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Yän
@yaengames.bsky.social
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Game maker from Berlin and game designer @paintbucket.de.
Check out my personal games on itch.io: https://yaen-games.itch.io/
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Yän @yaengames.bsky.social · Oct 20
Heya, glad to be here. Hope more people will follow over too!

Oh yeah, I'm yän by the way, and I make games, such as these ones, nice to meet you!
yaengames.bsky.social
Drew some hand painted natural rock tiles for walls & floors

#seamlesstexture #gameart #digitalartist #gamedev
A seamless texture of rocky tiles in odd shapes, hand painted in a stylized manner. The rocks have slight colour variations but are overall set in a bluish dark grey. Flat art style with only three distinct shades applied to each tile. A bright version of the rocky tiles texture, this one appears in a light beige with the spaces between the tiles being filled with a lighter mortar.
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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darkestfiles.paintbucket.de
We're thrilled to announce that we have been nominated for #DEP in not one, but four categories!

Best Gamedesign
Best Game Beyond Entertainment
Best Story
Best Graphics

Thank you to the jury and congratulations to the other amazing nominees - we are looking forward to the award show 🧡
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
You can believe and do what you want. But science says: Renewables, though necessary, won't be enough. We need to change our food systems. #Vegan is the way.
Stop factory farming. Stop eating animals. It's not that hard.

#climatechange

www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
EAT-Lancet report: food systems breach planetary boundaries, transformation can deliver health and equity
03.10.2025 - Food production is the primary driver for breaching five of the planetary boundaries and accounts for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while billions still lack acces...
www.pik-potsdam.de
October 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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tuta.com
We are alarmed as well. If you are in Germany, write to your representatives. You'll find the email addresses here: 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Signalapp on X: We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Love Chris Schlarb and all his music. Please support if you can
tylerwilcox.bsky.social Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · Sep 10
The Big Ego label / studio has been having some very lame landlord / lease issues, resulting in $30K's worth of legal fees.

Give what you can — and check out an @aquariumdrunkard.com baker's dozen of amazing Big Ego releases from over the years. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/10/a...
September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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paintbucket.de
Hurra! \o/

unsere Visual Novel "Max Mannheimer – Ben Jakov – Eine Holocaust-Geschichte" – wurde von der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur zur App des Monats gewählt!

apps.apple.com/de/app/max-m...

play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Illustration: Max Mannheimer mit Pinsel, im Hintergrund Menschen und ein Lagergebäude. Auszeichnung „App des Monats“.
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
I made a new song! It's about diving beneath the surface, deeper inwards and discovering something new.

Listen here on my #bandcamp:
yaenmusic.bandcamp.com/track/discov...

#artist #music #newmusic
Discovery Delve, by Yän
track by Yän
yaenmusic.bandcamp.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
yaengames.bsky.social
How to do a capitalism 101

#gameart #digitalart #gametextures #indiegame
A whiteboard sits on a concrete wall drawn in a stylized art style. The whiteboard is full of exaggerated corporate graphs and plans for infinite growth and scribbles from the perspective of a big tech company seeking market domination. Next to the whiteboard is a sticker with a company logo of THE FORUM and a nametag sticker for a character called "Greta K. Süngerswöerd" Several whiteboard markers and sponges rest on a shelf at the bottom of the whiteboard. The whiteboard has a blue frame.
September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
How it's going

#indiedev #gameart #indiegames #uidesign #digitalart #bigtech
Artwork image of a dystopian operating system dashboard, visualising many current trends of monopolistic internet tech giants. Around the central logo of the fictional company THE FORUM, there are various modules related different topics. There is the TF Finance section labeled EmoteBets where emoji-usage is traded like stocks. A TF Shop app which sells nonsensical NFT "investments", useless products, and even friends. A music module "TF Tunes" which is based on a constant stream of Computer Generated "Moods", sidelining human made music to a tiny, submenu. A TF Home module poking fun of useless Smart Home devices and the "Internet Of Things" hype. A TF News section with a word cloud where the most sensationalistic and banal articles are promoted while important information is almost vanishingly small. A TF Games section, but it's integrated into work with a microtransaction system where you can sell your overtime hours for pointless ingame rewards. A TF Chat section where you are highly incentivised to reply to everything with computer generated premade responses, even if you get a heartfelt personal message. And a TF Community Tab which displays various algorithmically selected and advertised user groups, some of which cultishly following tech leaders. On top there is a task bar with THE FORUM'S text-logo, a profile icon, and a settings icon. The whole UI design is made in a slick, white-and-blue corporate flat design. This image is a satirical reflection of where we are headed with the domination of late stage capitalist internet monopolies dominating most online spaces.
September 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
How it started

