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some kind of person (he/they)
occasional game developer, most of the time programmer
interactive programming appreciator
my accent may try to trick you, but I am in fact Swedish
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train simulator (swedish) in the style of 電車でGO!, based on map data that will eventually have style data added onto it (I'm working on the editor for that but globe coordinates are tricky)
Game screenshot. A filled wireframe cityscape in the distance, two blocks on either side of the camera that represent the train platforms. The HUD shows two clocks, various gauges, and a "doors closed" light (in Swedish, reading "DÖRRAR STÄNGDA" ("doors closed") with a label underneath reading "DÖRRAR VÄNSTER" ("doors left")).
September 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Turns out using the ladders isn't intuitive. This may be the third or fourth attempt to mitigate that.
White text on black background, low-res pixel font. > use ladder There's an instruction sticker on the side. It reads: -- How To Use a Ladder in Three Easy Steps -- 1. DROP the ladder in the place you want to use it. 2. Try to imagine you're already standing on the ladder. This is important! 3. Do the thing you wanted to do at the top of the ladder. By following these easy steps, you too can successfully use a ladder!
July 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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some kinda train simulator idk i keep procrastinating on it
Smartphone picture of a computer monitor showing some code on the left. A window exists on top of this. Text in its upper left corner reads "F 5" followed by "17:19:43". In the middle, a railway signal light with one green lamp lit in the middle. Under the signal light is two lines of text. The first, "Signal Nr. F412". The second, "Vänta: STOPP".
June 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Thankfully I've managed to get this image to become the primary association my mind has with his name.
A still frame from a video: a dark silhouette of Jonathan Blow standing in front of a window showing a city from high up. He's looking to the side with a neutral or somber expression. Below, a YouTube comment which reads "Do you think he did the exact same thing when he saw The Looker".
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
quux.foo
Still a text adventure that refuses to get finished
A screenshot of a text adventure. A squirrel asks if it may take your B. After saying yes, the player loses the ability to press B.
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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A text adventure that accidentally contains too much dialog and not enough cryptic puzzles. At this rate the hint book won't sell a single copy.
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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I had already hacked in a system to play the game via telnet in preparation for the event, and luckily I thought ahead enough that it wasn't at all hard to specialize that further for Sharkey.

I didn't say the resulting code was nice exactly, but it was easy to write.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
quux.foo
When I was at an offline LAN event in Uppsala I connected my text adventure to a local social media service (running fediverse software "Sharkey" if I'm not misremembering) for a collaborative play session. It kinda sorta worked for a while.

#gamedev
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I'm too lazy so I put the new game mechanic's test object in the starting room, but I care too much, so I write fitting flavor text for it. My priorities may or may not be in order.
White monospace text on black background: > look - Bedroom - It's your bedroom. A cramped appendix-shaped (and sized) living space that would be completely inadequate were it not for the rest of the apartment. Against one wall stands the computer, against the other, the bed. The only other available wall has the window, with a large and impractical windowsill making the thought of putting any furniture against that wall almost unthinkable. Not to mention blocking the way to the bed. The door is to the *south*. The clock on the desk reads "lunch". For some odd reason, the controls to some kind of crane system are mounted on your bedroom wall. How odd. Hopefully it doesn't stay there long. > look at crane controls The metal it's built out of curves down onto the wall like it's supposed to merge with a wall of similar material, but your wall is painted concrete.
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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bass added
March 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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It took me way too long to realize that my drop command works on all objects that can be found, not just objects in the inventory. I have no idea how this slipped past me. #gamedev
March 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Highlighting directions for movement with inverted colors. I don't like this very much, but playtesting seemed to indicate that directions needed to be more visible somehow.
(text surrounded by **double asterisks** is black on white, the rest of white on black) > go west - Hall - The hall is cluttered and messy, but amongst all the junk you can clearly see a wardrobe and, on a shelf, a decorative glove. To the **north** is the bedroom, and to the **south** is the living room. The kitchen is to the **north west**, the front door is to the **east**, and the bathroom is irrelevant.
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM