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Downland for CD-i, part 9: Back on it. Doing a clean up pass. Sound still being figured out. Feeling existential quandary about making AI write the asm draw functions I know I couldn't do on my own. #downland #cdi #existentialquandaries

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 20h

Downland_C for NABU: took a detour from the CD-i and implemented a version for the NABU Network computer in time for VCF Montreal. It's pretty much an SG-1000 or Colecovision with 64k of ram and a different sound chip. Runs on real hardware, too! #nabu #downland #tandy #coco

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I hear Saturn-chan's inner thoughts are complicated and hard to synchronize, making it hard to express herself to her full potential while all Playstation-tan gets all the attention.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You’d ship Casio Loopy-chan with…?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had to prebake the regeneration animation because doing it on the fly absolutely killed performance.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In the video I'm playing it through the mouse. I'm hoping it's a close enough analogue to using the CD-i controller because I have no way to test.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 8: Finally got the performance up to a pretty good level. I managed to get clever. Next up is sound, my nemesis. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“This segment, which will be longer than the actual review, is brought to you by Squarespace”

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 7: Slowly getting the perf up. Had Claude create custom asm draw/erase functions (again, me not an asm guy). Even then the game still draws too much for reaching a constant 60fps. Trying to get more clever. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I keep thinking I want to try knitting but I hate coding in assembly.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anybody got a stray CD-i console for smoke testing the Downland port?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 6: Improved the performance a little. I'll try switching to the lighter 8bit version of the game code. Added input and centered the image. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 5: Got the rendering fixed. Performance is still dog poop. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every video that you spend countless months of love and care on needs to be followed up by a quickie “Top 10 Video Game Butts” to make up for the viewership loss.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 4: First Downland something! Performance is bad and the graphics are weird but at least some recognizable movement! #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

got the colors correct

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Downland for CD-i, part 3: Stripped out the example game and started experiments to draw on the screen. First results are... something. There's a black square with a notch in there. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m all for destroying the AI data centres. But can we at least keep the one that knows how to edit makefiles?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Downland for Philips CD-i, part 2: integrated the Downland game code and the project loads the rom. Now trying to figure out how to interact with the machine. Video hardware seems interesting. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Certainly don't talk about it if it comes out green. It's tres gauche.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Downland for Philips CD-i, the beginning: wasted the week vibe coding a 16-bit VCD mastering tool replacement. Just use dosbox and forget about it, you dolt. Got a basic project up and running how I like. Integration with the DL code soon. #downland #cdi

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Maybe he likes bears? And bears?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Successfully built and ran the CD-I homebrew game github.com/TwBurn/Nobelia. I wonder what I could use this newfound knowledge for... #downland

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There are people who are even worse than those who play music on speakerphone in public. That’s right, I’m talking about muthalovin’ WHISTLERS.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

AI is like Me: I want an orange AI: Plants orchard in my living room

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Don’t really know! Anything is possible. Someone would need to sit down and integrate them together.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Getting a kvm switch for my personal computer and work computer means I’m always at my work computer. And that’s kinda depressing. I should move one to another room for my mental health.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Going to the insectarium. Where there are still fewer active bugs than in your codebase.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What's the "ludonarrative dissonance" equivalent to "gameplay doesn't actually include what the main character does in the opening cinematic"?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I hate a bowl of veggie chips but what I really wanted was a trashy saucy-ass poutine.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mrs. Landingham vs The Borg. Discuss.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

- Super Processing Trauma Allegory World 64 - Inventory-Chan’s Get Better Equipment Grind 3: This Time It’s Just Boots - Dead-eyed and Stilted Conversation Scenes with Shot Reverse Shot Camera Angles for Matching Service

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nobody makes that kind of game!

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I need a platformer with a dash, a double jump, a parry, and evade. With a sword combat system where I need to slash an enemy three times with a "ha! Ha! HAA!", launch them up in the air, slash them 3 more times and then hit them with some kind of pound attack. Do this twice for every single enemy.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'll apply for a focus testing grant!

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Studio Series Astrotrain is like the AKOM of Astrotrains.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Can’t wait for the moped DLC!!

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Big Walk was great! 100%’d it.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Short, bald guys wearing black tunics… Festr?

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One silly idea I have is to get a table at VCF Montreal and set up a whole pile of consoles and portables that only play Downland. Make t-shirts for high scorers. #vcfmontreal

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

He was secretly an ice cream cone all this time!

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Hope you get in a car crash! (Too much?)

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In my headcanon, it's because they couldn't find the rights to the original recordings to re-release them and had to make new ones.

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pw @pw32x.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Leggings, but for heads.

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