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@rek As someone who grew up with the Commodore computer family, I used to make a lot of fun of the Macintosh aesthetic. But these days, I'm starting to realize that it was actually the right way to go.

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 00:53

@vertigo I don't know about it being the right way, but it certainly pairs well with our studio's values.

Even with this few pixels, there's so much one can do :>!

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Written by R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 on 2025-01-27 at 01:00

@rek @vertigo

I'm blown away with #SusanKare's portraits of #SteveJobs and #BillAtkinson in 32x32 pixel monochrome.

Steve: https://vectorified.com/images/steve-jobs-icon-26.png

Bill:

https://macmagazine.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/20-Bill-Atkinson.png

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 01:20

@rl_dane @vertigo haha! Yea, they're neat :D

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Written by [AFK] Mario on 2025-01-27 at 01:29

@rek yessss better playdate version :3

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 01:41

@mario_afk that's the goal ^^!

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Written by [AFK] Mario on 2025-01-27 at 01:46

@rek any plans on releasing it on the playdate catalog ? I think it would do great :)!

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 02:28

@mario_afk yea, we'd definitely like to try :)

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Written by Asher Graieg-Morrison on 2025-01-27 at 01:46

@rek is the Playdate version still a thing? I’d love to replay it on mine.

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Written by avsej on 2025-01-27 at 02:25

@ashergm @rek you can wrap any rom and sideload it to #playdate https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/uxn-playdate

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Written by Asher Graieg-Morrison on 2025-01-27 at 02:30

@avsej @rek that’s so great - thanks!

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 02:33

@ashergm @avsej the version we're working on will just look better on the Playdate :>... but the game is very playable now ^^

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Written by Asher Graieg-Morrison on 2025-01-27 at 10:12

@rek @avsej oh nice - all the best with the new version. In the meantime I'll look over the other link. Thanks again!

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Written by Asher Graieg-Morrison on 2025-01-27 at 10:28

@avsej @rek actually, after looking over this I must confess I'm a little lost. Is there an even simpler step by step process? Apologies for my lack of understanding

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Written by Devine Lu Linvega on 2025-01-27 at 16:48

@ashergm @avsej @rek We'll have a zip file with the whole game available soon, while we work on it it's a bit tricky to get it all running, some people have figured it out but the instructions are not supper accessible if you're not a programmer.

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Written by Asher Graieg-Morrison on 2025-01-27 at 21:28

@neauoire @avsej @rek oh thanks! Yeah I’m not a programmer and am happy to wait for the office release. I’m looking forward to it!

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Written by Kartik Agaram on 2025-01-27 at 02:15

@rek Very cool to compare this with https://100r.co/media/content/projects/oquonie_uxn_03.jpg

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Written by Kartik Agaram on 2025-01-27 at 02:18

@rek This reminds me of a story I read last week: https://olano.dev/blog/a-pixel-parable

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Written by .CLI on 2025-01-27 at 05:34

@rek dang, that pixel looks really nice

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Written by Bifurkatus 🎭 on 2025-01-27 at 11:36

@rek Will it have music, too?

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-27 at 16:42

@dichotomiker there is sound right now, but no music yet. Devine is working on it now actually, it's tricky.

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Written by vga256 on 2025-01-30 at 04:29

@rek that was incredibly fast. did you end up using the originals as underlay references and drawing on a new layer?

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-30 at 15:41

@vga256 I only need to turn the grey tones into either black or white, so I just keep a version with greys as an underlay reference(as you said), duplicate the layer and remove all greys by playing with levels. Then I just add some black pixels back in, as needed. Sometimes I have to alter the design slightly so that it reads better (the grey permitted for a greater concentration of information without it looking like an incomprehensible mess).

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Written by vga256 on 2025-01-30 at 16:06

@rek that kicks ass! there was so much line-art detail in the originals that i was surprised you didn't have to redo all of the lines on top, just pixel touchups.

i absolutely love working in medium-res 1-bit, and it's a joy seeing great mac plus-styled line art done so well 🙏

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Written by R E K on 2025-01-30 at 16:12

@vga256 Oooh wait, were you talking about the original raster version?

Cause the 1-bit version is basically the 3rd iteration, #2 was the 2-bit version.

But my process was similar for converting the raster one to pixels(way more clean-up and changes tho), it took me a bit longer, about a month. Turning 2-bit into 1-bit has taken a bit less than 1 week.

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Written by vga256 on 2025-01-30 at 16:17

@rek ohhh wow. yeah, I didn’t realize you had already done a 2-bit from the raster version. that makes so much more sense now! i had wondered how you did it all in a week😅

that being said, it’s still fast work. pixel cleanup can be so time consuming, and this is squeaky clean

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