Franz
@franzlazerte.bsky.social
Amsterdam-based self-taught #Godot #IndieGameDev working on Rift Riff.
⭐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/Rift_Riff
⭐ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/Rift_Riff
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Franz
@franzlazerte.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Quick intro to Franz and his interests:
✈️ From Toronto to Amsterdam with SE, NO, DK and UK in between
🌬️ Took a hard-left into #gamedev after 13 years of stable work as a Wind Power Engineer
🖥️ All things #PCGaming... switch & ps4 are collecting dust
🎲 Player / Collector of crunchy #boardgames
✈️ From Toronto to Amsterdam with SE, NO, DK and UK in between
🌬️ Took a hard-left into #gamedev after 13 years of stable work as a Wind Power Engineer
🖥️ All things #PCGaming... switch & ps4 are collecting dust
🎲 Player / Collector of crunchy #boardgames
Ok, I figured at least one of these was on the horizon, but all 3???
- I'm 100% here for a 2-stick steam controller
- My gaming PC already hooks up to my TV, so I'll pass on the Machine, but it looks slick
- Portable VR not locked into a Meta eco? Yes please! Let's see the price though...
- I'm 100% here for a 2-stick steam controller
- My gaming PC already hooks up to my TV, so I'll pass on the Machine, but it looks slick
- Portable VR not locked into a Meta eco? Yes please! Let's see the price though...
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ok, I figured at least one of these was on the horizon, but all 3???
- I'm 100% here for a 2-stick steam controller
- My gaming PC already hooks up to my TV, so I'll pass on the Machine, but it looks slick
- Portable VR not locked into a Meta eco? Yes please! Let's see the price though...
- I'm 100% here for a 2-stick steam controller
- My gaming PC already hooks up to my TV, so I'll pass on the Machine, but it looks slick
- Portable VR not locked into a Meta eco? Yes please! Let's see the price though...
If you're like me and have a list of #GodotFest talks that you wanted to watch but regrettably couldn't attend in person... Their recordings are already being uploaded!
Good news! Even if you couldn’t make it to #GodotFest this year, all the recorded talks are now gradually being uploaded to our YouTube channel.
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
If you're like me and have a list of #GodotFest talks that you wanted to watch but regrettably couldn't attend in person... Their recordings are already being uploaded!
Enjoying a lovely stroll along the water on a calm Lisbon evening with some Filth On Acid tracks.
What's this? Our booth where we'll showcase Rift Riff to the masses of #DevGAMM tomorrow?
Come say hi and play at B21 all day Nov 6 🚀
I'll also be around on Nov 7 wandering around.
#Godot #gamedev
What's this? Our booth where we'll showcase Rift Riff to the masses of #DevGAMM tomorrow?
Come say hi and play at B21 all day Nov 6 🚀
I'll also be around on Nov 7 wandering around.
#Godot #gamedev
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Rift Riff nominated for 4⁉️ #DutchGameAwards!
🎨Best Art: @simkaart.co's insane pixel art
🎙️Best Audio: @matthijskoster.com made banger tracks/sfx!
🕹️Best Design: @adriaan.games & @professionalpanda.bsky.social endless tweaks
👑GOTY: teamwork!
dutchgameawards.nl/nominees/
#Godot #indiegame #gamedev
🎨Best Art: @simkaart.co's insane pixel art
🎙️Best Audio: @matthijskoster.com made banger tracks/sfx!
🕹️Best Design: @adriaan.games & @professionalpanda.bsky.social endless tweaks
👑GOTY: teamwork!
dutchgameawards.nl/nominees/
#Godot #indiegame #gamedev
Nominees - Dutch Game Awards 2025
Best Game Grunn – Sokpop Collective Microtopia – Cordyceps Collective Rift Riff – Adriaan de Jongh, Sim Kaart, Matthijs Koster, Franz LaZerte, Professional Panda Best Art The Knightling – Twirlbound R...
dutchgameawards.nl
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Rift Riff nominated for 4⁉️ #DutchGameAwards!
🎨Best Art: @simkaart.co's insane pixel art
🎙️Best Audio: @matthijskoster.com made banger tracks/sfx!
