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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 1h

I've just uploaded an update to Rhombus' Steam demo before the upcoming #NextFest. Some visual improvements, a couple level design fixes, a bit of optimization and addition of graphics settings among other things.

steamcommunity.com/games/395995...

Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 1d

I'm preparing an update to Rhombus' demo before Next Fest, and among other things, the game's panels got a small makeover, looking better in the environment.

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Screen of the game showcasing a panel in the foreground and platforms in the background.

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 9d

Rhombus' demo is out now on Steam!

It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.

You can play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

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Toulouse Game Dev @toulousegamedev.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Le premier "vrai" Meet-up de la rentrée sera le jeudi 16 Octobre ! 🔥

Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Ilaria Cislaghi , qui viendra nous faire une conférence (en Anglais) sur Godot : Ins and Outs of GODOT Engine

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 4d

Tu me rappelles que me faut prendre un billet avant que ça soit complet

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 9d

Rhombus' demo is out now on Steam!

It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.

You can play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 12d

I've updated Rhombus' Steam page (store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...), so here's a small gif showcasing the game's main puzzle mechanic.

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 12d

@realpercha.bsky.social tu confirmes?

Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 13d

It's a first person game where you explore and build your way through this small map using puzzles, so quite far from a civ builder.

However, I can recommend you to check my sound designer @bycob.bsky.social's own game as he's literally doing an ant colony sim game: klayr.itch.io/the-glorious...

The Glorious Colony by Klayr

Simulation game with insect-like creatures

klayr.itch.io

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 14d

Alternatively, if we suppose that an arrow means you move out to another room (as we're seeing them on elevators). Then you've got a yellow arrow right next to the start that brings you to the bottom-left room instantly, skipping the maze.

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 14d

If a yellow arrow means a start position, then we've got 4 possible start positions to choose from in this picture. One of them is in the room below, I pick that one as my start and I'm out of the apple's room.

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 14d

I'd say it being compact actually helps a lot, as it limits the number of things you have to keep track of in your level design, making it easier to have everything tightly connected together.

Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 14d

The level design of my compact 1st person metroidbrainia Rhombus is finally complete with everything needed to reach the end of the game.

Steam demo will come in a couple days, in the meantime you can wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev

Screenshot within Unity's Editor showing the whole map

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 18d

I've updated Rhombus' Itch demo. It now has menus, settings, save/load, a first draft of the audio from @bycob.bsky.social, a reworked 1st area and other stuff.

If everything goes well, Steam demo should be up next week

You can try it here: axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born

non-linear 3d puzzle game

axelvborn.itch.io

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 19d

Preparing the Steam demo for Rhombus right now and I've just remade the whole starting area to work better as a tutorial & be a bit more interesting (and it also looks a bit better too)

Wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

One of 4 in-game screenshots of the 1st area of the game

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 25d

Working on some simple but effective animation for my puzzle game's later panels.

Wishlist Rhombus on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've uploaded a first demo of Rhombus on itch with the first ~30 minutes of the game. It's still a bit rough on the edges (no audio or menu yet) but gameplay-wise it's roughly what the upcoming Steam demo should be

You can test it here : axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born

non-linear 3d puzzle game

axelvborn.itch.io

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · 28d

Sharing another Snakeloop 'clone' which I missed during last gmtk jam: Cosmoroboros by NonDescript Games, bene-labs, Luane Kort, Nayuka & Johannes J Kross.
It got a post-jam version with a lot of levels available, and will apparently come out on Steam later.
bene-labs.itch.io/cosmoboros-p...

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 10

There'll be both Windows & Linux support. No consoles planned though (other than Steam Deck)

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 10

That's normal as there's no way to get to them in the demo. The demo includes all of the panels of the full game as a teasing. Except for a single one to block from progressing further and was replaced by the "end of demo" panels.

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've uploaded a first demo of Rhombus on itch with the first ~30 minutes of the game. It's still a bit rough on the edges (no audio or menu yet) but gameplay-wise it's roughly what the upcoming Steam demo should be

You can test it here : axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born

non-linear 3d puzzle game

axelvborn.itch.io

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Latest addition to Rhombus, a mysterious white panel blocked by walls of rhombuses in the middle of the map. What could it be?

Wishlist on Steam : store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Steam page for my next game, Rhombus, is out!

It's a short and compact 1st person puzzle game with exploration and non-linear elements centered around an unique mechanic playing with geometry.

You can wishlist is there: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Rhombus on Steam

Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment.

store.steampowered.com

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Axel 'Vlad' Born @axelvborn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Late #WIPWednesday, but I'm breaking my game's level design right now as I'm resizing each area to be 30x30 instead of 25x25 to have room for more things. And there's also a small thing that was added in the middle of the scene 👀

Check out Rhombus on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

Screenshot of the level design within Unity, with gaps between each area of the game and a dark tower in the middle.

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Toulouse Game Dev @toulousegamedev.bsky.social · Sep 3

Les VODs des TGDays 2025 sont déjà en ligne !

Vous pouvez retrouvez la playlist complète des 9 conférences ici : www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Ainsi que les liens vers chaque conférence plus bas ↓ (1/11)

TGDays 2025 - YouTube

Les journées de conférences et ateliers annuelles du Toulouse Game Dev. Les TGDays 2025 ont eu lieu les Vendredi 29 et Septembre 30 Août 2025 à la Médiathèqu...

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