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matt sephton
@gingerbeardman@mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon 4.7.3💾 FITS ON A FLOPPY 🤓 Indie Dev since ~1990
🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️Retro Games 🗿Moai
💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
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Joined August 21, 2021
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
Free screensaver for macOS
feat. 3.5" & 5.25" #FloppyDisk and #MiniDisc
(or just your favourite of the three)
https://www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/fits-on-a-floppy/#screensaver
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
Is there a really simple editor for SVG files?
I just want to tweak/edit the nodes/points on the shapes I've already drawn, I don't need to do transforms or crazy manipulation, nor do I want any items I don't touch to change their markup.
I just want a thin layer of UI on top of the data.
Palm OS graffiti text input for iOS!
I've been using the Tileset mode of my pixel art app Dottie to work on tilesets (obv) and bitmap fonts (yes). This was an early feature request.
It's been so long since I pushed a TestFlight the Dottie beta has expired. I'll launch it soon, then! 👌😎
https://www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/dottie/
Here’s how the layout of my SNES game is going (512 KB ROM) I plan to fill the free space with lots of levels. #snesdev
Dottie, my pixel art app, has Quick Look support for both its artwork files and palettes. 🎨
And there's more: one-click imports from Lospec website, plus a ton of legacy formats: .gpl, .pal, .ase/.act/.aco, .clr, etc. including embedded colour names! 🌈
https://www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/dottie/
Watched Highlander for the first time (40 years late!) at the cinema tonight. I can't quite verbalise what I saw. Probably WTF is the closest I can get.
Dreamcast Perfect Catalog
New edition with improvements since 2021.
Releases 26th May 2026
Needless to say, I love this approach to development.
"How I made a shooter game in 64 KB"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qht68vFaa1M
How I made a shooter game in 64 KB
Here's my manifesto on Hacker News
Fits on a Floppy – A Manifesto for Small Software
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47809147
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17/22
Stapler (macOS, free)
Bundle related files into logical projects without moving anything. Opening a single .stapled document opens your artwork, code, todo list, and your reference docs—all at once.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6645736416?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
A “fun” story I just remembered from App Review: my app Driveaway ejects mounted disk drives, and that includes CD-ROMs. I had to send in a video of me ejecting a physical drive. 🤣
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6758246708?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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19/22
Tsundoku (macOS)
Quick access bookmarking for self-hosted services. A global hotkey captures the URL and title from your browser, suggests tags, and posts to Linkding, Raindrop, Shaarli, LinkAce, Karakeep, or Wallabag.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6747599085?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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21/22
Wavelet (macOS)
Sound effect generator powered by synthesis, based on classic sfxr engine. One-click presets for laser zaps, coin pickups, explosions, and more. Layer multiple sounds with the built-in mixer and export as WAV, or source code.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6752027498?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
Is there handheld emulation software that’s as good as Onion OS on Miyoo Mini+? It has a great resume feature and a user-friendly interface.
Anything running EmulationStation is the polar opposite of this.
I'm looking for a new handheld with analog sticks but it needs good UI.
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14/22
PaperTrail (iOS)
Full TaskPaper editing on iOS. Projects, tasks, notes, and tags with a powerful search query language, collapsible projects, widgets, and more. Syncs via iCloud and works with TaskPaper on Mac.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6751271083?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=8
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Reference shots:
#new3dgolfsimulation #virtualboy #tesoft #tesoftvirtualgolf #vbgolf #hacking #reverseengineering
Just pushed an update to Feedit, my RSS feed editor. I use it to keep my personal website up-to-date (RSS as a CMS!) and for all my app release feeds.
This is by far the tightest most optimised workflow in any of my apps. Very niche but makes life easy!
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6759644674?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
A new DJ mix from me: music with arpeggios, for no other reason that I thought it would be a fun constraint.
feat. Alex Metric, Jacques Lu Cont, Rhythim is Rhythim, The Chemical Brothers, Hyper Go Go, Kiesza, RONEeS, Sunareht, BT, Orbital, and more.
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@thatKomputerKat @europlus you bet! I'm an award winning game developer 👌😎 so I never forget to add some fun
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18/22
Tabulator (macOS)
A bird’s-eye view of your tabs across local windows, groups, cloud, bookmarks. Search, sort, export, and manage tabs from one place. Includes a vertical tabs mode, Safari extension to show open tab count, and automatic backup.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6761341374?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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15/22
Seeports (macOS)
Shows every TCP port listening on your Mac from the menu bar. Ports are automatically grouped by service—Docker, OrbStack, Kubernetes, and more. Copy a localhost URL, open in browser, web search pid, or terminate a rogue process.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6759843352?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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@donnyglover@chaos.social T&E SOFT take all the credit, back in 1989!
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Tabulator on Product Hunt. Upvotes appreciated!
https://www.producthunt.com/products/tabulator-3?launch=tabulator-3
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@artourter 😅 I had them in at one point and took them out for a couple of reasons: i wasn’t happy with my 3D representation, and I wanted the final download size to be 1.44 MB (which it is almost to the byte!)
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@fds me too! class of 1997
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@everyplace Interesting! Not sure. Have added it to my Octoping.taskpaper todo list
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20/22
Vanishing Point (macOS)
Photo and image perspective correction with four tools, auto-detection, 256+ aspect ratio presets, background removal, colour sampling, adjustments. Export as PNG, JPG, TIFF. QuickLook and Finder Thumbnails supported.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6762011655?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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16/22
Spindle (macOS, TestFlight)
Raw device access for byte-accurate CD and DVD extraction, with support for hybrid ISO 9660/HFS discs and triple hashing for verification. Rip from multiple drives simultaneously.
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@everyplace I like the idea that it would be more like push notification than polling (i hate polling)
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@Luke@typo.social honestly any video is a long way off, and it won’t say much more than the website. the app shows all your tabs and allows you to close/quicklook/open/export. if anything is unclear about how the app works let me know? it’s mission command for your tabs.
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@melliott@vmst.io there’s an update coming soon to fix these, i’ve reworked the graph from scratch. you can send me the hubble file and I can load it on my machine
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@melliott@vmst.io got it! here’s how my local code renders it. I’m currently doing something not-app-related to take of myself after the busy launch.
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@Luke@typo.social not yet, I will do eventually!
Deep diving into the New 3D Golf Simulation series and the same course data format is used from the original PC-9801 (& I assume X68K & FM Towns), Mega Drive (& probably SFC/SNES), and Virtual Boy! That's 7 unique courses. 🤓
Changes for Saturn (& probably 3DO, PS1, N64, etc)
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@lukeharby@infosec.exchange I’ve been reverse engineering these old golf games to extract the courses. I’ve patched the old Mega Drive games with a new course randomiser function, and might have something even cooler cooking. You can check my recent posts for more info!
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@nriley i need to go one level up the iokit hierarchy to get thunderbolt, and i’m not sure how i can render it nicely to sit alongside USB. there’s also a PCI level too, so there are in fact three that could coexist. But it’s a heck of a lot of work.
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13/22
Octoping (macOS)
GitHub notifications in your Mac menu bar. See what needs attention, grouped by repository with colour-coded matching icons. Mark items as read or open them in your browser.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6758245749?pt=19577&ct=mastodon&mt=12
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@Luke@typo.social if you wait a short while, I’ve put it on sale at a reduced price. Not sure how long it takes for the price to update!
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@markgrambau @mwichary thank you! some improvements coming to Hubble soon to better display more complex USB topologies. Somebody sent me a wild one that helped!
I have a ScanSnap scanner and the software is crazy. I often think about doing my own “VueScan”, but really I tend to use Image Capture app for scanning these days.
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Tabulator is currently on sale!
$9.99 / £9.99 / ¥1500
(was $14.99 / £14.99 / ¥2500)
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@melliott@vmst.io yes please! I'm querying iokit so if I'm missing something that's the most important thing.
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@nriley please send me a link to it! i have some improvements almost ready to go that should solve this.