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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆
@strasser.bsky.social
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Cubemaster |  Apple Design Award Winner (2x) & Finalist (3x) | Indie iOS Developer | The Art of Fauna | Prev. Flexibits & Nuki | Coffee Nerd | #A11Y | he/him
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Happy Valentine's Day from Art of Fauna! Share with your significant otter 🦦❤️

Had a stupid amount of fun making these :D
A vintage drawing of a sea otter. Above it says: "You're otterly adorable" A vintage drawing of a male and a female lion. Above the text reads "I'm not lion! You've the mane attraction" A vintage drawing of a beaver next to a log. The text in the image says "Are you a beaver? Because dam, you're fine." A vintage drawing of a tawny owl sitting on a branch. The text on the right reads: "Owl be yours forever!"
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Having so much fun with RetroRapid! Get it on the AppStore and try beating my score 🏎️

apps.apple.com/at/app/retro...
Screenshot of an Arcade retro racing game in Gameboy aesthetics. It shows three lanes of cars. The bottom has two big red buttons
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Almost missed that Art of Flora already hit 10.000 pre-orders! 🌸

You can Pre-order it here:
apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

#indiedev #iosdev
Statistic showing 10800 Pre_orders over a period of the last 90 days. It starts with a steep peek in the beginning, drops to around 70 for most of the time and then rises a bit in the last 20 days
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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The @arcticconference.bsky.social starts officially today - come and say hi! 👋

Also brought some Art of Fauna pins, stickers and PocketShelf bookmarks with me! 🦆
Photo of a red Pocketshelf bookmark next to a Mandarin Duck pin and an Art of Fauna sticker that shows the same duck.
February 11, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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The actual @arcticconference.bsky.social hasn’t even started yet and its already been fantastic!
Me in a red coat and hat stands on a snowy hillside at sunset. The sky is a gradient of blue and orange, with a sun near the horizon casting long shadows. Valley of snow-covered trees visible in the distance. A single, perfectly shaped snowflake resting on my black glove Group of seven people smiling into the camera. Snow covered forest in the background. I’m to the far left, with a very frozen beard Reindeer standing in a snowy enclosure, surrounded by wooden fences. Snow-covered evergreen branches hang above, and the reindeer's antlers and face are dusted with snow.
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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20% of all proceeds from Art of Fauna are donated - and I just made the next donation. This time to Regenwald der Österreicher and their goal to protect a certain part of the rainforest in Costa Rica. 🇨🇷

The donation amounts to... 3,736 m² of rainforest saved 🫶
Screenshot of the Donation Certificate in German. It says: Waldschutz-Klimaschutz-Urkunde Dank der Spende von Klemens Strasser werden im Biologischen Korridor COBIGA in Costa Rica 3.736 m2 Regenwald für die Zukunft gesichert. Dadurch wird ein wertvoller Beitrag zum Schutz des Klimas und zum Erhalt der einzigartigen Artenvielfalt geleistet.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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On my way to @arcticconference.bsky.social !! 🥶
Train station departure board showing OBB RJ 855 to Wien Hbf at 07:00 via Bruck a.d. Mur. Current time: 06:47:15
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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🎉 Happy 1st Birthday, Art of Fauna! 🎉

Celebrating a year with a special gift: "The Lost Puzzles". Available now!

✨ No AI-slop. Just beautiful historical images
♿ Accessibility-first design
🏆 App Store & Apple Design Award Winner

#indiedev #ArtofFauna #puzzlegames #a11y
Promo graphic for Art of Fauna. The top shows the logo. Underneath are 5 cards of historical animal drawings, stacked upon each other. The shows a Mallard, an Octopus, a white pelican, a Black Crowned Crane and a Barbary Stag. Underneath is the text "The Lost Puzzles. Available Now", follow by a laurels showing "Apple Design Award Winner 2025, Inclusivity", "4,9 Stars, 15.000 App Store Ratings" and "App Store Award Winner 2025, Cultural Impact"
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Art of Fauna Paywall slightly updated! 🦆

- Moved the "No Subscription" statement directly to the price
- Showing my face in the "support and Indie Developer" section
- Added the awards hehe 🏆

Lets see if that changes things!

Thanks to @frederik.riedel.wtf for the inspiration!
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Finally implemented one of the most requested features: Insights into the artists behind the beautiful drawings. 🧑‍🎨

It's first coming to Art of Flora, later to Art of Fauna as well. 🦆

#indiedev #ArtOfFlora
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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15.000 ratings! Still 4.9!

Just a couple of days before the one year anniversary of Art of Fauna 🦆

Thank you 🫶
Screenshot showing the ratings of an app, being at 4,9 out of 5, with 15.040 total ratings.
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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I use Preview to convert them. There is even a quick action in Finder from Preview that allows doing it with multiple files at once. (You can also probably build an automation from that)
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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No, but you can use Preview to convert them. There is even a QuickAction in Finder where you can do this... quick :D
January 22, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Friendly reminder to export your app assets as HEIC instead of PNGs!

For Art of Flora, this lead to an almost a 85% reduction of size 😱

#buildinpublic
Screenshots showing the infos of two folders. The one titled Yasuni is 27MB in size. The one titled Yasuni - HEIC is 3,6MB in size.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Pre-Order half time for Art of Flora 🌱

It's been 2 moths since the announcement and 2 months until the release. 😱

It now has an incredible 7.500 pre-orders, which is already 75% of my goal! 🥳
Graph showing the Pre-Orders per day of Art of Flora. It runs from the 18th of November til the 17th of January, having a peak at the beginning and being more or less steady ever since. The total amount is 7.57k pre-orders, split between 8.85k Orders and 1.28k cancellations.
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Ducking important question:

Which duck drawing should become an Art of Fauna puzzle? 1 or 2? 🦆
Drawing of a male Mallard sitting on a stone and looking cheeky at the observer Drawing of a male and female mallard swimming on a lake, with many others flying above them.
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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This feature let PocketShelf grow from ~80 subscribers to over 300 in under a week! 😱
Statistic showing Active subscriptions, which are at 316 total. The curve goes steeply up on the right
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
strasser.bsky.social
⭐13,5k ratings and overall 4.9 stars with Art of Fauna
🔊 6 conference talks given, and my very first one!
🎙️ 3 Podcast appearances
💍 1 proposal
🫶 1 yes

2/3
Me standing on stage of NSSpain speaking. You can see a speaker desk with a monitor showing a historical picture of me with my name. Me kneeling on sand in front of Kathi with an open case in my hand. You can see a foggy sky and the Golden Gate Bridge in the back. Kathi looks very surprised
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Little 2025 recap!

👨‍💻 1st full year as Indie Developer
📈 1128% increase in revenue from my apps
💚 16k+$ in nature conservation donations collected
🚀 2 apps launched - Art of Fauna & PocketShelf
🏆 2 awards won - Apple Design Award & App Store Award
...

1/3
Group photo of the indie house members in front of a house. I stand in front holding my apple design award. The other people are (left to right) Antoine, Andrew, Frederik, Leo, Jordi, Nils, Seb, Ralph, Pol and Hidde. Me in a brown shirt leaning on blue column with the App Store Award sitting atop. A text on the image reads "App Store Awards 2025 Winner" with an Apple logo.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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What a pleasant surprise! 🥰
PocketShelf is featured in “26 apps for 2026” on the AppStore 🫶

See the full list:

apps.apple.com/at/story/id1...

#reading #book
Screenshot of an App Store Feature called “26 Apps for 2026”. It starts with a big graphic featuring an orange square with '26' and a magnifying glass, surrounded by icons like a basketball, light bulb, and music notes. Underneath is a row of app icons, including the one of PocketShelf, ChatGPT and Strava The text underneath says: “Ah, 2026, the year that sounded so futuristic not too long ago. Time moves fast, however, and that's why us App Store Editors are here to help you get the most out of what we're given. We've chosen 26 apps for you to hit the ground running and achieve the goals you set. Here's to an incredible 12 months!” Screenshot of the feature section in this article about PocketShelf. It says: PocketShelf Hands up - whose resolution is to read more? If you raised your hand, PocketShelf is for you. This nifty book tracker helps you keep a neat record of the time that you spend reading, where you are in any given book, and the notes section allows you to summarise what happened in your last reading sessions. Great for readers who might get a little sidetracked from time to time.
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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I don’t judge a book by its cover…

…but damn do I *love* a great book cover 🥰

Tracked with PocketShelf of course!
#book #reading #PocketShelf
Me holding the cloth bound edition of Around the World in 80 days in my hand together with an iPhone running PocketShelf. The book cover is blue and shoes illustrated stamps from locations like Singapore, Bombay, Egypt, Paris etc.
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Merry Christmas! 🎄
Photo of Kathi holding our black cat Fabius. I stand behind her. Behind us is the Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Just received another package! 📦

And what an astonishing year indeed! Not (only) because of the awards or the (coffee) marathons, but most importantly because of getting to know amazing friends like @dadederk.bsky.social 🫶
Picture of a few items lying on a table. Its a green cab with the word "thinking" embodied in it, three bags of Kiss the hippo coffee (Donna Blend, George Street Blend and the Peru) and the book "Machines of Loving Grace". In the center is a yellow paper with the now: "What an astonishing year! Keep up the amazing work! Go, Klemens go!!! PS: Just to be clear, I'm talking about your marathons... xD Dani"
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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To celebrate hitting the 13.000th rating in Art of Fauna, here is a particularly lovely review I recently got about its accessibility. 🦾

It’s in German, so see the English translation in the next two posts!

#a11y #gamedev #puzzle
Screenshot of an App Store Review with a rating of 5 stars, saying: Mal wieder eine dieser seltenen Sternstunden gelungener Rätselspiel-Entwicklungen, Es ist leider selten genug, dass man, vollständig blind wie ich selbst, über eine Neuerscheinung im Bereich Rätselspiele als App wirklich frohlocken kann. Ganz sicher aber gehört „Art of Fauna“ zu diesen Raritäten. Völlig unaufgeregt wird der Spielende über die Fakten etlicher Vertreter der Tierwelt unseres Planeten informiert, und das alles wunderbar durch VoiceOver unterstützt. Herr Strasser, da ist Ihnen wirklich ein Meisterstück gelungen! Vielen, vielen Dank!. Written by MartinAusFfM
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Daria, the wonderful designer that draws all promo graphics for Art of Fauna and PocketShelf, just sent me a package with a Client of the Year Certificate and a hand drawn card of my fluffy Fabius! 🐈‍⬛

I love everything about this! 🫶
A piece of paper saying: Client of the Year Certificate This certificate is awarded to: Klemens Strasser as a client who knows what he wants, can explain what he wants, pays invoices on the day he receives them, supports small businesses and is a cool guy. A photo of me holding a card of a hand drawn black cat wearing a Christmas wreath around its head. In the background, you can see my black cat lying in the and yawning.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM