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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This week I dived into adding some experimental mouse support. Not entirely finished yet, but made some good progress! #coilbound #coilboundgame #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It looks a lot like our cat 😻 She enjoys laser pointers as well but hasn’t wrecked anything yet 😅🤞💸

A picture of a tuxedo cat, lounging in the sun.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More balancing and scenarios! About half of all planned scripted content done. #screenshotsaturday #coilbound #coilboundgame #indiegame

A screenshot of the game Coilbound where A shady dude with green face wants to be given something called a Darksource.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

More scenario making, I had a lot of fun with this one. ⭐️ if you can spot the reference. #screenshotsaturday #coilbound #coilboundgame #indiegame #turnbased #mysterydungeon

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This week I worked on the first major custom scripted event that will complement the procedurally generated content. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #coilbound

Screenshot from the game Coilbound where a desperate man called Barum might attempt to use the Demon Reactor

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I completed Shining Force tonight, such a great game despite a bit of jank and missing QoL features. I first tried it 30 years ago but took a while until I got hooked 😅. Looking forward to try the sequel, but might check out some other old SRPGs before that.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Clever detail with the universal yes / no dialog, as it wouldn’t need localisation etc.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Tried out Tracktion's Waveform Free (www.tracktion.com/products/wav...) for the purpose of midi sequencing and it seems to have an ok enough piano roll UI. I used Plogue sforzando plugin for SF2 soundbank support and finally export to midi. Overall a pretty nice feature-set for a free version.

Waveform Free UI showing piano roll and soundfont player plugin

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Instead of watching the WWDC keynote this year I’ll spend some time resurrecting this old Mac Mini from late 2009 with Snow Leopard and reminisce of a time when Apple could prioritise stability over features.

Screenshot from desktop of OSX Snow Leopard

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Trying out the new Onimusha demo and it’s kinda surreal to revisit Kiyomizu-dera which I visited last year. However I sorely need to rebind the buttons as it’s simply not possible to scratch 500h of Sekiro muscle memory. There is the system-wide button override on PS5 though, but it sucks.

Protagonist in the new Onimusha game on PS5 with some red leaves and sunlight.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This week I took a break from main project while builds were in Steam review and spent some time on a side project; VLK Tracker; the audio engine used in #septourian and #coilbound. #screenshotsaturday #vlktracker

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

What crossplatform development feels like (no my desk is not large enough).

Bjarne will need a new scope for his footguns.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This week I made another push to get a private test version ready. Almost there 🤞 #coilbound #screenshotsaturday #mysterydungeon #steamdeck store.steampowered.com/news/app/448...

The player is confronting Bombur for stealing the prized Barkcake he got as a reward.

Version info about current build listed.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Funny bug where the tilemap coordinates for the floor were set to the space reserved for the japanese language assets. Like the scribbles of a madman. #coilbound #indiegame

Topdown view of a retro-styled game with tiles and japanese characters.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This week was a foray into biome generation, distribution and elemental properties. Lots of work left but a good start to kick it off. store.steampowered.com/news/app/448... #coilbound #screenshotsaturday

A small pixelated character is standing on a narrow path with lava on both sides.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

SNES inspired button glyphs for the on-screen buttons on iOS (and other things) store.steampowered.com/news/app/448... #screenshotsaturday

NPC informing the player about which button to toggle map, with transparent onscreen buttons displayed in a layer over the game screen.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This week was mostly about building on Linux, using a Steam Deck as dev machine and migration to SDL3. Read all about it here: www.reddit.com/r/rogueliked... #coilbound #screenshotsaturday #steamdeck #mysterydungeon

Coilbound running on Steam Deck as a native Linux build.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Added more modifying consumables, modifying global parameters and custom map chunks. Full changelog here: www.reddit.com/r/rogueliked... #coilbound #screenshotsaturday

The ground is covered in loot after the cat army was vanquished. Are there armour pieces designed for cats? Might not fit a regular person then.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I've been off a bit this week due to Easter break, but I managed to pick some low-hanging fruit and started prepping on a few more resistances and damage types. #screenshotsaturday #coilbound

Inventory list with cursor on Repair item.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Seems to run pretty fine on the deck! However dpad only seems to change player direction, maybe intentional? Also, I guess there no metaprogression?

