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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had some fun importing a photo I took in front of my apartment, started editing pixels until I remembered I still need to implement saving files :)

church tower, some buildings and trees and a couple of ferries on the water.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

slightly updated code, converted a photo taken a couple of blocks away from the house where I grew up. Still some ways to go but much of it is in place. (the image conversion is just an import feature, not the main thing, but it looks pretty)

Commodore 64 bitmap mode photo conversion of my childhood playgroud

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes, söder mälarstrand, but unfortunately not my photo, just needed something with the right colors :)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Automatic conversion to c64 bitmap, pretty good for an unedited photo. Decided to whip a little something together.

Commodore 64 bitmap mode image auto coverted from a stock photo in a tool.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Are you OK there, AI reviewer? ### High Severity Issues - Unicode path handling inconsistency (platform_linux.c vs platform_windows.c) - Linux passes UTF-8 directly to fopen without conversion - Windows properly converts to UTF-16 via fopen_utf8() - Non-ASCII filenames will fail on Linux

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Long journey and proud to be able to bring back Terranigma. It’s one of my personal favorites, an amazing action JRPG with an emotional story in beautiful pixel art and brilliant soundtrack.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I took some time to work on processes for my Commodore 64 project this week. Surprisingly I feel finished with the code so I wrote a little post about it. spacemoguls.com/2026/08/08/r... Build systems and graphics conversions are not that exciting so had to whoosh it up a little :)

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Running a bath

Let me tell you about my build iteration optimization projects I built this week! And by you I mean me, I had a lot of fun creating this but at the same time I need to motivate having spent time on…

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Next week I will have absolutely no obstacles to get back to Commodore 64 programming and will not be tempted to make even more tools to improve the experience! Also going back to work so slight obstacle to full time C64 focus but at least I can reach for it :)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What did I do for vacation this week? * Created a new build tool to get away from syncing .bat / .sh files switching between linux and windows. github.com/Sakrac/bath * Added GPX (Pixcen) input support to my C64 graphics converter (reverse engineered format): github.com/Sakrac/C64Gfx

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GitHub - Sakrac/C64Gfx: Utility to convert image files to C64 binary files

Utility to convert image files to C64 binary files - Sakrac/C64Gfx

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I've written a lot of dialogue for Island Adventure with the goal of having silly adventures on each island as each is discovered. I recentlyreplayed Link to the Past and Link's awakening and realizing how inspired I have been by those titles. Maybe there is room to be sillier still!

Map screen of Island Adventure (Nono Pixie 2)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Turns out Earthion is fully verified for Steam Machine (store.steampowered.com/app/3597580/..., click on steam deck and click the second tab). Not that I expected anything else given the Steam Deck verification but still cool that the port I worked on is verified on Steam Machine :)

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Earthion on Steam

Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Made a little write-up about my Commodore 64 debugger, IceBro Lite spacemoguls.com/2026/07/04/d...

icon for IceBro Lite, a Commodore 64 debugger

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only, it said." Note: PS5 discs are already a digital format. I think the intended wording would be online formats only.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I worked on a game called True Crime NYC featuring Times Square in New York City. I am working on a game called Crusader Kings 3 featured in Times Square in New York City.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Eevee eyes the evening sky with excitement…

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I've had a bit of a struggle making progress on one of my commodore 64 games. When I took a step back and looked at the design, I realized I was trying to make a character give a clue about how to locate the character itself... Fixing that design should unblock me :)

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Clear River Games @clearrivergames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

BATSUGUN! This legendary shmup is currently 40% off on GOG! What are you waiting for!? Join the Skull Hornets! Pick it up today! www.gog.com/en/game/bats...

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Got the latest Retro Gamer Magazine, containing a God of War special, an uncharted mention AND an article about Rocket on Wheels by Sucker Punch that later created Sly Cooper. This must be building up to a big Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale celebration ;)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

DmC meets Gravity Rush you say? polygon.com/control-reso... Sounds like we need to add Control Resonant to Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale!

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Control Resonant sounds so cool even Control haters might like it

Remedy Entertainment shows off more from its Control sequel

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The final version... but with a twist!

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Super 8. i walked out within the first fifteen minutes, but because it was a work event at Superbot I sat off the time in the lobby feeling lucky I at least didn't have to suffer the remainder of that movie.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Yes! I'm feeling good about it. and trying to get it all wrapped up, but I designed way too many puzzles so now I have to fit all the pieces together.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I just integrated the 100th puzzle into the Island Adventure story! Island Adventure is a puzzle+adventure game for the #Commodore64 that I'm working on. I'm taking a little break from making more art and code to get all the design in place. I still have more than half the puzzles left to hook up.

Screenshot from Island Adventure, a Commodore 64 puzzle adventure game in progress!

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Game development - it is a lot of work, isn't it?

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Still working on Island Adventure for the Commodore 64. At this point I am not programming anything new, just hooking up puzzles to the gameplay in script. Making a little progress each day before I can start on bug fixing and polish :)

Title screen for Island Adventure for the Commodore 64

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Unsurprisingly not a stand-up arcade cabinet but the game service named "Arcade" :(

tantalizing promise of a Civ 7 arcade cabinet which is not coming.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

There is a valid point there though, AI Slop is a poor abbreviation of Artificially Simulated Shit Slop. We should drop the AI part.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I know, I know, but I am trying to make a lot of good games, it just takes so much time…

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Pretty much always 40 hours a week of dedicated work. Working in games for 32 years I've discovered that there are no productivity gains exceeding that. But that does not mean I'm not coding games and doing pixel art in my spare time, just not paid work :)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I do too, just mixed the games up in my head :) Sometimes I'm not even sure which game I'm working on right now.

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I excitedly noticed in one of the #Commodore64 #Ultimate reviews that Space Moguls is featured on the back of the box🎉 Personal Big Deal! I have only had one previous game featured on a console/computer packaging - Shrek 2 (+Lego Indiana Jones) was featured on the holiday packaging of the XBox 360📦

Back of the box games of the Commodore 64 Ultimate packaging that is currently starting to ship out!

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Oooh! Now I can imagine the Tarot based Tech Bubble coming up :)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I just spent way too much time trying to get MAME to accept my Mega Drive ROM I'm working on and fiddling with bytes in the header to get it to work. Turns out -genesis will not run a ROM with SEGA MEGA DRIVE in the header, you must use -megadriv. (no error message either...) But now I can debug!

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Looking at a Truxton video and the boss music comes up. Live Caption suddently kicks in and... (youtu.be/9_fX0yXVDh0?...)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Best cynical name for Steam Machine I seen so far: Twouya (Ouya 2)

Steam Machine as a Banana holding mechanism.

Ouya - the cube shaped game console that is not by Nintendo

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Steam does what Microso-don't or something

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Tiger Heli was fun to work on! Lately though I’ve been confusing it with Ports of Call graphics due to the early harbour stage…

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

And here is the optimization post, wrote some stuff about what I work on on the team!

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Posting a picture of some cows before the internet reacts to my work post ;)

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I've implemented collision in my current #Commodore64 game project and now I have to decide if hitting something kills you or if you lose "energy" and I need to push the player vessel out of collision. It is quite fun to do some fairly trivial math in 6502 assembler, when it all works of course....

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Carl-Henrik Skårstedt @spacemoguls.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I have written some stuff, revealing my pdt project, included some profiling graphs and some fun stories together with a few other coders on the team..

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Clear River Games @clearrivergames.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Pre-orders for Earthion by Ancient are live! Strap in and deploy a devastating arsenal as you fight your way through eight chaotic levels, each with unique environments, enemies and boss fights.

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