Sascha Reinhold (Studio Umluft)

screenshot of a gardening puzzle game on a brownish hex grid with plants in different stages of growth, in the foreground two cards with plant icons and according data about the plants, the style is low res pixel art

screenshot of a gardening puzzle game on a beige hex grid with plants in different stages of growth, in the foreground two cards with plant icons and according data about the plants, the style is very graphic, simple vector art

Well, which one would you prefer? 👾↔️🟣 #gamedev #indie #indiegame #gameart #art #permaculture #pixel #vector #gardening

Hello #TeaseYaGame 👋
Plant Everywhere is a cosy guerrilla gardening game, where you grow plants in order to improve spaces that are harming the local community.
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/4023470/...

#indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame

screenshot of an art board showing a matrix of art styles and color palettes from different games, from monochrome styles to oversatured games, from 3D games to handdrawn-aesthics. Around the matrix there are several illustrations of plants in different styles and colors.

vector sketches of differents kinds of plants and leaves on a hex grid, featuring a tomato plant and leeks

vector art skecthes of very simple tree shapes in different color combinations and in different states, all on a hex grid with varying colors

hex grid with patches from above with different shapes and sizes of plants, all green, some with red fruit

Figuring out an art style proves to be as hard as expected. 🙃 I have to be able to make assets myself in a timely manner. ⏱️ The style needs to communicate clearly and it should attract the eyes of the players. 👀 I am not there yet, but I keep trying. #indie #gamedev #indiegame #gameart #permaculture

three green hexagonal tiles on a wooden tabletop, a piece of paper with two green dots and four paper hexagons with plant icons on them

four green hexagonal tiles on a wooden tabletop and five paper hexagons with plant icons on them, four of them on the green tiles, a hand touching on of the paper hexagons

five green hexagonal tiles on a wooden tabletop with five paper hexagons on them, paper hexagons showing plant icons, several green and red plastic chips on the paper hexagons, a piece of paper with seven green dots

six green hexagonal tiles, four square-shaped pieces of paper with an icon and a red cross on them, several hexagonal pieces of paper with plant icons on them across the table, a hand moving on of the hexagons over, a cup of coffee on the table

Last week I created another paper prototype for my upcoming permaculture thinky game. ✂️🫜🪏 It was the first time in quite a while I really felt in control of the prototype – it had just enough rules and I could play with them comfortably without being overwhelmed. 😌 #gamedev #prototype #indiegames

It looks and sounds fantastic! 😍

📣Announcing BEAT WEAVER!

The new 3D multi-track rhythm game that rewards your playstyle as much as your precision.

Solo developed with handcrafted music 💖

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4265140/...

Watch the trailer in 4K 60fps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_F...

#indiegame #solodev

cockpit view at the start, two other cars visible, showing instruments for rounds per minute, current gear, speed, lap, position and buttons for a range of assists, on the top it says: Riding with Carlos Sanchez

map overview of the Phoenix race track in the United States, buildings, some trees and a lawn around it, a red arrow indicating the direction

intro of Microprose Formula One Grand Prix, reading: Microprose Presents Formula 1 Grand Prix, Game Design & Programming Geoff Crammond

menu screen for joystick calibration, showing numerical values for x- and y-axis and asking for various moves: full left, full right, centre, full forward, full backward, centre

This month I played «Microprose Formula One Grand Prix» (reviewed in PC Games 2/1993: www.kultboy.com/index.php?si...). 🏎️ I very much enjoyed some nostalgia in the menus (love the map view) and I can see, how this was a big technical achievement back then. 🏁 #games #33YearsAgo

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

Unternehmer und Höffner-Gründer Krieger spendet 18.000 Euro an die AfD In Chemnitz zerlegte sich 2025 die Stadtratsfraktion der rechten Partei inmitten von Korruptionsvorwürfen. Nun erscheint in einem Rechenschaftsbericht eine fünfstellige Zuwendung – und wirft neue Frag...

Möbel Höffner will die Rechtsextremen an der Macht und bezahlt dafür.
Boykott dürfte nicht schwer fallen, ist eh ein Scheißladen.

www.rnd.de/politik/unte...

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Are you excited for the #SteamNextFest? Because we for sure are!

Garden Ink is part of the Steam Next Fest. So if you haven't already, try the demo for yourself. Or even better, Wishlist our little hand drawn cozy game. (∪ ◡ ∪)

Feeling a little better after being sick in bed on the weekend and built a little stacking game in Godot. It’s not much, but a playful approach of getting back into using the engine might be exactly what I need. #babysteps #godot #stacking #gamedev #indiegames #learning

Plant Everywhere on Steam Paint your city with plants! In this cosy guerilla gardening game, turn harmful areas into gardens that everyone can use. Use freeform planting to customise your city, and get to know the local reside...

My steam page for Plant Everywhere, my cosy guerrilla gardening game, is live! store.steampowered.com/app/4023470/...

Omelet You Cook - Launch Trailer YouTube video by Hjalte Tagmose

🍳 Omelet You Cook 1.0 is OUT NOW! 🍳

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJR...

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #roguelike

Omelet You Cook on Steam The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

Omelet You Cook is coming out TOMORROW! :O

store.steampowered.com/app/3205380/...

