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Developer of MewnBase and senior UX/UI artist at Demiurge Studios - into modular synths, gardening, oss/linux, and outdoorsy stuff. Massachusetts ๐Ÿš€ https://store.steampowered.com/app/743130/MewnBase/ ๐Ÿ˜บ https://cairn4.itch.io/mewnbase

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Diode laser cutter cutting out wood panels

Diode laser cutter cutting out wood panels

small 4 sided rectangular IKEA lamp with laser cut lamp shade around it on a desk. Artwork on the panels mimics the Star Trek TNG bridge turbo lift red alert displays.

small 4 sided rectangular IKEA lamp with laser cut lamp shade around it on a desk. Artwork on the panels mimics the Star Trek TNG bridge turbo lift red alert displays.

Designed and laser cut some Star Trek TNG-styled lamp shade panels last night for my old IKEA light. Pretty snug and held together with barely enough glue, but still really happy with how it came out ๐Ÿ˜„

05.08.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yay! ๐Ÿง”โ€โ™€๏ธ

17.07.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hehe me toooo

17.07.2025 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pitch + gate sequence -> Disting Mk4 in Adder mode for octave shifts -> Plaits and filter into Black Hole Reverb ... I could listen to this all night. #eurorack

17.07.2025 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Boxie - an always offline audio player for my 3 year old How I built a simple portable audio player for my boy, summoning the spirit of the Gameboy

Wer Elektronik kann, kann das nachbauen. Alle Materialien und Instruktionen hier. Wenn ich das from scratch schaff nach 8 Monaten Elektronik-Lernen, schafft man das auch mit weniger Erfahrung zamzubauen denk ich.

mariozechner.at/posts/2025-0...

cc @haenschen.omg.lol

16.07.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blue car with bikes on the roof and "Just Married" written on the back window parked in a grassy field in front of a red cottage, ocean/bay in the distance.

Blue car with bikes on the roof and "Just Married" written on the back window parked in a grassy field in front of a red cottage, ocean/bay in the distance.

It's our 18th wedding anniversary today! @sailorastera.bsky.social Go team! โค๏ธ๐Ÿฅณ
#Mawwiage

07.07.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Finished panel in a eurorack case next to a Mutable Instruments Peaks clone by After Later Audio.

Finished panel in a eurorack case next to a Mutable Instruments Peaks clone by After Later Audio.

Various attempts at laser engraving diff text styles, icons for the LED indicators.

Various attempts at laser engraving diff text styles, icons for the LED indicators.

Finished panels laser cut out.

Finished panels laser cut out.

Made some attempts at designing a little mode cheat sheet panel for the Peaks Dead Man's Catch firmware this afternoon. #eurorack

05.07.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Soooo... I'm creating a graph-based modular synthesizer in Godot for fun and the results are nice so far! There's still a lot to add, but it's shaping up nicely! I'll probably open-source it when I'm happy with the results and UX is not shit. #GodotEngine #synthesizer

03.07.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
hand holding a wood plywood corner with rough finger joints, eurorack rails and blank panel screwed in

hand holding a wood plywood corner with rough finger joints, eurorack rails and blank panel screwed in

Sloppy attempt #1 at prototyping some laser-cut eurorack case panels with scrap plywood. Got the measurements *almost* right lol

28.06.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MewnBase Summer Sale 40% Off!

MewnBase Summer Sale 40% Off!

Gameplay screenshot

Gameplay screenshot

MewnBase is 40% off on Steam and itch.io for the next couple weeks!

store.steampowered.com/app/743130/M...
cairn4.itch.io/mewnbase

#indiegame #gamedev #games #steam #summersale #steamsale #libgdx

(this time hopefully with images attached...)

27.06.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ™„ thanks, forgot that uploading images from Firefox to bsky just never seems to work.

27.06.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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little quick recording of last night's patch

#modular #eurorack

12.06.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

haha also did a double-take once yesterday thinking it was a cat

01.06.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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libGDX 1.13.5 We are proud to present a new release of libGDX: version 1.13.5!

After almost 10 years, I managed to publish a libGDX release. Nostalgia.

Thanks to the team that set up pretty great infrastructure to make this super simple.

libgdx.com/news/2025/05...

13.05.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
two small fake books made of paper and balsa wood on a cutting mat. one is titled "Garden Time, a Book About Flowers" and the other just "Book" with a girl silhouette on it.

two small fake books made of paper and balsa wood on a cutting mat. one is titled "Garden Time, a Book About Flowers" and the other just "Book" with a girl silhouette on it.

small book models, but one with a tiny print version of the Dune hardcover, and another from The Hobbit. next to them is a tiny Nine Inch Nails 2006 tour poster

small book models, but one with a tiny print version of the Dune hardcover, and another from The Hobbit. next to them is a tiny Nine Inch Nails 2006 tour poster

the model so far with most of its tiny, tedious parts.

the model so far with most of its tiny, tedious parts.

wasn't impressed by the generic, unimaginative printed paper book covers and posters in this model kit lol. "Book", "Garden Time", "G/Jarden"? ๐Ÿค”

... so printed some new ones, and a tiny copy of the NIN poster that's been hanging in my office forever

04.05.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Playdate with the image of fireworks and the text 2.7.2

Playdate with the image of fireworks and the text 2.7.2

There's a Playdate OS/SDK update out today, 2.7.2. (Get it in Settings > System > System Update).

While it doesn't have a lot of features for players, it sets the stage for a big new part of Playdate: networking. That means developers can start writing things likeโ€”that's rightโ€”multiplayer games.

02.05.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 213    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
A fake review from a cartoon character in the World of Goo 2 trailer that says:   "there will be an options menu?" - UI enthusiast

A fake review from a cartoon character in the World of Goo 2 trailer that says: "there will be an options menu?" - UI enthusiast

Excited to find out myself ๐Ÿ˜‚ ... wonder what it'll look like!? (from the World of Goo 2 trailer)

01.05.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Strong Bad and Homestar Runner stand in a spotlight, singing on Strong Bad's desk. A little gold foil sticker says "25 dot coms" and text below them reads "Back to a Website."

Strong Bad and Homestar Runner stand in a spotlight, singing on Strong Bad's desk. A little gold foil sticker says "25 dot coms" and text below them reads "Back to a Website."

Let's all go back:
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...

17.04.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5710    ๐Ÿ” 2320    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 253

Same, based on the laptop I was using at the time, which was 7-8yo then, didn't have a dedicated gpu and had just meh/ok performance. store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey said majority were playing on newer machines, so figured my min-spec wouldn't be turning tooo many people away.

16.04.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crashlands 2 on Steam Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award...

Crashlands 2 is out NOW!

Thanks so much to everyone who supported us on this journey, and I hope you love the game as much as we do ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

๐Ÿ’ป Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1401730
๐ŸŽ App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id152...
๐Ÿค– Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

10.04.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

ITS OUT ITS OUT ITS OUT ITS OUT ITS OUT ITS OU

07.04.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MewnBase screenshot with 2 space cats with different visor colors standing near each other. One has a shovel.  There's ore and plants nearby along with a couple base modules.  Bottom says "MewnBase Godot Edition"

MewnBase screenshot with 2 space cats with different visor colors standing near each other. One has a shovel. There's ore and plants nearby along with a couple base modules. Bottom says "MewnBase Godot Edition"

Phew, finally finished writing up the February/March MewnBase Godot Port Update: cairn4.itch.io/mewnbase/dev...

#gamedev #godotengine #indiegames

16.03.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Crashlands 2 is 4 weeks away! | Blog | Butterscotch Shenanigans Soonโ„ข but for real this time. And the beta is complete!

Crashlands 2 comes out a mere FOUR WEEKS from today! So sooooooooonโ„ข๏ธ!

13.03.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Heroes of Loot: Gauntlet of Power Review - Don't Overlook This GEM!
YouTube video by NicoPlaysIndies Heroes of Loot: Gauntlet of Power Review - Don't Overlook This GEM!

Gauntlet of Power Nintendo Switch launch day is here!

Cool little review on WHY you should grab the game today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZYF... #indiegames #nintendoswitch

04.03.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Godotย 4.4, a unified experience โ€“ Godot Engine Look forward to plenty of quality of life improvements hidden within this release. Faster load speeds, reduced stutter, streamlined processes - spotting all the optimizations that have been applied in...

#GodotEngine 4.4 is finally here! ๐Ÿš€

Look forward to plenty of quality of life improvements hidden within this release. Faster load speeds, reduced stutter, streamlined processes, and more!

godotengine.org/releases/4.4/

03.03.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1995    ๐Ÿ” 530    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 106
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Late night / early morning patch recording from this week. ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŒ›

#modularsynth #eurorack

15.02.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Laser cut small "garden house" wood/cardboard/paper model kit that looks like a tiny cozy greenhouse with tiny furniture and lighting. Placed in a book shelf next to a christmas cactus.

Laser cut small "garden house" wood/cardboard/paper model kit that looks like a tiny cozy greenhouse with tiny furniture and lighting. Placed in a book shelf next to a christmas cactus.

Finished the little garden house model this weekend ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ“š

10.02.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from Night in the Woods featuring Mae and Bea at a party with a speech bubble that reads, "NO FASCISTS AT THIS PARTY"

Screenshot from Night in the Woods featuring Mae and Bea at a party with a speech bubble that reads, "NO FASCISTS AT THIS PARTY"

Night in the Woods said it best:

30.01.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1365    ๐Ÿ” 416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 2 The bugs don't stand a chance!

4.4 beta 2 is here!

The last release brought a lot of changes, and weโ€™ve been hard at work fixing the bugs that came with them.

Help us stay on track for a release next month by testing and reporting any issues you find ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ

godotengine.org/article/dev-...

30.01.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 696    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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okay not *exactly* what I was going for, but ๐Ÿคฃ ๐ŸŽต

29.01.2025 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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