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Max

@maximilianlubbers.bsky.social

Biodegradable developer. Made Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson along with the rest of the band.

Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Cheers to the Unity Awards winners! We did not win our category, but that’s ok! These wins are well deserved, just look at the lineup! Special congrats to @nomada.studio for taking home Best 2D Visuals! Having Fretless put next to these amazing titles is quite an honor. 🙏

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A series of strong distinct choices that players can look back on and learn from. Virtual high-five 💥🖐️💥 to @megacrit.com for being such an influential studio both in the indie space and beyond! m.youtube.com/watch?v=6NgL... #gamedevs #indiedev

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Slay the Spire 2 Developer Interview | PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025

YouTube video by PC Gamer

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Humble reminder that growth happens over a long period of time. Our artist had zero experience working with pixel art when we started. He learned the foundations, refined techniques, made it his own, and gave that to Fretless. Proud to share that his efforts have earned us a nomination! 🎨

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The plumbobs are out of control. #thesims #gaming

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

When we say Fretless took 8 years, we really mean it took 8 years to find. Many games were started/abandoned. Gameplay from 2019 shows our first level “The Mine” where Rob searched for magical ore to upgrade his Shovel Guitar! #gameprototype #turnbased #indiedev

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

When we started Fretless, Unity did not support aseprite files—it does now 🙏 We found amazing 3rd party tools which afforded rapid iteration of animations and tile maps. Map editor www.mapeditor.org Asprite / Tiled pipeline seanba.com Huge TY! #leveldesign #workflow #indiedev #gamedev #indiedev

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Max @maximilianlubbers.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

First post. Hello blues. I make games. I want to talk about games. Proud member of @ritualstudios.bsky.social We made Fretless bit.ly/Fretless-Game I will mostly post about Game Development and Art stuff. For now, here’s my dog. She does not want to get out of bed. Cute. #welcome #indiedev

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