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Dawn of AI

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:15:00 +0200

It started with small steps, now it is everywhere. I don’t want to repeat the same words as the whole X and social media, praising and worshipping the AI hehe. Well, from my side, there are things I find very tedious, time consuming and not rewarding at all. Since I self-published many games and things: preparing the whole store page marketing material, the killer description text, tags, screenshots, videos, banner and the logo, yes the LOGO. I have my own ways and tools to automate this process but still it is very tedious. And the moment you look away into something else, when you return back you find out Google changed something, Apple updated its screenshot ratios, Steam changed its publishing page… it goes on. Learning all of them again and again. At one point, I wished there was a master tool. You just handle your Unity project and press publish. It updates your game everywhere: itch.io WebGL build, Android & iOS builds and ah ok, at least for Steam I can do it manually hehe. But you get what I mean. Normally in a studio there are people dedicated to this and they do an excellent job. In my professional career I had this luxury of course, but I do a lot of self-publishing also, and when you are a solo developer there is a problem: you are all ALONE.

Long time, no see

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:22:00 +0300

Well, it has been a while since I posted anything here. Meanwhile:

I ported an ActionScript/Flash game to Nintendo Switch! It’s a precise platformer adventure game. It is very timing-sensitive, so the port had to work exactly like the original or you wouldn’t be able to pass some of the levels. That super precise timing requirement created so many problems when porting the platformer part of the game. There was also the adventure side of the game, which has several Flash-based animations and sequences. I recreated those animations in Unity with video files (mp4). It sounds quite hacky but it worked like a charm. I had to write some tools to manage these animations (video files), though. There are many details to talk about, maybe I will make a video or write a post about it later.

If you like platformers with a thrilling story and leaderboards, buy & play: A Night at the Races
I developed many hypercasual/casual mobile games to make a living. In the end it burned me out! ✌😎

If you are into mobile gaming, play them here: Android, iPhone
I’m developing a VR action shooting game for Quest 2. I haven’t uploaded new videos, but an outdated prototype demo looks like this. Stay tuned for the final version, it will be a nice game for VR.

MicroBots - GMTK Game Jam 2021

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:06:00 +0300

This is our entry for GMTK Game Jam 2021. It has been a long 48 hours with very little sleep and lots of coding. It ranked 512th out of 5808 games.

Play right here, right now:

Projekt Dune - GGJ 2021

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 02:54:00 +0300

Yes, the time has come again. Projekt Dune is our entry for Global Game Jam 2021.

Play it now, play it today:

Polyfun Games

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 01:57:00 +0300

Yo! Yo! I’m developing/trying some hypercasual stuff with a group of 4 nomads.

Check us out at: polyfungames.com

Fresh new game! Super Retro Chase

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:13:00 +0300

You can play it right here, right now. It’s released today.

Or you can check it on its own page.

GGJ 2019 - The time has come again

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:25:00 +0300

Ok, I guess we’ve made a pretty damn good game hehe. Meet Catopia, try it below:

Tile Based A* (A star) implementation in Unity

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:54:00 +0300

As the title says, “Tile based A* implementation in Unity”. You can play with the simulation and get the source code as well. The project is hosted on itch.io:

Super Defender Box

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:20:00 +0300

Making a small retro shooter game in the new retro wave style. I’m updating it from time to time. I will release it on all game portals (as always) when it is done. Currently it’s only on itch.io. Try it:

Twisted Laser

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:38:00 +0300

Twisted Laser is a game I made at GGJ 2016, and it was bugging me for a long time to make a final release. 8 months passed, I added new levels to the game whenever I had the chance and fixed some bugs.

It’s a small retro mirror-laser puzzle game. Check it out: Twisted Laser

New Game! Super Tower Rush

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:42:00 +0200

I released a fresh new arcade game, Super Tower Rush. You can check it on its page.

First Shadertoy

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:33:00 +0200

Graphics programming always seemed like the magic dark side of game programming to me. It was a must to learn it in the 90’s to make a decent game, but thanks to Unity and other game engines you no longer need to know the details. Still, it is very cool to understand and code some shaders, isn’t it? I wanted to give it a try. I understood some of the theory behind it, and to get my hands on quickly, I tried one of the browser shader tools, Shadertoy.

Hello World

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:54:00 +0200

Here is my first message for InsertCoin. InsertCoin is a game development blog. I decided to make a blog of my experimental hobby games and programs. You can find the game projects in the games section. Hopefully there will be 1 game per month.