One issue I have with Death Trash is the world building inviting so many ideas, but choosing and implementing them being a costly endeavor. Example: "Edible servants." A short thing in my notes I spotted again and it draws my mind to places and scenarios. But that would be just the beginning.

Someone asked about the next Death Trash update. tl;dr -> On the beta branch "soonish". Wow, am I looking forward to having this update done. Because, afterwards, update rhythm towards 1.0 should be more frequent. steamcommunity.com/app/941460/d...

I was about to quote post this with "same", and a longer "actually making the game" phase, of course, but then I thought about it for a moment and realized that I am still experiencing joy in this late stage development.

Main goal when picking the next project will be to pick something that will be finished in less than a decade. (some laughing-crying emoji)

Kind of related: I want the game to be done and I also want the game to continue living. And I am looking forward to having enough time to try out some of the other game ideas.

Finished version of the Death Trash scene piece.

Concept art for a new Death Trash scene piece.

Sometimes things take ages. And other times it takes only a few hours to hammer out the level design for a new location. (Thank you, tools.)

Another common thing: People saying that the developers behind long-in-development games have a problem with discipline. If discipline were a problem, we wouldn't be here anymore.

After some party-compatible decades inbetween I am now coming full circle with my young self again: Books, games, reflection, and occasionally talking to other people. What else do I need, right?

Gamers will never understand that making a game means you have to make every part of the game, and that making any one part is difficult just by itself.

I can totally understand why some people are unhappy with the long development time for Death Trash (reason: complex game with small team), but what gets me is the "abandoned game", "dead game" calls while showing up to work every day like clockwork and even posting a daily development log.

This recent Steam change sounds like the end of an era, honestly. Your tiny indie game, formerly shown next to other upcoming games, now moved to niche. store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

Working on some Death Trash scene art this week.

For those who of you who love reading minute details of game development (who doesn't?) I have a regular development log over here: steamcommunity.com/app/941460/d...

Old painting of mine which I still like.

Painting some scenery today.

mortals 👀 I am in a game. it is called Oh Apollo! you work at my oracle. you fix my temple. you try to impress me. wishlist on Steam 🔥

Working on some Death Trash scene art today.

I have become more efficient and productive over the last years, but I feel more and more like a person stuck in the past, not using AI tools. (I see how they can be useful and time-saving in some cases, but I hate basically everything else about them.)

I'm planning to be more active here... (imagine this, tonally, like a blog entry, promising to write more regularly soon, but that promise already being four years old with no new post in sight) ...but in the meantime there's my regular dev log over here: steamcommunity.com/app/941460/d...

Playing Bloodborne intensively while lying sick in bed for days is one of my favorite gaming memories. Perfect immersion for the sickness theme of that game. (Nothing to do with playing video games badly, sorry.)

Working on some level design today.

I feel old, sitting on the train, not swiping my phone.

So in Arc Raiders there is a door glitch. You don't need to know what it is, just that the gamers are brainstorming all the "easy" ways to "fix" the doors and it's simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. My two favorite solutions are "add a kill volume" and "put a second door behind the door".

@jesawyer.bsky.social This might be of interest to you: bsky.app/profile/blue... (Made by a few friends from the Saftladen.)

✨IT'S MOVING DAY✨ Are you ready to explore the apartment, renovate it and uncover its turbulent past? Out on Steam (Steamdeck verified!), PlayStation and Xbox NOW!

Checked out @deadstaticdrive.com today - not sure I've seen something so immediately stylish and suffused with atmosphere in a long time! Very dreamlike experience so far...

Should I stay or should I go? #pixelart

I'll better skip calculating this. ^^

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t... It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article. Please share :)

Death Trash Update 0.14.4 and a few words on the current focus of development: (content, of course) store.steampowered.com/news/app/941...

sandy toad #peachtober25toad #pixelart

🚨DEAD STATIC DRIVE HAS A RELEASE DATE!!!🚨 www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases NOVEMBER 5TH Y'ALL. Congrats to @mike.reuben.games, @leena.reuben.games, and the whole DSD team - I've been DYING to play this one.

field of flowers at ghibli park #peachtober25poppy #pixelart

Nuts, anyone? #acorn #peachtober25 First time trying out a color palette.

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st. More info in thread...

The Saftladen, the indie games collective I'm part of here in Berlin, is looking for new members to rent some desks. Infos over here: www.linkedin.com/posts/saftla...

Posted this a few months ago when itch went offline (following the bogus phishing report from Funko), still very relevant today for different reasons

Хтось не знав, а хтось уже й забув, що є чудовий послідовник класичних #Fallout — #DeathTrash. Поки гра в дочасному доступі, переклади додаються як модифікації. Запрошуємо спробувати й наш переклад, який ми сьогодні оновили до поточної версії гри: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

🔥 The Drifter is OUT NOW! 🔥 Solve your own murder in our fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride. 15% off for launch! Steam 🤜 store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/... GoG 🤜 www.gog.com/en/game/the_... It's been a long road working on this one- so exciting to finally get it in people's hands!

Got an e-mail from some fresh indie devs, asking what it would cost to make a game like Death Trash, and I am inclined to answer: TEN YEARS OF YOUR LIFE AND THE LAST SHRED OF YOUR SANITY!

Got a technical bug report via e-mail, with nice words, description and screenshot. Investigated the issue. Wrote a reply listing what the person could try in this case. E-mail could not be delivered. "This mailbox is disabled." This job can be frustrating sometimes.

As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com

Last chance to get Death Trash in the Steam summer sale: store.steampowered.com/app/941460/D... We released a major content update: store.steampowered.com/news/app/941... Roadmap is on the store page. Daily devlog: steamcommunity.com/app/941460/d... Plus I can honestly say that I love this game.

Found some decade old design notes and really shaking my head over some of the ideas that my current self knows are dead-ends, or unrealistic, or just weak or stupid. Wonder how understanding and benevolent my future self will be about my current output.

Was going through some old feedback items today and rediscovered this favorite of mine.

Ich bin SEHR stolz: Heute ist die erste Ausgabe von OK COOL 3000 erschienen, das neue monatliche Magazin von OK COOL. Liebevoll handgemacht, 14 Seiten gefüllt mit exklusiven Inhalten und komplett gratis, ohne Haken. Hier könnt ihr die erste Ausgabe schmökern: okcool.space/ok-cool-3000... ❤️

This is the way!

I admit the Death Trash Early Access has been very long. But it's disappointing, pushing out a major update, getting closer to the finish line, and Steam reviews landing at mixed, because "development hell", "never getting finished", "work harder" and the critics not even playing the latest version.