matt sephton

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gingerbeardman

💾 FITS ON A FLOPPY 🤓 Indie Dev since ~1990
🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️Retro Games 🗿Moai
💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple

blog: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
twitter: https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman
bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gingerbeardman.com
YOYOZO: https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

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2025-08-15 05:40:51 UTC

OMG a new song from Bran Van 3000 😍
https://song.link/https:/music.apple.com/gb/album/kings-of-las-vegas-feat-fabjustfab-liquidltd/1831650420?i=1831650421

2025-07-24 20:32:05 UTC

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https://www.mixcloud.com/gingerbeardman/de-de-mouse-disco/

2025-07-23 20:57:19 UTC

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new mix coming soon “DÉ DÉ MOUSE IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE”
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2025-07-23 18:13:06 UTC

This week's #NewMusicMix is French House direct from Tokyo Japan
"Just Brokenhearted EP" by DÉ DÉ MOUSE
https://song.link/https:/music.apple.com/gb/album/just-brokenhearted-ep/1825285536
Even all the gorgeous vocal effects and effects filtering can't hide the heartbreak. Go easy on yourself 💔

2025-07-17 23:43:13 UTC

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in my app dither is now a brush property so I should theoretically be able to do that combo. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gingerbeardman/114871176305552738

2025-07-17 23:30:48 UTC

*Banana Dither Smudge Brush Action* in my pixel art app Dottie. Coming this fall for macOS (12 and up right now, we’ll see). Get in touch for TestFlight if you’re interested, low pressure involvement—you can send me feedback or some pixel art drawn with it.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/871/176/251/596/905/original/8a34e0cd2fd2e417.mp4

2025-07-17 21:52:43 UTC

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i’ve not tried that one! pic plz

2025-07-17 21:12:21 UTC

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🙌 I'll add dither smudge to my own pixel art app to celebrate!

2025-07-16 13:03:03 UTC

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I'm using Retroarch PC-98 core! You'll need a BIOS and MPS disk image (both on archive.org) and then make sure "Game Mode" is On (so you can type) "Joypad D-Pad to Mouse/Keyboard/Joypad Mapping" is Off (so you can type all keys)

2025-07-07 23:18:13 UTC

check out this smudge tool in Multi Paint System (PC-98) which is dither by necessity due to the limited colours. #swoon #dithering #pixelart
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2025-06-06 16:49:20 UTC

Update about my pixel art app, Dottie, I've been adding feature by feature, a couple every evening. Brush size, dither painting with specified percentage, animated preview, and much more! Oh, and an icon 😘
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2025-05-19 14:14:47 UTC

Loving MobLand, so so good! My only minor complaint is so many names ending in the same sound: Charlie, Davy, Debbie, Donnie, Eddie, Freddie, Harry, Hughie, Lottie, Olie, Richie. Evidently, I would be a really bad mobster.

2025-05-01 15:14:40 UTC

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I will do this for Dreamcast at some point. 4-player “Sensible Soccer”!

2025-05-01 15:05:24 UTC

Another abandoned project blog post: in late-2023 I built a prototype for a Playdate arcade soccer game that was set to be a promotional companion to the soccer-infused first-person slice-of-life game Despelote (out today—May 1st, 2025) https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/05/01/abandoned-project-soccer-for-playdate/
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2025-04-21 21:15:50 UTC

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thanks, I'm on it!

2025-04-21 20:55:03 UTC

I'm interested to read about the history of the Amiga, from when it was set to be an Atari computer through development and launch to the first years after release. Any good articles or books?

2025-04-16 07:27:14 UTC

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I hope that first you enjoyed them! But thank you

2025-04-15 21:09:31 UTC

New blog post!
"When Playdate Stopped Being Fun"
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/04/15/when-playdate-stopped-being-fun/

2025-03-29 17:53:01 UTC

I found a sweet little point and click adventure game for Classic Macintosh called “Station” by Mitsuo Isaka about taking train rides in the summer on Gokuraku 1994 CD2 https://archive.org/details/gokuraku-paradise-theater-1994-10
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2025-03-28 17:07:59 UTC

I am proud to announce that my Macintosh Magazine Media project has surpassed my self-imposed goal of 1 MILLION FILES, an achievement that fills me with both immense satisfaction and slight bewilderment. #marchintosh #macintosh #preservation #cdrom #files
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/28/macintosh-magazine-media-1-million-files/
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2025-03-26 11:52:37 UTC

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yes! I was just about to say: occasionally, I have to plug something into the side USB ports and I think “genius” (though more often than not there isn’t enough power for that thing so I still have to go elsewhere) ps: photo is from 2019 as I’m too lazy to take a new one

2025-03-26 11:48:10 UTC

17 years bashing on my A1243 keyboard, and it's still going strong.
However, it’s worth noting that I recently bought an A1843 (first generation "Magic Keyboard with Numeric Pad") to use out and about: weighs 100g less, bluetooth, thinner & easier to carry. Though still prefer typing on the A1243.
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2025-03-17 23:15:34 UTC

Testing the three different types of tilesets (samegame, extended samegame, macigame) #marchintosh #macigame #samegame #sharkturtle #love2d
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/180/314/446/225/887/original/2d6ea81fb9c42991.mp4

2025-03-17 20:33:26 UTC

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check out the xenomorph https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/05/04/macigame-user-created-graphics/
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2025-03-17 19:36:09 UTC

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Naturally, I’ve added support for “MaciGame” tilesets from the Classic Macintosh game. #macigame #love2d #samegame #sharkturtle
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/179/451/687/705/859/original/9848b51d779424cb.mp4

2025-03-17 19:33:20 UTC

Am I ready to inflict a loss of productivity this huge on the world? With puzzles comes great responsibility. 😅 #love2d #samegame #sharkturtle
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/179/440/616/914/157/original/1672a8d95ac16578.mp4

2025-03-12 18:09:09 UTC

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Enhanced sfxr for Love2D is now on itch, with Windows and macOS binaries: https://gingerbeardman.itch.io/enhanced-sfxr-for-love2d

2025-03-12 16:35:52 UTC

I released an enhanced version of the sfrx.lua demo app, adding: history/undo/redo, auto play on changes, keyboard control of file picker, and several more fixes and QOL changes.
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/11/enhanced-sfxr-for-love2d/
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2025-02-28 12:56:53 UTC

I think I’m in love with shaders. And multi-coloured bullets. And blimps. Blimps are cool. #aquaplane #love2d
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/081/622/392/765/222/original/91510ebbaf115093.mp4

2025-02-25 17:58:23 UTC

The overarching concept for my shmup game: everything is based on Water and its various states: liquid, ice, steam & the interplay with hot and cold bullets & the viscosity of water slowing versus air. feels good! #aquaplane
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/065/821/026/732/637/original/a248352b9cb953a5.mp4

2025-01-03 21:05:06 UTC

New Game Alert! 🚨
DREAM RIDE ...for Sega Dreamcast!
https://gingerbeardman.itch.io/dream-ride
1 to 4 player competitive arcade battle arena driving
Play vs Humans or CPU, 8 cars, cheats & secrets
I had a spare week over Christmas...so I made this! So much fun to develop for the Dreamcast.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/766/452/782/939/953/original/488f46bf64af5f5d.mp4

2024-12-13 14:26:21 UTC

https://minidisc.pics
#MiniDisc pics of Discs and Players, sort by Brand, Series, Year, Color. 💽
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2024-12-07 17:08:42 UTC

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in the UK we were given this list https://archive.org/details/RogersProfanisaurusPreviouslyKnownAsSwearyMarysDictionaryOfFilth

2024-12-07 16:18:00 UTC

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I need to do a deep dive into such luminary phrasing

2024-12-07 09:50:07 UTC

Last week I was reminded of the word "shithead" to describe a certain type of person, and it really made me chuckle. I'll try to add it back into my working vocabulary. There's no shortage of opportunity that's for sure

2024-12-06 16:36:46 UTC

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i was lucky that one popped up within a couple of days, still need to buy a new portable as my old one is in storage.

2024-12-06 16:34:23 UTC

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keep on keepin’ on! had to buy a new hifi to be able to do it 😜
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/606/843/591/218/294/original/5b4fdb0285245868.jpeg

2024-12-06 16:13:54 UTC

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For a physical copy on CD, MiniDisc, Tape check out my bandcamp: https://gingerbeardman.bandcamp.com/album/2024
Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai

2024-12-06 16:13:40 UTC

Here's my #2024 DJ mix!
https://www.mixcloud.com/gingerbeardman/2024/
An upbeat selection of 24 of my favourite tracks from a year of #NewMusicMix
I was inspired to make it after becoming obsessed with Soichi Terada’s Essential Mix from 2022. That's the vibe I was going for.

2024-12-03 02:44:13 UTC

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these days I just put the relevant CSS in my default file: Safari > Preferences > Advanced > Style Sheet
For per-site you can use PageExtender
https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/pageextender-for-safari/id1457557274?mt=12

2024-12-01 16:13:01 UTC

Favourite obscure video game featuring snow? Let's go.
Winter Gold (1996, SNES)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4IMCpUCby2U

2024-11-23 19:54:14 UTC

Noticed my 5-star solid gold movie-of-the-year is now streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Movies.
It's a 3 hour subtitled French period drama, but I was perched on the edge of my seat for the duration. Loved it.
"The Count of Monte-Cristo" (2024)
https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/le-comte-de-monte-cristo
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2024-11-09 20:54:55 UTC

I wrote a bit about my favourite video game golf games!
New 3D Golf Simulation series on MSX, PC98, X68K, MD, SNES, 3DO, SAT, PS1, N64, PS2 & DS!
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/11/09/new-3d-golf-simulation-video-game-series/
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2024-11-03 16:00:31 UTC

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amazing! nice work!

2024-11-03 15:44:47 UTC

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✨🙌✨

2024-11-03 15:09:55 UTC

It's that time again...
Soichi Terada's Essential Mix (2022-03-05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlkI1lG9fM

2024-09-27 18:01:47 UTC

The algorithm provides: how Fruit Ninja was designed https://youtube.com/watch?v=St5v2uI-Nis

2024-09-04 19:56:13 UTC

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I thought about it but then saw that the last update was 2019

2024-09-04 14:00:06 UTC

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watch out! you can easily get lost on the Japanese section of that site. I dare not look at the other sections!

2024-09-04 13:43:03 UTC

Hanafuda-inspired ex-libris bookplate woodblock print
http://art-exlibris.net/exlibris/11080?query=nationalitet-52&pt=owner
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2024-08-19 23:22:04 UTC

@npub1lfl…ehf7 have you heard of or tried the whoop fitness tracker? Seems to me that you might like the kind of info it reports.

2024-08-12 20:47:00 UTC

TIL: somebody has made the Exposé macOS window management feature for Classic Macintosh
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/idea-dream-wish-expos%C3%A9-for-classic-mac-os.39438/post-433411
Video attached of it running well on a slow old Mac (runs much better on my setup)
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/951/008/901/372/968/original/e6296b371525441b.mp4

2024-08-10 21:12:38 UTC

Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/08/10/stapler-i-remade-a-32-year-old-classic-macintosh-app/
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2024-08-01 18:08:20 UTC

PSA: Internet Archive “glitch” deletes years of user data & accounts
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/08/01/psa-internet-archive-glitch-deletes-years-of-user-data-and-accounts/

2024-08-01 00:15:20 UTC

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there's an email address that is the main funnel for support. Here's the last reply, which I won't be responding to!
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2024-07-31 22:42:48 UTC

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I've taken this to the press

2024-07-31 10:12:28 UTC

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terrifying. interestingly nothing gets deleted when you (or in this case: they) delete an account. They just mark the userid as "unused". Signing up with the same email address relinks your uploads. Really they should relink everything including the old username. They seem typically reluctant to go the whole way on this but I'll keep pressing

2024-07-31 02:00:30 UTC

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so this is a larger issue that isn't being talked about. Many users effectively had their accounts removed thanks to a "glitch". Logging back in with the same email address links your old uploads to a new account. But the old username, favourites, web archives, ...all gone.

2024-07-29 16:24:00 UTC

Recently, for unknown reasons, and against common accepted knowledge that usernames cannot be changed at @npub1umd…wfr7 ...my username has been changed ...from gingerbeardman (since I joined in 2015) to matt_sephton, which is somewhat concerning as it has broken many old links.

2024-06-14 13:15:45 UTC

Any Nintendo DS hackers out there? I've been given a save for Walk With Me (Nintendo DS pedometer game) but when restoring it the game wipes the save. I guess it sees the hardware has changed in some way and wipes the save to prevent cheating? Any ideas how to circumvent this?
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2024-06-13 17:05:14 UTC

I made an Alfred Workflow for Moby Games queries
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2024-05-18 10:53:12 UTC

Earliest emoji in the news
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2024-05-10 20:19:52 UTC

New blog post! "Emoji history: the missing years"
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/05/10/emoji-history-the-missing-years/
In January I bought a long-forgotten personal organiser from Japan and stumbled across a set of emoji that shouldn't have existed. Then I found some more lost emoji, so decided to redraw them all. Enjoy!
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