Dbug
@dbug.defence-force.org
Game Developer (Adeline, Heliovision, Eden, Funcom), Retro Enthusiast (Oric, Atari, Audio), YouTuber (http://youtube.com/c/Dbugsstuff)
Someone asked me what the flickering thing was, they thought it was a visage, but no, it's just a flickering light fixture of undetermined type, the type that does bbbzzz bbbzzzz in scary movies.
So I need to redesign it, here are some of the possible options, any favorite?
So I need to redesign it, here are some of the possible options, any favorite?
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Someone asked me what the flickering thing was, they thought it was a visage, but no, it's just a flickering light fixture of undetermined type, the type that does bbbzzz bbbzzzz in scary movies.
So I need to redesign it, here are some of the possible options, any favorite?
So I need to redesign it, here are some of the possible options, any favorite?
In my post mortem I mentioned that I used AI assistants to review my changes.
Here is an example of what I meant, in his case using Claude Opus to ask if my change (using my custom scripting language) looks correct or not.
And of course I had a typo in one of my labels😅
Here is an example of what I meant, in his case using Claude Opus to ask if my change (using my custom scripting language) looks correct or not.
And of course I had a typo in one of my labels😅
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In my post mortem I mentioned that I used AI assistants to review my changes.
Here is an example of what I meant, in his case using Claude Opus to ask if my change (using my custom scripting language) looks correct or not.
And of course I had a typo in one of my labels😅
Here is an example of what I meant, in his case using Claude Opus to ask if my change (using my custom scripting language) looks correct or not.
And of course I had a typo in one of my labels😅
What I find funny, is that basically most of interactions online are in English, pretty much all of my content is in English... but it's only French people who ask if I'm ok to discuss stuff on their channel!
Guess the English speakers are traumatized by my accent😅
Guess the English speakers are traumatized by my accent😅
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
What I find funny, is that basically most of interactions online are in English, pretty much all of my content is in English... but it's only French people who ask if I'm ok to discuss stuff on their channel!
Guess the English speakers are traumatized by my accent😅
Guess the English speakers are traumatized by my accent😅
I guess I will need some more coffee today, 4 hours long interview tend to reduce the amount of time you can sleep before going to bed! 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jovc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jovc...
Made in Pixels - Interview de Mickaël Pointier, développeur de jeux vidéo et démomaker
YouTube video by Made in Pixels
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I guess I will need some more coffee today, 4 hours long interview tend to reduce the amount of time you can sleep before going to bed! 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jovc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jovc...
As promised, I keep the Encounter post mortem updated when relevant events happen, so I added the Typing Fest results (14 sales, $48 revenue) to the article.
blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa...
blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa...
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
As promised, I keep the Encounter post mortem updated when relevant events happen, so I added the Typing Fest results (14 sales, $48 revenue) to the article.
blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa...
blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa...
Interview demain soir sur la chaine "Made In Pixels" en "direct live" pour ceux que ca intéresse, les questions sur le chat seront traitées.
Au programme probablement des discussions sur les jeux et les démos, j'ai pas le menu! 😅
www.youtube.com/@madeinpixels
Au programme probablement des discussions sur les jeux et les démos, j'ai pas le menu! 😅
www.youtube.com/@madeinpixels
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Interview demain soir sur la chaine "Made In Pixels" en "direct live" pour ceux que ca intéresse, les questions sur le chat seront traitées.
Au programme probablement des discussions sur les jeux et les démos, j'ai pas le menu! 😅
www.youtube.com/@madeinpixels
Au programme probablement des discussions sur les jeux et les démos, j'ai pas le menu! 😅
www.youtube.com/@madeinpixels
What the heck happened last week? 🤔
535 downloads of the Encounter demo the same day, while normally I have like like one or two every few days...
535 downloads of the Encounter demo the same day, while normally I have like like one or two every few days...
February 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
What the heck happened last week? 🤔
535 downloads of the Encounter demo the same day, while normally I have like like one or two every few days...
535 downloads of the Encounter demo the same day, while normally I have like like one or two every few days...
I do 6502 and 68000 at home to stay in balance! 😅
Deciding to go for a 6502 assembler game as a hobby was also for that reason, it's good for the head to try to build something good inside hard limits.
Deciding to go for a 6502 assembler game as a hobby was also for that reason, it's good for the head to try to build something good inside hard limits.
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I do 6502 and 68000 at home to stay in balance! 😅
Deciding to go for a 6502 assembler game as a hobby was also for that reason, it's good for the head to try to build something good inside hard limits.
Deciding to go for a 6502 assembler game as a hobby was also for that reason, it's good for the head to try to build something good inside hard limits.
Nah, my job is to write C++, C#, etc... but I like to test technology from work also on my hobby stuff :)
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Nah, my job is to write C++, C#, etc... but I like to test technology from work also on my hobby stuff :)
To be fair, I've tried Grok and Claude to review some code changes I made, and at some point they found out I used the wrong comparison operator on a loop check, so some of the LLM are not completely useless - at last with 6502 -
February 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
To be fair, I've tried Grok and Claude to review some code changes I made, and at some point they found out I used the wrong comparison operator on a loop check, so some of the LLM are not completely useless - at last with 6502 -
At work I was recommend to take a look at the GLM code assistant, so obviously I decided to test it to see we could come up with some optimizations in my code.
