iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 has now finished 🏁 👨‍💻 We had 83 awesome entries (a new record!) 🏅 Please check them out: 🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools. All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code Congrats everyone! 👏🤓 #Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My son made a really cool pneumatic engine design yesterday (way better than my attempts to do so!) I made a few small adjustments to it, then made this video to show it off! youtu.be/5FXJitUUYxo

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Fast and Simple Lego Technic Pneumatic Engine

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My submission to this year's PICO-1K game jam is finished! This is 'Connect 1024', a one-player version of Connect Four, fitting into 1k of compressed code. You can play it in your browser, here: soundole.itch.io/connect-1024 Thank you @liquidream.bsky.social for running this inspiring jam again!

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm proud to play a small part in this epic production!

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm starting to put a little something together for the #pico1k jam! I thought it would be a fun challenge to make a playable single-player version of Connect Four in 1k, but I'm not sure if it's possible yet (if not, I can default to 2 player only!)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I really like the balance between technical work and expressivity in this little etude by Blatt!🎶 youtu.be/WIsYu-YBrrM

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F. T. Blatt - No. 11 from '24 Technical Exercises for Clarinet'

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In a recent burst of EWI practise, I put together this Cimarosa keyboard sonata! I hope you like what I've done with it!🎹 youtu.be/ZjQ7A9FX5V8

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Domenico Cimarosa - Sonata No. 3 in G minor (EWI Duet)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm dipping back into classical works on EWI! Here's a little tune originally written for recorder from the early 1700s: youtube.com/shorts/bihio...

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A. van Heerde - Boree (Baroque EWI Solo)

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The DOS game jam has officially started! 😊

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm proud to share this recording I made with @pittanmusic.bsky.social and Helaine Liew last year! Helaine's trio arrangement of Greenpath shines a light on the best qualities of our instruments! youtu.be/NroUNedOV_k

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Hollow Knight - 'Greenpath' Classical Trio Cover (Ft. V2R DUO)

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A New Color (1/5🧵)

Page 1: A man is walking home, smoking a cigarette, being quietly trailed by a UFO above him. As he enters his apartment, two aliens watch from inside the ship. Alien 1, who has a large head, says, “that’s him. Let’s move.”

Page 2: The man walks upstairs as the aliens watch from the entrance of the building. The man enters his apartment and greets his little dog. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.

Page 3: he peers through his peephole, and sees the two aliens standing in the hallway. Alien 1 is holding a briefcase. From behind him, the voice of alien one: “don’t scream.”

Page 4: The aliens are seated across the room on the man’s couch. Sadie is in her bed next to them. Alien 1 says, “you’re not in any danger. Have a seat.” The man looks at his dog and thinks, “sadie is unusually calm.” Alien 1: don’t scream, or it’s a problem.

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm starting a radio-style stream of classical and jazzy recordings that I've made over the last 15 years—pop in for a mellow-mix-bag of clarinets, ewis, and keyboards!📻 youtube.com/live/LFCu_nR...

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Soundole Radio - Laid-back Classical/Jazz Music (No AI)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I squeezed in time to record a little romantic piano solo tonight!🎹 youtu.be/P0_23fgiMxE

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César Franck - 'Song from the Creuse' (Solo Piano)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is number 12, 'Bounce' from Charles Colin's '35 Original Studies in Modern Rhythms'. I always find recording these studies to be humbling—they're simple on the page, but maintaining a precise internal metronome is a challenge (not to say I'm all the way there, yet!)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I feel like the tricky corners of this etude always catch me by surprise—the opening is quite accessible, but managing stamina and hitting that high G at the end nicely is a challenge! youtu.be/Z87w_fnHCcc

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Alfred Uhl - Clarinet Etude No. 2

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I made a little trio recording of a traditional English tune last night!🎶

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After a bit of experimentation, I managed to cobble together a single-piston pneumatic engine out of Lego Technic! Here's a little video showing it off: youtu.be/0CEt63pBeRI

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Simple Lego Technic Pneumatic Engine (No Modified Parts)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I made a little Game Boy game as a present for my wife's birthday this year! I just uploaded the soundtrack to it: youtu.be/Uz_cO9KH2dQ

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Original VGM - 'Hershel's Hide and Seek' (Waltz-style Game Boy music)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Last chance to get PicoTrains, my cozy train-network management game, for a dollar as part of the Steam Train Fest!🚂 store.steampowered.com/app/2849980/... #indiedev #PICO8 #indiegamedev #indiegames

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Save 50% on PicoTrains on Steam

A retro-styled railway management strategy game!

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My tiny PICO-8 train simulator, PicoTrains, is on sale as part of the Steam Train Fest! I'd love for you to check it out!🚂 store.steampowered.com/app/2849980/...

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I went for a bushwalk with my brother around Bomaderry Creek today—what an incredible place to explore!

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Clara 🌟 wishlist Pelikeeper! @trendywalnut.dev · 16/07/2026

CALLING ALL LOW BUDGET INDIE GAMES‼️ We're gathering games interested in participating in a "Low Budget, Big Heart" Steam Festival! 💰Self Published, Self Funded 🤏Under ~50k budget 🚫NO AI if you're interested in the festival sign up here: forms.gle/cndDrEf4rxiL... rts appreciated :)

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Low Budget, Big Heart Steam Festival interest form

We're looking for interested developers of low budget games to participate in our potential steam festival! Self published/self funded games are also welcome. If your game had a development budget ov...

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The last of my bass clarinet studies for a while—this is another spritely number from the McDowells etudes! youtube.com/shorts/OMYmz...

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D. McDowells - Bassoon Study Book 1, No. 45 (on Bass Clarinet)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Here's another bassoon etude that I recorded recently—this one uses the extended range of the bass clarinet quite effectively, and has a few tricky corners! youtu.be/mvEjGbkTxE8

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Julius Weissenborn - Bassoon Etude Op. 8, Vol. II, No. 22 (on Bass Clarinet)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Whenever I need to re-acclimate to the bass clarinet, I dip into the bassoon study repertoire! This poignant and expressive study comes from the McDowells etude book.

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My #Pico8 journey started exactly 10 YEARS ago today, when I posted the following on Twitter... 📅 Thank you again @lexaloffle.bsky.social for creating such a wonderful, cozy space for us to play and create wonderful things! 🤓 PICO-8 re-ignited a passion for #GameDev that I'd lost since growing up ❤️

Screenshot of my first PICO-8 related Twitter post, from exactly 10 years ago today, which says:
"Loving my new "fantasy" console. Takes me back to the good ol' days
#pico8 @lexaloffle #retro #8bit"

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I don't watch the numbers much these days, but this is still a milestone worth appreciating! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to any of the stuff I've made. What a journey the last 17 years have been!

A live-subscriber-count graphic showing my main channel, Soundole VGM Covers, with 10, 000 subscribers.

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The ink ran out on my Canon printer, so now I can't use its scanning functions. Of course. Does anyone have any suggestions for printer/scanner brands which don't do things like this? The printer I used in the 90s was SO much better than anything produced in the last 20 years :/

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Robby Duguay @robbyduguay.com · 18/06/2026

Oh wow 🤩🤩🤩

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Here's the last of this season's recordings with the Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble! I adapted @robbyduguay.com's beautiful brass quintet arrangement of 'The Legend' into a version for clarinet choir!

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Deltarune - 'The Legend' (Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I really like making little games as gifts for people, and this year I'm going well-outside of my comfort zone for my wife's upcoming birthday—I've learned just enough to get something running on real Game Boy hardware! It's surreal and beautiful to witness my creations on this screen!

Two little characters (my wife and son) in an empty room on a Game Boy Advance SP.

