Adam Le Doux's itsy Bitsy game engine

Adam Le Doux (he/him) is a game and software developer best known for creating the tiny game engine, Bitsy. Just shy of Bitsy’s six-year birthday, Adam came on the show to talk about Bitsy’s unassuming origins and surprising evolution as part of the tiny games scene. Later, we discuss how Bitsy’s form sets in in opposition to conventional, capital driven games and software, the importance of the engine’s community, and how to preserve these games against the forces of tech oligarchies.

You can find Adam’s games and tools on itch, and follow him on Twitter @adamledoux.

Adam’s Cool Things to Share
Everest Pipkin’s “Tiny Tools Directory”
Nathalie Lawhead’s “Tiny Tool Roundups”
Bread + Puppet’s “Why Cheap Art” manifesto

Things Discussed
Bitsy (Adam Le Doux)
Twine (Chris Klimas)
Pico-8 (Lexaloffle Games)
Creature Passing (Froach Club, 2016)
Claire Morwood’s “Bitsy tutorial”
Seleb’s “Bitsy Hacks” repo
Borksy (ayolland)
pixsy (synth ruiner)
flicksy (mark wonnacott)
Museum of ZZT
bitsybox (Adam Le Doux)

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