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@andymakes.itch.io
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I make small projects in a small apartment Friend of Arcade Commons Maker of Particle Mace I make pen plotter art and tweetcarts sometimes Buy my drawings: shop.andymakes.com Play my games: andymakes.itch.io andymakes.com

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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 07/10/2026
Had a great time showing Hypnogenesis with @allenriley.com at Glitch N Games in Chicago last weekend! Here are a few pics of the game that @jrconduit.net took at Logan Arcade over the weekend!
Hypnogenesis on a CRT. There's a wooden console in front of it and the game is on the title screen. You can see me standing behind it to the right. I look amazing! Allen is there too, behind the screen to the left. He looks great as well!Hypnogenesis on a CRT. This pic is really dark except for the screen which shows a white and red feedback pattern. Somebody is playing it, you can see their silhouette blocking part of the screenHypnogenesis on a CRT. A guy is playing the reflection level. He looks very focused! Hypnogenesis on a CRT. This is a close up on a colorful reflection feedback pattern
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 06/10/2026
It's happening! Rocket Dog is getting an arcade machine that will live at @wonderville.nyc !!! And it'll be joined by Waddle Throttle by @jcorace.bsky.social! We'll be having a launch party at Wonderville on October 24th. GET READY TO BARK www.wonderville.nyc/events/dogs-...
Come out on Saturday October 24th to check out TWO brand new arcade cabinets at Wonderville!

The Indomitable Rocket Dog by Andy Wallace is a mix of Sonic the Hedgehog and N++, all set to a Jungle soundtrack with visuals inspired by 90s rave flyers.

Learn more and wishlist on Steam here:
https://indomitablerocket.dog

Waddle Throttle by Jason Corace is a local multiplayer, figure skating, sumo wrestling mashup where you fight to be the last penguin standing. It was a Wondercab resident in 2024 and the cabinet has been featured at MAGFest in the past.

