So, where do you begin creating a game-type which you never created before? The correct answer is probably: research.. But since I’m more a guy [..] read more
A little later than expected, but I finally managed to release the game into Early Access, yay! Originally planned for last week, but due to [..] read more
Business cap on… let’s go.. Ok, let’s talk about the release of this game people! It’s going to go smooth, be awesome, and make us rich! [..] read more
We.. are.. getting.. close! And as always my biggest problem now is: me! I have to set a date, work towards that, don’t tinker too [..] read more
Ashworld, oh Ashworld.. my nemesis! So where are we with this “little ol’ game”?.. glad you asked! Last week I planned out to use the whole week to [..] read more
Welcome to the Meganoid(2017) post-mortem, as promised a few weeks ago, this post-mortem goes into the details on the Meganoid figures and stats. Without context the [..] read more
I’ve been promising new video of Ashworld to a few people, so here’s seven minutes of the current build. Obviously there’s a lot of stuff that is [..] read more
To get some extra funding on my bigger project, I decided to ignore services like Kickstarter, and in all my foolishness, I instead created another game: on a very tight budget. Find out how that worked out. read more
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
