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Solo indie game dev. he/him. Made Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (2012). TETRACHROMA available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702490/TETRACHROMA/
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This Saturday, I'm demoing Tetrachroma in the @wreckcon.org indie game showcase at Georgia Tech! The event is free and open to the public. I'll be running a high score challenge and giving away keys! (Sleeping cat not included.) wreckcon.org

I made a new free demo for Hot Wax for the Steam Next Fest! 🕯️ 🎮 Play two of the game's gamemodes! 🎨 Unlock a few different palettes! 🏆 Get some achievements! 👹 Check it out here: s.team/a/3041750 💖

CREEPY REDNECK DINOSAUR MANSION 3 IS A GAME THAT EXISTS YOU CAN WISHLIST IT YOU CAN PLAY IT IN STEAM NEXT FEST IT'S A SURVIVAL HORROR-THEMED MATCH-3 METROIDVANIA AND THERE IS NO CREEPY REDNECK DINOSAUR MANSION 2 store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

Picked up Reaktor in the Steam Couch Co-op fest. This is a cool radial stacker with a very interesting chain reaction mechanic. Setting up the chain reactions feels like doing a secret grade pattern in Tetris. It's fun! store.steampowered.com/app/2950640/...

This was so satisfying. #TetraChroma

🚀 Big Announcement! 🎮 Excited to reveal Astroblocks, a puzzle fighting game - 2025! 🧩 Stack, clear & chain combos—rings, lines & chains—for powerful attacks! 📽️ youtu.be/yMcuHOPdphc 💙 Wishlist: 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2747930 I'm a #SoloDev, every wishlist & share helps! 🙏✨ #GameDev #GameNews

We're about to go live with our episode of Margin Time on Tetrachroma twitch.tv/puzzlewednes...

Hey friends, we’re going to be streaming a new episode of Margin Time soon, where we’re sitting down and talking about Tetrachroma with @sparsevector.com We’ll be live on our Twitch around 5 PM EDT this Sunday, and we’ll be having a viewer questions segment, so be sure to drop by

The update adding custom music support to Tetrachroma is now available! Different music gives the game a totally different vibe and its fun to mix things up.

The next Tetrachroma update will include custom soundtrack support! I think this is a great feature for puzzle games that can be played for a long time. I'm testing it with Kimiko Ishizaka's public domain recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

These were my Steam sale Christmas gifts for myself. I'm in a shmup mood! Blue Revolver and Devil Blade are super slick and accessible. G-Darius is wildly creative and perfect vibes. Loving them all so far!

Tetrachroma is on sale! It's 20% off in the Winter Sale, so you can buy the tetra game for tetra dollars.

Hot Wax is an extremely creative and polished stacker from @punkcake.club that released today on itch (Steam version also coming)! My first impressions are that this game is awesome! punkcake.itch.io/hotwax

🔥🔥 Hot Wax is out now! 🔥🔥 🕯️ A falling-block puzzler with candles! 👹 Place 'em, Light 'em, Burn it all. 🧩 3 game modes, tons of color palettes 🎮 Get it now on Itch io! 💖 punkcake.itch.io/hotwax

Thanks to everyone that played TETRACHROMA at Anime Weekend Atlanta! It's very fun (and valuable) for me to watch players learn the game. An extremely skilled player cleared the marathon mode on their first try 👀 It was so cool!

Surprise! I'm demoing TETRACHROMA at Anime Weekend Atlanta! It starts tomorrow! Big thanks to @indieclusteratl.bsky.social for putting together the event's indie game showcase. If you're going, come say hello!

Today's Tetrachroma update adding 'synchro moves' to ARCADE mode is live! It's based on the classic frame perfect mechanic, but I've adapted the idea a bit to remove the framerate dependence. It's a subtle mechanic, but adds surprising depth (also looks cool).

Experimenting with a variation of the synchro mechanic from Tetris: the Grandmaster. This lets you rotate and shift a piece 'mid-air' within the same 60Hz frame. I adapted the idea to high refresh rates with a 'synchro window' and added a sound effect. Still testing, but seems cool!

thanks to tetrachroma when i see solution this is all i think of

Today's Tetrachroma update adds the ability to play any mode with the "sound style" of another mode. And just for fun I've included a new bonus sound set!

Finally got a stick for testing Tetrachroma. That's the only reason--nothing on my second screen.

New free game! DUST SETTLERS adamatomic.itch.io/dust-settlers 🪐 Arcade-paced terraforming puzzle ?? 🔀 FLIP TILES ! 🌳 ADD MATCHES! ⏰ Run out of time!! brutal 📈 Get Judged by your Employer probably

After getting absolutely hooked on Tetrachroma, I reached out to interview its creator @sparsevector.bsky.social and pick his brain about the finer points of making falling block puzzle games, overcoming burnout, and first loves. buttondown.com/allstationsb...

Finally recovered enough from the Tetrachroma launch I'm playing Tetrachroma for fun again (priorities lol). This felt so close to a full board perfect clear 😭

City tetris game slowly coming together. Today i even got up early to gamedev on it before real gamedev job 😳

Hi Bluesky! I'm a solo dev, recently released a game Tetrachroma on Steam. Searching my game on here makes me realize I should have been on here sooner! 👀 I'm bad at social media lol