iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Xploshi @xploshi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

the Mario Galaxy planet off in the distance with a boss waiting on it

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Got the keyboard working with Dear ImGui on Sega Dreamcast. :D

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Back in February I headed up to Marin to backup some of Aric's old CDs from LucasArts era. In one of the backup, this odd demo surfaced. It's now preserved online.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In a very Indy-like move, we've unearthed a never-before-seen Lucasfilm Games Indiana Jones adventure! Note that we said "adventure," not "game." For possibly the first time ever, here's Indiana Jones and the Quest for Paradise VGA, the best ten-minute commercial you'll see this week.

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Lost Indiana Jones Adventure Discovered

YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wrote a test harness that let me run the decompiled game in lockstep with the Ymir emulator, validating that for the same input, the game behavior remain faithful to the original code. This checks character position, camera, collisions, and can easily add more. #panzerdragoonsaga #reverseengineering

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My old french bank testing in prod. Good job Cedric

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Finished Saros tonight. Going to have to take a minute to process.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tonight I'm trying to debug collisions. Very little progress, but I did add some better way to display the collisions meshes as that are tested by the engine. Large cities are sectorized in cells, so only a fraction of the collisions are processed around Edge. #panzerdragoonsaga #reverseengineering

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

There was a tremor in the force.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Finishing up Dragon morphing tonight. Always wondered how that worked, and it's pretty simple geometry morphing. All dragons form share the same vertex count and topology. The textures are just interpolated on the CPU and updated in VDP1 memory per frame. #panzerdragoonsaga #reverseengineering

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Played through the Adventures of Elliot demo. First, it’s a pretty long demo. And second, what a chatty companion! Even with reducing the talkativeness in the options, it’s pretty intense.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

From the shelve, here is the pamphlet that was given out to press during the launch party of Heavy Rain in Paris. Should probably scan it at some point. (Amusingly it’s missprinted and has the same page twice in the middle) #heavyrain #gamehistory

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Loved Ghost Trick back then. Would love if they made another one of those.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

@mdashow.bsky.social someone on Thursday was mentioning there was a bay area gamedev discord server and I needed to ping you?

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A very french decor for a thai restaurant in Emeryville

Framed cover of Tintin on a marche sur la lune

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I randomly bumped on the fact that Delphine Software "Cruise for a Corpse" was originally using very different graphics. That version is probably lost, but it's interesting to see what it was looking like before scraping all the graphics. #retrogaming #adventuregames

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Starwars trivia night. Did ok on the original trilogy and even prequel, but went downhill pretty quick on the sequel and tv shows questions. Still a lot of fun.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Starting to look interesting

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It’s 2026 and I’m buying 5.25” floppy cleaning supplies 💾

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is not wrong.

dhuartson:

Don't let anyone talk you out of spending $15 on a new hobby. That $50 will be the best $400 you ever spent.

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Puzzle Spy International @agentepsilon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Here are some reviews for Puzzle Spy International. The Launch Sale is still going on for 2 more days so grab it for 15% off while you can! #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieGame #indieGames #sale #launchSale

A poster showing Agent Epsilon cheering, some environments from the game, and a yellow background. The text reads: "Reviews for Puzzle Spy International:

Puzzle Spy International deserves to be played by way more people... You travel around the world, chatting with an excellent mix of characters... with the option of some flirting, and then solving a tricksy puzzle. And boy, they’re really good puzzles!
- John Walker, Kotaku

Right away, I was drawn into the story. I like Agent Epsilon, as she's sassy and intelligent (a perfect female main character, I think.)
- The Introverted Gamer

It's a perfect short-but-sweet puzzle game with an amazing hint system that ensures you never get frustrated! Everything about this game is delightful. The artwork is super cute, the writing is incredibly charming... the music is great, and of course the puzzles! If you're a fan of Puzzled Pint, The Game, the MIT Mystery Hunt, Shinteki, etc. you'll absolutely looooove this game.
- Smijin

Part of the puzzle is figuring out how to solve it... This is the type of game that you sit with for a while before you reach that satisfying "aha!" moment (or better yet, solve the puzzles together with some friends!) You can tell these puzzles are crafted with care. Along each step of the way, it would blow my mind how the pieces would come together to reveal not just one, but so many layers of puzzles.
- AHedgeHug

The puzzles have the right amount of difficulty and a new mechanic added to the mix: Hints that don't punish you. It's also not the same puzzle over and over: Each puzzle is a new experience, keeping you engaged and looking for what the next puzzle will bring.
- notyourboddhisatva

Scratches an itch which needs to be scratched again. The game is short, yes, but the puzzles are genius. Give me more of this please!
- ROofdier"

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Björn Ottosson - making Island Architect @bottosson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I’ve made lots of progress made on my cozy building game: 🌳🏡Island Architect🏡🌳. Therefor time for a new gameplay collage for #screenshotsaturday! #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Been wiring a few more scenes in Saga decompilation. There is so much hardcoded logic in something like this. Still, I'm often impressed at the tricks they used to make this work on a Saturn. The vdp2 water distortion here works pretty well. #decomp #PanzerDragoonSaga #SegaSaturn

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Terrible Toybox @terribletoybox.com · 09/04/2026

The Death by Scrolling console release and big Steam update have been announced!! 💀

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

BAY AREA: I will be setting up a table and selling stuff at this swap meet on April 18, down at Save N' Continue in Santa Clara. Really cool store if you haven't been, and the swap meet is always fun.

Save N Continue - Video Game Swap - April 18th - 11:00 AM Saturday

Free Event & Limited Table

IG: Savencontinue95054

Address: 43 Washington Street

City: Santa Clara

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Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

ARTEMIS FROM SAILOR MOON WAS AT THE ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH AND IM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

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Reddit - https://i.redd.it/6wobm5kwotsg1.jpeg

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · 02/04/2025

Don’t forget that today is the day to unlock Reala if you don’t have that on your Christmas NiGHTS save file!

The Christmas Nights Presents screen with Reala unlocked.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

My friend Frédérick Raynal (Alone in the Dark creator) is making a sega genesis/megadrive game and has a kickstarter up with a custom controller! www.kickstarter.com/projects/107... #retrogaming #kickstarter #segagenesis #megadrive

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POPCORN DUEL + SPINNER (SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive)

Featuring a Brand-New Dedicated Controller: The PopCorn Spinner by Frédérick Raynal

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

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POPCORN DUEL + SPINNER (SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive)

Featuring a Brand-New Dedicated Controller: The PopCorn Spinner by Frédérick Raynal

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yeah, I’m definitely going to use that

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Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Look at the pixel art! It's insane they got it looking this good on a Commodore 64, the same platform that Maniac Mansion was made on.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Let there be light. Background color is broken, but at least light is correct now. This is a more precise model compared to the original game (per vertex instead of per face, and interpolated depth instead of just 32 possible intensities). Can toggle the old Saturn computation at runtime.

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlMN... The footage is. a bit dated, lots of fixes and improvements since this was recorded @videogameesoterica.bsky.social Some comments bellow. #decomp #panzerdragoonsaga #panzerdragoon

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Panzer Dragoon Saga PC Port Recomp Improved! Getting Closer

YouTube video by Video Game Esoterica

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I've been focusing on town module lately, trying to get most locations in place. The seeker stronghold & caravan now load, but they are mostly empty without any NPC for now. github.com/yaz0r/Azel #decomp #panzerdragoonsaga

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Always love to see lost media resurface

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Quite a bit of work on VDP2 lately, implemented the perspective planes, sky, and the weird fish eye effect. I always wondered how that worked. Turns out it's a per-pixel offset table covering the top half of the screen. Bottom is just reading the table in reverse. #panzerdragoonsaga #decompilation

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Gpu crash is always such a pain to debug. Hopefully that will help

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This weekend, implemented the bulk of the baldor queen fight. As usual, bunch of hardcoded state machines, and for the first time, what looks like struct inheritance that I had to work around. Also implemented animated particle effects. #panzerdragoonsaga #decomp

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

@esper.bsky.social listening the even more games of the year 2025 while I'm working on something, and you sold me on Squeakross

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yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Dusted off the ghidra database, made the first actual code commit to Panzer Dragoon Saga decomp in 5y

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