tatu heinämäki
@tatsoni.bsky.social
all things art games / / hämeenlinna : : tokyo
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Me and @campela.bsky.social at it again with this imo banger of a weird gingerbread decoration game! Also: cute sticker pack you can nab from itch now 🎅
New Part of Noise Games release ⚠️🎄
Ginger Dread - a special winter holiday gingerbread decoration game! Decorate cookies and take a peek at the working conditions of Christmas elves.
tatsoni.itch.io/ginger-dread
#indiegame #artgame #godot #webgame
Ginger Dread - a special winter holiday gingerbread decoration game! Decorate cookies and take a peek at the working conditions of Christmas elves.
tatsoni.itch.io/ginger-dread
#indiegame #artgame #godot #webgame
Ginger Dread by tatsoni, Camomillez
Gingerbread decoration forever
tatsoni.itch.io
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Me and @campela.bsky.social at it again with this imo banger of a weird gingerbread decoration game! Also: cute sticker pack you can nab from itch now 🎅
System Shock 2 remaster looks great on my CRT <3 (first time ever i’m trying out a Psi run)
December 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
System Shock 2 remaster looks great on my CRT <3 (first time ever i’m trying out a Psi run)
YES - our environmental puzzle game Baltic Rescue is OUT NOW on iOS and itch FOR FREE! 🥳 🫶🌊
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/balti...
itch: helcom.itch.io/baltic-rescue
Please play, share, repost and protect the Baltic Sea with us! 💙
#indiegame #mobilegame #iOS #BalticRescueGame #GBL
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/balti...
itch: helcom.itch.io/baltic-rescue
Please play, share, repost and protect the Baltic Sea with us! 💙
#indiegame #mobilegame #iOS #BalticRescueGame #GBL
Embark on a Baltic Rescue! 🤿
Discover the secrets of the Baltic Sea and become a “diving detective” in Baltic Rescue – Match & Track, our new educational adventure game! 🐬
🎮 Play for free online or download on the App Store.
🔗 buff.ly/V4jvrEw
@partofnoise.bsky.social
#BalticRescueGame #GBL
Discover the secrets of the Baltic Sea and become a “diving detective” in Baltic Rescue – Match & Track, our new educational adventure game! 🐬
🎮 Play for free online or download on the App Store.
🔗 buff.ly/V4jvrEw
@partofnoise.bsky.social
#BalticRescueGame #GBL
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
YES - our environmental puzzle game Baltic Rescue is OUT NOW on iOS and itch FOR FREE! 🥳 🫶🌊
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/balti...
itch: helcom.itch.io/baltic-rescue
Please play, share, repost and protect the Baltic Sea with us! 💙
#indiegame #mobilegame #iOS #BalticRescueGame #GBL
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/balti...
itch: helcom.itch.io/baltic-rescue
Please play, share, repost and protect the Baltic Sea with us! 💙
#indiegame #mobilegame #iOS #BalticRescueGame #GBL
We need your help in getting Baltic Rescue to Google Play! If you have an Android device, please consider signing up for the playtest 🙏💙
We are looking for Android testers to play our mobile puzzle game Baltic Rescue! Wanna join in helping the Baltic sea? Sign up here forms.gle/SzX2kt8CQSSp... or DM us!
#indiegame #gamedev #playtest #android #mobilegame
#indiegame #gamedev #playtest #android #mobilegame
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We need your help in getting Baltic Rescue to Google Play! If you have an Android device, please consider signing up for the playtest 🙏💙
With my partner Yuri we released a chill puzzle game ~ ~ ~ the imaginary garden!
It also doubles as an advent calendar: new pretty puzzle every day until christmas!
Give it a go and tell us what you think ❤︎
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
tatsoni.itch.io/imaginary-ga...
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
#indiegame #puzzlegame #adventcalendar
It also doubles as an advent calendar: new pretty puzzle every day until christmas!
Give it a go and tell us what you think ❤︎
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
tatsoni.itch.io/imaginary-ga...
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
#indiegame #puzzlegame #adventcalendar
the imaginary garden by tatsoni
Puzzle zen flower garden
tatsoni.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
With my partner Yuri we released a chill puzzle game ~ ~ ~ the imaginary garden!
It also doubles as an advent calendar: new pretty puzzle every day until christmas!
