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hogsy @hogsy.me · 29/09/2026

Really helps everything feel a lot more grounded.

A stack of barrels. Because there's no shadow, the look like they're floating.

Same stack of barrels, but thanks to the shadow they don't look like they're floating any more.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 29/09/2026

Added support for lightmap shadows from static models. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

I think I need to change my pants...

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𝘃𝗲𝗼 @veotv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a teaser trailer from E3 2002, back when "Uru" was still to be called "MYST ONLINE". This was before Ubi told @cyan.com to add an offline part to the game! In hindsight i guess Ubisoft were absolutely right... #Myst #Uru

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

Just your daily reminder why relying on these things as a magic 8-ball is generally a terrible idea, and why companies should stop presenting them as such. (I've highlighted the mistakes, though I hope you would've spotted them anyway)

Google's AI overview trying to list countries containing the letters "hi". It lists four countries as featuring the exact sequence, but the last item in the list is Thailand, which is incorrect.

Cont. from the last. It tries to provide a list of non-consecutive results too, but incorrectly provides Finland and Switzerland. These contain an "i" but not a "h", so they shouldn't be in the list.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

It's gradually coming together.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Half-Life: Extended is one of the mods that's looking really promising and one that I'm keeping a close eye on. Unfortunately one of the developers, Vorti suffered a stroke earlier this year and needs some help covering the medical expenses. www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...

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We need your help news - Half-Life: Extended mod for Half-Life

One of our developers suffered from a stroke, and we need your help covering his medical bills through a fundraiser.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/09/2026

Added a sound_random entity. Originally I was going to go all out and implement a soundscape like system, but for the sake of time I went with this instead. Sound warning. #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/09/2026

"Point your coding agent at sdk/AGENTS.md to make a mod." Nah I'm good.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 26/09/2026

Love this lil chap

Black and white cat laying in his lil box house with his head resting on a strawberry pillow.

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Ossilia Flawol - The Portal Lore Master @ossyflawol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And so, the inevitability arrived. The source code for "F-STOP", aka "Aperture", the iteration of Portal 2 developed during 2008, leaked in it's entirety. This leak also contains the code from some other Directed Design Experiments, being 'Margharita' and '2 Bots 1 Wrench'.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 25/09/2026

Oh jitspoe is probably another.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 25/09/2026

I think Sean Barrett, one of the programmers on Thief, is anti-AI. I believe Tom Forsyth is also anti-AI too?

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

We've been using Jekyll for the talonbrave.info site for a long time now, and that seems to work fairly well. I would've probably used it for my personal blog too but I wanted something lightweight, so just rolled my own for that in the end.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

I think Rayman 3 did something like this in the Bog of Murk levels.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

There was some guy that emailed me about contributing to his Quake fork a few years ago. Was curious where that was at now, and of course he's now vibe-coding the damn thing. I think I dodged a bullet there.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 24/09/2026

Was clearing out some old emails. Jeez, this was a long long time ago.

Email from Steam saying Congrats, PUNT: Rebirth has been Greenlit!
PUNT still hasn't been released.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 22/09/2026

My god. We really are living in an idiocracy.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 22/09/2026

Also, fuck Microsoft.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 22/09/2026

Ah, another "new" and "purpose-built" team for Halo. Third time's the charm I guess? I wonder if it'll use the IW engine.

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Simon Carter @bbbscarter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Of course we put 1000 cats in a room filled with explosives and left them alone and fed for 30 days; it’s what we do. But the resulting blast was not our responsibility, it just demonstrates the extraordinary power and intelligence of cats, and the dangers of cats going rogue.”

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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 21/09/2026

MELT, a lost 1997 PC game featuring Iron Maiden's Eddie, has been recovered! We're releasing a build for the first time, along with source code and an updated version for modern PCs. We also speak to developer Paul Tebbutt. Thanks to Tamaracade for their earlier research.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 21/09/2026

Started playing Lost Odyssey today. I didn't expect them to start cutting so many onions, Jesus Christ.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 20/09/2026

Fallout 4 is a game.

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Game Loaded @gameloaded.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I recently stumbled upon the press kit CD for Ultima IX: Ascension - it includes screenshots, renders, sketches, ads, and interviews with the U9 team. I made a post about it here and a video of the contents: gameloadedmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/u... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aJB...

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Ultima IX Ascension Press Kit

YouTube video by Game Loaded

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 19/09/2026

I've noticed how every vibe-coded website looks the same as every other vibe-coded website. At least *try* to make your horrible piece of sloppy shit look like SOMETHING other than every other piece of sloppy shit.

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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎮 Help us map the UK’s videogame heritage We’ve launched the UK’s first nationwide survey of videogame-related collections, and we want to hear from developers, publishers, studios, collectors and industry professionals. Take part: forms.gle/z9a1qhVopYMT...

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Behind the Screens: UK Videogame Preservation Survey

The Behind the Screens survey intends to establish a general picture of what videogame related collections already exist in the UK, and to assess levels of awareness towards videogame preservation and...

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 16/09/2026

Spent this morning fixing a bug with the model lighting in the engine. I ended up overthinking what I needed to do, and as usual it turned out the simplest solution is the one that works best (for now). Want to get something in to handle ambient sounds next, similar to Source's soundscape feature.

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Glenda Adams @gmatom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OMG. 29 years ago I put an Easter egg in Duke Nukem 3D Mac, that replaced two of the in-game posters with pictures of a couple plush animals I had. I never told anyone other than my wife about the code (DNGLENDA) and completely forgot I did this. 1/2

Two screen shots from Duke Nukem 3D showing a pixelated bunny and cow in the game.

A brown plush rabbit and a black and white plush cow

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 14/09/2026

This has just been deployed and zip file listings are also now fixed.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 14/09/2026

Some hints are going to be rolled out for The Data Dungeon archive soon, which will give a better idea what's available at a glance. Will be looking to add an "updated" hint too to highlight anything that recently received new content.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 14/09/2026

Started working on fixing a long-standing bug with my zip loader, and I forgot how awful the zip format was.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 12/09/2026

Also, a few different revisions the main UI went through from old to new.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 12/09/2026

TIL The Movies was originally also targeting a console release. There are a couple screenshots from the start of 2004 showing a (mockup?) interface with button prompts.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 11/09/2026

Really sorry you're going through this, I can imagine it's probably incredibly stressful. I hope you're able to get the account back.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 03/09/2026

Fuck this shit sucks. The pain sucks. I feel so stiff and achy. Moving is exhausting. Really hope it doesn't take too long to recover.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 03/09/2026

I had a hernia develop last week which was causing me increasing pain and discomfort. They suspected it was cutting off circulation to the bit affected too, so I was taken into emergency surgery. I finally made it home at about 10pm but I'm pretty exhausted, barely managed to sleep.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 02/09/2026

They don't want to let me go yet as my heart rate is high. Which, you know, isn't helped being in a hospital and feeling anxious as fuck.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 02/09/2026

Surgery done. I'm alive though in a little pain. Heading home soon hopefully.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 02/09/2026

They didn't have time to do the surgery yesterday so I'm waiting again today, but it sounds like it's all steam head hopefully for this morning. Doctors were poking and prodding me yesterday which hurt like a bitch despite being on morphine.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 01/09/2026

Okay, being sent off to surgery. Wish me luck I guess.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 01/09/2026

Been stuck in A&E most of the day. Being sent off to surgery either today or tomorrow. Getting anxious.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 29/08/2026

I almost wonder if Microsoft is going to license the brand out to other manufacturers that'll make the actual consoles instead, aligned to some specifications they set out.

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Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rest in peace, King...

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 28/08/2026

It wasn't so much it having a plot but more so how the storytelling was done which felt more immersive compared to what came before (particularly the build up at the start). There were shooters before Half-Life that actually had more going for them story-wise, but it handled it differently.

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hogsy @hogsy.me · 27/08/2026

Anti-gravity rat! Sadly he despawned after a little while.

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Sega Dreamcast Info @segadreamcastinfo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

After years of research, Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen Dreamcast, (Unreleased) is finally available in its entirety! Download the prototypes, read the making-of with Arxel Tribe's founders, and discover Philippe Druillet's artwork: www.sega-dreamcast-info.com/en/dreamcast...

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