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Geert Verhoeff

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Sumatras Studios | broadcast/esports solutions | creating games in spare time | making photos | rates burgers | currently working on Game With Balls for the Steam Deck: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/Game_With_Balls/ info@geertverhoeff.com

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Tried the demo? Let me know in the reviews or discussions what you thought about it. Positive or negative! Both help me with developing the final game.

#gamedev #indiegame

14.11.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the interactive scarf movement :)

14.11.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it not friday yet?

14.11.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Besides the regular mazes there are also challenges in Game With Balls. These challenges are not all handcrafted, but some are! Like this electrifying one! Don't touch the walls!

Only on Steam (there is a demo!): store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #maze #crafted #gamedev

14.11.2025 07:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you all! The demo of Game With Balls has been played by over 2000 unique users!

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #demo

13.11.2025 04:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Getting the Frame and Controller for sure. The Machine not so sure yet as just streaming from my PC to my Steam Deck is just as easy and has way better specs.

12.11.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Steam Hardware Announcement
YouTube video by Valve Steam Hardware Announcement

Lovely. Definitely picking up 2 of the things announced ๐Ÿซฃ

#steamdeck #valve #vr #gaming

12.11.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never really played XCOM, it is more like D&D. You move and do an action per character during fights.

12.11.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haven't tried their new build yet which is supposed to improve it, but when I played it at launch Act 3 was only playable because it was turn based.

12.11.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12.11.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never tried the Legion Go to be honest, but the Steam Deck feels really natural coming from Xbox controller as my main PC one.

12.11.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not only over 40 hand crafted levels in Game With Balls, but also challenges inspired by the classics. Just like this one.

Another one with a yellow ball you can already try in the demo!

Only on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #retrogame

12.11.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Love the look and style!

11.11.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great art!

11.11.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am by the way not bashing the reviewer! Just sharing that not everything on Steam is in the developers control. Same as Steam Deck Verified, Workshop support, Trading Cards, etc.

100% agree with Steam that there are limitations when you get it as a developer as otherwise you could abuse it.

11.11.2025 06:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got my first negative review today ๐Ÿซฃ

Developers cannot remove the "Limited Profile Features" and we don't know when Steam algorithm does it ๐Ÿคท

And yes the game sold over a 1000 Steam units.

#gamedev #indiegame #steam #negativereview

11.11.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Submitted my game for review to Steam ๐Ÿคž

Still going to refine, add more and fix some small bugs, but testing it now with more people ๐Ÿ˜€

You also can already try 8 levels in the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#indiegame #gamedev #steamdeck #demo #steam #handheldgaming

10.11.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! And yeah upon release there will be 40 handmade levels in the game and some extra digital challenges. You can play the game with a gyro controller through Steam Input, but it is not how I intended it to be played.

10.11.2025 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great for a first animation!

10.11.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the style!

10.11.2025 05:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sometimes you should not touch the sides!

One of the challenges in my little sideproject Game With Balls for Steam Deck I am currently working on.

store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #screenshot #handcrafted #indiegame #gamedev #demo #electric

09.11.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Some new and fresh screenshots for #screenshotsaturday!

Working on Game With Balls! A Steam Deck game where you move the deck to guide balls through handcrafted mazes.

Only on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #demo #handcrafted

08.11.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New level added to the challenges section today with a little easter egg ๐Ÿซฃ

Also updated the demo! Better performance and reflecting more the final game that is coming together.

Only on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #handcraftedgame

06.11.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game With Balls - Demo Update #1.4 - Steam News Tiny update to the demo

Updated the demo for Game With Balls with some minor performance and visual tweaks.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/374...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #steamdemo #demo #update #unrealengine5 #ue5

06.11.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜

05.11.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Updated the screenshots on my Steam Page to more reflect the diverse levels that will be in there, but not all as that is a surprise!

store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #steampage #gamedev #handcrafted #mazes #solodev

05.11.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A little process video of creating a new wooden level for Game With Balls! #steamdeck #woodworking
YouTube video by Geert Verhoeff A little process video of creating a new wooden level for Game With Balls! #steamdeck #woodworking

One day of work to create a new level for Game With Balls in less than a minute of footage.

www.youtube.com/shorts/XOL3E...

#steamdeck #gamedev #indiegame #woodworking #handcrafted #mazes

05.11.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game With Balls โ€“ Lโ€™arte del legno incontra il digitale Quando si pensa a un videogioco moderno, spesso vengono in mente motori grafici complessi, texture fotorealistiche e mondi proceduralmente generati. Ma Game Wit

Italy finding Game With Balls already! Fun to read about your game somewhere else ๐Ÿ˜

www.safarigames.it/https-www-sa...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #press

02.11.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yes it has :)

01.11.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #ScreenshotSaturday!

I am making different handcrafted mazes for Game With Balls. A Steam Deck game where you move the Deck to guide balls through mazes and challenges!

You can already try 8 levels in the demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/3745250/...

#steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev

01.11.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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