Travis Maynard
@travismaynard.com
I make weird games. Occasionally, I actually finish them.
Favors simplicity. Enjoys deleting code.
https://travismaynard.com | https://travm.itch.io | https://travm.neocities.org
Favors simplicity. Enjoys deleting code.
https://travismaynard.com | https://travm.itch.io | https://travm.neocities.org
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Travis Maynard
@travismaynard.com
· Oct 23
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There's…um…lots going on in the world right now, so to help, here's 5 very good links in The Index #157, including our new favourite personalsit.es website feature. Sponsored by Web Day Out.
piccalil.li/the-index/157/
piccalil.li/the-index/157/
The Index: Issue #157
There's…um…lots going on in the world right now, so to help, here's 5 very good links in The Index #157, including our new favourite personalsit.es website feature. Sponsored by Web Day Out.
piccalil.li
January 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
There's…um…lots going on in the world right now, so to help, here's 5 very good links in The Index #157, including our new favourite personalsit.es website feature. Sponsored by Web Day Out.
piccalil.li/the-index/157/
piccalil.li/the-index/157/
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It is the year of the personal site, so here's 5 personal sites of different flavours to inspire you. Sponsored by State of the Browser.
piccalil.li/the-index/156/
piccalil.li/the-index/156/
The Index: Issue #156
It is the year of the personal site, so here's 5 personal sites of different flavours to inspire you. Sponsored by State of the Browser.
piccalil.li
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It is the year of the personal site, so here's 5 personal sites of different flavours to inspire you. Sponsored by State of the Browser.
piccalil.li/the-index/156/
piccalil.li/the-index/156/
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🌟MILKI DELIVERY STEAM PAGE 🌟
Our game has a steam page and a trailer, I'm so excited!
🐮 Deliver milk to friendly folks
🏔️ Explore the countryside
🚲 Upgrade your bike & dairy farm
✅ Complete quests & reconnect villagers
Sharing would help us a lot 💌
#cozygames #gamedev
Our game has a steam page and a trailer, I'm so excited!
🐮 Deliver milk to friendly folks
🏔️ Explore the countryside
🚲 Upgrade your bike & dairy farm
✅ Complete quests & reconnect villagers
Sharing would help us a lot 💌
#cozygames #gamedev
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🌟MILKI DELIVERY STEAM PAGE 🌟
Our game has a steam page and a trailer, I'm so excited!
🐮 Deliver milk to friendly folks
🏔️ Explore the countryside
🚲 Upgrade your bike & dairy farm
✅ Complete quests & reconnect villagers
Sharing would help us a lot 💌
#cozygames #gamedev
Our game has a steam page and a trailer, I'm so excited!
🐮 Deliver milk to friendly folks
🏔️ Explore the countryside
🚲 Upgrade your bike & dairy farm
✅ Complete quests & reconnect villagers
Sharing would help us a lot 💌
#cozygames #gamedev
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Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
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this is pathetic to a degree i didn't realize was possible
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
this is pathetic to a degree i didn't realize was possible
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I seriously miss my capacity to write bad code, temporary solutions, "I'll rewrite this later" etc.
now I know all the problems that will happen in the future and how hard it is to solve them, so I just get paralyzed and end up doing nothing
I'm really sad now thinking about it
now I know all the problems that will happen in the future and how hard it is to solve them, so I just get paralyzed and end up doing nothing
I'm really sad now thinking about it
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I seriously miss my capacity to write bad code, temporary solutions, "I'll rewrite this later" etc.
now I know all the problems that will happen in the future and how hard it is to solve them, so I just get paralyzed and end up doing nothing
I'm really sad now thinking about it
now I know all the problems that will happen in the future and how hard it is to solve them, so I just get paralyzed and end up doing nothing
I'm really sad now thinking about it
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when I was a bad programmer and wasn't even aware of how bad I was, I shipped a game
now I'm a (relatively) good programmer and I haven't been able to even START a serious project in years because I try to future-proof everything and write good code
just go with the spaghetti, make the damn game
now I'm a (relatively) good programmer and I haven't been able to even START a serious project in years because I try to future-proof everything and write good code
just go with the spaghetti, make the damn game
#gamedev is actually super easy, there are only 2 options:
1. Refactor the entire codebase from prototype spaghetti to a scalable, future-proof architecture in anticipation of features that are currently just bullet points on a roadmap that keeps getting longer. all undocumented.
2. Kill myself.
1. Refactor the entire codebase from prototype spaghetti to a scalable, future-proof architecture in anticipation of features that are currently just bullet points on a roadmap that keeps getting longer. all undocumented.
2. Kill myself.
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
when I was a bad programmer and wasn't even aware of how bad I was, I shipped a game
now I'm a (relatively) good programmer and I haven't been able to even START a serious project in years because I try to future-proof everything and write good code
just go with the spaghetti, make the damn game
now I'm a (relatively) good programmer and I haven't been able to even START a serious project in years because I try to future-proof everything and write good code
just go with the spaghetti, make the damn game
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Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
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Reposted by Travis Maynard
Made a new companion tool for this! This one resizes font "tilesets" - just in case you make a font and later decide to add accents or wider symbols
yal.cc/tools/pixel-...
yal.cc/tools/pixel-...
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Made a new companion tool for this! This one resizes font "tilesets" - just in case you make a font and later decide to add accents or wider symbols
yal.cc/tools/pixel-...
yal.cc/tools/pixel-...
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May 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Some #AGDQ2026 news!
- Super excited for tomorrow's Nuclear Throne any% (4 characters) run by fishmcmuffins at 1:51am ET!
- Minit 110% run by shovelclaws on Friday Jan 9th at 10:55am ET, with commentary by @jwaaaap.com!
Head to gamesdonequick.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in your timezone.
- Super excited for tomorrow's Nuclear Throne any% (4 characters) run by fishmcmuffins at 1:51am ET!
- Minit 110% run by shovelclaws on Friday Jan 9th at 10:55am ET, with commentary by @jwaaaap.com!
Head to gamesdonequick.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in your timezone.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 Schedule | Games Done Quick
Check out the schedule for Awesome Games Done Quick 2026!
gamesdonequick.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Some #AGDQ2026 news!
- Super excited for tomorrow's Nuclear Throne any% (4 characters) run by fishmcmuffins at 1:51am ET!
- Minit 110% run by shovelclaws on Friday Jan 9th at 10:55am ET, with commentary by @jwaaaap.com!
Head to gamesdonequick.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in your timezone.
- Super excited for tomorrow's Nuclear Throne any% (4 characters) run by fishmcmuffins at 1:51am ET!
- Minit 110% run by shovelclaws on Friday Jan 9th at 10:55am ET, with commentary by @jwaaaap.com!
Head to gamesdonequick.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in your timezone.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Losing Poinpy to its Netflix integration has completely broken my faith in monthly gaming subscriptions.
@devolverdigital.com Is there any chance Poinpy will be re-released without Netflix so that I can buy it directly?
@devolverdigital.com Is there any chance Poinpy will be re-released without Netflix so that I can buy it directly?
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Losing Poinpy to its Netflix integration has completely broken my faith in monthly gaming subscriptions.
@devolverdigital.com Is there any chance Poinpy will be re-released without Netflix so that I can buy it directly?
@devolverdigital.com Is there any chance Poinpy will be re-released without Netflix so that I can buy it directly?
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i'll probably have something coherent to say about this later but i'm currently speechless and crying a little bit. what a good horror movie.
cure (1997) is really something special.
cure (1997) is really something special.
December 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
i'll probably have something coherent to say about this later but i'm currently speechless and crying a little bit. what a good horror movie.
cure (1997) is really something special.
cure (1997) is really something special.
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Post-Christmas Stream! More chill work on A Growing Adventure. Will be drawing new monsters for it! Tune in here - www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
December 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Post-Christmas Stream! More chill work on A Growing Adventure. Will be drawing new monsters for it! Tune in here - www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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You will be haunted by three spirits...
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You will be haunted by three spirits...
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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if you’re going home for the holidays don’t forget to put your parents’ nuclear throne back on 4:3 30fps
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
if you’re going home for the holidays don’t forget to put your parents’ nuclear throne back on 4:3 30fps