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Matthijs van de Laar

@matthijs.twirlbound.com
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CEO & creative director & writer of ✨video games✨ @twirlbound.com 🎮🛡🌲 | he/him

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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 08/10/2026
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They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
ALT: They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 08/10/2026
inb4 this turns out to be some AI agent bullshit they're trying to formalize
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 07/10/2026
Since The Knightling is officially now kid-approved by being shortlisted for the Cinekid Game Award, you can check it out as part of the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam throughout the festival until October 16. 🛡️🧡 www.cinekid.nl/en
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Cinekid - Platform for children’s film and media
The countdown is on! Discover the first programs and tickets.
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 05/10/2026
To celebrate World Animal Day and because you need an eyeball refresher from all that doomscrolling, please enjoy this little compilation of our fuzzy friends who help us make our games 🐾💙
A photo collage of cats, dogs, ferrets, and guinea pigs, all of whom belong to the Twirlbound team, with the Twirlbound logo
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(TheLizardKing) @realakim.neocities.org · 05/10/2026
Can't wait for Toby Fox to finish DELTARUNE and start on the third game in the anagram trilogy, "UNRELATED," which will be a AAA FPS hero shooter with 10 trillion microtransactions, a battle pass, be P2W, and cost $80 ($100 for premium edition, no disc) and no character overlap because its unrelated
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 05/10/2026
The Knightling is on sale AGAIN for the next few days! This is a great opportunity to pick up our little game at a fraction of the price. Remember to leave us a review when you're done! 🙏 💙
Buy the Knightling which is currently 84% off on steam
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 02/10/2026
Hell yeah, Edinburgh next year🥰
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 30/09/2026
there's nothing like the rush of wrapping a milestone delivery and the team just -feeling- that we're on the right track
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 30/09/2026
Not us finalizing our newsletter before it goes out LATER TODAY 😱 (There's still time to sign up for it! tinyurl.com/mailbound)
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Cat Typing with Screaming Cat Meme on Laptop
Alt: Cat Typing with Screaming Cat Meme on Laptop
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 28/09/2026
Another nomination for The Knightling! 🤩 This time we're finalists for the Cinekid Game Award. Cinekid is a film, television, and media festival for children in the Netherlands. We're so honored to be listed alongside these other kid-friendly games! tinyurl.com/cinekidawards
Cinekid Lion trophies with a purple lighting background
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 24/09/2026
Time for more Knightling art for our Birthday Art Drop! 🎨 If you like the creatures in the world of Clessia, check out these critters and monsters from our character artist, Pascal! Give his Artstation some love! www.artstation.com/artwork/LaemQK www.artstation.com/artwork/G186yd
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Knightling - Wildlife, Pascal Vis
The wildlife created for the Knightling. These critters and creatures can be found breathing life into the tamed and untamed regions in and around the city of Clesseia and beyond! Big thanks to our ...
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Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm doing a little experiment with pre-rendered backgrounds. I wanted the backgrounds to look lousy as hell, btw
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Deedee Mega Doodoo @echidnabeans.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Xbox: with Game Pass, we’re going to become the Netflix of Games *Cancels all their studios* I’ll be damned, they really did it!
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 22/09/2026
One week until ISSUE 2 OF MAILBOUND goes live! We'll still be on social media but a newsletter allows us to go straight to your inbox! 💌 Follow our journey here (you'll have to confirm your signup once you register): tinyurl.com/mailbound
The knightling writing at a desk in the form of lofi girl
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vic-or-squeak!! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ @gizmouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ed sheeran breaks down in tears when he realizes that the plasma grenade on his knee cannot be disarmed
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Retro Blast 👻 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026
Okami launched today, September 19th, 2006 for SONY PlayStation 2 20 years ago... Any OG fans out there who played Okami back in the day on PS2?
Cover art for the PS2 game, Okami, showing the title in Japanese script style in black at the top with a red circle behind it, and Okami the wolf below, she's white and looks to be painted with brushstrokes, mouth open and looking over her shoulder.
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 20/09/2026
9 games that helped shape who I am! my9games.net/en
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 18/09/2026
Been very happy with this so far - given that most people on our team have been with us since the start or the start of their career, we run the risk of not mixing in fresh new ideas from outside enough, as we don't hire often. So this has been a great way to do just that!
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 18/09/2026
Thank you @rystorm.com for coming and talking to us for our studio's September Lunch and Learn! We learned so much from the tools design masterclass and appreciate your time to answer our questions and help us improve our workflows. 👍
Robin-Yann Storm is wearing a black and red shirt and standing at the front of the room next to a Knightling banner and a TV wit a green background and text that says "The Basics of Tool Design"
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important PSA from us at Nintendo of America. Shigeru Miyamoto, head producer of titles in the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, was found to have been turned into a cocoon, with a note from him attached to the outside. "This is Miyamoto. In just 9 months I will be a beautiful Miyamoth."
