New version of QR-Paint with some fun features:
- Draw with #SNES Mouse when plugged into a Super #GameBoy (building on demo by vinheim3)
- Windows XP desktop themed SGB Border
- #MegaDuck build with Printer support
#retrogaming #pixelart #qrpaint
bbbbbr.itch.io/game-boy-qr-...
10.03.2026 08:30
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These are nice!
07.03.2026 20:33
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What nintendo should have done!
07.03.2026 06:33
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Side by side comparisons of the Game Boy Printer and Mega Duck printer with images. Both showing prints of a dogcow and flower. The game boy prints are about 1 inch tall and the Mega Duck ones are about 2 inches tall
The output size of the #GameBoy printer is cute, but the larger print format of the #MegaDuck (a Game Boy clone) printer is much better for pinning up or the fridge door.
(coming soon to #QRPaint: a Mega Duck port)
GB on left, Duck on right
#retrogaming
07.03.2026 01:56
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They talked about it in a byfounders site post. Some parts credible, some not persuasive. Don't remember the specifics (something something ai agents, stacked prs, better review, etc), not gonna re-read it π
. Couldn't find a pitch deck, which would be more telling.
www.byfounders.vc/insights/why...
03.03.2026 06:35
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For now, Tangled is not monetising. Instead, its focus is on building the best next-gen code forge.
βDown the line, weβre inspired by companies like Tailscale: give the product away to individuals and open-source users, and charge businesses for enterprise-level features.
Eighty per cent of users get it free. The twenty per cent who need advanced capabilities β companies β pay.
That approach creates goodwill and love for the product. Weβre still designing what that looks like for Tangled, but we wonβt paywall core functionality.β
Looks like they are aiming for a freemium model.
02.03.2026 19:00
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Sounds like you're on the fast track to owning two copies π
28.02.2026 05:06
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Glad to hear!
24.02.2026 19:13
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That marketing person. And pizza too, characters that eat pizza are a hit. Make sure the dolphin eats pizza!
24.02.2026 19:10
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It's for people without flash carts who prefer using the built-in .pocket format to running the ROM in Open FPGA cores.
Probably not many at this point, but it's easy to add as a build.
23.02.2026 09:40
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Screenshot of a Game Boy Printer Emulator with two printed images. One is a dogcow drawn in QR-Paint, and the other is the same drawing but the dogcow has a mohawk
Thanks for the kind words, drawings and suggestions about #QRPaint!
New version updates
-Game Boy Printer support
-Hold B for fast cursor
-Analogue Pocket build
GB Printer had light testing, let me know about issues
bbbbbr.itch.io/game-boy-qr-...
#GBDK #RetroGaming #PixelArt
#GameBoyColor #GameBoy
23.02.2026 07:56
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π Can't get enough of it!
20.02.2026 07:55
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Typo, GBDK-2020 π
19.02.2026 22:58
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First-fit-decreasing bin packing - Wikipedia
That sounds like a pain! The devs for your tool should consider implementing auto-bank packing. π
The packer I wrote for GBDK-20 uses the First-Fit-decreasing algorithm which produces good results.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-f...
19.02.2026 22:57
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A very obscure piece of hardware to have around! I didn't expect there would be others. :)
I can DM a build and details about what does and doesn't work.
19.02.2026 21:27
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Glad to be of service π
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19.02.2026 21:24
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Is there not an automatic, optimizing packer for the banks?
Not familiar at all with the NES dev tools.
19.02.2026 11:47
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What if you could misuse a @furrtek.bsky.social GB-303 music cart as an etch-a-sketch in QR-Paint?
Just trying it out, so far not planning to make it a formal part of #QRPaint since it would result in some feature limitations.
#GameBoy #EtchASketch
19.02.2026 09:48
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Hmm - the web version doesn't seem to play, and the radiopublic link is down (maybe their whole site is down?)
18.02.2026 19:58
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It's so friendly sounding :)
18.02.2026 05:00
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I didn't know about JAB codes, their capacity is appealing! Looks like a big tradeoff would be lack of compatibility. QRCode scanners are so much more ubiquitous which creates a much lower barrier for usage.
17.02.2026 20:47
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Thanks. It was all sort of an accident.π
Especially the paint. Hadn't planned on it & def not with all those features. Once you get excited it can be fruitful to follow the enthusiasm tho.
It'd started as writing javascript indexed-png export for another project...π
17.02.2026 08:43
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By jove it works...
17.02.2026 04:31
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17.02.2026 05:03
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typo: even be in a *single* code
17.02.2026 04:07
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Cool idea! If the data was small enough it could even be in code. Would be a fun way to share save data to a web/js emulator
17.02.2026 03:40
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Definitely considering trying to add the DEFLATE compression. It looks do-able. Mainly I'm not sure how far I want to take this project.
For BMP2, will browsers open it if embedded as a mime URL?
Looks like it does support packed formats, and rle is prob not too hard to implement.
17.02.2026 01:32
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If you draw something I'd love to see it!
Also interested in hearing which QRCode scanners + web browser combos work for sharing the drawings.
17.02.2026 00:52
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