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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It turns out that the #Mausitron tunnel sub-game is a lot more fun than I expected, so I turned it into an endless mode. #retro #gamedev youtu.be/4eDKrcfK3kY

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Mausitron Tunnel Sub-game, Endless mode.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Given that I've been playing games since the early 80s, it's a bit unfair to only pick 9, so I picked 18. I probably could have picked 9 from each decade easily enough - or even per platform. For example, there really should be SNES and/or N64 Zelda on here too.

Jet Set Willy, Quazatron, 3D Monster Maze, Alone in the Dark, UFO Defence, Silent Hill 2, Elite, Half-Life, Thief: Deadly Shadows

Herzog Zwei, Nox, Torchlight, Super Mario World, Pac-Man, Duke Nukem 3D, Gargoyle's Quest, World of Warcraft, Knight Lore

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been working on a #Mausitron minigame for the first time you take a particular transporter route between sectors. #retro #gamedev #screenshotsaturday youtu.be/ddaNYtmxmUI

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Transporter Tube minigame

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Engage-o-bots that auto-reply a seemingly plausible sounding response to a post are among the most tedious form of engagement farming. Yawn.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I took this screenshot while doing some depth buffer diagnostics for #Mausitron. "Welcome to Silent Mausitron" Spooky. #gamedev #retro #SilentHill

"Welcome to Silent Maustron"

Rendering the depth buffer of Mausitron looks like a fog shrouded version of the level, very reminiscent of the Silent Hill look.

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Dan Gibson @condact.xyz · 05/08/2026

Quick demo of NextDAAD, a new ZX Spectrum Next DAAD text adventure interpreter featuring 80 column tilemap text display, 320x256 layer 2 graphics, AY music, digitised sound effects, and cutscene video playback up to 320x256@25fps with stereo sound.

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Rocket Powered Penguin @rocketpoweredpenguin.com · 21/09/2026

Got some great feedback on my first trailer for Squircle from @indiegamejoe.bsky.social 's wonderful community on discord. Here is my new and improved trailer! Still lots to learn, especially when it comes to making trailers, but feel it's in a much better place now. 😄 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm adding "data caches" (unless I can think of a better name) to #mausitron that need to be unlocked via yet another minigame to get various goodies. This unlock minigame was my original prototype for the grapple game. I think it's better this way though. #retro #gamedev youtu.be/Q53Rh2GYoDY

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Mausitron: Entering a password

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Mausitron is starting to look like an actual game! Here's a play-through of the (admittedly easy) Sector 1. #retro #gamedev youtu.be/mD2l9c9A6jc

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Mausitron Sector 1

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I've got the basics of the Data Recovery (fishing) minigame sorted. All games should have a fishing minigame! I definitely have to tone down the electric arcing sound effect, but I've got the visuals pretty much where I want them. #mausitron #retro #gamedev #fishing-minigame youtu.be/BOn8EjpzXJA

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Data Recovery (fishing) mini-game.

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ᡣ𐭩 Mandi ᡣ𐭩 @613mandi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Into the Machine is one of those games with super simple rules but clever decisions. I was surprised by the interesting puzzle aspects of the game and fast turns. Overall, super satisfying and highly recommend! @alderaceg.bsky.social

Cards in a card holder. There are player aids on the left anc cards with actions on the right.

The main board with spaces for actions. The board is busy and colourful.

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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... [Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.] #retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscene

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Paradroid, by Bitshifters

Acorn, BBC Micro and Retro Computer Code & Demos

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There we go. This one looks less like the robot is pissing in the pool. youtu.be/Qfld6olkPEk #retro #gamedev #mausitron

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Data Recovery

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Seems to be an increasing number of Engage-O-Bots pretending to be people. Not sure why they bother.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So, I'm working on a specific feature and... I think I'm going back to the drawing board with this one. #mausitron #retro #gamedev #whoops #nicedayforpissing

It looks like the bloody robot is pissing into the water!

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every game should have a fishing minigame.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I decided to see what the #mausitron engine could handle and played around with the camera positioning a bit. Not really practical for play, but I think it looks cool. #retro #gamedev CORE LEVEL TEST youtu.be/i-QIGY3waWU

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CORE LEVEL TEST

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For (hopefully) obvious reasons, I will not be open-sourcing Jet Set Willy .Net until this (and its sequel) are officially released.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's a bit long at twenty minutes, but I've put together a rough playthrough video of the first sector of #Mausitron. Feel free to have a skim through and let me know what you think. #retro #gamedev youtu.be/21oF82lMs40?...

