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VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 1d

Demonic Dungeon, Haunted Temple. 👻🎃

v3x3d.itch.io/demonic-dung...

Spooky vibes, spookier monsters. 🧌

Scarecrows, ghosts, jack 'o lanterns, etc!

#pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 1d

This looks utterly delightful...

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 1d

There must be... I'll try and think of any. I wanted to say Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions but that doesn't work. Don't remember any cops of that nature in there. Same with Constantine. I love the supernatural detective angle in its own right but its not what you describe.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to it!

Mine is on hold atm for the simple reason that just can't find the time. I started a games publishing company alongside my dev company and it's just not feasible to to write a textbook right now. Fiction is doable because that is easier to write whenever.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there is good news.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 2d

Cool! How far are you into writing the book?

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 2d

Does this include cops who are magic users or sorcerers or wizards or warlocks or necromancers... and you know can do magic?

(I support this list)

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 2d

Save the trees. Please!
#indiegames

Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · 2d

In Eufloria Classic there is a brand new mode called Regrowth, where your trees can grow old and die. You can learn more about the mode in this deep dive video @rudolfkremers.bsky.social made! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEK...

#IndieGames #IndieGameDev #Retro

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 29d

Last call for Eufloria Classic beta test!

#beta #indiegames #gameplay #playtest

Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · Sep 7

We're getting close to the final call for our beta test! If you want to be involved in helping us squash bugs in #Eufloria Classic, you can join our Discord server right now and join in: discord.gg/uzuVmGdgZB

#betatest #indiegame #openbeta

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · 29d

Watch me abuse my own game and suffer the consequences.
Emergent gameplay is becoming more and more... errr... emergent?

No Enraging Stink Lizard recipe yet. That is in the next edition.

#gamedev #gamedesign #gameplay #indiegames #games

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvx2...

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Support your local indie yo!
(My kids loved these games)

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm very happy with my puzzle editor and Steam Workshop integration! 😊

Wishlist Piczle World of Puzzles now! 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/2174300/...

#hanjie #お絵かきロジック #イラストロジック #puzzle #logicpuzzle #nonogram #indiegamedev #solodev #madewithunreal

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yeah they are doing the right thing I think. :-)

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 4

I think it just about does because they are so consistent. I am very curious by relatively recent teams that have been doing this for the last 3 years or so.

Especially interested in those with a very diy or punky or janky approach yet still delivering quality.

Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gotcha. I was getting confused haha.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 2

wait, what? you are suricate?

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 2

I know and I admire you guys, but as I know you you are not lesser known to me, haha.

having said that, I am clueless re. how current casual portals work? I think you just posted on that subject, right?

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm looking for examples of lesser known, prolific indie devs & pubs that are quietly successful at putting out a lot of content within their brand or style.

store.steampowered.com/search/?deve... is a good example. Who else is out there in a similar mode?
#indiegames #games #videogames

Games | Chilla's Art

www.chillasart.co.jp

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 2

It is very much not a film for everyone. (or most people even).

What they definitely get right is the small gamedev studio vibe of the era. The visuals are actually pretty correct too wrt fmv games of the time or visual novels and cutscenes etc... they capture a certain zeitgeist thing nicely.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hahaha, I adored this film, seriously loved the hell out of it, including the visuals. BUT it is definitely conventionally ugly and incoherent as a film, unless you are in tune to its very specific context. Which I (gamedev veteran) am but most people won't be.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Aug 13

Somehow our YouTube channel is coming close to 25k subscribers!

Expect more videos of various game dev related flavours as we grow bigger. :-)

Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · Aug 11

If you're curious about the processing a level in #Eufloria Classic, check out this video we posted a while ago, where Rudolf talks through the process of creating and iterating new game modes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVfb...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevtutorial

Eufloria Classic Ambient Gameplay (+ New Mode Sneak Peak)

WISHLIST HERE - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/Eufloria_Classic/ In this short dev log Rudolf gives a little peak at how we test levels for Eufloria Classic, the upcoming 2025…

www.youtube.com

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Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · Aug 11

If you're curious about the processing a level in #Eufloria Classic, check out this video we posted a while ago, where Rudolf talks through the process of creating and iterating new game modes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVfb...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevtutorial

Eufloria Classic Ambient Gameplay (+ New Mode Sneak Peak)

WISHLIST HERE - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/Eufloria_Classic/ In this short dev log Rudolf gives a little peak at how we test levels for Eufloria Classic, the upcoming 2025…

www.youtube.com

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Alin Pricop @azyzszky.bsky.social · Aug 12

thanks for this awesome giveaway! 👌

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Aug 13

What's the point of making games if you don't get them to people! :-)

Thanks! We will keep doing these!

Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Aug 13

We actually have some modding veterans on our Discord right now looking to reboot Eufloria modding, so if you like this kind of thing come over. The water is nice!

#indiegames #modding #leveldesign #gamedev #gamedesign

Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · Aug 12

One thing we wanted to focus on in #Eufloria Classic was modding, and having a modern Eufloria release with full access to modding and scripting tools.

Here's a snapshot of us testing custom levels, made entirely with Lua.

Wishlist Eufloria Classic now: store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...

Screenshot of Eufloria's menu, showing five selectable custom menus.

Screenshot of Euflora, showing a debug menu where you can change things like enemy AI and structures.

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Rudolf Kremers @rudolfkremers.bsky.social · Aug 13

This was a lot of fun to create. The gardening mode allows players to control enemy factions, but of course there are limitations to that and the truce/peace can break down, after which all hell can break loose.

#gamedev #indiegames #rts #space #gardening

Omni Systems | Wishlist Eufloria Classic! @omnisystems.gg · Aug 13

Our test level for #Eufloria Classic's gardening mode. The mode's goal is to restore peace, rather than conquer. Here, you have to set up a supply line from far away asteroids, to keep control of the central fortification.

Wishlist Eufloria Classic now: store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...

Screenshots from Eufloria. One large asteroid at the bottom with player seedlings, with a cluster of player asteroids near the top. Between them are a dozen dark undiscovered asteroids.

The previous screenshot, zoomed in on the top asteroids.

The first screenshot, with several undiscovered asteroids revealing 5 enemy factions.

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