martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
๐ฅ making playful things
๐ฆโโฌ he/him
๐๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
๐ฆโโฌ he/him
๐๏ธ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
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martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
ยท Sep 22
Let's Play: Sparrow Warfare (Beta)
YouTube video by Ill Omens
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There've been a couple of streams of Sparrow Warfare by now but Mike explains the rules and analyses the design decisions like no one else. Watch it to get good and mostly actually true theories about why I things are how they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U...
Our game has saving but doesn't have loading just yet. People out there don't even know how difficult the latter is compared to the former.
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our game has saving but doesn't have loading just yet. People out there don't even know how difficult the latter is compared to the former.
Gut und die Kinderversion ist hervorragend zum Lernen geeignet (ich selbst bleibe im Team Schweizermesser (wegen dem Zahnstocher zum Entflusen des Handy-Ladeports))
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Gut und die Kinderversion ist hervorragend zum Lernen geeignet (ich selbst bleibe im Team Schweizermesser (wegen dem Zahnstocher zum Entflusen des Handy-Ladeports))
Come back to Copenhagen please! The gig was one of the best I've ever been to!
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Come back to Copenhagen please! The gig was one of the best I've ever been to!
Yeah but you can always a-star the distance to the resource and set the timer accordingly can't you? They do use (partial) PCG for assembling the levels in XCOM. There's a great presentation about their algorithm somewhere in the interwebs.
February 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Yeah but you can always a-star the distance to the resource and set the timer accordingly can't you? They do use (partial) PCG for assembling the levels in XCOM. There's a great presentation about their algorithm somewhere in the interwebs.
Yes! Like the one boss in DS3 that you can kill by throwing firebombs over a wall (I never figured out the angle, only heard it works) or the one in DS1 (maybe Demon's Souls?) that you can shoot about once every 30 seconds for about an hour to kill it. Both are amazing!
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Yes! Like the one boss in DS3 that you can kill by throwing firebombs over a wall (I never figured out the angle, only heard it works) or the one in DS1 (maybe Demon's Souls?) that you can shoot about once every 30 seconds for about an hour to kill it. Both are amazing!
XCOM Enemy Within puts a resource with a timer (Melt) in most missions that has to be collected all over the level, luring you into going in faster than you'd like to and spreading out the team a bit more than is safe.
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
XCOM Enemy Within puts a resource with a timer (Melt) in most missions that has to be collected all over the level, luring you into going in faster than you'd like to and spreading out the team a bit more than is safe.
Wishing everyone a great #TurnbasedThursday. To celebrate, here's a brand-new screenshot of our #turnbased game Sparrow Warfare which is getting jazzier by the minute. Join the bird revolution! Show the evil storyteller what a peeper can do with a handful of wildtiles. Demo soon!
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wishing everyone a great #TurnbasedThursday. To celebrate, here's a brand-new screenshot of our #turnbased game Sparrow Warfare which is getting jazzier by the minute. Join the bird revolution! Show the evil storyteller what a peeper can do with a handful of wildtiles. Demo soon!
Thanks. Good to know (got a demo to submit in a few days).
February 12, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Thanks. Good to know (got a demo to submit in a few days).
How long did it take?
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
How long did it take?
Recently came out in an English translation but I get that itโs even better in Polish.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Recently came out in an English translation but I get that itโs even better in Polish.
Jacek Dukajโs novel Ice (a title that has aged badly) is maybe the best alternative history book Iโve ever read. Somewhere between Pynchon, Tokarczuk and Strugatsky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(Du...
Ice (Dukaj novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Jacek Dukajโs novel Ice (a title that has aged badly) is maybe the best alternative history book Iโve ever read. Somewhere between Pynchon, Tokarczuk and Strugatsky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(Du...
Spikes! Awesome to drive (but only if itโs really icy or snowy)
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Spikes! Awesome to drive (but only if itโs really icy or snowy)
Can confirm. I've been one of those bike riders trailing a snow plough once in a while and if you look at the street you can see that this happens before the car-part of the road is cleared. Best cycling town!
In Kopenhagen gibt es die Vorschrift, dass alle wichtigen Radwege bei Schneefall bis spรคtestens 08:00 Uhr morgens gerรคumt sein mรผssen, damit die Menschen sicher mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit fahren kรถnnen. So sieht dass dann ausโค๏ธ๐
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Can confirm. I've been one of those bike riders trailing a snow plough once in a while and if you look at the street you can see that this happens before the car-part of the road is cleared. Best cycling town!
Deichkind have some of the best videos in the world โ and the lyrics are hilarious if you understand German (too many cultural references and wonderful word plays to be fully translatable)
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Deichkind have some of the best videos in the world โ and the lyrics are hilarious if you understand German (too many cultural references and wonderful word plays to be fully translatable)
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We were super happy to host #TurnBasedThursday last week - check out the hashtag to find lots of awesome turn-based games to add to your wishlist! โจ
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
We were super happy to host #TurnBasedThursday last week - check out the hashtag to find lots of awesome turn-based games to add to your wishlist! โจ
Ice by Jacek Dukaj is a >1000 page Polish novel that plays in an alternate history where Tsarist Russia has frozen over and is thus stuck in time. I love Eastern European literature and for me this is a masterpiece.
February 9, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Ice by Jacek Dukaj is a >1000 page Polish novel that plays in an alternate history where Tsarist Russia has frozen over and is thus stuck in time. I love Eastern European literature and for me this is a masterpiece.
I have been exposed as the evil German-speaking scientist I am! www.twitch.tv/thegamemaste...
TheGamemasterBrown - A wild Martin appears!
Watch TheGamemasterBrown's clip titled
www.twitch.tv
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I have been exposed as the evil German-speaking scientist I am! www.twitch.tv/thegamemaste...
Reposted by martin pichlmair
I'm making SPARROW WARFARE with @martinpi.bsky.social (together we are @neonaurelius.bsky.social)!
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Free the birds in fierce strategic deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine sets of tiles to progress. Unlock wildtiles to make crazy combos. And lead your magnificent bird army to freedom!
store.steampowered.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I'm making SPARROW WARFARE with @martinpi.bsky.social (together we are @neonaurelius.bsky.social)!
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Reposted by martin pichlmair
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
๐ฃ
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & ๐ฌcomment, โค๏ธlike, ๐repost & โจwishlist all the great games in the thread!
๐ฃ
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & ๐ฌcomment, โค๏ธlike, ๐repost & โจwishlist all the great games in the thread!
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
๐ฃ
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & ๐ฌcomment, โค๏ธlike, ๐repost & โจwishlist all the great games in the thread!
๐ฃ
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & ๐ฌcomment, โค๏ธlike, ๐repost & โจwishlist all the great games in the thread!
Goalposts are just mobile decorations at this point. We live in a society where nothing can be attached to a terra firma anymore. Deleuze would have a field day.
February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Goalposts are just mobile decorations at this point. We live in a society where nothing can be attached to a terra firma anymore. Deleuze would have a field day.