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Mausitron Sector 1 Test Play-through

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SAM Retro @retroman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jet Pac - Full Spectrum Astronaut (2022/4) #Windows

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." #retrogames #gamedev #Mausitron

A close up of the Mausitron player robot, with a rubber duck on top of its head.

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Richard Jordan @ericretro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Haven't posted for #screenshotsaturday in a long time, so here's a little clip of Melkhior's Tower, coming soon to the Playdate. Currently on the 3rd iteration of tweaking 'n polishing the levels. bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-to... #melkhiorstower #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

IMHO, no game can be called complete unless it includes rubber ducks. So, here's the rare, hidden weapon that will be findable in #Mausitron, but given that it's a highly OP, one-shot-kills-anything, it WILL NOT be easy to find. #mausitron #retro #gamedev #rubberducks youtu.be/VMd66h59ueo

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Mausitron: Experimental Secret Weapon test.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#Mausitron: Beware the sector wipe! The system core is always watching. Pray it does not notice you! #retro #gamedev youtu.be/RNZqvVlF3So

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Mausitron: BEWARE THE SECTOR PURGE

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's a video of some early core gameplay loop testing for #Mausitron. It's starting to come together quite nicely, in my humble opinion. There's still some tuning to do and a bunch of game features that are currently missing, but it's playable! #retro #gamedev youtu.be/ywzHiGmNwI0

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Mausitron core gameplay loop test

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Stephen Smith @stevecsmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Imagine Worms but set in Spectrum-themed levels with Spectrum-themed weapons, like Eric's bomb or a giant issue of Crash landing. stephensmith.itch.io/jetsetboom

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I made some good progress on #Mausitron this weekend. Here's a video of some of the gameplay so far. This week I'll be working on the two sub-games (Droid Grapple and Hacking). #retro #gamedev youtu.be/0gF7XEed2Bw

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Mausitron Tech Testbed #9

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here's a quick test of what happens when you interface with a terminal in #Mausitron #screenshotsaturday #retro #gamedev youtu.be/IdRjcBlD9Fk

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Mausitron: Using a terminal

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A quick improvement to the terminal usage. #retro #gamedev youtu.be/UfBzZrPYbPo

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Tech Testbed 5

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Further work on my testbed - getting some interactive landscape features in there. #retro #gamedev #python youtu.be/3BcK_kStKf0

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Tech Testbed 4

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I think this is pretty close to what I want. It's looking pretty cyberspacey. youtu.be/kO5ikX8HQow #retro #gamedev #python

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Tech Test 3

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Trying to go for a cyberspace feel here. It's not there yet. youtu.be/X3dhuBDMRfM #retro #gamedev #python

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Tech Testbed 2

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I've been playing around with a quick testbed for something I might take further, time permitting. Five points for guessing the inspiration. youtu.be/6JpGOpEUxF4 #retro #gamedev

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Tech Testbed

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A sneak preview of what I might be working on next. #retro #gamedev (@ericretro.bsky.social no giving it away!)

A set of cartoon eyes in a black horizontal band with shaded white/grey bands above and below.

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A few more bug-fixes across PC and #ZXSpectrumNext as well as editor tweaks and improvements for #Oids. The editor is PC-only for now, but will be coming to the ZX Spectrum Next version in the near future. #gamedev #retro #atari-st mausthekat.itch.io/oids/devlog/...

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Oids PC 1.0.1 & Oids Next 0.9.10

Oids PC v1.0.1 Custom map packs live somewhere you can find them. Your galaxies now save to Documents/Oids/custom_maps, and that is where downloaded packs go too - the folder is created for you on fir...

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just released a minor bug-fix for the #ZXSpectrumNext version of #Oids. More details here: mausthekat.itch.io/oids/devlog/... #retro #ScreenShotSaturday #gamedev #atari-st

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

@olifiers.bsky.social here's another one for your baby while I take a breather from jetsetwilly.net

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MauS @mausthekat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This one's a bot, methinks.

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