Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 07/08/2026Written entirely in 8086 assembly and supporting CGA, Tandy/EGA and VGA. I have 1344 bytes of tile graphics in there (488 bytes per graphics mode) pushing the compiled binary past 4kB to 4548 bytes. Pretty much functionally identical to the C64 version, though it adds a joystick calibration screen. 181
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 06/08/2026After creating a C64 game, I couldn't neglect DOS, of course, so porting has begun. And when you make a retro game in 2026, it has to support CGA, EGA, and VGA! 010
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 23/07/2026Inspired by "The Snake Temple" for the Oric Atmos ( bunsen.itch.io/the-snake-te... ), I pulled out my #c64 and recreated it in #c64basic 000
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 24/06/2026It's been ages since I did one of the #pixel_dailies, but the #fireplace was something that I really wanted to do in #pixelart @pixeldailies.bsky.social 1192
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 09/04/2026As I had to reinstall my PC, it doesn't meet Win11's requirements and I don't want to downgrade to Win11 anyway, I've switched to Linux recently. And one of two patches I've submitted to Wine has just been merged, fixing Wine's built-in task manager's graphs which got clipped on resizing the window. 030
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 22/01/2026A new train arrives so I can continue my journey home. Normally this takes 40 minutes. This time, it will have taken 3 hours and 10 minutes. 120
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 22/01/2026Wel, this is interesting... My train home broke down and we were stranded outside the station for an hour and a half in darkness. An evacuation train came alongside and we've just transferred onto it. I left the office at 22:00 (10:00pm) and likely won't be home before 1:00am... 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 13/12/2025Don't forget @georgebsocial.bsky.social's masterpiece from a year earlier... I wonder if I can still register this shareware title. 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 24/11/2025An hour long delay for me on the @eurostarnews.bsky.social. Fortunately I saw @golosogames.bsky.social and Pierre Corbinais in the waiting area, whose train was delayed even more, and we had a nice post #AdvX25 chat. 480
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 23/11/2025@darmato.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk about imposter syndrome at #AdvX25 And I got to get my photo taken with him too! 0162
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 23/11/2025Stark Holborn's #AdvX25 talk about crafting the proc gen world and narrative for Shadows of Doubt was really good. And this slide was a standout among a great set. 0101
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 22/11/2025I love tha #AdvX25 started off with a short tribute to those we've lost recent. R.I.P. Roberta Vaughan and Burgerbecky 0201
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 06/11/2025I've always loved the title screen of the first Space Quest game (also the first #adventuregame I ever played). So I figured I'd recreate it in #blender and animate it. 2155
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025And now, we wait. Provisional results will likely be in later tonight and they're a pretty good indication of how the 150 seats in parliament will be divided up among the parties. Maybe one or two seats might shift when the definitive results are in tomorrow morning. And, well, that's all folks! (7) 030
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025And at 13:18 (1:18pm), just two minutes after arriving at the polling station, I'm walking out again. Four minutes after that, at 13:22 (1:22pm) I'm back home, having done my civic duty. The whole thing has taken under 11 minutes of my time. (6) 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025I find the person who gets my vote (easy, because of the list I received in advance) and fill the circle red. I voted for @matthijs85.bsky.social of the Dutch Pirate Party @piratenpartij.nl. Then, I fold up the paper and put it in the box. No picture of that, because of the lack of a third hand. (5) 142
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025I hand in my voting pass and present my government ID (in my case a passport, but could do an ID card or driving licence) and am given the ballot paper. 1093 candidates over 25 parties to choose from. The paper is so large, it's a bit unweildy. (4) 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025At 13:16 (1:16pm) I arrive at the polling station. There's no line, I can go straight inside. At voting rush hour, there might be a short wait, though I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes myself even at the busiest of times. (3) 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025I left the house at 13:12 (1:12pm) with my voting pass in hand. I could authorise somebody else to vote on my behalf by giving them this pass with my signature, and did that once when I was abroad on election day. I can go to any polling station in town, or request voting in another city. 110
