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RecluseIndie

@recluseindie.bsky.social

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Solo indie game developer. Designed Dan Dare 1+2 (ZX Spectrum), Warlocked (Game Boy Color). Made Surveillant (iOS), Separation (PSVR). My latest game is Roguelite stealth & shooter 'Haus Of Klaus' (Meta Quest 2+3). A.K.A music producer Vector Lovers

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Shamefully bad for CPC. Straight up ZX conversion? Back in the day we knew the Amstrad could do way more graphically in terms of colours particularly...
youtu.be/6cX0tGLKC1Q?...

Sorcery - Amstrad CPC - Complete Walkthrough No Deaths

YouTube video by GameHammer Classic Gaming

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Sep 3

skeleton, type-in listing, magazine screenshot, program pochette, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/prog...

skeletons and diamond-y shaped things are on the playing field. up the top is hi score, score and men left.

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Cybercuck - typically, young male in thrall to techno utopian fetish and illusion of progress, as opposed to enslavement by technology.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've long struggled with depression. I'd tell myself "you're lucky, others have it worse" and the dream of finally releasing a successful #indiegame sustained me through dark times.

Coping strategies that fail now I have terminal cancer.

Yet a ray of hope remains, for some kind of transcendence.

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 23

Unfortunately Separation never recouped even the modest costs of development and had to be abandoned.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 23

It's PSVR 1 only. If you have a Quest 2 I can send you a code for my latest game, Haus Of Klaus.

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wanted one when I was a schoolboy. I get my vector (simulated) fix these days playing the awesome Utopia Must Fall.
pixeljam.itch.io/utopia-must-...

Utopia Must Fall by Pixeljam

A laser-flavored arcade base defender.

pixeljam.itch.io

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 22

My favourite Ultimate game was Knight Lore - the extra dimension was an impressive feat at the time (though Sandy White was first on the Spectrum to do isometric 3D with the incredible Ant Attack).

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 22

@greatestgames.bsky.social please check out this forgotten / lost gem for PSVR
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUC3ivqYGw

t.co

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 22

I would love some rage-bait. At least it means somebody has noticed your game.

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Typically, a reward involves either pleasure, or the avoidance of pain. How do you 'reward' something that has no feelings?

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 20

My hopes have rapidly gone from "release a successful indie game" to just "survive the year". Of course, be nice if they both came true 🙂

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Been a tough year. In January I was diagnosed with a terminal cancer caused by asbestos. I've been in hospital, unable to do #gamedev for a while. If you own a #meta Quest 2 or 3 every Haus Of Klaus sale helps this indie dev to keep on fighting another day. www.meta.com/experiences/...

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now I want screenshots, you tease.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Mar 26

A handful of Youtubers are beginning to discover Haus Of Klaus. As a solo #indiedev with no QA support its a great source of insights to be able to watch people play the game first time 😅
www.youtube.com/live/SziUdgN...

The Academy - LIVE - Haus of Klaus - (VR) - [First Impression]

YouTube video by The Academy

www.youtube.com

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Mar 20

like my school days all over again, but without the swearing.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Mar 20

I can imagine. Better starting with the ZX-81, then upgrading to the beloved Spectrum.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 27

Do you cover zero-budget solo indie VR games?

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · Feb 27

Some of the earliest gen art was not visual, but musical; "Musikalisches Würfelspiel" games were so popular in the 1700s, even Mozart wrote one! Guillermo Brachetta has created an online version so even without piano (or dice) you can listen to some of the waltzes Mozart's algorithm creates.

Musical Dice

gbrachetta (Github)

gbrachetta.github.io

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 26

...and the origin of all hide n seek horror games - 3D Monster Maze!

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 25

Sinclair ZX81. 1K memory, monochrome graphics, no audio. My first experience of #gamedev ♥️

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RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 24

After Defender that is ;-) Eugene Jarvis must've been on a roll.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 24

That room is like a time capsule of my childhood. I remember so many of those... Astro Wars, Big Trak on the top shelf, Speak & Spell.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 23

particularly when you spill it on the cassette player.

RecluseIndie @recluseindie.bsky.social · Feb 23

First console? Mine was a Grandstand Video Sports Centre. As an only child I had to play against myself - left vs right using both joysticks. I really wanted an Atari 2600 + Space Invaders, obviously.