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I'm adding metros to escape93 so you can travel around. You start the game without a car so you'll have to walk or take public transport. #gamedev #indiedev #escape93

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, this is much better. There's going to be one blend file per set with some prefixes to decide whether it's road, sidewalk or a building (you can't walk on buildings). #escape93

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 6h

Tough decision but I decided to move away from one single mesh to a 3D tilemap for escape93. I think it fits the game and it'll also speed up the world building if I don't have to keep extruding and mapping every face. It also opens up the opportunity for players to customize the world

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Throwback to 2019 when I was working on an RC game in Godot that supports content from Re-Volt. It used Godot's car wrapper and was surprisingly versatile in terms of handling. #gamedev #indiedev

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm experimenting with a touch-based input method for top-down racers. The car can dash or jump depending on how many fingers you use. Much more intuitive than virtual joysticks #gamedev #indiedev

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just a few more typos and I’m done with my master’s thesis. It’s not perfect and it took way too long, but I did it while working to fund it, starting a family and raising a kid. I’m so glad it’s done.

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Green Ginger | VGEN COMMISSION OPEN! 🟢🫚 @greenginger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘴." #pixelart #ドット絵

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Heavy Rain on the PS3 was the first time I experienced a game with some pretty dark elements. I was drawn to it by the game world: How the houses were modeled, how things were animated. Pretty meta. The story was captivating and I completed it but I don't need any of the violence and darkness.

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Working on the engine sound using three different samples that crossfade. Pretty oldschool but effective. Posy has a really good video about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYR...

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Small Crowd Cheering.wav

YouTube video by Posy

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ylop3d @ylop3d.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

my sonic clone attempt became a skateboarding game 🫣 The rom is 956kb, everything made in pocket workstation, models, textures, level, animations. It helped me collect around a dozen bugs. Now my time budget as a game developer is over, time to get back to improving tools. #pocketworkstation

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Steam page is up! store.steampowered.com/app/5294850/... Screenshots are there but I'm missing a crucial feature for the trailer which I'll hopefully get around implementing to next week! 🚦 Now I can finally say: Wishlist the game on Steam! (if you like :) #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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escape93 on Steam

Welcome to escape93, a life sim large cubic evacuation vessel. Explore the cube, deliver pizza or spend time on the early web and write your own homepage using the tools offered by ParasolOS.

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a tiny collection of cinema carpets (okay, just this one). I definitely have to put one of those in the game. Arcade carpets are awesome, too but there’s a lack of cool arcades around here

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thinking about creating connectivity between the game world and the in-game OS via an interface called TWAVIN (technology with a very interesting name) Hook up your laptop to a traffic light, fire up the TWAVIN spoofer and enable disco mode #escape93

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Green Ginger | VGEN COMMISSION OPEN! 🟢🫚 @greenginger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝(); #pixelart #ドット絵

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Added a 'knockable' property to objects to enable collision and angle them on impact. I put it on dumpsters by mistake but I guess it works Look away for 10 seconds and they'll be back up. #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy littlle accidents are okay when working on icons #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is my favourite website: www.noleggiocose.it/elettrodomes... I found it when I searched for a pepper grinder that I found in italy a few years ago. If you have the slightest interest in design, check it out

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Barbican Centre, London EC2Y Wet Glazed brick foot path in the rain and concrete tower block and columns #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love the random faces. Glasses can be rotated too which is much more expressive than I anticipated

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Glitching the signal on crashes. NTSC definitely wins the competition. I'm showing the most extreme case here, this car is much faster than the others in the game. #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I put in a PAL filter and WOW. This is going to stay #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Ancient Pixel @ancient-pixel.com · 13/11/2025

Formula Zero is the fictional racing leage of "Resistance Racing 2k97". Rushing through abandoned Hyperloops and other underground structures human built to escape the changing climate on earths surface.

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Sophia | Wawak Games @sophia-wawak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In a game about book writing, I decided to make all the covers. These are some of the sci-fi ones. Overall, I made around 200 so far! #booksky #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Around this time X years ago, I would boot up my Pentium Y, start up The Sims Z and wait U minutes for it to load. [ { "X": 20, "Y": 4, "Z": 2, "U": 15 }, { "X": 23, "Y": 2, "Z": 1, "U": 10 } ] It was always worth the wait. Both games’ soundtracks throw me right back. My first pc was a maxdata

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Creating a new nose and eyes for My Look using Canvas #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #escape93

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dodging traffic while delivering pizza or driving people around will be so much fun. Too fast? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #escape93

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Walaber @walaber.com · 17/09/2026

“Wallride” (clip from my discord channel for PGRC)

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wow! That was an unexpected wave of new followers. Thanks and welcome!

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just found out that I need more views like this. Driving up a wall feels totally natural by now but being close to a ceiling that looks just like the floor actually makes you feel a bit weird #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Accidentally activated the debug camera and got this cool view #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Expanding the world a little bit. I feel like I've worked on the engine enough, now it's time for content. My next goal is to have a few districts to drive around, a website for pizza delivery jobs and some furniture for the apartment. #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm thinking about reaching out to a publisher for escape93. I'm about to go fully self employed so some secure funding to work on the game full time (or even just half time) would be amazing. Does anyone have some experience regarding this? Would love to chat! #gamedev #indiedev #escape93

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I added native resolution rendering and texture filtering (gl rendering instead of software) because some people might be looking for it. Dithering also looks pretty cool at high res when moving around. #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev

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“Spooky” Tom Guycott @thomasguycott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy birthday to a real champ.

A cartoon Sega Dreamcast with googly eyes sits on a table and is talking with its lid as a mouth:

“OH NO! MY CMOS BATTERY DIED! I CAN'T PLAY VIDEO GAMES ANYMORE!”

“HA HA! JUST KIDDING! YO, WHAT TIME IS IT?”

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ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Dreamcast 909 day to all those who celebrate! September 9th this is the only day of the year you can combine these two Japanese electronics

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dswnt ✦ @dswnt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Week 88, Parallel Universe of Windows (Rewrite): Luna + Plex (Windows '03, 2003) #weekly #design #AlternateTimeline #os #concept

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You boot up your PC in the 90s and find a system utility for acid lines #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev

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Marv @marvinthiel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That's net.acid running on Parasol using Open303 as a backend while I'm cruising through the test district. Soon: deliver pizzas as you tweak acid lines while your car's speed is is tied to the 303's cutoff knob. #escape93 #gamedev #indiedev

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