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Extent of the Jam

@extentofthejam.bsky.social

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Ornery middle-aged coder and musician (funk, chiptunes). Author of Digits VST and Slam VST. ADHD and Jewish. Battling nerve damage from transverse myelitis. Sick of your shit. Married. https://extentofthejam.bandcamp.com #demoscene #retrogaming #shmups 🏳️‍🌈

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · Jan 7

Here’s my latest track. It’s 4 channel Impulse Tracker chipfunk. The module is available on modarchive. #chiptune #demoscene extentofthejam.bandcamp.com/track/the-wo...

The World is Funked (A Jam for 2025), by Extent of the Jam

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 21m

That guy is one of my tracker idols

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 8h

I’m definitely a RADlib

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

We're taking to the streets this Saturday at hundreds of protests nationwide to reject the Trump administration's attacks on our rights.

Find a No Kings protest near you at nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 12h

In that case (gestures to my entire shmup collection)

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 21h

I love Granada. Have you ever tried Metal Stoker on PC Engine? It has a similar appeal.

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 22h

HELLRAISER (1987, Clive Barker)

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aivi & surasshu @aivisura.com · 1d

Upcoming show in SF!

Wisdom Waveform 🎹🎻🍂
Nov 9 @ 2pm

We'll be performing with our friends @jasonyu.me, @roninopf.bsky.social & @sixthstationtrio.bsky.social in an afternoon of classical fusion music & local art!

Hosted by @syzygysf.com 🤎

🎨: Meena Vempaty

Tix: syzygysf.com/events/wisdom-waveform

Illustrated flyer by Meena Vempaty, with the pixelated words "Wisdom Waveform" in a puddle of water. Instruments from the game "Link's Awakening" lay on the floor of a northern California forest in autumn, with redwood leaves and tiny white mushrooms strewn across the scene.

Text says:

"Infloresce and Friends: Wisdom Waveform, featuring Jason M. Yu, aivi & surasshu, Ronin Op F, and Sixth Station Trio. Classical fusion music.

Get tickets at syzygy.com/events/wisdom-waveform.

Address: Syzygy SF, 395 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Date: November 9, 2025 at 2 PM."

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

I want to add the Speed Buggy sparkle effect to the water. That engine does a lot of cool things and has lots of personality.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

Progress so far on my DOS game jam game. So far I can add more lanes by changing the texture, but the game logic still thinks it’s off-road. The different terrain also doesn’t do anything yet.

Sound is desynched from the DOSBox recording somehow.

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

The third one is strange. I’m not sure what to think of it.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen Infernal Affairs? It’s like a Wong-Leung reunion.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

I can appreciate their space program, just like I can appreciate ours even though it’s basically more military-industrial complex. The international space station is a pretty cool project.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

run Solaris ;P

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

Well this year sure has sucked

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

I can “see everything” in Spy Hunter in less than an hour (icy roads, bridge out, etc).

Does it have to be a 1cc?

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

It’s strange to me that people who understand why using the word “crusade” is no longer acceptable, who understand how dress codes and other seemingly innocuous things can enable exclusion of black people and other minorities, but somehow can’t wrap their head around their own dog whistles…

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hellojed @hellojed.bsky.social · 1d

Someone has made a font of the Super Hang On logo and I was inspired

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

🍻 cheers!

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

It was also an early game to use keyboard for movement and mouse to aim, before Abuse and before most FPS games.

Raymond Usher somehow credited, and I assume this is an in-joke.

Box is biodegradable. Quite 90s.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

This one is an interesting game. It was made by DMA Design after Lemmings, but their design of the little guys in this inspired the Lemmings concept.

It’s a pretty entertaining gallery shooter with left-right movement which stretches thin because of its long length. Solid game though. Unique.

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

There’s something inspiring about those 8-bit pins when they’re good, right? The physics I think are probably pretty simple. It’s been a bucket list item of mine too to make something like that.

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 1d

Oh cool! Is that a raycasted tile at a time environment or is it using something else?

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 2d

I often wonder this about pets. It’s probably a good thing cats can’t talk, they’d probably say some crazy shit

Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t know this was a thing! Is it a door game or did one of the big services have it?

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