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An Overview of Type-In Computer Magazines
In the old old old old old old old OLD* days, people wrote computer programs by either filling boxes on paper cards or punching out squares, like they did (maybe still do?) for standardized tests. The cards would be fed into card reading devices, some of them called Hollerith
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Set Side B · An Overview of Type-In Computer MagazinesIn the old old old old old old old OLD* days, people wrote computer programs by either filling boxes on paper cards or punching out squares, like they did (mayb

7DRL 2025
It got by me this year, but the now 20-year-old 7 Day Roguelike Challenge, a gamejam where people try to construct a complete roguelike within a week's time, finished up Saturday.

Not only has it been around a long time, but a number of games have come out of it that went on to greater things. Jupiter Hell got its start as a 7DRL project called DoomRL. The amazing Jeff
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Set Side B · 7DRL 2025It got by me this year, but the now 20-year-old 7 Day Roguelike Challenge, a gamejam where people try to construct a complete roguelike within a week's time, fi

Polygon Treehouse’s “No AI” Seal
Indie studio Polygon Treehouse (which doesn't seem related to the news site Polygon) has created a seal for indie devs to use to indicate that no AI-generated assets were used in the construction of their game. This is it:

Polygon Treehouse's NO GEN AI seal.

Generative AI is a blight upon all the creati
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Set Side B · Polygon Treehouse's "No AI" SealIndie studio Polygon Treehouse (which doesn't seem related to the news site Polygon) has created a seal for indie devs to use to indicate that no AI-generated a

🫶 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us, supported and were involved with #GameCraft last Saturday.

✨ 8 tabletop & digital games were made. Digital games platforms made on included #godot #unity #pico8 #playdate

📝 Here's the writeup of the day: gamecraft.it/news/2025/02/18/d

👾 Play some of the games at itch.io/jam/dublin-gamecraft-2

www.gamecraft.itPop into Dublin GameCraft 2025!

Morning! Nearly all set to head to St Laurence's Church to set up for the #gamejam. 🙌
Realising that things have changed alot since our last #GameCraft in 2019, no free parking nearby. But it's a tenner all day at Q-Park Queen St nearby.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

We are also on Discord: discord.gg/kvEfKFvC22

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Best Demos of Steam Next Fest (Oct 2024)
youtube.com/embed/OwXuQRhcDiI

This is the first part of our mega showcase from Next Fest October 2024 edition.

0:00 Intro00:28 Mohrta2:51 Aokaki4:31 Second Essence6:28 Tearscape8:20 Cyclop
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Score Keeping on the NES
Sometimes I feel like I should put a content warning here when the technical level of a post is higher than usual. This one would probably be a five out of five for geekery. It's a video from NESHacker on counting score on the Nintendo Entertainment System. But I don't want to discourage
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Set Side B · Score Keeping on the NESSometimes I feel like I should put a content warning here when the technical level of a post is higher than usual. This one would probably be a five out of five

Getting Started in Pilot Quest (UFO 50 Game #44)
As previously reported, UFO 50 is a collection of 50 solid games made by Spelunky creator Derek Yu and a number of collaborators over eight years. It costs $25 and is very much worth it. It invents a fictional game console maker and studio called UFO Soft, and also an elab
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Set Side B · Getting Started in Pilot Quest (UFO 50 Game #44)As previously reported, UFO 50 is a collection of 50 solid games made by Spelunky creator Derek Yu and a number of collaborators over eight years. It costs $25

What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
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Set Side B · What I'm Working On: Dungeon DXA few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it a