Axel 'Vlad' Born
@axelvborn.bsky.social
🎮 Indie Game Dev
🛠️ Currently working on Rhombus - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/Rhombus/?utm_source=bluesky
🎉 Released Games : Rhombus, Snakeloop, Breaking Survivors, Skew Pong
🤝 Board Member of @toulousegamedev.bsky.social
🛠️ Currently working on Rhombus - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/Rhombus/?utm_source=bluesky
🎉 Released Games : Rhombus, Snakeloop, Breaking Survivors, Skew Pong
🤝 Board Member of @toulousegamedev.bsky.social
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My new puzzle game, Rhombus, just released!
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
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La conférence de @pemdora.bsky.social et Spartaqui va commencer dans quelques minutes et est retransmise sur Twitch : www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
La conférence de @pemdora.bsky.social et Spartaqui va commencer dans quelques minutes et est retransmise sur Twitch : www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
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Envie de découvrir et tester les prochaines sorties JV toulousaines ?
Le TGD organise une nouvelle soirée playtest ce Jeudi 12 Février à partir de 19h au bar-restaurant Level Up.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
Le TGD organise une nouvelle soirée playtest ce Jeudi 12 Février à partir de 19h au bar-restaurant Level Up.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Envie de découvrir et tester les prochaines sorties JV toulousaines ?
Le TGD organise une nouvelle soirée playtest ce Jeudi 12 Février à partir de 19h au bar-restaurant Level Up.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
Le TGD organise une nouvelle soirée playtest ce Jeudi 12 Février à partir de 19h au bar-restaurant Level Up.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
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Nouveau Meet-up le mercredi 18 février !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Tara Zhong aka
@pemdora.bsky.social
et Léandre Renouard aka Spartaqui, créateurices du jeu Grime & Gold.
Leur sujet : Comment sortir un jeu full indé tout en conservant notre santé mentale ?
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Tara Zhong aka
@pemdora.bsky.social
et Léandre Renouard aka Spartaqui, créateurices du jeu Grime & Gold.
Leur sujet : Comment sortir un jeu full indé tout en conservant notre santé mentale ?
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Nouveau Meet-up le mercredi 18 février !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Tara Zhong aka
@pemdora.bsky.social
et Léandre Renouard aka Spartaqui, créateurices du jeu Grime & Gold.
Leur sujet : Comment sortir un jeu full indé tout en conservant notre santé mentale ?
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Tara Zhong aka
@pemdora.bsky.social
et Léandre Renouard aka Spartaqui, créateurices du jeu Grime & Gold.
Leur sujet : Comment sortir un jeu full indé tout en conservant notre santé mentale ?
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Je serais entre 19h et 22h sur la chaine twitch de @toulousegamedev.bsky.social pour parler du jeu au milieu de plein d'autres jeux très cools réalisés durant cette game jam à Toulouse !
www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Je serais entre 19h et 22h sur la chaine twitch de @toulousegamedev.bsky.social pour parler du jeu au milieu de plein d'autres jeux très cools réalisés durant cette game jam à Toulouse !
www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...
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New article: I asked hobbyist game makers if they used to want to work in the game industry, and if they still do. They answered more or less how I expected, but it also revealed something else.
medium.com/@touloutoumo...
medium.com/@touloutoumo...
Do you dream of working in games making anymore? The state of hobbyist game making
I have a hobby, and I have a job, and they’re completely separate. I engage with my hobby purely because it brings me joy. I didn’t start…
medium.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
New article: I asked hobbyist game makers if they used to want to work in the game industry, and if they still do. They answered more or less how I expected, but it also revealed something else.
medium.com/@touloutoumo...
medium.com/@touloutoumo...
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Our Journey: The Silent Voice
✨ 2-Player Co-op
✨ Communication via Cards (No talking!)
Available now: store.steampowered.com/app/2720730/...
