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RecluseIndie
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Solo indie game developer. Designed Dan Dare 1+2 (ZX Spectrum), Warlocked (Game Boy Color). Made Surveillant (iOS), Separation (PSVR). My latest game is Roguelite stealth & shooter 'Haus Of Klaus' (Meta Quest 2+3). A.K.A music producer Vector Lovers
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skeleton, type-in listing, magazine screenshot, program pochette, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/prog...
September 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I've long struggled with depression. I'd tell myself "you're lucky, others have it worse" and the dream of finally releasing a successful #indiegame sustained me through dark times.

Coping strategies that fail now I have terminal cancer.

Yet a ray of hope remains, for some kind of transcendence.
August 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@greatestgames.bsky.social please check out this forgotten / lost gem for PSVR
t.co/T50hre5bqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUC3ivqYGw
t.co
August 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Been a tough year. In January I was diagnosed with a terminal cancer caused by asbestos. I've been in hospital, unable to do #gamedev for a while. If you own a #meta Quest 2 or 3 every Haus Of Klaus sale helps this indie dev to keep on fighting another day. www.meta.com/experiences/...
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A handful of Youtubers are beginning to discover Haus Of Klaus. As a solo #indiedev with no QA support its a great source of insights to be able to watch people play the game first time 😅
www.youtube.com/live/SziUdgN...
The Academy - LIVE - Haus of Klaus - (VR) - [First Impression]
YouTube video by The Academy
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Some of the earliest gen art was not visual, but musical; "Musikalisches Würfelspiel" games were so popular in the 1700s, even Mozart wrote one! Guillermo Brachetta has created an online version so even without piano (or dice) you can listen to some of the waltzes Mozart's algorithm creates.
Musical Dice
gbrachetta (Github)
gbrachetta.github.io
February 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Sinclair ZX81. 1K memory, monochrome graphics, no audio. My first experience of #gamedev ♥️
February 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
First console? Mine was a Grandstand Video Sports Centre. As an only child I had to play against myself - left vs right using both joysticks. I really wanted an Atari 2600 + Space Invaders, obviously.
February 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Added a tougher sentry bot variant - the Riot Bot. Check out the latest update (0.4.9) of Haus Of Klaus, live on Meta Store now! #gamedev #indiegame #VR
February 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here's one I made earlier... I love that people still enjoy this game, it was one of my favourite projects to work on.
It's Random Game Saturday!

Say it with me now...

W A R L O C K E D

An excellent and ambitious RTS for the GBC. A must own for the system I'd say just for how well realised it is. RTS games aren't exactly common on handheld consoles, so it's pretty unique.
February 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only
February 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dan Dare, ZX Spectrum, 1986. I was sixteen when I designed the graphics and levels for this.
February 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The last couple of months has been a difficult time, life-changing even. I was unable to work on the game at all through December and most of January, so releasing an update (v0.4.5) today feels like quite an achievement.
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Haus Of Klaus on Meta Quest
It's payback time for Klaus Von Klensch, mastermind of the apocalypse! Sneak or fight your way through his bunker to the reactor core... Trigger a meltdown... then get the hell out before it all goes ...
www.meta.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
January 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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There he is

The Setup Wizard
January 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
@ultrabrilliant.xyz Hi Andy, nice to meet you at GR in York yesterday. I have a key for Haus Of Klaus for you!
January 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If VINCENT and Maximillian had a baby... I designed Haus Of Klaus's security bots as a mashup of the droids from Disney's 1979 space disaster The Black Hole.
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#gamedev influences go back a long way on HOK #VR
January 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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duke nukem, dos (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/559/duk...
January 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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DEC VT-100 (1978)
January 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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sharp mz-80k2e, print ad, excerpt (1982) archive.org/details/io-1...
January 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hello. This is my latest game, unfunded and solo developed in my spare time over 3 years. Its a Roguelite #VR stealth & shooter with a daily random bunker full of robots and spiders. Features lots of swearing and toilet humour.
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Haus Of Klaus on Meta Quest
Find a way in. Overload the reactor core. Get out again in five minutes - before it all goes boom! Sounds easy right? After all, you've survived a nuclear war and now it's payback time for Klaus Von K...
www.meta.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM