Alexander Karenovics
@erdbeerscherge.bsky.social
Working on #ruinsOfCalaworm
Turn-based Dungeon Crawler after 90s german cult #roguelike "Die Gemäuer von #Kalawaum".
Soundtrack: @composertom.bsky.social
Key Art: @edjiearts.bsky.social
DEMO: https://erdbeerscherge.itch.io/ruins-of-calaworm
Turn-based Dungeon Crawler after 90s german cult #roguelike "Die Gemäuer von #Kalawaum".
Soundtrack: @composertom.bsky.social
Key Art: @edjiearts.bsky.social
DEMO: https://erdbeerscherge.itch.io/ruins-of-calaworm
Currently fixing a major exploit, allowing players to completely skip encounters with Wisteria Widdershin. Figured out how to repair it, but had to draw a new shader animation, and now I'm stuck with implementation logic.
Gotta sleep over that, a.k.a. "apply a Pillow Patch".
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Gotta sleep over that, a.k.a. "apply a Pillow Patch".
#ruinsOfCalaworm
a cartoon character is laying in bed with a blue blanket
ALT: a cartoon character is laying in bed with a blue blanket
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December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Currently fixing a major exploit, allowing players to completely skip encounters with Wisteria Widdershin. Figured out how to repair it, but had to draw a new shader animation, and now I'm stuck with implementation logic.
Gotta sleep over that, a.k.a. "apply a Pillow Patch".
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Gotta sleep over that, a.k.a. "apply a Pillow Patch".
#ruinsOfCalaworm
As the number of people grows, that are patiently waiting for #ruinsOfCalaworm, and I've repeatedly stated that I'm close to wrapping things up, I want to be more transparent with my progress.
If you have supported me until now, I owe you this. 🥹💙
Henceforth expect more updates!
#roguelike #kalawaum
If you have supported me until now, I owe you this. 🥹💙
Henceforth expect more updates!
#roguelike #kalawaum
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As the number of people grows, that are patiently waiting for #ruinsOfCalaworm, and I've repeatedly stated that I'm close to wrapping things up, I want to be more transparent with my progress.
If you have supported me until now, I owe you this. 🥹💙
Henceforth expect more updates!
#roguelike #kalawaum
If you have supported me until now, I owe you this. 🥹💙
Henceforth expect more updates!
#roguelike #kalawaum
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
Discover a single-axis Pacman challenge, designed for quick, addictive sessions.
🕹️ https://beep8.org
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove
🕹️ https://beep8.org
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Discover a single-axis Pacman challenge, designed for quick, addictive sessions.
🕹️ https://beep8.org
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove
🕹️ https://beep8.org
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove
Calling it a night.
I didn't get to finish everything I set out to work on today, because had to revisit some code dealing with Wisteria Widdershin - and one does not simply ignore the decree of the High Priestess of Leng! 🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Cu tomorrow, dear fellow #gameDev people.🥱
I didn't get to finish everything I set out to work on today, because had to revisit some code dealing with Wisteria Widdershin - and one does not simply ignore the decree of the High Priestess of Leng! 🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Cu tomorrow, dear fellow #gameDev people.🥱
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Calling it a night.
I didn't get to finish everything I set out to work on today, because had to revisit some code dealing with Wisteria Widdershin - and one does not simply ignore the decree of the High Priestess of Leng! 🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Cu tomorrow, dear fellow #gameDev people.🥱
I didn't get to finish everything I set out to work on today, because had to revisit some code dealing with Wisteria Widdershin - and one does not simply ignore the decree of the High Priestess of Leng! 🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Cu tomorrow, dear fellow #gameDev people.🥱
These days I spend the majority of time in menu procedures, coding ui behavior. The actual gameplay I consider DONE, so now I downright dread revisiting the core loop, lol.😅
Navigating gameplay code feels like I'm the guy from "Memento", taking a shot at a "Choose your own Adventure" novel.
#gameDev
Navigating gameplay code feels like I'm the guy from "Memento", taking a shot at a "Choose your own Adventure" novel.
#gameDev
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
These days I spend the majority of time in menu procedures, coding ui behavior. The actual gameplay I consider DONE, so now I downright dread revisiting the core loop, lol.😅
Navigating gameplay code feels like I'm the guy from "Memento", taking a shot at a "Choose your own Adventure" novel.
#gameDev
Navigating gameplay code feels like I'm the guy from "Memento", taking a shot at a "Choose your own Adventure" novel.
#gameDev
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
Sharing a fresh piece of pixel art I just completed. Let me know what you think and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Let me know your impressions in the comments.
#SoloDev #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
#SoloDev #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sharing a fresh piece of pixel art I just completed. Let me know what you think and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Let me know your impressions in the comments.
#SoloDev #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
#SoloDev #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
Just one more person on this planet having a good time in the #ruinsOfCalaworm besides me, is all it that it takes to keep me glued to this project. I am going to deliver the best product what is in my power and skills. That's a promise. 🤞🫶
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just one more person on this planet having a good time in the #ruinsOfCalaworm besides me, is all it that it takes to keep me glued to this project. I am going to deliver the best product what is in my power and skills. That's a promise. 🤞🫶
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇
Well played, Tom.😂😎
IT AINT BREAD.... I got a baaaaad feeling about this one sarge
#CCR #Vietnam #Breadthreads #Bread #music
#CCR #Vietnam #Breadthreads #Bread #music
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Well played, Tom.😂😎
soloDevs, I grant u permission to be as fucking weird as you can be with ur designs.❤️Me, I am not competing with GTA 6. Not even with SILKSONG!
But if ur vision is strong, and u got the discipline & understand ur tools, eventually you WILL find your wee little audience.
Build for them!
#gameDev
But if ur vision is strong, and u got the discipline & understand ur tools, eventually you WILL find your wee little audience.
Build for them!
#gameDev
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
soloDevs, I grant u permission to be as fucking weird as you can be with ur designs.❤️Me, I am not competing with GTA 6. Not even with SILKSONG!
But if ur vision is strong, and u got the discipline & understand ur tools, eventually you WILL find your wee little audience.
Build for them!
#gameDev
But if ur vision is strong, and u got the discipline & understand ur tools, eventually you WILL find your wee little audience.
Build for them!
#gameDev
Implementing a new feature be like:
Day 1: Hack away, check that it (kinda) works, drop.
Day 2: Refactor, fix bugs, polish.
Turns out, double-binding controls is fine, as long as they don't conflict (e.g. seperate game modes). So, no more warning, just a friendly FYI:
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
Day 1: Hack away, check that it (kinda) works, drop.
Day 2: Refactor, fix bugs, polish.
Turns out, double-binding controls is fine, as long as they don't conflict (e.g. seperate game modes). So, no more warning, just a friendly FYI:
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
December 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Implementing a new feature be like:
Day 1: Hack away, check that it (kinda) works, drop.
Day 2: Refactor, fix bugs, polish.
Turns out, double-binding controls is fine, as long as they don't conflict (e.g. seperate game modes). So, no more warning, just a friendly FYI:
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
Day 1: Hack away, check that it (kinda) works, drop.
Day 2: Refactor, fix bugs, polish.
Turns out, double-binding controls is fine, as long as they don't conflict (e.g. seperate game modes). So, no more warning, just a friendly FYI:
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
Just three days left to vote for Indie of the Year at IndieDB! If you like, you could consider voting for my game, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss! #IndieDB #IndieoftheYear #CRPG #Lovecraft #Cats #Ghouls #Ghasts #Gugs #Dreamlands
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Cyclopean: The Great Abyss Windows game
Trapped in the Great Abyss! You are an old dreamer who, through unforeseen circumstances, has found himself trapped in the Great Abyss, the vast underworld beneath the Dreamlands. Use the resources a...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Just three days left to vote for Indie of the Year at IndieDB! If you like, you could consider voting for my game, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss! #IndieDB #IndieoftheYear #CRPG #Lovecraft #Cats #Ghouls #Ghasts #Gugs #Dreamlands
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At long last the bitch has been vanquished: custom Key Bindings are a WRAP! Truth be told, I had coded myself into a corner, and went off the deep end for over a month.
Today, tho, in a 20h+ crunch I emerged victorious ... and it's beautiful (the code probably not, but who cares).🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Today, tho, in a 20h+ crunch I emerged victorious ... and it's beautiful (the code probably not, but who cares).🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
At long last the bitch has been vanquished: custom Key Bindings are a WRAP! Truth be told, I had coded myself into a corner, and went off the deep end for over a month.
Today, tho, in a 20h+ crunch I emerged victorious ... and it's beautiful (the code probably not, but who cares).🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Today, tho, in a 20h+ crunch I emerged victorious ... and it's beautiful (the code probably not, but who cares).🥹
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
I have between 5 and 10 games before reaching retirement age, and given that I'm an indie I'm going to make damn sure that if I'm going into the hamster wheel for it, each one of them is something I care about.
During a talk, the speaker calculated how many games he could develop before retiring, given that each one takes three years to create.
Now I'm here, calculating how many #indiegames I'll be able to release in my lifetime.
Please make the games you like, we might not have enough time.
Now I'm here, calculating how many #indiegames I'll be able to release in my lifetime.
Please make the games you like, we might not have enough time.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I have between 5 and 10 games before reaching retirement age, and given that I'm an indie I'm going to make damn sure that if I'm going into the hamster wheel for it, each one of them is something I care about.
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
Würfeln gegen den Tod! Das Roguelike Dice of Kalma startet am 14. November für PC & Mobile. Sammle 200+ Totenköpfe und manipuliere die Würfel. Wir sehen uns in der Unterwelt! #DiceOfKalma #Roguelike #IndieGame
Dice of Kalma: Deckbuilding-Roguelike startet am 14. November
Das strategische Roguelike Dice of Kalma erscheint am 14. November für PC und Mobile. Sammle über 200 Totenköpfe, um Kalma im Würfelspiel zu schlagen.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Würfeln gegen den Tod! Das Roguelike Dice of Kalma startet am 14. November für PC & Mobile. Sammle 200+ Totenköpfe und manipuliere die Würfel. Wir sehen uns in der Unterwelt! #DiceOfKalma #Roguelike #IndieGame
Lots of things to consider, when coding a custom keyboardMapping system ... here's one aspect of #gameDev I did NOT underestimate; I knew it would suck. 😅
✅ Added an option to restore default bindings.
✅ keyboardMapping-File now encoded (no more manually hacking)
#ruinsOfCalaworm
✅ Added an option to restore default bindings.
✅ keyboardMapping-File now encoded (no more manually hacking)
#ruinsOfCalaworm
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lots of things to consider, when coding a custom keyboardMapping system ... here's one aspect of #gameDev I did NOT underestimate; I knew it would suck. 😅
✅ Added an option to restore default bindings.
✅ keyboardMapping-File now encoded (no more manually hacking)
#ruinsOfCalaworm
✅ Added an option to restore default bindings.
✅ keyboardMapping-File now encoded (no more manually hacking)
#ruinsOfCalaworm
Finally started tackling custom keyBinding. Coding this sucks soooooo bad. 😭But I've cleared the first hurdle:
✅Retrieve current inputMaps
✅Display
✅Browsing Tabs
I abused the heck out of my messageDisplay-function, poor thing is a hot mess now. But it works. 🥹
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
✅Retrieve current inputMaps
✅Display
✅Browsing Tabs
I abused the heck out of my messageDisplay-function, poor thing is a hot mess now. But it works. 🥹
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Finally started tackling custom keyBinding. Coding this sucks soooooo bad. 😭But I've cleared the first hurdle:
✅Retrieve current inputMaps
✅Display
✅Browsing Tabs
I abused the heck out of my messageDisplay-function, poor thing is a hot mess now. But it works. 🥹
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
✅Retrieve current inputMaps
✅Display
✅Browsing Tabs
I abused the heck out of my messageDisplay-function, poor thing is a hot mess now. But it works. 🥹
#gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm
Watched KPOP DEMON HUNTERS 5x already, once even in a theatre. One might get the impression, that I thought it was an okay movie ...🤔
Favorite track is probably "Takedown" (Twice Cover).
Favorite track is probably "Takedown" (Twice Cover).
a girl with purple hair is giving a thumbs up sign
ALT: a girl with purple hair is giving a thumbs up sign
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November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Watched KPOP DEMON HUNTERS 5x already, once even in a theatre. One might get the impression, that I thought it was an okay movie ...🤔
Favorite track is probably "Takedown" (Twice Cover).
Favorite track is probably "Takedown" (Twice Cover).
Did you know, that BALDURS GATE started out as a completely different genre? If you build an anagram with the letters, you get ALGEBRA STUD: a DatingSim with Math Minigames.
a cartoon skeleton with horns and the words until next time below him
ALT: a cartoon skeleton with horns and the words until next time below him
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November 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Did you know, that BALDURS GATE started out as a completely different genre? If you build an anagram with the letters, you get ALGEBRA STUD: a DatingSim with Math Minigames.
Sorry for slow progress, but slow progress is still progress. It's true endgame now, toDo-List has shrunken to a mere fistful of bullet points. 🥹
- Wrote Intro Story
- GameSettings are a wrap (and saved in config.ini)
- Unlocked Lore Pages can be browsed from the Menu
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
- Wrote Intro Story
- GameSettings are a wrap (and saved in config.ini)
- Unlocked Lore Pages can be browsed from the Menu
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sorry for slow progress, but slow progress is still progress. It's true endgame now, toDo-List has shrunken to a mere fistful of bullet points. 🥹
- Wrote Intro Story
- GameSettings are a wrap (and saved in config.ini)
- Unlocked Lore Pages can be browsed from the Menu
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
- Wrote Intro Story
- GameSettings are a wrap (and saved in config.ini)
- Unlocked Lore Pages can be browsed from the Menu
#ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
PixelArt practice — I’d love tips to improve.
Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits.
#PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt
Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits.
#PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt
October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
PixelArt practice — I’d love tips to improve.
Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits.
#PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt
Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits.
#PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt
sounds wild, I know 😲
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
sounds wild, I know 😲
Please believe in me, folks! ❤️
Menu is getting a bit more done every day.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike #gameDev
"Recurrent thematic blurbs" may be set to either "Reset on New World Seed", "Reset on New Game" or "Never Reset". With 3rd option they will only show up once, then never bother you again.
Menu is getting a bit more done every day.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike #gameDev
"Recurrent thematic blurbs" may be set to either "Reset on New World Seed", "Reset on New Game" or "Never Reset". With 3rd option they will only show up once, then never bother you again.
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Please believe in me, folks! ❤️
Menu is getting a bit more done every day.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike #gameDev
"Recurrent thematic blurbs" may be set to either "Reset on New World Seed", "Reset on New Game" or "Never Reset". With 3rd option they will only show up once, then never bother you again.
Menu is getting a bit more done every day.
#ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike #gameDev
"Recurrent thematic blurbs" may be set to either "Reset on New World Seed", "Reset on New Game" or "Never Reset". With 3rd option they will only show up once, then never bother you again.
Reposted by Alexander Karenovics
Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev
store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...