#IndieGame #GameDev #Coop #couple #cozygames
✨ 2-Player Co-op
✨ Communication via Cards (No talking!)
Available now: store.steampowered.com/app/2720730/...
#IndieGame #GameDev #Coop #couple #cozygames
Save 24% on Our Journey: The Silent Voice on Steam
Our Journey: The Silent Voice is a co-op (2 players) asymmetric adventure game. Communicate creatively with symbols to unveil the path to success. Find out who you really are by meeting intriguing cha...
store.steampowered.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Our Journey: The Silent Voice
✨ 2-Player Co-op
✨ Communication via Cards (No talking!)
Available now: store.steampowered.com/app/2720730/...
#IndieGame #GameDev #Coop #couple #cozygames
✨ 2-Player Co-op
✨ Communication via Cards (No talking!)
Available now: store.steampowered.com/app/2720730/...
#IndieGame #GameDev #Coop #couple #cozygames
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La conférence post-mortem + creature design de Decktamer par Axel Rueda est disponible en VOD sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgc...
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
La conférence post-mortem + creature design de Decktamer par Axel Rueda est disponible en VOD sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgc...
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Hello ! On vous souhaite une merveilleuse année 2026 ! 🎉
Nouveau Meet-up le mardi 20 janvier !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Axel Rueda, Artiste et Game Designer du jeu Dectkamer, dont il viendra nous faire le post-mortem avec pour sujet : Le Creature Design
Nouveau Meet-up le mardi 20 janvier !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Axel Rueda, Artiste et Game Designer du jeu Dectkamer, dont il viendra nous faire le post-mortem avec pour sujet : Le Creature Design
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Hello ! On vous souhaite une merveilleuse année 2026 ! 🎉
Nouveau Meet-up le mardi 20 janvier !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Axel Rueda, Artiste et Game Designer du jeu Dectkamer, dont il viendra nous faire le post-mortem avec pour sujet : Le Creature Design
Nouveau Meet-up le mardi 20 janvier !
Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Axel Rueda, Artiste et Game Designer du jeu Dectkamer, dont il viendra nous faire le post-mortem avec pour sujet : Le Creature Design
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Envie de découvrir et tester les prochaines sorties JV toulousaines ?
La première session de playtest de l'année aura lieu ce Mercredi 14 Janvier à partir de 19h au bar à jeux Blastodice.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
La première session de playtest de l'année aura lieu ce Mercredi 14 Janvier à partir de 19h au bar à jeux Blastodice.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Envie de découvrir et tester les prochaines sorties JV toulousaines ?
La première session de playtest de l'année aura lieu ce Mercredi 14 Janvier à partir de 19h au bar à jeux Blastodice.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
La première session de playtest de l'année aura lieu ce Mercredi 14 Janvier à partir de 19h au bar à jeux Blastodice.
La liste des 9 jeux qui y seront présentés par leurs devs à dérouler ↓ (1/3)
If you've enjoyed Snakeloop and the concept of a snake puzzle game where you have to eat your own tail, then I recommend checking out Snekoban from fellow french gamedev Blessed Sleep Studio, which released a couple days ago: store.steampowered.com/app/4209690/...
#puzzlegame #indiegame
#puzzlegame #indiegame
Snekoban on Steam
Snekoban is a puzzle game, inspired by Snake and Sokoban. Help Sneko tidy up his space by pushing boxes, eat apples and earn a well deserved sleep on his favorite pillow : his own tail !
store.steampowered.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If you've enjoyed Snakeloop and the concept of a snake puzzle game where you have to eat your own tail, then I recommend checking out Snekoban from fellow french gamedev Blessed Sleep Studio, which released a couple days ago: store.steampowered.com/app/4209690/...
#puzzlegame #indiegame
#puzzlegame #indiegame
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J'ai eu l'occasion pour @psinsidefr.bsky.social de discuter avec @axelvborn.bsky.social autour de Rhombus dans le cadre de la mensuelle indé du site.
C'est à découvrir ici ! ⬇️
playstationinside.fr/rhombus-axel...
C'est à découvrir ici ! ⬇️
playstationinside.fr/rhombus-axel...
Conversation avec Axel Born, développeur de Rhombus
Quand on explore la scène indépendante française, on trouve toujours des jeux fascinants, et des développeurs encore plus intéressants derrière
playstationinside.fr
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
J'ai eu l'occasion pour @psinsidefr.bsky.social de discuter avec @axelvborn.bsky.social autour de Rhombus dans le cadre de la mensuelle indé du site.
C'est à découvrir ici ! ⬇️
playstationinside.fr/rhombus-axel...
C'est à découvrir ici ! ⬇️
playstationinside.fr/rhombus-axel...
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La conférence de Garance Tourgis sur Cosytopia va commencer dans quelques minutes : twitch.tv/toulousegame...
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
La conférence de Garance Tourgis sur Cosytopia va commencer dans quelques minutes : twitch.tv/toulousegame...
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What is better than an indie game? 🤔
Correct, multiple titles from your favorite genre at once!
Follow the #BulletHeavenFestival 3.0 #StarterPack for all your reverse bullet hell needs 🤝
go.bsky.app/HeTQtu4
Correct, multiple titles from your favorite genre at once!
Follow the #BulletHeavenFestival 3.0 #StarterPack for all your reverse bullet hell needs 🤝
go.bsky.app/HeTQtu4
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What is better than an indie game? 🤔
Correct, multiple titles from your favorite genre at once!
Follow the #BulletHeavenFestival 3.0 #StarterPack for all your reverse bullet hell needs 🤝
go.bsky.app/HeTQtu4
Correct, multiple titles from your favorite genre at once!
Follow the #BulletHeavenFestival 3.0 #StarterPack for all your reverse bullet hell needs 🤝
go.bsky.app/HeTQtu4
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Breaking Survivors is part of the #BulletHeavenFestival this week, discounted at -50%!
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Breaking Survivors is part of the #BulletHeavenFestival this week, discounted at -50%!
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
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Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of the past year in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
Breaking Survivors is part of the #BulletHeavenFestival this week, discounted at -50%!
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Breaking Survivors is part of the #BulletHeavenFestival this week, discounted at -50%!
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
But it's not all as the game's 2nd year anniversary update just dropped featuring a ball rework as well as some QoL improvements and optimizations.
Check the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2468060/...
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Falling into the void isn't the goal, but at least you get an achievement!
@axelvborn.bsky.social
@axelvborn.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Falling into the void isn't the goal, but at least you get an achievement!
@axelvborn.bsky.social
@axelvborn.bsky.social
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This first-person puzzler has an aesthetic similar to Sensorium and puzzle panels that help you traverse its world!
An unusual first-person puzzler where the puzzle panels move the world (Rhombus)
Puzzle panels in a first-person world are always going to pique my interest! This one is even aesthetically similar to Sensorium, which was also a very cool game. However, Rhombus has quite an unusual and intriguing mechanic - you simply spin rhombi/cubes/hexagons (however you want to view it) which
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This first-person puzzler has an aesthetic similar to Sensorium and puzzle panels that help you traverse its world!
A bit late, but Rhombus is now available for sale on @itch.io as well: axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A bit late, but Rhombus is now available for sale on @itch.io as well: axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus
Reposted by Axel 'Vlad' Born
My new puzzle game, Rhombus, just released!
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My new puzzle game, Rhombus, just released!
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
I've done a small update to Snakeloop, adding a bit of optimization to a game that already ran on pretty much anything.
And it's also on sale right now at -40%, and can even be grabbed in a bundle along Rhombus which just came out with both games for just 6$: store.steampowered.com/app/3336460/...
And it's also on sale right now at -40%, and can even be grabbed in a bundle along Rhombus which just came out with both games for just 6$: store.steampowered.com/app/3336460/...
