Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free and open-source text editor for Windows, and a great substitute for the standard text editor that ships with Windows. It’s packed with features, and supports 3rd party plugins — the following are some…
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Input Sharing Software
These programs that allow you to share keyboard and mouse input across multiple computers over the LAN, without requiring any additional hardware. Input sharing fills a certain niche that might not be covered entirely by a…
AutoHotKey
AutoHotKey is a free and open-source macro utility for Windows. It can help greatly with automating repetitive, one-off tasks, especially with GUI programs that don’t have built-in CLI automation or batch scripting. Your mileage may vary,…
GraphicsGale
GraphicsGale is a lightweight pixel art and animation program for Windows. Originally split between a paid and freeware version, the program is now 100% freeware. One of the best features of GraphicGale is that it…
Sound Effect generators: sfxr and its forks
Here are some free and easy-to-use tools for constructing non-realistic sound effects in games. For now, this is mainly about DrPetter’s sfxr and some forks of the program. sfxr sfxr by DrPetter is a free and open-source tool…
WikidPad 2.2 Administration Notes
WikidPad is an open-source Desktop Wiki that I’ve used to consolidate personal notes. This post describes some adjustments to WikidPad’s default settings that I prefer, and some quick housecleaning and formatting reminders. I’m using WikidPad version 2.2 for Windows. (Note: As…
Platformer Project: Plans vs Reality
I’ve been fleshing out an idea for an action-platformer over the past couple of months. I may have made a mistake in planning too much before I even have a working engine prototype. My ideas seem…
Raspberry Pi 2 Composite video
This is a note-to-self on outputting Raspberry Pi 2 (RPi) audio/video to CRT NTSC televisions with Raspbian OS via NOOBS. This was much easier than I thought it was going to be — the Retropie distribution even worked immediately. RPi…
Sprite masking with alpha channels in GraphicsGale (edit: added Python + Pillow script)
Edit: I made a quick-and-dirty Python 3 / Pillow script for applying color key-style alpha channel masks, it can be grabbed here. I’ve been messing around with Kivy lately, and it seems that there is not a direct method…
Odallus: The Dark Call under Wine
Here are some quick notes on getting Odallus: The Dark Call working with Wine in Linux. I played about half of the game on Windows, and the rest under Wine. The only major annoying issue was occasional frame-drop…