That Tom Hall
@thattomhall.bsky.social
Pro Game Designer for 37 Yrs! Co-founded id, ION Storm. Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Anachronox, DASH, VR. Current:-REDACTED-. Photography/Pico-8/Meditation/Movies/Hifi.
THIS FRIDAY... GET YOUR GAME JAM ON!
THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM!
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the puzzle-filled Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 530 people are jamming! JOIN US!
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM!
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the puzzle-filled Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 530 people are jamming! JOIN US!
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
THIS FRIDAY... GET YOUR GAME JAM ON!
THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM!
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the puzzle-filled Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 530 people are jamming! JOIN US!
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM!
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the puzzle-filled Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 530 people are jamming! JOIN US!
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
I just released an OLD SCHOOL TEXT ADVENTURE!
It's part of a yearly holiday collection of games that release one game a day until Christmas day -- an Advent Calendar of Games if you will! Have fun playing!
MAD SCIENTIST Adventure! #interactivefiction #textadventure #pico8
It's part of a yearly holiday collection of games that release one game a day until Christmas day -- an Advent Calendar of Games if you will! Have fun playing!
MAD SCIENTIST Adventure! #interactivefiction #textadventure #pico8
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 15
Text Adventure ⌨️
Mad Scientist by @[email protected]
A scientist has gone missing at a secret scientific lab in the mountains, after he sent erratic messages. Can you find him and uncover what happened? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Text Adventure ⌨️
Mad Scientist by @[email protected]
A scientist has gone missing at a secret scientific lab in the mountains, after he sent erratic messages. Can you find him and uncover what happened? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I just released an OLD SCHOOL TEXT ADVENTURE!
It's part of a yearly holiday collection of games that release one game a day until Christmas day -- an Advent Calendar of Games if you will! Have fun playing!
MAD SCIENTIST Adventure! #interactivefiction #textadventure #pico8
It's part of a yearly holiday collection of games that release one game a day until Christmas day -- an Advent Calendar of Games if you will! Have fun playing!
MAD SCIENTIST Adventure! #interactivefiction #textadventure #pico8
RIP Rob Reiner. Thanks for making so many classic movies. What a tragedy.
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
RIP Rob Reiner. Thanks for making so many classic movies. What a tragedy.
It's Commander Keen 1-3's 35th ANNIVERSARY!
It was wonderful making them with John Romero, John Carmack, and Adrian Carmack. And heartwarming to hear fans loved them.
Homages: paranoidcactus.itch.io/captain-neat...
paloblancogames.itch.io/sally-neptune
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command...
It was wonderful making them with John Romero, John Carmack, and Adrian Carmack. And heartwarming to hear fans loved them.
Homages: paranoidcactus.itch.io/captain-neat...
paloblancogames.itch.io/sally-neptune
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command...
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's Commander Keen 1-3's 35th ANNIVERSARY!
It was wonderful making them with John Romero, John Carmack, and Adrian Carmack. And heartwarming to hear fans loved them.
Homages: paranoidcactus.itch.io/captain-neat...
paloblancogames.itch.io/sally-neptune
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command...
It was wonderful making them with John Romero, John Carmack, and Adrian Carmack. And heartwarming to hear fans loved them.
Homages: paranoidcactus.itch.io/captain-neat...
paloblancogames.itch.io/sally-neptune
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command...
Commander Keen 1-3’s wiki page is featured today! (Thx @8bitkittykat.bsky.social !)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Commander Keen 1-3’s wiki page is featured today! (Thx @8bitkittykat.bsky.social !)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM! (I think so, anyway.)
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 400 people are jamming! JOIN US! #gamejam
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 400 people are jamming! JOIN US! #gamejam
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL THE EASIEST GAME JAM IN HISTORY--TOY BOX JAM! (I think so, anyway.)
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 400 people are jamming! JOIN US! #gamejam
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
Features:
- I give you all the gfx, sfx, music! You just code!
- use any engine
- solve the Mystery, get more assets
- make a cool game!
Over 400 people are jamming! JOIN US! #gamejam
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
Reposted by That Tom Hall
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 9
Pantri Panic by @rhyswynne.bsky.social
Help Mari Lwyd feed her mini maris by creating lines in her pantry full of Christmas Treats! #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Pantri Panic by @rhyswynne.bsky.social
Help Mari Lwyd feed her mini maris by creating lines in her pantry full of Christmas Treats! #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 9
Pantri Panic by @rhyswynne.bsky.social
Help Mari Lwyd feed her mini maris by creating lines in her pantry full of Christmas Treats! #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Pantri Panic by @rhyswynne.bsky.social
Help Mari Lwyd feed her mini maris by creating lines in her pantry full of Christmas Treats! #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Reposted by That Tom Hall
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 8
Danmaku Before Xmas by donswelt
Santa has run into trouble while delivering gifts in a Japanese town. Someone has unleashed hundreds of yurei (ghosts). Can you fight off the evil and deliver all of the gifts? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Danmaku Before Xmas by donswelt
Santa has run into trouble while delivering gifts in a Japanese town. Someone has unleashed hundreds of yurei (ghosts). Can you fight off the evil and deliver all of the gifts? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 8
Danmaku Before Xmas by donswelt
Santa has run into trouble while delivering gifts in a Japanese town. Someone has unleashed hundreds of yurei (ghosts). Can you fight off the evil and deliver all of the gifts? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Danmaku Before Xmas by donswelt
Santa has run into trouble while delivering gifts in a Japanese town. Someone has unleashed hundreds of yurei (ghosts). Can you fight off the evil and deliver all of the gifts? #pico8
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Reposted by That Tom Hall
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 7
Pico Present Swap by deustex
Unwrap a holiday puzzle challenge! Match gifts, dodge coal, and power up in the fast-paced Naughty Mode, or enjoy nearly-endless festive vibes in the cozy and forgiving Nice Mode. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Pico Present Swap by deustex
Unwrap a holiday puzzle challenge! Match gifts, dodge coal, and power up in the fast-paced Naughty Mode, or enjoy nearly-endless festive vibes in the cozy and forgiving Nice Mode. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 7
Pico Present Swap by deustex
Unwrap a holiday puzzle challenge! Match gifts, dodge coal, and power up in the fast-paced Naughty Mode, or enjoy nearly-endless festive vibes in the cozy and forgiving Nice Mode. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Pico Present Swap by deustex
Unwrap a holiday puzzle challenge! Match gifts, dodge coal, and power up in the fast-paced Naughty Mode, or enjoy nearly-endless festive vibes in the cozy and forgiving Nice Mode. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Today there are THREE FREE SANTA'S STOCKING STUFFER GAMES! How awesome! #adventcalendar #pico8
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2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar - Day 6
Stocking Stuffers!
Santa Sprint by NarcolepticFrog
Santa must leap from rooftop to rooftop, collecting and delivering presents. If he is to deliver them all in time, he must go faster and faster. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Stocking Stuffers!
Santa Sprint by NarcolepticFrog
Santa must leap from rooftop to rooftop, collecting and delivering presents. If he is to deliver them all in time, he must go faster and faster. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today there are THREE FREE SANTA'S STOCKING STUFFER GAMES! How awesome! #adventcalendar #pico8
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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TEN FREE PRIZES for GAME JAMMERS!
This holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! now has prizes donated by CraftPix.net! 10 people who solve the jam's ARG Mystery get a year's subscription to CraftPix's cool pixel art! Plus their farm kit is part of the jam assets!
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
This holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! now has prizes donated by CraftPix.net! 10 people who solve the jam's ARG Mystery get a year's subscription to CraftPix's cool pixel art! Plus their farm kit is part of the jam assets!
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
TEN FREE PRIZES for GAME JAMMERS!
This holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! now has prizes donated by CraftPix.net! 10 people who solve the jam's ARG Mystery get a year's subscription to CraftPix's cool pixel art! Plus their farm kit is part of the jam assets!
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
This holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! now has prizes donated by CraftPix.net! 10 people who solve the jam's ARG Mystery get a year's subscription to CraftPix's cool pixel art! Plus their farm kit is part of the jam assets!
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
Reposted by That Tom Hall
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 5
Glorious Glühwein by @taxicomics.bsky.social
Can you sell enough perfectly mixed hot drinks on the Christmas market to provide money for the people and cats in need? #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Glorious Glühwein by @taxicomics.bsky.social
Can you sell enough perfectly mixed hot drinks on the Christmas market to provide money for the people and cats in need? #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 5
Glorious Glühwein by @taxicomics.bsky.social
Can you sell enough perfectly mixed hot drinks on the Christmas market to provide money for the people and cats in need? #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Glorious Glühwein by @taxicomics.bsky.social
Can you sell enough perfectly mixed hot drinks on the Christmas market to provide money for the people and cats in need? #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
Reposted by That Tom Hall
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 4
For the fourth day of our 2025 advent calendar we have santa snowdown by eriond! An infinite survival game where you dodge elves to increase your score on the slippery ice.
