also involves tech.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 20/06/2026

In the nick of time. 💪

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 20/06/2026

Just posted this on LinkedIn, figured I would share it here. If you are wondering where your past and present sim racing fans are, here is where I found them so far after five days of posting the exact same content on each platform after not posting anything beforehand. (cont...)

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 19/06/2026

The reason I have been developing 5 games at once is because it's the only way for me to be productive 'all the time'. Each evening I will try to work on whatever my brain allows me to. Then some? No, you're going to sit there, feel sad for no reason, and beat yourself up for not being productive.

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Race Sim Central @racesimcentral.net · 17/06/2026

First step of pit crew animation #gamedev

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GOG.COM @gog.com · 17/06/2026

The GOG Summer Sale is already there! Over 8000+ extra deals up to -95%! gog.com/summer-sale Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 -20% Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon -30% Manor Lords -35% Resident Evil Bundle -50% DOOM Eternal -67% Dishonored 2 -80% Pizza Connection 2 -90% Layers of Fear -90%

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/06/2026

I fucking hate every company that is profitable and laying people off anyway. www.theverge.com/games/950204...

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Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory

The future of Senua, which Xbox just announced, is unclear.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/06/2026

Absolutely nothing on there is final, and I would say we are maybe a year out from release, but I have a page up on Steam where you can wishlist US Open Wheel 85-95 Manager. store.steampowered.com/app/4827190/... #gamedev

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US Open Wheel 85-95 Manager on Steam

Manage a racing team through the golden era of US-based open-wheel racing. Handle finances, drivers, chassis and strategy - all leading to one goal: conquering the 500.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 15/06/2026

LinkedIn posts about Lewis Hamilton overcoming his age and whatever other bullshit the poster decides to equate driving an F1 car with are the most annoying part of my evening. "Sportsman with massive team behind him did this, and why that's exactly the same as you - alone - as an entrepreneur."

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 14/06/2026

I'm sure it wasn't really the lifetime of dedication, the training or even the natural skill that led him to win Le Mans twice. It was the couple of hours I sat next to him as a "coach" while working for iRacing. But seriously... Mega result. 👏

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 14/06/2026

Someone bought my ultra-rare dual format copy of Drakkhen. Kinda sad to see that one go. Even had the figurine.

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Tim Wheatley @88mphtim.tv · 14/06/2026

My next paper will show the connections between the number of billionaires, loss of support infrastructure for poverty and the rise in the cost of living during the same period that’s actually responsible for young people actually being responsible about the decision to bring a child into the world.

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dune @funselektor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

over the hill demo is OUT NOW! Explore the wilderness with your friends in classic offroad vehicles store.steampowered.com/app/4703940/...

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