Mark Dowen (Deutschmann Walter)
@markdowen.bsky.social
Free time game development. Purebasic addicted.
https://mark-dowen.itch.io/
People can write about me, whatever they want, if they spell my name correctly
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Part #8: Creating a new Endboss for "Tales of the Laser Knights"
Added some paintwork, and a new lightning weapon, electrocuting the player and slowing him down.
Still experimenting with it 😀
#gamedev #game #indiegames #robot #robocop #scifi #lightning #endboss #laserknights 🎮
Added some paintwork, and a new lightning weapon, electrocuting the player and slowing him down.
Still experimenting with it 😀
#gamedev #game #indiegames #robot #robocop #scifi #lightning #endboss #laserknights 🎮
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Part #8: Creating a new Endboss for "Tales of the Laser Knights"
Added some paintwork, and a new lightning weapon, electrocuting the player and slowing him down.
Still experimenting with it 😀
#gamedev #game #indiegames #robot #robocop #scifi #lightning #endboss #laserknights 🎮
Added some paintwork, and a new lightning weapon, electrocuting the player and slowing him down.
Still experimenting with it 😀
#gamedev #game #indiegames #robot #robocop #scifi #lightning #endboss #laserknights 🎮
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Here is a new trailer with updated GFX, heavily new cut, bringing more action and more endbosses ... even if not all graphics are final (will they ever be?)
I also hope to better support Steam auto-mini-trailer generation 🙄👽
#indiegame #trailer #steam #gamedev #scifi #actiongame #laserknights 🎮 🤖
I also hope to better support Steam auto-mini-trailer generation 🙄👽
#indiegame #trailer #steam #gamedev #scifi #actiongame #laserknights 🎮 🤖
August 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here is a new trailer with updated GFX, heavily new cut, bringing more action and more endbosses ... even if not all graphics are final (will they ever be?)
I also hope to better support Steam auto-mini-trailer generation 🙄👽
#indiegame #trailer #steam #gamedev #scifi #actiongame #laserknights 🎮 🤖
I also hope to better support Steam auto-mini-trailer generation 🙄👽
#indiegame #trailer #steam #gamedev #scifi #actiongame #laserknights 🎮 🤖
A sale by Mark Dowen, 100% off Awakening itch.io/s/177170/hol... #indiegames via @itchio
#HolidaySale #indiegame #IndieGameDev
#HolidaySale #indiegame #IndieGameDev
Awakening | Holiday Sale by Mark Dowen
A sale by Mark Dowen, 100% off Awakening
itch.io
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A sale by Mark Dowen, 100% off Awakening itch.io/s/177170/hol... #indiegames via @itchio
#HolidaySale #indiegame #IndieGameDev
#HolidaySale #indiegame #IndieGameDev
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In the 20 years before #ruinsOfCalaworm I tried 5-6 times to make a game. Each was a failure. Then 2020 happened, and with suddenly much more alone time to deal with, I gave myself 1 last shot:
• Scope -90%
• Plague Doc as Player Char (obvious, duh)
Still took me 5 years to arrive at this point.🥹
• Scope -90%
• Plague Doc as Player Char (obvious, duh)
Still took me 5 years to arrive at this point.🥹
December 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In the 20 years before #ruinsOfCalaworm I tried 5-6 times to make a game. Each was a failure. Then 2020 happened, and with suddenly much more alone time to deal with, I gave myself 1 last shot:
• Scope -90%
• Plague Doc as Player Char (obvious, duh)
Still took me 5 years to arrive at this point.🥹
• Scope -90%
• Plague Doc as Player Char (obvious, duh)
Still took me 5 years to arrive at this point.🥹
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Couldn't resist wrapping up one more bullet point from my toDo. Now only 2 tasks remain, until #ruinsOfCalaworm goes Gold! But that's for 2026 ...🤗😊
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Couldn't resist wrapping up one more bullet point from my toDo. Now only 2 tasks remain, until #ruinsOfCalaworm goes Gold! But that's for 2026 ...🤗😊
Got some constructive input about shadow presentation in "LEAVES OF DESTINY", so now for the first time, I´m proud to introduce "SHADOW BROKER REALTIME SHADOW BAKERY"
youtu.be/a2XSJXrbzPQ
#indiedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #purebasic
#gamedev
youtu.be/a2XSJXrbzPQ
#indiedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #purebasic
#gamedev
LEAVES OF DESTINY
YouTube video by Mark Dowen
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Got some constructive input about shadow presentation in "LEAVES OF DESTINY", so now for the first time, I´m proud to introduce "SHADOW BROKER REALTIME SHADOW BAKERY"
