Wat. Een. Expo. Azuma's Sacrifice, Fiddlehead, Thread of Corruption en Synth Protocol. Vier games die de Best Game Award waardig zijn. Uiteindelijk kon er maar één winnen (Azuma). Maar dat de kwaliteit hoog lag was een understatement. Wat een prachtige creatieve prestatie weer van alle teams!

All my websites have 50% Chinese traffic. Which is odd, because they are in Dutch. Who in China knows Dutch? It turns out this is bot traffic, to train AI. So China is doing 50% of all traffic of all my sites to train their AI. This is madness... 🤯

More of my music is on Spotify and other platforms! 🥳

A second review of SCORE! Noma Reads has published it here: nomareads.com/book-review-...

First review of my book in English has surfaced; and it's spot on! harperquinnblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/s...

Retro tech at its essence.

My music is on Spotify! I made Dream House in 1996 and rearranged it 30 years later. open.spotify.com/album/3Hh6rn...

I had some personal goals this year, that I managed to check: ✅ Penguin Panic on Steam ✅ Penguin Panic on Switch ✅ English translation of my book ✅ My music on Spotify ✅ Play NL-made games (Horizon, Rift Riff, The Knightling) Time to focus on new goals for 2026... 😎

My book SCORE! is now available in English. 😎⚽🚀 Get it now on Amazon! a.co/d/ftGYxZu

An MSX gathering in Zoetermeer!

Playtests! A few weeks left until the expo. The games are getting better... 🎮🚀

The Dutch Game Awards show was so awesome! It gets better every year. And having my former studio Gamebasics / Miniclip NL on the stage for the Best Studio Award made me proud.

Heading to Dutch Game Week today! Hope to see you all there. 😎🎮🚀

A long standing request from the developer community has finally been realized: we now have a Steam page with the live show and all the Dutch Game Awards nominees! store.steampowered.com/sale/dutchga...

Game Over voor games? Vandaag heeft DGA/VGFN brieven verstuurd naar EZK en de EU. Er komt belangrijke Europese regelgeving aan die het maken en spelen van games gaat reguleren. De vraag is: positief of destructief? Wij vinden dat ouders, kinderen (gamers!) en spelmakers betrokken moeten worden.

Got this fan release today. The game Illusion City for the MSX Turbo-R. One of the very few games for that system. Made by legendary developer Microcabin. Now fully translated! Boxes and put on a cartridge by Outer Heaven. Loving it 🤩 #msx #msxturbor #fanrelease

It’s finally happening All Hands on Deck launches on 11-11-2025! 🙌 It’s a cosy 2-player co-op adventure all about teamwork, friendship, and using Rock, Paper & Scissors to solve puzzles together.

 We can’t wait for you to lend each other a hand! 🫶

On days like these it is a real privilege to work in The Hague University. In the morning we had student Teams pitching their games for the GameLab. In the afternoon playtests of various games. Awesome to see all that talent & creativity!

I've done it. My Penguin can go intergalactic! Free update 🐧🚀 store.steampowered.com/news/app/308...

The Space level is progressing really well. Update is incoming...

Suddenly I realized that one important thing is missing from Penguin Panic: a level in space! Penguins and space are a logical combo.

Today, Rift Riff… - got a major free update on Steam! - released on iOS and Android! - is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal! i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼

🐧 Breaking news from the South Pole! After months of sliding, jumping, and (mostly) debugging, Penguin Panic has officially waddled onto the Nintendo Switch! 🎮❄️ Now live on the Nintendo eShop! #PenguinPanic #NintendoSwitch #IndieGame #RetroGaming #MadeInNL #GameDev

Visited mboRijnland today for a kickoff of a Game Jam. The game pitches were promising! 🎮🥳

Had the privilege to talk at the HKU last week. Topics were the @dutchgamesassociation.nl and OSM. It was a lot of fun! HKU produced a lot of successful game devs over the years.

Latest addition to my ever expanding MSX collection. A Japan Victor Company (JVC). With its metallic case and luxury keyboard it is simply awesome!

Back in high school, all my friends were playing OSM during IT class. @jeroenderwort.nl started in a similar way my brother and I did. He grew his startup from his attic to 100M+ users. Beyond our shared love for games, it’s inspiring he also wrote a book about it. Check out his book: Scoren!

