Sascha Reinhold (Studio Umluft)
@studioumluft.bsky.social
Solodev from Kiel, Germany, making tiny indie games. 🕹️🤏 Currently working on a thinky permaculture gardening roguelite. ♻️
For weeks I have been observing the growing library of pixel books in the Little Pixel Library: hillhouse.neocities.org/cliques/libr... Yesterday I took an hour to create one myself. «The Lesson» by Cadwell Turnbull was one of my favorite books last year. 📚 #pixel #art #pixelart #book #cover #scifi
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Just finished reading through Cranko!, a cute PlayDate zine I stumbled upon, because @stephanrewind.bsky.social mentioned it. 🗞️ The zine is lovingly handcrafted, I enjoyed learning about new games & dev insights (discovered «Panels»). 💛 I even was delighted by the ads. 🙃 ➡️ cranknockout.com #playdate
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Just finished reading through Cranko!, a cute PlayDate zine I stumbled upon, because @stephanrewind.bsky.social mentioned it. 🗞️ The zine is lovingly handcrafted, I enjoyed learning about new games & dev insights (discovered «Panels»). 💛 I even was delighted by the ads. 🙃 ➡️ cranknockout.com #playdate
Some basic gameplay of sowing, growing and harvesting. 🌱🌿🌾 Not much there yet in terms of interaction (companion planting, crop rotation …), but it’s a start. 🌻 #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #pixelart #permapunk #permaculture #gardening #roguelike
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Some basic gameplay of sowing, growing and harvesting. 🌱🌿🌾 Not much there yet in terms of interaction (companion planting, crop rotation …), but it’s a start. 🌻 #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #pixelart #permapunk #permaculture #gardening #roguelike
Added more visual elements, a gradient and some noise to make it a more or less proper key art. #pixel #art# #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #permaculture #permapunk
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Added more visual elements, a gradient and some noise to make it a more or less proper key art. #pixel #art# #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #permaculture #permapunk
It has been exactly 1 year that I received the Press Start: Games Founding Grant and started work as a solo dev. It was not the year I envisioned, but I learned a lot about gamedev & myself. Thank you so much to the Press Start team, to my mentors & my fellow Press Startians. ✨ [photo: Luna Grüsgen]
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
It has been exactly 1 year that I received the Press Start: Games Founding Grant and started work as a solo dev. It was not the year I envisioned, but I learned a lot about gamedev & myself. Thank you so much to the Press Start team, to my mentors & my fellow Press Startians. ✨ [photo: Luna Grüsgen]
This month I played «Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen» (German review in PC Games 1/93: www.kultboy.com/index.php?si...). As a fan of «Might and Magic III», I expected to enjoy this one as well, but it was too similar and just not interesting enough to keep me playing. #PCgames #games #33YearsAgo
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
This month I played «Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen» (German review in PC Games 1/93: www.kultboy.com/index.php?si...). As a fan of «Might and Magic III», I expected to enjoy this one as well, but it was too similar and just not interesting enough to keep me playing. #PCgames #games #33YearsAgo
January 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I recently reminisced with fellow game devs about the great games Max Design created back in the 90s. 🧡🩵 A week ago I played «1869», their sea trading simulation. ⛵️ I love the music and the pixel art; the gameplay though … not that interesting anymore (+ colonialism 🙄). 🤷♂️ #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I recently reminisced with fellow game devs about the great games Max Design created back in the 90s. 🧡🩵 A week ago I played «1869», their sea trading simulation. ⛵️ I love the music and the pixel art; the gameplay though … not that interesting anymore (+ colonialism 🙄). 🤷♂️ #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
Two days ago I played «Legend of Kyrandia: Book One» (🗞️ review in PC Games 11/92)
Graphics & music are very Westwood; feels like coming home, if you enjoyed Dune or Lands of Lore. 😌
The puzzles are not that difficult. I was impressed by the pixel art DOF in the intro. 🤩 #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Two days ago I played «Legend of Kyrandia: Book One» (🗞️ review in PC Games 11/92)
Graphics & music are very Westwood; feels like coming home, if you enjoyed Dune or Lands of Lore. 😌
The puzzles are not that difficult. I was impressed by the pixel art DOF in the intro. 🤩 #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
I particularly enjoyed hooking the floppy drive up to my Mac and installing the game inside DosBox using the original floppy disks. 💾💾💾💾 They still work! 😊 Although it is a USB floppy drive, the sound still takes me back to the times when it was part of a 386 desktop PC. 🟠🔊 #games #33yearsAgo
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I particularly enjoyed hooking the floppy drive up to my Mac and installing the game inside DosBox using the original floppy disks. 💾💾💾💾 They still work! 😊 Although it is a USB floppy drive, the sound still takes me back to the times when it was part of a 386 desktop PC. 🟠🔊 #games #33yearsAgo
Today I played «Lure of the Temptress» by Revolution Software (the early Charles Cecil), which was reviewed in PC Games 10/92. Although the game is short, controls and character dynamics feel quite modern, almost like an open world game. The creators called it “Virtual Theatre”. 🎭 #games #33yearsAgo
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Today I played «Lure of the Temptress» by Revolution Software (the early Charles Cecil), which was reviewed in PC Games 10/92. Although the game is short, controls and character dynamics feel quite modern, almost like an open world game. The creators called it “Virtual Theatre”. 🎭 #games #33yearsAgo
🗓️ 33 years & 3 months ago my brother bought the first issue of the »PC Games« (10/92). 📰 I was eight years old and amazed by all the colorful screenshots of games I did not know anything about. 🤩 Years later I would become a subscriber myself. #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🗓️ 33 years & 3 months ago my brother bought the first issue of the »PC Games« (10/92). 📰 I was eight years old and amazed by all the colorful screenshots of games I did not know anything about. 🤩 Years later I would become a subscriber myself. #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo
Let’s properly kick this account off with a picture of this weekend’s baking. 🌀Originally I wanted to make poppy seed plaited yeast buns. 🥯 However, I couldn’t find poppy seeds at the shop, so I went for sesame plaited yeast buns. Still very delicious. 😋 Have nice week! 👋 #baking #buns #sesame
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Two days ago I struggled connecting to people at #devcom. However, I managed to grab dinner with a super nice group of people, before heading to #couragecologne. This very much saved my day. 😌 Thanks again to Mareike, Zemre, Luca, Jasper and Tino for the wonderful time! 🥳
August 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Two days ago I struggled connecting to people at #devcom. However, I managed to grab dinner with a super nice group of people, before heading to #couragecologne. This very much saved my day. 😌 Thanks again to Mareike, Zemre, Luca, Jasper and Tino for the wonderful time! 🥳
15 years have passed since my last visit to Cologne. 😮 Now I am back for DevCom and GamesCom, taking part as a Press Start grant recipient. 🥳 It was a lot of fun spending the day with my Press Start fellows and celebrating at our midterm event. 🫶 #devcom #gamescom #cologne #pressstart
August 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
15 years have passed since my last visit to Cologne. 😮 Now I am back for DevCom and GamesCom, taking part as a Press Start grant recipient. 🥳 It was a lot of fun spending the day with my Press Start fellows and celebrating at our midterm event. 🫶 #devcom #gamescom #cologne #pressstart