PVSneslib 4.6 is now available with a big list of update, again! Faster, easier, new tools and a big wiki update (github.com/alekmaul/pvs...) A great thanks to the community for its help on this release. Download it here: github.com/alekmaul/pvs... #retrogaming #snes #pvsneslib #homebrew #indiedev

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I've published a terrific-audio-driver bugfix release. It fixes a no sound in tad-gui on windows bug. github.com/undisbelieve... #snesdev #spc700

Release Version 0.4.2 · undisbeliever/terrific-audio-driver

Changelog: Fixed no sound in tad-gui on windows if the audio device's sample rate is not 48kHz. #73

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SNESdev daily log 4 & 5: Failed to convert the audio driver's 65816 code to function tables. Verified the new 3 bytes per transfer loader design will work using a C++ prototype.

After months of procrastination, I have published the second half of my 2025 SNESDEV game jam postmortem. It covers my jam's timeline and my thoughts on the game's development. undisbeliever.net/blog/2026070... #snesdev

SNESdev daily log 3: Proofread the game jam postmortem and added a bunch of images to it.

SNESdev daily log 2: Wrote a lot of words about my entry to the 2025 snesdev game jam.

I've released a new version of my SNES audio driver to fix a bug that prevented sound effects from playing when the blank song is loaded. github.com/undisbelieve... #snesdev #spc700

Release Version 0.4.1 · undisbeliever/terrific-audio-driver

Changelog: Fixes no sound effects when playing the blank song (song-id 0). Reported by @taradinoc

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SNESdev daily log 1: Brainstormed what I need to figure out before the game jam starts. Planned my order of operations for adding sample swapping to my audio driver. Fixed an inaudible SFX bug in my audio driver.

If it's #scanlinesunday then it would be rude not to post the first screenshot of my SNES game engine bring-up. I'm working hard to get 60fps and fill this thing with fun possibilities, ready to hit the ground running for SNES Dev Game Jam 2026.

No snesdev last night, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. My mental task list has 5 "urgent" and 4 high-priority projects I need to complete before the end of the month. I feel like I'm pulled in multiple directions and stalled out.

Smash Bros-like prototype on SNES hardware based on the Super Boss Gaiden engine of Goldlocke. Screenshot posted on Twitter in 2019 - never came to be, but it was a fun dev session! #snesdev

SNESdev daily log 3: Started a blog post about my upcoming snesdev game jam project.

SNESdev daily log 2: Figured out how to write a basic VBlank interrupt in multiple C toolchains. Coded a lag frame counter. Modified my example to change the background colour every second.

I'm doing prepwork for the 2026 snesdev game jam. I want to make a small game in C. To hedge my bets I'm going to be using 4 different C compilers. To help motivate me, I'm restarting my SNESdev daily log.

SNESdev daily log 1: Figured out how to compile SNES C code with llvm-mos.

I've published a new version of my homebrew SNES audio driver. The samples tab has been completely redesigned. It can automatically tune newly created samples and allows the user to drag & drop an external file into the samples list. github.com/undisbelieve... #snesdev #spc700

I've been rewriting the samples tab in my audio driver's GUI. It's not complete, I've still got restore the sample analyser, restore the test sample widgets and add a few more quality-of-life features.

One of my long-term goals is to make a full-sized SNES game. Space Rescue Squad and unnamed-snes-game are a great starting point. I'm not going to abandon them unless something major changes in my life.

My goals for the rest of the year have changed: * Improve my writing skills * Document what I'm doing as I do it * Exercise more often * Procrastinate less often (avoid distractions, remember to do urgent tasks, etc) * Add sample swapping to my audio driver * Write a small SNES game in C

Sometimes I take breaks from gamedev and when I do, I often do more gamedev. Here's a quick and dirty experiment running on the SNES. A future Rynn game maybe? Ok back to real work. 🤭 #snes #nes #16bit #jrpg #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames

Some of you may have seen my C3 thread about it, but for those who haven't- I'm developing a new, CLI-based debugging SPC player called Apollo! It features a ARAM/DSP memory viewer, SPC700 code debugger, breakpoints, Script700 support & FIR EQ visualizer Give it a try! github.com/jimmy-dsi/ap...

Introducing version 0.3.0 of the Terrific Audio Driver. github.com/undisbelieve... This version does not add new features, instead I made 2 major back end changes: The audio driver has been ported to spc-700 assembly and tad-gui now uses the cpal crate to play audio. #snesdev #spc700

I took the Super Game Boy code I made for Petal Crash GBC and made a code example that shows off booting custom SNES code and then having the Game Boy side send files to the SNES as needed. Code and ROM (under "releases"): code.novasquirrel.com/Maffi/SuperG... #snesdev #gbdev #gamedev

The Super Game Boy part of my Petal Crash GBC port ran into an obstacle since the original game uses screen shake effects that only apply to one board, and the normal SNES solution (mode 2) would've required giving up either the cool 12x12 blocks or the background. I found a cool creative solution.

Here's a Super Game Boy enhancement driver I need to finish some day. It uses a circular buffer in VRAM to communicate with the SNES at 60fps via a combination of command data and per-frame data, rather than joypad packets. This particular version allowed a Game Boy game to reuse Game Boy Color art.

Getting back into snesdev with a new side project, an spc700 assembler. This assembler will make compiling Terrific Audio Driver a lot easier. I'm off to a good start, it can currently assemble a single instruction inside unit tests. #snesdev

New blog post: A wordy overview and retrospective on the homebrew SNES game engine I used for my 2025 SNESDEV game jam submission. undisbeliever.net/blog/2026021... #snesdev

Happy New Year, everybody :-) Following the success of last year's Game Jam, there will be another SNESDEV Game Jam in the summer of 2026. SNES homebrewers, get ready and prepare your tools for the next round! itch.io/jam/snes-dev... #snesdev2026, #gamedev, #gamejam, #homebrew

SNES DEV Game Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-07-31 to 2026-11-14 hosted by SNES-Testberichte & Svambo. 3 months • Build your own SNES game • Make SNES history Introduction After last year's SNES DEV Game Jam was such a great...

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Announcing v0.2.0 of my homebrew SNES audio driver. This release stabilises the 2 breaking changes I made to the audio driver months ago (in the beta releases). It also fixes a lot of small bugs and items I had on my ever growing todo list. github.com/undisbelieve... #snesdev #spc700

Release Version 0.2.0 · undisbeliever/terrific-audio-driver

This release stabilises the _ and __ MML transpose breaking change, the _{} change key signature command and the new 16-bit countdown timer from v0.2.0 beta releases. Changes (since v0.1.1) BREAKIN...

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PVSnesLib 4.5 is now available! Thanks to the community for the help. You can download it here: github.com/alekmaul/pvs... #retrogaming #snes #pvsneslib #homebrew #indiedev

Release 4.5.0 · alekmaul/pvsneslib

What's Changed Fix docs issue 309 by @killerdevildog in #312 Develop by @alekmaul in #314 fix(*): remove file by @alekmaul in #315 Configurable bank/offset from SRAM depending on LoROM/HiROM. by @...

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