The Telemetry All the news the headlines missed in 2025.

You should read this, especially if you have the feeling that the world just gets worse & worse. There is actual progress happening, even if you cannot feel or see it, because it is slow & sometimes hard to recognize (and it is underreported): fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme... #news #goodnews #progress

cover of the book «Mileships» by Ian McQue featuring the title in bold white letters and a flying ship with a crane in fron of some kind of settlement in the blue sky

picture of one of the pages in Ian McQue’s book «Mileships» showing three darky dressed people in front of a blue-brown flying ship towed onto some kind of factory with a dock

picture of one of the pages of Ian McQue’s book «Mileships», showing a night scene with several houses and flying ships, blue night sky, moonlight probably, orange light from the windows, a person with a dog and a clothes-line

It is probably no surprise that I very much love the art of @ianmcque.bsky.social as well. Just a month ago I finally received «Mileships» after eagerly waiting for it for almost two years. 😍 Different vibe, different technology, but very similar appeal (at least to me).

title screen of the game «Storm Master» showing the title, a mediaval town with lots of towers and turrets, some kind of magician in a blue dress standing on one of them, the sky is red and cloudy

a council of seven men around a stone circle, including a jester, a warrior, a magician, a scribe and others

a blue print of a flying ship with parts attached to it, like a motor, sails and a propeller

a view from an airfield with a soldier and a propeller in the foreground looking towards a flying ship in a yellow sky with windmills on hills in the back

Last week I tried to play «Storm Master» again (reviewed in PC Joker 3/92: ‪kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&i…‬). 🌬️⛵️ I still cannot crack it – there is so much to do, so many options. 🤯 The style, however, still lures me in – I love that the council is your interface to the kingdom. #games #33YearsAgo

I had this one as well – great set! 😍

Heute startet in Erfurt die #MAGC und wir freuen uns sehr, dass die #PressStart Teams @theroofinteractive.com und @kranich-games.bsky.social dabei sind!
Wir wünschen allen Besucher*innen ganz viel Spaß beim Spielen!
@gameverband.bsky.social @bundeskultur.bsky.social

Looks like garlic to me. 🧄

Very beautiful, very dynamic! 😍 I love it! 💙🩵

poster for the Global Game Jam Schleswig-Holstein, happening in the cities of Flensburg and Kiel, purple background with a small blue and green planet featuring two large buildings: the so-called Nordertor (northern gate) in Flensburg and the tower of the city hall in Kiel, there is a yellow comet circling the planet and flying through the both doors of the buildings

Unfortunately I will not be able to take part in Global Game Jam, because there is a funeral I will be attending instead. 😔 I am still happy that I could contribute to our local jams by creating this year’s poster. 🌍🥅🗼💫 Happy GGJ! 🥳 #ggj2026 #globalgamejam #art #poster #gamedev #schleswigholstein

pixel art version of the book cover of «The Lesson» by Cadwell Turnbull, featuring red type on dark background and a blue clam in the background that eminates some kind of energy or strings

For weeks I have been observing the growing library of pixel books in the Little Pixel Library: hillhouse.neocities.org/cliques/libr... Yesterday I took an hour to create one myself. «The Lesson» by Cadwell Turnbull was one of my favorite books last year. 📚 #pixel #art #pixelart #book #cover #scifi

the cover of «Cranko!» showing a U-Boat captain; there is a PlayDate handheld with a purple cover on top of the zine

imprint of «Cranko!»; on top of the page there is a yellow PlayDate handheld, on screen are two eyes, only one of them is open

detail of an article about the game «Magic Castle»; on top of the page is a PlayDate handheld, also showing the cover of Magic Castle

ad for the game «The Shape that Waits», on top of the page lies a PlayDate handheld with a purple cover

Just finished reading through Cranko!, a cute PlayDate zine I stumbled upon, because @stephanrewind.bsky.social mentioned it. 🗞️ The zine is lovingly handcrafted, I enjoyed learning about new games & dev insights (discovered «Panels»). 💛 I even was delighted by the ads. 🙃 ➡️ cranknockout.com #playdate

🍳Omelet You Cook 1.0 is dropping FEB 8!🍳

Cook wacky omelets to satisfy an ever-demanding chicken principal! 🐔

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #TrailerTuesday

Right? In the past months I have been looking at permaculture books, thinking: "It is so systemic, there has to be a game somewhere in here.“ 🤔 It’s good to know that there seems to be a target audience for what I have in mind. 😌 Now I just have to make the game. 🫠 Thanks for the encouragement! 🫶

It is going to be a video game about creating and tending to a garden, based on permaculture principles. So, less freeform and more rule-based, but while playing you will still learn about companions and crop rotation. 😌

Some basic gameplay of sowing, growing and harvesting. 🌱🌿🌾 Not much there yet in terms of interaction (companion planting, crop rotation …), but it’s a start. 🌻 #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #pixelart #permapunk #permaculture #gardening #roguelike

key art for a game called Permapunk, showing a hex-based grid with plants in different stages of growth, a lake, a windmill, a house, some sheep and some sea gulls

Added more visual elements, a gradient and some noise to make it a more or less proper key art. #pixel #art# #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #permaculture #permapunk