Give it a go and tell us what you think ❤︎
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
tatsoni.itch.io/imaginary-ga...
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
#indiegame #puzzlegame #adventcalendar
It also doubles as an advent calendar: new pretty puzzle every day until christmas!
Give it a go and tell us what you think ❤︎
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
tatsoni.itch.io/imaginary-ga...
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
#indiegame #puzzlegame #adventcalendar
Excuse me WHAT game??
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Excuse me WHAT game??
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@partofnoise.bsky.social visited Copenhagen over the weekend to check out Game on week program👌
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@partofnoise.bsky.social visited Copenhagen over the weekend to check out Game on week program👌
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
Happy #Noirvember - Just learned it's a thing!
I'm making a Nordic Noir styled Point&Click adventure game called "The M/S Cornelia II Incident"🌕
#PointNClick #Mystery #Nordic #Solodev
I'm making a Nordic Noir styled Point&Click adventure game called "The M/S Cornelia II Incident"🌕
#PointNClick #Mystery #Nordic #Solodev
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Happy #Noirvember - Just learned it's a thing!
I'm making a Nordic Noir styled Point&Click adventure game called "The M/S Cornelia II Incident"🌕
#PointNClick #Mystery #Nordic #Solodev
I'm making a Nordic Noir styled Point&Click adventure game called "The M/S Cornelia II Incident"🌕
#PointNClick #Mystery #Nordic #Solodev
I threw together some clips from my (v early in development) immersive sim game Electrician ⚡
#avektukee #immersivesim #gamedev #indiegame
youtu.be/I3KOrJMBisA
#avektukee #immersivesim #gamedev #indiegame
youtu.be/I3KOrJMBisA
Electrician - indie immersive sim early development reel
YouTube video by tatsoni
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I threw together some clips from my (v early in development) immersive sim game Electrician ⚡
#avektukee #immersivesim #gamedev #indiegame
youtu.be/I3KOrJMBisA
#avektukee #immersivesim #gamedev #indiegame
youtu.be/I3KOrJMBisA
In a country of many weird games, UnReal World has to be one of the weirdest for me. Not enough is written about it, happy about this article!
"The spells and rituals and magic that exist in the game, they are picked up from real spellbooks that have been preserved by recording old people's tales."
"The spells and rituals and magic that exist in the game, they are picked up from real spellbooks that have been preserved by recording old people's tales."
For this weekend's PC Gamer column, I spoke to the creator of UnReal World, the survival roguelike that has been in continual development for over 30 years. www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
The Dwarf Fortress of survival gaming has been in continual development for 33 years, and its creator doesn't think he'll ever stop updating it: 'When I accomplish one feature, I always have two more ...
UnReal World has been in development since 1992.
www.pcgamer.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In a country of many weird games, UnReal World has to be one of the weirdest for me. Not enough is written about it, happy about this article!
"The spells and rituals and magic that exist in the game, they are picked up from real spellbooks that have been preserved by recording old people's tales."
"The spells and rituals and magic that exist in the game, they are picked up from real spellbooks that have been preserved by recording old people's tales."
Non-violent (ok... non-lethal) magical realist immersive sim with my best friends with good enough pay that we can all focus on doing what we love and not hustle from project to project 💚
✨Game Devs Of BlueSky!!!✨ A Question Of The Day For Your Perusement:
If you could instantly have any budget & any team to make ANY game… what are you making, what’s the scale, what’s the DREAM???
If you could instantly have any budget & any team to make ANY game… what are you making, what’s the scale, what’s the DREAM???
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Non-violent (ok... non-lethal) magical realist immersive sim with my best friends with good enough pay that we can all focus on doing what we love and not hustle from project to project 💚
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black screen is done, coming to Dreamcast + Steam in a month, and I'd really love it if you wishlisted it 🖤✨
store.steampowered.com/app/4063290
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #furry
store.steampowered.com/app/4063290
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #furry
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
black screen is done, coming to Dreamcast + Steam in a month, and I'd really love it if you wishlisted it 🖤✨
store.steampowered.com/app/4063290
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #furry
store.steampowered.com/app/4063290
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #furry
What a fun read!
I made 27 gifs (from scratch!) of video game characters dying like Mario does to discuss the origin of this peculiar bit of pixel animation. Enjoy!
The Origin of Mario’s Trademark Death Animation — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Super Mario Bros. taught side-scrolling heroes how to kick the bucket… even if Mario stole those moves.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What a fun read!
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
also that game design and narrative and "aesthetics" i.e. art and sound are inseparable from each other, it doesn't make sense to look at any of those elements in isolation, and we only do that because the production of bigger AAA games has necessitated a Fordist model & set the tone for everything
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
also that game design and narrative and "aesthetics" i.e. art and sound are inseparable from each other, it doesn't make sense to look at any of those elements in isolation, and we only do that because the production of bigger AAA games has necessitated a Fordist model & set the tone for everything
Couldn't get this out of my head so youtu.be/lXqSLQ3lQhU
October 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Couldn't get this out of my head so youtu.be/lXqSLQ3lQhU
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
The permanent @amazefest.bsky.social place in Berlin is becoming reality.
The opening is on November 20.
If you produce outside of the digital area, cool physical stuff, anything unique that relates to independent and arthouse games and playful media just send a dm . #AMaze2025
The opening is on November 20.
If you produce outside of the digital area, cool physical stuff, anything unique that relates to independent and arthouse games and playful media just send a dm . #AMaze2025
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The permanent @amazefest.bsky.social place in Berlin is becoming reality.
The opening is on November 20.
If you produce outside of the digital area, cool physical stuff, anything unique that relates to independent and arthouse games and playful media just send a dm . #AMaze2025
The opening is on November 20.
If you produce outside of the digital area, cool physical stuff, anything unique that relates to independent and arthouse games and playful media just send a dm . #AMaze2025
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Happy to say that Concrete Spaces is taking part in the Finnish Games Week '25 on Steam! The game is on sale at -20%, so you should totally consider grabbing a copy.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580760/.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580760/.
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy to say that Concrete Spaces is taking part in the Finnish Games Week '25 on Steam! The game is on sale at -20%, so you should totally consider grabbing a copy.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580760/.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580760/.
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
🧩 My puzzle-action-adventure game Reconfigure has a Steam page now! 🕹
Wishlists are a HUGE help for tiny devs - thank you!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/...
#godotengine #indiegames
Wishlists are a HUGE help for tiny devs - thank you!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/...
#godotengine #indiegames
September 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🧩 My puzzle-action-adventure game Reconfigure has a Steam page now! 🕹
Wishlists are a HUGE help for tiny devs - thank you!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/...
#godotengine #indiegames
Wishlists are a HUGE help for tiny devs - thank you!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/...
#godotengine #indiegames
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
Yesterday together with @helcominfo.bsky.social we pre-launched Baltic Rescue at Helsinki Central Library Oodi as part of the Baltic Sea Day! 🌊🥳 Players from all age groups came to our booth to enjoy the game, and online on itch we were one of the most popular new and free browser games 🤯
August 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yesterday together with @helcominfo.bsky.social we pre-launched Baltic Rescue at Helsinki Central Library Oodi as part of the Baltic Sea Day! 🌊🥳 Players from all age groups came to our booth to enjoy the game, and online on itch we were one of the most popular new and free browser games 🤯
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
I walked out of a casino at 3am once to find Charles Martinet gently petting one of those guide dog charity donation boxes that's shaped like a dog
July 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I walked out of a casino at 3am once to find Charles Martinet gently petting one of those guide dog charity donation boxes that's shaped like a dog
Reposted by tatu heinämäki
joining the planet threads!
July 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
joining the planet threads!
If you see this, post a planet 🪐
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you see this, post a planet 🪐
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small games by tiny devs finding huge success by dropping all notions of expression and focusing on dopamine delivery has done some sort of heavy damage to whatever I believed in in the 2010s about game design
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
small games by tiny devs finding huge success by dropping all notions of expression and focusing on dopamine delivery has done some sort of heavy damage to whatever I believed in in the 2010s about game design
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Concrete Spaces is released! I'm dead. The game is available on Steam, and there's a launch discount on it right now!
Interactive bilingual spoken word -inspired poetry.
s.team/a/3580760.
Interactive bilingual spoken word -inspired poetry.
s.team/a/3580760.
July 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Concrete Spaces is released! I'm dead. The game is available on Steam, and there's a launch discount on it right now!
Interactive bilingual spoken word -inspired poetry.
s.team/a/3580760.
Interactive bilingual spoken word -inspired poetry.
s.team/a/3580760.