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@nickhatboecker.de
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🇩🇪 Web developer by day and a game developer by night. Trying to rock Godot Engine 🤘 Currently working on Puppy Rescue & #FindThisPixelAnomaly

🎮 https://steampowered.com/app/3290400
🔗 https://nickhatboecker.de/linktree
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Nick @nickhatboecker.de · Oct 24
#FindThisPixelAnomaly is a cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. 🔎 Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the game.

WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM
bit.ly/4eWBjPk

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev
Find This Pixel Anomaly on Steam
A cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the gam...
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After several months of development I've sent the next big play test to one of my best friends 🙈 I really hope I did not mess up 😂 If they give their go, I will send it out to more people

#gamedev #indiegames #FindThisPixelAnomaly
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Thank god, I didn't have to create 84 Steam statistics by hand 😄 I copied cookie and payload value from browser to a little PHP script with cURL instead.

Now achievements are all up and running 💪

#gamedev #godotsteam #godotengine #steam
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I've started to implement a debug menu customized for my game. With this I can now unlock Steam achievements and set stats with a single button click or print out store variables 🎉

#gamedev #indiegames #godot #godotengine #debug
Screenshot of debug menu: Store tab Screenshot of debug menu: Steam tab
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Cute or spooky? Both - Both is good! 🤭

Wishlist and play the demo on Steam to pet a dog 🐶

www.youtube.com/shorts/ALosc...

#FindThisPixelAnomaly #indiegames #spooktober #halloween #godotengine
🐶 Every.Single.Time. - FIND THIS PIXEL ANOMALY
@xolotlvt and his friends found a very special anomaly in my game 🐶 🎮 Game 🎮 FIND THIS PIXEL ANOMALY Wishlist and play the demo on…
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I added 20 stats, count them up whenever the player fixes an anomaly & if all 20 stats have the value 1 - an achievement is unlocked. Yay!

But then I added a stat to count the achievement progress ("You fixed 5 of 20"). And #GodotSteam just won't count this damn stat up 😭

#gamedev #godotengine
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Could somebody explain how to create Steam achievements that count up? Like you have to find all 20 anomalies before the achievement is unlocked, but you can check how many you already got. Do I have to combine achievements with statistics here? Is this possible at all?

#gamedev #Godot #Steam
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I really don't like the fact that the majority of #gamedev tutorials is in video form nowadays :(

I love working on my game while sitting on the couch with my wife, watching a movie, YouTube or whatever.

I don't have time to skip through endless videos and find the part I need 😭

#godotengine
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"The Room Above" has a nice UI to explain the game mechanics. I definitely need to implement this for #FindThisPixelAnomaly

#gamedev #indiegames
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
nickhatboecker.de
Could somebody explain how to create Steam achievements that count up? Like you have to find all 20 anomalies before the achievement is unlocked, but you can check how many you already got. Do I have to combine achievements with statistics here? Is this possible at all?

#gamedev #Godot #Steam
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Dont know why my game demo was declined for Scream Fest :/ it has the horror tag, paranormal activities, demons, some kind of jumpscare and a tense atmosphere...is it because of the "cute" pixelart?

#Steam #gamedev #indiegames #FindThisPixelAnomaly
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Looks like after I upgraded my NAS to 1TB SSD last year, I forgot to allocate the new space. That's why my docker containers ran into "Too few space disk" although I have 800GB free space 🤦
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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For the next indie game, I will make sure to document everything I do 🙈 Like I totally forgot to which content creators I've already reached out via Google Form or mail (social media is easier because you can see the inbox history).

#gamedev #indiegames #marketing
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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sofox.bsky.social
I've got my new favourite way for your computer to get hacked.

The web page adds command to your clipboard (Copy) and then tries to get you to run the command on your computer under the guise of Human Verification.
Pop up dialog box from Website: Human Verification Follow 3 Quick Steps to verify you're not a robot: 1 - Press [Windows Key] + [R] 2 - Press [Ctrl] + [V] 3 - Press [Enter] to verify. * This quick check keeps our platform secure and protects against automated spam. You will only need to do it once.
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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hexagonnico.bsky.social
Episode 5 of the #20_games_challenge is completed.

I made a multiplayer Tetris game with the #godot multiplayer API. It's actually quite simple to use.

At least it works on my local machine. I didn't test it remotely because I don't have any friends.

#gamedev #indiegame #godotengine #tetris
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Map 3 is done 🎉 That means I already started to build the final map 😱 I will need some play testers soon (anybody up for hard mode? 😬 ). Once we nail the last bugs, the game can be released.

#gamedev #indiegames #spooktober #godot
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I'm such a fool for missing Steam Next Fest with my game demo 😭 😭 😭 Why didn't I get any notification?

#indiegames #gamedev #godot
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🎉 Text Animator for #Godot is out in Early Access! 🎉

We worked a lot to port the majority of the core features and we're looking forward to what you all create (🥹) while we update and ship new things as frequently as we can!! 🔥

Info & link below!
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Someday as soon as my game is released I thought about releasing an Android build, too. But I don't know if there's a market for hidden object games on mobile devices 🤔 And I never published anything to Play store. I need to take a closer look at this.

#gamedev #indiegames #android #godot
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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owlnewworlds.games
[WIP] This weekend I tried different Steam capsule ideas...
What do you think of it? Nothing is particularly blowing my mind for now so you can say it's sh*t haha but if you have any ideas, it's welcomed 😅
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #godot
October 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I finally finished implementing map 2 for #FindThisPixelAnomaly 🎉 And even started map 3 😱 Would be crazy if I could finish map 4 before Halloween, but I guess Steam wouldn't be fast enough to review the game anyway 😄

#gamedev #indiegames #hiddenobject #spooktober
Screenshot of the game. You see a clothing store security camera footage in pixelart
October 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Marketing sucks for gamedevs. Keeping track of all the mails I sent to content creators is hard, so I wrote a tool to send & log these. I can even add variables which are replaced in the mail texts.

Small docker, only runs on my local machine. Gets the job done, I guess 💪

#gamedev #indiegames
List of sent mails Add a new mail List of variables
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Eyes of Hellfire was such a nice multiplayer experience! Please put it on your wishlist or buy the game in early access. I need more maps to play with my friends!!

#indiegames #eyesofhellfire
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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It's spooky season again 👻 So if you're up for a challenge try my hidden object demo FIND THIS PIXEL ANOMALY.

Someone claimed they needed 27 attempts to win the game. Can you beat them? 😈

store.steampowered.com/app/3290400/...

#spookymonth #spookyseason #spooktober #halloween
Find This Pixel Anomaly on Steam
A cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the…
store.steampowered.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
nickhatboecker.de
It's spooky season again 👻 So if you're up for a challenge try my hidden object demo FIND THIS PIXEL ANOMALY.

Someone claimed they needed 27 attempts to win the game. Can you beat them? 😈

store.steampowered.com/app/3290400/...

#spookymonth #spookyseason #spooktober #halloween
Find This Pixel Anomaly on Steam
A cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the…
store.steampowered.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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ratpackdigital.com
I would love it if you could check out my creepy crawly #CozyGame on Steam! 🔥🐛

🐝 Fill your bug compendium
⚔️Train and battle your creepy crawlies
👀 Fishing, gathering and puzzles
🎉 Nifty RPG mechanics

store.steampowered.com/app/3095130/...

#gamedev #indiedev #Gameboy
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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unbreaded.bsky.social
TIC TACTIC IS OUT NOW ON STEAM!

(launch trailer was too big for bsky so please accept this clip instead)

#indiegames #deckbuilder #roguelike
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM