Martin Christopher / is on Nostr

Gardener from Germany with a background in Cultural Studies and interest in Sword & Sorcery, Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Neo-Noir, RPGs, Metal, and Synthwave.
I started working on my own videogame in 2024, even though I have basically no prior experience with videogame development.

Bumblebee Games: https://bumblebeegames.eu

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2024-08-12 18:20:13

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Yeah, I remember back in the day when everyone complained about stupid EU regulations. You don't hear that that often anymore.
In the recent EU parliament elections, one hyper-capitalist German party had a poster "Europe thrives on freedom, not on regulations."
Regulations are the basis of our freedoms.

2024-08-10 19:22:32

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Stumbled on this video about the Half-Life sound effects completely at random. It makes very interesting arguments about the Half-Life sound design being deliberately unnaturalistic. The sound effects don't try to emulate the sounds of the things they represent as accurately as technically possible but are more abstract.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCd3ckLjTvs
#gamedev #indiedev #hobbydev

2024-08-10 19:11:34

"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided."
- Brian Eno, 1996
I think everyone involved in low-fidelity game design knows exactly what he was talking about. It's the #pixelart and Quake engine visuals.
#retrogaming #gamedev #indiedev #lofi

2024-08-09 08:48:27

I once saw a video of someone claiming no #indiedev studios are touching JRPGs because that type of game is extremely difficult and labor intensive to produce.
I don't know much about JRPGs and have only played four Final Fantasy games, but they seem to be about the most simple game there is, other than maybe some platformers or mobile games.
Sounds like total nonsense.
#gamedev

2024-08-07 19:02:01

Feeling like an imposter because my #gamedev idea isn't bizarre enough.
#indiedev #hobbydev

2024-08-06 16:17:29

I want to make an 80s style tactical RPG. Just as a prototype and proof of concept that my gameplay ideas are actually fun.
It's supposed to look super crude so that I can focus entirely on code and mechanics without getting slowed down by the need for new assets as I try out new elements.
And still I feel compelled to make it isometric rather than a regular grid of squares...
#gamedev #hobbydev

2024-07-30 07:11:05

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I guess the idea is that there's only one right or best solution, but lots of okay ones and wrong ones.

2024-07-28 10:52:55

New Site Post: A Color Palette for Hornet
https://bumblebeegames.eu/a-color-palette-for-hornet.html
Now I am actually a #gamedev. I made an actual thing for my game on a computer.
I made a color palette for making textures.
#hobbydev #bumblebeegames #hornetengine #kaendor