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The original map was serialized in a Python pickle file. It's now converted into Godot scenes, so it all survived.

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Anyway, happy for it to be available now, and also to be in Godot instead of written in Python!

The editor worked a room at a time, and had no way to visualize how the rooms lined up, so I had to be very careful to get the transitions between rooms perfect or else the levels would be broken.

Most of the time was spent writing a super-janky level editor and integrating a physics engine. Then I was in a panic as I had to use the editor to build the whole map. Somewhere I have a piece of paper where I drew the map out before I used the editor to put it in the game.

Extranaut wasn't the first game I ever released, but it felt much bigger than my first couple of games. I took the week of Thanksgiving off in 2010 and banged the thing out! It was exhausting and I barely finished.

It features the original map and Chaosnaut arcade mode, plus a new procedurally generated more difficult and more maze-like map. It also has a new in-game auto map and nicer screen transitions.

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just launched Extranaut: Extra Edition. A port of my 2010 Metroidvania to Godot. Play it on Itch here: freezebeam.itch.io/extranaut

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Me when I'm working in a mine:

Dialogue box from the game Flooded:

Henry: Thanks, Myles! Working in a mine is quite a pain, but hell, is it satisfying. By the way, I've been wondering...

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Look! A new season of Tiny Mass Games: tinymassgames.itch.io Prey Drive - @bajathefrog.social T1DRIS - @onetruelorn.bsky.social Bobgar's 3D Game QBasic Edition - @bobgar.bsky.social Doki Doki Dairy Panic - @superflounder.bsky.social Back To Basics - @taselist.bsky.social Congrats! #indiegames

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Tiny Mass Games

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I was lucky enough to play this early! It turned out great. Really tight controls, and super addictive.

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Josh Galecki @jgalecki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl has been released! The drop-merge dungeon crawler with a deep deckbuilding system. Fight your way to the bottom, get past board-shifting bosses, and combo your way to gold and glory. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/app/4529430/...

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Dan Williams 🌮 @videospacegames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I was proud to contribute my engineering puzzle game Pictassembler to this bundle. Please support the bundle!

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Boston Indies @bostonindies.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing folks at Demo night + MGMF on Wednesday this week during GodotCon 👀👀 We're doing another buyout of FTJs for MGMF, so come for good laughs and free food! www.meetup.com/bostongamede... www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

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Boston Indies: GodotCon Demo Night, Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Come show off the game you're working on, or just come kick it and see what folks in the community are up to! Hang out and support your fellow game makers with some feedbac

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This was a super fun conversation, and I really recommend the podcast! Give it a listen!

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Or watch me have a pretty good run before getting burnt up by a goat man. youtu.be/c4FkEgOKQyI #indiegames\

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Escape Wizard 1.2 Gameplay

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This is the most pleasant and thoughtful review a game of mine ever got:

"A impressive, interesting, elegant, and pretty tile laying puzzle game. The central play loop and core mechanics is fabulous and really enjoyable. The game is enticing and well balanced as well.

My only suggestion for improvement is to expand the Laboratory and make that aspect of the game more interesting. If the upgrades were hexagons, the "skill tree" could use the exact same mechanics as the game itself, and also have upgrades linked to in game achievements color-coded to match the terrain types they're associated with, which makes those upgrades more thematic as well. I'd also like to see the ability to unlock, upgrade, or discover different tiles, tile types, and unique tiles. I feel like there's a lot of potential to enrich the game through the laboratory that hasn't been explored yet. The upgrades could even result in subtle changes to the tiles themselves, like having people/automatons on tiles that are doing things. They could be static changes to the sprite or animated behaviors that wander around, interact, and do things.

I'd also like to be able to mouse over the upcoming tiles in the tray and rotate them."

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Dan Williams 🌮 @videospacegames.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Catching up on the PC Gaming show and hell yeah

trailer in the pc games showcase showing Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game which is made by some great people

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ah here's the Towerbound data - right around 200 plays a day at peak too.

Towerbound data, right about in line with Realmfold so far, peaking at 200 plays a day and just about 300 views.

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Good launch for Realmfold! A little under what I remember Towerbound (my best), but similar performance. Towerbound kept it up for about a week after launch before it dropped off on @itch.io. Not sure if Realmfold will keep going as strongly, but hoping some players come back to it. #gamedev

Realmfold analytics, landed at a little under 300 views/day and about 200 browser plays/day, plus some downloads.

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This person has almost tripled my all time high score! So you should try to beat them for me! I'm not sure I'll ever be that good at it, and I made the thing!

High score list for Realmfold with MEI getting 1103. I only have 344!

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Infinite wizard realm builder & roguelite

For the evening crowd - I released Realmfold today freezebeam.itch.io/realmfold It's a tile placing wizard realm builder inspired by Dorfromantik and tile-based board games. Let me know what you think! #pitchyagame #indiegames #gamedev

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Realmfold by freezebeam

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Thanks to @patthewmrindiville.bsky.social for once again writing an incredibly perfect sound track. Whenever I add the music, it ends up feeling a million percent more complete!

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Infinite wizard realm builder & roguelite

Big news! Realmfold is out now. It's my love letter to tile placing games like Dorfromantik, with some roguelite sort of systems baked in. Try it out and let me know what you think! freezebeam.itch.io/realmfold #pitchyagame #indiegames #gamedev

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Realmfold by freezebeam

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Added a warping level transition shader tonight too. Happens about 30 seconds in once I beat the goat man. #gamedev #indiegames

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

More progress on converting all my itch cover images to gifs. Here's the brand new Escape Wizard one.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I literally had a lesson that was just teaching me about fantasy video games and wifi. Better than the previous surfing and big waves lesson that wasn't really going to come up for me often.

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Finally learning about my favorite topics on Duolingo: videojuegos de fantasia y el wifi.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Almost forgot: it's now Midsummer for Pandemonium Gems: Refaceted. Check it out to tide you over before Realmfold launches on Friday! freezebeam.itch.io/pandemonium-... #gamedev #indiegames

The PGR Calendar of Chaos: June is Midsummer +1 Row & Column, 8 Preplaced Gems, 6 Preplaced Rocks

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Realmfold will be free on itch on June 5th! #gamedev #indiegames

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

(*Wizard Voice*) You see a vision of a new game. It's the Realmfold trailer. Featuring voice acting by me and Dungeon Synth by @patthewmrindiville.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcEx...

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Realmfold Trailer

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Making gifs for itch.io is so tedious since you have to get them under 3MB. Happy with these two anyway #indiegames #gamedev

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Big announcement! dotAGE Trade Secrets comes out in TWO WEEKS! Out June 3rd! - Send Pips to explore the wilderness - Craft boats, build carts, and tame horses - Trade coins and send trade expeditions - Three new elders with unique mechanics! More: store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...

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dotAGE - Trade Secrets DLC is coming in two weeks! - Steam News

Hello Elders! I'm very happy to announce that the new DLC is coming in just two weeks! I've been working a lot on this and I can't wait for you to play it! Make sure to Wishlist here so you are notif...

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

In final updates news - I redid freezebeam.com! Now I no longer have to admin wordpress. Things are looking up for ol' Matty.

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Games by Matt Fister - An indie game developer in Boston, MA, trying to make the perfect video game.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

There may be some timezone delta between when Season of Blooming is live for you and when the scores reset for the month. Time passes differently when you're stuck in a crystal. As penance here's some pixel art.

Pixel art of a wizard trapped in a crystal.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's now the Season of Blooming - with bigger boards, preplaced gems, but unmovable boulders that block you in. Will likely be adding mechanics to add even more variation in the upcoming months.