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tombasche | Super Pinball Adventure ☄️
@tcbasche.bsky.social
☀️ Software engineer by day
🌙 Solo game developer by night

Aussie / German living in sunny Finland 🇫🇮

Wishlist Super Pinball Adventure 👇December 2025!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3684910/Super_Pinball_Adventure/

Working on "Archipelago"
I find it *fascinating* when people give some harsh / direct feedback and I reply on Reddit/Discord/Steam forums and agree and thank them then they IMMEDIATELY soften their tone and act a little flustered that they are actually being heard.

We are indeed all human

#gamedev #indiedev
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Putting together this somewhat unique fishing minigame, piece by piece! The bones are here, it just needs the JUICE

#indiedev #gamedev
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
For map generation I've opted to use Perlin noise, and write the values out to a texture.

You can see the "debug" view of the proposed map in the bottom left corner which shows different shades of red, indicating different possible tile types you'll encounter.

#indiedev #gamedev #procedural
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is my work-in-progress tentatively dubbed "Archipelago" about exploring a procedural open ocean

#indiedev #gamedev
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Need to make the camera bit more dynamic, but the fishing is coming along

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey check this out if you like tricky retro arcade style metroidvanias!

store.steampowered.com/app/2440500/...

I played it in a bar recently with the developer and it was really fun!

#videogames #indiegames #metroidvania
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Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you must explore a colourful metroidvania world that looks like a 1980s arcade game. Return to the Golden Age of gaming, as you fight enem...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I ditched the "eyeballs" and went straight for this idea of having pixelly sprite eyes that I can animate much easier and make this lil dude just a bit more expressive

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy #pixelart
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Some more progress on fishing. It's really nice when you can really hear and feel what you are doing.

I've made so many silent prototypes and they are eerie!

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy #fishing
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by tombasche | Super Pinball Adventure ☄️
A work-in-progress: I do not know what this game will be, but it WILL have fishing.

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Experimenting with some funky visuals - an "everything is wobbling" shader.

Not sure I like it really - it makes a lot of things unpredictable in their interactions

#indiedev #gamedev
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Seeing the sheer amount of (first time) games in NextFest this October, as well as the continuing discourse on indie game marketing on social media just makes me exhausted.
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The power of #SteamNextFest 📈
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A brilliant read! And harrowing... 😅
everyone's favorite "scroll through lists of thousands of game demos to find the one thing that catches your eye" fest has started up again. if you missed it, pls check out this from June where i talked about Steam as a platform and reviewed some Next Fest demos ellaguro.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-pl...
i played some games for Steam Next Fest
note: you can also read this post for free on my Patreon . plz consider subbing though, if you don't! chart of Steam demos launched during t...
ellaguro.blogspot.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hey 👋 Got a few new followers recently so wanted to share I revamped my Discord and looking to foster an indie community there for people to share what they are doing, chit chat and talk game dev ✨

Come hang out!

discord.gg/MDA3X7uV

#indiedev #gamedev
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October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Taking an unusual approach with the next project and starting entirely with world building, 3D modelling and atmosphere.

I know what it should LOOK like, I just don't know how it will play...

So here's a tent!
#indiedev #gamedev #3dmodelling #blender
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Super Pinball Adventure is part of Finnish Games Week '25 😍
(it's cool and really humbling to sit alongside some really awesome stuff! Thanks for organising @wlovegames.bsky.social )

Come play the demo and add it to your wishlist ☄️
#finnishgamesweek #fgw25 #pinball #indiegames #steam
October 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Reposted by tombasche | Super Pinball Adventure ☄️
Sulo the Sidekick is participating in Finnish Games Week on Steam, running Oct 6-12! 🇫🇮🥳

#finnishgamesweek #fgw25 #fgwsteam25 #indiegames #cozygames @wlovegames.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This cool stuff is gonna be part of NextFest next week 🎉

What demos should I check out?

(I'll have some time to kill before seeing Coheed in Hamburg next week!)

#indiedev #gamedev #steam
October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Putting together a weather system is a lot of fun 🌨️😎🌧️🌫️

What other kinds of weather should I have?

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Tracks in the snow! Whose are these tracks, and where do they go?

#indiedev #gamedev #cozy
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Sound design is fun. Layering ambience and gentle piano really sets a lovely atmosphere

#indiedev #gamedev #sounddesign #cozy
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Make a low poly boulder in 16 seconds

#blender #3dmodelling #gamedev #indiedev
October 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM