https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uA0eK7vO8s

1. Make your first PS1 game in 2016: https://zhamul.itch.io/siikasaurus
2. Decide that the modern toolchain is in bad shape and concentrate on other platforms
3. Watch Pikuma's awesome PS1 course in 2024: https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-language
4. Check PSX.Dev: https://www.psx.dev/getting-started
5. Notice that modern toolchain and resources for making PS1 games are pretty ok now
6. Decide to try psyq + nugget with modern VSCode PS1 plugin to make a "hello cube": https://github.com/NDR008/VSCodePSX/
7. Ludum Dare suddenly appears
8. Make a game using all the great tools PS1 dev community has made! <3

PS1 was a difficult platform to work with, but all the wobbly quads were definitely worth the hassle!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/friends-adrift