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Game devs, can you recommend people or places I can find good pixel artists for animated sprites and backgrounds for a retro-game I'm working on? I have things working, I'm serious about the project, and it's time to start replacing the placeholder work. I'd rather work with people than AI. #gamedev

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 12/10/2026

I have a WebASM compiled version of the Pacman Championship Edition for Arduino UNO up now. It runs the exact same code as the Arduino, and looks pretty much identical! Well, almost... The Amber monitor is hard to beat though :) www.smashcat.org/pacman-ce/ #retrogaming #arduino #gamedev

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Pac-Man CE for Arduino UNO

A score-attack Pac-Man game for the Arduino UNO game engine, running in your browser.

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 09/10/2026

Finished Pacman Championship Edition on the Arduino UNO 8-bit! All the extra animation is now in there, audio complete, tune actually sounds right :) Had 500 bytes left! All the Arduino games on my github: github.com/Smashcat/UNO... #retrogaming #gamedev #arduino www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaku...

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Pacman CE on 8-bit Arduino UNO finished!

YouTube video by SmashCatRandom

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 09/10/2026

Finished another game for the original Arduino Uno 8bit. Only needs a couple of resistors for video, and some buttons to play. I was sure I could cram it into the 32KB of flash on the Uno, and it fits! Using an amber CRT here for that lovely phosphor glow #retrogaming #arduino youtu.be/Ta_QJ2_47uc

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Pacman CE on Arduino Uno!

YouTube video by SmashCatRandom

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 04/10/2026

Bit more progress on the ZX Spectrum accelerated game cartridge. Testing some game mechanics with placeholder graphics here, but it's coming together! I have a LOT planned for this! #zxspectrum #retrogaming #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTM...

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 02/10/2026

Decided to finish Bioshock Burial at Sea Episode 2 finally. Maybe the most depressing ending to a game I've ever experienced. I must admit I really didn't enjoy this as much as the main games, or even Episode 1. The whole thing was depressing, honestly. #bioshock #gaming

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 29/09/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83UQ... Added a demo of sprite and particle collisions, and also Mode 7 test. These are accessed with hotkeys at any time in my test code, to check for regressions. Particles have basic physics, so can bounce and slide on the tilemap. All collisions are pixel-based. #gamedev

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Testing sprite and particle collisions!

YouTube video by SmashCatRandom

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 28/09/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFc6... Back on the ZX Spectrum accelerator project! Made an emulator so I can test on PC instead of uploading to the hardware all the time. Added Mode7 layer effects, and better layer rotation with scrolling, plus sprite scaling+rotation. #retrogaming #zxspectrum #gamedev

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Enraptured Intro with Mode7 effect

YouTube video by SmashCatRandom

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 01/08/2026

Just had to order parts for a new dev/gaming PC. It was so f-ing painful! Prices for RAM and M.2 drives are insane right now, and likely won't be coming down for a couple of years... #AIMakesEverythingWorse

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/04/2026

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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EFF is Leaving X

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 09/04/2026

Well this seems like a perfectly coherent and well written statement from the president of the United States. Truly the best of the US... #trump #epstein #idiocrasy

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 22/03/2026

01:50 on a Sunday morning, and finally finished clearing all of the DRC problems. Now the "fun" process of producing the BOM and fixing up the centroid file, and get these babies over to the PCB factory! #electronics #pcbdesign

Screenshot of a PCB, showing top, bottom tracks, and component footprints, along with 2 inner layer power and ground planes.

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 22/03/2026

Normal people from Iran and Israel showing they see through the (mostly Israeli) propaganda flooding social media at the moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvz... #Israel #Iran

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We have one common enemy, and its not each other

YouTube video by Mia Talias

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 28/02/2026

Distillation of the current geo-political situation. #war #israel #TrumpRegime #ForeverWars

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 27/02/2026

... I then thought it might be cool to have a watch display that's larger than the screen, so wrote that :) Side-note, I was working on event installations at the time, and this display was an Easter Egg if you interacted with a screen in one of the London banks in the right way! #electronics

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 27/02/2026

A while back I was designing a product to use this circular display. So just for fun, to "test my driver code" I wrote some watch designs for it (it was never used in a watch :) I always thought the idea of Pacman characters drawing the time would look cool :) #gaming #pacman #electronics #arduino