🕹️Best Design: @adriaan.games & @professionalpanda.bsky.social endless tweaks
👑GOTY: teamwork!
dutchgameawards.nl/nominees/
#Godot #indiegame #gamedev
🎨Best Art: @simkaart.co's insane pixel art
🎙️Best Audio: @matthijskoster.com made banger tracks/sfx!
🕹️Best Design: @adriaan.games & @professionalpanda.bsky.social endless tweaks
👑GOTY: teamwork!
dutchgameawards.nl/nominees/
#Godot #indiegame #gamedev
Reposted by Franz
Incredibly gross behavior by Google: they reject any app update if the gameplay video's description on YouTube mentions another platform (eg. Steam, App Store, etc).
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Metadata - Play Console Help
Users depend on descriptions of your app to help them understand its functionality and purpose. We don't allow apps with misleading, improperly formatted, non-descriptive, irrelevant, excessive, or in
support.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Incredibly gross behavior by Google: they reject any app update if the gameplay video's description on YouTube mentions another platform (eg. Steam, App Store, etc).
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Oh I am 1000% here for more cRPG Neil.
Meet Preach, a Shirren Mystic joining the Starfinder: Afterlight crew.
But wait… that voice? 👀
It’s @neilnewbon.bsky.social! (Baldur's Gate 3).
Our Kickstarter ends in 10 days!
About Preach and more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
#StarfinderAfterlight
But wait… that voice? 👀
It’s @neilnewbon.bsky.social! (Baldur's Gate 3).
Our Kickstarter ends in 10 days!
About Preach and more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
#StarfinderAfterlight
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Oh I am 1000% here for more cRPG Neil.
These typos are telling me that fixing App Store and Play Store IAP bugs is affecting my inner happiness #godot #indiegames #gamedev
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
These typos are telling me that fixing App Store and Play Store IAP bugs is affecting my inner happiness #godot #indiegames #gamedev
@adriaan.games is much better than I at explaining what the heck we do in #Godot.
Thread on what it took to port Rift Riff, made in Godot, to iOS and Android. 🧵👇
#godotengine #gamedev
#godotengine #gamedev
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@adriaan.games is much better than I at explaining what the heck we do in #Godot.
Rift Riff just released a banger 1.2 #MajorContent update alongside a 30% #DailyDeal on Steam right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcrO...
After lots of fun playing with APIs it's also now released for #iOS #AppStore and #Android #PlayStore. Improved optimizations! Vertical UI!
Links in the 🧵...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcrO...
After lots of fun playing with APIs it's also now released for #iOS #AppStore and #Android #PlayStore. Improved optimizations! Vertical UI!
Links in the 🧵...
New Worlds & Towers – Rift Riff (v1.2)
YouTube video by Adriaan de Jongh
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Rift Riff just released a banger 1.2 #MajorContent update alongside a 30% #DailyDeal on Steam right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcrO...
After lots of fun playing with APIs it's also now released for #iOS #AppStore and #Android #PlayStore. Improved optimizations! Vertical UI!
Links in the 🧵...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcrO...
After lots of fun playing with APIs it's also now released for #iOS #AppStore and #Android #PlayStore. Improved optimizations! Vertical UI!
Links in the 🧵...
I am so stoked to hear about a cRPG based on Starfinder, built in #Godot no less! So gutted I'll miss #GodotFest and @epictellers.bsky.social talk this year, but everyone attending should go see it.
Can #Godot expand beyond indie games, into AA territory? Well, the best way to learn is by doing, so the team @epictellers.bsky.social set out to create an entire full-scale cRPG, all in Godot! Learn more about this crazy endeavour @ #GodotFest!
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I am so stoked to hear about a cRPG based on Starfinder, built in #Godot no less! So gutted I'll miss #GodotFest and @epictellers.bsky.social talk this year, but everyone attending should go see it.
Major Update inbound!!!
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Major Update inbound!!!
My number 1 error is forgetting to attach a node to the @export in the inspector. This is awesome.
Let's gooo 4.6 #Godot
Let's gooo 4.6 #Godot
The drag and drop export variables function that's coming in Godot 4.6 is the feature I need that I didn't realise I need 😅 Really great idea #gamedev #godot godotengine.org/article/dev-...
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 1 – Godot Engine
The calm before the storm…
godotengine.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My number 1 error is forgetting to attach a node to the @export in the inspector. This is awesome.
Let's gooo 4.6 #Godot
Let's gooo 4.6 #Godot
Rift Riff - Major Update on October 15 - Steam News
More worlds, towers, and monsters, soon!
store.steampowered.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Miyazaki's Castle In The Sky is still a banger after all these years.
Re-experiencing the fantastic adventure and wonder from my own childhood's favourite film through my son's eyes for the first time is worth more than all the treasure of Laputa.
Re-experiencing the fantastic adventure and wonder from my own childhood's favourite film through my son's eyes for the first time is worth more than all the treasure of Laputa.
August 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Miyazaki's Castle In The Sky is still a banger after all these years.
Re-experiencing the fantastic adventure and wonder from my own childhood's favourite film through my son's eyes for the first time is worth more than all the treasure of Laputa.
Re-experiencing the fantastic adventure and wonder from my own childhood's favourite film through my son's eyes for the first time is worth more than all the treasure of Laputa.
Reposted by Franz
🧙♀️ Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. Rift Riff is a refreshing take on the tower defence genre and a collaboration by @adriaan.games, @simkaart.co, @matthijskoster.com, @franzlazerte.bsky.social, and @professionalpanda.bsky.social. We got the chance to plunder their localizations!
August 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🧙♀️ Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. Rift Riff is a refreshing take on the tower defence genre and a collaboration by @adriaan.games, @simkaart.co, @matthijskoster.com, @franzlazerte.bsky.social, and @professionalpanda.bsky.social. We got the chance to plunder their localizations!
Back in May, @adriaan.games and I did a talk on developing Rift Riff in #Godot engine.
We spoke about what to try next: we're elbows deep in optimizing for mobile and so far we've had some great success doing so in Godot - check out Adriaan's thread on it. More on this once we actually release it.
We spoke about what to try next: we're elbows deep in optimizing for mobile and so far we've had some great success doing so in Godot - check out Adriaan's thread on it. More on this once we actually release it.
NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Adriaan de Jongh (Game Designer, @adriaan.games) & Franz LaZerte (Godot Programmer & Technical Designer)
Talk: We released a game in the Godot Engine and it was great!
Video: youtu.be/Kn6SAIfdPUk
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025 #godot
Adriaan de Jongh (Game Designer, @adriaan.games) & Franz LaZerte (Godot Programmer & Technical Designer)
Talk: We released a game in the Godot Engine and it was great!
Video: youtu.be/Kn6SAIfdPUk
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025 #godot
Franz LaZerte & Adriaan de Jongh: We Released A Game In The Godot Engine And It Was Great INDIGO2025
YouTube video by INDIGO Showcase
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Back in May, @adriaan.games and I did a talk on developing Rift Riff in #Godot engine.
We spoke about what to try next: we're elbows deep in optimizing for mobile and so far we've had some great success doing so in Godot - check out Adriaan's thread on it. More on this once we actually release it.
We spoke about what to try next: we're elbows deep in optimizing for mobile and so far we've had some great success doing so in Godot - check out Adriaan's thread on it. More on this once we actually release it.
Old news, but new for me:
Grow a Garden, a game within the Roblox ecosystem, hit 21 MILLION concurrent users in June 🤯
Context:
🔫Steam's top game PubG tapped out at 3.2M CCUs
🛠️Fortnite held the prev record at 15.3M
😶🌫️Steam's total CCU record is 41M (March), but only 13.2M were actually playing games
Grow a Garden, a game within the Roblox ecosystem, hit 21 MILLION concurrent users in June 🤯
Context:
🔫Steam's top game PubG tapped out at 3.2M CCUs
🛠️Fortnite held the prev record at 15.3M
😶🌫️Steam's total CCU record is 41M (March), but only 13.2M were actually playing games
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Old news, but new for me:
Grow a Garden, a game within the Roblox ecosystem, hit 21 MILLION concurrent users in June 🤯
Context:
🔫Steam's top game PubG tapped out at 3.2M CCUs
🛠️Fortnite held the prev record at 15.3M
😶🌫️Steam's total CCU record is 41M (March), but only 13.2M were actually playing games
Grow a Garden, a game within the Roblox ecosystem, hit 21 MILLION concurrent users in June 🤯
Context:
🔫Steam's top game PubG tapped out at 3.2M CCUs
🛠️Fortnite held the prev record at 15.3M
😶🌫️Steam's total CCU record is 41M (March), but only 13.2M were actually playing games
TIL that octopuses don't actually have tentacles - they are long stalks with a sucker-covered club on the end, and only squids and cuttlefish have them.
