Todd Trann 🇨🇦

@prairiewest

Game developer since 1983. VIC-20, then C64, DOS, Windows, Mac, Java applets, Flash and now mobile. Buy Canadian!! 🇨🇦 prairiewest.net

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Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 6h

Second harvest of carrots, ongoing harvest of peas… zucchini for scale?

Carrots of various colors, a few peas, and two large (7 pound) zucchini

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 3d

I want a lighted dance floor in my house. Listen, I know it isn’t going to happen. Ever. But one can dream.

People dancing on a portable LED light floor

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 7d

Every once in a while the IT person’s efforts at home are given some recognition

A screenshot of a text conversation where the kid is replying “Thanks Dad for good internet”

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 10d

Guess whose game finally got a trailer!

Screenshot of the Google Play store page for Rune Sweeper, with a red circle highlighting the fact it has a trailer now

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 21d

tfw Apple has new app requirements

My email inbox, with a partial view of the 100+ emails from Apple today, as I push updates to all my apps.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· 21d

Hi from Molly

Molly the Morkie, a small black dog, sitting on a brown and orange knitted blanket. It’s a bright summer day. Molly has her tongue out, panting.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 15

I have successfully grafted an audio plug into the PCB and epoxied an HDMI jack into the rear. Soldering was much easier with my eyes at 20 than now…

A wireless microphone with the case off and guts exposed. A few new parts are being installed into the case.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 13

Oh hai

Molly the Morkie peeking her head just over a fence. She’s quite short, so she obviously has help, but no human is visible in frame.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 11

Organized chaos. It will be a thing soon.

A raspberry pi 5 about to be grafted into the case of a wireless microphone. There are wires everywhere.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 10

This is probably illegal

A mug with a tea bag steeping in it. The mug is quite clearly labelled: “DAD’S COFFEE”

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 10

🤪

Level balancing spreadsheet for Rune Sweeper

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jul 7

Left: our dog Right: my sister’s dog They haven’t met each other yet, but they will soon…

Molly the Morkie, a small black dog, sitting on a bench and waiting for treats

Ivy the Morkie, a small black and white dog that needs a haircut

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jun 19

Molly isn’t really a fan of her new hat. She tolerates it for treats.

A black morkie dog named Molly wearing a blue denim hat. She’s looking at me, waiting for treats.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jun 18

I just don’t see how they can make this claim. I’m sure they’re fine. But - world’s greatest??

The top of a bag of commercially produced perogies. Printed on the bag is the claim: “WORLD’S GREATEST PEROGIES!”

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jun 13

Coffee from the library cafe

Close up coffee cup with the city of Halifax in the distance

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jun 12

And now today…

A sign that reads: “If you see this, it’s a sign”

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jun 10

This sign got me laughing

A sign that reads “arguably one of Lunenburg’s top three bookshops.” There are only three book shops in Lunenburg.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· May 16

Back yard oasis

Snow has fallen everywhere except under the shade of a large weeping willow tree

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Apr 23

Just a meme about needing a job for grocery money

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Apr 15

This laptop was stuck in a Windows auto repair loop, so I’ve decided to fix it by installing Linux

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Apr 1

This is Lacey, we met her in Puerto Vallarta

Close up of a two month old puppy named Lacey

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Mar 24

Just got back from a drag show, where I learned the best expansion of the acronym MAGA: “Make America Gay Again”. This is now canon in my head.

Within a gay club there is a projector screen showing a map of the USA with “Make America Gay Again” flamboyantly plastered over top of the map

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Mar 6

Someone just doubled the all time high score for Rune Sweeper. I know the person… they said they were sick in bed, so they had lots of time to think about every move. It puts my own high score to shame!

Screenshot of the high scores for the mobile game Rune Sweeper. The top score is over 1 million, while the second score is about 500 thousand.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Feb 19

It’s very awesome that people keep playing my game. I see a bunch of weekly high scores from random internet strangers. Thank you, kind people, I truly hope you’re having fun.

Screenshot of the high scores for mobile game Wizzle

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jan 30

Browsing through used books, I moved the CSS book so it’s colocated with the JavaScript book. I figured if someone was going to buy one they may want both

A shelf full of used books, with “JavaScript for web developers” and “CSS” beside each other

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jan 23

Every country that says "you must fill out this rating questionnaire for every game you publish in our country" simply gets removed from the distribution list. Nope, not doing that. So far China, Indonesia and Vietnam. I wish they could all just standardize, but... xkcd.com/927/

A mobile app distribution country list, with all countries enabled except for China, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jan 8

Now with 10% curvier icons, oh my 😈 #gamedev #mobile

Screenshot of an notice from Google Play, telling mobile developers that Play Store icon corner radius will increase from 20% to 30%

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Jan 3

OK who misplaced their floppy disk case?

A plastic holder for 5.25" floppy disks on a lost and found table

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Dec 25

Mobile games made by me, one per day, 13 of 13! Rune Sweeper iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/rune-... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Reviews are always appreciated! Thank you. Made with #solar2d

Rune Sweeper mobile game being played. The player had just died by uncovering a 50 damage skull.

Todd Trann 🇨🇦@prairiewest· Dec 24

Mobile games made by me, one per day, 12 of 13: Wizzle iOS: apps.apple.com/ca/app/wizzl... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Made with #solar2d