I've to say, it makes quite a few more mistakes than Grok when handling 6502 assembler!
I've to say, it makes quite a few more mistakes than Grok when handling 6502 assembler!
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
At work I was recommend to take a look at the GLM code assistant, so obviously I decided to test it to see we could come up with some optimizations in my code.
I've to say, it makes quite a few more mistakes than Grok when handling 6502 assembler!
I've to say, it makes quite a few more mistakes than Grok when handling 6502 assembler!
Everybody hates facebook, unfortunately there are quite a few community/groups who uses it as their main platforms for communicating, so not going there is kind of restricting the visibility on what you are doing:
167 likes, 49 comments, and a couple people who played the game!
167 likes, 49 comments, and a couple people who played the game!
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Everybody hates facebook, unfortunately there are quite a few community/groups who uses it as their main platforms for communicating, so not going there is kind of restricting the visibility on what you are doing:
167 likes, 49 comments, and a couple people who played the game!
167 likes, 49 comments, and a couple people who played the game!
Encounter has reached a threshold: $1000 (before the 30% Valve cut)! 🥳
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Encounter has reached a threshold: $1000 (before the 30% Valve cut)! 🥳
I'm on signal, just difficult to get some family members to move.
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I'm on signal, just difficult to get some family members to move.
I got two third of the family on Signal, but there's a corner or Gaules who resist against it!
February 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I got two third of the family on Signal, but there's a corner or Gaules who resist against it!
I hate this crap so much.
So WhatsApp (used by some in my family) wants to update... and now the update is on the Microsoft Store, proudly vaunting the AI features: I DON'T WANT AI IN MY CHAT APPLICATIONS!
So WhatsApp (used by some in my family) wants to update... and now the update is on the Microsoft Store, proudly vaunting the AI features: I DON'T WANT AI IN MY CHAT APPLICATIONS!
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I hate this crap so much.
So WhatsApp (used by some in my family) wants to update... and now the update is on the Microsoft Store, proudly vaunting the AI features: I DON'T WANT AI IN MY CHAT APPLICATIONS!
So WhatsApp (used by some in my family) wants to update... and now the update is on the Microsoft Store, proudly vaunting the AI features: I DON'T WANT AI IN MY CHAT APPLICATIONS!
Well, that was not going to last, because I'm now at the 13th place, but I got two more sales, so it means all the games under got 4 or fewer sales.
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Well, that was not going to last, because I'm now at the 13th place, but I got two more sales, so it means all the games under got 4 or fewer sales.
So I did some experimentation: When I noticed there were only three games in the top sellers list I asked on IRC if anyone had Steam and PayPal so they could buy my game (and I would pay them back later), two persons bought the game, and tada, I'm #4 in the top seller🤣
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
So I did some experimentation: When I noticed there were only three games in the top sellers list I asked on IRC if anyone had Steam and PayPal so they could buy my game (and I would pay them back later), two persons bought the game, and tada, I'm #4 in the top seller🤣
Now I'm wondering: If someone bought the game, would it appear in the top sellers, or is it one of these magic Steam algorithm things where they only appear if a certain number has been reached? 🤔
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Now I'm wondering: If someone bought the game, would it appear in the top sellers, or is it one of these magic Steam algorithm things where they only appear if a certain number has been reached? 🤔
So there are 265 games who made it to the event, 48 of these being adventure games... and there are only 7 pixel art adventure games... and 4 of these are not available yet.
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
So there are 265 games who made it to the event, 48 of these being adventure games... and there are only 7 pixel art adventure games... and 4 of these are not available yet.
And the event started, now the big question is if that will increase the visibility and if anyone will click on the game at all since it has no discount!
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
And the event started, now the big question is if that will increase the visibility and if anyone will click on the game at all since it has no discount!
And it's now on Steam as well, hopefully I did not break anything, and I'm just on time for the "Typing Fest 2026!" - Unfortunately I was not able to provide any discount for the event because the previous discount window was less than a month ago😢
store.steampowered.com/news/app/331...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/331...
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
And it's now on Steam as well, hopefully I did not break anything, and I'm just on time for the "Typing Fest 2026!" - Unfortunately I was not able to provide any discount for the event because the previous discount window was less than a month ago😢
store.steampowered.com/news/app/331...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/331...
Version 1.2.6 of Encounter is available on Itch, no new features, just tweaks and minor bug fixes, plus the reordering of the option menu that a few players commented on.
defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...
defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Version 1.2.6 of Encounter is available on Itch, no new features, just tweaks and minor bug fixes, plus the reordering of the option menu that a few players commented on.
defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...
defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...
I think it's probably related to the fact that "NUL" is a special fake device used during DOS times, and possibly the windows code calls a function to get the size that ends up with a special handler that returns some error code that get badly handled in the calling code.
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I think it's probably related to the fact that "NUL" is a special fake device used during DOS times, and possibly the windows code calls a function to get the size that ends up with a special handler that returns some error code that get badly handled in the calling code.
If that happen to you, you can open an admin CMD prompt and delete the file using the \\?\ prefix, like "del "\\?\C:\MyFolder\nul"
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
If that happen to you, you can open an admin CMD prompt and delete the file using the \\?\ prefix, like "del "\\?\C:\MyFolder\nul"