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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Here it is, playable on desktop and mobile: eclectic-twilight-dcc756.netlify.app

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Hemohes World Championshit 2001

Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

You can play it in your browser or on your phone over here: majestic-rolypoly-b662d2.netlify.app I remember guy from my army service who found it to be the perfect hangover game. It used my custom assembly MMX blitter for rotozooming and shadows.

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When Kittens Turn Bad!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This blew my mind! Got Claude Code to take the exe file of an old game of mine & made it into a runnable web version literally in 5 minutes! Getting all details right did then take another 2 hours though. Another game from when I was 17. When Kittens Turn Bad.

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I had Claude Code port my old c++ game I did when I was 17 (back in 2001) to the web. I had the source but not all assets, but claude extracted the missing pieces from the exe-file. Amazed at how it got it done, and accurately (with very little guiding)

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Forgot to post this video. Here's how I build stuff in my game. Shows the whole flow and editor. It works all super well! And of course my daughter wanted a castle in the game, so why not a pink one! #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #unity3d

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

No drowing happens here 😄 it’ll show the same scene transition animation while playing a ”game over”-sound and you get to try again. And yeah scope creep is terrible when you wanna ship something (that will be free and not meant to generate any income).

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Thanks! ❤️ I've had a blast world building, but getting actual game content takes time. We'll see how it goes!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

oh that's interesting how it has such an effect on you, as this is a kids game I put a mercy timer logic there, so at the moment you get one extra "invisible" second.

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It dies a brutal death when the brain & body gets no more oxygen! ... no, just quick fade to black and you get to try again. Almost died when I recorded the video xD And thanks for watching and commenting! ❤️ oddly valuable to get human feedback on ones work!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Father & daughter gamedev update! Added a pearl fishing mini-game. Dive, open clams and search for pearls before your air runs out. Gotta say I'm feeling the scope getting out of hands. I'd like to get this more or less done this month, so I can move on to new indie games. #gamedev #indiedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Getting fences to work in this 3d paper-mario like world was tricky. Tried a couple things but ended up with only fence poles + a fence editor. Works well! #gamedev #indiedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Here's an example of the "find the lost dog" example. And then I've also added localization, I can now easily add new languages. So that's super cool! And I added a settings dialog + settings for parents (how hard are the math problems as an example). #madewithunity

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I also added a minigame framework, so I can more easily add new minigames to this world. The thinking is that while some quests are only to be played once, the minigames gives repeat playability. #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Father & Daughter game update! I've been working out new systems to make a cool world into a fun game. I added a Quest system so I we get things to do in the world. It's quite capable and consists of it's own little scripting language. #indiedev #indiegame

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This is really what it means to "not code" anymore. I could modify the value in code, but as I'm already in the terminal with Claude, I might as well stay there. #vibecoding #claude #ClaudeCode

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thanks! Well my daughter’s 8, so her role is to draw the animals that go into the game, and it’s based on her fantasy world. And she tell me what she likes and don’t like. Kids have honest and brutal criticism 😅 I do the rest 😊

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Friday father & daughter game update. Today I got a super cool water shader working, quite happy how water looks now! Also added intractable elements, like signs and other animals to talk to. Not too bad for one day's work! #indiedev #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

You need to make your replies a little bit less AI sounding ❤️

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Father & Daughter game update. Added an improved "rounded earth"-effect. Love it! Had some rendering issues where my real coding experience mattered (opposed to vibe coding). Added music & a run-sound. And my kids' school, simplified & stylized to fit the game. #indiedev #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Gotten a bit obsessed with this. Been so much fun! I changed the perspective now, does feel cooler and my daughter preferred it (Although she was unsure with the fog). But the scope is growing, this was supposed to be a quick small dad & daughter game 😅 #indiedev #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

And here's where I'm at now after having worked in Unity for about a week! Super happy with the progress. But far from a game at this point still. #indiedev #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Then I made a tool to easily create tiles, to use in a dual using a dual grid system. #gamedev #unity3d #indiedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Since then I started working in getting these animals into a game. Here's a furry version, animated and running around. Hadn't done any skinning and rigging in unity before. Super easy and super cool! #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Couple weeks old tweet: Took my daughter's drawing & might turn it into a game with her. It's her fantasy world called the Titi World. This took one evening! titiworld.com #aigamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I'd love a way to post automatically here when I tweet. If anyone got a good solution? Let me know! But for now let me show some of the stuff I've done the last couple of weeks.

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Open-sourced my new native macOS app to interface with Gemini & GPT Image quickly and conveniently! Needs a Replicate API token for now. Check it out at: atmanforge.com - I thought it turned out pretty nice! I'll be using it, hope someone else finds it useful too! ❤️ #aigamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I've been using render.com a bit for my projects, but it's not cheap, it's not fast. Thanks to Claude Code it's very easy to setup a VPS with git actions to deploy, and it's soo much faster to deploy new builds and also cheaper.

render.com

Cloud Application Platform | Render

On Render, you can build, deploy, and scale your apps with unparalleled ease – from your first user to your billionth.

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Super cool AI use case: Take a picture of yourself, use Gemeni to make a T-pose, then use Hunyuan 3d to create a 3d model, and then animate it with Mixamo. Take the animated model, create a Three.js website out of it. And why not a Suno bg track. Result: kaleidoscopic-pithivier-3f5cae.netlify.app

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Nano banano is amazing, here's my house as an isometrical game asset. Fucking ace!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Claude Code is the biggest shift in software development I've seen in my lifetime. Added search functionality to my game asset management tool while walking to pick the kids up from school. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Vibecode

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I used Google’s Veo3 to bring my kids favorite plushies to life. Cool stuff! And the kids loved it 😄

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

It has a git friendly structure, and you can move around files in Finder/Explorer and it'll reflect that. And then you can export everything from here to Unity or Godot. And of course a Light & Dark mode (I'm not an amateur after all! 😉). Using Electron, Vite, React & Tailwind. #unity #godot

a desktop app to manage game assets with

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

It's got some rudimentary AI features, relying on OpenAI and Flux AI (via Replicate). In-painting still doesn't seem great via any prediction model. But it can give you a start. #ai #openai

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Started vibecoding a game asset management app only last week using Claude Code. And already gotten far enough that it should be useful. It's been a ton of fun to build. It tracks metadata for images (what PSD is used to generate the PNG for example). #gamedev

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just finished watching the Minecraft movie with my kids. Loved it! Just the right mix of good vibes, adult humor, while still being a kickass kids movie!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

With the help of agentic coding tools you develop things while working on in the gym. Write the prompt, do you reps, look at the result, modify, execute, repeat. Only an idea for, but I'll try it soon enough! #vibecoding

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I tried @jetbrains.com's Junie for the first time today. It's agentic mode works really well! And I really prefer their IDEs compared to anything built on VC Code. Nice work by the JetBrains peeps! 🥳

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Using ChatGPT to generate layouts in Unity is getting there. @unity.com's new UI Toolkit makes it much easier! Loving UI Toolkit as someone who's done a fair bit of web dev #gamedev #unity #programming #ui

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Let's cut the crap: If Ukraine falls, American safety is at risk. If Elon thinks standing with Ukraine makes me a traitor, then he knows nothing about keeping America safe.

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Nice to see you posting here! Xtwitter's not a place I want to be anymore and threads has too much engagement bait. Rooting for this platform!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The funny thing with Bluesky compared xtwitter is you get followers, and people see your posts without you paying anything! Love it! I might get more active here soon enough!

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

No shortage of selective outrage

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/02/2025

If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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Omega Royale @omegaroyale.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🎉 OMEGA ROYALE - GLOBAL LAUNCH! 🎉 The World's 1st Battle Royale Tower Defense Game is OFFICIALLY OUT NOW for Android and iOS! Find the download link below and become the ultimate Tower Defense Champion! ⚔️ youtube.com/shorts/tHwz5...

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OMEGA ROYALE - GLOBAL LAUNCH!

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Niklas Wahrman @nixarn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Whenever I think of David Lynch I think of this scene from Lost Highway youtu.be/qZowK0NAvig?...

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