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Stephan Bester

@StepBester

Christian. Father. Software engineer from the Cape of Good Hope. Loves games, cats, music and movies. Views are my own.

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Joined May 2017
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I've been working on this game since February last year. Thrilled to finally publish a demo. Check out my retro isometric adventure game, Stranded in Strife! #demo #indiegame #newrelease #pixelart #gaming
Stranded in Strife (@StrandedStrife) profile pictureStranded in Strife@StrandedStrifeApr 30
After a lot of playtesting and polishing, I'm excited to release the Chapter 1 Demo of Stranded in Strife! You play as Wax, a robot crash-landed and stranded on a hostile alien planet. Play now for free on itch! #indiegame #free #retro #pixelart #demo #indiegamedev #GodotEngine
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New article on @Medium for the first time in a long while. I documented my learnings as I replaced colours across hundreds of #krita assets. Link on the first reply. – at Worcester, South Africa
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Palette remapping hundreds of Krita files

Palette remapping hundreds of Krita files

I wondered if there was a way to programmatically update the colours across my .kra files to adhere to a new palette… and there was!

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Looks pretty vicious, right? I wonder if I've drawn enough freaky organisms for @StrandedStrife now... #pixelart #gamedev
Some kind of sub-aquatic snapper plant worm thing.

ALT Some kind of sub-aquatic snapper plant worm thing.

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As something of an arachnophobe, even drawing this anatomically questionable pixel art spider is a significant undertaking. @StrandedStrife #pixelart #spiders #retrogaming
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A number of hours in, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 continues to impress. @WarhorseStudios is an extremely talented developer. The definition of an immersive experience! #gaming
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Finally! These two QoL improvements alone are enough to make me update directly to Godot 4.6. 🤗 Of course, I gotta dig myself out of this crazy refactor rabbit hole I'm in first... #gamedev #GodotEngine
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I haven't watched a whole lot of movies on the plane, but #WeaponsMovie has by far been the best. Couldn't look away.
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Happy 2026, one and all!
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Let the rest of the world see. dailyinvestor.com/south-afri…
South Africa is the only country where people are getting poorer

South Africa is the only country where people are getting poorer

South Africa is the only country where real GDP per capita is expected to shrink in both 2025 and 2026, according to the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook.

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This line is definitely one of the weirder things I've written (not in terms of code). #GDScript #GodotEngine
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I accidentally held Shift along with Alt + Print Screen to take a full window screenshot in Windows 11 and it appeared to perform some kind of devilish accessibility ritual. #myeyes
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In all my years as a programmer, never before have I run into a "stack underflow"! #FirstTimer #GodotEngine
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I put up a short article on @Medium to record my learnings about 2D navigation in Godot 4 using the built-in navigation system. #GodotEngine #gamedev stephan-bester.medium.com/2d…
2D Navigation in Godot 4

2D Navigation in Godot 4

I experimented with 2D navigation using Godot 4’s built-in navigation system and wrote this article to record my learnings. I hope you find…

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I mean, @TeyonGames you guys somehow have direct access to my nostalgia nerve centre. There's stuff in Unfinished Business from various Robocop media and it's unbelievably awesome ❤️
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Also, cats like me.
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Check out "Horror Games To Play In The Dark" from my friends over at @rbdinteractive! rbdinteractive.itch.io/horro… #indiegames
Feedback, Demo & What the hell is this game even?

Feedback, Demo & What the hell is this game even?

[What the hell is this game] Horror Games To Play In The Dark is an anthology of all our horrors. The plan from the start when we released Cabin - our first horror game, was that we wanted to do an...

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Project Warlock 2 has some of the coolest levels I've seen!
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On the one hand, I'd been wondering what's new with Godot 4.4, and on the other, I'd found myself wishing for typed dictionary support. 😁 I was pleased as punch to discover that the former included the latter. How convenient! #gamedev
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Insta-wishlisted!
Spytihněv (@kotolout) profile pictureSpytihněv@kotolout28 Jun 2025
My new game "Brno Transit" is a narrative-driven psychological horror game about a trainee metro driver trapped in the dampest subway east of anything that matters. Coming soon. Feel free to wishlist! Link below ⬇️
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#HappyBirthdaySonic ! 🎂🦔 Nothing like pictures of the speedy blue hedgehog and a bunch of CDs to bring on the nostalgia. 🥲
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本日はソニックのお誕生日！🦔🎊 弊部では歴代のソニックCDを並べてお祝い🥳 圧巻の数…！！ ソニックサウンドの長い歴史を感じますね♪ 改めて、ソニックおめでとう！🎉 #ソニックバースデー2025 #SEGASoundTeam
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