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Experimenting with different kinds of login flows - using a dialogue instead of the expected login form. I feel it sets a nice mood from the start.

What do you think? Trying too hard to replace conventions or cozy mood, pls more?

#gamedev #browsergames #indiedev #game #solarpunk
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Parisian houses look so cute with some snow ❄️. Not a lot stayed but we need to take what we can get 😅.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Playing around with ship cargo and opening chests. I loved the feeling of opening packs in hearthstone. So getting my chest-opening fix as a core game mechanic without the monetization sounds fun ☺️. #gamedev #browsergame
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Our navigator now walks around randomly to introduce some life to the ship. Also quite fun to talk to, I think she deserves a real name 🤔. #gamedev
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I thought it would be cool to watch the crew of your airship live. Used ExcaliburJS + LDtk to build this (ugly and tiny 😭) airship + our navigator. LDtk is really fun to use, amazing software. Sadly, I am terrible at making it look good. Any good resources for building pretty 2D levels? #gamedev
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
are we feeling pixel art portraits (left) or 1-bit black&white portraits (right)? #gamedev
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
From vibe coding prototypes on the left to actual implementations on the right. Uses www.inklestudios.com/ink/ as a DSL that gets parsed on the fly in the browser. Hopefully that allows me to use their dialogue editor/other tooling in the future, plus it is just text (good versioning, LLMs) #gamedev
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
vibecoding computer games until I hit the Claude limit, play WoW, repeat. unbothered. moisturized. in my lane.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Using dialogue to choose survey missions?
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Still kind of liking this old school logbook vibe for a positive, solar-punky explorer game? #gamedev
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On the other hand, what is this, Claude, wtf are you doing?! If you have any good tips for AI frontend prototyping, I'd be all ears 😅
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Experimenting with frontend prototyping for a Baldur's Gate inspired browsergame with solar punk aesthetics using Claude today. I quite like the scientific notebook style that came out, probably inspired by the idea of collecting specimen from a world to explore 🤔. #gamedev
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
German Christmas spirit is star decoration made from meat and cinnamon 🌟.
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Leaving gloomy Paris for one more trip to Germany and one more PhD defense, this time as a guest. I'm hyped to experience a defense without anxiety for once 😅.
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Finally making money with esports. Now I just need to find the energy to play video games again 😌.
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Very niche post, but I've finally made it to my first 3k rating in WoW 🎉. Overall, I have to say I found the players to be much nicer than I anticipated, largely good vibes :).
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Crushing all my friends in the LinkedIn games 💪 .
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Cheering for #mouz in the #EWC from their headquarters in Hamburg :) 🙌
August 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
ITU Copenhagen looks very nice from the inside :). Much better than the 70s style office buildings computer science gets in Germany 😬.
August 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Very far up and very far away 👀.
August 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
live footage from my office, anxiously pressing F5 to find out if the reviews for my phd thesis are in
August 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Always reminds me of: imgs.xkcd.com/comics/avera...
July 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I have been a bit quiet because I am very busy, but we've also had the chance to travel ✨. Any guesses where we ate this food? 1 point for the country, 2 for the city and 3 for the actual restaurant :).
July 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM