Tom Waterhouse
@2dforever.com
2D illustration, animation and design. In Bristol, UK
http://2dforever.com
http://2dforever.com
Pretty good double rainbow 🌈
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Pretty good double rainbow 🌈
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Earth Must Die🌍💀launches January 27 on Steam!
- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Earth Must Die🌍💀launches January 27 on Steam!
- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Pause the video to see which character you are! (They're all good, so win-win)
Just thought I'd put this together with the artwork I made for Neo Geo November :)
Just thought I'd put this together with the artwork I made for Neo Geo November :)
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Pause the video to see which character you are! (They're all good, so win-win)
Just thought I'd put this together with the artwork I made for Neo Geo November :)
Just thought I'd put this together with the artwork I made for Neo Geo November :)
I might hold off playing Sonic Mania again and wait for this :)
#SonicMania Plus for the #Sega #Dreamcast finally has audio! Here's a 2 minute direct hardware capture of me playing the latest build of @sonicfreak94.bsky.social's port on my actual DC to hype up the Blue Blur's epic comeback to a Sega console... where he has always belonged!
#retrogaming #gamedev
#retrogaming #gamedev
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I might hold off playing Sonic Mania again and wait for this :)
It wasn’t nostalgia blowing things up in my mind, it was an amazing place 🥲
In 1998, the (bad) Italian movie Cucciolo somehow managed to do something important: they shot quite a long sequence in the now-defunct SegaWorld London, located inside the London Trocadero. The park opened in 1996 and closed in 1999.
Here is the entire sequence.
Here is the entire sequence.
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
It wasn’t nostalgia blowing things up in my mind, it was an amazing place 🥲
Takes about 5 mins, they’ll probably ignore it anyway but no harm in adding your voice
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Takes about 5 mins, they’ll probably ignore it anyway but no harm in adding your voice
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If you're interested in further Earth Must Die updates, I should let you know that will be incoming SOON, hopefully.
Until then, we need like a hundred million billion wishlists, so please please please pop over here and wishlist it, thank you: store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Until then, we need like a hundred million billion wishlists, so please please please pop over here and wishlist it, thank you: store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
store.steampowered.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
If you're interested in further Earth Must Die updates, I should let you know that will be incoming SOON, hopefully.
Until then, we need like a hundred million billion wishlists, so please please please pop over here and wishlist it, thank you: store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Until then, we need like a hundred million billion wishlists, so please please please pop over here and wishlist it, thank you: store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Reposted by Tom Waterhouse
Of course, Maraoke fans are well versed in their Sega history already, thanks to Joel's incredible 'Hey Ya' re-write.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbL...
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Of course, Maraoke fans are well versed in their Sega history already, thanks to Joel's incredible 'Hey Ya' re-write.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbL...
Currently dealing with a 7.4GB Photoshop file and I get the feeling Photoshop wasn't quite designed for this...
(15 minutes to save the file. Wheee!)
(15 minutes to save the file. Wheee!)
January 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Currently dealing with a 7.4GB Photoshop file and I get the feeling Photoshop wasn't quite designed for this...
(15 minutes to save the file. Wheee!)
(15 minutes to save the file. Wheee!)
I’m not even working today and I’ve had to do tech support.
After every “why does this happen?” question my response was “this is why I don’t use Microsoft products” 😐
Happy Monday all!
After every “why does this happen?” question my response was “this is why I don’t use Microsoft products” 😐
Happy Monday all!
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
I’m not even working today and I’ve had to do tech support.
After every “why does this happen?” question my response was “this is why I don’t use Microsoft products” 😐
Happy Monday all!
After every “why does this happen?” question my response was “this is why I don’t use Microsoft products” 😐
Happy Monday all!
Reposted by Tom Waterhouse
This is a really good article - really demonstrates AI as a platform where no user can have a creative voice, because that voice can only ever be the voice of the machine or the voice of what came before it.
Sora is one of the worst experiences I have ever had online. So much so that I felt obligated to dissect its various failings. Unsurprisingly, they all come back to the fact that it's an AI product pretending to be a social media platform.
Sora: Improv for the Creatively Bankrupt
Note: Due to its subject matter, parts of this post contain AI generated content. Not the text — that’s all hand written prose full of…
medium.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
This is a really good article - really demonstrates AI as a platform where no user can have a creative voice, because that voice can only ever be the voice of the machine or the voice of what came before it.
Last minute Link Attack in Christmas NiGHTS. 487 isn’t bad… one year I’ll reach 999!
Anyway, Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone!
Anyway, Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Last minute Link Attack in Christmas NiGHTS. 487 isn’t bad… one year I’ll reach 999!
