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Joram Wessels

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Tech lead @ Yvora Game Studio | Founder of @rooibosgames.bsky.social 🧑 | Unreal Programmer πŸ–₯ | Star Wars nerd πŸ”« | Theravada practitioner πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ|

236 Followers  |  79 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 21.10.2024  |  1.7685

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Yesterday's News is now 40% off for the Steam Spring Sale 🌷🌼🌹🌻 Get it before March 20!

14.03.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're slowly considering what our next game will be. So what do you think? How do you feel about this option?

24.02.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour"

~ William Blake

08.02.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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INDIGO krijgt als tweedaags event nieuw leven in Rotterdam INDIGO krijgt een nieuw leven als tweedaags evenement in Rotterdam. De doorstart is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de DGA, de gemeente Rotterdam en het VAF.

INDIGO krijgt een nieuw leven als tweedaags evenement in Rotterdam. De doorstart is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de @dutchgamesassociation.nl , gemeente Rotterdam en het Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds

#gamedev #gamebiz

31.01.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I finally started writing my own game engine 🀩 Something I've been dreaming about for some time now (and I'm sure many other programmers do as well)

28.01.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This game really struck me man! Beautiful execution πŸ’™ haven't seen anything as beautiful since Journey

11.12.2024 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it weren't for the kindness and attentiveness of other train passengers, I'd have lost 5 beanies and 6 gloves over the past two years.

11.12.2024 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unreal Engine users:

What source control are you using? In my eyes the binary unmergeable blueprint assets have always been the biggest flaw of the engine. We switched from Perforce to GitLab because we missed feature branches, but feature branches and blueprint locking isn't perfect either...

06.12.2024 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We let our animator pick some temporary names for the villagers in our city builder, and now they're all named stuff like Knulst Roekelbaas, Barry Batsbal, Ruurd Aarskaars, etc.

Placeholders are an easy way to make development more fun ✨

05.12.2024 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Yesterday's News - Mobile LAN Update Trailer
YouTube video by RooibosGames Yesterday's News - Mobile LAN Update Trailer

The Mobile LAN update is live! πŸŽ‰Play from your couch on your phone πŸŽ… We hope you all have a merry holiday season, but if your Christmas party turns awkward or boring, we've got your back! πŸ’ͺπŸ“°

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSGf...

store.steampowered.com/app/2850560/...

#partygames #indiegames

01.12.2024 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is probably the first legit reason I've found to upgrade to Windows 11 ✨ This is exactly what I need, thanks!

30.11.2024 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow the mobile LAN update will go live! πŸŽ… You'll be able to play Yesterday's News from your couch over the holidays

30.11.2024 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a contradicting statement πŸ€” he's gonna make games great again but not let passionate people work on them?

28.11.2024 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm creating a starter pack for the fine folks at the Dutch Game Garden incubation program (+ some regulars). πŸ₯šπŸ£πŸ³

If you wanna keep following their progress after the DGG shutdown, this is a good place to start.

go.bsky.app/TCmr8aM

28.11.2024 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks absolutely insane! The graphics are amazing

27.11.2024 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Benign Land on Steam Benign Land is a short, dreamlike experience where you embark on a metaphysical journey through Ireland’s subconscious past. Drift through and explore haunting scenes from pagan times to recent histor...

πŸŽ‰ BENIGN LAND is coming to STEAM! πŸŽ‰

We're extremely proud to announce the release of our first game BENIGN LAND, in Q1 2025!

WISHLIST NOW πŸ‘‰ store.steampowered.com/app/3345970/...
πŸ“½οΈTRAILER πŸ‘‰ youtu.be/To4ovejTHDc

#BenignLand #IndieGame #WalkingSimulator #SteamRelease #IndieDev #GameDev #WishlistNow

26.11.2024 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok this one genuinely made me laugh out loud πŸš€βš›

This week's ✨ Headline of the Week ✨ is in Dutch to celebrate the upcoming Dutch localization! πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ§€πŸš²

*No fictional Swedish characters were harmed during the development of this update*

#indiegames #gamedev #YesterdaysNews

25.11.2024 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last year I expected something similar for my Wrapped, but to my surprise my #1 was some guy named "Jeremy Soul" ??? I forgot I had been listening to the Skyrim OST on repeat while working all year πŸ˜‚

23.11.2024 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like β€œTHE WORLD IS ENDING” and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong

22.11.2024 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 38581    πŸ” 6106    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 296

Same, topped it before even posting anything at all. And the best thing is: bsky followers are actual people! Imagine that

22.11.2024 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've always kinda missed early Twitter. Might actually start actively posting again with all the positive things I hear about bluesky :) πŸ¦‹βœ¨

22.11.2024 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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