Leticulus Game

I've been making this retro roguelite exploration shooter, Leticulus, for the past few years, and there's so much I could say about it 😃 But a small trailer is probably worth a thousand words. So, go ahead and give it a watch. #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike #gamedev #steam #wishlist

I feel like "open world" is one of the most overused selling points in video games. Just because a world is "open" doesn't necessarily mean it's more fun than carefully designed levels. Quite the opposite, most of the time.

"I'll just quickly change this" is probably one of the most dangerous sentences in game dev. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

I spent years playing games without thinking much about UI. Now that I'm making one, I notice how hard it is to design a decent UI. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #uidesign

Sad that they don't do see through consoles anymore. #retro #retrogaming #gameboy

There are multiple worlds explorable in Leticulus, and each has its own enemies, gimmicks, and secrets. Can't wait for all of you to check them out! 😃 #shmup #roguelike #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Taking a star to the eye must really hurt, especially when your eye is as big as a truck. #pixelart #shmup #roguelike #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

I don't know about you, but something pretty messed-up must have happened here #pixelart #shmup #roguelike #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Last week was so stressful, and each day filled to the brim with coding for the Game Dev Days build of my game that today, I treated myself with touching some grass. Felt good #indiedev

Here's to an amazing #gddg26! Thanks to everyone who checked out my game; thanks for the amazing feedback, the kind words, and thanks to all the amazing people I had the pleasure of meeting! Also, a very huge thanks to the team for making an event like this even possible! It was a blast! #gamedev

Tomorrow I finally show my game at a local game dev conference, and guess who spent all day fixing bugs he found this morning? Now I'll spend all night testing it again and fixing upcoming bugs. The fun never ends, I suppose... 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Nobody likes burning their fingers. So, on your journey through my game, Leticulus, you might come across these little plants, which help soothe your burns. #indiegames #retro #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Sometimes I get more things done in a 5-minute sprint than in a three-hour coding session.

I noticed I had implemented ways to cure burns and poison in my game, but not a casual way to heal small amounts of HP. So I added this little plant, which, on death, drops HP orbs. #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

This Saturday, I'm taking part in a game dev event and letting strangers play my game for the first time. What still needs to be done: - Map creation and updating - Deciding what to show/not to show during the demo - Balancing - Testing I still have 4 days. What could possibly go wrong?

It's all about human connection. Would you watch robot football? AI-controlled racing? Android boxing? Maybe once. But without the human aspect, it's boring. There is no context, no struggle, no meaning. Just a void.

Who would have thought setting up a somewhat solid way of dealing with different screen resolutions could take me days? Damn ... #indiedev #gamedev

As a kid I loved the black Game Boy cartridges the most. And I still do #Gameboy #retro

Sometimes I'm fiddling around with my code and have no clue what I'm doing, and everything still neatly falls into place. Then there's today, when suddenly not a single line that should make sense does. Time to go for a walk; it is!

Spooky season has begun 👁👄👁 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #retro #pixelart #shmup #roguelike #spooky

Since a main pillar of my game is exploration, I had the questionable idea to add secret areas to each map... like caves! This means, of course, that each map is now twice the work. Yay! 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #retro #pixelart #shmup #roguelike

The Steam page for LETICULUS is now live! 🥳 If you're curious about what I've been working on over the past 5 years, check out my roguelite exploration shooter 👾 Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/5294030/Leticulus/ #indiegame #shmup #roguelike #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #steam #wishlist

I love how a day off can be the spark for new ideas in your projects, be it in game dev, writing, drawing, whatever. Because even though you're not physically working, subconsciously you're still on it. Do you know what I mean, or is this just a me-thing? 😅

Just wanted to try something out in my game, found a bug, fell into the rabbit hole ... and returned 8 hours later with a mushy brain and twenty more bugs in my pocket to squish next week 🤕 At least it looks somewhat pretty, right? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #bullethell #pixelart

Good morning, everyone. Off to a new day full of: What's broken today that was working perfectly fine yesterday? 😅 #indiedev #gamedev

Spent all day fixing the (pixel-perfect) camera in my game. (Lots of tiny issues nobody would notice but me) Still not perfect, but way better than before. Anyway, need a break. My brain is mush now #gamedev #indiedev

Made a little test room. I'm thinking about giving the statue in the middle some in-game use, like handing the player rare items but also cursing them. What do you think? Or do you have a better idea? 😀 #pixelart #gamedev #retro #indiedev #indiegame

Totally hyped! Finally set up my Steam store page. You know what that means? Soon ya'll can wishlist my game, LETICULUS! 😄

Finally! 🥳