Incredibly rare charity shop find, 2,50€ for the Pessoa and 2€ for the Baricco! 😱 Fun fact, I ripped off a full chapter of Oceano Mare for a scene in The Many Sins of House Ocampo 😁 "Good artists copy, great artists steal", right?

Well, the thing is that I'm *decent* (ish) at action games but platforming is the bane of my existence, so no, I'm not having a good time 😭

Guess what I've been working on for the last couple of weeks 🎬

Before coding a single line, we always sketch things out the classic way - pen and paper. It's funny now to recall Dr Samuels' discarded morgue stage, or the balcony that Lady Winterbourne never got. But in the end, the best ideas are the ones that survive... I hope!

I went to my favourite Berlin museum to spend the afternoon and OMG THEY WERE PLAYING MAYA DEREN'S "MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON". I'd never watched it on a large screen before! I can't believe I got this lucky 🖤

32°C today, 35°C tomorrow. No place better to be right now than here 🪦 Cheers!

- Had a croissant + espresso for breakfast - Bought an amazing baguette - Watched Godard's "Pierrot le fou" - Worked on our game for 3 hours - Read Thomas Bernhard's "Wittgenstein's Nephew" while listening to Oscar Peterson What a day! And I still have time for a horror movie!

Begun 1983. Published 1992. Out again today.

The "problem" with our pixel art is that it's too dark and too detailed, so it's easy to scroll by if you're on your phone and looking for big, eye-catching, colourful shapes. But stop for a second and zoom in, and you'll gasp at the insane amount of work Thomas has put in here.

Nice reviews always make us feel warm and fuzzy inside, but nothing can compare to the feeling when someone just GETS it.

It's hard to believe that 4 years later, our little game is still touching people's hearts... (and reviews like these still touch ours 🥹)

I replaced my old drugstore notebook with a tiny Moleskine 💅🏻 This will *surely* take my writing for House Ocampo to the next level, right?

Monsieur Satie left us 100 years ago as of today. Raise a glass and play a Gnossienne, or a Gymnopédie, or a Nocturne in his memory. Santé! 🍷

'tis the season, let's go!

Dead Idle wishes you a wonderful midsummer / solstice! ☀️

Gamedev weekend countryside retreat.

Finally checking out Mark Fisher's "The Weird and the Eerie". I find his takes on hauntology and lost futures extremely on point, so I'm excited to see what he's got to say about these very dear and near to my heart subjects.

I'm pretty sure it's statistically impossible that every single person going through the security control ahead of me has never been in an airport. And yet.

Anybody here who still doesn't have our Supporter Pack? It's less than 3 bucks now, I mean, what can you even get for 3 bucks these days? A can of Coke? Two cigarettes? Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/...

I know I'm late to the Lies of P party, but the news that it's getting a DLC later this year was the excuse I needed to finally pull the tigger. What a GAME!

My new strategy to help me focus is to make a tiny "to read next" pile out of my huge "to read" pile. Still, sometimes I'll walk past the large pile and go "oh, I want to read this one now", but isn't the point of hoarding to always have something on hand to suit your mood?

Goddammit, what a year! RIP my wallet, and thank god that at least I don't care about Elden Ring Nightreign.

Rise and shine! New Postmodern Adventures game announced! Praise be to the Outer Gods 🦑🌌

Holy shit, what an opening ❤️

ROSEWATER IS OUT! A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family. It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...

Look, I added more arrows and stuff. That means the clock is ticking, will you be the only one to miss out on this opportunity? Your friends ALL have it already! 🚂 store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

The Spring Sale ends officially today, but we're stretching it out until the end of the month. More taxes for our overlords! store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

How to make your Monday more interesting: - Call in sick to work. - Draw the curtains (*hisss* sunlight! *burnsss*) - Play our game. - Get the DLC (📈30% off!📉) - Play the OST on a loop. - Curl into a ball on the floor. 🚂 store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

CONSUME. OBEY. BUY. CONFORM. store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

When we were putting together our Supporter Pack, I wanted it to be a companion to IOAWN4T rather than just a nice extra. I wanted every quote I chose and every word I wrote for it to mean something, to give more insight into the influences that went into creating the game.

Got my hands on some excellent Italian literature recently ❤️ What would I even do without second hand bookstores?

Thomas made me watch Roy Andersson's "You, the Living" as reference for our next-NEXT game and I think I have a new obssession now.

Kafka knew that Monday feeling.

Many good friends call this their home now, so I need to get into the habit of posting stuff here too that's not just gamedev/marketing related. Case in point, my reading plans for February. I don't plan on reading the WHOLE Gormenghast tome in one go though. I'll read other stuff between volumes!

"You and I have an appointment... at the end of the world." Little to do in the Chilean saltpeter works but drink and gamble your soul away. New scene from The Many Sins of House Ocampo coming along nicely! Hopefully soon we'll have enough material for a Steam page! 🤞🏻

Two friends from Berlin made a game And gave it for free with no shame Their players said, "Hey! But I WANT to pay!" Yet it was a hit all the same. 🎄 Happy holidays, everybody! 🥂

Two friends from Berlin made a game And gave it for free with no shame Their players said, "Hey! But I WANT to pay!" Yet it was a hit all the same. 🎄 Happy holidays, everybody! 🥂

I'm officially on holiday, which means I finally have the time (and the right mood) to play some of the games in my backlog, and my first pick has been Phoenix Springs. I'm still only like 1 hour into it, but oh my lord, the ATMOSPHERE. Now this is my kind of stuff right here!

Reminder that our Supporter Pack is 25% off through all of December. Help happy, healthy devs keep making totally normal, happy, healthy games. store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

I am always being told that until my work ceases being "sordid and depressing" I haven't much chance of selling.

Me, making art with the sole purpose of reminding of the horror of existence: Yes... ha ha ha... Yes!

This looks amazing! I don't usually give in to nostalgia, but "spy vs. spy like" is not a genre I expected to see in 2024. And it's FREE! ✊🏻

Well, this just made my day 🖤

Less than a day left for... hold that thought! We're extending our sale until DECEMBER 18th! Merry Christmas one and all! Treat yo'self: store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/

I managed to set aside some 15-20 minutes to play this and I enjoyed it a lot! Great story as per usual, and so many cool little details that you would not expect to find in a 2-week jam. Oh, and awesome music too. Do give it a try, you can even play it in your browser!

If the first of December falls on a Sunday, you're legally allowed to buy your Christmas sweets on the 30th. I don't make the rules. (actually I do, because I totally made that up)

Whaaat you can upload gifs now? omg! Then check this one out from our upcoming game The Many Sins of House Ocampo! Steam page coming in 2025 🤞🏻 (But make sure to ZOOM IN on it, there's a lot of tiny details you won't want to miss.)

Dear fellow indie devs, a PSA: This is not twitter! Links do not get throttled by "The Algorithm", so you don't need to link to your games in a separate post like you do over there. Break free from your old habits now! ✊🏻

Oh hey, you can now get our Content™️ for 25% less. Sweet. 🚂 store.steampowered.com/app/1628970/... 💀