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 29/10/2025So, today is election day in the Netherlands. Especially for my American friends, here's what that's like. Every adult Dutch citizen gets sent a voting pass by post a few weeks in advance, and a list of candidates a few days prior to the election. We have a lot of parties, so the list is huge. (1) 130
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 26/10/2025Unusual to see adblocker detection on a website actually recommend using a blocker. Normally sites try to deny access to people with adblockers. 020
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 21/10/2025Results for #109AdvChal came in a bit earlier than expected and I was astonished to see that I'd ended up in the shared #1 position right next to @gugames.eu's great Eulogy for Nonno! Guga did some great work and his game had my vote for first place, so I'm happy to share the top spot with him! 7113
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 18/10/2025Having fixed all the (known) bugs and glitches, I'm now adding extra interactions to my #109AdvChal game "Intern's First Day" to release as a post-jam update when the voting period is over in 4 days. #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame 1175
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 03/10/2025You know about my latest short game, as you streamed it recently 😁 Intern's First Day is about a little intern who has to survive his first day at the weird Lab Lab. The jam version is available at shdon.itch.io/interns-firs... - soon to be update with several quality of life improvements. 1156
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 01/10/2025Welp, I've given this particular company a 1-star review. They don't deserve it, but it's not possible give them the -5 stars that they do deserve. Incompetent scumbags. And am I the only one who feels this way... well... the graph speaks for itself: 120
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 20/09/2025Finishing up character art for my #109AdvChal game "Intern's First Day": Dr. Flora Fauna (biologist), Prof. Ray Gamma (nuclear physicist), Prof. Cogswell Crank (engineer) #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame 1155
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 17/09/2025A game called "Intern's First Day" where an intern starts at a lab that has a pet piranha cannot be considered complete without a sign like this. #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame 2174
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 14/09/2025My little intern riding the self-driving shuttle to the main lab. Screen took way longer than it should have. My home-made engine wasn't intended for it, but there's 4 layers of parallax. Drawing Rayman style detached limbs for ease of animation. #109AdvChal #indiegame #pointandclick #adventuregame 0116
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 10/09/2025The first completed background for my upcoming short point and click adventure for the #109AdvChal jam, titled "Intern's First Day" #indiegame #pointandclick #adventuregame 2227
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 21/08/2025No, no, NO!! JUST NO! Of all the places I don't want #AI, a disk utility has to rank at the very top! 131
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 18/08/2025Been a long time since I had enough mental energy to do even a tiny bit of #gamedev stuff, but now I did. This simple swirling #vortex effect will be in the background of the title menu of a game I've planned for quite a while now. 083
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 13/08/2025Just received my two vanity mugs from @villainyvs.bsky.social and two grog ones gifted by fellow community member McSpooge! Special thanks to @nikki-phoenix.bsky.social ❤ Check out Villainy's Twitch stream at www.twitch.tv/villainyvs and of course the merch at villainy-vs-shop.fourthwall.com 041
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 08/07/2025Today it's been 3 years since Jumber was killed. I will not forget. www.shdon.com/blog/2023/11... 041
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 26/05/2025Disgusting. I think spammers already have a special place in hell, but having a fake unsubscribe page makes me wish for something worse than that upon them. #spam The "web developer" who did this deserves every bad thing that happens to them. 130
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 11/02/2025Heh, I used the AGI dithering system in my oldest released adventure game (not really running on AGI, but deliberately given a similar aesthetic), and made it a plot device. 053
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 08/01/2025Just before leaving for work today, this postcard fell onto my doormat, sent by the awesome @adventuregamegeek.bsky.social . I always try to incorporate a Mondriaan painting in my adventure games, so seeing this put a huge smile on my face! 0112
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 11/12/2024Drat. It's no fun waiting in the cold for an hour with 4000 other evacuees while the emergency services determine that yes, this was a false alarm triggered by an idiot. 010
Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 16/11/2024#bigbox releases of awesome #adventuregames always make me happy! Got my boxed copy of original Inspector Waffles as Kickstarter reward for Inspector Waffles: Early Days by @golosogames.bsky.social. Out now on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2614580/... and Itch golosogames.itch.io/inspector-wa... 2166