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Comment on Games at the press of a button: The Rip-O-Bot (1989) in ~games
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Games at the press of a button: The Rip-O-Bot (1989)
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Comment on BELTRUNNER (and a new way to make games) in ~games
gingerbeardman LinkI wrote a game design postmortem: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/30/beltrunner-game-design-postmortem/ And there's now more about Jinks: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/30/hi-jinks/I wrote a game design postmortem: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/30/beltrunner-game-design-postmortem/
And there's now more about Jinks: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/30/hi-jinks/
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Comment on BELTRUNNER (and a new way to make games) in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentThe game doesn't make any sound until you opt-in by clicking it to activate it. This is etiquette that the browser enforces, which I think is great. Once you've clicked to play a game, I think...The game doesn't make any sound until you opt-in by clicking it to activate it. This is etiquette that the browser enforces, which I think is great. Once you've clicked to play a game, I think it's expected to hear the game make sound, no?
I can't make any changes to the game during the jam voting period. So, I'm afraid you'll have to use your own volume controls. Cheers.
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Comment on What pre-NES games do you still recommend today? in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentNever assume :) I think anime girls in bikinis is as much as Gal Pani X gets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLFawANk64 Sorry the clean version of Gals Panic is called Panic Street, not Gals...Never assume :) I think anime girls in bikinis is as much as Gal Pani X gets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLFawANk64
Sorry the clean version of Gals Panic is called Panic Street, not Gals Street. https://www.mobygames.com/game/69889/panic-street/
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Comment on What pre-NES games do you still recommend today? in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentAgreed that Gals Panic is the better game, but it's very much post-NES. There is a non-eroge version called Gals Street, and the Saturn version is pretty clean. ps: at one point most of the wiki...Agreed that Gals Panic is the better game, but it's very much post-NES. There is a non-eroge version called Gals Street, and the Saturn version is pretty clean.
ps: at one point most of the wiki page for Gals Panic was written/sourced by me alone. The detailed comparison of the features of each version was really cool, but has been edited out. Editors gonna edit. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gals_Panic&oldid=444535524
Have you played Gal Pani X (an old Windows doujin game based on Gals Panic)
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Comment on BELTRUNNER (and a new way to make games) in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentThanks for playing! The keys needing fullscreen issue I missed before the deadline, but it has since been fixed but I can't upload a new build since the jam is in judging phase. The sound does...Thanks for playing!
The keys needing fullscreen issue I missed before the deadline, but it has since been fixed but I can't upload a new build since the jam is in judging phase.
The sound does turn off briefly after game over, for a moment of solitude, and then starts right up again when the attract mode begins.
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Comment on BELTRUNNER (and a new way to make games) in ~games
gingerbeardman LinkI just released a game for #GMTKjam BELTRUNNER is the first game built using Jinks, which is my bespoke game engine (oversimplification of the year). But more than that it’s a totally new way of...I just released a game for #GMTKjam
BELTRUNNER is the first game built using Jinks, which is my bespoke game engine (oversimplification of the year). But more than that it’s a totally new way of making games!
Some people find it hard to believe that a new way to make games can be invented in the year 2026, but rest assured: I have done it.😎
I’ll talk more about Jinks in the near future.
Until then my high score on Beltrunner is 327300
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BELTRUNNER (and a new way to make games)
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Comment on What pre-NES games do you still recommend today? in ~games
gingerbeardman LinkArcade: Joust, Asteroids, QIX, Robotron. Flicky but that was released after NES. Computer: Lode RunnerArcade: Joust, Asteroids, QIX, Robotron.
Flicky but that was released after NES.Computer: Lode Runner
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Comment on What pre-NES games do you still recommend today? in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentQIX and Asteroids, too.QIX and Asteroids, too.
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Comment on Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji in ~tech
gingerbeardman Link ParentThanks! My emoji discoveries will be featured in a book from DK later this year.Thanks! My emoji discoveries will be featured in a book from DK later this year.
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Comment on Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji in ~tech
gingerbeardman Link ParentNot at all, you'd was a happy accident. I found it randomly on my continued search for the oldest emoji. I bought the manual to see the set and didn't expect to find this missing link. The full...Not at all, you'd was a happy accident. I found it randomly on my continued search for the oldest emoji. I bought the manual to see the set and didn't expect to find this missing link.
The full set from the Rupo is visible in the scans linked at the bottom and/or the linked emoji missing years blog post.
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Comment on Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji in ~tech
gingerbeardman LinkSo it wasn't a dream! I'm really happy to have found this, and Happy World Emoji Day. 🎉So it wasn't a dream!
I'm really happy to have found this, and Happy World Emoji Day. 🎉
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Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji
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Comment on 8BitDo FlipPad in ~games
gingerbeardman Link ParentI think controllers have done things like that on iOS and macOS for a while, you can even do screen recording with a button.I think controllers have done things like that on iOS and macOS for a while, you can even do screen recording with a button.
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Comment on 8BitDo FlipPad in ~games
gingerbeardman LinkiOS 26.2 required...but why?iOS 26.2 required...but why?
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Japanese symbols that speak without words
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Comment on Are there any video games that are/were popular in your country, that the rest of the world hardly knows about? in ~games
gingerbeardman (edited )LinkI'm from UK but... For Italy, games based on the character Diabolik, who is kind of like James Bond crossed with Batman. The Diabolik game I played was on Wii. There are lots of consoles games...I'm from UK but... For Italy, games based on the character Diabolik, who is kind of like James Bond crossed with Batman. The Diabolik game I played was on Wii. There are lots of consoles games localised to single European countries, on Dreamcast there are several France-only games. Looking at PC I assume the number will be much, much higher, from 8-bit days onwards. Obviously lots from Japan, versions of traditional games like Hanafuda, Shogi, Pachinko, Mahjong plus Visual Novels and Doujin/indie games. Games on bootleg consoles only released in China or India. etc.
As an award-winning independent game developer, my answer to the question "will you still have enough drive and originality left in you?" is a resounding YES.
The point I took away from the article isn't to fight the automated tools or pretend they don't exist, but to look past them towards new pastures full of ideas. As humans we are capable of so much more than derivative, common denominator quality.