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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Hobby game dev, currently working on The Portsmoor Abysm, an atmospheric retro puzzle game. Play the demo and get it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/Abysm/</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social</link><title>@msandin.bsky.social - Martin Sandin</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mtom6jehi22d</link><description>This #ScreenshotSaturday I&#39;m showing this additional variant of the player idle animation, where he adjusts his hat instead of the usual tapping his foot.&#xA;&#xA;This is my cute cosmic horror puzzle game:&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#puzzlegame #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #gaming</description><pubDate>22 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtom6jehi22d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mtbzx4yqns2e</link><description>Hello! The Portsmoor Abysm, my cute cosmic horror puzzle game, is 30% off (~$6.30) for another two hours!&#xA;https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3msgsqlkgqc2z&#xA;&#xA;#steamsale #steam #sale #retrogaming #gaming #puzzlegame #pixelart #cosmichorror #cthulhu #lovecraftian #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>17 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbzx4yqns2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mt7hub2ppc2p</link><description>Hey, it&#39;s #ShowmeSunday, and I&#39;m showing off the brand new version of my &#34;This is an Abomination short&#34;, which introduces one of the most important monsters from my game.&#xA;&#xA;https://youtube.com/shorts/F_floLkDSxg&#xA;&#xA;#videogaming #indiegaming #retrogaming #puzzlegames #steamsale #steamdeck #gamedev #indiedev&#xA;https://youtube.com/shorts/F_floLkDSxg?feature=share</description><pubDate>16 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7hub2ppc2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mt4h747d7s2j</link><description>This #ScreenshotSaturday I&#39;ll contribute a short video showing the solution for one of the demo levels of my cute cosmic horror puzzle game.&#xA;&#xA;Get it on Steam, currently 30% off:&#xA;store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/&#xA;&#xA;#indiegame #gamedev #puzzlegame #gaming #steamdeck #steamsale #rustlang #retrogaming</description><pubDate>15 Aug 2026 10:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4h747d7s2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mt2rooa77225</link><description>I updated my Steam page with new screenshots that match the trailer, and some improved copy. What do you  think? Also, the game is 30% off right now.&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#FollowFriday #gaming #steamsale #steamdeck #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #steampage #bevyengine</description><pubDate>14 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2rooa77225</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3msvwn4yd6s2u</link><description>It&#39;s #WishlistWednesday, so I thought I&#39;d post a new screenshot and ask you to wishlist The Portsmoor Abysm over on Steam. Unless of course you want to take advantage of the current -30% discount straight away.&#xA;&#xA;store.steampowered.com/app/4025180&#xA;&#xA;#steamsale #gaming #puzzlegame #gamedev #indiegame</description><pubDate>12 Aug 2026 20:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvwn4yd6s2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mssxpsmg3c2a</link><description>It&#39;s #TrailerTuesday, so I&#39;ll share the short version of the latest trailer for my game (which is currently 30% off, get it at store.steampowered.com/app/4025180).&#xA;&#xA;https://youtube.com/shorts/-0OITjGQ-f8?feature=share&#xA;&#xA;#gaming #gametrailer #puzzlegame #steamsale #steamdeck #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev</description><pubDate>11 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssxpsmg3c2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3msquvywgkc2b</link><description>Hey!&#xA;They say that Swedish summer is the best day of the year, and now that the end is in sight, I&#39;m all about making sure people have something to do!&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4025180/view/686387453677798798&#xA;&#xA;#steamsale #steam #sale #gaming #puzzlegame #retrogaming #indiegaming #gamedev #indiedev #steamdeck&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4025180/view/686387453677798798?l=english</description><pubDate>10 Aug 2026 19:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msquvywgkc2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mslxyy4en22v</link><description>Today I added a crucial feature: If the player idles the character inpatiently taps their foot, which is now finally accompanied by a small tapping sound. Had to extend my custom animation system to be able to drive events from frames, but that was well worth it.&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #bevy</description><pubDate>08 Aug 2026 21:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslxyy4en22v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mskvr2ggac2p</link><description>This #ScreenshotSaturday I&#39;m posting the latest version of my full game trailer for my cute cosmic horror puzzle game, inspired by e.g. Boulder Dash and Supaplex, but more puzzle focused.&#xA;&#xA;#videogame #gaming #puzzlegame #indiegame #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #retrogame #rustlang #steamdeck #steam</description><pubDate>08 Aug 2026 10:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskvr2ggac2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3msjgqjwdjs2p</link><description>Hey!&#xA;I released a new version of my cute cosmic horror puzzle game, including the demo.&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4025180/view/686387453677798033&#xA;&#xA;Mostly contains the updated boulder graphics, but also some minor text tweaks.&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevyengine #steam #horrorgame #cosmichorror</description><pubDate>07 Aug 2026 20:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjgqjwdjs2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3msgsqlkgqc2z</link><description>The Portsmoor Abysm is my cute cosmic horror retro puzzle game, inspired my classics such as Boulder Dash. It features atmospheric handcrafted pixelart, sound, and music.&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#puzzlegame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #videogame</description><pubDate>06 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgsqlkgqc2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mseblksqtc2o</link><description>The boulder art is some of the oldest in my game, and now I&#39;ve updated it to fit better with the newer pieces (old/new).&#xA;&#xA;Play the demo and get the full game today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#wishlistwednesday #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame</description><pubDate>05 Aug 2026 19:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseblksqtc2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mrvdpxnhkc2p</link><description>My game, The Portsmoor Abysm, now has a Swedish translation available:&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4025180/view/695394018676180231&#xA;&#xA;This was a fairly substantial amount of work but means the game is now set up for translations where it previously was not.&#xA;&#xA;#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #swedish #sweden #translation</description><pubDate>30 Jul 2026 21:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvdpxnhkc2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mrq75d4vp22r</link><description>Playing around with the work necessary for translating The Portsmoor Abysm to languages other than English. Swedish is hardly important since we generally speak English well, but it&#39;s the translation I can do myself to try this out.&#xA;&#xA;store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame</description><pubDate>28 Jul 2026 19:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq75d4vp22r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mrnqsli2kc2c</link><description>It&#39;s #DemoMonday, and this is a new clip from the demo for my atmospheric boulder-pushing puzzle game, The Portsmoor Abysm.&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#indiegame #puzzlegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #bevyengine #rustlang</description><pubDate>27 Jul 2026 20:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnqsli2kc2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqwus5wri22j</link><description>Hey!&#xA;It&#39;s #ScreenshotSaturday and I&#39;ve released a new short about how I ended up releasing The Portsmoor Abysm on Steam:&#xA;https://youtube.com/shorts/5la7ngsJpvQ&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #pixelart #devlog #gamejam</description><pubDate>18 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwus5wri22j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqmcxwtb4s2a</link><description>Two days into not working on my game every day, and so far I&#39;m failing. Just released an update to yesterday&#39;s update. It has another new chamber, and tweaks to the one I introduced yesterday.&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame</description><pubDate>14 Jul 2026 13:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmcxwtb4s2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqkinhi2ic2h</link><description>I just released a new version of my game, including the demo, continuing the trend of increasing the focus on puzzles over timing and execution.&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4025180/view/697644097490388852&#xA;&#xA;#DemoMonday #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #PuzzleGame #BoulderDash #SteamDeck #SteamDemo #ThinkyGames</description><pubDate>13 Jul 2026 20:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkinhi2ic2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqi34rq2es2e</link><description>I&#39;ve worked on The Portsmoor Abysm, a hobby project, essentially every day for 19 months. It&#39;s now a game I&#39;m proud of, the game I imagined, and while there&#39;s still stuff I want to add, I&#39;ll try to step away from the &#34;every day&#34; part:&#xA;store.steampowered.com/app/4025180&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/</description><pubDate>12 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqi34rq2es2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqfktqo4as23</link><description>Today I implemented a small text popup for when you try to interact with the storm drains that can be found in some chambers. Is there anyone who knows the reference? :-)&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #SteamDeck #PuzzleGame #BoulderDash</description><pubDate>11 Jul 2026 21:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfktqo4as23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mqafhjhpds2e</link><description>Abysm today: Bit of promo, on account of the last day of the summer sale, which is now over. I sold a few extra copies during the sale, which is nice, thanks to anyone who bought it! And if you like it, maybe leave a review as well? :-)&#xA;&#xA;#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #pixelart #retrogame</description><pubDate>09 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqafhjhpds2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mq7h5rdlwk2g</link><description>Hey! The Steam Summer Sale ends in a few hours. Get my cute cosmic horror puzzle game at a reduced price while it lasts!&#xA;&#xA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/The_Portsmoor_Abysm/&#xA;&#xA;#SteamSummerSale2026 #SteamSummerSale #SteamSale #IndieGame #IndieDev #PuzzleGame #Pixelart #RetroGame #VideoGame #SteamDeck</description><pubDate>09 Jul 2026 10:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:e2bcjwcd46ergkpcxmthrdon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7h5rdlwk2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/msandin.bsky.social/post/3mq5vh5d5oc2s</link><description>Abysm today: Fixed the bug I started hunting yesterday, small but surprisingly resilient. Then released a new version of the game. It&#39;s #WishlistWednesday, so maybe do that? Or buy? 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