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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 14h

Find useful keys to unlock your way to freedom in Hidden Dinosaur, the funny little maze escape game (demo available on Steam)! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every maze in Hidden Dinosaur holds a different challenge -- sometimes the dinosaur can be a bit faster than usual! You'll need to make plenty of distance from it before you reach the exit door! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Finding the way out of the mazes of Hidden Dinosaur might not always be so straightforward. Find color-coded keys to unlock doors to make your way to freedom before the hidden dinosaur sniffs you out! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the faux-3D maze world of Hidden Dinosaur, use your positioning to peek around corners to see where the titular hidden dinosaur is lurking. Of course, be careful not to get its attention! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Use your wits to navigate befuddling mazes in Hidden Dinosaur! Collect keys and use helpful maps in aiding you to find the exit. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The goal of Hidden Dinosaur, the funny little jumpscare game for family and friends (demo on Steam), is to reach the exit of a maze without incurring the wrath of the dinosaur that hides about. It can be trickier than you think! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's an early development clip of my little horror game Hidden Dinosaur! Navigate a faux-3D maze while trying to avoid the dinosaur that wanders about within. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's that time of year again, so I'd like to promo my little indie-horror jumpscare game Hidden Dinosaur! Navigate a series of mazes without being caught by the hidden dinosaur. What other obstacles await? Guess you'll have to play to find out! #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A very early level 2 intro for Louny Balloony. This one displays the full physics for the hot air balloon obstacles including bounceable balloons and walkable fuselages. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interactable hot air balloon gondolas. For when you're tired of flapping. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Practicing doing stuff in Choicer Voicer (pardon the mic peaking)

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Welcome new followers! I do game development stuff, including my long-term personal project Louny Balloony, the unique flying platformer! I'll also be promoting my horror game Hidden Dinosaur soon for the upcoming Halloween season, so keep an eye out for that if you're into that stuff! Thanks!

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Little snippet of the 3 parallaxing backgrounds currently featured in the Louny Balloony demo. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Side-by-side of the old Gameboy-inspired design with the new 16-bit-inspired design of Louny Balloony #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Little particle effects for when Louny breaks through the cloud layer #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Very early testing of the sky level backgrounds. The largest foreground balloons would eventually be able to be interacted with, in regards to the current Steam demo. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Taking a secret route to get the special balloon #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another Louny clip showing various stuff like using the dash attack and enemy balloonists being alerted into battle #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Apart from gamedev stuff, I also stream over on Twitch on weekday nights using my custom Louny vTubey avatar! Here's a few highlights from my current playthrough of Mother 3:

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Minute-long clip of an early demo of the first Louny boss #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Looks like Bluesky issues won't let me upload gifs or videos right now, so have a screenshot of the sky level from Louny this Sunday. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

The player, Louny, standing on the bow of a flying airship floating amongst the clouds along with some hot air balloons.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A very cliché gamedev thought, but I sometimes wonder if I should outright quit my dayjob to work on game projects full time. I feel like I can get so much done in a few hours of coding on my project than I can with days of dealing with the rigid process of developing enterprise software.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just recovered from a power outage while streaming and I'm just continuing wherever I left off. Doing more gamedev stuff. www.twitch.tv/haroldkrell

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Friday Night Gamedev | Streaming art.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Have no plans for tonight, so I'm considering doing a very low-stakes gamedev stream at around 8PST. I'm mostly gonna be showing code onscreen, but might pop up a quick demo from time to time. Might play a game later on if there's interest, but I honestly don't see that happening.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A clip of testing out separate game mechanics working together in order to tell a story of stealthy surprise #gamedev #indiedev #gamedev

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My streams have been taking off lately

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A clip of the completed boss sprite (with filled-in limbs), compared to the one posted yesterday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Early demo of the first boss fight. This burglar boss is composited from a bunch of independently moving sprites, but only his body and extremities have been implemented so far, so he kind of looks like a Rayman character at this point. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A little mini-trailer for Louny Balloony I made a while back as a part of a larger game showcase. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Nothing like estranged immediate family members making repeated phone calls to you and leaving threatening drunken messages on your voice mail to affirm your suicidal depression for the last year.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Various enemy balloonatic behaviors in Louny Balloony #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

More snippets from an early build of Louny. Includes: - Interactable large balloons - Sleeping enemies that awaken when Louny is near - Enemies interacting with water spouts #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Puppy Truck! @puppytruck.dog · 30/07/2026

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I don’t think I’ll find any meaningful success or happiness with my game development or streaming stuff. At best, they’ve been a distraction from just how bleak my personal life as become.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The title screen for Louny Balloony. Don't usually show this off by itself too often since it's the first thing that appears in the demo, but here it is if you haven't played it! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I ported another old jam game to html/browser on Newgrounds! It's the Smash Boys vs. the Nerdy Boys! Pick your favorite smash boy and beat up the nerds in this weird little Battletoads-like concept! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

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The Smash Boys vs. the Nerdy Boys

Your favorite Bros are ready to Super Smash! Pick your brawler and fight those nerds!

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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The Smash Boys vs. the Nerdy Boys

Your favorite Bros are ready to Super Smash! Pick your brawler and fight those nerds!

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I want to try to upload a browser version of one of my old jam games to Newgrounds once a month. Been putting this month’s game off for a while, but hopefully should be up in the next few days pending review!

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Another old clip featuring the special attack among a bunch of other enemies and obstacles. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Here's an early clip showing the flight-pathing of enemy balloonists. This was before they had their own sprite made for them, so they're just using a gray-scaled version of the Louny sprite here. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Debugging linking valve objects with water spouts. The faster Louny passes through a valve, the longer amount of time water comes out of the respective spout. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Another early gameplay clip of Louny. Just testing out a bunch of elements working together to see how they all interact. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A little clip showing off the feather-collectible chest. Has a pretty good capacity. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Been streaming a bunch this past year, and am looking into doing even more in the future. Here's a VOD of my latest playthrough of Chapter 5 of Deltarune if you wanna sample! www.twitch.tv/videos/28163...

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Real Human Experiences - haroldkrell on Twitch

haroldkrell went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Deltarune VOD now.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

WIP of a pinball project I've been hammering at for a while. Finally got most of the head and arm stuff in sync in to make it feel like a real creature. Reminiscent of a certain streamer. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #bignosebuggy

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A clip showing off the unique "hit point" system in Louny Balloony. When Louny hits an object, he loses feathers and becomes temporarily stunned, but if a balloon gets hit, it pops! Mind your resources to stay afloat! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Wanted to fix up a cocktail reminiscent of drinking pool water. Here’s a Gun Metal Blue.

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Early test of interactable water coming out of water tower spouts. Standing in the way of flowing water will push you back! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Harold Krell @haroldkrell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A medley of Louny-related sprite animations showing off: - Walking around - Blowing up balloons - Dashing through the air - Bouncing on objects - Getting severely injured #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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