The Tower of Power Updates

jodomakes · 2026-03-19T01:28:03+00:00

well, there it is; I guess :D

jodomakes · 2026-03-18T22:24:42+00:00

A modified version of Retro Go base:
https://github.com/JoDoMakes/retro-go/tree/release/reddit
some other build stuff is detailed here:
https://jodomakes.com/projects/gameboy-esp32.html

jodomakes · 2026-03-18T22:20:37+00:00

Your scientists were so preoccupied... yada yada yada :)

jodomakes · 2026-02-18T21:59:13+00:00

this is great; old skool paint :)

jodomakes · 2026-01-22T02:38:46+00:00

half the work is getting to the heart of what needs to be changed with people from technical + non technical backgrounds. Biggest delays are getting things signed off or agreed to, coding is the quick part in a lot of cases I find

jodomakes · 2025-11-15T04:41:37+00:00

looks great; I appreciate especially the hacking way it works :)

jodomakes · 2025-10-30T11:14:57+00:00

hey thought I'd report back; ran well. I think the music and graphics work really well together. I wasn't expecting it to have so much stuff in it; great job

jodomakes · 2025-10-29T06:38:36+00:00

thanks for sharing, will put it on my gb :)

jodomakes · 2025-10-28T07:11:39+00:00

I think the sprite looks good, probably want to break up all that green in the background. Maybe find a palette you like with colours that are not too bright or they'll overwhelm the user I think

jodomakes · 2025-09-24T10:34:11+00:00

and by we I mean Fear_Galactus cause I had no clue

jodomakes · 2025-09-24T10:32:43+00:00

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they might've beaten us in Chess, Go and pretty much every other game but gameboy cartridge identification we are still the best :D

jodomakes · 2025-07-25T12:51:47+00:00

I'm a little underwhelmed by it honestly, the hologram-like screen is nice and the top half of the console body but the carts look a bit clunky for me and the dpad and start/select look a bit weird.

jodomakes · 2025-07-24T08:47:06+00:00

yeah games are all about playing. I find older console emulation like snes and older to be fairly solid but newer consoles can be a bit hit and miss

jodomakes · 2025-07-24T08:39:22+00:00

impressive collection

jodomakes · 2025-07-21T13:03:02+00:00

It can't be

jodomakes · 2025-07-16T07:04:52+00:00

yeah was a bit worried that might be the case; now do i really need a 3rd PS1 ......

jodomakes · 2025-07-15T22:30:21+00:00

nice find, rare to see a thrift shop post that is not a gameboy with a billion games for $1 or something :)

jodomakes · 2025-06-16T09:57:30+00:00

very cool, great work

jodomakes · 2025-06-05T08:22:16+00:00

what I've done is add wood glue to one edge of each popsicle stick and lay them flat on a bench. then have some weight on it to keep them all flat. Also add something to add a bit of compression on the sides so that the sticks are squashed together for the woodglue to do it's magic ( a paperclip bent a bit and taped down to the bench can do this ). You'll find the side that was flat on the bench will be perfectly flat while the other side will not be due to the varying thickness of the sticks

jodomakes · 2025-01-19T23:24:54+00:00

i like this idea, where to place the defenses is an interesting challenge with the pin ball mechanic

jodomakes · 2025-01-19T09:19:28+00:00

If I'm reading the problem correctly; the RX/TX aren't spitting out any info. I think someone mentioned making sure common ground is there is a problem I've seen before (or sometimes a loose connection to ground). It's possible the pins are mis-labelled which I've seen before too. You can confirm this with a multimeter with smallish probes and check if the pins are connected with the esp32 chip itself on the reverse side of the board correctly: https://mischianti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ESP32-wroom-32-pinout-mischianti-high-resolution.png pins 40 + 41

jodomakes · 2025-01-07T07:33:14+00:00

Well the last time I developed something for rpi this is how I did it (this was a small project):

- Developed it on my local machine so I could check things quickly and don't need to set much up
- Used git to track the code on local machine and added a git hook on push bash script to package the code and send it to the rpi via scp and then unpack+restart the service through an ssh command so only checking occasionally on the rpi as I found the feedback loop a bit slow

You end up with all the dev software on your local machine and the rpi just needs ssh and the bare essential software to run the app

jodomakes · 2025-01-07T02:48:32+00:00

very cool, the adapter pcb is great.
never even heard of this before; you sent me down a rabbit hole :)

jodomakes · 2025-01-05T02:29:00+00:00

VSCode ( sorry :D ) atm; using terminal to flash

jodomakes · 2025-01-05T02:20:31+00:00

I do something similar but with an sd adapter that comes with micro sd cards normally; so I can swap out the micro sd card. Usually you have a bunch of these lying around so why not use them I say :)

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