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OK, this is not as good as Web Developer Tools for apps in the browser, but I guess it'll have to do, because I'm not doing Electron or whatever. But, trying to figure out why things are rendered the way they are without "Inspect Element" is certainly not as much fun as one would hope.

This is nice. We need a full-throated defense of Wikipedia at this point in history, and Hank sums it up pretty well. #Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0ogvPfCA

Is a dual grid system possible on a C64? Since I'm using sprites for the little guys, it seems like it would be, as they have pixel-precise movement. How to maintain the world map (not the visual one, the one that determines behaviors) is breaking my brain, though. Much to think about.

He can't keep getting away with it. (Not going to bed, writing 6502 assembly, things of that nature.) #retrocomputing

Good ol' GNU Image Manipulation Program to the rescue. But, now I'm tired of fucking around, so I just bought some tiles off of Itch.io to start with. I think somebody here on Mastodon posted them a while back. They're cute. Still need to get them into a format I can convert automatically to a charset... https://algernon3000.itch.io/minimal-8

Do I have to build everything from scratch to make a game for C64? I just want to draw some tiles to turn into a charset and Krita is just broke?

I'm getting cooked in the `clang-tidy` comments.

I opened up Steam to see if any games were calling out to be played, and realized I bought AseSprite at some point, and it also became available on Linux (via Proton, I assume, as it's wrapped in a Windows looking window). But, I can't figure it out? It's complicated and clearly not designed for retro machine targets, though I've seen people talk about using it for making C64 sprites, I just can't see how. I reckon I'll keep plodding along with my editor that does only/exactly what I want.

Now there's a little guy.

Multicolor sprite support is working (I think I understand the specs and limitations anyway), PNG export is working, switched to a palette that is closer to a real C64, cleaned up the UI. I'm trying to decide if I want to tackle animation or just make it export to KickAssembler byte strings next.

I should also probably give it the ability to save and reload in a native format so I don't lose my little guys when I exit.

#retrocomputing

And, it's 169k without putting any effort into shrinking it. It'd fit on a floppy, even a Commodore 1541 floppy (though only barely, and probably not actually, as there's probably some overhead). I was a little worried about Qt Quick, because they apparently added JavaScript and something like HTML to Qt to make QML work, and I was concerned that would lead to bloat, and I'm sure it did, but not much.

The dubs keep coming. It's almost not terrible. At this rate, I'll have a reasonably functional sprite editor sometime this weekend. (Yes, I should just use Spritemate or one of the several other existing sprite editors, but I've been hankering to learn some modern C++ and also make small/fast/compact desktop apps and this is a fun way to do so, while building something I might actually use.)

@ScienceDesk I use both hands, but I wouldn't call it ambidextrous. I'm kind of similarly clumsy with both hands. I write left-handed, and do most other things (play guitar, throw) right-handed. Precision things tend to get the left hand, strength things the right. And, I wouldn't say I'm particularly good at using either one. My handwriting is terrible and I can't draw for shit.

@vwdasher Flxibles are the most collectible, I think, amongst conversion bus fanatics. Some friends bought a very rough 60s Flxible and traveled in it for a year or two.

My favorite bus, and the one I think I'd buy if I were wanting to do a conversion, is the GM PD-4103.

Flxible has the benefit (or negative, depending on your perspective) of being relatively rare, so collectors value them pretty highly. And, there are certainly some gorgeous ones.

@vwdasher we love a Buffalo bus, don't we folks? Though, if I had my druthers, a Scenicruiser has better lines.

OK, I gotta hand it to CoPilot. It helped me figure out how to get a Qt Quick QML-defined GUI working. Kind of.

Found this via this site that seems to provide full-text search of the most recent Epstein email drop. https://splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app/

"radical breakthrough"

Genuine WTF.

Nielsen sent me two dollars, cold hard cash, and an invitation to be a Nielsen household? Is this what democracy feels like?

@mainframed767 probably a profitable typo-squat.

You gotta lotta nerve, facebook.