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Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

I've reached this months goal! Thank you all so much for your support! It really means a lot to me. 💚

ko-fi.com/danielbrende...

#awesome #happy #kofi #donations #goal #monthlygoal #softwaredeveloper #webdev #indiedev #gamedev #thankful

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November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

My therapist to me yesterday: "You're cognitively outstandingly capable, very creative and gifted. You have a #humanist heart. Yet the psychological impairments are so significant that you can't participate in society."

This is validating. 💚

#psychology #mentalhealth #inclusion #awareness #npd

November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Every. Damn. Time.

As we're heading closer to new years eve, you should definitely check out Fireworks Mania by Laumania ApS. 💥 It's a sandbox game for fireworks, having many cool maps, vast mods via workshop and a multiplayer mode! 🚀

#meme #fireworks #fireworksmania #funny #lustig #feuerwerk

November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

The next update of Casual Desktop Game will provide you with more destructive awesomeness! 😱😀

Casual Desktop Game is a fan remake of the ancient #DesktopDestroyer #retrogame. 💚

It does also feature a #workshop. 🧩

➡️ Check it out
www.casual-desktop-game.com

#IndieDev #GameDev #Release #NewYearsEve

November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Basic OOP support for my own programming language. 🚀

➡️ See the code of this message box wrapper here:
www.aquashell-scripting.com/snippets/sho...

#coding #programming #shell #scripting #programminglanguage #interpreter #parser

November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Mark Ettensohn once again debunks the pop-psychology behind "The Narcissist who preys on their victims as an emotional vampire".

Thank you, Dr. Ettensohn. 💚

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

#NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder #ClusterB #Psychology #MentalHealth #Inclusion #Narcissism #Narcissist

Weekly Insights #34: It's Time We Discarded The Myth of "The Narcissist"

YouTube video by Heal NPD

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November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

The next update for Casual Desktop Game is scheduled for 15th of December! It will be made available across all platforms (Steam, itch, IndieDB and GameJolt). 🕹️💥

➡️ More on Casual Desktop Game:
www.casual-desktop-game.com

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieDev #GameDeveloper #Nostalgia #Retro

November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

The new version 1.0.2 of AquaShell will be published on 5th of December. Stay tuned! 🧩🚀

➡️ More on AquaShell:
www.aquashell-scripting.com

#programmer #coder #cpp #cplusplus #scripting #shell

November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

💚 APPRECIATION TIME 💚

More than 1250 stars and 700K docker image downloads on GitHub! 🥰

A massive thanks to everyone supporting HortusFox. 🚀🌿🦊

#IndieDev #SelfHosted #Selfhosting #OpenSource #FOSS #Plants #Gardening #Botany #Horticulture #WebDev #PHP

November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

HortusFox and other projects are built using my own custom #PHP #framework. 🧩

The backstory is quite odd, but a fun read:
➡️ www.danielbrendel.com/blog/31-an-o...

Beastmode? More like "Gyro Gearloose"-mode. 😅

Check it out:
➡️ www.asatru-php.com

#webdev #webframework #phpframework #engineering

November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM

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Nicole Marie T

@musicvsartstuff.bsky.social

🕹️ Hiii talented #gamedevs! I hope everyone is having a nice Saturday 💜

Here's a #screenshotsaturday post!

Reply to this post updates for your #games (any game links, photos, videos etc) 🎮

💜 like
🗨️ comment
🔄 repost!

#indiegame #saturdayscreenshot #gaming #indiedev #gamedevelopment

a happy saturday greeting card with a cartoon animal

ALT: a happy saturday greeting card with a cartoon animal

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November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM

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Nicole Marie T

@musicvsartstuff.bsky.social

✍🏻 My Ko-Fi link; I share blogs of some games I have made music for 🎶

ko-fi.com/nicolemariet

Reply to this post to share your Ko-Fi links! 😎

#kofi #musicproducer #composer #blogs

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November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Please tell me you recall all these progams I've just smashed a bit. 😂

New backgrounds for Casual Desktop Game available:
➡️ www.casual-desktop-game.com/backgrounds

#RetroComputing #RetroGame #RetroGaming #Vintage #Nostalgia #Retro #00s #2000s #Millenial #GameDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday

November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Hello #PortfolioDay 👋

I'm Daniel Brendel, a senior indie #SoftwareDeveloper and creator of various projects. I'm the creator of HortusFox, a self-hosted #FOSS system for #Houseplants care and #Gardening as well as many other projects. 💚

➡️ See my portfolio
www.danielbrendel.com

#Promosky #Promo

HortusFox: The open-source, collaborative management, tracking and journaling app for plant lovers and gardeners.

Casual Desktop Game is a fan remake of the ancient Desktop Destroyer game, featuring community content.

AquaShell is a scripting and automation shell for Windows that can compete with AutoHotkey or AutoIt.

The Asatru PHP framework is a PHP web-framework used in a number of my web-based projects.

November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

WINTER IS COMING. ❄️

Grab your hot beverage, a comfy blanket, and check out the winter theme for your HortusFox workspace. 💚

➡️ Get themes here:
www.hortusfox.com/themes

#selfhosted #selfhosting #foss #opensource #plants #gardening #winter #xmas #botany #horticulture #theme

November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

The Virtual Pet Jam 2025 has ended! 🕹️

The jam winner is:
> Game: Virtual Pet Prototype
> Author: Shiro
> Link: itch.io/jam/virtual-...

➡️ All results:
itch.io/jam/virtual-...

#gamedev #gamejam #gamedevelopment #virtualpet #tamagotchi #indiedev #retrogaming #retrojam

Virtual Pet Prototype by Shiro for Virtual Pet Jam 2025

Play in your browser

itch.io

November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

I made a battlefield blueprint for Casual Desktop Game. 😆

With the up-coming blueprint feature, you'll be able to create cool scenes and share them with others. 👀

➡️ Game website:
www.casual-desktop-game.com

#IndieDev #GameDev #GameDevelopment #RetroGame #RetroGaming #DesktopDestroyer #Blueprint

November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

We now have self-assigning roles for my #discord server. 💚

If you want to support me and my work, or just want to have casual chats with cool people, feel free to join. We have over 150 members already!

discord.gg/kc6xGmjzVS

#gamedev #indiedev #webdev #programmer #community #diversity

November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Daniel Brendel

@danielbrendel.com

Sneak peek of the upcoming update for Casual Desktop Game. 😃

The two new fireworks tools along with the already existing fireworks tool in action. 🎆

➡️ More info:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/100...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment #milestone #desktopdestroyer #retrogame #retrogaming