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 07/02/2026

Just reverse engineering a proprietary adapter box that’s incredibly overpriced and probably has no real purpose beyond creating vendor lock in… #electronics #hacking

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 13/01/2026

HUGE ICE LEAK - www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d... Details of ICE agents and other employees now being released in batches on offshore site that Trump regime is trying to take down. Includes photos, linkedIn profiles etc of these fascist thugs. #ICE #fascists

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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 30/12/2025

predict the next generation of consoles will come in 2 varieties: 1) Digital downloads, no optical drive. 2) Low cost streaming boxes, with monthly subscriptions. The generation after will likely remove option 1 from the above list. #gaming #consoles

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 29/12/2025

Dammit! My parcel made it half way around the world fine, and now it’s going to end up flung over some random garden wall instead of being delivered… #evri #crapcompanies

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 19/12/2025

This is my favourite nerd-out of the week! Ravel's Bolero recreated with layer upon layer of hacked/retro tech, courtesy of #lftkryo Starts off simple, but certainly doesn't end up that way! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGb... #demoscene #retrotech

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8-bit Boléro (The World's Most Ambitious Chiptune?)

YouTube video by lftkryo

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 16/12/2025

Anyone else interpret EVRI emails saying "We've got your parcel" like a randsom note? Whenever I see those ominous words I know there's a 90% chance I'll never see it. Absolutely useless company. #EVRI

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 01/12/2025

Watched "A House of Dynamite" - 2 hours for NO PAYOFF?! Ok, the first 30 minutes was great, but then replaying the same scenario from different perspectives, adding virtually nothing, and adding characters who had as much impact as the nuke? It just feels like I wasted 2 hours of my life there...

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 25/11/2025

Amazon messaged me my delivery was "3 stops away", 5 hours ago. Looking on the tracker, it's... "3 stops away". What are the chances it'll actually be delivered? #WastedDay #Amazon

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 24/11/2025

I wonder if there's a market for an AI interviewee - with a UI to allow the user to upload their face to map onto the avatar which is trained to ace interviews. It could work especially well with AI interviewers, and after you land a job you can subcontract it out to AI! A victimless crime. #AI

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 22/11/2025

This Alpine A290 GTS is my first EV - I was getting 200+ miles from a full charge up until around a month ago - now it's freezing here things have changed somewhat!

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Dude, your Roomba clone just committed suicide, look.

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 20/11/2025

Why is my BlueSky icon white now?!

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happy_homhom @happy-homhom.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Fly higher, dodge obstacles, beat your best! No install, runs smooth at 60fps, totally free. A quick sky break for you. 🕹️ beep8.org/b8/beep8.html?b8rom=9f77d… #indiedevhour #indiedev #gameart #gamedev #indiegame

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 09/11/2025

Democrats set to cave to republicans yet again on the shutdown. Getting NOTHING concrete by voting to reopen the govt. After all of this, when the public are obviously blaming the GoP for the shutdown, the spineless "moderate" dems once again fumble the ball: www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/t...

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Senate majority leader says a potential shutdown deal is coming together but there's no guarantee of success

The GOP leader said a potential deal was "coming together" on the government shutdown but there was no guarantee it would end the impasse.

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 31/10/2025

Yes it's AI, but also the best halloween video I've seen! Also probably going to get someone sued because corporations aren't this creative... #halloween youtu.be/EzTxWRpObhQ

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WHATEVER YOUR GAME │ NIKE

YouTube video by Chris Capel

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Updating my LEGO White House

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 15/10/2025

Is Hasan Piker the "Christy Noem of the left"? #AnimalAbuse #shocking

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Love an educated man that’s uses his privilege to stand up for others‼️

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 12/10/2025

This was such a great interview. An army war vet's thoughts on where the US is headed. A really open and honest talk. The Soft White Underbelly channel has a lot of good stuff, honestly... #fascism #politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClO0...

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A War Vet's Thoughts On Where We're Headed-Hutch (update)

YouTube video by Soft White Underbelly

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Talk about a terrorist organization.😡#MapleMAGats

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 01/10/2025

Coding from a hospital bed, listening to a bit of #Lush :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7cq...

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Lush - Sweetness and Light (Official Video)

YouTube video by 4AD

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Smashcat @smashcat.org · 27/09/2025

Always remember that Peter Theil is an anagram of “The Reptile”. Maybe Alex Jones was right about the lizard people working in the shadows to take over the world after all…

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Well, there you go. 😂😂

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