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@bone6502.bsky.social
UI Technical Director, Cloud Imperium Games. Game developer and all round fan.
Awww humbled
The latest Retro Gamer magazine features the most successful tester to come out of Software Creations @bone6502.bsky.social as he shares game dev stories for the xbox360. Proud to have worked with Bone testing Tinstar, and Barbie on the SNES. 👍
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Awww humbled
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Xbox 360 is now 20 years old (November 22, 2005)
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Xbox 360 is now 20 years old (November 22, 2005)
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You - yes, you - can play real arcade games at home! Let me walk you through the basics, and hopefully turn something that sounds scary and strange into just another way to experience some incredible games:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/05/t...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/05/t...
The what, why, and how of playing arcade games at home
What “What” is the easiest part: This is a ramble covering the topic mentioned in the title above – playing arcade games at home, specifically using real arcade hardware connected…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You - yes, you - can play real arcade games at home! Let me walk you through the basics, and hopefully turn something that sounds scary and strange into just another way to experience some incredible games:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/05/t...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/05/t...
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Dom and his gang did lovely work on our game. We were delighted with the cover art, promo art, logo and copy.
I never really used to design anything but something about this game made me see how it should be. I did the logo, character design, and all the copywriting. People with more talent made it prettier
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Dom and his gang did lovely work on our game. We were delighted with the cover art, promo art, logo and copy.
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Sometimes as a writer it is important to really test yourself - to take risks, to break out of your comfort zone and do something radically new. With this in mind, I have written a nostalgic article about a Sega game
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s
As they flew above Yu Suzuki’s innovative, psychedelic 3D landscapes combating space dragons and alien rock monsters, the moving arcade cabinet would physically involve players in the action
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sometimes as a writer it is important to really test yourself - to take risks, to break out of your comfort zone and do something radically new. With this in mind, I have written a nostalgic article about a Sega game
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
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The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
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#Retrogaming #Retrogames #Retrogame #Retro #70s #80s #90s
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Random SEGA Artwork!!!
#SEGA
#Retrogaming #Retrogames #Retrogame #Retro #70s #80s #90s
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Random SEGA Artwork!!!
#SEGA
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#Retrogaming #Retrogames #Retrogame #Retro #70s #80s #90s
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Random SEGA Artwork!!!
#SEGA
#Retrogaming #Retrogames #Retrogame #Retro #70s #80s #90s
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Random SEGA Artwork!!!
#SEGA
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My latest coding adventure is now up on YT -- some experiments with ray-tracing glass and water, and the cool caustics they can cause
youtu.be/wA1KVZ1eOuA?...
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Coding Adventure: Ray-Traced Glass and Caustics
YouTube video by Sebastian Lague
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August 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My latest coding adventure is now up on YT -- some experiments with ray-tracing glass and water, and the cool caustics they can cause
youtu.be/wA1KVZ1eOuA?...
youtu.be/wA1KVZ1eOuA?...
Me and my sky Bubble
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Me and my sky Bubble
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Getting ready for the Software Creations reunion this weekend.
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Getting ready for the Software Creations reunion this weekend.
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Well the good news is my game Millie & Molly works on the #Switch2. I expect a massive uplift in sales with people hoping to push their new hardware to the limits ;) And it’s on sale for less than £2 from the shop courtesy of @thalamusdigital.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Well the good news is my game Millie & Molly works on the #Switch2. I expect a massive uplift in sales with people hoping to push their new hardware to the limits ;) And it’s on sale for less than £2 from the shop courtesy of @thalamusdigital.bsky.social
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I'm running the Manchester 10K next weekend. It's for a good cause - Pancreatic Cancer UK. My mate Geoff Follin was diagnosed with it this time last year, and it took him by the end of the same month. Please sponsor me. Even a £2 donation will make a difference. Proceeds go straight to the charity.
Dean's fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer UK
Help Dean Belfield raise money to support Pancreatic Cancer UK
www.justgiving.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm running the Manchester 10K next weekend. It's for a good cause - Pancreatic Cancer UK. My mate Geoff Follin was diagnosed with it this time last year, and it took him by the end of the same month. Please sponsor me. Even a £2 donation will make a difference. Proceeds go straight to the charity.
Repost with something that you own that most people don’t.
Silicon Graphics Indigo2, cost more than my house when release. I picked it up for £30.
Silicon Graphics Indigo2, cost more than my house when release. I picked it up for £30.
May 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Silicon Graphics Indigo2, cost more than my house when release. I picked it up for £30.
Silicon Graphics Indigo2, cost more than my house when release. I picked it up for £30.
One of the first games I worked on (as QA) “reimagined”.
A phrase that’s doing some heavy-lifting here.
A phrase that’s doing some heavy-lifting here.
This 16-Bit Spider-Man Game For The SNES / Genesis Just Got A New Fan Reimagining For PC & Android. (Repost)
This 16-Bit Spider-Man Game For The SNES / Genesis Just Got A New Fan Reimagining For PC & Android
Spiderman and Venom: Maximum Carnage was originally released back in 1994
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April 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One of the first games I worked on (as QA) “reimagined”.
A phrase that’s doing some heavy-lifting here.
A phrase that’s doing some heavy-lifting here.
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I’m running the Manchester 10K in a couple of months to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK in memory of my good friend Geoff Follin. Please read my story and support me if you can. Even £2 donated will make a difference, and proceeds go straight to the charity.
Dean's fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer UK
Help Dean Belfield raise money to support Pancreatic Cancer UK
www.justgiving.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’m running the Manchester 10K in a couple of months to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK in memory of my good friend Geoff Follin. Please read my story and support me if you can. Even £2 donated will make a difference, and proceeds go straight to the charity.
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Pixel work on Sega systems back in the 80s/90s sega Digitizer System🎨🕹️
February 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Pixel work on Sega systems back in the 80s/90s sega Digitizer System🎨🕹️
Glad I was only a humble QA when working on this. It also makes me feel blessed that I’ve not had to work with a traditional publisher for over 10 years. God bless our backers.
Another example of the 'joys' being a game developer working with Acclaim in the 90s - originally published by the author a year or two ago. This was in relation to 'Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage'. The previous one I posted was for 'Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge'.
February 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Glad I was only a humble QA when working on this. It also makes me feel blessed that I’ve not had to work with a traditional publisher for over 10 years. God bless our backers.
We used this exact model to help develop Taz Express, along with SN systems development kits for the programmers (me)
January 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We used this exact model to help develop Taz Express, along with SN systems development kits for the programmers (me)
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Games completed, 2024 edition:
✅ Mario Wonder
✅ Axiom Verge 2
✅ Metroid Dread
✅ Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
✅ Animal Well
✅ Halo CE
✅ Mario 64
✅ Pikmin 4
✅ Zelda: EoW
✅ Mario 3D World (yet again)
✅ Mario Galaxy (also again)
✅ Shovel Knight
✅ Guacamelee 2
Definitely a theme going on here.
✅ Mario Wonder
✅ Axiom Verge 2
✅ Metroid Dread
✅ Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
✅ Animal Well
✅ Halo CE
✅ Mario 64
✅ Pikmin 4
✅ Zelda: EoW
✅ Mario 3D World (yet again)
✅ Mario Galaxy (also again)
✅ Shovel Knight
✅ Guacamelee 2
Definitely a theme going on here.
January 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Games completed, 2024 edition:
✅ Mario Wonder
✅ Axiom Verge 2
✅ Metroid Dread
✅ Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
✅ Animal Well
✅ Halo CE
✅ Mario 64
✅ Pikmin 4
✅ Zelda: EoW
✅ Mario 3D World (yet again)
✅ Mario Galaxy (also again)
✅ Shovel Knight
✅ Guacamelee 2
Definitely a theme going on here.
✅ Mario Wonder
✅ Axiom Verge 2
✅ Metroid Dread
✅ Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
✅ Animal Well
✅ Halo CE
✅ Mario 64
✅ Pikmin 4
✅ Zelda: EoW
✅ Mario 3D World (yet again)
✅ Mario Galaxy (also again)
✅ Shovel Knight
✅ Guacamelee 2
Definitely a theme going on here.
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handedness can be a little hard to wrap your head around - it's a very elusive concept as it's mostly perceptual/visual rather than being a property of the numbers/math itself
notably though, you can use it to figure out positive rotation directions, given an arbitrary axis!
notably though, you can use it to figure out positive rotation directions, given an arbitrary axis!
November 13, 2024 at 10:52 AM
handedness can be a little hard to wrap your head around - it's a very elusive concept as it's mostly perceptual/visual rather than being a property of the numbers/math itself
notably though, you can use it to figure out positive rotation directions, given an arbitrary axis!
notably though, you can use it to figure out positive rotation directions, given an arbitrary axis!
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here, have a coordinate system chart~
November 13, 2024 at 10:38 AM
here, have a coordinate system chart~
A great line in the excellent Guacamelee 2. If I was drinking tea, I would have spat it out.
December 19, 2024 at 10:24 PM
A great line in the excellent Guacamelee 2. If I was drinking tea, I would have spat it out.
A natural progression!
December 15, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A natural progression!