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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆
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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
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swifteves.bsky.social
▶️ It's time to push play on something new!

⭐️ @swiftsonicconf.bsky.social is a new iOS & Swift conference coming to Nashville November 20-22, 2026!

🎤 Community-driven, focused on real-world iOS and Swift stories, Sand shaped like a music festival.

👇🏻 More info in the replies!
Swiftsonic is an iOS / Swift conference happening in Nashville, Tennessee on November 20-22, 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆
chriswu.com
Hello. Just some casual news today.

THERE IS A NEW SWIFT CONFERENCE COMING THIS YEAR
swifteves.bsky.social Adrian Eves @swifteves.bsky.social · 16h
▶️ It's time to push play on something new!

⭐️ @swiftsonicconf.bsky.social is a new iOS & Swift conference coming to Nashville November 20-22, 2026!

🎤 Community-driven, focused on real-world iOS and Swift stories, Sand shaped like a music festival.

👇🏻 More info in the replies!
Swiftsonic is an iOS / Swift conference happening in Nashville, Tennessee on November 20-22, 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆
accidentlyanton.bsky.social
🚀🛸 Announcing: Toni's Turbo Tunnel 🛸🚀

A one button game for your phone with a new challenge every day.

Play a quick round and compete on the daily leaderboards, you might even beat my score one day.

Get it on the Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
strasser.bsky.social
What a pleasant surprise! 🥰
PocketShelf is featured in “26 apps for 2026” on the AppStore 🫶

See the full list:

apps.apple.com/at/story/id1...

#reading #book
Screenshot of an App Store Feature called “26 Apps for 2026”. It starts with a big graphic featuring an orange square with '26' and a magnifying glass, surrounded by icons like a basketball, light bulb, and music notes. Underneath is a row of app icons, including the one of PocketShelf, ChatGPT and Strava The text underneath says: “Ah, 2026, the year that sounded so futuristic not too long ago. Time moves fast, however, and that's why us App Store Editors are here to help you get the most out of what we're given. We've chosen 26 apps for you to hit the ground running and achieve the goals you set. Here's to an incredible 12 months!” Screenshot of the feature section in this article about PocketShelf. It says: PocketShelf Hands up - whose resolution is to read more? If you raised your hand, PocketShelf is for you. This nifty book tracker helps you keep a neat record of the time that you spend reading, where you are in any given book, and the notes section allows you to summarise what happened in your last reading sessions. Great for readers who might get a little sidetracked from time to time.
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
strasser.bsky.social
I don’t judge a book by its cover…

…but damn do I *love* a great book cover 🥰

Tracked with PocketShelf of course!
#book #reading #PocketShelf
Me holding the cloth bound edition of Around the World in 80 days in my hand together with an iPhone running PocketShelf. The book cover is blue and shoes illustrated stamps from locations like Singapore, Bombay, Egypt, Paris etc.
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
strasser.bsky.social
This game looks incredibly delightful!
olima.bsky.social Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social · 17d
lmao finally someone is making a game "inspired by the joy of people watching"

- prototype went super viral on itch (100k players, 1k reviews)
- interact with things and make cute stuff happen
- see how tiny guys react
- hidden object game, full version coming to Steam
- Nippets
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Photo of Kathi holding our black cat Fabius. I stand behind her. Behind us is the Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Just received another package! 📦

And what an astonishing year indeed! Not (only) because of the awards or the (coffee) marathons, but most importantly because of getting to know amazing friends like @dadederk.bsky.social 🫶
Picture of a few items lying on a table. Its a green cab with the word "thinking" embodied in it, three bags of Kiss the hippo coffee (Donna Blend, George Street Blend and the Peru) and the book "Machines of Loving Grace". In the center is a yellow paper with the now: "What an astonishing year! Keep up the amazing work! Go, Klemens go!!! PS: Just to be clear, I'm talking about your marathons... xD Dani"
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
strasser.bsky.social
To celebrate hitting the 13.000th rating in Art of Fauna, here is a particularly lovely review I recently got about its accessibility. 🦾

It’s in German, so see the English translation in the next two posts!

