Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆

The Art of Fauna: Pigeon Post #5

I just sent out the Pigeon Post #5 - the Art of Fauna newsletter! 🕊️

I talk about the halloween update, the donations made with money from #ArtOfFauna and some upcoming things!

Read it here:
theartoffauna.kit.com/posts/the-ar...

#indiedev #gamedev

Graphic showing a vampire walking in front of a giant moon. In his right hand he carries a pumpkin bucket, in his left hand he has a book that he is reading. A ghost I peaking over his shoulder to also read the book.

To celebrate the spookiest time of the year, we’ve prepared a special PocketShelf update just for you! 👻

Add a horror or thriller #book and read it at least once to unlock a Halloween-themed app icon! 🎃

Available now in #PocketShelf!
apps.apple.com/us/app/pocke...

PS: I love this graphic!

Thanks!! 🙇‍♂️

Thanks for pointing this out, I would have missed it!

But do I get this correctly that I have to request the jury list and then reach out to each of them and pitch the game?

A table in a living room showing multiple items on it. The items are: Four bags of coffee (left to right: 1400 Colombia | Brazil from Saints of Mokha, Deer Hill from Dark Woods Coffee, Red Brick from Square Mile Coffee and a bag of unlabelled beans). Right to it is a stack of books, showing Of Ghosts and Goblins, The Man Who Dies Twice, Slough House, Second Foundation and Nero. In front you can see a bookmark and four cards, showing various coffees from Dark Arts.

Brought back over 2kg of coffee, 5 books and a lovely bookmark from my travels to the UK!

Thank you so much for all the gifts,
@joe.inkle.co, Bas, Noam, @polpielladev.bsky.social and @pbobak.bsky.social!

Rumours have it that @chriswu.com gave me a chocolate but there is no proof of that anymore 😬

Photo of Richard Osmans book “The Thursday Murder Club”. The books is slightly covered by my iPhone running PocketShelf and showing the same book!

Selfie of me holding the Thursday murder club, which has a white and red cover. I wear a red jacket and a white shirt. Behind is a brick wall covered in red leaves

Late to the game, but finally started reading "The Thursday Murder Club"! 📕

And of course, you have to wear a fitting outfit for the book you're reading 😜

#PocketShelf #Book

Always humbling to hear from our listeners, especially when our simple soundscapes have such a big impact.

This is me with the best company possible! So great to see you all! 😊

Jump Into the Liquid Glass Pool: A MacStories OS 26 App Roundup Liquid Glass is the sort of change that takes some getting used to from the perspective of both users and developers. The design language shifted a lot over the course of the summer beta season, which...

Art of Fauna on MacStories!! 🥹
Thanks @johnvoorhees.macstories.net
www.macstories.net/stories/jump...

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The talk show panel list on the stage for SwiftLeeds.

Started the conference off with the Swift Leeds talk show. Everybody did a nice job, including Klemens.

The nicest thing you’ve ever said 🥹

Photo of the red PocketShelf bookmarks, study snacks icon stickers and mandarin duck art of fauna pins

Want to have an Art of Fauna pin, a lovely PocketShelf bookmark or a Study Snacks sticker? Find me at @swiftleeds.co.uk 🥳

Train sign showing a train to Newcastle via Leeds

See ya soon! @swiftleeds.co.uk

See ya soon!

Audience seated facing a stage with two armchairs and a small table. A large screen displays a colorful graphic with the Geschichten aus der Geschichte logo and the text "Jubiläumstour 2025".

Photo of Daniel, me and Richard!

Yesterday at the Geschichten aus der Geschichte Jubiläumsshow! ❤️

Photo of my TV showing the Slow Horses logo.

Finally again! #SlowHorses

Only saw this now, congratssss!!

Introducing Zeitgeist!

A journaling app that captures your small, everyday moments and turns them into a living timeline of your life.

Download:
apps.apple.com/us/app/zeitg...

Learn more:
tiptop.software/zeitgeist/

Excited for you to try it.

YouTube video by PocketShelf Meet PocketShelf

Our #shipaton submission is… shipped! 🚢

I think we made a good pitch for multiple prize categories - Lets see how it will work out. 🤞

But I'm especially happy with our submission video! Link below! ☺️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnA...

#PocketShelf #buildinpublic

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars with 9,021 ratings. Displays star distribution with most ratings as five stars.

The Art of Fauna just hit 9000 ratings! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The 10.000 mark is in reach! Unbelievable 🥹

Only one week til SwiftLeeds kicks off! Who is going to be there? 🥳

I will definitely bring you one (:

Screenshots of a 5 star review by biblofal from Türkiye, with the title: Such a Work of art Text: What an exquisite work to cherish nature and its spectacular beauty, diversity. This app is not just a puzzle but a reminder of to really value our beloved Earth with all it’s lives. The sounds, the colours the text-visual design is theraupatic. This is another level. They even added a Phobia section for sensitivity. This is thoughtful, delightful and a perfect example of how one can use technology, UI design, productivity to favour humanity and fauna. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Screenshots of a 5 star review by AlwaysMuppet from Sweden, with the title: Amazing Text: I never comment on these things but this app deserves it! Not only is the artwork beautiful but the background noise is so very peaceful. No loud music just animals and nature. I got to say that this is my all time favourite app!

The amount of love people have for the Art of Fauna is absolutely incredible.

Two recent reviews:

#indiedev

Oh I thought I'm gonna give you a PocketShelf bookmark, but seems like I won't

Photo of me on the NSSpain stage. A projector shows two of my app logos (Study Snacks and The Art of Fauna). Underneath is a giant sign saying NSSpain XIII.

Me standing center on green grass with grapevines and mountains in the background. Its sunset, s the sky is turning from blue to yellow and the clouds are turning orange.

Group picture of a bunch of speakers and organisers standing in an rustic Spanish restaurant.

Vineyard with rows of grapevines in the foreground, set against a backdrop of rugged, sunlit cliffs and a blue sky with fluffy clouds. People are walking along a path near a modern building.

Had a blast last week at @nsspain.bsky.social - So many lovely people, so many interesting talks and so many slices of cheesecake. And that trip to the winery 😍

Thank you @lascorbe.bsky.social, @borjareinares.bsky.social + everyone else from the orga for making such a wonderful event!
#NSSpain2025

Yes yes yes yes!

Submitted now, thanks for making me aware of this! 🙇‍♂️

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Swift 6.2 is out. The Swift language is thriving but the birds need our help.
Join us to help keep swifts flying, show your support, and get out into nature.
👉 swiftforswifts.org 🐦‍⬛
#SwiftForSwifts #SwiftLang