youtu.be/a2XSJXrbzPQ
#indiedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #purebasic
#gamedev
youtu.be/a2XSJXrbzPQ
#indiedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #purebasic
#gamedev
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Not gonna much #gameDev in between Xmas days, as I am planning to spend that time with my family. 🎅🎄☃️❄️
So, Happy Holidays everyone, see you next year, and be confident that #ruinsOfCalaworm will go Gold long before "Winds of Winter", "Star Citizen" and "Yandere Simulator". 😉
So, Happy Holidays everyone, see you next year, and be confident that #ruinsOfCalaworm will go Gold long before "Winds of Winter", "Star Citizen" and "Yandere Simulator". 😉
a man with a beard in a suit and tie
ALT: a man with a beard in a suit and tie
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not gonna much #gameDev in between Xmas days, as I am planning to spend that time with my family. 🎅🎄☃️❄️
So, Happy Holidays everyone, see you next year, and be confident that #ruinsOfCalaworm will go Gold long before "Winds of Winter", "Star Citizen" and "Yandere Simulator". 😉
So, Happy Holidays everyone, see you next year, and be confident that #ruinsOfCalaworm will go Gold long before "Winds of Winter", "Star Citizen" and "Yandere Simulator". 😉
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• Mainly dark work today, prepping work on difficulty sliders; some logic fallacies to sort out.
• Added tons of random hints: Basic Tutorials compressed into short blurbs (displayed during region traversal, and on Signposts).
• Toggle Random Hints in settings.
• Reroll God moods.
#ruinsOfCalaworm
• Added tons of random hints: Basic Tutorials compressed into short blurbs (displayed during region traversal, and on Signposts).
• Toggle Random Hints in settings.
• Reroll God moods.
#ruinsOfCalaworm
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
• Mainly dark work today, prepping work on difficulty sliders; some logic fallacies to sort out.
• Added tons of random hints: Basic Tutorials compressed into short blurbs (displayed during region traversal, and on Signposts).
• Toggle Random Hints in settings.
• Reroll God moods.
#ruinsOfCalaworm
• Added tons of random hints: Basic Tutorials compressed into short blurbs (displayed during region traversal, and on Signposts).
• Toggle Random Hints in settings.
• Reroll God moods.
#ruinsOfCalaworm
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• Was genAI used in #ruinsOfCalaworm?
• Yes, to some extent.
Not in coding, graphics or music, tho - latter 2 were paid commissions. ChatGPT was used for spellchecking, brainstorming, tutorials, and the odd story blurb. None of them were copy/pasted, tho, they all went through a thorough revision. 🥹
• Yes, to some extent.
Not in coding, graphics or music, tho - latter 2 were paid commissions. ChatGPT was used for spellchecking, brainstorming, tutorials, and the odd story blurb. None of them were copy/pasted, tho, they all went through a thorough revision. 🥹
elmo from sesame street says just being honest in front of a brown background
ALT: elmo from sesame street says just being honest in front of a brown background
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
• Was genAI used in #ruinsOfCalaworm?
• Yes, to some extent.
Not in coding, graphics or music, tho - latter 2 were paid commissions. ChatGPT was used for spellchecking, brainstorming, tutorials, and the odd story blurb. None of them were copy/pasted, tho, they all went through a thorough revision. 🥹
• Yes, to some extent.
Not in coding, graphics or music, tho - latter 2 were paid commissions. ChatGPT was used for spellchecking, brainstorming, tutorials, and the odd story blurb. None of them were copy/pasted, tho, they all went through a thorough revision. 🥹
Tools, inluding Purebasic Source:
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
#indiedev #IndieGameDev #tools #gamedev
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
#indiedev #IndieGameDev #tools #gamedev
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Tools, inluding Purebasic Source:
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
#indiedev #IndieGameDev #tools #gamedev
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
#indiedev #IndieGameDev #tools #gamedev
Tools, inluding Purebasic Source:
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
December 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tools, inluding Purebasic Source:
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
mark-dowen.itch.io/world-tools
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Avatar selection is a WRAP!
Had to refactor my message display function; still not perfectly clean code, more of a "let's gaslight the engine" kind of thing, but you can't see or tell.
This is the epilogue part of my #gameDev journey. Everything is coming together now ...
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike
Had to refactor my message display function; still not perfectly clean code, more of a "let's gaslight the engine" kind of thing, but you can't see or tell.
This is the epilogue part of my #gameDev journey. Everything is coming together now ...
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike
December 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Avatar selection is a WRAP!
Had to refactor my message display function; still not perfectly clean code, more of a "let's gaslight the engine" kind of thing, but you can't see or tell.
This is the epilogue part of my #gameDev journey. Everything is coming together now ...
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike
Had to refactor my message display function; still not perfectly clean code, more of a "let's gaslight the engine" kind of thing, but you can't see or tell.
This is the epilogue part of my #gameDev journey. Everything is coming together now ...
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike
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Considering a retail price of $7.99 for #ruinsOfCalaworm, with a release discount of $4.99, for maybe 2 weeks (on itch.io).
A (free 👀) Demo will be uploaded prior to release, and also remain available after.
Does that sound fair?🤔🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike @itchio.bsky.social
A (free 👀) Demo will be uploaded prior to release, and also remain available after.
Does that sound fair?🤔🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike @itchio.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Considering a retail price of $7.99 for #ruinsOfCalaworm, with a release discount of $4.99, for maybe 2 weeks (on itch.io).
A (free 👀) Demo will be uploaded prior to release, and also remain available after.
Does that sound fair?🤔🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike @itchio.bsky.social
A (free 👀) Demo will be uploaded prior to release, and also remain available after.
Does that sound fair?🤔🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike @itchio.bsky.social
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Cleaned up and streamlined some marginal mechanics - remnants of earlier days of development. Found 1-2 edge case bugs on the way, and fixed them as well. Some polish tweaks. Now, with finishing line approaching, I suddenly got a LOT of time on my hand for stuff like that.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Cleaned up and streamlined some marginal mechanics - remnants of earlier days of development. Found 1-2 edge case bugs on the way, and fixed them as well. Some polish tweaks. Now, with finishing line approaching, I suddenly got a LOT of time on my hand for stuff like that.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
Yes it plays perfect on: #indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev ASUS XBOX ROG ALLY X, so many "X" :) #itchio link in BIO :)
December 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yes it plays perfect on: #indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev ASUS XBOX ROG ALLY X, so many "X" :) #itchio link in BIO :)
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Credits are a WRAP! 👀
They are also being displayed if you manage to beat the game, in a more "beautiful" kind of way. This here is the skimmed down WoT-version, that's available from the Main Menu (crawl speed has been doubled for the video):
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike
They are also being displayed if you manage to beat the game, in a more "beautiful" kind of way. This here is the skimmed down WoT-version, that's available from the Main Menu (crawl speed has been doubled for the video):
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Credits are a WRAP! 👀
They are also being displayed if you manage to beat the game, in a more "beautiful" kind of way. This here is the skimmed down WoT-version, that's available from the Main Menu (crawl speed has been doubled for the video):
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike
They are also being displayed if you manage to beat the game, in a more "beautiful" kind of way. This here is the skimmed down WoT-version, that's available from the Main Menu (crawl speed has been doubled for the video):
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike
Leaves Of Destiny youtu.be/W534m_0SpdA?... via @YouTube
endless dungeons, endless worlds, on demand location creation, all connected with the base story, or an independent game mode :)
#indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #RPG #action
#dungeoncrawler #adventure
endless dungeons, endless worlds, on demand location creation, all connected with the base story, or an independent game mode :)
#indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #RPG #action
#dungeoncrawler #adventure
Leaves Of Destiny
YouTube video by Mark Dowen
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Leaves Of Destiny youtu.be/W534m_0SpdA?... via @YouTube
endless dungeons, endless worlds, on demand location creation, all connected with the base story, or an independent game mode :)
#indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #RPG #action
#dungeoncrawler #adventure
endless dungeons, endless worlds, on demand location creation, all connected with the base story, or an independent game mode :)
#indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #RPG #action
#dungeoncrawler #adventure
3 steps of procedural world generation.
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
3 steps of procedural world generation.
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Redid the dice as 32x32, for cleaner display. Now might as well put them to use ...
In #ruinsOfCalaworms there's these "Resolve Rolls" for various stuff, and this is exactly what the game is doing behind the curtain: it's rolling!
Only now with visuals, for that extra dopamine kick.😋🎲🥳
#gameDev
In #ruinsOfCalaworms there's these "Resolve Rolls" for various stuff, and this is exactly what the game is doing behind the curtain: it's rolling!
Only now with visuals, for that extra dopamine kick.😋🎲🥳
#gameDev
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Redid the dice as 32x32, for cleaner display. Now might as well put them to use ...
In #ruinsOfCalaworms there's these "Resolve Rolls" for various stuff, and this is exactly what the game is doing behind the curtain: it's rolling!
Only now with visuals, for that extra dopamine kick.😋🎲🥳
#gameDev
In #ruinsOfCalaworms there's these "Resolve Rolls" for various stuff, and this is exactly what the game is doing behind the curtain: it's rolling!
Only now with visuals, for that extra dopamine kick.😋🎲🥳
#gameDev
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Barely any vertical progress today, cuz I found a bug in procGen, which I had to prioritize. Was nothing serious, but definetely sth. you would notice.
But got the Wisteria-situation resolved, and revisited some Tutorials, rewording them for more clarity + playtesting.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
But got the Wisteria-situation resolved, and revisited some Tutorials, rewording them for more clarity + playtesting.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Barely any vertical progress today, cuz I found a bug in procGen, which I had to prioritize. Was nothing serious, but definetely sth. you would notice.
But got the Wisteria-situation resolved, and revisited some Tutorials, rewording them for more clarity + playtesting.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
But got the Wisteria-situation resolved, and revisited some Tutorials, rewording them for more clarity + playtesting.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
Reposted by Mark Dowen (Deutschmann Walter)
It's amazing what kind of problems your brain is able to solve, while your body is out cold. You go to bed with an unsolved issue, and you wake up with the most elegant solution. 😴🤯🤓
We need a term for this:
• REM-Refactoring
• Pillow Patching
• Dormant Debugging
#coding #gameDev #programming
We need a term for this:
• REM-Refactoring
• Pillow Patching
• Dormant Debugging
#coding #gameDev #programming
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It's amazing what kind of problems your brain is able to solve, while your body is out cold. You go to bed with an unsolved issue, and you wake up with the most elegant solution. 😴🤯🤓
We need a term for this:
• REM-Refactoring
• Pillow Patching
• Dormant Debugging
#coding #gameDev #programming
We need a term for this:
• REM-Refactoring
• Pillow Patching
• Dormant Debugging
#coding #gameDev #programming
logic bux fixed for realtime random locations.
yes tehre will be random dungeons and worlds in "Leaves of Destiny"
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #RPG #action #retrogames
youtu.be/zYi4ACHHLl4?...
yes tehre will be random dungeons and worlds in "Leaves of Destiny"
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #RPG #action #retrogames
youtu.be/zYi4ACHHLl4?...
Leaves Of Destiny
YouTube video by Mark Dowen
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
logic bux fixed for realtime random locations.
yes tehre will be random dungeons and worlds in "Leaves of Destiny"
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #RPG #action #retrogames
youtu.be/zYi4ACHHLl4?...
yes tehre will be random dungeons and worlds in "Leaves of Destiny"
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #RPG #action #retrogames
youtu.be/zYi4ACHHLl4?...
Reposted by Mark Dowen (Deutschmann Walter)
Just one more person on this planet having a good time in the #ruinsOfCalaworm besides me, is all it that it takes to keep me glued to this project. I am going to deliver the best product what is in my power and skills. That's a promise. 🤞🫶
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just one more person on this planet having a good time in the #ruinsOfCalaworm besides me, is all it that it takes to keep me glued to this project. I am going to deliver the best product what is in my power and skills. That's a promise. 🤞🫶
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