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Wietrack Softwork

@wietracksoftwork.bsky.social
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We are two biologists who have a passion for making indie video games. Wishlist Garden of Ants on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/…

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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 6h
We will present our game Garden of Ants at Polaris Con in Hamburg! #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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seallytales.bsky.social @seallytales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I finally beat #sephiria and I can tell that the game is 10/10 anime plot twists. Literally 5-6 "true" endings one after another. All in all, one of the best #roguelike games I've played so far ;3 #indiegame
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A new game mechanic: each room now has a capacity of how many units can be trained there. Assign more workers to increase the capacity! #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #ScreenshotSaturday
A comparison of a room in an antncolony with a different amount of workers in it
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new mechanic: workers now cooperate in bringing home prey! #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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zaebucca @zaebucca.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart New illumination / fog / lighting experiments for Timothy and the Mysterious Forest DX
A top-down screenshot of a videogame, showcasing a village with many old houses and ruined columns. An old bridge connects the two sides of the town as a shallow, rocky creek flows below from the ancient tunnel in the north. An abandoned, decrepit house is almost engulfed by the Mysterious Forest edge. A few characters are seen thorughout the streets: an old woman is taking her dog on a stroll, and the muscular innkeeper is guarding the entrance to his tavern.
A few hens are pecking seeds in a courtyard and a huge cat is sleeping on the rooftop surrounded by small mice.A top-down screenshot of the very same village from before, this time during the night. An eerie fog coming from the Mysterious Forest engulfs the western half of the Village. Many creepy eyes can be seen emerging from the darkness of the trees and the ruined house. A giant bat-like creature is roosting on a rooftop, its gaze directed to the little Timothy, running away from the abandoned house as angered lesser bats follow him.
Just by the river's tunnel in the north, a mysterious giant fish is waiting in the mist. By the rear entrance of the inn, a cloaked figure awaits.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
look I found some old bugs in my folders #Art #SciArt
rough pencil-like sketches of a mantis from various angles. the main image shows it from the side, the secondary shows a closer shot of the face slightly from higher up, then a frontal face, and the raptorial arm. the text says odontomantis, 2024-12-12 franzanth
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The different ant units added to our game so far #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #ScreenshotSaturday
Different pixel ants, larva, and pupa
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look at this cutie! We have one in our game! #indiedev #gamedev #entomology #pixelart
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Sweetened Condensed Brand @sweecobrand.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're two ex-AAA devs making a game with a tippy little train. If this driving looks like fun to you, we wrote a deep dive on our blog: blog.sweetenedcondensedbrand.com/posts/drivin... #indiegame #trains #cozygame #gamedev #godot #pixelart
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We updated our game title! Check out our real time ant colony simulator: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Mischa ☾ @mishotofu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New icons for the top UI, and power grid lines! Looking for help with the character graphics, if anyone is interested! #pixelart #godot
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Jusiv @jusiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wildsea by @felixisaacs.bsky.social is steadily becoming one of my favorite fictional settings so I thought for the #tabletop theme I'd draw one of the more iconic creatures from the game: a pinwolf! #Pixel_Dailies #PixelArt #Wildsea (3122x Streak!)
A pixel art rendition of a pinwolf, a mutant wolf-like creature with spindly pointed legs, a long prehensile tongue, and a split lower jaw
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Jesse Makkonen @jessemakkonen.com · 26/04/2025
A little over three weeks until I release this beautiful, unique horror visual novel! I could use your help getting more wishlists for the Steam algorithm to kick in: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... Thank you so much for your help! 🤗 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #steam
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bugs bugs bugs #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #ScreenshotSaturday
24 pixelated top-down images of different bugs for our game
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our new tree layer is ready :) Check out Garden of Ants: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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KZ @kzxcellent.live · 06/09/2026
I got Heroes of Might & Magic II working on Win11 this morning. It was the first real PC game I ever played back in like 2000 when I found a copy of it at a local Goodwill. Its also the first time I was ever stunned by music in a video game. Every town theme is ridiculous, especially for 1996.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New poster for your game Garden of Ants! #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Last day of #InverteFest game and I'm cooked, so I'm calling it early. Not much different than yesterday, but did fix some stuff. Recap: Tiny game where you play fetch with a dragonfly, runs in the browser, desktop and mobile, made in 7 days, by me, in Godot. Play Here #Godot #GameDev #IndieDev
Screenshot of a scene: a blue sky over a field of green grass and purple flowers. There's a bright yellow sphere partially visible at the bottom-middle of the screen, and a purple-pink dragonfly in the center-left part of the screen.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bug diversity in our game increases #InverteFest #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Adding more and more bugs to our game! Happy #InverteFest #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #ScreenshotSaturday
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In Garden of Ants, you manage an ant colony and collect many different resources, such as honeydew, leaves, chitin, or seeds! #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #InverteFest
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Katrin Lena Schneider @lenahallesaale.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Knot grass moth, Ampfereule, Acronicta rumicis, found on a thistle in a maize field #invertefest
View from the side onto a caterpillar posing between two twigs of a thistle. The caterpillar is dark brown , with a white and red dotted line along its side and orange tufts of hair.
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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The African driver ants are among the most charismatic and (in)famous social insects. Unfortunately, their taxonomy is a bit of a mess. In this new OA paper, we begin to rectify this, focusing on the West African species. Spearheaded by Caspar Schöning and Raphael Weniger. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Here's my drawing of the Giant Emerald Pill Millipede, which can grow up to 90 mm (3.5 inches) in length #AugArthroAwe #invertefest
Ink and watercolor drawing of a pill millipede, with a long segmented green body and many legs, standing in a natural background of greens and browns.
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Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Boosting to #InverteFest
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Happy #WishlistWednesday! In our game, you control an ant colony and manage interactions with many other insects and spiders! Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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YOU BECOME FROG 🐸 @lunarworkshop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm prototyping an Avatar-inspired game where you control firebending with the mouse. #gamedev #indiegames #avatar
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Matt (Tired) @mattfrith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I finally had a chance to finish this landscape over the weekend. I don't think it's anywhere in particular but it reminds me of hiking in the Lake District. Enjoy! #pixelart
Landscape depicting stone walls, fallen stone circles and a wooded valley. There is a Robin in the foreground.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
On of the ant castes you can control in Garden of Ants is the spitter. Ranged units are rare, so they can be very useful against slow soldiers or stationary critters such as ant lion larvae! #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“If we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.” David Attenborough, UN Champion of the Earth, has turned 100 years old this year. His words remind us that protecting the future of our planet remains in our hands
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David Attenborough with Fabulous Frogs
ALT: David Attenborough with Fabulous Frogs
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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Game Dev Rule: Once you add a character portrait to your HUD, you are legally mandated to include Doom / Madou Monogatari style facial expressions to convey health status. #screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #monstergirl #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In Garden of Ants, there are many different resources to gather: chitin from dead insects, honeydew from aphids, leaves from high up the trees, organic soil material from underground, or plant seeds that provide protein. #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #ScreenshotSaturday
A pixel portrait of a harvester ant picking up a large seed. In the background you can see other ants carrying seeds.
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Beardy Ramblin Games @richbrown.uk · 27/11/2024
Here is a screenshot from my upcoming point and click adventure 'Brownie's Adventure: The Final Resolution'! Sort of like Simon the Sorceror with a bit more grounded British humour and updated. #wishlistwednesday
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iheartfunnyboys @iheartfunnyboys.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
So happy to announce my self-published Steam game's demo has passed the 10 review threshold to get a public rating! ✨🌻🌼🌷🪻 store.steampowered.com/app/4613280/... #WishlistWednesday #Steam #GameDev
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Happy #WishlistWednesday! In Garden of Ants, you will control many different ant castes, such as the leafcutters which climb high up trees to collect valuable plant fibres. Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
A pixel image of a line of ants carrying pieces of leaves along a branch in the foreground. In the background you can see a sun-bathed tree which is covered in many more leaf-carrying ants
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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
July 14 is Be Nice to Bugs Day, repost with some of your bugs! 🎨 🐡
Drawing of a very shiny, metallic mantis, with a lovely red, yellow and green iridescent surface. Oh, and it has really chunky grabby forelegs.Drawing of a pretty shiny blue, red and orange shield bug.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Leafcutter ants climbing high up to collect valuable resources #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Deyan Garvanski @dgarvanski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@wietracksoftwork.bsky.social are making one that seems fucking great - Garden of Ants.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We are working on a new game layer! The tree layer will provide different challenges and resources than the aboveground and underground layer #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
A scene from garden of ants: ants climbing along branches high above the groundA scene from garden of ants: Ants exploring an area with herbs and pebblesA scene from garden of ants: an underground ant colony, with the queen residing on a fungal bed in the centre
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Save the Forest @jensarv.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌲 Its roots are deep and its thirst overwhelming 🌲 #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
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Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Happy International Horseshoe Crab Day! #art #sciArt 🎨🦑
Drawing of a horseshoe crab rendered in warm browns and cool shadows on a pale teal background. It has a smooth horseshoe-shaped carapace with occasional spiked protrusions along subtle ridges of its shell and the edge of its abdomen. Its long tail is angled sharply to the right as if in motion.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ambush! Antlions are waiting patiently to attack your defenseless units #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Sending out harvester ant soldiers to collect nutritious seeds... Check out Garden of Ants on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS #WishlistWednesday
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
From one lone queen to a thriving underground colony #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Jouwee | Tales of Kathay 📜 @jouwee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'm adding roads across the worlds of Kathay, and in the process trying to make the forests feel denser. For that, I increased the density of trees and added new rocks and bushes. This path cutting across the forest is starting to feel very nice! #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy #WishlistWednesday! In Garden of Ants, you'll collect many different resources, such as leaves, seeds, chitin of dead insects, or honeydew milked from aphids 🐜 Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Some army ants are extremely polymorphic. This photo shows a large soldier and a small regular worker of Eciton hamatum. If you saw them separately, you wouldn’t even think they belong to the same species. You might also notice the light color of the ants - both are callows / newly eclosed.
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The queen found a suitable spot to start a colony! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS
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devkidd @devkidd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Had so much fun working on this character. Over 100 state animations and variations, I've finally released the first version of my character template. #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
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Wietrack Softwork @wietracksoftwork.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Played this at Amaze festival last year and loved it! Fungi meet deckbuilder, what a combination
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