Sascha Reinhold (Studio Umluft)

pixel art version of the book cover of «The Lesson» by Cadwell Turnbull, featuring red type on dark background and a blue clam in the background that eminates some kind of energy or strings

For weeks I have been observing the growing library of pixel books in the Little Pixel Library: hillhouse.neocities.org/cliques/libr... Yesterday I took an hour to create one myself. «The Lesson» by Cadwell Turnbull was one of my favorite books last year. 📚 #pixel #art #pixelart #book #cover #scifi

29.01.2026 16:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

the cover of «Cranko!» showing a U-Boat captain; there is a PlayDate handheld with a purple cover on top of the zine

imprint of «Cranko!»; on top of the page there is a yellow PlayDate handheld, on screen are two eyes, only one of them is open

detail of an article about the game «Magic Castle»; on top of the page is a PlayDate handheld, also showing the cover of Magic Castle

ad for the game «The Shape that Waits», on top of the page lies a PlayDate handheld with a purple cover

Just finished reading through Cranko!, a cute PlayDate zine I stumbled upon, because @stephanrewind.bsky.social mentioned it. 🗞️ The zine is lovingly handcrafted, I enjoyed learning about new games & dev insights (discovered «Panels»). 💛 I even was delighted by the ads. 🙃 ➡️ cranknockout.com #playdate

29.01.2026 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🍳Omelet You Cook 1.0 is dropping FEB 8!🍳

Cook wacky omelets to satisfy an ever-demanding chicken principal! 🐔

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #TrailerTuesday

27.01.2026 22:41 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0

Right? In the past months I have been looking at permaculture books, thinking: "It is so systemic, there has to be a game somewhere in here.“ 🤔 It’s good to know that there seems to be a target audience for what I have in mind. 😌 Now I just have to make the game. 🫠 Thanks for the encouragement! 🫶

28.01.2026 12:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is going to be a video game about creating and tending to a garden, based on permaculture principles. So, less freeform and more rule-based, but while playing you will still learn about companions and crop rotation. 😌

28.01.2026 07:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Some basic gameplay of sowing, growing and harvesting. 🌱🌿🌾 Not much there yet in terms of interaction (companion planting, crop rotation …), but it’s a start. 🌻 #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #pixelart #permapunk #permaculture #gardening #roguelike

27.01.2026 18:11 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

key art for a game called Permapunk, showing a hex-based grid with plants in different stages of growth, a lake, a windmill, a house, some sheep and some sea gulls

Added more visual elements, a gradient and some noise to make it a more or less proper key art. #pixel #art# #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indie #game #permaculture #permapunk

26.01.2026 20:51 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

pixel art assets for a game, showing several icons of plants and vegetables, hex tiles with different stages of vegetation and some UI elements with screens displaying information about plants and ressources, the title reads «PermaPunk»

I am really not used to share WIP, but here you go. 🫣 Yesterday I made some pixel art tiles and UI elements for my next game prototype. 🥦🥕🥔🟩🟧🟨 Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and water some plants. 🌱🚿 #pixel #art #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indie

25.01.2026 13:27 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Oh no :(

18.01.2026 14:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pumpkin 🎃

17.01.2026 12:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

picture showing the first row of people (inlcuding myself) giving applause to Don Daglow during his talk at the DevCom conference 2025 in Cologne, photo by Luna Grüsgen

It has been exactly 1 year that I received the Press Start: Games Founding Grant and started work as a solo dev. It was not the year I envisioned, but I learned a lot about gamedev & myself. Thank you so much to the Press Start team, to my mentors & my fellow Press Startians. ✨ [photo: Luna Grüsgen]

16.01.2026 22:40 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

title screen of «Might & Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen», showing a dragon and a person on top of a hill above the clouds looking towards a dark castle

screenshot of a surprisingly elaborate video sequence that is shown when entering the dwarven mines, featuring a high pitched speaking dwarf

ingame screenshot of the party of heroes engaging a purple-colored castle guard

screenshot of scull-headed Lord Xeen laughing at you, because you died

This month I played «Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen» (German review in PC Games 1/93: www.kultboy.com/index.php?si...). As a fan of «Might and Magic III», I expected to enjoy this one as well, but it was too similar and just not interesting enough to keep me playing. #PCgames #games #33YearsAgo

12.01.2026 14:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Close-up of a cat with white and brown fur, playfully lying on her side looking towards the photographer

