James Sutherland
@jamessutherland.bsky.social
Lead programmer, making games 'professionally' since 1998. Human Fall Flat, HITMAN, Doctor Who Adventure Games, Sonic Racing etc. Giraffe, sometimes.
PSA: if you're playing Pokopia and not using mouse mode, consider using mouse mode.
For #RandomGameSaturday here's Lack of Love for the Dreamcast, just about the most minimal box art you're ever likely to see. The front cover tells you nothing. The back cover doesn't really give you much more information. And, to be fair, even playing the game doesn't reveal much more about it.
Loved working on this one. Though I'm struggling to believe it was nearly 20 years ago.
Videogame Beaches🏳️⚧️@videogamebeach.bsky.social · 7mo agoOutrun Court (Sega Superstars Tennis, PS2-PS3-360-Wii-NDS-Mac OS, Sumo Digital, 2008)
Another fact in the same genre: later this year, the video game 1942 will have been released closer to the year 1942 than to the present day.
Obsolete Sony@obsoletesony.com · 7mo agoNext year the PlayStation 3 will be older than the NES was when the PS3 launched.
Gone back to Pokemon Violet after the fantastic Switch 2 upgrade. It's taken a bit of work, but I think I now have the perfect team. Go Porygang!
There's only one choice for Switch 2 exclusive launch day games, right?
I went there on a school trip about 40 years ago, and filled a roll of film with photos of that police box :)
The FunKey is definitely the most practical way to play Tetris. Game Boy for scale.
From the Nintendo UK Store, as they didn't put this in the direct.
A game I worked on has just been announced for Evercade. I am officially retro.
Stop talking about the Switch 2, and start talking about how Kiryu is in our game and Pinky's actor's performance is probably the best performance in any game. I'm serious. When we release some longer gameplay footage of her acting, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
Kaizen Game Works@kaizengameworks.com · 2y agoRevealed exclusively with @IGN 👀🎙️✨ Promise Mascot Agency main cast Voice Actor Reveal! We are so lucky to be working with: ✨ Takaya Kuroda ✨ Ayano Shibuya ✨ Eri Saito ✨ SWERY @swery65.bsky.social ✨ Shuhei Yoshida! @yosp-jp.bsky.social
Everybody getting excited about Switch 2. Meanwhile, I'm learning Game Boy programming. Look, I made a triangle wobble a bit!
Looking forward to Nintendo releasing a trailer for an Alarmo update or a LEGO Virtual Boy at 1pm today.
Another nice thing from my Japan trip 20 years ago is this little magnifier and strip of film from the Ghibli museum. The strips were 1000¥ each and have a few frames from a movie on them.
Just found this retro Gradius phone strap thing that I bought at Tokyo Game Show in 2004. The strap, which I haven't yet got around to opening, is now older than Gradius was when I bought it.
Day 20 of our "Build a Model of Tails” advent calendar. So far zero pieces of Tails. I assume the final day is just a Tails figure you stick on top.
Got off to a pretty good start with the new Mystical Island expansion for Pokémon TGC Pocket, opened a God pack.
Cologne cathedral has a window where the texture hasn't finished loading.
Picked up Super Robot Wars 30 in the Steam sale. Never played the series before, but I'm already loving the over the top attack animations.
Had no power for the last hour or so. Looking forward to my PlayStation acting like this guy once it comes back on.
Order up! Critter Café is now open! Head into the Otherlands to save those Critters, give them a home, then open your café's doors to serve coffee, cakes, and more to your customers. #CritterCafé is now taking orders on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch!
2025 will bring a new Magic Knight game! Currently known as MK5. The series stopped in 1987 and now, for the 40th aniversary of the launch of the first game, there will be a new one. Full details at davidxjonesauthor.com/MK5. #RETROGAMING #retrogames #zxspectrum #pcgaming #MagicKnight
Magic Knight 5 - David X Jones - Author
After almost 40 years it’s time for Magic Knight to come out of retirement and appear in a brand new game! On this page The new Game MK5 is just a working title. There’s a competition to suggest game ...
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Okay, Pokémon TCG Pocket, it's nice art and all but I didn't really need four of these Digletts. A different rare would be good now.
Pokémon TCG Pocket has some nice cards, and I mostly like how they've streamlined the game. It's doing that typical mobile thing of throwing loads of stuff at you early on, then drip feeding stuff after that, though. Plus there are like 10 different currencies, which seems excessive.
I forgot that, actually, this is my voice acting debut as I'm one of the voices in a group of Sontarans shouting "Sontar, ha!" Also, this means I now have a Kevin Bacon number of 2: I was in this with Karen Gillan, who was in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special with Kevin Bacon.
James Sutherland@jamessutherland.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat better way to celebrate November 5th than watching a complete play through of Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot? It has Sontarans, Rutans and the guy from Parklife. Also, I met my wife working on it (I was lead coder and she was an animator). #doctorwho youtu.be/HO95-3OrUhI?...
What better way to celebrate November 5th than watching a complete play through of Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot? It has Sontarans, Rutans and the guy from Parklife. Also, I met my wife working on it (I was lead coder and she was an animator). #doctorwho youtu.be/HO95-3OrUhI?...
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games #5: The Gunpowder Plot
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