Matt Verran

@gingerbeardman I love consoles and fixed platforms (too) but think I’m just going for Mac and Win32 at the moment. SDL3 is pretty cool and my “platform” at the mo.

@hermitgames Cheers Matt!

New blog post! "When Playdate Stopped Being Fun" blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/04/15/whe…

@brooksoid @BackerKit Aciiiid

Proud to be the 303rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for 868-BACK! backerkit.com/c/projects/mic…

Here's my latest game! Bender 2: Bend Harder Possibly the game with the longest gestation of all, as its first incarnation was a web game I created way back in 2012. How's about that for sticking with something you believe in?

this is the way // bye dx9.1, GL, directinput, console specific api’s // will only miss fmod if it replaces that for me (looks like it might)

I can't believe I finally get to say this. SDL3 is officially ABI locked! We will _add_ new things but not _change_ or _remove_ what's there, starting right now. Which means it's safe to start migrating your games to it, starting today! github.com/libsdl-org/SDL…

@brooksoid @datassette It’s flipping great isn’t it

@datassette I am overjoyed that you have nailed vector graphics display simulation whilst simultaneously creating a really fun game with perfect sound effects and soundtrack. Best £4.99 I've spent in some time, and no doubt I'll buy the soundtrack too.

Utopia Must Fall launches in 2 days! store.steampowered.com/app/2849680/Ut… Are we totally ready? NO! Are we doing it anyway? YES! Do you like HOT ELECTRON BEAMS? Of course you do...

can get round it by precompiling shaders and they load and work fine but would like to get to bottom of why. something to do with d3dx .dll support in proton? or the steam store sets up something differently for runtime shader compilation?

had a weird issue where D3DXCreateEffect() wont compile shaders on steamdeck (odd syntax errors), compile fine on: all other test machines and in the steam store released version of qrth. only a problem with code I copied over to steamdeck myself to test

been fiddling for ages to remove the windows launcher from steam QRTH-PHYL, pretty much done now finally, probably going to put that up on steam and look at getting steam deck approval soon, then do return home

learnt: dont do anything with win32 messages if you help can it, poll window state (position,size,maxmised) every frame and adjust device and save as needed

incredible how tricky it is to get a win32 d3d app to remember it's maximised on save / load // no windows message for de-maximise

YOYOZOは@PlaydateJPによるACTゲームです。 4USDで販売中 play.date/games/yoyozo/ - 本日限り50%オフ！ - Ars Technica「 2023年のベストビデオゲーム」で紹介されました。 - Playdate Community Awards 2023「最高のアーケードゲーム」。 - わずか39.4KBのチビ！

new (old) afx? soundcloud.com/rebirth-xanax/…

the QRTH-PHYL soundtrack is on steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/1407690/qr… // if you want to pay more or less can still get on bandcamp: verran.bandcamp.com/album/qrth-phyl

this runs great on steam deck as well, just set to 1280x800 and 16:10 using touchscreen in the launcher. deck approved auto-config-ing version coming soon

Return Home is also on sale

@dill0wn Yeah @abagames is the best

@hermitgames I found what I was thinking of. I love your games, but sharing this here, too. I was thinking of "Gunroar" by ABA Games aka Kenta Cho asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/

store.steampowered.com/app/451930/qrt… is on sale, 60% off, £1.59