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8/16-bit + modern games coder in the Netherlands.

My opinions are 100% my own, and not necessarily that of my employer.

To the #PostNL employee who turned up with a package, poked my door instead of ringing the bell and walked off 10 seconds later:

Did you notice that I have a video doorbell?

@aparrish At the moment I have a script that says where in the source image an item is, and then after conversion I write out an assembly file with the tile numbers.

One of these days I'll write something better. The more I write this down the worse my solution sounds in my head...

@aparrish I use ProMotion in tileset mode, export the graphics as indexed 256 colour .bmp files (it was easier to write a loader), and everything else is just quick and dirty commandline-driven conversion tools written in C++ to output converted tiles, maps and palettes.

I'm more of a coder though - I'm fine coding tools, but I couldn't draw a decent sprite if my life depended on it.

@mark_f_lynch @hanscees @Daojoan I have a 'razor focused spherical object acquisition manager who takes every opportunity to seek engagement and make new connections'

I'm not sure what the failure rate on #Hyundai Ioniq ICCUs is, but it looks like mine just joined the party.

Dammit!

Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant dies

Rob Grant, the co-creator of Red Dwarf, has died suddenly.

British Comedy Guide

I can't see this being a household name in the UK to be honest.

'I've got just the thing for that! I'll just get my Knobbout...'

@devlin @Bobbins I thought 'big bang'was better (you could at least distinguish the sprites from the background). I did spend a lot of time playing Revolver, so that's my favourite Arc game of theirs.
@Bobbins even game-starved Acorn Archimedes owners weren't sure that game was a good idea...

Wait.

When the actual living HELL did my taste in music get named 'Divorced dad rock'?!?!

Really?