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@apendley.bsky.social
A legitimate salvage.

I hack on microcontrollers, games, and 3D-printing projects as well.

itch: aaronpendley.itch.io

Adafruit Playground: https://adafruit-playground.com/u/squid_jpg

Printables: printables.com/@squid_jpg

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I did it! I made a video game. Introducing Star Captain 32767, a retro-arcade shooter with rogue-lite elements, inspired by games like Galaga and 10000000. The game is free, but if you enjoy it I would really appreciate a small donation!

aaronpendley.itch.io/starcaptain
Star Captain 32767 by squid.jpg/Aaron Pendley
Blash your way through The Hive in this retro-arcade-inspired rogue-lite and score 32767 points to win
aaronpendley.itch.io
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Ooooh is your internet broken. Did someone's immaterial web of financial speculation and surveillance turn out to have a failure point in material infrastructure
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Good to go, got my turkey frozen solid, my canola oil is lava-hot, and I'm about to drop this bad boy in there. Wish me luck!
November 28, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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Start at the position that absolutely all politicians are cunts and work from there.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The clouds, they have stopped flaring
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
All I know is I'm staying out of any tent mtg is allowed to wander into and stink up
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My strategy game, MORSE released this week!

MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖

#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Sorry, leg cramp, sorry
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Surprise! I just released FTL - Lost Ship EP, a small collection of never before published FTL music, including live tracks, music that was cut from the game, and an expanded piece I made in 2025 based on one of the originals.

benprunty.bandcamp.com/album/ftl-lo...
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Real coffee appreciaters don't drink coffee anyway. They CHEW the beans like a MAN
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Once again my impeccable taste prevents me from participating an important boycott 😔
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up

that is the specific humanity in your work

everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety

you have plenty of tortilla

it is time for the meat of joy
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What's with all the "just support the workers, there's no need to mention you don't drink starbucks" scolding? Guess what? I support the workers AND I also don't drink starbucks because it's garbage coffee. If you feel the need to scold me, how about just smashing that unfollow button instead lmao
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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coffee at 2pm won't affect your sleep adversely if you are pure of heart and spirit
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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bro did u even try to forge a new reality
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Short version:

Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet.

Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care

Trump: No

Schumer: Okay
How Chuck Schumer Planned the Shutdown Capitulation to Trump
In brief. And then in excruciating detail
hillheat.news
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here's my solution to the "Bond conundrum": who cares
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pretty difficult to argue that anyone should vote for Democrats anymore at this point
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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It’s a shame that GTA VI has been delayed but I’m excited by Rockstar’s promise that the extra time will allow them to give all the pedestrians in the game “a rich inner life” and “the capacity to actually experience pain”
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's official: Elon Musk is the world's richest weenus
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM