Aleksandr Klechenov
@happyenough812.bsky.social
Programmer/Designer/Dreamer. Currently working on prototyping some games.
Ex: Hytale, Assassin's Creed, Injustice, Project Deios, and more.
Ex: Hytale, Assassin's Creed, Injustice, Project Deios, and more.
Today youtube’s algorithms recommended this video to me. I think it’s one of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLO...
The 5 Gayest Breakdowns
YouTube video by LESHERMURCADA
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October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today youtube’s algorithms recommended this video to me. I think it’s one of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLO...
"99% of game design is critical thinking." (c) Edmund McMillen
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
September 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"99% of game design is critical thinking." (c) Edmund McMillen
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
Watched #Superman. I expected nothing and was impressed. What a great movie! Something in it really struck me. A bright, inspiring, kind movie. Its vibe and aesthetics reminded me of Scott Pilgrim.
August 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Watched #Superman. I expected nothing and was impressed. What a great movie! Something in it really struck me. A bright, inspiring, kind movie. Its vibe and aesthetics reminded me of Scott Pilgrim.
Honestly I don't understand all these "Look! AI completely wrote a game with just a couple of prompts! This is incredible!". I tried asking Cursor to write a full feature for a prototype and got poorly working dumb crap that you'll get tired of fixing.
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Honestly I don't understand all these "Look! AI completely wrote a game with just a couple of prompts! This is incredible!". I tried asking Cursor to write a full feature for a prototype and got poorly working dumb crap that you'll get tired of fixing.
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
What's in common between online courses and games on steam? People buy them in order not to complete them.
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What's in common between online courses and games on steam? People buy them in order not to complete them.
It's interesting to observe how the approach to programming changes when you apply open-ended design during game prototyping. No rigid constraints, no hardcoding. This approach allows for quick design changes and experimentation.
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
August 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's interesting to observe how the approach to programming changes when you apply open-ended design during game prototyping. No rigid constraints, no hardcoding. This approach allows for quick design changes and experimentation.
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
I really like "just make it exist first, you can make it good later" thing. Seeing such posts reminds me once again that when prototyping it’s important to build the prototype, not to focus on designing the architecture. #indiegames
July 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I really like "just make it exist first, you can make it good later" thing. Seeing such posts reminds me once again that when prototyping it’s important to build the prototype, not to focus on designing the architecture. #indiegames
sometimes food gets cold while I'm still looking for something to watch...
July 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
sometimes food gets cold while I'm still looking for something to watch...
I find the entity interaction matrix very useful when you designing mechanics. It helps identify gaps as well as interesting opportunities in your initial idea. The key is not to try to fill every cell of the table, piling up unnecessary things.
Example from Braid:
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign
Example from Braid:
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign
July 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I find the entity interaction matrix very useful when you designing mechanics. It helps identify gaps as well as interesting opportunities in your initial idea. The key is not to try to fill every cell of the table, piling up unnecessary things.
Example from Braid:
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign
Example from Braid:
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign
July 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Which game suits this pic for you?
For me it used to be dota 2 for sure.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
For me it used to be dota 2 for sure.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
July 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Which game suits this pic for you?
For me it used to be dota 2 for sure.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
For me it used to be dota 2 for sure.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Have you ever wanted to play a game just because of its title? Like, you see the name and think "wow, that sounds awesome."
That happened to me with The World Ends With You.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
That happened to me with The World Ends With You.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
July 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Have you ever wanted to play a game just because of its title? Like, you see the name and think "wow, that sounds awesome."
That happened to me with The World Ends With You.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
That happened to me with The World Ends With You.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
868-HACK in the Kazakh region costs 868 tenge lol.
@smestorp.bsky.social is cooking!
@smestorp.bsky.social is cooking!
July 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
868-HACK in the Kazakh region costs 868 tenge lol.
@smestorp.bsky.social is cooking!
@smestorp.bsky.social is cooking!
Submitted my first game for Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5. Made a lot of mistakes, learned a lot of lessons. Did the level design in the last 40 minutes. It definitely turned out rough, but I'm happy I saw it through to the end.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam
happyenough812.itch.io/animal-tactics
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam
happyenough812.itch.io/animal-tactics
Animal Tactics by Aleksandr Klechenov
Tactical puzzle about studying animals
happyenough812.itch.io
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Submitted my first game for Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5. Made a lot of mistakes, learned a lot of lessons. Did the level design in the last 40 minutes. It definitely turned out rough, but I'm happy I saw it through to the end.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam
happyenough812.itch.io/animal-tactics
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam
happyenough812.itch.io/animal-tactics
Have a good time working on Hytale. Great team, ambitious project, interesting choice of technologies. It's a real shame things turned out this way.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev
Riot shutters Hypixel Studios and cancels Hytale after a decade in development
Riot shutters Hypixel Studios and cancels Hytale after a decade in development
Hypixel had been hoping to create the 'future of sandbox gaming' but struggled to turn its vision into reality.
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June 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On Depth vs. Complexity in game mechanics: if you're looking for examples of "low complexity / high depth", I recommend checking out modern puzzle games. In this genre, designers are currently striving to achieve maximum elegance. Examples: A Monster's Expedition, The Witness.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev
June 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
June 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I will participate. Very excited!
The 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam starts in about 5 hours! 🎉
thinkygames.com/news...
thinkygames.com/news...
The 5th annual Thinky Puzzle Game Jam starts today! · Thinky Games
Come make a tiny game for one of our favorite recurring events in the online puzzle games community: the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam! Within a relaxed one week time span, spend up to 48 hours working on a small puzzle game.
thinkygames.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I will participate. Very excited!
In learning game design, it greatly helps to start playing many different games of various genres and pay attention to what is done well and what is done poorly. I began taking notes after each game. This way, I started identifying things I want to focus on.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
June 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In learning game design, it greatly helps to start playing many different games of various genres and pay attention to what is done well and what is done poorly. I began taking notes after each game. This way, I started identifying things I want to focus on.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
I spent DAYS structuring my notes, brainstorms, and concepts in @notion.com. Before that, everything was a mess and scattered everywhere. Don’t repeat my mistakes - organize your work from the start.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev
June 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I spent DAYS structuring my notes, brainstorms, and concepts in @notion.com. Before that, everything was a mess and scattered everywhere. Don’t repeat my mistakes - organize your work from the start.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev