Let me get on this high horse for a minute as I write this new entry in the weekly indie-business posts. I’m from a generation that [..] read more
A little less than a week to go, and this game goes live on all platforms (“all” as in: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux). So [..] read more
Last Saturday I called out for some ideas to write about in these, now weekly, indie-business blog posts. And my fellow indie dev Byron / Xiotex opted [..] read more
Another twitch stream, bit longer than I planned (2 hours 11 minutes) but a lot of polish, difficulty-balancing and some pixel-pushing. So go check it [..] read more
Releasing games often leaves room for experimentation. So I decided to check out the “Early Access” version of Google Play, and release Meganoid into it. Basically [..] read more
When I started Orangepixel (waaaaay back in 2004) I did so on a very small budget. I think it was close to €100, which were the [..] read more
Can you smell it? It’s the smell of a game release nearing. It feels so long since I released my last game, but in fact it [..] read more
I follow various developers on social media, from big guys to small guys, famous guys to unknown awesome talented guys.. and some of them even follow [..] read more
This is just a little teaser of the trailer I’ve been making this week. The full trailer is a little over a minute, and I’ll put it [..] read more
This week it’s GDC week, the “largest professional game developers conference” where the industry comes together to talk about games, games and games. I’m sure [..] read more
I’ve been hard at work on polishing the gameplay. There are now proper level-templates used for every world, so there is a real sense of progress [..] read more
In the feedback I got on the first part of this series, a few people asked me to do a blog on how I pick, [..] read more
I booted up the old Twitch.tv channel again this week, doing some game-testing and pixel-pushing. For more live streaming visit the channel here: Twitch.tv/orangepascal
Let’s not get into a fight: I’m not here to say what exactly a rogue-like is or isn’t.. but some elements of “rogue likes” should [..] read more
This is the first one of a series of articles I plan on posting about “the other side” of game development. Not just the “technical [..] read more
So another week with all my time put into the Meganoid reboot (still thinking about the name.. Meganoid reboot.. Meganoid 2017.. not sure yet). Right [..] read more
Surprise! and not just for you, also for me! Creating a new game in the Meganoid universe has been an itch for a while now. I [..] read more
We’re getting closer and closer! The last couple of weeks I’ve been tweaking a bunch of stuff to juice the game up a bit more. [..] read more
Another week of ups and downs on Ashworld, luckily ending in a great big up. I have a very strange rule that says: you should be [..] read more
We’re nearing the end of 2016, so it’s a nice time to make a little review of the year from the Orangepixel perspective. Games of 2016 First thing: [..] read more
There you go! I finally settled on a name for this project. I’ve been calling it “Ragelaw” for some time now, but people poked at me [..] read more
Missions, missions and more missions… and how was your day? I seriously learned a lot during the development on this game, tackling the mission [..] read more
It’s taken a long time to get to this point, but it feels like Ragelaw is finally moving in the right direction. Still far from [..] read more
There are a lot of positive things to be said about creating games in a genre you don’t know or even like. Sadly there are also a [..] read more
After a nice little vacation during one of the hottest weeks in the Netherlands, I’m back on the job! The video up there shows the [..] read more
I decided to put up another free source-code over on the Orangepixel Bitbucket, this time not a simple half-baked Jam game, but a full commercial game: [..] read more
A lot of tinkering with the prototype, and it’s starting to pay off. This is slowly looking like a playable game, and there is enough [..] read more
For those who follow me on twitter, you’ve already seen the stuff I’ve been prototyping with the many GIF’s I’ve been spamming. It was a [..] read more
Hey there! So after the Heroes of Loot 2 release and me pushing a bunch of updates, I’ve also taken some time off and just [..] read more
Samsung, you suck. Let me explain that! For my last two games, Space Grunts and Heroes of Loot 2, I developed the game as much for [..] read more