#a11y #gamedev #puzzle
Screenshot of an App Store Review with a rating of 5 stars, saying: Mal wieder eine dieser seltenen Sternstunden gelungener Rätselspiel-Entwicklungen, Es ist leider selten genug, dass man, vollständig blind wie ich selbst, über eine Neuerscheinung im Bereich Rätselspiele als App wirklich frohlocken kann. Ganz sicher aber gehört „Art of Fauna“ zu diesen Raritäten. Völlig unaufgeregt wird der Spielende über die Fakten etlicher Vertreter der Tierwelt unseres Planeten informiert, und das alles wunderbar durch VoiceOver unterstützt. Herr Strasser, da ist Ihnen wirklich ein Meisterstück gelungen! Vielen, vielen Dank!. Written by MartinAusFfM
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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johannesecker.com
Unsere App »Eat 30 Plants« ist endlich da! 🌱🎉

Nach vielen Monaten Recherche, Gestalten, Testen, Diskutieren und Entwickeln kann ich endlich teilen, woran wir gearbeitet haben:

Eine App, die spielerisch dabei unterstützt, jede Woche mehr pflanzliche Vielfalt zu essen.

Zurzeit verfügbar für iOS →
Eat 30 Plants‑App – App Store
Lade Eat 30 Plants von Mehr vom Guten im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Screenshots, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Spiele wie Eat 30…
apps.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Daria, the wonderful designer that draws all promo graphics for Art of Fauna and PocketShelf, just sent me a package with a Client of the Year Certificate and a hand drawn card of my fluffy Fabius! 🐈‍⬛

I love everything about this! 🫶
A piece of paper saying: Client of the Year Certificate This certificate is awarded to: Klemens Strasser as a client who knows what he wants, can explain what he wants, pays invoices on the day he receives them, supports small businesses and is a cool guy. A photo of me holding a card of a hand drawn black cat wearing a Christmas wreath around its head. In the background, you can see my black cat lying in the and yawning.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
strasser.bsky.social
I selected the third of five puzzle packs for Art of Flora this week - The Sonoran Desert. 🌵

Any other regions you would love to see in there? 🌱

#Screenshotsaturday #puzzle #indiedev
Puzzle overview in Art of Flora. It shows three packs: The Mediterranean Basin, the Western European Broadleaf Forests and the Sonoran Desert. Each pack features a historical plant illustration Half finished puzzle in Art of Flora of a vintage illustration of a round shaped cactus
December 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
strasser.bsky.social
The @arcticconference.bsky.social was one of the best weeks I had this year, so I'm happy to return to Oulu in February. Not as a speaker, but just to come back and enjoy one of the best conferences out there 🫶

If you haven't bought your ticket, go treat yourself with an early Christmas present!
Photo of a band of green northern lights above a frozen lake with some Scandinavian houses in the back. Photo if the Stage of the Arctic Conference, seen from the croud. You can see a bunch of people sitting and chatting, while Daniel Steinberg stands on stage. Photo of a Panel like setup where we record a Podcast. Sitting in front are (left to right) Dani, me, Paul, Mikaela and Rob Selfie of me and a group of people, geared in winter clothing and covered in snow
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Art of Fauna made it into US local news! 🇺🇸

You can watch the full segment here:
youtu.be/vbRAvG6KApw?...

#indiedev #ArtOfFauna #Puzzle
Screenshot of the "Rich on Tech" news program. It shows an iPhone running the Koala puzzle of Art of Fauna. In front is a news banner of KTLA Morning News, stating "Art of Fauna, Apples Cultural Impact Award".
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
strasser.bsky.social
PocketShelf is featured on the Time Square of Graz, the Jakominiplatz (about the same level of glamour 😬)

#indiedev #books #PocketShelf
Photo of me standing before a big screen on the Graz Jakominiplatz. The screen shows a screenshot of PocketShelf next to the text in German: Bist Du der Lesetyp „Buch anfangen, weglegen, oh je ... alles vergessen"? In dieser App machst Du Dir beim Lesen kurze Notizen. Photo of me standing before a big screen on the Graz Jakominiplatz. The screen shows a screenshot of PocketShelf next to the text in German: So hast Du Dein personliches ‚Was bisher geschah". plus. einen Überblick über gelesene Bücher und Lesedauer
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Two early #AppleVisionPro discoveries:

1. ExplorePOV is the most impressive thing I've seen in a while! 😱
2. Art of Fauna (in compatibility mode) works so much better than I'd expected. Lost myself for an hour in it. Definitley need to port it now 👀

Which other apps do I need to try?
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Hi App Store Award - Meet your siblings! 🦆

I went through the full sequence of Apple App Awards. First the Student Apple Design Award in 2015, then the Apple Design Award 2025, and now the App Store Award. 🥹

What's next? 👀

#ArtOfFauna #AppStoreAwards #indiedev
A table with awards staked atop each other. Left shows the white Apple Design Award 2015, with the Aluminum Apple Design Award 2025 stacked atop. Right shows the blue App Store Award with a physical Art of Fauna App Icon atop.
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Back home with two Apple boxes to unpack!
Two white boxes on a table. The top one says Apple App Store, the bottom, bigger one, says Apple Vision Pro
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Three more months until the release and Art of Flora just hit 4.000 pre-orders! 🌱

My goal is 10.000 pre-orders - so if you haven't done ordered yet, please head to the App Store (pre-order is free!) 🫶

apps.apple.com/at/app/art-of-...

#indiedev #gamedev #ArtOfFlora
Screenshot of the App Store, showing the Art of Flora App icon next to the app title. Underneath is the release date (19th of March 2026)
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Sound on 🔔

For the holiday update of Art of Fauna, @joshmobleymusic came up with a new set of sounds - and those jolly bell sounds are incredible! 🥹

Don't underestimate sound design - it played a huge role in Art of Faunas success! 🫶

#design #sound #puzzle
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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devondundee.com
Today on MacStories, I had the chance to review Awake, a new alarm app from the makers of Structured. I came away impressed by the design and attention to detail, but even more so by the deep consideration taken for the different needs people have when waking up. www.macstories.net/news/awake-a...
Awake: A Considered, Effective Alarm for Chronic Snoozers
Waking up on time is a quintessential human problem. Over the years, we’ve come up with all kinds of solutions, from ringing analog clocks to flashing lights to motorized digital clocks that roll away...
www.macstories.net
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
strasser.bsky.social
The Svalbard puzzles are available now in Art of Fauna! Ten brand new puzzles, including a polar bear 🐻‍❄️

Available for free to everyone who bought the bundle! 🦭

#cozygame #puzzle #indiedev
Promo graphic showing two overlapping iPhones running Art of Fauna. The left one shows the overview of the Svalbard pack, with puzzles like the Atlantic Walrus. The right one shows a half solves Polar bear puzzle.
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
strasser.bsky.social
Within the last week, Art of Fauna got a whopping 1.700 new ratings on the App Store, catapulting it over the 12.000 mark! 🥳

#indiedev #iosdev
Screenshot of App Store Ratings, showing 4.9 out of 5 stars with 12320 ratings.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Incredible grateful for the insane amount of featuring that Art of Fauna (and Art of Flora!) have across the European AppStore 🦆 🌱

#indiegame #AppStoreAwards
Screenshot of the App Store showing Art of Fauna as Cultural Impact Winner in the Games Tab Screenshot of the App Store showing the Indie Section, with a Artwork of Art of Flora atop. Below is a section of “Indie Games we Love”, that lists Stardew Valley, Art of Fauna and Papers Please Screenshot of the “What Were Playing” section, listing Art of Fauna as the first item Art of Fauna artwork feature in the Puzzle game section of the App Store. Artwork shows two green parrots
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
strasser.bsky.social
Thanks Tim!
My App Store award in my hand together with a signed card by Tim Cook, saying: Congratulations. Your app is one of the best of 2025. Every year, the App Store celebrates exceptional apps that improve people's lives. These apps showcase the highest levels of quality, innovation, and impact, and Apple is proud to recognize you this year. Thank you for making a difference in 2025. Selfie of me holding my App Store Award
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM