geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Diet Color I'm working on a web app to convert images to c64 Multicolor Bitmap Mode. It is very slow and has basically zero features, but it works! No Koala export button yet. Sorry. You can play with it at geon.github.io/diet-color/ #c64 #pixelart #indiedev #retro 040
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I'm playing around with c64 color conversion in Typescript. lots of fun! 040
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026These are the sprites I drew for Bubble Buddies. Love the antialiasing and the subtle shadows on the twin ice pop. The captured monsters are enlarged from 18x16 to 20x20 pixels. It doesn't sound like a lot, but I was able to make them much more expressive. #pixelart #c64 #retrogaming #indiedev 1122
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I finished the Bubble Buddies home screen. Looking good! Bubble Buddies is an upcoming fan game for the c64. It is a hack of the 1986 game Bubble Bobble with 100 new levels and new graphics. #c64 #bubblebobble #retrogaming 022
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I think the Bubble Buddies boss sprites are done. I tried to have separate sprites for left and right, but there just isn’t room for them. Bubble Buddies is an upcoming fan game for the c64. It is a hack of Bubble Bobble from 1986, with 100 new levels. #bubblebobble #c64 #gamedev #pixelart 0136
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Work in progress on my boss sprites. Bubble Buddies is a hack of the c64 game Bubble Bobble, with 100 new levels and a slightly easier and smoother difficulty progression. #c64 #bubblebobble #pixelart #bubblebuddies 092
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Title screen for my upcoming c64 Bubble Bobble hack. The screenshot is from Vice. Feeling so stoked. 082
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Bubble Love 💖 Some screenshots from my BB hack. 100 new Levels. 100% fun. #BubbleBobble #c64 084
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/12/2025New c64 Bubble Bobble levels for my upcoming hack. #c64 #bubblebobble #indiedev #pixelart 164
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/12/2025My new c64 Bubble Bobble levels are turning out great. #c64 #bubblebobble #indiedev 0196
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I’m designing custom levels for Bubble Bobble on the c64. Great fun! #bubblebobble #c64 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Early sketch of my Bubble Bobble boss. #bubblebobble #pixelart #c64 030
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I created a palette of the basic 16 EGA colors, plus 50/50 mixes, totalling 73 colors. The key is to use pairs of colors that a human would pick. Convert to this palette, without dithering. Then clean up stray pixels etc, before converting to the final 16 color EGA palette with pattern dithering. 230
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I tried visualizing the wind currents in Bubble Bobble for the c64. The dots spawn at the center of each tile and move the direction of the current. After the dots have moved one tile, the animation is repeated. Randomly spawned dots would looks better. Might try later. 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I disassembled the c64 game Bubble Bobble to find out how wind currents work. 100
