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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 27/09/2026

This was absurdly hard, had to leave out so many I thought were shoo-ins.

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Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games · 26/05/2026

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 14/03/2026

and now watch this dope stuff rody is playing on stage!! a little “music and gaming fest” of our own if you will

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 14/03/2026

built an arcade cabinet, then built a fake amp for it to sit on. pretty proud. shout out to my collaborators @dxtr.se and pickett 💜🖤

a person playing the doom drop full height (amp stack) cabinet at wonderville

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 12/03/2026

Nice! It’s definitely one of the slower operations but if the db is smaller than 100MB it should be sub second afaik. And wow I would have definitely not have expected a lot of corrupted save files with SQLite, hard to find a better solution than that for data resilience. Are you using WAL mode?

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 12/03/2026

this is happening TOMORROW!! come check out the new cabinet i built, compete to win some prizes in the tourney @dxtr.se is hosting there’ll also be music and you know i’m planning to play the remix of son lux’s code race 👀

flyer for the doom drop cabinet launch party at wonderville happening TOMORROW friday the 13th march 2026

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 12/03/2026

(2/2): - On game startup, run SQLite's builtin integrity_check to check for corruption issues - If OK, take a database backup (also builtin to SQLite) - If not OK (should be extremely rare), display error message and load the latest backup Shouldn't be _too_ much work for the peace of mind!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 12/03/2026

I've been looking into a paranoid way of handling game saves: - Save all data in SQLite (very fault/corruption resistant by default, especially in write-ahead log mode). Use a "data" column where you store what you'd usually put in the save file if you don't want to go full SQL schema. (1/2)

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 06/03/2026

Doom Drop arcade cabinet release party at @wonderville.nyc in one week, on Friday the 13th! 🤘 www.wonderville.nyc/events/doom-...

An event flyer. The text reads:
Doom Drop cabinet debut
Friday March 13th, 7PM

Featuring a tourney with prizes followed by music
DJ Softserve presenting “Survival”
Goth, heavy, industrial set by RX-69

Wonderville 1186 Broadway BK - 21+ FREE

An arcade cabinet featuring side art of a hooded figure

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 14/02/2026

one month from today 🐐 @dxtr.se @timespace.place

poster for the debut of the doom drop arcade cabinet, happening on march 13th 2026, 7pm at wonderville in brooklyn. the design is two tone black on pink, emulating show posters for metal bands from the 70s. three cultists drawn by chris pickett for the game are featured prominently

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 15/01/2026

Super glad to hear that! 🤘

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 13/01/2026

- Beautiful art by @timespace.place - Amazing cabinet fabrication by @mathewolson.com

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 13/01/2026

Doom Drop photo dump from #magfest - if you took any pictures of the cabinet please let me know!

A bar top arcade cabinet on a table. The side art features a hooded figure holding a knife, on a background of psychedelic purple patterns. The marquee reads “DOOM DROP”.

A black bowl shaped like a skull, surrounded by LED candles and guitar picks. Behind it is a sign that reads “Feel free to grab a Doom Drop guitar picks while supplies last”.

A low angle showing the side art of an arcade cabinet. It shows a slab with a goat head and an eye, with a hooded figure standing above it. There are two LED candles in the foreground.

Wide centered shot of a person playing a bar top arcade cabinet. The marquee of the cabinet reads “Doom Drop”.

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 13/01/2026

Last second first place! Nicely done 🔥

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 12/01/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who played Doom Drop and Up To Go Down at #magfest, I had a great time watching you play and chatting with yall!

An arcade cabinet surrounded by LED candles. The marquee reads “DOOM DROP”.

A custom controller with five toggle switches in front of a screen showing a 2D game with an orange background and five grey elevators moving in different directions.

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 12/01/2026

Once the MAGFest dust has fully settled I'll take a look at finishing up some final TODOs for the game and then if a steam/itch release might make sense. Happy to hear you liked it!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 11/01/2026

Final Doom Drop high scores at #magfest (unless someone steps it up in the next hour or two 👀). If anyone knows who NAT, NRB and VIX are, let me know!

An arcade cabinet screen showing high scores with initials. The top score is NAT with 28,266 points.

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 09/01/2026

The Doom Drop cabinet is going strong at #magfest

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 08/01/2026

it’s magfest time and DOOM DROP by @dxtr.se is making its debut in the indie arcade!! come check out my second arcade cabinet build 😈 🔥 amazing side art and logo by chris pickett 🔥

doom drop cabinet being played at magfest

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 02/01/2026

doom drop cabinet teaser (of a part most people will never see) @dxtr.se 🤘

close up of a corner of a mysterious sigil burnt into MDF with a laser

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 01/01/2026

If you enjoy anything featured in this image you should play Doom Drop in the indie arcade at MAGFest (in 6 days!)

A collage of game screenshots and album covers: Tetris, Master of Reality by Black Sabbath, Dopesmoker by Sleep, Lumines, Puyo Puyo, and Dopethrone by Electric Wizard.

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 27/12/2025

Jam organized by @arcadecommons.org and @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social ✨ As part of the jam participants also built their own version of the controller, this is our shoebox version by @sadlilrobot.bsky.social

A game controller with five toggle switches organized in a “V” shape, made from a shoebox.

The insides of a game controller made from a shoebox, showing a breadboard, adafruit circuit playground microcontroller, and a mess of alligator clips and jumper wires.

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 27/12/2025

The Flip Out Jam itch.io/jam/flip-out, with games made for a custom alt controller with five toggle switches, was such a blast. Play the jam games (including my annoying elevator operator simulator Up To Go Down) at MAGFest!

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 22/12/2025

10:02am post another teaser 👍

me giving the cabinet a big thumbs up. it’s blocked and out of focus so you can’t make out details

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 22/12/2025

12:04am post cabinet teaser time

close up crop of an under construction arcade cabinet. the word doom is visible on the marquee of a very purple and wavy cab

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 23/12/2025

Play the second ever Speglar cab in San Francisco at @indiedarlingsf.bsky.social when they open this summer!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 15/12/2025

Very pumped about this!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 31/10/2025

Added a new rare block that can help you get unstuck, inspired by the chain block from Lumines (but with its own unique flavor). Clip also featuring my biggest recorded combo to date. #indiedev #godotengine

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 23/10/2025

Are the talks recorded? Very interested in this topic!

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Wonderville 🕹 @wonderville.nyc · 04/09/2025

Announcing our new Pico-8 residency game, Lemon Shark by @gleeson.dev ! Lemon Shark is a turn-based play on Pac Man where the ghosts can only move when you do, plus some other fun twists Come play it in the arcade today!!

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Wonderville 🕹 @wonderville.nyc · 12/08/2025

We're also featuring games created for the @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social Lever Up jam from 2025! The custom controller will be built by @mathewolson.com and @kleeb.bsky.social and features games by @runningjump.games @dxtr.se @mathewolson.com and more!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 27/07/2025

I didn't know about the "Targ" and "Spectar" arcades until I saw Speglar compared with them in this writeup: arcadeheroes.com/2025/07/24/i... Between the name similarities and the maze/grid shooter setup it looks like I've made an unintentional homage!

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Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar - Arcade Heroes

An indie game called Speglar that started life as an arcade machine is now available for locations to purchase and add to their game rooms.

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MAGFest Indie Arcade @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 MAGFEST INDIE ARCADE AND MIVS ARE OPEN NOW THROUGH 11:59 PM (eastern) SEPTEMBER 2ND! super.magfest.org/apply/

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walt @runningjump.games · 10/07/2025

Dyebreaker is OUT! 🍾 store.steampowered.com/app/3004260/... if you or someone you know likes chaotic local multiplayer, screen print poster art, or adorable little weirdos, check us out! for the price of a coffee! it's made for IRL competition but Steam "Remote Play Together" works well too 🙏

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Wonderville 🕹 @wonderville.nyc · 01/07/2025

it's that time again.... Time to send us your arcade games for the Wondercab! Every season we select a 1-4 player game to be featured on our residency cabinet in the bar, this Fall it could be your game! the deadline is July 31, 11:59pm EST Application link in the reply ⬇️

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walt @runningjump.games · 01/07/2025

Dyebreaker, my screen printing-inspired "air hockey platformer", comes to Steam Thursday, July 10th 🎉 🏒 blast and fling dye-soaked pucks (and players) 🖼️ score to push your color, win to paint your poster 🎨 recolor the game at any time 👯 10 characters, 5 teams, 6 palettes, over 20 stages 👦 big boy

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 16/06/2025

Now with more juice and more importantly in a doom metal themed game, music! Some of the animations sync up with the beat, and a lead guitar gets added dynamically when you’re doing well. #indiedev #godot #doommetal

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 06/06/2025

This is gonna be a blast! I’ll be running a high score competition in Doom Drop, winner gets this cute lil dark lord

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mathew olson @mathewolson.com · 06/06/2025

this is tonight! happy birthday @wonderville.nyc come play the beautiful Nightmare Kart cab! @arcadecommons.org @b0tster.yeag.gay check out new games like darkwebSTREAMER (@thoughtrise.bsky.social) and DoomDrop (@dxtr.se) find me and i might have some Oshi-Gokko stickers for you be there 🤘

the excellent wonderville turns 6 poster by @jackiev.bsky.social

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 29/05/2025

The games in NY sale is today at 1pm EST!

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 24/05/2025

Speglar will be a part of the Games in NY Steam Sale, starting May 29 at 1pm EST! More than 100 New York-adjacent games will be included so be sure to check it out.

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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Announcing: Games in NY Steam Sale event! A selection of more than 100 games made, set, or published in New York, on sale for one weekend! Join us Thurs 5/29 at 1pm EDT with a showcase on Twitch (twitch.tv/nyugamecenter) coinciding with the Sale page launch! More info at linktr.ee/nyugamecenter

Poster art for the Steam Sale reading "5/29 - 5/31 1PM EDT, Games in New York"

A graphic schedule for live streams and broadcasts occurring during the Steam Sale.
On the left:
Games in New York Showcase, Featuring: Immortality, Trombone Champ, Despelote, Consume Me and any many more

NYU Game Center Incubator Showcase, Featuring: New and upcoming games from the NYU Game Center Incubator 2025

Center:
5/29, starting at 1pm EST, Games in NY Showcase, followed by a live streamer block, the Incubator Showcase, and an evening of more live gameplay

5/30, starting at 11am EST, Game Center Live, followed by Lecture Series restreams (Featuring Connor Carson - Immortality, Bennett Foddy, Nicole He, and many many more), a GUMBO Mixer stream, and finally more live gameplay.

Featuring New York local streamers: @LeggoBeggo // @SylvesterstoneKhandr // @HitoRetroGaming // @Jetset // @Thatsoalykat

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 19/05/2025

One of my goals for my block puzzler was to allow a very high APM for skilled players. Dialing the action delay down to almost nothing for my attract mode CPU makes me think I may have succeeded

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Dexter Gramfors @dxtr.se · 17/05/2025

My doom metal/ritual sacrifice themed block puzzler is slowly coming along! #indiedev #indiegame #doommetal #GodotEngine

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