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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 23/04/2025

If you haven't yet, both Skyjo and Wingspan are great fun!

Richard @pretzelhands.com · 23/04/2025

First order of my wife's art business kyoti.art arrived at its destination today! It's amazing to see people be so excited about receiving their order. A whole different rush!

A reflective, shiny A5-sized package with lots of custom packaging decals lying on a doormat

A 'My Neighbor Totoro' sticker sheet, a Totoro bookmark, a few Soot stickers and a thank you card laid out on a wooden table

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 22/04/2025

Es ist schön zu wissen, dass meine Kammerumlage zumindest an technisch kompetente Menschen geht.. 🙃

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 16/04/2025

I am both super glad for you and also so jealous at the same time. God I wish I could've just gone for a hike this morning 🤭

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 16/04/2025

honored to see kitsune tails among such good company! get more info about kitsune tails at kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

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Kitsune Tails

Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans in this platforming follow up to Super Bernie World.

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 07/04/2025

Bologna is a fabulous city to be in! I hope you enjoy JSDay and the delicious food. 😁

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 04/04/2025

Just remembered my very first programming experience. NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 stored all its car models with .ini files in a cars/ folder. This INI files had things like acceleration rate and max speed defined per vehicle. You could just edit them. I won every race 😤

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 29/03/2025

Today in: video games I’m horrifically late for: Shadow of the Erdtree! Fucking FINALLY.

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Erin List @scarfront.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Found mine! Behold! 🥳 My drawings and designs, inspired by Ocarina of Time. Not sure on how old I was. 🤔 They're in two different booklets, and the item drawing style is more advanced in one of them. About 6 is my best estimate, as this would coincide with when I first got to play the game.

Photo of two raster pages with 40 small, colored drawings of items from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Photo of a raster page with various small, colored drawings of items from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

They're arranged in a way similar to the layout of the inventory screen in the game.

On the top is text that reads 'Inventar'.

The bow, boomerang, and grappling hook have additional upgrades next to them, meant to show magical enhancements similar to the magic arrows in the game.

There's also a simple, childlike drawing of Link in his green tunic and hat, wearing brown boots and wielding a short sword (like the Kokiri Sword) and red shield (like the Mirror Shield).

On top of that is text that reads 'Ausrüstung'.

Photo of a raster page, showing a colored drawing of a map, inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

It looks somewhat like a map used in one of the guidebooks for video games, using a top-down perspective. There are symbols of items showing the locations they can be found at.

In the middle it shows a body of water in blue, surrounded by a street in grey and areas of vegetation in green. A couple structures in brown for wood and red for roofs are also on the map.

In the top-left of the map is a yellow road leading away from the area. On top of it is a text that reads 'Kaiware-Straße'.

Photo of a raster page showing drawings of interior level layouts, inspired by the dungeon maps from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

There are symbols for items, namely keys, a map, and a bow, showing their location.

The levels are seperated as they each show a different floor of the dungeon, with the letter 'F' and numbers from 1-4 next to them.

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 20/03/2025

Pictures on stage are officially professional!

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 20/03/2025

Also this may be yet another failed attempt, but since I've spent a lot of time recently promoting my wife's art business (btw, go buy stickers from kyoti.art) maybe I can also be a bit more active again on socials myself.

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 20/03/2025

Hah, I notice that too. Although it happens less when I speak in my native language. Maybe because I'm more conscious of my word choice in German. 🤔

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 20/03/2025

Anyone ever have this thing where your brain is like 3 paragraphs ahead of the words that are coming out of your mouth and then you stumble over your words like an idiot? It's been happening /a lot/ recently. 🙃

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

My wife is starting an art business! 🎨 A story of how you can just do things. In November last year Jowi and I went to @ViennaComicCon on a date. We wanted to see the nerd scene of Austria in one place We also found the "Artist Alley" where people sell their arts & crafts ✨ 1/

A panoramic view of Vienna Comic Con's Artist Alley full of people

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

If you want to hear more or see where the story goes, go follow my wife and buy her stickers: kyoti.art/millenialmon kyotiart.etsy.com instagram.com/kyoti_art 9/9

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

Unironically pizza. I was the only kid in the entire neighborhood that /detested/ pizza. Thankfully I came to my senses around age 13. 😌

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

If you want to hear more or see where the story goes, go follow my wife and buy her stickers: kyoti.art/millenialmon kyotiart.etsy.com instagram.com/kyoti_art 9/9

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

In the end we managed to generate a whopping 728 EUR from our first effort! 💵 So I'd like to take this as a story. If you have something you want to do, just go and do it. As @levelsio has said: You Can Just Do Things. 8/

Jowi in the Button Festival booth showing a peace sign and smiling extremely happily

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

The big day came and we set up a stand at Button Festival! We were surrounded by so many other lovely artists who welcomed us with open arms ❤️ It was an absolute blast to see people react to the stickers, to chat with them, to just have a good time for two days 7/

Me and Jowi behind our fully set up and decorated booth at Button Festival

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

A lot of long production days and nights followed. Even the day before the event we were still figuring out a prototype for our booth design at 11pm. 😁 Turns out there are great modular boxes you can buy and configure in literally whatever way you want. We were ready! 😬 6/

An undecorated store booth built out of modular panels covered in white mesh

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

Well, luckily our city happens to have a gaming festival of its own called Button Festival! Jowi immediately applied for a table and even made a whole presentation for the application.. And she got in! Woo! 🎉 So in the beginning of March, we would go and sell things! 5/

A panoramic view of Button Festival showing people playing video games on couches and socializing

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

Between January and the beginning of March she produced a total of 1,800 stickers, bookmarks, art prints, pins and keychains. All of them designed by Jowi and handmade from material you can buy at any stationery shop. But how to sell that stuff? 4/

A collection of Oddish stickers laid out in a 3-by-4 grid. The sticker say "Broke but free"

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

I decided to get her an inkjet printer for Christmas and Jowi bought herself a Cricut plotter with her bonus. Along with some sticker paper, laminating foil and some other misc supplies she now had everything to start producing! And boy, did she ever produce a lot 🤭 3/

A Cricut plotter and an Epson inkjet in their packagings on a makeshift workshop table

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 17/03/2025

Jowi was immediately inspired! You can just sell stickers and fanart? 👀 That sounded fun to her. When we got home, she immediately started drawing. Then she decided she wants to do /everything/ by herself. Art, cutting, laminating, the whole nine yards. 2/

Jowi proudly presenting her first design. An axolotl saying "Ich will nicht mehr" (I don't want to anymore)

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 14/03/2025

Thank you! And that is true! Benefits to everything 🤭

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 14/03/2025

The glue on the back side of the duct tape that holds together the internet becomes thinner every day 🤭

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 14/03/2025

I now officially disqualify for any sort of youth discount whatsoever in Austria. I'm afraid my age is finally catching up to me. Nevertheless, happy 28 to me! 🥳

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 06/02/2025

I applaud your commitment to Doom!

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 06/02/2025

Please do and spread the Punschkrapfen agenda far and wide!

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 06/02/2025

Is anyone else here an extremely inconsistent gamer when it comes to difficulty? Like I really enjoy the FromSoft catalog. I will happily bash my head against Malenia and Isshin for 100+ times if need be. (fuk u malenia 🥲) Then I play SH2:R. Combat difficulty? ✨easy🙆‍♂️ Puzzle difficulty? 👹H̸A̵R̵D̴👹

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Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

*Launch Day* The Art of Fauna is now available on the App Store! 🥳 It's a puzzle game based on historical animal drawings, with a strong focus on accessibility. 20% of proceeds are donated to nature conservation organisations. Download: apps.apple.com/app/apple-st... Learn more 🧵 #TheArtOfFauna

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 31/01/2025

If my bank's app is any indication, it's totally fine. 😁

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 31/01/2025

For today's ramble: After a wild 3 months of ✨drama✨, I finally made it back to the gym on Wednesday I wasn't prepared for the DOMS that would hit my lower back afterwards. Absolutely debilitating I'm fine now, but it's very humbling seeing a bunch of kids run past you while you can barely move 😁

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 31/01/2025

Woah, suddenly I'm at 600 followers here! No idea how, when and why, but hello to you all! I hope you enjoy my eclectic mix of every day rambles, occasional code talk and trying to do better every day!

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Anton Klinger @accidentlyanton.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Blockfusion is a mobile game you could play right now (on Android) which doesn't have any microtransactions nor intrusive ads. accidentlyawesome.itch.io/blockfusion

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Blockfusion by Accidently Awesome

Fuse blocks with each other, how far can you get?

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Game Dev Graz @gamedevgraz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Final day of #GGJ25, let's gooo!

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 23/01/2025

Puah, insbesondere jetzt mit de ganzen Baustellen (grad Elisabethstraße und Opernring) kann man stattdessen auch einfach barfuß durch ein mit Lego gefülltes Zimmer gehen. Ungefähr selber Schmerz.

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 23/01/2025

I've checked back recently as well, just so I don't lose sight of what's going on there, but.. 😶

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 21/01/2025

Wow, between local politics, global politics, personal tragedy and being in the middle of moving this January has certainly been.. a lot. I'd like off of Mr Bones wild ride now, please!

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Mike Sux 🍁 @distraction.engineer · 16/01/2025

The #LDJam and #GameDev community are the best. 💜 I had only started making my announcement that I was stepping away to "make money to pay scary bills", before the community stepped up to say "nah". 💜 ldjam.com/events/ludum... I'm not ready to say LD2025 is uncancelled, but things are optimistic.

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Game Dev Graz @gamedevgraz.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wanna participate in this year's Button Festival and give the SAGA award a shot? Then get registered here! buttonfestival.at Indie Area Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... SAGA 2025 Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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buttonfestival

Das button Festival of Gaming Culture läd auch 2024 wieder ein in größte Gaming Wohnzimmer der Steiermark!

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 16/01/2025

I absolutely agree. However my preferred choice would still be the Swiss system. 1'523'205.89 It's so ✨aesthetic✨

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 16/01/2025

Na, bitte, gehts weg. I mag nimma wählen. Gusch.

[EN]: An invite for me to vote in the elections of my local chapter of the chamber of commerce. But since the last two elections in the previous months went really against my wishes, I'd rather not vote in this one anymore.

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 16/01/2025

💀 This would be so hilarious if it didn't feel so close to the actual truth. 😁

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Richard @pretzelhands.com · 16/01/2025

I specifically bought the disc-based version of my PS5, because I prefer to have local copies of my games around that I can touch. Why do they all still require numerous gigabytes of downloads!? Why have we given up on discs as storage medium? Let me have my game on shiny round things!

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