Christopher Drum
Christopher Drum
Software Deconstructionist
I enjoy taking apart software of cultural significance and rebuilding it from first principles to understand how it worked. The things I build typically wind up here. The research I do is captured as a blog called Stone Tools.
I typically develop on the Pico-8 platform or in pure C, as a way to similarly constrain myself as the software architects of the past were, while still targeting modern systems.
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A companion web utility to Status Line. Splits large .z8 game files into small chunks.
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A ground-up rebuild of the influential 1980 classic, for Pico-8
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tools
OT is a cozy, colorful little sticky text editor for multtaskers who need to keep text/reference on top of other windows
Lua 2D engine for the Sega Dreamcast
Retro game development tool
Unleash your creativity with Pixelorama, a powerful and accessible open-source pixel art multitool.
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a gift from the Fairy Queen!
A free* pixel font for Latin, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Cherokee, Runic, Cyrillic, and other character sets.
A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system
A customized version of the SteemSSE Atari ST emulator, with a CRT emulation filter and some bundled games.
A guide and templates for making your Itch pages look awesome.
