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Huge fan of Pac-Man and a ROM hacker. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@thatgarlicdude GITHUB: https://github.com/thatgarlicdude

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Got 200 subs on YouTube!

Got 200 subs on YouTube!

Never thought I'd get 200 subscribers on YouTube already. Thank you all for being awesome! ✨✌️

#youtube #yt #video #videos #pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #namco #bamco #bandainamco #subscriber #subscribers #milestone #milestones #romhack #romhacks #romhacking #gaming #games #videogames #videogame

03.02.2026 13:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I got 100 subs on YouTube!

I got 100 subs on YouTube!

Ayy, I reached the 100 subscriber milestone on YouTube! Thank you all! ✨✌️

#youtube #yt #video #videos #milestone #subscribe #subscriber #subscribers #pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #namco #bandainamco #bamco #arcade #arcades #gaming #games #game #videogame #videogames #romhacking #romhacks #romhack

23.01.2026 20:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It appears that I'm getting a little too ambitious for my Java projects. Initially, I wanted my project, Relaxian, to be a Pac-Man maze editor, but it's beyond my scope for the time being. I might have to start making it a hex editor, and then add the maze-editing functionality later on.

22.01.2026 02:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jr. Pac-Man, But I Made Tim Brown Instead of Orange
Jr. Pac-Man, But I Made Tim Brown Instead of Orange YouTube video by GarlicDude

Took me a while to do, but I made Tim from Jr. Pac-Man brown instead of orange. 🟧→🟫

#pacman #mspacman #jrpacman #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #arcade #arcades #gaming #videogame #videogames #youtube #yt #video #videos #namco #bandainamco

youtu.be/FjjpmVKP4ZA?...

21.12.2025 13:03 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Ms. Pac-Man, But Sue is Actually Purple
Ms. Pac-Man, But Sue is Actually Purple YouTube video by GarlicDude

As a follow-up to my green Clyde video, I also took the initiative and changed Sue's color from orange to purple in Ms. Pac-Man like in Pac-Mania. 🟧→🟪

#pacman #mspacman #namco #bandainamco #atgames #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #video #videos #youtube #gaming #videogames

youtu.be/gEPCVexJbew?...

07.12.2025 21:26 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My recent video, Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason, went from having 20 views to a lot of views all of a sudden. Didn't expect that to happen.

My recent video, Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason, went from having 20 views to a lot of views all of a sudden. Didn't expect that to happen.

According to the graph, that video got a decent spike of views. This all happened within a span of a day.

According to the graph, that video got a decent spike of views. This all happened within a span of a day.

Whoa, didn't expect my Green Clyde video to blow up all of a sudden. 💥

#youtube #yt #pacman #mspacman #video #videos #obs #obstudio #analytic #analytics #namco #bandainamco #romhack #romhacking #romhacks #game #gaming #videogames #videogaming #arcade #arcadegaming #random #randomsky #bsky #bluesky

07.12.2025 18:31 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

By the way, Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃

27.11.2025 16:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason
Pac-Man, But I Made Clyde Green For Some Reason YouTube video by GarlicDude

Yesterday, I made a simple ROM hack of Pac-Man where I just changed Clyde's color palette from orange to green. Thought it'd be cool to show this. 🟧→🟩

#pacman #mspacman #namco #rom #romhack #romhacks #romhacking #game #gaming #videogame #videogames #arcade #bandainamco

youtu.be/pc9WmmV8oZM?...

27.11.2025 16:09 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SpongeBob getting overwhelmed.

SpongeBob getting overwhelmed.

All this Maven Central stuff is really overwhelming me. Dunno why. 😵‍💫

#computer #computers #programming #program #software #softwaredevelopment #java #jdk #gradle #maven #mavencentral #groovy #kotlin #linux #linuxmint #foss #freeandopensource #opensource #spongebob #overwhelmed #overwhelm #ouch

24.11.2025 20:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The more I use Eclipse, the more I understand it, and I learned how to run the Gradle test task through the IDE, so I guess never mind.

10.11.2025 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a piece of paper with the word debt on it Alt: Peppino from Pizza Tower thinking.

Eclipse really sucks to use when making Gradle projects. Do you guys think IntelliJ IDEA is better? 😑

#eclipse #eclipseide #intellij #intellijidea #ide #java #gradle #maven #apache #linux #gnulinux #code #coding #computer #computers #program #programming #pizzatower #peppino #peppinospaghetti #gif

08.11.2025 22:14 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I might gonna have to get used to working with Java, Eclipse, and Gradle in the meantime. :/

31.10.2025 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm not really happy about this choice, since I've been working hard for quite some time, only to go back to the drawing board like 2 times already. But I don't think I really have a choice. I might gonna have to switch to Java just to continue on with my dream project, which kinda sucks imo.

31.10.2025 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm saying Swing is easy because it's already packaged with Java, so I don't need to focus on building anything from source. But what I do need to focus on is Gradle, a build tool that I'm not really familiar with. I'm also going to work with Eclipse, which isn't really friendly on Linux as well.

31.10.2025 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The reason why I'm thinking about this change is because I could not, for the life of it, build Qt5. I don't know why, but I just could not. That being said, I can't use Qt5 when it comes making GUI from Relaxian, my Pac-Man level editor. Swing is pretty much the easier choice imo.

31.10.2025 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think I'm gonna have to use Javax Swing just to make the graphical interfaces for my Pac-Man level editor. That means I'm also gonna have to change the code from my shared libraries from C to Java, which would take up some time. It would also mean that I will use Gradle instead of CMake.

31.10.2025 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Pac-Man shrugging (sorta)

Pac-Man shrugging (sorta)

So I'm creating an app called Relaxian, which is a Pac-Man level editor, and I plan it to be powered by Qt5. The problem is that Qt5 really sucks to build from source. 😕

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #relaxian #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #qt #qt5 #romhacking #romhack #romhacks #software #gaming

29.10.2025 23:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
When you turn off C extensions when making C applications, your compiler won't have access to computer-specific features, like dirent.h on Linux and Mac, and windows.h on Windows. This is pretty useful if you're making cross-platform applications using C, since you don't need to worry about headers that are only unique to some operating systems, or having your code be messy with #ifdef statements. Thought this is an interesting tip to share.

When you turn off C extensions when making C applications, your compiler won't have access to computer-specific features, like dirent.h on Linux and Mac, and windows.h on Windows. This is pretty useful if you're making cross-platform applications using C, since you don't need to worry about headers that are only unique to some operating systems, or having your code be messy with #ifdef statements. Thought this is an interesting tip to share.

I just learned that, when you're making cross-platform C applications, you can just turn off C extensions in CMake. I can elaborate in the alt text below. 👇🙂

#computer #computers #linux #linuxmint #gnu #gnulinux #cmake #clang #gcc #coding #code #software #windows #mac #applemac #macbook

27.10.2025 11:24 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Comparison between the old and new versions of my Boss Galaxian vector art.

Comparison between the old and new versions of my Boss Galaxian vector art.

I improved upon my Boss Galaxian vector art, and it looks pretty amazing imo. 👾

#videogame #videogames #gaming #arcade #pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #art #vectorart #vector #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #bsky #bluesky #random #randomsky

21.10.2025 23:18 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cool vector art of a Boss Galaxian from Galaxian. This enemy also appears as a bonus fruit from Pac-Man.

Cool vector art of a Boss Galaxian from Galaxian. This enemy also appears as a bonus fruit from Pac-Man.

Made a cool little vector art of the Boss Galaxian from Galaxian, also from Pac-Man as well. Still feels like it needs some improvement though. 👾

#pacman #mspacman #galaxian #galaga #namco #bandainamco #bamco #vector #vectorart #art #inkscape #adobeillustrator #illustrator #gaming #arcade #games

20.10.2025 21:46 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
That's supposed to be the flyer for Pac-Mania (1987) to promote the game.

That's supposed to be the flyer for Pac-Mania (1987) to promote the game.

Just wanted to change my profile picture to this. It feels more humble imo. 🙂

#bluesky #bsky #pfp #profile #profilepic #profilepicture #pacman #pacmania #namco #bandainamco #bamco #random #randomsky #game #games #videogame #videogames #gaming #gamedev #arcade #cool #idk

10.10.2025 16:25 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mario being exhausted into the void.

Mario being exhausted into the void.

Using dirent.h just feels so awkward for some reason. I just don't know why.

14.09.2025 01:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finally got my Linux Mint working again. 👍✨

11.09.2025 23:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh that's real nice.

Oh that's real nice.

So my Linux Mint just broke down for no reason while installing some updates. Like, it won't be able to boot properly anymore. Might as well just reinstall the whole system, I guess. 😑

10.09.2025 04:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Guess I learn something new every day.

Guess I learn something new every day.

I just learned that CMake has a pretty useful testing utility called CTest. It's like JUnit, but for CMake, as far as I know. Should've learned about this sooner.

06.09.2025 01:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sponge.

Sponge.

So here's what I'm thinking. I kinda want to start over when it comes to making my ROM-hacking tools. I don't know why, but they're always giving me problems as I work on them. Thought it'd be a good idea to start over and such. 😑

29.08.2025 18:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess never mind, since nobody is answering this. :/

25.08.2025 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
C Logo

C Logo

Java Logo

Java Logo

What do you guys think is the better programming language? C or Java? Just curious. 😕

#linux #gnulinux #gnu #mac #macbook #macbookpro #apple #windows #microsoft #programming #program #coding #code #programmers #programmer #gamedev #gamedevelopment #software #java #gamedesign #eclipse #eclipseide

24.08.2025 02:17 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
SpongeBob just sitting there... not so menacingly.

SpongeBob just sitting there... not so menacingly.

I'm gonna have to take a break from Bluesky for a while to focus more on my life, as well as my dream projects... if I could even finish them. 😔

11.08.2025 17:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Crying Wojak

Crying Wojak

Why does programming have to be so hard?

#gnu #linux #gnulinux #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu #archlinux #c #c++ #java #python #cmake #gradle #relatable #struggle #help #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #computer #computers #hardware #software #wojak #soyjak #godot #godotengine #unity #unreal

09.08.2025 18:50 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1