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GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

Eclipse really sucks to use when making Gradle projects. Do you guys think IntelliJ IDEA is better? 😑

#eclipse #eclipseide #intellij #intellijidea #ide #java #gradle #maven #apache #linux #gnulinux #code #coding #computer #computers #program #programming #pizzatower #peppino #peppinospaghetti #gif

a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a piece of paper with the word debt on it

Alt: Peppino from Pizza Tower thinking.

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November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

I think I'm gonna have to use Javax Swing just to make the graphical interfaces for my Pac-Man level editor. That means I'm also gonna have to change the code from my shared libraries from C to Java, which would take up some time. It would also mean that I will use Gradle instead of CMake.

October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

So I'm creating an app called Relaxian, which is a Pac-Man level editor, and I plan it to be powered by Qt5. The problem is that Qt5 really sucks to build from source. 😕

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #relaxian #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #qt #qt5 #romhacking #romhack #romhacks #software #gaming

October 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

I just learned that, when you're making cross-platform C applications, you can just turn off C extensions in CMake. I can elaborate in the alt text below. 👇🙂

#computer #computers #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #cmake #clang #gcc #coding #code #software #windows #mac #applemac #macbook

When you turn off C extensions when making C applications, your compiler won't have access to computer-specific features, like dirent.h on Linux and Mac, and windows.h on Windows. This is pretty useful if you're making cross-platform applications using C, since you don't need to worry about headers that are only unique to some operating systems, or having your code be messy with #ifdef statements. Thought this is an interesting tip to share.

October 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

I improved upon my Boss Galaxian vector art, and it looks pretty amazing imo. 👾

#videogame #videogames #gaming #arcade #pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #art #vectorart #vector #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #bsky #bluesky #random #randomsky

Comparison between the old and new versions of my Boss Galaxian vector art.

October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

Made a cool little vector art of the Boss Galaxian from Galaxian, also from Pac-Man as well. Still feels like it needs some improvement though. 👾

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #vector #vectorart #art #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #gaming #arcade #games

Cool vector art of a Boss Galaxian from Galaxian. This enemy also appears as a bonus fruit from Pac-Man.

October 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

Just wanted to change my profile picture to this. It feels more humble imo. 🙂

#bluesky #bsky #pfp #profile #profilepic #profilepicture #pacman #pacmania #namco #bandainamco #bamco #random #randomsky #game #games #videogame #videogames #gaming #gamedev #arcade #cool #idk

That's supposed to be the flyer for Pac-Mania (1987) to promote the game.

October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

Using dirent.h just feels so awkward for some reason. I just don't know why.

September 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

Finally got my Linux Mint working again. 👍✨

September 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

So my Linux Mint just broke down for no reason while installing some updates. Like, it won't be able to boot properly anymore. Might as well just reinstall the whole system, I guess. 😑

September 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

I just learned that CMake has a pretty useful testing utility called CTest. It's like JUnit, but for CMake, as far as I know. Should've learned about this sooner.

September 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM

GarlicDude

@thatgarlicdude.bsky.social

So here's what I'm thinking. I kinda want to start over when it comes to making my ROM-hacking tools. I don't know why, but they're always giving me problems as I work on them. Thought it'd be a good idea to start over and such. 😑