Penguin Panic in the Switch Home Screen! Just a few days until the world can discover this cozy penguin platformer on the Nintendo Switch. Release date: Oct 15th, 2025. 🥚🐧🚀

The past few months, I have been playing Online Soccer Manager again. It's still a lot of fun! A lot of popups need to be closed per session though. It could definitely use some polish... Popularity is declining it seems. Had a group of students that didn't know about it. That's not a good sign 🫢

Nintendo Switch preview page is live in the eShop! Pre-order this awesome Penguin's tale now 🐧🤩

50k downloads for Penguin Panic! 🐧 🥳 A full stadium of people downloaded and played our colorful, wholesome 2d platformer game.

Just discovered that there is such a thing as Digitally Enhanced Realities (DER). If you extend that to With Optimized Responsive Technologies, you have DERWORT. 😎😆

Almost time for #msx2goto40

Last monday we sat down together with @PanicPenguin create Jeroen Derwort live on stream while I played his game for the first time. This is one heck of a fun game, and if you missed it, here is your chance to see it. youtube.com/watch?v=Z3qC... #indieappreciation #penguinpanic

DragonSpiritGames played Penguin Panic! View a recording of the Twitch Stream here. www.twitch.tv/videos/25555...

After 5 YEARS of work, it's happening - THE KNIGHTLING IS OUT NOW!!!😭🎉🛡️ We couldn't be prouder and can't wait for the world to jump, slide and adventure through this colorful new world we built!✨ #indiedev 🖤Steam: sabr.gg/4dkjyZy 💙PlayStation 5: sabr.gg/4djxwL2 💚Xbox Series X|S: sabr.gg/3WJndce

WhatsApp now has a huge AI button always on screen. 😱 This is too much imho. I'm all for clever and innovative use of this tech, but you CAN overdo it. An app like WhatsApp benefited over the years of its predictive was and simplicity. Seems META is abandoning that strategy now.

MSX2 is 40 years old this year! To celebrate this, there will be an amazing event in Amsterdam: MSX2GOTO40. If you've ever owned an MSX, then this is for you! With (Japanese!) guests, games, music and hardware. It is selling out soon, but there are still a few tickets left. www.msxgoto40.com

Back from gamescom. It was a blast!

Meet Gameskomkommer 😆

Penguin Panic is most popular in Vietnam! No idea why. Maybe Vietnamese are particularly fond of penguins? As one of the people reviewing it says: "This game is really fun! Definitely worth playing. I’m giving it 5 stars and recommend it to everyone." Couldn't agree more... 🐧🇻🇳

Ok, I realize that OSM is not mine anymore... Lots of things have changed (or didn't change enough) since I sold it. But still, seeing that it is no. 3 mobile sports game after behemoths like EA makes me smile 😎😬👏🏼⚽

I want this plate! 😎🇪🇸 #msx

A new MSX2+ machine for my collection: the Panasonic A1-FX. It's just a beautiful piece of late '80s tech and design, from Japan of course. 🤩

Back in the day I was really impressed with my 8-bit MSX computer. Even though it did most things slow or not that well. It was the novelty, the potential the shined through. That computers would change the world. Now I feel the same way about AI. Maybe AI is MSX3 and Kay Nishi is Satoshi Nakamoto.

Completed Penguin Panic on my flight from Tenerife to Rotterdam. It took me just 32 minutes! 🐧😎 #speedrun

Don't Panic.

USB-BOT is out now on Steam! Launch Discount: 10% off for a limited time! Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3604130/... If you check it out, I’d really appreciate a review. Every bit helps! Let me know what you think, and enjoy the game! #USBBOT #IndieGame #SteamRelease #GameDev

For the Dutchies among us: it's holiday season. Read this book: SCOREN! It's an honest story about a game studio that started from an attic room and through stumbling, falling and getting up again, finally made an exit. Buy it at Bol or Amazon or ask for it in your local bookstore.

IARC has reviewed Penguin Panic and adjusted the rating from 3+ to 6+ because of "Mild violence". A dancing, jumping and running Penguin with no foes is mild violence. Also in Russia they have even classified it as "Violent". Absurd. Here you have it, a violent Penguin: 🐧