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weph @weph.dev · 22/06/2026

Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen came in the mail today... and now the GitHub repo is gone and you can't order it on Amazon anymore. And then I saw this: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4855... Looks like it was more than just a nod to Fabien Sanglard's books after all... #retroprogramming

Cover of Bas Smits' book "Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen"

Chapter 4.10 "Smooth scrolling on EGA" of Bas Smits' book "Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen"

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weph @weph.dev · 19/06/2026

Turns out, taking a month‑long break in the middle of rewriting an assembly routine wasn't my brightest idea. The code kinda works, but also not quite. There are breakpoints set in the IDE, but no comments. What the hell was I thinking? Stupid is as stupid does, I guess #gamedev #retroprogramming

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weph @weph.dev · 13/06/2026

New Bookshelf version just came out. I decided to add Bases layouts instead of extending the built-in views. This article explains why I chose that direction weph.dev/bookshelf-ba... #Obsidian #ObsidianMD #BookSky

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Introducing Bases Layouts in Bookshelf

Bookshelf now includes two Bases layouts. This post explains why they exist alongside the built-in views.

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weph @weph.dev · 28/04/2026

I forgot how long it takes to edit those videos... but I'm almost done 😅

Screenshot of my upcoming video in Final Cut Pro

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weph @weph.dev · 11/04/2026

I released a new version of my Bookshelf plugin for Obsidian If you're into reading, managing your books, tracking your reading progress and checking stats, why not give it a try? obsidian.md/plugins?id=b... Docs: weph.github.io/obsidian-boo... Code: github.com/weph/obsidia... #Obsidian #BookSky

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Glenn F. Henriksen @henriksen.no · 16/12/2025

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hey, look. It's a decent scan of this legendary image!

Cover page of The Learning Company Software Catalog from Fall of 1991 with a group of children who are waaaay too excited to be playing "Super Solvers: OutNumbered!"

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weph @weph.dev · 03/02/2026

Finally dug into Mode X. It can do some neat tricks 13h can't, but it's got some challenges as well... so I had to dust off my very rusty assembly skills www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0x... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #devlog #pascal #turbopascal

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Mode X Exploration & Assembly Optimization - Back to the Pascal Ep. 8

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I made a tool that makes retro anime sound effects. Meet AnimeVox! I made it for a game, but it's free to use. I'm using the forgotten (but popular in 80s japan) Schroeder reverb algo, and some wobble. If you find it useful consider supporting me on itch :) castpixel.itch.io/animevox

the anime sfx-making tool!
It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top.
Then there's the controls:

In vertical pairs:
Left:
Pitch Rise
Rise speed

Reverb
Room size

On the right:
Wobble Speed
Wobble Amount

Tone Brightness
Volume

Next is a row of keys:
Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters
UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked
Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive.

Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles:

IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh

Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain.

Hope you enjoy it!

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weph @weph.dev · 26/12/2025

*sigh* okay, the hype machine got me... ordered a Commodore 64 Ultimate. I probably don't *really* need it, but my 1702 could use a friend

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weph @weph.dev · 25/12/2025

Cleaned up the office for the holidays #desksetup #retrocomputing

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

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weph @weph.dev · 20/12/2025

Apparently Turbo Pascal 7.0 and Turbo Debugger 5.0 aren't compatible. Does anyone know the latest TD version that can read TP binaries with a symbol table? #retrodev #retrocomputing #msdos #turbopascal

Screenshot of Turbo Debugger showing the error message "Program linked with wrong linker version"

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weph @weph.dev · 16/12/2025

I took a first stab at isometric maps on a 386. The new direction definitely makes things more challenging... and I'm not sure yet if I can pull it off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZ3... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #devlog #pascal #turbopascal

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Isometric Struggles - Episode 7 of Back to the Pascal

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weph @weph.dev · 10/12/2025

Can someone fill me in on what's going on with #DOSember?

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

64x64 pixel dungeon crawler. Pac-quest. Featuring Pac🟡Girl

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weph @weph.dev · 01/12/2025

This week's video is part Q&A, part devlog, and part "wait… what do I actually wanna build?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDp... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #devlog #pascal #turbopascal

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New Direction? - Week 6 of Back to the Pascal

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Novus Idea @expfunction.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

An early research build of Harmony Tree is now available on itch.io. This release presents CyberVGA, an original MS-DOS rendering engine built from the ground up, demonstrating classical raycasting with textured walls. #dosember #retro #indie #gamedev #cybervga

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Storm Chaser Patrick Makes Games @patrickpineda.net · 21/11/2025

Pixel art thread. Consider sharing and following, I need a job. Bookmark in case you ever need a pixel artist. #pixelart #indiedev

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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 19/11/2025

It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

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PicoIDE

An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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weph @weph.dev · 17/11/2025

Last week was mostly cleaning up a few weeks worth of sins... plus a healthy dose of overengineering. Not sure if I did myself a favor, but at least it was fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CtN... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #devlog #pascal #turbopascal