#indiegame #gamedev #gameart #digitalart #retro
Artwork image of an imagined old school retro computer OS desktop with a big planet earth in the centre and various nodes coming out of it, related to places on the planet. There's a finance-module tracking stocks. A connections module which tracks social connections across other programs. A dubious emote-sending module with integrated gambling called SendSmilesAndBli.ng. A public news blogging module called Open Reports. A remote-controlled desktop module. An error message about a frozen program. An ice tracking module from an organization called PoleWatch. Various pins with social contacts can be seen around the planet in the middle and even one on the moon displayed on top of it.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
The cathedral of The Creator

#digitalart #gameart #art #indiegame
A low angle painting of a polygonal skyscraper modeled to look like a sort of clerical church building. On it there is a logo of the fictional internet company "THE FORUM" as well as various rectangular windows all across the glass walls. In the background, a dithered gradient of blue pixels can be seen. On top of the poster, there is a text saying "ALL HAIL THE CREATOR" and another THE FORUM logo.
August 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Our fellow indie game developers are under attack by a targetted harrassment campaign right now. Please help out by bringing some balance to the discourse and showing this brave and talented team that they're not alone and have our support.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #takeusnorth
freejsf.paintbucket.de Jörg Friedrich 🕹️ @freejsf.paintbucket.de · Aug 29
I just backed Take Us North on because it's a great project—but also because the team is currently being harassed by a Gamergate mob who are donating $1 en masse to fill the comments with their toxic garbage, which I want to counteract.
Feel free to do the same.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Take Us North
A narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border
www.kickstarter.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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saftladen.bsky.social
As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.

More info in thread...
The Saftladen logo. It's an organge holding a gamepad.
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
yaengames.bsky.social
You see this, quote with a title screen that’s iconic to you
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Title Screen, a moody picture of a gothic castle lit by moonlight in the fog at night.
August 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
My friends and I made a tower defense / idle game hybrid for #GMTKJam!

Try it out and see how fast you can beat the boss!

#gamedev #gamejam #indiegame

PLAY THE GAME:
rugbugredfern.itch.io/die-candy
August 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
POP!

#gameanimation #gameart
August 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
yaengames.bsky.social
Quick material & texture practice

#art #digitalpainting #speedpainting #practice
A digitally painted rough metallic or stony sphere with scratches and surface abrasions is resting on a red ground plane in front of a dark blue-green background.
July 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Psychedelic Arcade Void

#digitalartist #abstractart #neon
An abstract digital art piece with complex shapes in neon colours reminiscent of arcade hall space carpets converging and flowing in organic motion and distortion. Most of the image is a dark blue or purple with highlights of hot pink, turquoise and occasional yellow shapes dotting the composition.
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Made this at our monthly art jam last night within 2 hours. Skyscape is based on a photo my friend @bonicle.bsky.social took.

#digitalart #sunset #art #digitalpainting
A digital painting drawn in a polygonal style, depicting a silhouetted industrial center at sunset with dark, polluting clouds of ominous smoke billowing out of factory chimneys and merging with the natural clouds above. Some power lines and abstract shapes of buildings can be seen below.
July 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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coatsink.com
ISLANDERS: New Shores, out now!🎉

Experience expanded gameplay, stunning visuals, and new features that evolve on the original's charm.
Build, explore, and strategize your perfect island! 🏝️

store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/...

#islandersnewshores #cozygames #citybuilder #indiegame
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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riad.de
As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Solitude in Amber

#photography #architecture #landscape #art
A photo of the back of a church building peeking through the treetops of a wooded and overgrown area. The image is digitally edited to appear reddish as though it's viewed through a nostalgic amber lens.
June 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
A little speed painting I made today at our art jam within about 1 hour.

#speedart #digitalpainting #digitalart #conceptart #landscape
A painting of a landscape with a castle-tower and a fenced area beside it at sunset. The landscape around is dotted with puddles, shrubs, and boulders. In the bottom left corner, the top of a burning lantern can be seen in the foreground.
June 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
yaengames.bsky.social
Secrets of the stone

#forest #photography #digitalart #landscape
A photo of a rock wall with various carvings in it. The whole thing is in a forested area with a staircase leading up to the rock wall and to the left. The picture is framed by trees on either side of it. In the distance above the rock wall, the light of the sky is peeking through the treetops.
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
yaengames.bsky.social
Prague main station

#photography #art #trains #prague
A night time photo of prague main station taken from above the train tracks. Several trains can be seen with one in the centre displaying prominent blue headlights towards the camera. Various lanterns illuminate the scene with bright lights.
June 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM