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Icon library update (coming soon-ish)
An update to the icon library is planned to arrive in about a week. This one is focused partly on visual changes and partly on some under-the-hood cleanup that has been needed for a while. Pages of in...I see you have created a set, is the problem still there or have you solved it?
Fool's Tools - April 2026 TOTM
For April, the contest theme is inspired by the spirit of April Fools' Day. Participants are invited to create thematic sets of icons, cursors, or icon assemblers that are playful, misleading, or have...Hi, there is some direct support for tablets in RealWorld applications through IRealTimeStylus and WinTab (including pressure support only in the Brush tool (not Pencil tool)). These communicate with the application very differently than a normal mouse. It was only tested with few tablets as I cannot test with every device. I do not know if you have tried other graphi...
AI vs. rw-designer
I've been thinking about the future of rw-designer in this age of AI, and I'd like to ask for your input before starting working on something that could do more harm than good. Over the years, the site has grown into a mix of libraries, forums, manua...
Vector boost #2 - March 2026 TOTM
March TOTM will be the second installment of the recurring series of SVG icon contests. As before, there's no prescribed theme of the month. Your set can follow any theme you choose (fantasy, modern U...Are they possibly cursors with multiple sizes? If yes, did you change the colors of all sizes?
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Leet Tradeguru
So, the first real adventure is in, let's call it an "early access" period. I'm still not sure about the balance. Feel free to suggest changes or discuss best strategies to win.A text adventure?
I've just published a new text adventure, the first serious one after the earlier test project. You can play it here. This is not your typical "pick up lantern, fight troll" kind of adventure. It's a space cargo hauling and trading game built on top ...
Emotion - February 2026 TOTM
February's contest theme is Emotion. Create thematic sets of icons, cursors, or icon assemblers exploring moods, expressions, and feeling in visual form. This theme is intentionally broad, it may be a...So, I looked at the files and they are using the 32bit RGBA bitmap format, but have the alpha channel of all pixels set to 0 = completely transparent. This is incorrect. Now, it appears that Windows has a workaround for this problem and detect this invalid state and ignores the alpha channel for images that would appear completely transparent. I have checked this by m...
Right now, there is no editor and considering that making the framework plus a test adventure took me more than two months, it will take some time to get it ready. So, right now, there is a scary long incomplete adventure format specification and a sample adventure with a offline version of the framework. It is probabl...
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Fat Pixels - January 2026 TOTM
For January, the contest theme will be Pixelart. Participants are invited to submit thematic sets of pixel-style graphics, focusing on sharp edges, consistent grids, and deliberate use of limited reso...
Avoiding AI brainrot
In this follow-up post to my holiday special, I wanted to explore the human side of AI slop and a related topic that I call AI brainrot. Here is my opinion on why low-effort AI content feels repetitiv...Vlasta modified the Play text adventures online page on January 1st.
Assemblage - December 2025 TOTM
This month, creators will have full freedom: the theme is entirely open, but your submission must be an icon assembler, which is a structured set of PNG or SVG parts arranged into groups (layers) that...
Holiday special - creativity, AI, and slop
One of my college professors liked to frame originality in a way that stayed with me long after graduation. Paraphrased, his point was this: if a master’s thesis merely retraces the path of another, i...what account?