2026-08-23T05:41:09Z https://njump.me Ryan C. Gordon https://njump.me/npub1dsrls30xyx39jkt9h8c3d5ggp6c2lrdu7q83tgem4shadzyvcp4sxhvsqw https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/004/110/original/fcbd3064441b7069.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/004/110/original/fcbd3064441b7069.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdyzlryhsax4t3pxt4jwl3xf7jvrx9knwfev0sq6jt3psjt0c9dkszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkymapzv Look, I&#39;m willing to say this is impressive, but it&#39;s also terrifying: <br/><br/><a href="https://jeromem.dev/Experiments/Deus+Ex+in+the+Browser">https://jeromem.dev/Experiments/Deus+Ex+in+the+Browser</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m over here lovingly hand-crafting (what I think is) a useful piece of system software right now, a few thousand lines of code, and a few weeks&#39; work to build it.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, this AI thing reverse-engineered all of Unreal Engine 1 from the retail binaries over that same time frame.<br/><br/>I&#39;m just trying not to feel an enormous amount of existential dread right now. Maybe that&#39;s dumb of me, I dunno. 2026-10-23T20:53:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx9zdkvun6rgcn7fkslu7fatjgykdxcfgm58yftyju8th0mykln4gzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk0rx8sp Can’t wait to eat popcorn out of Guile’s skull.<br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/117/479/981/355/576/096/original/a6693c0bc0743ddf.png"> 2026-10-21T17:05:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxpq7wz8j2xsjzchhr3tq6yjmfx9uv606kk4re4ztw6gsnkex8lyczypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk2kuqnu The dude that invented the concept of a NULL pointer beats himself up, thinking he made the worst design mistake in the history of computer science. Meanwhile, the guy that came up with the idea of multithreading is probably sitting on a beach somewhere, sipping a drink with a paper umbrella in it, without a care in the world.<br/><br/>The universe is deeply unfair sometimes. 2026-10-06T14:15:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0tuvkuw84qj83j9a5chwq40yyu8lghx62svqfc0drmes7tra9guqzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxktugzjz Monthly SDL3 patch release 3.4.18 is out: <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.18">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.18</a><br/><br/>We&#39;re going to start pounding on 3.6.0 now (new features, bug fixes that need larger changes than we can justify in a stable release series, etc). 2026-10-03T05:14:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2x3tut556jvukrnaj5ly2xq7yyww0kvk4lydp2rvhc02f0kp2afgzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkwyyjg5 I don&#39;t understand the &#34;I can see that you reject AI submissions, but Claude spit out this itty bitty tiny little patch so I&#39;m just going to post it to your bug tracker just in case you want to use it no big deal if you don&#39;t okay thanks bye&#34; submissions.<br/><br/>Please don&#39;t do that. It puts me in a position where I have to try and recreate those four lines from scratch without doing it the same way. You made it harder for me. 2026-09-22T16:20:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9es4u6zl7xta7936rsmllhlsj04epe2ym8puxt40p2mppnxrtghszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkytr4e5 Cleaning out Humble Choice. Take one, if you like, reply if you got one!<br/><br/>Sonic Frontiers: JEWT4-TETJA-9WYM0<br/>Resident Evil Village: IYLQ3-H9KJ7-32VBB<br/>Date Everything!: RQGK9-XW957-5MM6L<br/>Buddy Simulator 1984: M8BP7-ILPGX-F474A<br/>Neon White: L3JN0-P0I4L-Q3CCM<br/>Dead Cells: 7VQXF-MCY4M-85HTK 2026-08-23T05:08:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf9ru5jsc0cxmnunl9ll7q2a5ls32nxwxw7fju2lx7tp6chc62z8szypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkayp3le Monthly stable SDL release 3.4.14! <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.14">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.14</a> 2026-08-03T22:59:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw4fftqjwpwr02jqmqc3vmxmmagxrfm408ctt92ujd6zxf8tt6t9szypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk9ux5rd Holy moly, apparently Minecraft has switched to SDL3: <a href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4">https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4</a> 2026-07-19T00:53:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdq69fvq9cs44lj8e8yf2qge62r47uezpdm3mcsrjrmaef468ackszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxksw7zv6 Amir and I just finished our RubyConf workshop...I think it went well! I was told afterwards that Matz was sitting at one of the tables, so I hope I didn&#39;t say anything embarrassing in front of the creator of Ruby. :O 2026-07-15T20:21:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvtmyghwcj7pfx4v0ltqgyudflaw26xg2vxgz2p0fhwvlgkq2lh4czypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk89nyzm Gnome insisting that no app can have an icon unless it has provided a .desktop file is unquestionably the dumbest hill to die on. 2026-05-31T01:08:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspyvkv37m4kwweawekvgrhzqq0zcnr3rp7yst95c9au3rar474yhczypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk8jn44a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9qmrl673qgryjkcjg93yzjdxhqvgsrnncka0wve976k298482kgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qpah9qs'>nevent1q…h9qs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DOSification continues: PhysicsFS ported to MS-DOS: <a href="https://github.com/icculus/physfs/commit/f674b2dc15d394236e2633e4379bd29d7f93413e">https://github.com/icculus/physfs/commit/f674b2dc15d394236e2633e4379bd29d7f93413e</a> 2026-05-26T16:37:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsylzjh2ym4cdg5qfjr925eck7kalfdg8ldlhdvj5vpkpaja3k2xyszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk0y06h6 SDL3_net is at prerelease! We&#39;ll probably move to an official 3.x release soon!<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_net/releases/tag/prerelease-3.1.0">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_net/releases/tag/prerelease-3.1.0</a> 2026-05-20T01:36:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfr4k6jup8dh7dvf2m56tmwcvuglngfpsjz6j9qtajre50w52wm5qzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkxxvsvj Just trying something.<br/><br/>Our Girl Scout cookie season is over, and we still have 85 boxes: 510 dollars worth of cookies.<br/><br/>If people PayPal me, I will give these cookies out to nurses, Waffle House employees, and any other good requests y&#39;all have.<br/><br/><a href="https://paypal.me/rcgordon">https://paypal.me/rcgordon</a> 2026-05-16T21:50:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyz0n798geqqzjdxarhev8cy8kj69r8duy038ux4qgy8d0xg63yrszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkktlxax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwhn0q5f2v75mtrpl7tkcjc56psngtm8lxwjt6qr28ls38zumskqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qu3nwt8'>nevent1q…nwt8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq59ypwap8a2vtt9732whltjlglsdwh085l8c6gq9k9c33ckdus4eq3w3q9y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq59ypwap8a2vtt9732whltjlglsdwh085l8c6gq9k9c33ckdus4eq3w3q9y</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3q9y</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqfa0k5asmg49zu0qlzhysyx9cmt3qe0fj0a92hzacdrxdesg7w4qnsfnex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqfa0k5asmg49zu0qlzhysyx9cmt3qe0fj0a92hzacdrxdesg7w4qnsfnex</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…fnex</span>)</a></span> the native midi library literally wants to play to the OS’s MIDI interfaces, which sucks for several technical reasons.<br/><br/>SDL_mixer will decode midi with either a built-in copy of Timidity or FluidSynth, and plays through SDL’s audio (which supports sndio and Haiku’s BSoundPlayer). Maybe useful?<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_mixer">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_mixer</a> 2026-05-10T22:12:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq32ysvmxpzjavn022f2le5v5nlegyklzvwj724x8j8vc2k8emqrczypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkwqh6jk Monthly SDL3 bugfix release is out! <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.6">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.6</a> 2026-05-01T18:40:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv9qmrl673qgryjkcjg93yzjdxhqvgsrnncka0wve976k298482kgzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk0s5smn Also, SDL3 now supports MS-DOS. Not even kidding. <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/15377">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/15377</a> 2026-04-24T01:29:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9n3yd83ryqhx6atyvzy4hzwfhht0rj0c8udkpa855dzthqn64wrgzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk6zavs9 I love what Amir wrote for DragonRuby Game Toolkit’s seventh birthday. Making something you want to use yourself is so good. Go grab yourself a free copy! <a href="https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk/devlog/1497015/dragonrubys-seventh-year-where-we-started-and-where-were-going">https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk/devlog/1497015/dragonrubys-seventh-year-where-we-started-and-where-were-going</a> 2026-04-24T01:25:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqr8hzx0pqqvycrxkynu27czwkjvkjahx7nqywjljz7wmsu0dvyhqzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkzs8pd6 Also, we&#39;re starting to catalog tutorials in other languages on the wiki. Arabic went up today! If you&#39;re helping people to learn about SDL in languages other than English, we want to highlight your work!<br/><br/><a href="https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/Tutorials">https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/Tutorials</a> 2026-04-15T20:43:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2wdtx2p6nwuugjzklktswvtw620naldez6vet2zfnnlmvwpps4hczypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk6f2pnh The SDL organization has an official position on LLMs and generative AI now: don&#39;t use it.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/15350">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/15350</a> 2026-04-15T20:28:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvellwqrwvsnvmrhxjem58m548hwd33vhd0tsegh9k5kg03vq5yyszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxktddkv5 SDL 3.4.4 (a bugfix release) is out now: <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.4">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.4.4</a><br/><br/>Also sdl2-compat: <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/releases/tag/release-2.32.66">https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/releases/tag/release-2.32.66</a><br/><br/>Also sdl12-compat! <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl12-compat/releases/tag/release-1.2.76">https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl12-compat/releases/tag/release-1.2.76</a> 2026-04-04T01:18:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszm0sm2t58un6f8wj94dpfu4z88k2e7eeauk90v8ytgr3nelq92qszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk7whlh0 One more thing about the Steam Frame: I think the Quest has been a great system that made smart technical choices at an amazing price point.<br/><br/>But it also asked me to pair my phone so it can show me my notifications in-world, and my first reaction was: that would be cool, and I would NEVER let Meta have access to that information.<br/><br/>Which is to say: if the Steam Frame turns out to be an otherwise-lateral move, I would still be eager to dump the Quest. Including repurchasing titles on Steam. 2025-11-13T16:45:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgw0yj6cnjlzfeppx26s5exkcyy455hp3a5msmwfsq4ze2s5d24kqzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkekht9d Something I wanted in SDL3 for a long time just landed; you can make the SDL window just take up the whole browser window in Emscripten now.<br/><br/>So instead of this:<br/><br/><a href="https://icculus.org/~icculus/emscripten/testsprite-filldoc/testsprite.html">https://icculus.org/~icculus/emscripten/testsprite-filldoc/testsprite.html</a><br/><br/>You can do this:<br/><br/><a href="https://icculus.org/~icculus/emscripten/testsprite-filldoc/testsprite.html?SDL_EMSCRIPTEN_FILL_DOCUMENT=1">https://icculus.org/~icculus/emscripten/testsprite-filldoc/testsprite.html?SDL_EMSCRIPTEN_FILL_DOCUMENT=1</a><br/><br/>Feels more friendly to browser games. 2025-10-02T17:04:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqrk0vkngqns4alq7grat96jua4shp9c4xf9mldjgp990c8x439gszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk4v5hl9 It&#39;s my twice-yearly cleaning out of Humble Choice, where I pass on the duplicates to you!<br/><br/>If you get one of these, let me know! Don&#39;t be greedy, just take one.<br/><br/>Tomb Raider I-III remastered: J4QG8-4ZQH2-Y4XDB<br/><br/>Warhammer 40K: Boltgun: R2EKG-KZ40Q-TL2CW<br/><br/>Neo Cab: MPXR2-EDVTQ-6XQAM<br/><br/>Return to Monkey Island: BIACY-6BY68-IYE4K 2025-09-30T16:50:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdveyv6e52xfh52s9paet9xtglsk8pnnlf97hzaq2n2s4levfumpqzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkg34mnc SDL3 is officially released! <a href="https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.2.0">https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-3.2.0</a> 2025-01-21T19:34:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz5zfhepk6eyxg75s04cjlr6v26ldpshdmtkasg5yzg3hpsrqk7pgzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkrtl5da 3 issues open...ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE CLOSED<br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/862/165/422/830/592/original/c7d178995cdc3221.png"> 2025-01-20T18:46:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrryaa288kjddy2zcgzchqv0vqap477rnl834e3kscatxel2phk6gzypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkd39tl3 As of about 15 minutes ago, SDL3 reached 100% documentation coverage. Every single public symbol in SDL&#39;s headers is now documented!<br/><br/>The massive list is here:<br/><br/><a href="https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/CategoryAPI">https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/CategoryAPI</a><br/><br/>The much more pleasant way to browse this is here, though:<br/><br/><a href="https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/APIByCategory">https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/APIByCategory</a><br/><br/>(You can also download the entire wiki as static HTML pages for offline viewing, or even peruse them as Unix manpages. We&#39;re taking documentation very seriously in SDL3!) 2024-12-22T07:13:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8a3lpmy6aumhkujm85w9x488gksfx0g6rs62kpx74tr5hkxa43eczypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxka3vc9t Played through Metal Gear Solid 1 again last week. God, what a masterpiece of a game. Even its weirdest and worst moments are iconic.<br/><br/>Popped The Twin Snakes into the GameCube after to see what MGS1 would look like with &#34;better&#34; graphics, and it looks like the whole game was just rebuilt from scratch?! All the cutscenes are different, the voice acting was redone...that&#39;s wild. 2024-12-15T16:13:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxj5z272c92734rrkhfw9ljdyaeu4j54ulhwy0da74sjvgw5xxa3szypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkz0q286 The SDL3 examples site is starting to look really good!<br/><br/><a href="https://examples.libsdl.org/SDL3/">https://examples.libsdl.org/SDL3/</a> 2024-12-06T18:43:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswtyqq7j8hurkalugpxw2s8933y593a3qd9tr9znuqhlv6pyep5eszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk4mgm0q It&#39;s that time of year! If you mail me a Christmas (or whatever) card, I&#39;ll mail one back to you! I even send them international!<br/><br/>Address your card to:<br/><br/>Ryan C. Gordon<br/>4923 Quail Canyon Dr<br/>Charlotte, NC 28226<br/>USA<br/><br/>Yes, I know I&#39;m posting my address on the internet. Let&#39;s all be nice and it will work out. :) 2024-12-03T06:48:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrr3fngawwm286ueks6necz6xuwn76parf08e3nxk54ewhvkpywwszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxk8envcr Just messing around, but I pointed a cruddy webcam at my 3D printer, in case this is the sort of thing you might find soothing to stare at.<br/><br/>Stream lasts until I forget about it and it disconnects, probably a few hours from now.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/qRiyCPNfqwc">https://www.youtube.com/live/qRiyCPNfqwc</a> 2024-07-31T21:02:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfdrf8ms65esqqehj5lgx3ey8ff4sf5898kklfuwqr3lcxd6as9fszypkq07z9ucs6yk2evkulz9k3pq8tptudhncq79dr8wkzl45g3nqxkrzax34 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2slp6wjvlmpaygu705g2ytjmgsdx6u20x6fy4srz6xv9y5paypspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qu6vh4w'>nevent1q…vh4w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10r22zfd5vhjqaajmjn59ua30t4rh7zdezkguenzzf7sflajj832sl0w6yx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub10r22zfd5vhjqaajmjn59ua30t4rh7zdezkguenzzf7sflajj832sl0w6yx</span> (<span class="italic">npub10r2…w6yx</span>)</a></span> I&#39;m in a pretty large room with a box fan blowing the air around, so I don&#39;t have a suggestion for this, sorry. 2024-07-30T17:44:58Z