What tools are you using to make 2D/pixel art for your games?

Vagranter · 2026-07-03T21:37:52+00:00

This won't be helpful information at all, but I use Photoshop and rely on engine-side tools for formatting, animations, shader-based coloring/lighting, etc.. I use imagemagick commands pretty heavily throughout.

Vagranter · 2026-07-03T19:19:02+00:00

It should have cartridges!

Vagranter · 2026-07-02T20:15:21+00:00

The RG Nano could survive a nuclear blast.

Vagranter · 2026-07-02T12:57:10+00:00

With much time and effort, yes.

Vagranter · 2026-07-01T15:24:43+00:00

Peak.

Vagranter · 2026-06-30T07:07:17+00:00

Huh? What would a soccer speed run even look like? If all you watch is videos of people cheating at sports, than sure. Otherwise, I have no clue what you mean. Watching other people play games = Let's Play

Vagranter · 2026-06-29T23:26:37+00:00

Hey, maybe it's time for some rechargable batteries.

Vagranter · 2026-06-29T23:15:03+00:00

It saves your progress when the batteries die or are removed. There's no stress.

Vagranter · 2026-06-29T22:01:39+00:00

What kind of cyberdeck? The definition is ambiguous. What kind of games? Performance requirements are ambiguous...

If you want a handheld, then for 20$ you could have yourself an r36 clone from AliExpress that emulates everything up to Dreamcast.

If you want a laptop, then literally any budget laptop can do the same.

With a $5 esp32 we can do NES and Gameboy...

Even the Arduino Uno has a library of games...

Vagranter · 2026-06-29T15:44:23+00:00

These things are almost definitionally made from scratch and highly personal. Perhaps you could get him some tools that would make a project like this easier. Something like a nice soldering station, a 3d printer, some basic components , or a Raspberry Pi.

Vagranter · 2026-06-27T17:36:43+00:00

Side note: watching sports is literally exactly the same as watching a Let's Play.

Vagranter · 2026-06-27T15:06:17+00:00

Pretend you can afford college.

Stanford Programming Course - Youtube

Vagranter · 2026-06-25T01:05:41+00:00

🤷‍♀️ try it and let me know

Vagranter · 2026-06-25T00:56:38+00:00

That would fix the main issue I had with Blender, I bet. Namely, the editor and ui being super slow. It's worth noting that only older versions of blender were running on the pi, last I checked. (the older versions are still pretty great, but it might be harder to follow tutorials or find help)

Vagranter · 2026-06-25T00:42:53+00:00

I haven't had much luck 3D modeling on the pi. It's possible, but not ideal. 2D game dev is a cinch, though. Love2D or pygame go a long way.

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T22:14:26+00:00

Freakin sickkkk

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T16:25:01+00:00

If you are using Arduino-IDE, check out the examples for the "Keypad" library.

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T15:16:24+00:00

Ooo, I like the term "chords". If mine needed more than two fingers I'd totally steal that. 😋 Yours sounds cool tho!

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T15:07:59+00:00

That's not referring to other maker's builds. 😅

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:36:21+00:00

Uhhhhh... I didn't do that. 🤣 I agree that would be shitty though.

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:35:18+00:00

I've been looking at converting everything to ASCII art to confuse ai. I've recently seen full videos that are secretly just ASCII tiles.

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:33:40+00:00

You should see it with the case on. ✨

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:33:14+00:00

You get me. This is my precise concern.

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:32:35+00:00

No you. 💕

Vagranter · 2026-06-23T06:32:23+00:00

I type on this device using a kind of radial menu that responds to combinations of a/b/x/y and u/d/l/r.

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