tatu heinämäki
@tatsoni.bsky.social
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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👌
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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!
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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
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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/.
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🧩 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
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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 🤯
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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
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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.
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In video game simulations, what do we call the opposite of abstraction in processes? Where instead of "crafting two things together" with a button press you must enact processes of grinding, attaching, etc? Or what Bennett does with limbs+muscles, instead of just "push forward to move" abstraction?
Had a dream about a hardcore vintage story mod server where players are all just stuck sailing a massive whaling vessel, all people microblock-chiseling voxel bones into voxel scrimshaw, catching voxel blood from blocky manatees to make fishy blood sausage in the galley, peeling voxel potatoes...
June 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In video game simulations, what do we call the opposite of abstraction in processes? Where instead of "crafting two things together" with a button press you must enact processes of grinding, attaching, etc? Or what Bennett does with limbs+muscles, instead of just "push forward to move" abstraction?
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there are eighty billion videogames out there, and many are marvelous miracles, but I’m struggling to connect as the years go on
just gimme something with two buttons that takes thirty minutes at a time, that is dumb fun but also secretly smart, soulful and surprising, that’s what I’m after
just gimme something with two buttons that takes thirty minutes at a time, that is dumb fun but also secretly smart, soulful and surprising, that’s what I’m after
June 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
there are eighty billion videogames out there, and many are marvelous miracles, but I’m struggling to connect as the years go on
just gimme something with two buttons that takes thirty minutes at a time, that is dumb fun but also secretly smart, soulful and surprising, that’s what I’m after
just gimme something with two buttons that takes thirty minutes at a time, that is dumb fun but also secretly smart, soulful and surprising, that’s what I’m after
Any new Thief thing is a win in my book — no matter if it’s THIVRF.
June 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Any new Thief thing is a win in my book — no matter if it’s THIVRF.
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free advice for game developers: try to make the next smash hit video game, such as grand theft auto. if you do, you'll be making more than just a video game – you'll be making millions of dollars
May 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
free advice for game developers: try to make the next smash hit video game, such as grand theft auto. if you do, you'll be making more than just a video game – you'll be making millions of dollars
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EMUUROM's demo is featured in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social from May 29 to June 5 - thank you once again @draknek.bsky.social & friends!!
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
May 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
EMUUROM's demo is featured in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social from May 29 to June 5 - thank you once again @draknek.bsky.social & friends!!
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
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I'm working on a bigger Dreamcast game
It's called black screen
It'll be done in 3 or 4 months maybe, but I'm putting out development snapshots starting now: captkuso.itch.io/black-screen
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #raylib
It's called black screen
It'll be done in 3 or 4 months maybe, but I'm putting out development snapshots starting now: captkuso.itch.io/black-screen
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #raylib
May 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I'm working on a bigger Dreamcast game
It's called black screen
It'll be done in 3 or 4 months maybe, but I'm putting out development snapshots starting now: captkuso.itch.io/black-screen
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #raylib
It's called black screen
It'll be done in 3 or 4 months maybe, but I'm putting out development snapshots starting now: captkuso.itch.io/black-screen
#dreamcast #homebrew #gamedev #spacegame #raylib