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Some UI/UX work this week including bugfixing. Also added destructible grass decorations that can hide items and other things. #screenshotsaturday #coilbound

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Noticed that Xcode 26 has a new Metal debugging HUD that can be enabled in scheme diagnostics. Might be useful for performance monitoring.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This week I've worked on button bindings and glyphs. These are dynamic, so if you change bindings it will reflect in the UI, and if the gamepad is unplugged it will fallback to keyboard binding glyphs. DualShock, XBox and Steam Deck controllers will be supported. #screenshotsaturday #coilbound

Button glyphs that should cover DualShock, XBox and Steam Deck controllers.

Dialog for picking up a key. Button glyphs show DualShock controller for X and O.

A friendly cow tells you about the fundamental input basics and their current bindings.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The most striking visual change after upgrading to macOS Tahoe is that application window corners are a lot more rounded now. This scroll indicator for example is really squeezed down in the right corner. I thought I would get used to it after a while but it kind of annoys me a bit still.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The focus this week has been on items in all their variations, bug fixing and balancing feedback loops. Also added more stuff to the hub area and trying out a night-theme. #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Added a ton of stuff this week including what I call a quickselection UI with consumables for a more non-modal experience. There will be a lot of time spent in menus, so needs to feel good. It is running on iOS btw (though video is very compressed). #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Completed work on a few questlines this week including a main objective for the demo. Maybe I'll add one more before I consider it done. The process is fairly streamlined but can be improved. #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Tried to do a full playthrough of the current state of my demo content yesterday, but it was too hard.. Though I had an immense amount of fun, which was very positive. Now it's clear what I need to adjust for the next session. #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Trying out some new bomb mechanics. Unfortunately this mob has around 90% physical resistance so it's mostly just damaged by the lingering fire. #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

VLK Tracker; the audio tool I've been using for my games for a few years is heavily based on random parameters to provide a way to get variation in music and sfx. I'm now adding row and pattern jumps that will trigger on supplied probability which I expect will be equal parts silly and powerful 😄.

A primitive music tracker GUI showing notes, effects and playback cursor

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I've mostly been occupied with other projects this week, but have laid the foundations of a scenario / questline handler. I feel with the addition of characters that it's starting to come alive a lot more than I expected! #screenshotsaturday

A text dialog with a portrait of a talking skeleton looking for its soul

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

A naked man inside a sidescrolling platforming computer game level

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is how it looked before which is truly terrible since there was no clear distinction between the items in the menu and the ones on the ground. It could've been solved by darkening the bg while menu was active for example, but I opted for a complete redesign instead.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Replaced ingame ringmenu with a listbased variant to reduce clutter, supply a large text area for descriptions, add context menu to items and enable support for japanese font sizes. #screenshotsaturday

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Some of the more significant updates recently are sorting of enemy actions by agility roll, overhaul of loot system where each separate item takes up a single tile, long-range weapons in the form of darts and cracks where you might drop down to the floor below #screenshotsaturday

Topdown view of characters in a forest with red leaved, ground is covered in some cracks and a hole.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Now I know why that item in Breath of Fire II was called ”Ristband”.

Image of a barcode and japanese katakana characters saying ”risutobando”

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Poor guy spawned inside a structure. Might need to evaluate adjacent tiles when placing mobs.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Added food item degradation mechanism where everything eventually turns into slop if carried around for too long. Will be taking some time off this project and pick up development in December again. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #ゲーム制作 #ドット絵

A game character is looking at the items in their inventory, with the slop item selected.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This week I did a lot of balancing of the leveling and eq system, added carry weight limits and started on a hub + tutorial area. I find myself getting drawn in more often when playtesting which is a good sign that I'm on the right track. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #ゲーム制作 #ドット絵

The tutorial king instructs the novice player on how to perform basic game mechanics.

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Had to review the changelog to remember what I've been working on this week, but some UI/UX, hunger system and the ability for NPCs to consume food and scavange for it among loot. Also here's the player being chased by a plague rat. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #ゲーム制作 #ドット絵

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Adding some "delicious" dungeon foods; Quaffing a potion of resist poison before consuming alleviates most of the bad effects, though there's still a 5% risk of contracting plague (less if your vitality stat is good). #indiegames #dungeoncrawler #roguelike #pixelart

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Harry Lundström @lundstroem.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Thank you! 🙏 And thank you for the offer, I will however be doing all audio work in this obscure tool 😁 (generates waveforms in real time to save space).

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