Octopuses have arms.
So I guess Day Of The Tentacle should actually be called... Day Of The Arm?
I love learning while reading to my toddler
Octopuses have arms.
So I guess Day Of The Tentacle should actually be called... Day Of The Arm?
I love learning while reading to my toddler
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
TIL that octopuses don't actually have tentacles - they are long stalks with a sucker-covered club on the end, and only squids and cuttlefish have them.
Octopuses have arms.
So I guess Day Of The Tentacle should actually be called... Day Of The Arm?
I love learning while reading to my toddler
Octopuses have arms.
So I guess Day Of The Tentacle should actually be called... Day Of The Arm?
I love learning while reading to my toddler
And then I watch speedruns in just over 3 minutes involving killing Shadowheart, stuffing her in a flaming box and yeeting her across most of Act 1 and all of Act 2. Hilarious.
Mae's explanation video here (some spoilers if you haven't finished Act 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWN...
Mae's explanation video here (some spoilers if you haven't finished Act 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWN...
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
And then I watch speedruns in just over 3 minutes involving killing Shadowheart, stuffing her in a flaming box and yeeting her across most of Act 1 and all of Act 2. Hilarious.
Mae's explanation video here (some spoilers if you haven't finished Act 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWN...
Mae's explanation video here (some spoilers if you haven't finished Act 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWN...
Final finished Baldur's Gate 3 after a whopping 160h playthrough and picking away at it for about 2 years.
One of only 2 games I've ever played where I'm still satisfied after 100+ hrs of a single playthrough. (The other being Witcher 3) - a pretty high testament to the quality of the quantity.
One of only 2 games I've ever played where I'm still satisfied after 100+ hrs of a single playthrough. (The other being Witcher 3) - a pretty high testament to the quality of the quantity.
August 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Final finished Baldur's Gate 3 after a whopping 160h playthrough and picking away at it for about 2 years.
One of only 2 games I've ever played where I'm still satisfied after 100+ hrs of a single playthrough. (The other being Witcher 3) - a pretty high testament to the quality of the quantity.
One of only 2 games I've ever played where I'm still satisfied after 100+ hrs of a single playthrough. (The other being Witcher 3) - a pretty high testament to the quality of the quantity.
Nostalgia is firing at 150%
August 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Nostalgia is firing at 150%
Thank you @ricklane.bsky.social for answering the important questions.
More of this top notch investigative journalism, please!
More of this top notch investigative journalism, please!
Thanks to @skacky.bsky.social for his fascinating, definitive answer to my incredibly dumb question: how tall is Garrett from Thief? www.pcgamer.com/games/i-emba...
I embarked on a mission to answer the most important question in PC gaming: How tall is Garrett from Thief?
Pinned size at last.
www.pcgamer.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Thank you @ricklane.bsky.social for answering the important questions.
More of this top notch investigative journalism, please!
More of this top notch investigative journalism, please!
I first saw this pop up on r/godot and honest-to-god thought it was a prank.
Big news for AAA to be looking at #godot, even in this smaller use-case
... although since I haven't really played much BF since, well, the 1942 era, I probably won't get a chance to try it out.
Big news for AAA to be looking at #godot, even in this smaller use-case
... although since I haven't really played much BF since, well, the 1942 era, I probably won't get a chance to try it out.
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I first saw this pop up on r/godot and honest-to-god thought it was a prank.
Big news for AAA to be looking at #godot, even in this smaller use-case
... although since I haven't really played much BF since, well, the 1942 era, I probably won't get a chance to try it out.
Big news for AAA to be looking at #godot, even in this smaller use-case
... although since I haven't really played much BF since, well, the 1942 era, I probably won't get a chance to try it out.