This is Leica. 🐈 Taken with Fuji. 📷
#caturday #cat #photography

11.01.2026 20:07 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

screenshot of the game «1869» showing a sea map of Europe and several major habour cities

screenshot of the game «1869» showing a big sail boat with two people standing in front of it

cover of the German PC Games magazine, issue 12/92, featuring games like «History Line 1914-18», «Legends of Valour» and «ATAC»

photo of the game box of the Gold Games collection, a golden CD (featuring games like «The Clou», «Oldtimer» and «1869»), and a review of «1869» in the PC Games magazine, issue 12/92

I recently reminisced with fellow game devs about the great games Max Design created back in the 90s. 🧡🩵 A week ago I played «1869», their sea trading simulation. ⛵️ I love the music and the pixel art; the gameplay though … not that interesting anymore (+ colonialism 🙄). 🤷‍♂️ #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo

07.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

screenshot of the intro of »The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One« showing an old man writing a note with a feather

screenshot of the protagonist of »The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One« standing under a big tree shouting “Wow!”

Cover of PC Games magazine, issue 11/92, featuring the games «Mantis», «The Summoning», «The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes» and «Gobliins 2»

photo of the review of «The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One» in PC Games magazine, issue 11/92, next to the game box

Two days ago I played «Legend of Kyrandia: Book One» (🗞️ review in PC Games 11/92)
 Graphics & music are very Westwood; feels like coming home, if you enjoyed Dune or Lands of Lore. 😌 
The puzzles are not that difficult. I was impressed by the pixel art DOF in the intro. 🤩 #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo

31.12.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I particularly enjoyed hooking the floppy drive up to my Mac and installing the game inside DosBox using the original floppy disks. 💾💾💾💾 They still work! 😊 Although it is a USB floppy drive, the sound still takes me back to the times when it was part of a 386 desktop PC. 🟠🔊 #games #33yearsAgo

27.12.2025 17:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I played «Lure of the Temptress» by Revolution Software (the early Charles Cecil), which was reviewed in PC Games 10/92. Although the game is short, controls and character dynamics feel quite modern, almost like an open world game. The creators called it “Virtual Theatre”. 🎭 #games #33yearsAgo

27.12.2025 17:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

photo of the cover of the German PC Games magazine, issue 10/92, showing a young woman with a magnifying glass and a dagger in front of Sphinx, the games that are listed on the cover are: B17, Laura Bow 2 and Links 386 pro

🗓️ 33 years & 3 months ago my brother bought the first issue of the »PC Games« (10/92). 📰 I was eight years old and amazed by all the colorful screenshots of games I did not know anything about. 🤩 Years later I would become a subscriber myself. #PCgames #games #33yearsAgo

27.12.2025 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

E4: Mona Brandt macht Spiele übers Erinnern, Mut und Gerechtigkeit Im Spiele*macher:innen-Podcast sprechen Mareike und ich diesen Monat mit Mona Brandt, vor allem bekannt für ihr Engagement bei der Initiative Erinnern mit Games und ihre Arbeit als Lead Game Designeri...

Kurz vor der GamesCom haben wir eine neue spiele*macher:innen-Episode veröffentlicht. *️⃣🩷🥎🥎 Darin sprechen @mareikereh.bsky.social und ich mit der Game Designerin Mona Brandt; darüber, wie sie zum Spielemachen gekommen ist, über Selbstvertrauen und das Erinnern: www.saschareinhold.de/podcasts/spi...

02.09.2025 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

two sesame plaited yeast buns

Let’s properly kick this account off with a picture of this weekend’s baking. 🌀Originally I wanted to make poppy seed plaited yeast buns. 🥯 However, I couldn’t find poppy seeds at the shop, so I went for sesame plaited yeast buns. Still very delicious. 😋 Have nice week! 👋 #baking #buns #sesame

01.09.2025 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joyful group picture at a party (Courage Cologne)

Two days ago I struggled connecting to people at #devcom. However, I managed to grab dinner with a super nice group of people, before heading to #couragecologne. This very much saved my day. 😌 Thanks again to Mareike, Zemre, Luca, Jasper and Tino for the wonderful time! 🥳

21.08.2025 11:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

15 years have passed since my last visit to Cologne. 😮 Now I am back for DevCom and GamesCom, taking part as a Press Start grant recipient. 🥳 It was a lot of fun spending the day with my Press Start fellows and celebrating at our midterm event. 🫶 #devcom #gamescom #cologne #pressstart

18.08.2025 16:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0