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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 15/09/2026

If you ever wanted to see a VERY nervous German talk at a demo party about new ways of #C64 development , here's your chance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-nr... #evoke

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Hamrath (evoke26) - Ways of C64 Dev by Hamrath

YouTube video by Evoke Demoparty

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 05/10/2025

I had a nice idea for #LDJAM, but I won't be able to finish it in time. 😒 Too much other stuff to do yesterday, and today we're going to a crowd sing-along in #Cologne. Basically, it's an arcade-style mining simulation that might have some potential. I'll keep it on the roster. #gamemaker #gamedev

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 23/08/2025

A very nice #GameMaker tutorial for a Zelda like would be this series: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... Although 5 years old it's still useful.

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GameMaker: Action RPG Tutorial - YouTube

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 22/08/2025

My 3 favorite things at #gamescom2025: 1. Meeting Larry Kuperman from @nightdivestudios.bsky.social 2. Seeing "Star Trek™: Voyager® - Across the Unknown" 2 hours before it was announced (I'm so thrilled about this one!) 3. Talking with passionate indie devs about their games. #gamescom

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/08/2025

This whole week I attend #devcom / #gamescom as a freelance journalist for a local newspaper I write reviews for. But secretly also as a game developer trying to find new friends. You can say I'm the Batman of game development (not that rich though).

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 28/05/2025

Just finished "Nice Day For Fishing" by @vivaladirtleague.bsky.social (had a review copy). What a nice game! It has small flaws, which are easily fixable and I saw at least 4 possible entry points for DLCs. Can't wait for hopefully more adventures in Skycraft! #nicedayforfishing.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 25/04/2025

First time I have a Reddit post with 1500+ upvotes. I think I open a social media agency next.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 21/04/2025

I should really overthink my backup strategy...

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 20/04/2025

Thanks, I have a look at that.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 20/04/2025

Do you have a good starting point? I would like to turn this into 3D, because I want to use textures and not draw x walls for different levels by hand. I don’t need moving or animation (yet).

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 12/04/2025

Uh, what happened? My #dungeoncrawler suddenly became colorful. I refactored and replaced the line drawing algorithm with sprites. From that it was an easy step to move to colored walls. Moved from early PC to a NES game. #gamemaker #gamedev #rpg

Brown brick wales, a blue-ish floor and grey ceilings. Also the doors are real doors instead of lines.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 10/04/2025

Yeah, but the update seem to break many projects. I guess I wait one or two fixes.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 09/04/2025

There are always two things why I restart my project in Unity: when I get fed up with camera handling and UI in GameMaker. And after a while I return to GameMaker and solve the problem there anyway. 😅

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 01/04/2025

Thanks! It still needs some improvement, as I have to store more info on the screen, but all in all I like it very much. Hardest thing surely is to keep the game as retro as possible without adding too much. Can't wait to add additional features to an "early 90s" style successor though. 😅

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 31/03/2025

Here's a new screenshot for my #dungeoncrawler game. Interface is almost complete, character leveling and battles work, too (but need heavy balancing). This is almost a complete game now. Still no title yet. :( #gamemaker #rpg #gamedev #retro

A screenshot of my untitled RPG dungeon crawler. It shows a wireframe dungeon room, a grey transparent slime monster, some character info about the player, the minimap and a log of battle actions against the slime.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 24/03/2025

I might ditch the whole overworld idea and make this a dungeon crawler roguelike only. Not sure yet, though...

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 24/03/2025

I really love it! What type of genre will this be? I somehow get NOMAD vibes. If you're to young to remember this, check "NOMAD DOS game" on Youtube. It was a space exploration/trading/combat game like Elite and has a special place in my heart.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 24/03/2025

Fixed the UI! We also have monsters now (and chests and keys). No fighting/interaction yet though. Next step is to improve the input. I want to play this on the Steam Deck, so I need to make it 100% playable with a gamepad. #gamedev #gamemaker #rpg #dungeoncrawler

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 23/03/2025

My 80s style #dungeoncrawler game is growing faster than expected. I now have unlockable doors, a scrolling mini map and a message log at the bottom. The UI is still buggy. Now I need to study some older RPGs to get a better interface. #gamemaker #gamedev #rpg

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 23/03/2025

I watch your videos with awe. How is that even possible?! Are you using black magic??? 😮

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 23/03/2025

That is my intention. I want to make an Ultima like overworld and 3D-ish dungeons. Might be a very small target group, but as long as people like to play it, that'll be okay. 😅

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 22/03/2025

Today I began to write the dungeon algorithm to my own retro RPG. I want it to be as retro as possible, so this is the style I chose (also it was very easy to do). Might change it later though. Next step is to fill the dungeon with items and monsters. #gamemaker #gamedev #rpg #screenshotsaturday

A wireframe display of a dungeon room on the left side. On the right you can see a minimap of the visited places, the possible exits and the coordinates of the current room

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 22/02/2025

I did it! I released my first #Picotron game on the BBS. That was fun and easy, can't wait to make a fantasy MMORPG!!! #gamedev www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=147...

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Super Realistic Parachute Simulator 0.5

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 20/02/2025

Porting one of my early Ludum Dare games called "Superrealistic Parachute Simulator" to #Picotron to learn more about it. ChatGPT is surprisingly helpful with that. #gamedev

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/02/2025

Oh no! I'm falling in love with #picotron! Bought it on release, never used it (like I did with #pico-8), but I really would like to do a classic Ultima like RPG. Still need some experimenting with the engine, though.

A terrible over world map of a Picotron experiment I'm working on. Might become the biggest RPG ever seen, might also end as another unfinished side project.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 09/01/2025

Can't open the Steam page in Germany. You most likely didn't add age information to your page yet.

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Clifton B @cliftonb.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I wish I could commend whatever twisted brain came up with this scheme, but it's just too evil. youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk?...

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Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam

YouTube video by MegaLag

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 24/11/2024

Who at #Apple thought this was a good idea? Dark mode on #iPhone became really bad… 🤮

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 17/11/2024

Thanks! Yeah, I wonder why the buttons do that. They should be more pixelated also... 🤔

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 16/11/2024

Today I deleted a big part of my game: an over world hub, where players could to improve their character. I thought this was necessary to improve the game experience. But in the end it just felt not right. #gamedev #gamemaker

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 03/11/2024

"Maze Of Death" now has a user interface! This is a giant step into making it a real game! Also I was struggling for quite some time now to make it more interesting for players. And I guess, I finally found some ways. Can't wait to implement them. #gamemaker #gamedev

An 8bit style screenshot for my game "Maze Of Death". It shows the player within a non-hidden maze. Also some items are laying around in the maze. The top area of the screenshot shows the health UI, 4 panels for items and the steps/deaths counter.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 27/10/2024

"Maze Of Death" more and more becomes a real game. You need keys to open the door (so there's finally a goal) and shields help to survive. Spells, quests and perks are next. If this looks boring, check this video of an earlier build: youtu.be/fFFpqRxxESk #gamedev #gamemaker

A screenshot of my game "Maze Of Death". The player still is in its safe zone, but once he leaves, the walls become invisible.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 24/10/2024

It's incredible how bad #Google search results became. Nothing is as old as 10+ years old forum entries, especially when you search for tech stuff.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 22/10/2024

After taking a break from #gamedev for 3 weeks I joined a get together for indie developers in #Cologne, met many friendly people and showed my game. Today I implemented the first new feature since at least 2 months! Go out and talk to people about your game!

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a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 19/10/2024

Ich habe sie immer "dezentrale Sicherheitskopien" genannt.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/10/2024

I dual boot, because I can't get Gamemaker/Unity to work properly on Linux. But 90% of my time I'm on Linux now. I'm sure, I will cancel the gamedev decision soon. ;) And I still play games, just not buy them for a while (with some exceptions maybe). That pile of shame needs some loving.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/10/2024

That would be nice, especially for the bosses (and maybe some of the monsters, too) ! you had so many of them in the original pack and it would be a waste to not give them 4 directions. Thanks! For some of the assets your decision is fully understandable, though.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/10/2024

I was excited, when I got your mail, but honestly I was a bit disappointed. It was not a ✌️full✌️ remaster, a lot of assets are missing. E.g. many bosses didn't have 4 views, the overworld map is gone, etc. I'm really sorry, I love your work! I insta-bought all your assets, but this one was mediocre.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/10/2024

Have to change some habits, especially in buying stuff. My wife started a "Duales Studium" at City of Cologne, so I'm the one who brings most of the money home - at least for a while. And gamedev was too much of my time lately without real progress. Linux is just for fun and does not hurt anymore.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 18/10/2024

This October I decided to: - don't buy games for a year (which is not a problem with a lib of approx. 3.000 games on Steam, GOG, Amazon Prime, Epic 😅) (also emulation) - switch to #Linux (which works fine) - don't do #gamedev for a month (I might cancel this early though)

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 05/10/2024

My #ldjam game so far. Not sure yet, where this leads to. Maybe an ✌antless runner✌. 😂

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 05/10/2024

Das liegt aber nicht allein an der Verkehrswende. Fußgängerzonen sind ja kein neues Konzept. Die Städte sind im Sommer zwar voll, die Geschäfte aber trotzdem leer.

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🕹️ Hamrath 🕹️ @gamedev.wtf · 01/10/2024

Das sind wohl für die Switch kommen, hab ich vor ein paar Monaten gelesen.

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