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April is coming
April is coming! the game is not done! PANIC! … or don’t.. The last few weeks I had some “radio silence” as I was working on [..] read more
Fire farts, crooked walls, and teleporters
A much overdue developer video, most of the big changes are shown and mentioned in the video, but let’s get into some details. I’m now at [..] read more
Getting down and dirty with the code
No video update this time, since there is so much new code that the amount of bugs are pretty high and I’m not happy with [..] read more
Space Grunts on the move!
In case you missed it, you can finally take Space Grunts on the move! The iOS (get it here) and Android version (get it here) was released [..] read more
Cyclops, dark woods, and sharp things
The dungeon is getting crowded as we enter the 7th week of development. It’s been a productive week as I added monsters, hazards, an outdoor area, and [..] read more
Shine that floor!
Important stuff first: Heroes of Loot 2 is on Greenlight, and can use every Yes vote it get’s.. so please vote for it here: Heroes of [..] read more
Heroes Of Loot week 5 video
Eight minutes of looting, questing, slashing, and hacking!
Spikes, quests and rats!
Breezing through with the development of Heroes of Loot 2! There is still a lot of work to be done here, but it’s amazing how [..] read more
Space Grunts release day
It’s Tuesday the 12th of January, so that means today Space Grunts will officially be released on Steam after a 4 month Early Access period. [..] read more
One week left until release
Happy new year everybody, and thanks for checking back here! We are now about a week before the release of Space Grunts, and I’m slightly nervous.. which [..] read more
Building a level builder
Even tho the game uses procedurally generated levels, and I originally never used a level-editor, the game is now getting just that: A level editor! [..] read more
Quests and spikes
Some fast but cool additions to the game this week, the first are spikes! Pretty important as I already used them for two things and might [..] read more
Let’s end this
The end is here! Well, the end of the year at least, so even tho I still want to do a lot of work, these days [..] read more
Let’s jam!
This weekend the libGDXJam started, which runs for about 4 weeks until January 18th, and I figured that would be enough time for me to be able [..] read more
Select your character
I should start writing down all the stuff I do all week, because when I finally sit down to write these updates I usually draw a blank [..] read more
Pushing it around
I’ve been working on a pushing mechanism this week, it’s a fairly simple challenge gameplay wise, but it breaks the action a bit and it’s a [..] read more
A worm on my back!
Congratulations people, we reached update 30 this week, with only 5 weeks left before we properly release the game. Exciting days for sure! With this [..] read more
Heroes in the snow
This week I added a lot of many details and things, so many that I don’t even know what is new and what isn’t so best watch [..] read more
About PC and Mobile and revenue and stuff
When I started as an “indie” developer my target was mobile games. Mostly because I could download the tools for free, try the games for free, [..] read more
Experimenting with the gameplay
This week I’ve been mostly experimenting with the core gameplay, which is what makes a game fun. I changed how the non-controller characters now follow your movement, [..] read more
Quick look at Heroes of Loot 2
It’s always hard showing early stuff, but I just can’t help myself, I’m that excited about the code and graphics that I’ve been pumping into [..] read more
Finding the mojo
This week I mostly been prototyping various ideas, finding my mojo for the next game. I just pushed update 27 for Space Grunts, and there [..] read more
Sheer brilliance, or mad feature-creep becoming my downfall
Since I started Orangepixel I had one very strict rule: keep creating games, and do it quickly. This has brought me to where I am now: [..] read more
Gunslugs 2 hits 3DS
It finally happened, one of my games just landed on a Nintendo console! Gunslugs 2 is now available from the 3DS eShop, so go download [..] read more
The four phases of game development
The four phases of game development Since February this year (2015) I’ve been working on my next game, that’s 8 months with a release date [..] read more
The heroes return for loot
Most of the work on Space Grunts is now slowly, but surely, coming to an end. This means I have to start planning the next game, because [..] read more
Keeping up the pace
Space Grunts is a fairly fast turn-based game, as you might have noticed when playing it, or seen it in the video’s. Every time you do [..] read more
The 8-month mark
It’s been a busy few weeks since the last update, I’ve been pushing updates twice a week adding a lot of new features to the game [..] read more
Wrapping up for Early Access
Finally! I just added the final boss to Space Grunts! I’m not revealing too much about it, altho as you can see above, and probably [..] read more
Going Early Access
(Space Grunts pre-order 30% discount ends in a few weeks, get it now : www.spacegrunts.com) September is here! and the game isn’t done! Now that’s not [..] read more