Learn more here:
https://www.goldengrave.com/works/waddle-throttle/

The launch party is in the afternoon and will be followed by a concert by LiveCodeNYC in the evening. See you there!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 28/09/2026
Goodbye, Video Sync! What an amazing time! Hypnogenesis was played almost 400 times over the course of the weekend and was beaten exactly once! We'll be showing it again at Glitch N Games in Chicago next week!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 27/09/2026
Last day of Video Sync today! So many amazing projects here. It's a real joy to be showing Hypnogenesis alongside all this amazing stuff. If you are in Minneapolis you should absolutely pick up a ticket for today! videosync.xyz/minneapolis2...
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 23/09/2026
I'll be in Minneapolis showing Hypnogenesis at Video Sync this weekend! I've never been to a video art event & I'm hype to see cool things and get asked questions about the video feedback in our game that I won't know the answer to because @allenriley.com isn't there! videosync.xyz/minneapolis2...
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 22/09/2026
Hey remember the cool cabinet sketches @jfriedhoff.bsky.social did for Rocket Dog? Well she finished them up. Side art + marquee + console! I am in love with them!! You can see more of her design process & all the cool stuff she makes over at www.tumblr.com/jane-dump #rocketdog #indiegames #arcade
arcade side art of three howling dogs sitting on top of speakers. One has a word balloon with chromatic aberration that says "THE INDOMITABLE ROCKET DOG" in a cool hand drawn font.Marquee art that says THE INDOMITABLE ROCKET DOG with cool wavy blobs around itarcade console for Rocket Dog with more cool blobs and hand draw test for "RUN!" "SHOOT!" and "START!"
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 15/08/2026
Speaking of Hypnogenesis, @allenriley.com brought it all the way to the Games & Demos Session at Foundations of Digital Games 2026 in Copenhagen this past week! Thank you to Dooley Murphy for curating!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 11/08/2026
Everybody look at this side art sketch for The Indomitable Rocket Dog that @jfriedhoff.bsky.social (who has been cranking out the rave flyer menus for the game) whipped up!
pen and marker drawing of side art for The Indomitable Rocket Dog featuring a bunch of dogs sitting on speakers howling at the logo of the game
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 05/08/2026
Come on man, you can afford a paid guide.
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 05/08/2026
GLOBAL LETTER is available online! badquar.to/publications... I contributed a code poem to this collection along with many other brilliant artists! For each poem in the collection the source code and output must fit on a single page. Here's my contribution!
Code poem called Objective Problem Solving. The source code is at the top and a generated output is below it. It looks like a series of pipes surrounding the words "FASCISM LOVES A DECISION MADE BY A MACHINE"
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 22/07/2026
Rocket Dog v0.06 Beta is available now on @itch.io! There's been so much cool stuff added to make the game look and sound like a real thing in the last few months, it was killing me that the beta didn't reflect all of it! A lot of new art and music. Full credits on the page! indomitablerocket.dog
Screenshot of The Indomitable Rocket Dog where the dog is speeding through a green and blue tunnel, a wavy "+5 sec" appears on screenScreenshot of The Indomitable Rocket Dog. It's a game over screen where the player got a B rank on the level. It is heavily posterized and uses a harsh green and white color scheme.Screenshot of The Indomitable Rocket Dog where the level editor is open and an entity called "bouncer_spike" is selected.
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 13/07/2026
Added a little "now playing" banner to Rocket Dog this weekend. If you make bombastic jungle/dnb tracks, hit me up! I don't have much money for licensing but I have a little bit set aside, and I want the soundtrack to live up to the rave flyer menus!
Screenshot of The Indomitable Rocket dog with a banner on the bottoms left that says "now playing: Nighttrip by DonutShoes"
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 04/07/2026
Woke up from a dream that I made a weedian costume for Halloween with a functioning hookah backpack. Rare that I have such good ideas in my dreams.
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 03/07/2026
Olivia Rodrigo is genuinely at her best when she sounds like Queeblo
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 03/07/2026
Here's the High Score screen animated! If you want more, head over to indomitablerocket.dog where you can wishlist and check out a demo (that sadly does not have this new art yet)
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 03/07/2026
Another banger Rocket Dog screen courtesy of @jfriedhoff.bsky.social! First image is the new High Score screen. The other two are some of the rave flyer refs I gave her to look at! I'll reply to this with a vid of the screen because I'm pretty happy with how it came out animated! #indiegames
Blue screen with wiggly radial background. The high scores for the game are shown in a central box.Rave flyer for an event called "The Meaning of Life... Birth". If features an cracking egg graphic and a rectangle pattern background.Rave flyer for an event called "NEW-AGE at the ECLIPSE". It features an intricate blue and white pattern and some 60s looking fonts.
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 08/06/2026
Forgot to post when I took this pic last week, but @kleeb.bsky.social fixed the PARTICLE MACE marquee that got punched apart! The game is looking fresh and available to play at @wonderville.nyc!
A very handsome and creative game dev stands next to his beautiful arcade cabinet with a shiny new marquee
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 21/05/2026
You ever get so mad at one of my games that you try to smash the marquee? Shoutout to @kleeb.bsky.social and @wonderville.nyc for laser cutting a new marquee and replacing it! No shoutouts at all to the Particle Mace Puncher and his do-nothing friend.
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 19/05/2026
After spending 2 years with a charming-but-not-really-right dog sprite from opengameart the eponymous Rocket Dog is finally getting some art courtesy of Ramsey Haefner! Still a work on progress but I'm so excited to get this little guy in the game! More of Ramsey's work: www.itsramsey.me
sprite sheet showing a dog running
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 16/05/2026
The Indomitable Rocket Dog level editor got some love for the first time almost since I started working on it. Now with an actual GUI and context sensitive hints! The goal is to make it so you don't have to be me and know all of the hot keys in order to use it. #gamedev #indiegames
Screenshot of a tile-based level editorScreenshot of a tile-based level editorScreenshot of a tile-based level editor
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 24/04/2026
I'm working on some new code poems for an upcoming project! Source code and output both fit into a 61x50 console. If you expand these images, you can see the source at the top. #generativeart
i=-1;for(y=-24;y++<22;)for(x=-30;x<31;x++,i+=x>30&&y==0?1:0)process.stdout.write((d=(x>0?x:-x)+(y>0?y:-y))==14&&++i%2<1?'CRUELTY SPRINGSFROM WEAKNESS '[i/2]:"▓▒░  "[(d-(d>14?1:0))%5])


The result is a diamond patternfor(i=-1,u=0;u<46*61;u++)process.stdout.write((d=Math.abs(u%62-30)+Math.abs((u/62|0)-25))==14&&++i%2<1?'COMPASSION REQUIRES STRENGTH'[i/2]:"▓▒░  "[(d-(d>14?1:0))%5])


Similar to the last one, but the pattern is skewed
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 15/04/2026
Doing some work on Hypnogenesis home version today. Happy to report it plays great on the steam deck! Info and wishlist link over at hypnogenesis.xyz!
Steam deck on my knee playing hypnogenesis. A wonderful dog is in the background
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 08/04/2026
The best part of these palm cards I made is that it’s true! You can wishlist Hypnogenesis right now!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 24/03/2026
I nearly forgot: @allenriley.com did something very important at GDC
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 17/03/2026
🐕🚀🐕🚀🐕🚀🐕🚀 Made some big updates to The Indomitable Rocket Dog including a few new screens by @jfriedhoff.bsky.social! You can wishlist and play the updated demo over at indomitablerocket.dog #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 16/03/2026
What an amazing GDC! @allenriley.com and I got to present Hypnogenesis to a huge room of people at the @exgs.bsky.social! At the demo session, the Little Raven Gallery & the @boshis.place x @syzygysf.com party, we had 244 play sessions on the machine! (photo by @jakeweidner.bsky.social)
Me and allen standing at a GDC podium
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 12/03/2026
I long to one day experience the fulfillment of this vending machine lady
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 10/03/2026
come to the bad painting of JFK at the airport in the next 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 09/03/2026
I always want to send this image back in time to 1988 Ice Cube
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 09/03/2026
Hypnogenesis console & computer ready to fly!
pelican case with foam surrounding an arcade console and some tools
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 07/03/2026
In addition to the @exgs.bsky.social (Friday 3/13 at 2:50pm), @allenriley.com & I will be showing Hypnogenesis, our video-feedback space shooter, at a number of events around SF. Here's a quick thread of where you'll be able to play the game (on a CRT of course). Come and say hi if you're at GDC!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 27/02/2026
On the G train
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 24/02/2026
Did some work on the console too! Love the old label maker that @janelastname.bsky.social bought me. Can't beat that distressed plastic look.
video game console with labels done with black distressed plastic label maker
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 24/02/2026
I'll be bringing Hypnogenesis to the Wonderville playtest tonight if you want to give it a spin (& give some feedback) before @allenriley.com & I take it to the ExGS at @officialgdc.bsky.social next month! Specifically, we're testing the the first positive element: a little smile that grants health
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 24/02/2026
Throwback Tuesday to when I tried to homebrew an analog arcade stick out of an xbox controller for the original Particle Mace machine. Spoiler: this does not work because the spring on a thumb stick is not designed for a big lever
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 19/02/2026
Doing some work on the tank boss in Hypnogenesis. One of the cool things about feedback is figuring out how to let it do the heavy lifting for visuals. I like how the stripe pattern of the death animation plays with the reaction diffusion of this preset. #gamedev #videofeedback #creativecoding
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 18/02/2026
If you want to learn a bit more about the game you can check out hypnogenesis.xyz
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 18/02/2026
Exciting news: @allenriley.com and I will be showing Hypnogenesis at the Experimental Games Showcase at @officialgdc.bsky.social We'll be talking about using video synthesis techniques to make video feedback a core gameplay mechanic. We'd love to show the game at your GDC party! Drop us a line!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 02/02/2026
We got all of our answers! Thank you, folks. As promised, my camp just donated $500 ($5 per responder) to the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. You can donate too! www.wfmn.org/funds/immigr... bsky.app/profile/andy...
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 01/02/2026
Working on an attract mode for Hypnogenesis today. I wrote a little AI that does a reasonable job of playing the game. Enough that I can drop it into any room let it do its thing. Bonus is that the title plays with a lot of the game feedback in a fun way. [flashing colors] #gamedev #videofeedback
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 30/01/2026
Another XCom 2 Long War of the Chosen Campaign in the books! That means it is time for me to post my roster. (plain text of their names in the alt text) Thank you to every one of my precious soldiers for fighting the alien forces of ADVENT.
Chuff Pullpap
Skluddy ‘pipoo’ Doodad
Voidface Nightinfront
Howdy Basketball
Chunk Hollywood
Chife Blinkwiddle
Slick Leavins
D-beat Doinker
Bugtron Monumental
Boldly ‘false’ Fishgate
Mindtingle bONGRIP
Junkly Fussin
Tineburt Bunchedup
Darkweeb Forumaccount
Cupdevil Freinkenmime
Palding ‘uh Oh!’ Overdraft
Lobestar SudokuTrashjam Shitmerge
Doomjam Darkwad
Bookly Blurbdrivel
Boytone Gallivant
Clankton Vibecode
Avuncular Segfault
Moontonia Badpoem
Bootalkis Subprime
Anaconda Businesstrip
Inspiration Dogluck
Veggly Cannedgood
Dorkop Skreedo
Boatnight Huddlesuss
Intellectual Jumpscare
Scuzzle ‘dr. Feelgood’ Powdermound
Lobmob Slowmeal
Stangle PortzalloDiglido Happensmance
Dootgi Barfbin
Breezy Snimetoe
Detritus Madlove
Dogmulch Grievance
Optometry Freepass
Thotcrime Wiz-war
Baffle Highly
Disgusto Montaine
Choot Tunglin
Mint Hardgullet
Cludzadi Mungas
Guytank Bodylimit
Bippy Badmind
Sneaky BadmindRIP:
Capt Samurai Backdoor
2Lt Crimetalk Funbad
SSgt Bearpiss Gesundheit
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 17/01/2026
I finally got around to writing up my 2025 year-in-review post. This year I worked on high speed mutts, Robotron-inspired CRT psychedelia (with @allenriley.bsky.social), another alt control jam (with @mtylpg.bsky.social & @arcadecommons.org) among many others! blog.emma.coop/andy/andys-2...
Collage image showing several projects I worked on this year
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 17/01/2026
Two rad pictures of @jfriedhoff.bsky.social and I running tournaments for @arcadecommons.org at @magfest.org courtesy of Nick Santaniello!
Black and white photo of jane holding a laptop while I talk on a miccolor photo of jane and I looking off to the tournament on the left
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 09/01/2026
Hey @magfest.org I'll be on the alt control panel hosted by @emilykoonce.bsky.social at 6PM! Panels 4 - Chesapeake I'll be talking strange controllers with Blake Andrews (currently blasting me in the arcade with horse race test), David Antognoli of Night City Games and John Meister of Super Soul!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 29/12/2025
Over at Wonderville doing some more CRT work with @kleeb.bsky.social to get Hypnogenesis (my video feedback game with @allenriley.bsky.social) ready for @magfest.org!!! It's been a minute since I played through the whole game!
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 26/12/2025
For the holidays, my partner made me these amazing stickers to compliment my XCOM-2 obsession (which includes running way too many mods).
Sticker that says "KEEP HONKING! I'm waiting for XCOM to load"Sticker that says "My child is an honors student at the XCOM Guerrilla Tactics School"
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 22/12/2025
Here's a quick vid of the Rocket Dog level gen in action, which does a nice job of showing it getting caught in a dead end for a while and needing to rewind. #indiedev #gamedev
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 22/12/2025
Taper 15 is live! You can check out my code poem here: taper.badquar.to/15/burning_t... All of the entries in Taper are HTML and javascript with less than 2kb of source code. #sizecoding #proceduralgeneration
screenshot of a colorful, roguelike looking scene
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 19/12/2025
A lot of help from @kleeb.bsky.social today getting a CRT from @allenriley.bsky.social's collection ready to show Hypnogenesis at MAG!
Photo of a CRT television on a workbench showing the title screen of Hypnogenesis
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 18/12/2025
Getting Hypnogenesis ready for its debut at @magfest.org with a new console!
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