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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Usagi v1.3.3 has been released with a fix for gamepads on web not working and a new `gfx.text_ex` spacing arg; full details at: codeberg.org/brettchalupa... Update with `usagi update` or download the latest executable!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Usagi v1.3.2 has been released! It includes a bug fix for GIF export not working in dev mode (sorry everyone!); you can get it with `usagi update` or via Homebrew or download from Codeberg or itch; full release notes: codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

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Corresponding difftool.<tool>.cmd variable is false, git will.

--full-history without rewriting above.

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 27/08/2026

i have made many-a silly comic about MGS4 and PW, and they are all nicely archived on my website!! enjoy!!! 🫡 mgs4: www.othatsraspberry.com/mgs4 pw: www.othatsraspberry.com/mgs-pw

MGS4 comic
two soldiers:
one says: Something wrong?
the other says: uhh... is it just me or...
(cut to old snake camouflaging on a wall with his big butt sticking out)
soldier: does that wall have a REALLY nice ass?

MGS4 comic
colonel looking down, concerned
Sunny is drinking out of a dog bowl
colonel looks up at old snake
snake: kids love that water
(it's a simposns reference)

MGSpw comic
Kaz: let's check in and see what the R&D team's working on
two soldiers are duct taping a gun to a cardboard box, creating a gun box
snake and kaz stare
snake: I LOVE IT!

mgSPW comic
Kaz: hey what if we put a ration on it, too
Snake: don't play God, Kaz

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Usagi v1.3.1 has been released! It's an important bug fix release that fixes the new `usagi.conf` not getting included in exported games (my bad, sorry!). Download the latest ver, run `usagi update`, or update via homebrew! full details here: codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

codeberg.org

-f git-*.sh Because this example /etc/gitweb.conf) as a regular.

Log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk Show the remote-tracking branches: $ git config.

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Bloody Lizard @bloody-lizard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

- Yesterday I was like, "yo, imma draw a mascot for this indie engine I’m crazy about." Not like I was begging for a spot - nah, I was totally begging - but whatever, I just went for it. #pixelart #digitalart #gamedev #indiegame #programming #usagi #furry #bunny

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I made a Lua + Usagi screencast covering how to code robust scene switching from scratch. It starts with the basics and then expands from there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttnt...

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Coding robust game scene switching from scratch with Lua & Usagi

YouTube video by Brett Makes Games

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I made a video about why I think Lua is the best language for learning game programming! youtu.be/BklgEGF1gLU There are so many great tools, frameworks, engines, and I think it's great language to grow with!

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Why Lua is the best language for learning game programming

YouTube video by Brett Makes Games

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i made a video going over usagi v1.3 and show how to migrate from the old function _config to the new usagi.conf file! youtu.be/3x1qDJMP5Zc

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usagi.conf file explained | Usagi v1.3 Overview

YouTube video by Brett Makes Games

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I am planning to add support for multiple fonts! Hopefully in the next release.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

for v1.4.0, I am thinking the three big things I want to focus on are: 1. multiple spritesheets 2. better macos performance 3. improved music functions and behavior, like playing multiple tracks at once, fade in/fade out, time-based callbacks, etc. (those are just some ideas)

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

usagi v1.3.0 has been released! it includes some important bug fixes for window sizing & excessive memory usage by sfx; it also includes the new config approach, game rotation, gif record length opt, and more! codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

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Git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity.

Merges appear in any kind of object to treat all pathspecs as.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

playing RE4 and the original PS1 resident evils got me experimenting with tank controls with Raylib + Rust, just messing around with shape primitives and gameplay mechanics. not sure if anything will come of it, but having fun! (sfx by osabisi & music track by juanjo; used under permissive licenses)

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I am also planning out some game programming videos using Lua and Usagi. I'm looking forward to making those and sharing them!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I was sick for most of July, I caught some kind of daycare bug from one of my kiddos. So I haven't been working on games or Usagi or videos. But I did use that time to play games! I beat the original Resident Evil 4 and really enjoyed that. I'm doing better now and working on Usagi v1.3!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Thanks, so glad you enjoyed using it!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Usagi v1.2.0 has been released! It has a lot of bug fixes, Intel Mac support, new sfx funcs, alpha params for drawing, and more! I tried to get things in as good a place as possible for the Usagi Jam starting tomorrow!! Full details & download: codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

thanks for the support! I do think that aside from the Playdate-specific APIs, there's a lot in the book that would translate quite nicely. I made Usagi right after doing Playdate dev for about a year, so the Playdate API influenced Usagi's.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I started a fun project for research where I'm playing through every PC Engine shoot-em-up in release order and sharing my thoughts on the Insert Credit forum. Currently playing Hany in the Sky, a weird and charming game from March 1989. forums.insertcredit.com/t/pce-stg-pr...

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PCE STG Project

Exploring the PC Engine’s shooting game library in chronological order! NEC/Hudson Soft’s PC Engine console (released in Japan on October 10, 1987) is renowned for its sheer number of shooters, many ...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Make Games for Playdate with Lua is on sale on itch for US$5.99 for the Summer Sale 2026 until Monday, July 6th! It's a great way to jump into learning Lua, game programming, and #Playdate game dev. brettchalupa.itch.io/playdatebook

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Make Games for Playdate with Lua by Brett Chalupa

A fun introduction to game programming with Lua and the Playdate SDK

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

working on Rev. 2 of the NEOGEAR caravan incorporating player feedback: wave-based spawns, increased player ship speed, 16x9 UI with gadgets, and less tanky enemies. it's feeling good! plenty to do over the next ~2 weeks

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I wrote a bunch of new recipes for the Usagi book: quickstart guide, particles, scenes, level editors, collision detection, & more book.usagiengine.com/recipes/quic... (gonna take a break from the book writing for a bit)

book.usagiengine.com

Usagi Quickstart - Game Programming with Usagi

A beginner-friendly guide to programming 2D games in Lua with Usagi Engine.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I made a little template for Usagi games that I've been using. It includes basic scenes, some starter sprites by Kenney, particle system, and more codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

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usagi_template

Quickstart template for Usagi Engine games, featuring scenes, helpful enums, itch.io deploy script, a particle manager, and more

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

new usagi vid on the upcoming game jam, the recent book updates, and the new quickstart template I've been working on: youtu.be/PDBrbCqYYns

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Join the first Usagi Jam, book updates, and a new quickstart template

YouTube video by Brett Makes Games

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Usagi Jam 2026 starts on Friday, July 3rd! Join the jam (itch.io/jam/usagi-ja...) for 10 days of diving into making games with Usagi Engine. Looking forward to seeing what you make! (Also, thanks to @omarudraw.bsky.social for the BunBun illustration used in jam graphic!)

Usaji Jam 2026 - make games, have fun - July 3-13, 2026 with illustration of bunny girl bunbun mascot by OmaruDraw

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Ben H. is writing a tutorial on making Asteroids with Usagi, super cool to see! ben-heil.com/blogs/usagi-...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I just finished writing the 2nd chapter of the Usagi book. We make a shoot 'em up in it. Enemies spawn in waves, fire bullets at the player, and we dip our toes into sound effects. book.usagiengine.com/02-shoot-em-...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

wrote a bunch of recipes for the Usagi book today, like building dev tools, dev mode-only functionality, and advanced state and data usage: book.usagiengine.com/recipes/dev-...

book.usagiengine.com

Dev Mode Functionality - Game Programming with Usagi

A beginner-friendly guide to programming 2D games in Lua with Usagi Engine.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I've given into the haters: an example on how to compile TS to Lua with Usagi codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

first chapter of the (free) Usagi Book is ready! we make a dodge 'em up in it where you dodge incoming circles, written for beginners as if it's someone's first game they're making! book.usagiengine.com/01-dodge-em-...

usagi book cover with illustration of rabbit: GAME PROGRAMMING WITH USAGI; a beginner-friendly guide to coding games with Lua by Brett Chalupa

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

wow, @wuffmakesgames.bsky.social @petthepetra.com & co. made an incredible NES-inspired yoyo based platformer Mouse Go Roll! in Usagi Engine! wuffmakesgames.itch.io/mouse-go-roll really neat to see people making games with the engine

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I know steam doesn't offer this functionality (but itch does), but I find the sliding scale/pay what you can model to be really appealing. for my book on playdate programming which is not free, it's really fascinating to see a lot of purchases are higher than the asking price!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

your thoughts/perspective on this has been something I've been chewing on + what boghog said, and I really like the idea of making what I want + charging for it and not worrying about "commercial viability" but also not just going default freeware route for the bigger game I am planning

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I wrote a little bit about why you might want to install usagi for your user vs putting the engine executable in your project folders: book.usagiengine.com/recipes/user...

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

designed the usagi engine book cover today and outlined the contents! feeling good and excited

book cover showing rabbit illustrations with GAME PROGRAMMING WITH USAGI as the title

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"WE MUST STOP TREATING EVERYTHING WE MAKE AS A POTENTIAL PRODUCT" hit me hard

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Really neat to see NEOGEAR -Summer Caravan '26- be in the top 4 most popular shoot 'em ups on itch today: itch.io/games/tag-sh... The feedback from people who play the game has been really positive, which is extremely gratifying and motivating.

Screenshot of the itch page for Games tagged Shoot 'Em Up, showing a grid of games with my game NEOGEAR being in the 4th position

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

You've got this! Thanks for playing it. 💪 Focus shot slows you down, but spread shot does not

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I've grown so much as a dev working on this small NEOGEAR caravan prototype over the last 30 days. I'm really proud of it and excited for others to check it out! And I'm excited to start working on a full version of the game soon.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

NEOGEAR -Summer Caravan '26- has been released! It's a free, tight, 2-minute time-attack shmup. You play as Porter, a retired frame pilot, brought back into the fray to fight the rampant AI KAMI. Key art by Chromatic Arcana. Game design and programming by me. brettchalupa.itch.io/neogear-summ...

Older man named Porter smoking a cigar in the cockpit of a ship as aliens approach

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I am working on writing tutorials. Not much here yet but they will live at book.usagiengine.com; once I finish my current game jam project I'm going to focus on written tutorials!

book.usagiengine.com

Introduction - Game Programming with Usagi Engine

A beginner-friendly guide to programming 2D games in Lua with Usagi Engine.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Usagi v1.1.1 has been released! It includes a performance fix for web, doc fixes, and some more character ranges when font baking. Get the latest version with `usagi update`. Then run `usagi refresh` in your projects. codeberg.org/brettchalupa...

codeberg.org

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thanks! That's helpful. Yeah, browsing portfilios makes sense. Is Artstation the place for that or specific pixel art sites like Lospec? This is my first time even browsing/exploring what this could be like so I'm less familiar with artists are posting portfolio work.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Nice! Do you have some examples of shmup sprite work you've done? That'd be the most helpful to so

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Pixel art! The game will be lower resolution. Right now I'm working at 320x320 for the game which is feeling like a nice balance of fidelity but crisp pixel art.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My intent is to start with making a polished level so the scope is focused and see how things go!

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thanks for the tip! That's something I've been wondering/curious about. I think someone having a portfolio is particularly helpful. In terms of scope/style, I am planning a 5 stage shmup, in the style of Cho Ren Sha 68K and CAVE games. Looking for enemy + stage sprites in particular.

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Does anyone have any advice/guidance on how to find artists to potentially hire for sprite work? I in particular am looking for someone experienced in making shmup art, which has its own visual needs quite different from other games due to visibility being a top concern.

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