ppowersteef 🌳
@ppowersteef.bsky.social
Dutch, Christian, enthusiast artist and gamedev
https://ppowersteef.carrd.co/
Check out my game #HertenHeld !
https://ppowersteef.carrd.co/
Check out my game #HertenHeld !
If you go for mass appeal, then it will be less personalised.
While I think it's generally better to make the game appealing to a larger audience, I also think it'll reduce the game essense and personal touch to it. As Sakurai once put it nicely.
While I think it's generally better to make the game appealing to a larger audience, I also think it'll reduce the game essense and personal touch to it. As Sakurai once put it nicely.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you go for mass appeal, then it will be less personalised.
While I think it's generally better to make the game appealing to a larger audience, I also think it'll reduce the game essense and personal touch to it. As Sakurai once put it nicely.
While I think it's generally better to make the game appealing to a larger audience, I also think it'll reduce the game essense and personal touch to it. As Sakurai once put it nicely.
There were ideas of having an NPC to tell you where you need to go, but I left it out as I feel that lose sense of exploration and self-discovery
If signs told you to go down platforms, then there was no curiousity, but without, players could get lost too. It's a tough balance
#HertenHeld #gamedev
If signs told you to go down platforms, then there was no curiousity, but without, players could get lost too. It's a tough balance
#HertenHeld #gamedev
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There were ideas of having an NPC to tell you where you need to go, but I left it out as I feel that lose sense of exploration and self-discovery
If signs told you to go down platforms, then there was no curiousity, but without, players could get lost too. It's a tough balance
#HertenHeld #gamedev
If signs told you to go down platforms, then there was no curiousity, but without, players could get lost too. It's a tough balance
#HertenHeld #gamedev
The Wolf enemies in HertenHeld were intended to be the most prominent ones. I had ideas to make them very smart and require combat skills to beat
In practise they ended up been so aggressive that you're better off avoiding them, I guess that's another way to make them notable
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
In practise they ended up been so aggressive that you're better off avoiding them, I guess that's another way to make them notable
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Wolf enemies in HertenHeld were intended to be the most prominent ones. I had ideas to make them very smart and require combat skills to beat
In practise they ended up been so aggressive that you're better off avoiding them, I guess that's another way to make them notable
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
In practise they ended up been so aggressive that you're better off avoiding them, I guess that's another way to make them notable
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
I like this hub area I made, it's the first save point you visit, and it's located at a pretty central spot.
Whenever you come back here, you're stronger than you were before, and from here, you also access a new path you couldn't reach earlier.
#HertenHeld #gamedev #indiedev
Whenever you come back here, you're stronger than you were before, and from here, you also access a new path you couldn't reach earlier.
#HertenHeld #gamedev #indiedev
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I like this hub area I made, it's the first save point you visit, and it's located at a pretty central spot.
Whenever you come back here, you're stronger than you were before, and from here, you also access a new path you couldn't reach earlier.
#HertenHeld #gamedev #indiedev
Whenever you come back here, you're stronger than you were before, and from here, you also access a new path you couldn't reach earlier.
#HertenHeld #gamedev #indiedev
When you reach an item room, I like it that you get stuck in that room until you figured out how to use the item and found at least one use-case out of them.
#Gamedev #HertenHeld
#Gamedev #HertenHeld
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When you reach an item room, I like it that you get stuck in that room until you figured out how to use the item and found at least one use-case out of them.
#Gamedev #HertenHeld
#Gamedev #HertenHeld
More #HertenHeld fun facts
Similair how Metroid does the "Go Left first" trope, I tried doing something similar on my own way.
The game starts out linear, but after the bridge, you reach a dead end. Once you try falling through the bridge, the game opens up with more paths to explore.
#gamedev
Similair how Metroid does the "Go Left first" trope, I tried doing something similar on my own way.
The game starts out linear, but after the bridge, you reach a dead end. Once you try falling through the bridge, the game opens up with more paths to explore.
#gamedev
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
More #HertenHeld fun facts
Similair how Metroid does the "Go Left first" trope, I tried doing something similar on my own way.
The game starts out linear, but after the bridge, you reach a dead end. Once you try falling through the bridge, the game opens up with more paths to explore.
#gamedev
Similair how Metroid does the "Go Left first" trope, I tried doing something similar on my own way.
The game starts out linear, but after the bridge, you reach a dead end. Once you try falling through the bridge, the game opens up with more paths to explore.
#gamedev
Fall is probably my favorite season, as I love watching the leaves falling from the trees.
The falling leaves effect in HertenHeld were also inspired by observing the falling leaves on a walk to home.
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
The falling leaves effect in HertenHeld were also inspired by observing the falling leaves on a walk to home.
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Fall is probably my favorite season, as I love watching the leaves falling from the trees.
The falling leaves effect in HertenHeld were also inspired by observing the falling leaves on a walk to home.
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
The falling leaves effect in HertenHeld were also inspired by observing the falling leaves on a walk to home.
#HertenHeld #Gamedev
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Imagine designing a character, designed an whole boss and mode about her, then havn't mentioned her since.
Couldn't be me.
Couldn't be me.
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine designing a character, designed an whole boss and mode about her, then havn't mentioned her since.
Couldn't be me.
Couldn't be me.
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Four RPGs to get to know me:
October 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Four RPGs to get to know me:
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When you Rawdog the Schrimp Pose to get into the Flow of the Zone
@shadouette.bsky.social
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September 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When you Rawdog the Schrimp Pose to get into the Flow of the Zone
@shadouette.bsky.social
@shadouette.bsky.social
It's kinda crazy to look back at things and think "Have these events been that long age already?"
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's kinda crazy to look back at things and think "Have these events been that long age already?"