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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆
@strasser.bsky.social
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Cubemaster |  Apple Design Award Winner (2x) & Finalist (3x) | Indie iOS Developer | The Art of Fauna | Prev. Flexibits & Nuki | Coffee Nerd | #A11Y | he/him
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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · Jun 3
The Art of Fauna just *WON* an Apple Design Award in the Inclusivity category. 🤯

But it is also a finalist for Social Impact. 💚
Two nominations, one win. I still can't believe this. What a year 🥹

#indiedev #WWDC #WWDC25 #TheArtOfFauna
strasser.bsky.social
Happy Valentine's Day from Art of Fauna! Share with your significant otter 🦦❤️

Had a stupid amount of fun making these :D
A vintage drawing of a sea otter. Above it says: "You're otterly adorable" A vintage drawing of a male and a female lion. Above the text reads "I'm not lion! You've the mane attraction" A vintage drawing of a beaver next to a log. The text in the image says "Are you a beaver? Because dam, you're fine." A vintage drawing of a tawny owl sitting on a branch. The text on the right reads: "Owl be yours forever!"
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Having so much fun with RetroRapid! Get it on the AppStore and try beating my score 🏎️

apps.apple.com/at/app/retro...
Screenshot of an Arcade retro racing game in Gameboy aesthetics. It shows three lanes of cars. The bottom has two big red buttons
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Almost missed that Art of Flora already hit 10.000 pre-orders! 🌸

You can Pre-order it here:
apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

#indiedev #iosdev
Statistic showing 10800 Pre_orders over a period of the last 90 days. It starts with a steep peek in the beginning, drops to around 70 for most of the time and then rises a bit in the last 20 days
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
strasser.bsky.social
The @arcticconference.bsky.social starts officially today - come and say hi! 👋

Also brought some Art of Fauna pins, stickers and PocketShelf bookmarks with me! 🦆
Photo of a red Pocketshelf bookmark next to a Mandarin Duck pin and an Art of Fauna sticker that shows the same duck.
February 11, 2026 at 6:37 AM
strasser.bsky.social
The actual @arcticconference.bsky.social hasn’t even started yet and its already been fantastic!
Me in a red coat and hat stands on a snowy hillside at sunset. The sky is a gradient of blue and orange, with a sun near the horizon casting long shadows. Valley of snow-covered trees visible in the distance. A single, perfectly shaped snowflake resting on my black glove Group of seven people smiling into the camera. Snow covered forest in the background. I’m to the far left, with a very frozen beard Reindeer standing in a snowy enclosure, surrounded by wooden fences. Snow-covered evergreen branches hang above, and the reindeer's antlers and face are dusted with snow.
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
strasser.bsky.social
20% of all proceeds from Art of Fauna are donated - and I just made the next donation. This time to Regenwald der Österreicher and their goal to protect a certain part of the rainforest in Costa Rica. 🇨🇷

The donation amounts to... 3,736 m² of rainforest saved 🫶
Screenshot of the Donation Certificate in German. It says: Waldschutz-Klimaschutz-Urkunde Dank der Spende von Klemens Strasser werden im Biologischen Korridor COBIGA in Costa Rica 3.736 m2 Regenwald für die Zukunft gesichert. Dadurch wird ein wertvoller Beitrag zum Schutz des Klimas und zum Erhalt der einzigartigen Artenvielfalt geleistet.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 AM
strasser.bsky.social
On my way to @arcticconference.bsky.social !! 🥶
Train station departure board showing OBB RJ 855 to Wien Hbf at 07:00 via Bruck a.d. Mur. Current time: 06:47:15
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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strasser.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 1st Birthday, Art of Fauna! 🎉

Celebrating a year with a special gift: "The Lost Puzzles". Available now!

✨ No AI-slop. Just beautiful historical images
♿ Accessibility-first design
🏆 App Store & Apple Design Award Winner

#indiedev #ArtofFauna #puzzlegames #a11y
Promo graphic for Art of Fauna. The top shows the logo. Underneath are 5 cards of historical animal drawings, stacked upon each other. The shows a Mallard, an Octopus, a white pelican, a Black Crowned Crane and a Barbary Stag. Underneath is the text "The Lost Puzzles. Available Now", follow by a laurels showing "Apple Design Award Winner 2025, Inclusivity", "4,9 Stars, 15.000 App Store Ratings" and "App Store Award Winner 2025, Cultural Impact"
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
strasser.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 1st Birthday, Art of Fauna! 🎉

Celebrating a year with a special gift: "The Lost Puzzles". Available now!

✨ No AI-slop. Just beautiful historical images
♿ Accessibility-first design
🏆 App Store & Apple Design Award Winner

#indiedev #ArtofFauna #puzzlegames #a11y
Promo graphic for Art of Fauna. The top shows the logo. Underneath are 5 cards of historical animal drawings, stacked upon each other. The shows a Mallard, an Octopus, a white pelican, a Black Crowned Crane and a Barbary Stag. Underneath is the text "The Lost Puzzles. Available Now", follow by a laurels showing "Apple Design Award Winner 2025, Inclusivity", "4,9 Stars, 15.000 App Store Ratings" and "App Store Award Winner 2025, Cultural Impact"
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
strasser.bsky.social
@marioprime.bsky.social 👋 Hey Giovanni! Art of Fauna dev here! If I have any updates on Fauna (or Art of Flora), is there any mail I can reach you at? Or should I just do Polygon Editorial?
February 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Art of Fauna Paywall slightly updated! 🦆

- Moved the "No Subscription" statement directly to the price
- Showing my face in the "support and Indie Developer" section
- Added the awards hehe 🏆

Lets see if that changes things!

Thanks to @frederik.riedel.wtf for the inspiration!
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Finally implemented one of the most requested features: Insights into the artists behind the beautiful drawings. 🧑‍🎨

It's first coming to Art of Flora, later to Art of Fauna as well. 🦆

#indiedev #ArtOfFlora
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
strasser.bsky.social
15.000 ratings! Still 4.9!

Just a couple of days before the one year anniversary of Art of Fauna 🦆

Thank you 🫶
Screenshot showing the ratings of an app, being at 4,9 out of 5, with 15.040 total ratings.
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 AM
strasser.bsky.social
I won an GAConf Accessibility Award with Art of Fauna!!! 😱😱😱
gaconf.bsky.social The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 18d
The winner for Indie Excellence at the 2025 GAConf Accessibility Awards is.. @strasser.bsky.social!

Info on all the finalists & winners: www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
The Art of Fauna logo next to screenshots of a toucan puzzle being solved in text and image mode
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Friendly reminder to export your app assets as HEIC instead of PNGs!

For Art of Flora, this lead to an almost a 85% reduction of size 😱

#buildinpublic
Screenshots showing the infos of two folders. The one titled Yasuni is 27MB in size. The one titled Yasuni - HEIC is 3,6MB in size.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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swiftsonicconf.bsky.social
📣 @chriswu.com TAKES THE STAGE BY STORM!

☔️ Chris has been an indie developer since 2017 and works on his current app, Please Don't Rain. He’s also an organizer of iOS Dev Happy Hour and CommunityKit.
A man in a blue tee shirt with a raincloud graphic sits on a windowsill
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Pre-Order half time for Art of Flora 🌱

It's been 2 moths since the announcement and 2 months until the release. 😱

It now has an incredible 7.500 pre-orders, which is already 75% of my goal! 🥳
Graph showing the Pre-Orders per day of Art of Flora. It runs from the 18th of November til the 17th of January, having a peak at the beginning and being more or less steady ever since. The total amount is 7.57k pre-orders, split between 8.85k Orders and 1.28k cancellations.
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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SSX Tricky (2001) animation behind-the-scenes
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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twostraws.bsky.social
Tell a friend to save a life:

❌ name.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased())
✅ name.localizedStandardContains(searchText)

The latter ignores case, but also ignores diacritics (cafe vs café), handles localized variants (ẞ → ss, etc), and is supported in SwiftData.
March 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
strasser.bsky.social
HYPE 🔥
hiddevdploeg.bsky.social Hidde @hiddevdploeg.bsky.social · Jan 12
🚨NEW MUSIC APP ALERT!

@polpielladev.bsky.social and I are working on a new concert-tracking app called Gigs.

From the hype before the show, to the night itself, and the memories years later. Gigs helps you track the concerts & festivals that shaped your life.

www.nowplaying.co/gigs
Gigs: Concert Tracking
Never Forget a Show Again.
www.nowplaying.co
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Thank you @tylergaw.com for the recent shout-out to Art of Fauna! 🙇‍♂️ tylergaw.com/blog/a-few-t...
A Few Things to Enjoy #2
These are things I enjoyed recently. Maybe you’ll enjoy them too.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Kicking off another month me posting Art of Fauna videos on Insta/TikTok every other day 👀

www.instagram.com/reel/DTQUGrs...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Ducking important question:

Which duck drawing should become an Art of Fauna puzzle? 1 or 2? 🦆
Drawing of a male Mallard sitting on a stone and looking cheeky at the observer Drawing of a male and female mallard swimming on a lake, with many others flying above them.
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
strasser.bsky.social
This feature let PocketShelf grow from ~80 subscribers to over 300 in under a week! 😱
Statistic showing Active subscriptions, which are at 316 total. The curve goes steeply up on the right
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
strasser.bsky.social
If you are from the UK and like PocketShelf, could you please leave a review for it on the store?
We plummeted to 2,8 stars 🥲
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM