Niklas Hallin
@hallinniklas.bsky.social
Solo game developer. Yono and the Celestial Elephants & Molly Medusa. Now working on Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists.
I appreciate that someone off-screen makes sure to point out that the dogs alright. 😊
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I appreciate that someone off-screen makes sure to point out that the dogs alright. 😊
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A reviewer from Rock Paper Shotgun suggested that the opening of Alruna 1 was perhaps a tad too pretentious.
I made sure to make the opening of Alruna 2 even more pretentious for that guy specifically! 😁
I made sure to make the opening of Alruna 2 even more pretentious for that guy specifically! 😁
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A reviewer from Rock Paper Shotgun suggested that the opening of Alruna 1 was perhaps a tad too pretentious.
I made sure to make the opening of Alruna 2 even more pretentious for that guy specifically! 😁
I made sure to make the opening of Alruna 2 even more pretentious for that guy specifically! 😁
Happy Halloween!
October Panic is on like 90% sale and costs practically nothing. It's a sweet little halloween treat!
October Panic is on like 90% sale and costs practically nothing. It's a sweet little halloween treat!
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Happy Halloween!
October Panic is on like 90% sale and costs practically nothing. It's a sweet little halloween treat!
October Panic is on like 90% sale and costs practically nothing. It's a sweet little halloween treat!
I'll just keep putting emo-kid song lyrics into these games. No one's stopping me!
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'll just keep putting emo-kid song lyrics into these games. No one's stopping me!
Okay, I have a keyboard button re-mapping system for Alruna.
I'm thinking of patching it into the demo today...
Look, it works, of course it works. But what if the player uses it to re-bind their keys in such an absurd way that the game becomes unplayable?
Kinda their own fault, isn't it?
I'm thinking of patching it into the demo today...
Look, it works, of course it works. But what if the player uses it to re-bind their keys in such an absurd way that the game becomes unplayable?
Kinda their own fault, isn't it?
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Okay, I have a keyboard button re-mapping system for Alruna.
I'm thinking of patching it into the demo today...
Look, it works, of course it works. But what if the player uses it to re-bind their keys in such an absurd way that the game becomes unplayable?
Kinda their own fault, isn't it?
I'm thinking of patching it into the demo today...
Look, it works, of course it works. But what if the player uses it to re-bind their keys in such an absurd way that the game becomes unplayable?
Kinda their own fault, isn't it?
Have you seen Alruna End of History? 😊
October 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Have you seen Alruna End of History? 😊
Hi, I'm prototyping a thing! I don't know yet if I'm going to get this to work, but it's worth a shot! :D
I'll let you know if I patch this into the demo. I'm going to need someone to try it out, haha!
I'll let you know if I patch this into the demo. I'm going to need someone to try it out, haha!
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hi, I'm prototyping a thing! I don't know yet if I'm going to get this to work, but it's worth a shot! :D
I'll let you know if I patch this into the demo. I'm going to need someone to try it out, haha!
I'll let you know if I patch this into the demo. I'm going to need someone to try it out, haha!
Yeah, I was too much square in the middle of the audience here to pass on this
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yeah, I was too much square in the middle of the audience here to pass on this
My Alruna demo is live on Steam now 🌸🌸
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My Alruna demo is live on Steam now 🌸🌸
Hey, anyone got an idea of how I could play Quake, kinda like how it looked in the nineties?
The version on Steam and Gog seem to have a lot of modern lighting and texture filtering and stuff...
The version on Steam and Gog seem to have a lot of modern lighting and texture filtering and stuff...
September 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hey, anyone got an idea of how I could play Quake, kinda like how it looked in the nineties?
The version on Steam and Gog seem to have a lot of modern lighting and texture filtering and stuff...
The version on Steam and Gog seem to have a lot of modern lighting and texture filtering and stuff...
Today I've been replacing the rubber padding on some of my Gameboys.
July 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today I've been replacing the rubber padding on some of my Gameboys.
The new Alruna game is... just...
"These wounds - they will not heal!"
It's Evanescence and Linkin Park. It's Nine Inch Nails and existential angst.
You see it, right?
#alruna #indiegame
"These wounds - they will not heal!"
It's Evanescence and Linkin Park. It's Nine Inch Nails and existential angst.
You see it, right?
#alruna #indiegame
July 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The new Alruna game is... just...
"These wounds - they will not heal!"
It's Evanescence and Linkin Park. It's Nine Inch Nails and existential angst.
You see it, right?
#alruna #indiegame
"These wounds - they will not heal!"
It's Evanescence and Linkin Park. It's Nine Inch Nails and existential angst.
You see it, right?
#alruna #indiegame
Let's Freeze Some Penguins is localized into a number of different languages, and that work is done by real humans who know what they're doing!
Of course it was suggested to me that an AI could do the job, and to that I say: No. It clearly can't.
#indiegame #gamedev
Of course it was suggested to me that an AI could do the job, and to that I say: No. It clearly can't.
#indiegame #gamedev
July 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Let's Freeze Some Penguins is localized into a number of different languages, and that work is done by real humans who know what they're doing!
Of course it was suggested to me that an AI could do the job, and to that I say: No. It clearly can't.
#indiegame #gamedev
Of course it was suggested to me that an AI could do the job, and to that I say: No. It clearly can't.
#indiegame #gamedev
Give Alruna a gun! 🌸
In her second outing, Alruna can shoot blossom blasts. You can aim in eight directions, and of you shoot down you can boost your jump with the recoil! #alruna #indiegame
In her second outing, Alruna can shoot blossom blasts. You can aim in eight directions, and of you shoot down you can boost your jump with the recoil! #alruna #indiegame
July 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Give Alruna a gun! 🌸
In her second outing, Alruna can shoot blossom blasts. You can aim in eight directions, and of you shoot down you can boost your jump with the recoil! #alruna #indiegame
In her second outing, Alruna can shoot blossom blasts. You can aim in eight directions, and of you shoot down you can boost your jump with the recoil! #alruna #indiegame
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here's one for all you grungy trans women with cybernetic implants and crt-monitors for brains. I see you!
You strongly influence my aesthetic and values for the Alruna games. 🌸
You strongly influence my aesthetic and values for the Alruna games. 🌸
July 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here's one for all you grungy trans women with cybernetic implants and crt-monitors for brains. I see you!
You strongly influence my aesthetic and values for the Alruna games. 🌸
You strongly influence my aesthetic and values for the Alruna games. 🌸
Good news! Alruna: End of History is happening!
A different kind of metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design.
The first game was Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down. This new one is Evanescence and Linkin Park.
A different kind of metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design.
The first game was Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down. This new one is Evanescence and Linkin Park.
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Good news! Alruna: End of History is happening!
A different kind of metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design.
The first game was Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down. This new one is Evanescence and Linkin Park.
A different kind of metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design.
The first game was Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down. This new one is Evanescence and Linkin Park.
I'm working on putting Let's Freeze Some Penguins on the Nintendo Switch. #nintendoswitch
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm working on putting Let's Freeze Some Penguins on the Nintendo Switch. #nintendoswitch
@maelduinplays.bsky.social Hi, Let's Freeze some Penguins has a demo up on Next Fest. A puzzle game with ice blocks and penguins! 🧊🧊
June 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@maelduinplays.bsky.social Hi, Let's Freeze some Penguins has a demo up on Next Fest. A puzzle game with ice blocks and penguins! 🧊🧊
am i on to something here?
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
am i on to something here?
Let's freeze some Penguins in Spanish! 🇪🇦
I'm getting my game localised into a bunch of languages, and I'm having a fun time working with translators.
I'm getting my game localised into a bunch of languages, and I'm having a fun time working with translators.
May 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Let's freeze some Penguins in Spanish! 🇪🇦
I'm getting my game localised into a bunch of languages, and I'm having a fun time working with translators.
I'm getting my game localised into a bunch of languages, and I'm having a fun time working with translators.
Alruna has a square aspect ratio, and it does wonders for the level design! Every room in the game is built around it.
April 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Alruna has a square aspect ratio, and it does wonders for the level design! Every room in the game is built around it.