James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 13hThey do yes particularly if you choose historic starting points for the civilisations. Oceania is interesting too - there's a lot of desert so it can quickly become a fight for resources. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 13hThank you - I'll take a look at both things! Glad you're enjoying it :) 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You're only using 28% but the secret Microsoft agents are using the rest! (but no sadly I have no idea) 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Added a "Planet Earth" gameplay mode to Annhexation. Play on the globe or on each continent. I've added playing 100 turns on Europe to the demo too (will release in the next week or two). store.steampowered.com/app/4663920/... #4X #StrategyGames #IndieGames #Steam 162
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thanks for letting me know about that - should be fixed now! 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh thats weird. Thanks for letting me know. Its my first Steam release so maybe I've missed something. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also if you enjoy it give me a shout and I'll get a product key for the full version for you. 110
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ahh shucks thank you. Anything you find I'll get into the next update (full game and demo). 110
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I love my Steam Deck! :) If you give it a go and I've missed anything or you have suggestions for improvement please let me know. I continue, and will continue, to refine it. 110
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The official demo for Annhexation, a 4X historical strategy game you can complete in an evening, is now up on Steam. Windows, Mac, Linux and dedicated Steam Deck support. store.steampowered.com/app/4663920/... #indiegames #strategygames #4X #steamdeckstore.steampowered.comAnnhexation on SteamConquer the world in an evening. 4X distilled. Eight civilisations, three victory paths, complete games in 3-4 hours. No twelve-hour death marches. No spreadsheets. Just maps, decisions, and the next ... 173
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yeah exactly. I love the cat and laser pointer by the way - so funny! 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yeah and you need to collect a number of shards by the last mission. The burn is also useful in combat - lets you trade off manoueverabiliry for energy regeneration. 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You'll often want to.... unfortunately flee too many times and you won't have the resources you need to survive. 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Phosphor is real-time-with-pause tactical fleet command, with a dose of cosmic horror and dread. Get to the end with your fleet intact and face down the horror chasing you. Play the demo and wishlist on Steam: tinyurl.com/24s8zttt #indiedev #gamedev 1123
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026How I'm spending my Sunday morning... weighing up the trade offs in recursive generic implementation. Monomorphisation, descriptors, or tags. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I thought I'd give ChatGPT Astra 6 a try on recreating the BBC game Thrust. The cheeky monkey found my own recent conversion online and copied it! 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I realise I'm developing something of a competitor in Annhexation annhexation.com (shameless plug) but this to me is everything wrong with the commercial side of Civilization and modern "big title" strategy gaming in general. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Its weird. It's a game I feel I SHOULD love but I always bounce off it. Every year I try it again. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I like to reframe these things into more universally obvious forms of disablement - you’d never say it. And if you did you’d be pilloried. (said as an autistic person so some skin in the game) 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’m not usually into the cuter side of things but I have to say I love the art style of this. On first glance it looks like a Megadrive game and on second glance you realize it’s 3d. Love it! 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026More of a cyclist: “it never gets easier you just go faster” 120
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Played on normal difficulty (so I could get a satisfying snowball on the video) using the ownership map for the striking colours. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026152 turns of my 4X strategy game Annhexation compressed into 15 seconds. Play online for free: annhexation.com Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4663920/... #gamedev #indiedev #4X #turnbasedgaming 1145
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026@anniesexton.com your “Compression is prediction” piece is fantastic. Such a fun read. I love things like this. Thank you! 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026That’s absolutely brilliant. My favourite handheld too. 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Thank you! Let me double check the controls. You shouldn’t need to use the console 😂 I might have broken something in an update. 010
Reposted by JamesMark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Two-player Elite on the #BBCMicro is finally feature-complete. Phew, that was a long road! Got a few bugs to fix, but the Acorn team at @tnmoc.bsky.social have road-tested and given it a thumbs up, so that's a good sign. September release, I hope... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #elite 59924
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026You seem to have delegated the interesting work to the agents and kept the admin for yourself! Interesting choice 😂 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I really wish the field wasn't called AI - you start from a muddied watered place and it constantly leads to categories of category errors 😂 011
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ps1 was amazing at the time because it felt like a massive leap forward while being affordable and perhaps as, if not more, importantly managed to really capture that moment in time. Adopted / meshed with the culture perfectly. I was a PC gamer when I bought one but playing Ridge Racer at home… 🤯 020
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ported my iOS/Mac retro golf game, 8-Bit Golf, so it runs on the web. Heavily inspired by Holed Out on the #bbcmicro which I loved, but also some Leaderboard and early PGA Tour influences. Includes a course editor. Free to play. No sign up required. 8bitgolf.net #indiedev #retrogaming #gamedev 0104
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I didn’t - it’s basically capped by whatever your browser supports in IndexedDb. I designed the thing originally for sprite work rather than huge landscapes / models so didn’t really do more than directly port what was on iOS. Could do though. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The 2001 scene comes from kluchek: github.com/kluchek/vox-...github.comGitHub - kluchek/vox-modelsContribute to kluchek/vox-models development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Ported my (free) MacOS and iOS voxel editor to run on the web. Still free. No sign up or anything, your art is saved locally in the browser. Can import and export from MagicaVoxel. voxeleditor.net Probably still a few snags, let me know if you run into any. #indiedev #gamedev #webgpu #typescript 2153
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I don't know the game but I love some game archaeology - will take a read! 010
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Added the article on how Exiles physics work to my breakdown and recreation website: bbcexile.com (direct link to article is bbcexile.com/how-exile-wo...). Lots of interactive demos showing how things work alongside the source and explanations. #bbcmicro #retroprogramming #retrogaming 063
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Pushed out a pretty big update for Annhexation. UI updates, AI improvements, automated workers, multiplayer - and more! annhexation.com #4X #strategygames #gamedev #indiedev 0123
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I often bemoan it’s all been downhill since the 8-bit days. We should never have moved on from the 6502 as a species 😂 120
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I'd not come across Beebium - that looks super interesting. 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I’m sort of imagining a couple of jsBeebs running it… 100
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I can believe this was a nightmare - missiles were a real pain in that TypeScript version I did. Looks great! I wonder if you could connect it up in two emulators over web sockets… kind of run Econet over the Internet! 110
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Posted the next article in my Exile breakdown, this time on how the graphics work. Some amazing tricks in here. bbcexile.com/how-exile-wo... #retroprogramming #bbcmicro 000
