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Chris Hodgkinson

@appletreeman

Getting old and achy. Attempting to be an indie game dev. Currently working on Oidanoid a twin stick shooter made in Gamemaker.

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YASIC by aquietspace A simple Space Invaders clone

Needed a break from Oidanoid today as was getting code blind. So instead I knocked up a simple space invaders clone. Free to download.

aquietspace.itch.io/yasic

#gamemaker #retro #indie #indiedev #arcade #spaceinvaders

27.02.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome back. It’s good to look after yourself.
I’m jealous that you’re creative enough to be able to create your own art and music.

26.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Oidanoid  teaser
Oidanoid teaser YouTube video by Chris Hodgkinson

A short teaser I've done for Oidanoid explaining the relationshhip that robots have with biscuits.
#screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage

14.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two books showing Women beside a canal in different poses. Wild Women and the sequel Midnight Magic

Two books showing Women beside a canal in different poses. Wild Women and the sequel Midnight Magic

New book alert! After a long wait, the sequel to Wild Women is out!
Midnight Magic follows young witch Sal through the dramas of her magical family life.

23.11.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It does indeed. First song I ever heard by them. Got dragged to a Mish gig by a mate and when we got there the Eves were on stage playing it. Completely hooked ever since.

22.11.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Julianne and Tim released an album last year. Currently only on Bandcamp. It’s rather good. Is called Apparitions.

21.11.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
EPICA - The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)
EPICA - The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy) YouTube video by EPICA

As it's Halloween I thought this video may be appropriate.
Mrs Appletreeman and I were at this gig.
This was the first live outing for a brand new song so noone in the audience knew it at the time.
youtu.be/ax_FATpzAB8?...

31.10.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who’s solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.

20.10.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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two men are sitting in a car and one of them is driving . ALT: two men are sitting in a car and one of them is driving .
30.06.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Best multiplayer game ever written.

29.06.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
OIDANOID - A brief history
OIDANOID - A brief history YouTube video by Chris Hodgkinson

A short video showing where Oidanoid started and how it is looking now...
youtu.be/lXo1P2UFfNk
#gamemaker #indie #videogame #indiedev

23.06.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has there ever been any music that is more beige?

14.06.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
HEART OF NEON: THANK YOU FOR THE MOOSIC! Interview with Gribbles (a.k.a. Graham Thorpe)
HEART OF NEON: THANK YOU FOR THE MOOSIC! Interview with Gribbles (a.k.a. Graham Thorpe) YouTube video by Heart of Neon

Holy crap. What a brilliant little interview @d0kk.bsky.social has done with musician Graham (Gribbles) Thorpe. Gives you a real feeling of why people respond the way they do to Jeff Minter. youtu.be/GGeoWmPyPak?... #heartofneon #supportindiefilm #videogames #art

13.06.2025 06:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Gribbles is a top bloke.

13.06.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why… what I miss? (Been off grid a while)

06.06.2025 06:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy towel day everybody.

25.05.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I so wanna play that...

24.04.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Suffering. Slowly recovering from a car smash in Jan. Feel like I’m getting a bit of PTSD as everything’s just getting to me. Can’t even use the β€˜puter as the room is being decorated :(

26.03.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And TV.

19.03.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be interested in learning cool stuff. Struts have always eluded me so any help with those would be amazing.

17.03.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been bingeing Yellowjackets recently and now we’re up to date and have to wait for each new episode. It’s like being back in the old days.

17.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a real shame it doesn’t work on macOS :(

05.03.2025 09:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We watched Masque of the Red Death recently. Bloody awesome film.

04.03.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh now that is special. It’s actually perfect.

03.03.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Now that’s what I call fuck this, in big letters, in space.

Now that’s what I call fuck this, in big letters, in space.

01.03.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That there is a fucking masterpiece. I love it.

01.03.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have ended up getting a version from about 2 weeks ago which works every single time and then re-adding things one bit at a time saving/testing/backing up as I go.
It's a right royal pain in the arse but I'm getting there slowly but surely.

#GameMaker #gamedev #indiedev

01.03.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was doing exactly the same thing in both macOS and Windows. Uninstalled/reinstalled GM and even rolled back the GM runtime to a previous version but still no luck.

01.03.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been having some major issues with my game.
When I was trying to run it the game window appears and then immediately crash out with no error.
If I pull a backup out of Time Machine it would work fine the first time but then crash again on subsequent tries even if nothing had been changed.

01.03.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mazogs was the first game I played on the ZX81 and Maziacs was the first I played on the Spectrum.

26.02.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0