Axel 'Vlad' Born

Rhombus' demo is out now on Steam!

It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.

You can play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

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🔥 Le premier "vrai" Meet-up de la rentrée sera le jeudi 16 Octobre ! 🔥

Ce mois-ci nous accueillons Ilaria Cislaghi , qui viendra nous faire une conférence (en Anglais) sur Godot : Ins and Outs of GODOT Engine

Tu me rappelles que me faut prendre un billet avant que ça soit complet

Rhombus' demo is out now on Steam!

It's a 1st-person puzzle game with an unique core mechanic to create your path throughout a compact non-linear environment with metroidbrainia elements.

You can play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

I've updated Rhombus' Steam page (store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...), so here's a small gif showcasing the game's main puzzle mechanic.

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@realpercha.bsky.social tu confirmes?

The Glorious Colony by Klayr Simulation game with insect-like creatures

It's a first person game where you explore and build your way through this small map using puzzles, so quite far from a civ builder.

However, I can recommend you to check my sound designer @bycob.bsky.social's own game as he's literally doing an ant colony sim game: klayr.itch.io/the-glorious...

Alternatively, if we suppose that an arrow means you move out to another room (as we're seeing them on elevators). Then you've got a yellow arrow right next to the start that brings you to the bottom-left room instantly, skipping the maze.

If a yellow arrow means a start position, then we've got 4 possible start positions to choose from in this picture. One of them is in the room below, I pick that one as my start and I'm out of the apple's room.

I'd say it being compact actually helps a lot, as it limits the number of things you have to keep track of in your level design, making it easier to have everything tightly connected together.

Screenshot within Unity's Editor showing the whole map

The level design of my compact 1st person metroidbrainia Rhombus is finally complete with everything needed to reach the end of the game.

Steam demo will come in a couple days, in the meantime you can wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

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Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born non-linear 3d puzzle game

I've updated Rhombus' Itch demo. It now has menus, settings, save/load, a first draft of the audio from @bycob.bsky.social, a reworked 1st area and other stuff.

If everything goes well, Steam demo should be up next week

You can try it here: axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

One of 4 in-game screenshots of the 1st area of the game

One of 4 in-game screenshots of the 1st area of the game

One of 4 in-game screenshots of the 1st area of the game

One of 4 in-game screenshots of the 1st area of the game

Preparing the Steam demo for Rhombus right now and I've just remade the whole starting area to work better as a tutorial & be a bit more interesting (and it also looks a bit better too)

Wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

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Working on some simple but effective animation for my puzzle game's later panels.

Wishlist Rhombus on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

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Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born non-linear 3d puzzle game

I've uploaded a first demo of Rhombus on itch with the first ~30 minutes of the game. It's still a bit rough on the edges (no audio or menu yet) but gameplay-wise it's roughly what the upcoming Steam demo should be

You can test it here : axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Sharing another Snakeloop 'clone' which I missed during last gmtk jam: Cosmoroboros by NonDescript Games, bene-labs, Luane Kort, Nayuka & Johannes J Kross.
It got a post-jam version with a lot of levels available, and will apparently come out on Steam later.
bene-labs.itch.io/cosmoboros-p...

There'll be both Windows & Linux support. No consoles planned though (other than Steam Deck)

That's normal as there's no way to get to them in the demo. The demo includes all of the panels of the full game as a teasing. Except for a single one to block from progressing further and was replaced by the "end of demo" panels.

Rhombus by Axel 'Vlad' Born non-linear 3d puzzle game

I've uploaded a first demo of Rhombus on itch with the first ~30 minutes of the game. It's still a bit rough on the edges (no audio or menu yet) but gameplay-wise it's roughly what the upcoming Steam demo should be

You can test it here : axelvborn.itch.io/rhombus

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Latest addition to Rhombus, a mysterious white panel blocked by walls of rhombuses in the middle of the map. What could it be?

Wishlist on Steam : store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

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Rhombus on Steam Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment.

The Steam page for my next game, Rhombus, is out!

It's a short and compact 1st person puzzle game with exploration and non-linear elements centered around an unique mechanic playing with geometry.

You can wishlist is there: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Screenshot of the level design within Unity, with gaps between each area of the game and a dark tower in the middle.

Late #WIPWednesday, but I'm breaking my game's level design right now as I'm resizing each area to be 30x30 instead of 25x25 to have room for more things. And there's also a small thing that was added in the middle of the scene 👀

Check out Rhombus on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

TGDays 2025 - YouTube Les journées de conférences et ateliers annuelles du Toulouse Game Dev. Les TGDays 2025 ont eu lieu les Vendredi 29 et Septembre 30 Août 2025 à la Médiathèqu...

Les VODs des TGDays 2025 sont déjà en ligne !

Vous pouvez retrouvez la playlist complète des 9 conférences ici : www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Ainsi que les liens vers chaque conférence plus bas ↓ (1/11)

Rhombus on Steam Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment.

The Steam page for my next game, Rhombus, is out!

It's a short and compact 1st person puzzle game with exploration and non-linear elements centered around an unique mechanic playing with geometry.

You can wishlist is there: store.steampowered.com/app/3959950/...

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame

Pas mal pris ces derniers temps entre mon projet actuel et le tgd, mais c'est prévu que je t'envoies une update quand j'aurais un moment de mettre à jour le listing des jeux toulousains

Encore merci d'avoir accepté l'invitation à l'event. C'est important qu'on ait pas toujours les mêmes discours portés par les mêmes personnes lors des évènements pros, et ton intervention a permis justement d'apporter une vision alternative du dev de jeu.

Venez les gens, les conf sont super chouettes ! Les prises de paroles sont vraiment intéressantes et proposent une vision du JV qui va dans le bon sens.

Et c'est disponible en direct sur Twitch : www.twitch.tv/toulousegame...

Screenshot of the game showing a panel with a pattern of teal rhombuses on it, some bright and some darker ones. There are black 3d platforms in the background behind the panel, whose heights are linked to the pattern on the panel.

Added a bit of 'shading' to the panels of my new puzzle game so it is easier to visualize how the rhombuses patterns match the 3d platforms.

Also, I'm currently working on a Steam page, it should come out next week if everything goes well.

#indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame

Direct bank transfer isn't always an option available on platforms.

Ie. Itch only offers PayPal or Payoneer as options to get paid.