Did not make it down to Austin, TX this weekend for Classic Game Fest, but Chomp Champ is in its final round of play testing! #nesdev
13 out of 32 multiNES Season Passes remain! I want to thank everyone for supporting this ~10 NES game making mission I have put myself on so far. Chomp Champ is so close to shipping I can taste it. <3 #nesdev
First time doing oil painting not using Bob Ross methods. Chomp Champ, my next NES game is basically done except for audio.
Apparently I’ve never seen moving blankets in context until today. I just thought that it was @loblast.bsky.social chic.
Someone used my website contact form to order a custom all-black diy bleepler kit!
This screen was looking a bit "lifeless" so I added a friend! This is Chomp Champ's bouncing germ time. Music by Ominous Pigeon Master and has nothing to do with the game, ok? :D #nesdev
Chomp Champ for the NES (coming soon!) graphics skratch pad. I like to keep development history of game projects. Sometimes you have to bruteforce a design through a bunch of iterations. #nesdev
Boss Fight Progress for Orange Island Cancrorum is a space ship crab or something with a few fancy moves. Aided by spitting turtles, this boss is sure to be a dizzying spectacle. Too many sprites required though. #nes #gamedev #nesdev www.youtube.com/shorts/oCDIA...
Boss Fight Progress for Orange Island #nes #gamedev
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hoping i can make time soon to try this out!
castpixel ⚧️⚢@castpixel.bsky.social · 6mo agoDue to popular demand, here is a demonstration video of how to make 3D printed PCBs using just vector drawing software, a 3D printed (PETG filament for mine) and self-adhesive copper tape. Any questions, let me know!
Now on the 4th revision of the custom NES controller. The diamond shape for the directional pad buttons is definitely a step in the right direction, but there's still room to improve the ergonomics. At this point it's almost as comfortable as a traditional controller. #retrograming
For the breadth time, we are black and bleú! 13 hours left of our VERY UNLUCKY 13% OFF SALE! Link in bio. :D
Orange Island finally has stable split vertical scroll on the NES! #nesdev
Help me decide which swirl design goes in the two color risograph 32 page zine I started a year ago. I brought contributors on 6 months ago and they finished their assignments in weeks. I've been frozen with perfectionistisms [WRITERZ BLOKK]. #design
Shipping my 500th order through the LoBlast online store to Zurich!
C A L M D O W N i'm your best friend too design concept by dear friend mrgoby
Part II: Non-scrolling border illusion for Orange Island. Playing back at 25% speed, we can see the final border design (mostly) staying static on the left side of the screen. We're blitting between the 2 nametables. Definitely many issues left to mitigate. Large boss metasprite added for fun!
This non-scrolling border illusion trick for Orange Island is feeling half done. The NES can be quite unforgiving. In my head it seemed conceptually simply, but in execution it has been a maddening labyrinth of timing issues. Follow this thread for updates. #nesdev
A couple months overdue on a new LoBlast youtube video on the LoBlast youtube channel. So, if you want, head over there and check this out! <3
Here is Lego’s official Nintendo Game Boy — with lenticular display
Here is Lego’s official Nintendo Game Boy — with lenticular display
It costs $60 and ships October 1st.
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The LoBlast 2025 convention tour schedule is half the dates of last year. This allows more time and energy to focus on R+D. Super excited for this mini-gauntlet of shows at the end of this month starting this weekend!
Orange Island update showing 3 of 15 Relic implementations that impact gameplay. #gamedev #nes #retrogaming #relic
2 new sticker designs by @dripnet.bsky.social are newly available in the LoBlast online store! loblast.com/store/stickers Free LoBlast sticker with every order.
New video on the LoBlast youtube channel talking about the impacts of tariffs on PCB and parts sourcing with potential solutions. youtu.be/ZBoewKQA_yo
PCB Fab Tariff Solutions
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