Anyway, Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone!
Anyway, Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone!
Reposted by Tom Waterhouse
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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UE Environment Artists and 3D character modellers - where you at? Got a really cool game that needs help in the new year - if you know anyone - holla!
Reports appreciated 💃
Reports appreciated 💃
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
UE Environment Artists and 3D character modellers - where you at? Got a really cool game that needs help in the new year - if you know anyone - holla!
Reports appreciated 💃
Reports appreciated 💃
Reposted by Tom Waterhouse
Don't put off making what you want to make because you're "not ready yet"
Not knowing how to do something and then doing it anyway is how we learn
It's how we surprise ourselves. It's how we discover what no-one would have encountered by doing it "the right way"
Not knowing how to do something and then doing it anyway is how we learn
It's how we surprise ourselves. It's how we discover what no-one would have encountered by doing it "the right way"
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Don't put off making what you want to make because you're "not ready yet"
Not knowing how to do something and then doing it anyway is how we learn
It's how we surprise ourselves. It's how we discover what no-one would have encountered by doing it "the right way"
Not knowing how to do something and then doing it anyway is how we learn
It's how we surprise ourselves. It's how we discover what no-one would have encountered by doing it "the right way"
Seeing these two side-by-side on Steam makes me appreciate the original character design more. The new one is so... generic. I guess that's a problem with aiming for realism: real life is boring!
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Seeing these two side-by-side on Steam makes me appreciate the original character design more. The new one is so... generic. I guess that's a problem with aiming for realism: real life is boring!
I haven't had to do this trick in a while, but if someone sends images within a Word file (shudder) you can chuck it into a file extractor like it's a zip and get the source files. It's a neat trick that I don't think everyone knows :)
December 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I haven't had to do this trick in a while, but if someone sends images within a Word file (shudder) you can chuck it into a file extractor like it's a zip and get the source files. It's a neat trick that I don't think everyone knows :)
Reposted by Tom Waterhouse
In terms of UI I can often hear a variation of “it’s more immersive, because it has less UI”
But was Persona 5 audience any less immersed because of its wild interface? Was there a lack of immersion with Baldur’s Gate 3?
But was Persona 5 audience any less immersed because of its wild interface? Was there a lack of immersion with Baldur’s Gate 3?
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In terms of UI I can often hear a variation of “it’s more immersive, because it has less UI”
But was Persona 5 audience any less immersed because of its wild interface? Was there a lack of immersion with Baldur’s Gate 3?
But was Persona 5 audience any less immersed because of its wild interface? Was there a lack of immersion with Baldur’s Gate 3?
Saw this thing advertised on eBay... and for some reason I really want to take you for a ride? (🎵 do do do do do)
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Saw this thing advertised on eBay... and for some reason I really want to take you for a ride? (🎵 do do do do do)
Life hack: Do that Friday desk clean super quickly by spilling water over EVERYTHING (oops)
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Life hack: Do that Friday desk clean super quickly by spilling water over EVERYTHING (oops)
I’m really glad we’re now at a point where we are making re-remakes… (I’m sure it’s not the first either!)
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’m really glad we’re now at a point where we are making re-remakes… (I’m sure it’s not the first either!)
A game about an emotional journey delivered through sound and light. I did the key art and logo on this one and it was fascinating to try and capture what's in the game... it's not your typical game - and I love that! We need more of this:
store.steampowered.com/app/3387310/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3387310/...
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A game about an emotional journey delivered through sound and light. I did the key art and logo on this one and it was fascinating to try and capture what's in the game... it's not your typical game - and I love that! We need more of this:
store.steampowered.com/app/3387310/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3387310/...
This shows the amazing character art, but pay attention to the background on the top. Hand drawn parallax on those tunnels… amazing work
Animation by Koji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura & Toyoaki Emura* | Akira (1988)
#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation
#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This shows the amazing character art, but pay attention to the background on the top. Hand drawn parallax on those tunnels… amazing work
Woke up stupidly early so I did some life drawing of twisty poses. All with SFW undies on to save your soul
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Woke up stupidly early so I did some life drawing of twisty poses. All with SFW undies on to save your soul
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Welcome to Halcyon Dynamics! In your new role you'll be expected to process digits efficiently and build a small well-motivated team. Don't overthink it; they're definitely just digits. A narrative-driven incremental management sim. store.steampowered.com/app/4218750?...
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Welcome to Halcyon Dynamics! In your new role you'll be expected to process digits efficiently and build a small well-motivated team. Don't overthink it; they're definitely just digits. A narrative-driven incremental management sim. store.steampowered.com/app/4218750?...