Nick

Nick

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โœจ Web Developer & Game Dev ๐Ÿฉต Godot ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช From Germany ๐ŸŽฎ Game: #FindThisPixelAnomaly (https://steampowered.com/app/3290400) ๐Ÿ”— https://nickhatboecker.de/linktree

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#FindThisPixelAnomaly is a cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. ๐Ÿ”Ž Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the game. WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM bit.ly/4eWBjPk #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

store.steampowered.comFind This Pixel Anomaly on SteamA cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the gam...

Nintendo is looking for a Senior Web Developer and they're asking for the exact same tech stack I'm using at my current job ๐Ÿ˜‚ Pretty cool

That's a brilliant idea!

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๐ŸŽฅ No more having to guess where to put your stream elements! I added a 'Streamer Helper' to #CuttingEdgeROM. It shows a preview of what the game will look like, and can even suggest where not to put things! (Surprised more games don't have this tbh.) #indiegame #indiedev #godot

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME I GUESS???? ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ #NintendoDirect #Zelda

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Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. ๐Ÿค– Godot - 47% ๐ŸŽฎ Unity - 34% ๐Ÿ› ๏ธGameMaker - 5% ๐Ÿš€ Unreal Engine - 3% โœจ Other - 11%

5 mails later and I still don't know why I didn't receive any #Steam payout yet. They can't give me any infos because I changed my mail domain. Okay fair point - I updated my account mail address, resubmitted the tax information. But they still refuse. This is so exhausting ๐Ÿ˜ช #gamedev #indiedev

Maybe I'm just too stupid... ๐Ÿค” But is there any way - as a gamedev - to get notified about new discussions on your own Steam store page? I already clicked "Subscribe to Forum" but I don't get any mails or steam app notifications on my phone whenever someone starts a new thread. #steam #gamedev

And we're positive \o/ Maybe some more people will get to see my little game now ๐Ÿฅน #IndieGames #horror #cozy #FindThisPixelAnomaly

What's your favorite anomaly on the MUSEUM map in Find This Pixel Anomaly? Mine is the Mona Lisa portrait with horns ๐Ÿ˜ˆ A discreet and funny image anomaly. #cozyhorror #indiegames #FindThisPixelAnomaly

Woah hello to all the new followers ๐Ÿ‘‹ If you're looking for a cozy-horror game feel free to check out my game Find This Pixel Anomaly! We're 1 Steam review away from being listed as Positive ๐Ÿ˜ So your support could be the missing piece! ๐Ÿฅน Thanks a lot! store.steampowered.com/app/3290400/...

store.steampowered.comFind This Pixel Anomaly on SteamMonitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies in this cozy-horror game. Toggle night vision to uncover anomalies that would otherwise remain hidden and file a report to fix them. But be quick ...

After the game is before the game...I started a new little prototype. It's a shop simulation where you play as a crow, selling all the shiny stuff like branches, stones, bottle caps โœจ I started implementing an inventory system, picking up items and notifications. #gamedev #indiegames #cozy

The best #gamedev feeling? Spending hours on implementing models and then the time comes to use them and everything just works together ๐Ÿ˜Œ #godot #indiegames

Are there any streamers/press who would like to cover Find This Pixel Anomaly? I would happily provide a Steam key :3 If you know any streamers that like anomaly games, please feel free to drop some names, so I can get in touch. #indiegames #horror #twitchstreamer #smallstreamer #gamer #cozygames

Release day was AWESOME! ๐ŸŽ‰ My best friends streamed the game; I already got 2 reviews and more people wishlisted the game \o/ If you haven't checked it out, please do and - to support indie devs like me - write a review! #FindThisPixelAnomaly #cozyhorror #indiegames #horror

store.steampowered.comFind This Pixel Anomaly on SteamA cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end theโ€ฆ

Woah that was fast ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Steam even recommended small optional fixes to improve gameplay ๐Ÿฅน #FindThisPixelAnomaly #gamedev #indiegames

It is now in Steam's hands to approve my game for release ๐Ÿ™ Can't believe I made it this far ๐Ÿฅน #FindThisPixelAnomaly #gamedev #indiegames

Fellow Godot gamedevs, I need help with exporting my game in Linux for Steam ๐Ÿฅบ The game crashes without any logs but when I use Proton experimental (or any other Proton it seems) it works just fine. Any ideas? #gamedev #godotengine #indiedevs

Waiting for the play testers feedback...What else can I do? Mocking up fake Nintendo Switch cartridges ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Controls and graphics would definitely work on Switch!

Is there really a use for game specific Discord servers? I see it in every "How to market your game" tutorial but I use Discord mostly for voice chat with my friends. I see this for farming sims like Stardew Valley with a lot of content. But for small linear indie projects? #indiegames #gamedev

Got a real nice feedback on my demo during Steam Next Fest ๐Ÿฅน Cant believe people take the time to create a community post on Steam if the demo store page has no reviews activated. #FindThisPixelAnomaly

Got >100 new wishlist entries since Steam Next Fest ๐Ÿฅน I know it's not a lot but for solo indie developer me - it means a lot! I really can't wait for the full release. Maybe with some reviews after full release more people will see and play it ๐Ÿคž #FindThisPixelAnomaly #SteamNextFest #indiegames

Find This Pixel Anomaly is part of Steam Next Fest and we're so close to the final release ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Can you spot every anomaly in this dark hidden object game before the clock runs out? Wishlist and play the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3290400/... ๐Ÿ•‘ One successful run takes approx. 18 minutes.

store.steampowered.comFind This Pixel Anomaly on SteamA cozy-horror game where you have to monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies. Have you seen anything suspicious? File a report to fix it. But beware - too many anomalies will end the gam...

Got some great feedback from a play tester. They even found a demo bug ๐Ÿ™ˆ Thankfully it's already fixed in the full game. Night vision can be activated via RMB now and you will be able to scroll through cameras via mouse wheel. This is a great improvement for accessibility ๐Ÿ’ช #FindThisPixelAnomaly

Unfortunately I lost several weeks of development due to the loss of a family member. With Christmas just around the corner I have decided to postpone #FindThisPixelAnomaly until early 2026. I hope you understand ๐Ÿ’”

Unfortunately I cannot join #GodotFest but maybe we can get to 600 wishlists for FIND THIS PIXEL ANOMALY nontheless? ๐Ÿ”Ž #indiegames #horror #cozy #FindThisPixelAnomaly

After several months of development I've sent the next big play test to one of my best friends ๐Ÿ™ˆ I really hope I did not mess up ๐Ÿ˜‚ If they give their go, I will send it out to more people #gamedev #indiegames #FindThisPixelAnomaly

Thank god, I didn't have to create 84 Steam statistics by hand ๐Ÿ˜„ I copied cookie and payload value from browser to a little PHP script with cURL instead. Now achievements are all up and running ๐Ÿ’ช #gamedev #godotsteam #godotengine #steam

I've started to implement a debug menu customized for my game. With this I can now unlock Steam achievements and set stats with a single button click or print out store variables ๐ŸŽ‰ #gamedev #indiegames #godot #godotengine #debug

I added 20 stats, count them up whenever the player fixes an anomaly & if all 20 stats have the value 1 - an achievement is unlocked. Yay! But then I added a stat to count the achievement progress ("You fixed 5 of 20"). And #GodotSteam just won't count this damn stat up ๐Ÿ˜ญ #gamedev #godotengine

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Could somebody explain how to create Steam achievements that count up? Like you have to find all 20 anomalies before the achievement is unlocked, but you can check how many you already got. Do I have to combine achievements with statistics here? Is this possible at all? #gamedev #Godot #Steam

I really don't like the fact that the majority of #gamedev tutorials is in video form nowadays :( I love working on my game while sitting on the couch with my wife, watching a movie, YouTube or whatever. I don't have time to skip through endless videos and find the part I need ๐Ÿ˜ญ #godotengine

"The Room Above" has a nice UI to explain the game mechanics. I definitely need to implement this for #FindThisPixelAnomaly #gamedev #indiegames

Could somebody explain how to create Steam achievements that count up? Like you have to find all 20 anomalies before the achievement is unlocked, but you can check how many you already got. Do I have to combine achievements with statistics here? Is this possible at all? #gamedev #Godot #Steam

Dont know why my game demo was declined for Scream Fest :/ it has the horror tag, paranormal activities, demons, some kind of jumpscare and a tense atmosphere...is it because of the "cute" pixelart? #Steam #gamedev #indiegames #FindThisPixelAnomaly

Looks like after I upgraded my NAS to 1TB SSD last year, I forgot to allocate the new space. That's why my docker containers ran into "Too few space disk" although I have 800GB free space ๐Ÿคฆ

For the next indie game, I will make sure to document everything I do ๐Ÿ™ˆ Like I totally forgot to which content creators I've already reached out via Google Form or mail (social media is easier because you can see the inbox history). #gamedev #indiegames #marketing

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I've got my new favourite way for your computer to get hacked. The web page adds command to your clipboard (Copy) and then tries to get you to run the command on your computer under the guise of Human Verification.