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
For the fourth day of our 2025 advent calendar we have santa snowdown by eriond! An infinite survival game where you dodge elves to increase your score on the slippery ice.
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 4
For the fourth day of our 2025 advent calendar we have santa snowdown by eriond! An infinite survival game where you dodge elves to increase your score on the slippery ice.
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
For the fourth day of our 2025 advent calendar we have santa snowdown by eriond! An infinite survival game where you dodge elves to increase your score on the slippery ice.
lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 3
Today's cartridge is Bulk Season by MaxOsirus! In this arcade game, you'll catch falling presents to help Santa bulk up!
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
Today's cartridge is Bulk Season by MaxOsirus! In this arcade game, you'll catch falling presents to help Santa bulk up!
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...
#pico8
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
GAME DEVS/GAME JAMMERS! TWO WEEKS AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! 300+ Jammers signed up so far!
You get gfx, sfx, and music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D #picotron
You get gfx, sfx, and music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D #picotron
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
GAME DEVS/GAME JAMMERS! TWO WEEKS AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! 300+ Jammers signed up so far!
You get gfx, sfx, and music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D #picotron
You get gfx, sfx, and music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D #picotron
FREE GAME - DAY 2! It's Elf Cookies! Get the correct cookies... OR ELSE!
2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 2
Today we have Elf Cookies by ArenaLlanura! A short, cozy game about picking the right cookies for Santa. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=178...
Today we have Elf Cookies by ArenaLlanura! A short, cozy game about picking the right cookies for Santa. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=178...
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FREE GAME - DAY 2! It's Elf Cookies! Get the correct cookies... OR ELSE!
Life feeling empty? Maybe you need PONG CLOCK -- it's a Pong game, where the score is the local time, and a point is lost each minute. (From Nolan Bushnell )
bigjobby.com/pong/
bigjobby.com/pong/
Pong Clock – Retro Timekeeper
A minimalist arcade clock that keeps time by playing Pong — built by BigJobby.com.
bigjobby.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Life feeling empty? Maybe you need PONG CLOCK -- it's a Pong game, where the score is the local time, and a point is lost each minute. (From Nolan Bushnell )
bigjobby.com/pong/
bigjobby.com/pong/
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS? How about a GAME EVERY DAY! (Mine comes out later this month.).
The first is the hilarious CAT-ASTROPHE. Check it out!
The first is the hilarious CAT-ASTROPHE. Check it out!
The 2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar is here! Today we launch this year’s Calendar with the first game, and calendar cart art, by doriencey!
In Cat-astrophe, you’re a cat after the big shiny on top of the weird tree full of toys. Balance as you climb the tree. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=178...
In Cat-astrophe, you’re a cat after the big shiny on top of the weird tree full of toys. Balance as you climb the tree. #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=178...
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS? How about a GAME EVERY DAY! (Mine comes out later this month.).
The first is the hilarious CAT-ASTROPHE. Check it out!
The first is the hilarious CAT-ASTROPHE. Check it out!
GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! THREE WEEKS AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! Almost 200 Jammers so far!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! THREE WEEKS AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM! Almost 200 Jammers so far!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
It's Super Mario World's 35th anniversary! One of my favorite games of all time. #mario #supermarioworld #35thanniversary #nintendo
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's Super Mario World's 35th anniversary! One of my favorite games of all time. #mario #supermarioworld #35thanniversary #nintendo
GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! ONE MONTH AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! ONE MONTH AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. So many great games and ports.
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. So many great games and ports.
GAME DEVS! In one month, it's that time again...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
GAME DEVS! In one month, it's that time again...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
This was kinda fun for an low-budget indie film. Lotsa twists and turns.
Don’t look it up: A group of college friends meet for a reunion, then a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase…
Don’t look it up: A group of college friends meet for a reunion, then a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase…
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This was kinda fun for an low-budget indie film. Lotsa twists and turns.
Don’t look it up: A group of college friends meet for a reunion, then a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase…
Don’t look it up: A group of college friends meet for a reunion, then a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here's me as John Wick (if Keanu Reeves didn't use hair dye)! #johnwick #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here's me as John Wick (if Keanu Reeves didn't use hair dye)! #johnwick #halloween