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Here's another recording that I made recently with the Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble—a spritely, jazzy little number by Richard Percival! youtu.be/zfQozDj6AII

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Richard Percival - 'A Walk in the Park' (Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My latest cover is the mysterious opening theme from Shadowgate on the NES, featuring the very fine percussion work of @vronmediamusic.bsky.social! I hope you enjoy what we've done with it! youtu.be/nyViMa9uQpA

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Shadowgate - 'Title' EWI Cover (Ft. V-Ron Media)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here's the first of several recordings that I made recently with the Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble! 'Blue Silence', by Elena Kats-Chernin, is a moving work written for an art exhibition devoted to artists suffering from schizophrenia. youtu.be/C2z20MeFZc0

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Elena Kats-Chernin - 'Blue Silence' (Sydney Conservatorium Clarinet Ensemble)

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Map Map is shaping up to be one of my games of the year! You use real cartography skills to plot locations on island maps—it's incredibly rare to experience puzzles with such open-ended solutions!

A map in Map Map showing several circle segments and constructed lines.

A view in Map Map of the ruins of a small town.

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Last recording at the Con for the semester! This is Salviani's Oboe Etude No. 8, recorded with Ilaria Ramirez!🎶

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

My work with the E-flat clarinet has come to an end for the semester; I'm slightly more comfortable on it than I was about a month ago. As a fitting swansong to my time with it, here's the last etude from Colin/Bower's 'Rhythms Complete'!🎶

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is Double Dodge, my submission to #tweettweetjam 11, a game jam challenging entrants to write something using only 500 characters of code! It's playable in browser now—try your hand at playing two endless-runner-style games at once! soundole.itch.io/double-dodge #gamedev #PICO8

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twyg @homeofleaves.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

a windy day. #pico8 #chiptune

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm nearly done with my E-flat clarinet work for the year—here's a little study that I think works quite well on that instrument!🎶 youtu.be/OHL-TqLzyLU

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Jacques Lancelot - Study No. 10 from '20 Easy Studies for Clarinet' (on E-flat Clarinet)

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sizescape @sizescape.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Got my #tweettweetjam #pico8 cart down to 498 chars! Had to sacrifice the track outline for a lap timer, but I think it was worth it.

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Andrew Reist @platformalist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Day 3 of TweetTweetJam 11! We’ve got four wonderful entries so far, keep them coming! Make a game with only 500 characters of code! itch.io/jam/tweettwe... #tweettweetjam #pico8 #gamejam #gamedev

Two cartoon birds singing and dancing, one holding an umbrella, and the other swinging off a pole. Text reading “Day 3!” appears at the top.

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I'm excited to make another game for #tweettweetjam, a jam challenging people to make something using only 500 characters of code! I fleshed out a proof of concept tonight; I'm very confident I can get this under 500 characters. I hope I can fit some nice presentation in too! #pico8 #gamedev

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It turns out that the E-flat clarinet is pretty well-suited for emulating medieval wind instruments! This is a 14th-century Italian tune called 'La Rotta'💃

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Andrew Reist @platformalist.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

TweetTweetJam 11 starts tomorrow! Sign up now to make a game in 500 characters of code! itch.io/jam/tweettwe... #tweettweetjam #pico8 #gamejam #gamedev

A small cartoon bird saying “Programming games is hard work! That’s why I make teensy tiny itty bitty games! Tweet Tweet.”

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Little off-the-cuff recording made today with Ilaria Ramirez and Jacky Li! (Part of the Rondo from the James Hook Op. 83, No. VI Trio [arr. Voxman])

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Soundole🌱 @soundole.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I've recently been refreshing my E-flat clarinet chops! I'm making a few recordings which I hope will show off a more mellow side to the instrument (compared to typical orchestral E-flat parts!) This is a little etude from 'Rhythms Complete' by Charles Colin and Bugs Bower. youtu.be/VmNtn5f8JWw

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Colin\Bower - Rhythm Study No. 241 (E-flat Clarinet Solo)

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