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Solo Artist & Gamedev I Developed Owlsgard and the Wool Ball series Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WatchDaToast

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I've been getting into 3D game development a while ago. I now have another account here for that, so if you're interested in seeing some really early experiments and prototypes, feel free to drop by!

14.06.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been getting into 3D game development a while ago. I now have another account here for that, so if you're interested in seeing some really early experiments and prototypes, feel free to drop by!

14.06.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unpopular Opinion Time

I always enjoyed having Cedric as a sidekick in King's Quest 5. He's memorable and adds just the right amount of charme/cheesyness to the whole game and its journey.
I never played KQ5 with voice acting though lol

12.08.2024 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Images you can feel

04.08.2024 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And often, that can lead to disappointment. The good thing is that the viewer/reader etc won't know your original vision that you may compare it to.

01.08.2024 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disliking what you create is always somewhat part of the process I think. In that regard, it helps me to realize, that, when you begin working on something, in the end it will always be different than what you envisioned. Sometimes VASTLY different. Especially when you work on something for long.

01.08.2024 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not sure who else feels this, but the longer you work on projects, the more you notice how much you grow out of certain mindsets and how your personality can change over time. Regarding Owlsgard - it at times feels as if someone else made it... heck, I was 24 when I started it!๐Ÿ‘ด

01.08.2024 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 10% on Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard Soundtrack on Steam The official soundtrack for the retro point & click adventure game "Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard".

Who's in the mood for some Owlsgard tunes?๐Ÿฆ‰
Because now, you can get the offical Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard soundtrack on Steam! Woo! ๐Ÿฅณ

Official Soundtrack ๐Ÿ”ฝ store.steampowered.com/app/2261530/...

#indiegame #owlsgard #gamedev #adventuregames

13.05.2024 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep that's also the approach I am going for. I think Duo works great to get to know the grammar and basics of communication (and how it keeps you refreshing what you already know), but at some point it's important to immerse yourself with the language by consuming media that works for you

20.04.2024 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you using a certain app to learn it? I started learning Czech last year and decided for Duolingo. Boy that owl is absolutely brutal lol

20.04.2024 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bonjour and Hola!
The time has finally come - Owlsgard NOW features a French and Spanish text localization!๐Ÿฅณ

This new update also fixes quite a few known bugs!๐Ÿ› Finally!๐Ÿ˜

โ–ถ๏ธSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/1709730/Beyond_The_Edge_Of_Owlsgard/
โ–ถ๏ธGOG: www.gog.com/en/game/beyond_the_edge_of_owlsgard

20.04.2024 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A somewhat personal post, I guess.
#indiegame #gamedev

13.12.2023 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A somewhat personal post, I guess.
#indiegame #gamedev

13.12.2023 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly!๐Ÿ˜

09.12.2023 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The db16 palette by DawnBringer - the most versatile palette I ever used!

All of Owlsgards assets were done with this palette as the base. The character sprites stick to only these 16 colors, while the backgrounds use blended versions.
I wonder if anyone noticed! ;D

06.12.2023 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ever wondered what the entirety of Owlsgards intro scene looked like?

04.12.2023 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad to hear haha :D

29.11.2023 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Turn into a brave roebuck and save your peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this point&click adventure game!๐ŸฆŒ

๐Ÿฆ‰Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard OUT NOW on
โ–ถ๏ธSteam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1709730/Beyond_The_Edge_Of_Owlsgard/
โ–ถ๏ธGOG:
www.gog.com/en/game/beyond_the_edge_of_owlsgard

13.11.2023 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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If this gives you "SNES era language selection screen"-flashbacks, I think I succeeded. :3

29.11.2023 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can honestly say that I came up with roughly 90% of Owlsgards plot and puzzles while I was going for really long walks outside. I even saw deers once!๐ŸฆŒ

Walks are underrated!

29.11.2023 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Moving on with recreating some in-game graphics for the french and spanish version.
๏ฝฅ๏พŸโœง CHAPTER [insert number here] โœง๏ฝฅ๏พŸ

27.11.2023 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True, but I wanted to be able to add all the little animations that I wanted (gleaming letters, letters moving down when clicked on etc)๐Ÿ˜

23.11.2023 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alright! Just finished inserting all the translated spanish text, now it's time to update every language related in-game graphic (GUI's, overworld map names, artsy cutscene text etc). Lets gooo!

23.11.2023 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely!

21.11.2023 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I really enjoy posting these "Doom engine prerender VS final scene" thingies!

I especially love this one here because of how absolutely unnecessary the prerender was, at least in hindsight. But I did it anyway - never change a running system!๐Ÿ™‚

20.11.2023 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Zniw Adventure - cropped boxart

Zniw Adventure - cropped boxart

Zniw Adventure screenshot - Fungilla

Zniw Adventure screenshot - Fungilla

Zid Journey screenshot - Small Bay's boat harbour

Zid Journey screenshot - Small Bay's boat harbour

Zid Journey key art

Zid Journey key art

Now HOLD it right there fellow dinosaur enjoyer

It's Wednesday, so I need to check whether you wishlisted our dino adventures

Because if you didn't....... consider doing so! The colourful, hand-animated world of Polisemia awaits! ๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿ’›

bit.ly/zniwAdventure
bit.ly/zidJourney

15.11.2023 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!!๐Ÿ˜

15.11.2023 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely! ๐Ÿ˜ I swear the day that I start to learn Blender will come... but not today!

15.11.2023 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been using the doom engine for so long at that point that I was super quick at creating iterations of a scene in it. Learning Blender would have been more professional... but I simply did not want to switch engines๐Ÿ˜

15.11.2023 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I used the classic Doom engine to pre-render certain backgrounds for Owlsgard. Who recognizes this scene? EASY EDITION๐Ÿค“

15.11.2023 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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