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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie

@greyalien.bsky.social

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Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy my games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · Feb 3

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 19m

Perfect thanks! (I was on my phone at the time and I'm crap at searching for links on my phone)

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20m

Just did hours of boring but necessary code. The game doesn't look any different yet! But it will tomorrow.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 7h

Just made a video about how I coded the fake DOS bootup sequence for Forbidden Solitaire:
youtu.be/f_lubVp9xvY

Forbidden Solitaire VLog #1: Fake DOS Boot Up

YouTube video by Jake Birkett

youtu.be

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

Coded this DOS-like boot up sequence yesterday and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'll load up this old CD-ROM that I found in a thrift store yesterday. It's a banned game from 1995 called Forbidden Solitaire!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 5h

Hello, yes please add me! Thanks.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

Each to their own I guess. If you don't have to share your code (except with an older version of you) then you can do what you want. On a team, best to stick to the standards agreed upon.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

Yes many a cover cheated like that.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve got a few old games with NO screenshots! Just the cover art and text had to sell it.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

Code is only documentation if you write really simple code. I need comments. Also even for simple code they can speed up comprehension.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

(Called Retro Collective now)

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 6h

Saw a talk by the cover artist on the @visitthecave.bsky.social RMC Retro YouTube channel. Well worth a watch!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 7h

Just made a video about how I coded the fake DOS bootup sequence for Forbidden Solitaire:
youtu.be/f_lubVp9xvY

Forbidden Solitaire VLog #1: Fake DOS Boot Up

YouTube video by Jake Birkett

youtu.be

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 7h

excellent

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

Now do water.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. Don't get me wrong. I support the principle and do hope for positive change.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

The C64 game over music is glorious too.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

Nerdy as I am, I wanted to know the anwer to the question posed in the headline. I looked at the table near the end of the article and some lines have improved, some have got worse and some have stayed the same. In fact the small changes could be attributed to randomness imho.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

Coded this DOS-like boot up sequence yesterday and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'll load up this old CD-ROM that I found in a thrift store yesterday. It's a banned game from 1995 called Forbidden Solitaire!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'll load up this old CD-ROM that I found in a thrift store yesterday. It's a banned game from 1995 called Forbidden Solitaire!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 22h

Glad to hear it thx. That’s an early demo so there will be more cool stuff in the final version.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

The sound isn’t that loud in game. For some reason blue sky boosted it. It’s not great with video uploads I find.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

Check out what I just posted for some more DOS vibes.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

(I'm very proud of this little sequence. Tried to make it as authentic seeming as possible with my old-skool knowledge.)

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

High praise from the master.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23h

@dosnostalgic.bsky.social what do you think?