Miyamoto
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 15/09/2026
Since it's our little game's birthday, our artists will be doing art drops throughout the month! First up, we have environment artist Lotte, who created everyone's favorite cosmetic superstore, the Tailor shop! Check out the rest of her work on The Knightling here: www.artstation.com/artwork/rlNR9J
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The Knightling - Clesseia, Lotte de Brabander
'Sup nerds, Here are some assets I made for 'The Knightling', these are locations in the great city of 'Clesseia.' The cozy tents are occupied by the tailor and the fortune teller. Places where you c...
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 14/09/2026
never a dull moment with this account
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thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games · 10/09/2026
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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
like.. you could play this game just for that nintendo impact/particle vfx work alone.. best in the biz. 💥
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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
i'm frame obsessing over the trailer and man, this game just looks absolutely incredible. 😍
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Zelda Ocarina of Time remake trailer screenshots
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We kept the Great Fairy hot why is everyone upset
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 08/09/2026
To think we have another Nintendo Direct coming tomorrow.. is it Christmas??
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 08/09/2026
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Screenshot from the videogame The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Close up of Link's big head looking up to the sky. A button prompt reads: 'Let Go'
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 08/09/2026
I love it, sue me
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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 08/09/2026
Nintendo unveiled a teaser for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake featuring a cameo from Tupac Shakur as that one big tree. paletteswap.site/different-co...
Tupac Makes Appearance in Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake as Great Deku Tree
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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was not prepared to be emotionally destroyed today. We put a lot into the games we create and reading things like this makes it all seem worthwhile. Big ooof.
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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 08/09/2026
Valve should lower their rev share portion to 15% for the first $1m a game earns. Not because it would would help small teams survive to make more games (it would), but because they would earn more money in the long term.
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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 06/09/2026
Two posts back to back: 1. Even before Israel was globally understood to be a genocidal ultra-fascist ethno-supremacist country, it was enforcing that rain water is Israel's property, prohibit8ny Palestinians from building ways of collecting potable water. www.snopes.com/news/2023/11...
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Palestinians Forbidden from Collecting Rainwater Because It's Deemed 'Israeli Property'?
Israeli authorities have heavily controlled water access in Palestinian territories for decades.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/09/2026
Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade.
We’re eliminating AI use for students in 2-K through 8th grade for the upcoming school year.
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 04/09/2026
Aaaah Zelda movie trailer + Twilight Princess & Windwaker HD for Switch 2 + Ocarina trailer at leeeeast right
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 03/09/2026
Thanks to @nbctech.bsky.social for talking about how great the game is and some glowing reviews, and also sharing how extremely on sale we are right now 😅 www.notebookcheck.net/Charming-ope...
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Charming open-world game drops below $6 on Steam for the first time
A shield is normally used for blocking – in The Knightling, it's used for fighting, gliding and even surfing through the open world. The charming action adventure is 80% off on Steam until September 6...
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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026
I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this:
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This was Angry Birds before woke
Luigi strapped to a slingshot
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 31/08/2026
We had a great time at Gamescom! Some stats: 🥨5 pretzels eaten ☕4 cups of coffee (per day) 💙3 Twirlbound devs 🤝2 meetings involving stroopwafels ✨1 unannounced project 👀 If you missed us but want to know what's next for Twirlbound, find out with our newsletter: tinyurl.com/mailbound
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Join our mailing list! | Mailbound
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 28/08/2026
www.artstation.com/artwork/yAJoYJ
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Knightling - Magnustego and the Knightling, Pascal Vis
The main character created for the Knightling and their trusted companion. It's the Knightling and Magnustego, aka Maggie, ready for an adventure of a lifetime! Big thanks to our concept artist, whos...
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 28/08/2026
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The Knightling - Clesseia, Isa Raaijmakers
One of the challenging things to tackle in this project was the amount of human structures. We wanted to create a bustling and vibrant city scene. I worked on all of the modular kits together with my ...
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 28/08/2026
www.artstation.com/artwork/egJNrY
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Knightling - Clesseia, Timo Van Hugten
It’s been a year since The Knightling launched, so it feels long overdue to finally start sharing some of my work. Kicking things off with some of the work I did for the city of Clesseia. A big shou...
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 28/08/2026
Happy first Birthday Knightling!!🎂 To celebrate, we're showing off our small art team's amazing accomplishment of building and populating the open world of Clesseia. Check out Isa, Pascal and Timo's work on their Artstation linked in the comments! #indiegame #artstationdrop #gameart
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Matthijs van de Laar @matthijs.twirlbound.com · 28/08/2026
To celebrate 1 year of Knightling, our artists finally got to uploading their work to Artstation - LOOK AT IT, it's so gloriouuuuuus www.artstation.com/artwork/98nQGW 😭❤️
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The Knightling - Clesseia, Isa Raaijmakers
One of the challenging things to tackle in this project was the amount of human structures. We wanted to create a bustling and vibrant city scene. I worked on all of the modular kits together with my ...
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