Save 40% on Snakeloop on Steam
Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I've done a small update to Snakeloop, adding a bit of optimization to a game that already ran on pretty much anything.
And it's also on sale right now at -40%, and can even be grabbed in a bundle along Rhombus which just came out with both games for just 6$: store.steampowered.com/app/3336460/...
And it's also on sale right now at -40%, and can even be grabbed in a bundle along Rhombus which just came out with both games for just 6$: store.steampowered.com/app/3336460/...
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T⬦m⬦rr⬦w we'll be playing ɹoʇɐuᴉʇɹǝʌuI and Rh⟐mbus.
🙃 Invertinator (by froggyrs)
🔷 Rhombus (by @axelvborn.bsky.social)
See you ƎꓥIꓶ on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch
#puzzlegame #indiegame #livestream #youtube #twitch #invertinator #rhombus
🙃 Invertinator (by froggyrs)
🔷 Rhombus (by @axelvborn.bsky.social)
See you ƎꓥIꓶ on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch
#puzzlegame #indiegame #livestream #youtube #twitch #invertinator #rhombus
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
T⬦m⬦rr⬦w we'll be playing ɹoʇɐuᴉʇɹǝʌuI and Rh⟐mbus.
🙃 Invertinator (by froggyrs)
🔷 Rhombus (by @axelvborn.bsky.social)
See you ƎꓥIꓶ on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch
#puzzlegame #indiegame #livestream #youtube #twitch #invertinator #rhombus
🙃 Invertinator (by froggyrs)
🔷 Rhombus (by @axelvborn.bsky.social)
See you ƎꓥIꓶ on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch
#puzzlegame #indiegame #livestream #youtube #twitch #invertinator #rhombus
Hey #PitchYaGame!
I've released Rhombus yesterday a 1st-person puzzle game with non-linear exploration in a compact environment and metroidbrainia elements, centered around a unique mechanic that makes use of perspective.
And it's available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
I've released Rhombus yesterday a 1st-person puzzle game with non-linear exploration in a compact environment and metroidbrainia elements, centered around a unique mechanic that makes use of perspective.
And it's available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame!
I've released Rhombus yesterday a 1st-person puzzle game with non-linear exploration in a compact environment and metroidbrainia elements, centered around a unique mechanic that makes use of perspective.
And it's available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
I've released Rhombus yesterday a 1st-person puzzle game with non-linear exploration in a compact environment and metroidbrainia elements, centered around a unique mechanic that makes use of perspective.
And it's available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
Reposted by Axel 'Vlad' Born
Rhombus (PC)
End of the game
Great puzzle game that will force you to understand the environement and the main gameplay mechanic.
End of the game
Great puzzle game that will force you to understand the environement and the main gameplay mechanic.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Rhombus (PC)
End of the game
Great puzzle game that will force you to understand the environement and the main gameplay mechanic.
End of the game
Great puzzle game that will force you to understand the environement and the main gameplay mechanic.
Reposted by Axel 'Vlad' Born
Rhombus is out! I worked on this project as a sound designer.
If you like non-linear puzzles, give it a try, it's very well designed and quite challenging after you've learned the core mechanics.
#indiedev #indiegame #gameaudio #gamedev
If you like non-linear puzzles, give it a try, it's very well designed and quite challenging after you've learned the core mechanics.
#indiedev #indiegame #gameaudio #gamedev
My new puzzle game, Rhombus, just released!
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.
Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rhombus is out! I worked on this project as a sound designer.
If you like non-linear puzzles, give it a try, it's very well designed and quite challenging after you've learned the core mechanics.
#indiedev #indiegame #gameaudio #gamedev
If you like non-linear puzzles, give it a try, it's very well designed and quite challenging after you've learned the core mechanics.
#indiedev #indiegame #gameaudio #gamedev