Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)

Forest creature living in the plains. 💕Empathy, Programming Languages, Drawing. My code parks your car. I make a HyperCard clone at https://mastodon.cloud/@stacksmith

Munich, Heidelberg, Lucerne [Any Pronouns]

#ios #mac #hypercard #retroProgramming #retroComputing #drawing #mastoArt #tv #movies #scifi #fedi22

Blog: https://orangejuiceliberationfront.com
GitHub: https://github.com/uliwitness
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uliwitness
Old Site: http://zathras.de

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2025-07-29 14:23:58 CEST

Accessibility tip:
If your post is about the funny joke someone posted on SpaceBook, don't make the accessibility discription:
"Screenshot of Spacebook Post"
Put the actual joke in the accessibility description.
The goal of alt-text is to allow non-sighted or low-vision people to understand the post just as a sighted person would.

2025-07-20 15:21:29 CEST

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Jaaaaa!!!
https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/885/933/686/849/940/original/4ff1c366e62d14c0.png

2025-07-20 15:14:45 CEST

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😢

2025-07-20 15:07:15 CEST

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Ich glaub Du hast den Podcast-Link vergessen? Da ist nur ein Spotify-Link, aber nirgends was, was Podcast-Programme verarbeiten können (RSS)?

2025-05-31 15:39:41 CEST

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If you're using thick cardboard (maybe to then glue a printed sheet of paper with the art on it) you can also lightly score the fold lines with a knife, so that they will "tear" a bit on the outside and fold back better. But do not cut through fully!
Of course, if you do that and do *not* glue paper on top (or a large A4 label), then those cuts will be visible on the outside, which you generally don't want.

2025-05-31 15:34:28 CEST

Seeing people over-complicating things: If you want to build your own software box, use this template:
The light blue colored flap on the right gets glued to the left side, the rest you can just fold in by 90° to get a lid at the top and bottom.
For a 2-part box, leave out the dark grey box back and the colored flap on the right, as well as the yellow flaps. Then glue the blue flaps to the top and bottom flaps. You'll want to print two of these, one a tad smaller to fit inside the other.
https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/602/702/594/688/000/original/072e5c08db2658ae.png

2025-01-29 02:11:32 CET

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Those are awesome! One question: Any chance of getting an “I know HyperCard” sticker with either an opaque forehead and nose, or completely transparent where the white areas are?

2025-01-26 16:40:48 CET

Anyone out there have the HyperTalk Script Language Guide/HyperCard manual in French, and can tell me whether their copy shows HyperTalk scripts themselves translated to French, or whether all the actual scripts are English and just the explanations have been translated?

2024-12-04 17:30:15 CET

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I wish there was a halfway point between System 7 and MacOS 8 graphic design. Still as flat and simple as 7, but with subtly beveled pushbuttons and other B/W controls and menus, and with the greying-out of background windows and accent colors to make the front window more apparent. Like 3rd party apps did.
Under the hood: Also proper multitasking and memory protection, Quickdraw with bezier paths and transparency, and I wouldn’t mind having AppKit either.

2024-11-30 13:24:34 CET

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But given how simple *all* games were back then, not sure anyone considered that an issue yet, that might just be looking at E.T. from today's POV.
Like, as an E.T.-themed mobile game, the same mechanics would probably even work, if billed not as "E.T. the game" but as "E.T.: On the Run" or so?
(I'm a bit hazy on what the exactl gameplay actually was)

2024-11-30 13:22:06 CET

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😅
I don't know how budgets worked back then (I think that was basically a one-person team on E.T.? Or 1 person per job, like sound, code, graphics?) and whether the movie studios were already aware how much money was in licenses and charged accordingly, so can't REALLY say.
But they had to pay *something* for the license., which could'a gone into something else.
I guess it's also a second point: Changing a movie so much for the game it isn't satisfying for fans anymore?

2024-11-30 12:54:08 CET

Making a movie game is harder by definition: A good chunk of your budget is just used to pay for the license.
Also, when you're making a new game, you can massage the story to fit the game-play mechanics. In a licensed game, you are restrained by the movie's already-established world.
Even game sequels have the advantage that the world was already designed *for a game in the same genre*.
#gameDevelopment

2024-11-21 13:58:08 CET

https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/113/521/058/440/661/787/original/d7a4604fae909cd8.jpeg

2024-09-15 16:52:33 CEST

Watch me stream Mass Effect: Andromeda! https://www.twitch.tv/uliwitness

2024-09-15 14:28:24 CEST

If you love old games (Asteroids, Space Invaders) or bullet heaven/hell games, or games that look nostalgic and old, I recommend “Utopia Must Fall”.
Feels like the game that was on the Vectrex in an AU.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2849680/Utopia_Must_Fall/
#retroGaming

2024-09-14 16:12:55 CEST

The secret easter egg in Quest for Glory that was only in the Mac version:
https://www.benshoof.org/blog/quest-for-glory-i-macintosh-easter-egg
#retroGaming #sierra #questForGlory

2024-08-21 18:56:04 CEST

TIL: The country code MY is for Malaysia, but the language code MY is for Burmese, one of the languages spoken in Myanmar ... ?

2024-08-18 17:03:12 CEST

Watch me stream Mass Effect: Andromeda! https://www.twitch.tv/uliwitness