Charlie Wagner - HYPOGEA OUT NOW!
@ccharnul.bsky.social
25 y.o. French Game Designer, Made Hypogea, an atmospheric 3d platformer. Get it now on steam! s.team/a/2980260
Former Tech GD @ GameAtelier & FromParallel.
https://charlie-wagner.itch.io/
📷- @elldaan.bsky.social
Former Tech GD @ GameAtelier & FromParallel.
https://charlie-wagner.itch.io/
📷- @elldaan.bsky.social
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Sorry, been busy fixing bugs... Is it too late for a release trailer? 😬
Get it on steam here; s.team/a/2980260, I've heard people say it's good!
#gamedev #indiedev
Get it on steam here; s.team/a/2980260, I've heard people say it's good!
#gamedev #indiedev
Finally took the time to play Metal garden!
Short & sweet fps with a very small scope inversely proportional to the scale of it's environments. Good pacing, combat stays fresh even despite a small roster of weapons & enemies. Also love how it roleplays as a source game. Check it out if you haven't!
Short & sweet fps with a very small scope inversely proportional to the scale of it's environments. Good pacing, combat stays fresh even despite a small roster of weapons & enemies. Also love how it roleplays as a source game. Check it out if you haven't!
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Finally took the time to play Metal garden!
Short & sweet fps with a very small scope inversely proportional to the scale of it's environments. Good pacing, combat stays fresh even despite a small roster of weapons & enemies. Also love how it roleplays as a source game. Check it out if you haven't!
Short & sweet fps with a very small scope inversely proportional to the scale of it's environments. Good pacing, combat stays fresh even despite a small roster of weapons & enemies. Also love how it roleplays as a source game. Check it out if you haven't!
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Every country should do this
December 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Every country should do this
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Stones and a shadow.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stones and a shadow.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
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my pixel art mockup collection
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
my pixel art mockup collection
Still looking into a Steam release but the Hypogea Soundtrack is now available on bandcamp! Happy holidays everyone!
charliewagner.bandcamp.com/album/hypoge...
charliewagner.bandcamp.com/album/hypoge...
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Still looking into a Steam release but the Hypogea Soundtrack is now available on bandcamp! Happy holidays everyone!
charliewagner.bandcamp.com/album/hypoge...
charliewagner.bandcamp.com/album/hypoge...
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you, a worldly new yorker, a londoner maybe or any other city with underground trains: "the french are so dramatic, chatelet les halles can't be that bad."
chatelet les halles, the largest underground station in the world:
chatelet les halles, the largest underground station in the world:
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
you, a worldly new yorker, a londoner maybe or any other city with underground trains: "the french are so dramatic, chatelet les halles can't be that bad."
chatelet les halles, the largest underground station in the world:
chatelet les halles, the largest underground station in the world:
Just finished Öoo this evening and what an absolutely stellar game! Brilliant puzzles and excellent level design, effective presentation... Took me a little less than 4 hours to beat and it kept giving me new 'aha moments' the whole time.
Reminded me a lot of leap year which I'd also recommend.
Reminded me a lot of leap year which I'd also recommend.
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just finished Öoo this evening and what an absolutely stellar game! Brilliant puzzles and excellent level design, effective presentation... Took me a little less than 4 hours to beat and it kept giving me new 'aha moments' the whole time.
Reminded me a lot of leap year which I'd also recommend.
Reminded me a lot of leap year which I'd also recommend.
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When I left 2K Marin in 2013 and went indie, this statement (from a Rock Paper Shotgun guest piece about Deus Ex written by my friend and former colleague JP LeBreton) was seared into my mind.
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When I left 2K Marin in 2013 and went indie, this statement (from a Rock Paper Shotgun guest piece about Deus Ex written by my friend and former colleague JP LeBreton) was seared into my mind.
This upgrade I actually wanted to have in the original jam game but didn't have time to fit in, which was probably a good call cause I'm expecting lots of edge cases from it 😬
December 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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finally starting to implement this guy
December 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
finally starting to implement this guy
In case you haven't had the chance to play it yet, Hypogea is 25% off for the Steam winter sale! I (an impartial observer) hear it's pretty good!
#indiedev #3DPlatformer
s.team/a/2980260/
#indiedev #3DPlatformer
s.team/a/2980260/
Save 25% on Hypogea on Steam
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
s.team
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In case you haven't had the chance to play it yet, Hypogea is 25% off for the Steam winter sale! I (an impartial observer) hear it's pretty good!
#indiedev #3DPlatformer
s.team/a/2980260/
#indiedev #3DPlatformer
s.team/a/2980260/
Playing #routine right now and so far it's really good. Incredible vibes, excellent visual design & audio, also I'm absolutely scared shitless 🫠
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Playing #routine right now and so far it's really good. Incredible vibes, excellent visual design & audio, also I'm absolutely scared shitless 🫠
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From outside this may sound like an elitist "you poor baby you deprived yourself of knowledge" But no, it's a legit problem. You went straight from point A to point M, but the interstitial steps are SO important! All of those give you information and context. They make you better in the future.
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
From outside this may sound like an elitist "you poor baby you deprived yourself of knowledge" But no, it's a legit problem. You went straight from point A to point M, but the interstitial steps are SO important! All of those give you information and context. They make you better in the future.
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Sometimes people ask me how to get better at improvising in TTRPGs and I shrug helplessly, saying "...uhhhhh.... Ummmm," and things like that.
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
How to get better at improvising - Old Men Running The World
You will get better at improvising.
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sometimes people ask me how to get better at improvising in TTRPGs and I shrug helplessly, saying "...uhhhhh.... Ummmm," and things like that.
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
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Okay, I realized it's not very comfortable to watch. It will be better this way:
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Okay, I realized it's not very comfortable to watch. It will be better this way:
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a commission i still like from 2023/2024 of leek's character, whistler!
July 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
a commission i still like from 2023/2024 of leek's character, whistler!
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no sun vibes in today's prototype
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
no sun vibes in today's prototype
Finally got the good stuff, can't wait to get into it 😌
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Finally got the good stuff, can't wait to get into it 😌
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Breaking: New era of video games is upon us. Time to adapt.
Introducing #TeaseYaGame; open to ALL #VideoGames.
3 x a year. Lite version of PYG; Jan, Apr, Sep.
PLUS: Special December teaser edition!
June & November WILL remain as #PitchYaGame. 🫡
Live next Tuesday! Who's ready?! 🥳
Introducing #TeaseYaGame; open to ALL #VideoGames.
3 x a year. Lite version of PYG; Jan, Apr, Sep.
PLUS: Special December teaser edition!
June & November WILL remain as #PitchYaGame. 🫡
Live next Tuesday! Who's ready?! 🥳
a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
ALT: a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking: New era of video games is upon us. Time to adapt.
Introducing #TeaseYaGame; open to ALL #VideoGames.
3 x a year. Lite version of PYG; Jan, Apr, Sep.
PLUS: Special December teaser edition!
June & November WILL remain as #PitchYaGame. 🫡
Live next Tuesday! Who's ready?! 🥳
Introducing #TeaseYaGame; open to ALL #VideoGames.
3 x a year. Lite version of PYG; Jan, Apr, Sep.
PLUS: Special December teaser edition!
June & November WILL remain as #PitchYaGame. 🫡
Live next Tuesday! Who's ready?! 🥳
Hypogea is now a month old!
It's been really awesome and slightly overwhelming seeing so many people play and enjoy my little video game, I can't express how grateful I am to see something I made be recieved so well.
For the occasion, the full Hypogea OST is now up on youtube!
youtu.be/TR30s82xOxk
It's been really awesome and slightly overwhelming seeing so many people play and enjoy my little video game, I can't express how grateful I am to see something I made be recieved so well.
For the occasion, the full Hypogea OST is now up on youtube!
youtu.be/TR30s82xOxk
Hypogea - Complete Original Sountrack
YouTube video by Charlie WAGNER
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hypogea is now a month old!
It's been really awesome and slightly overwhelming seeing so many people play and enjoy my little video game, I can't express how grateful I am to see something I made be recieved so well.
For the occasion, the full Hypogea OST is now up on youtube!
youtu.be/TR30s82xOxk
It's been really awesome and slightly overwhelming seeing so many people play and enjoy my little video game, I can't express how grateful I am to see something I made be recieved so well.
For the occasion, the full Hypogea OST is now up on youtube!
youtu.be/TR30s82xOxk
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