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I Cleaned Up the Code and Created a Canvas - Week 4 of Back to the Pascal

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weph @weph.dev · 12/11/2025

Improve bug? Yeah, no thanks, Jira... It's already perfect in all its brokenness #jira #ai #SoftwareDevelopment

Screenshot showing Jira's new "Improve Bug" button

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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

#pixelart #aseprite Spell Practice (2022)

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weph @weph.dev · 04/11/2025

Data on CF card #1 is scrambled. Card #2 is not even readable anymore. Prepared card #3 with FreeDOS but I can't boot from it. Something about invalid VBR signature... oh and my floppy drive stopped working too 😫 #retrocomputing #msdos

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weph @weph.dev · 30/10/2025

Has anyone in my timeline ever used dual monitor mode in Turbo Pascal or Turbo C? #retrocomputing #retrodev #dos #msdos

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weph @weph.dev · 26/10/2025

Editing this one took ages, but it’s finally out. It's been a fun start to the project... curious what y'all think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDpf... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #indiegame #devlog

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Pixels, Tiles, Sprites - Week 1 of Back to the Pascal

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weph @weph.dev · 24/10/2025

Week one of my "Back to the Pascal" project is almost done. Now I "just" have to cut hours of footage into a short, fun video. No clue how long that'll take, but it's coming out by Sunday. One way or another 😅 #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos #indiedev #indiegame #devlog

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The Traveler [COMMS OPEN] @ekvitki.art · 22/10/2025

Distant Sanctuary Starting a game of Bastionland with my playgroup. I'll be playing Cosmic Knight Otaivo, who can vanish to a realm just beyong reality by focusing when he sees the sky. #pixelart #space

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Joe Pea @joe.trusktr.io · 19/10/2025

Can we get browser HTML parsers to support self-closing tags for custom elements? This, <some-cool-element-without-children /> is nicer than this: <some-cool-element-without-children></some-cool-element-without-children>

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weph @weph.dev · 18/10/2025

I'm starting a new project: Rebuilding a game I wanted to make as a kid, back when I had no idea what I was doing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeAz... #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming #msdos

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Trying to Finish the Game I Started 35 Years Ago

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weph @weph.dev · 14/10/2025

Another one joined the collection. I guess I have more 90s game programming books now than I'll ever need. #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Cover of the book "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus"

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weph @weph.dev · 09/10/2025

Good memories. I don't remember how many times I started over. It took a while to solve it 😅

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weph @weph.dev · 07/10/2025

Latest addition to the library... the smell, though 😬 #gamedev #retrogamedev #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Cover of the book "Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days"

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weph @weph.dev · 29/09/2025

Fellow DOS/retro game devs: What are must-reads for 386-era game development? I've got Abrash's Black Book, but I'd love recommendations on more general game dev topics from that period. #gamedev #retrodev #retrogamedev #msdos #dosgaming

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weph @weph.dev · 27/09/2025

Playing around with multicam editing for my upcoming retro game programming series on YouTube #dos #gamedevelopment #retrocomputer #retrogaming

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weph @weph.dev · 22/09/2025

Updated (in this context downgraded) the setup: 386DX40, 14" CRT, IBM Model M keyboard, an old Logitech mouse, SB 16 Vibra, and a Gravis gamepad #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #dos

The picture shows the computer described in the post

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weph @weph.dev · 20/09/2025

Me: “I'll use Web Components for my Obsidian plugin... what could go wrong?” Also me: 😅🤦‍♂️😫 Here's that story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Ko... #SoftwareDevelopment #WebComponents #CodingFail

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I Picked the Wrong Tech for the Job

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weph @weph.dev · 06/09/2025

I'm setting up a workstation for an upcoming project. Everything except the monitor is too new (relatively speaking, most computer parts are from the late 90s). I've plugged together what I have, and I'm waiting for some new (old) parts. #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #gamedevelopment #retrogaming

Small computer desk with a 14" crt monitor on top, a black-and-white mechanical keyboard and a black mouse on the keyboard tray, and a black mini tower on the bottom shelf. Next to the monitor is a stack of books (Graphics Progamming Black Book, Mathmatics for Computer Graphics, Programming Game AI by Example, and two Turbo Pascal 7 books)

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait. Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.

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OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itself

Sam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI.

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weph @weph.dev · 18/03/2025

Do you use @obsidian.md ? Do you enjoy reading and statistics? You might want to check out my plugin, now available in Obsidian's community plugins. It's still in early development, and there are more things to come, but I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions! github.com/weph/obsidia...

Various screenshots of the Bookshelf plugin for Obsidian

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weph @weph.dev · 18/03/2025

Is it possible to unregister or redefine a web component? The CustomElementRegistry doesn't support it, but does anyone know a workaround? #webcomponent

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weph @weph.dev · 08/02/2025

Yeah, thanks PhpStorm, I know that... but... rosemary?!?

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