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Otto Ojala

@ottoojala.com

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I made Soccer Physics and several other somewhat successful games in the 2010s. Today, I'm a hobbyist game dev focusing on making freeware local multiplayer games using #Godot. https://ottoojala.com https://ottoojala.itch.io https://ko-fi.com/ottoojala

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · Jun 27

Autopeli, my retro-inspired split-screen racing game, is now done and published on Itchio! :--) The game is freeware, so grab a friend and try it out!

ottoojala.itch.io/autopeli

#IndieGame #GodotEngine #SoloDev

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 6h

Thanks, that's a tempting offer, you have a fine voice, too! :--) I'm not planning on updating this game, other than this new port, but who knows, maybe some future project could use a line or two!

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 6h

This was one of the first (if not the first) Godot games I made, 2 years ago, I believe. There are a few design choices I'm not a fan of today (for example that TTS voice), but it's still a solid, good 2-player game, and a nice fit for the device.

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 6h

Found the time to do a more proper version of Otto's Tennis game for PortMaster. I'll hopefully get the PortMaster people to include this in the catalogue at some point so you'll get to play this too if you have one of these cool little Linux handhelds.

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Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social · 13h

Spider bots using the improved pathfinding. Look at 'em go! 🥰

store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/...

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Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com · 1d

Finally, a release day! Sektori is coming out on November 18th on PC/Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. #indiegame

mailchi.mp/planofattack...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWr9...

Sektori - Release Date Trailer

YouTube video by Kimmo Lahtinen

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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void @voidsrc.bsky.social · 2d

Drunkink is OUT on itch!

Play online in your browser:
voidsrc.itch.io/drunkink

Big congrats to @irensa.bsky.social for creating the amazing graphics for her first video game!

#ld58 #ldjam #indiedev #gamedev

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 2d

Haha, thanks! <3 It'll still get done, but I wonder if it'd be a good idea to work on some mini projects before that, to recalibrate my thoughts on this matter.

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 2d

I've been sharing stuff online for most of my life, on different social media sites, and especially on my own websites (since Geocities in the '90s). I'm thinking of making my site a place for me to promote not just my stuff, but others' cool projects too. You can never have enough of that, right?

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 2d

I might take a break from my current project to figure out what it really is I want to be make and share.

I've been meaning to update my website ottoojala.com to a WordPress site, maybe it's time to do that now. According to my Itchio stats, there's people still visiting my site, which is cool.

OttoOjala.com

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 2d

They didn't, but just before starting this project, I found out one successful minigame collection had clones of 4 of my previous games. It's still affecting me more than I knew, unfortunately.

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 3d

Got to think things over again with my next video game projects, too - what would I enjoy spending my time creating but wouldn't mind if I saw a cheap clone of it being sold in some store? Or perhaps, could it be something that I'd actually prefer to get cloned...

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 3d

I guess what makes them a more perfect thing to share to me is that they don't feel at all personal to me, and therefore I mind less if and as these will just feed an LLM. But they're really fun to shoot and perhaps quite fun to share, too.

Thanks! I'll try to get more into this, I think.

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 3d

I do urban wildlife photography, and some videography too. Quite often I find myself shooting these short videos, and I think this sort of content might be the perfect not-too-personal thing to still share online.  ..
(I know little about Youtube, if you got any tips, do share). youtube.com/@ottojep

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My Card Is Better Than Your Card! @mycard.utustudios.com · 3d

My Card Is Better Than Your Card! is now out on Steam Early Access! The playground is open. Let's make some cool cards and wacky combos!🐸🌻⭐
#indiegame

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 3d

I'm having a harder time deciding on what I want to share online. Even the shittiest things you share get stolen by AI, and the better stuff you do likely gets ripped off by people trying to profit from your idea.

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 4d

Maybe because you can't copyright a simple recipe.

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Lantto (making Sandustry - falling sand meets automation) @lantto.bsky.social · 5d

a very simple voidbloom mixer #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 6d

I'll likely add difficulty levels for the offices: easy, normal, hard and random. Easy with open holes, normal with button etc. activated doors, and hard with doors you have to open manually.

The roomba doesn't budge the character much, but is totally capable of closing that door...

Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 7d

Here's me spending 3 minutes trying to enter a door.

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 8d

Looking around works using wasd/arrow keys, but mouse controls won't work (assuming this isn't keyboard only). I'm on a M4 Mac, using Firefox. Looks fine, though!

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 8d

Congrats! Any chance for a HTML5 version?

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Not Jam @not-jam.itch.io · 8d

💀💀💀HEADS is out now!💀💀💀

Heads are required for the process. If you cannot provide, we shall have to take yours.

Flip coins, upgrade your build and try to stave off the advance of Headhunter Harry in my free spooky October game :)

not-jam.itch.io/heads

#indiedev #indiegames #godotengine

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Aender Lara @aenderlara.bsky.social · 8d

I did it guys, I share something with the world.

Block Block Block - Play the Demo Now! @woodblocksgame.bsky.social · 8d

Well, the day is here, the Demo is out, and the nerves along with the emotions are high.

I can't wait to see you bring to life and don't forget to take pics and share around.

Thanks so much for following along on this journey all this years!

— Aender Lara

#woodenblocksgame #cozygame #indiegame

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Otto Ojala @ottoojala.com · 8d