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Freelance pixel artist, animator, gamedev and peddler of mysterious wares. Working on Arclands, a deceptively cute RPG inspired city builder.

Hamburg, Deutschland
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Jon Keller (Hire me for pixel art work!)
4 years
Ya'll know you can wishlist Arclands on Steam already? Please do so if you wanna build cute RPG villages, it helps a lot! 🧙‍♂️ 🧙‍♀️ #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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Every medieval village needs some uncooped chicken. #gamedev #indiedev #games #screenshotsaturday
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animals #pixelart #pixelartist #ドット
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A farmer reallocating his sheep. #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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Same little forest town at daytime and in motion. 🌲🌲🌲 #gamedev #indiedev #rts #games #screenshotsaturday
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I don't know if we can trust the new guy.
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Making room for more chicken 🐔 #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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You WILL be able to annoy chicken in Arclands #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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Humbe beginnings for this little settlement. 🏘️ #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #GameMaker
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Getting back to Arclands in 2020. 💦 You can build traps now! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #rts #screenshotsaturday
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Changed something about the sheep behaviour and now they're just hype af. 🐑💨 #screenshotsaturday
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Working on more combat related stuff. 💦 #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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This didn't quite work as expected. Maybe I should include super rare resources which drop huuuge amounts of stuff though, seems satisfiying. #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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Today's really saturday right? Ok. Laying down traps and reaping the benefits. Makes Arclands feel a little Tower Defensey. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #games
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Arclands is an RPG inspired city builder. Grow your village, give other banished people shelter and uncover the secrets of the Arclands. 🧙‍♀️ Arclands on Kickstarter🧙‍♀️ 🧙‍♂️ Wishlist Arclands on Steam 🧙‍♂️ #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
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Working on a lot of little bug fixes lately so I don't have much to show. But hey, I implemented rain! #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
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Chunky Dark Souls Elite Knight #pixelart #indiedev #ドット絵
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Reworking some of the VFX to replace that indiegame ass cloud vfx with something a little bit more fitting for the artstyle.
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Hello 👋 I'm still alive and so is Arclands. I know I wasn't very good with updating yall in 2022 but I will definitely be better this year. Promised! Got some big news to share soon (the gamedev soon, not the real soon)
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If your city is big enough maybe some merchants will set up shop. #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
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I reworked the UI of Arclands, looks muuuuuch better now. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #GameMakerStudio2 #pixelart
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I didn't have much time to work on the game lately but at least I implemented butterflies. 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamemaker #screenshotsaturday
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Jon Keller (Hire me for pixel art work!)
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Incredibly happy to announce Arclands, an RPG inspired City Builder. Create a buzzing village and become a powerful enough wizard to defend it. Please support on Kickstarter: Please retweet 🧙‍♂️Thank you so, so very much!
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Yall ready for the trailer to drop? 😳 Little more than an hour to go! #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵
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Working on some new spells for you to cast. 🔥 Also wrote a new devlog recently, check it out here: #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #aseprite #gamemaker #pixelart
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I accidentally lowered the day length significantly and shit became way to real oops #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
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Finaly got some more diversity in the Wizlands. Hairstyle, haircolor and skincolor are now randomly assigned when someone joins your village. #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker #screenshotsaturday
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This is a little excerpt of the first test music I've written for the game. Don't know if it will end up in the final game but the general vibe is there. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #gamemusic
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This seems a little extreme
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You can do this to chicken now but please don't 🙇‍♂️ #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #games #screenshotsaturday
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Making room for more chicken #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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Implemented a dialog function. Now I can finally work on some NPC interactions. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #gamemaker
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Drop something green form your gallery Most Arclands content qualifies for this lol
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Christie 🩵🤍🩷
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Drop something green form your gallery (Did y’all know I used to paint?)
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I posted some more details about Arclands in my itch devlog! Check it out:
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Oh it's #pitchyagame time again? cool cool Arclands is a game about creating a buzzing village in a living world and becoming a powerful enough wizard to defend it. Inspired by both Settlers and Zelda: Links Awakening. Now on Kickstarter! #GameMaker
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Jon Keller (Hire me for pixel art work!)
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Haven't updated you folks about Arclands in a while now, huh. Reality is working on a passion project while maintaining a healthy life and working a normal job just takes a lot of time. Take this little screenshot as a token of my gratitude for sticking with me for so long. 🙇
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New Kickstarter Update because Arclands aint a solo dev project no more!! 🦧 Also a little contest for our boys in green
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The animation system for this little rpg town sim is working now . 🙏 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #gamemaker #animation #pixelart
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Little sneak peak at the character creator in Arclands 🥸 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
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I made bunnies follow instead of flee and now I've got the most adorably chaotic army ever. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
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Quick little delivery guy #pixelart #ドット絵
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How it started vs. How it's going 🤯 And on the 20th of October Arclands will be on Kickstarter. Link is in the sticky on my timeline - please consider following on Kickstarter and sharing the campaign. 🧡 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
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Some buildings and vfx I was commisioned for 🏦 #indiedev #pixelart
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I think we need to add some more cheering and hollering to the upgrade effects #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
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Most important first step when starting a village - making space. 🪓 Don't forget the Kickstarter starts in three days! You can also join the ✨ very verified Discord ✨ now and tell me what you want to see in Arclands! #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
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So I got tons of comments saying that picking up items looks to much like the player is taking damage. I'm hearing you, so I changed things up a bit. What do ya'll think? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #games #videogamedev #videogames
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Upgrading your main building is a big deal so I thought I'd add some congratulatory confetti. Might have to tone it down though? #gamedev
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hmmm silhouettes... which one to keep #gamedev #indiedev
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I'm also looking for pixelart freelance work! If you need some pixels placed hit me up. Sharing also greatly appreciated. 🙏 Full Portfolio at
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First step is always building a stockpile and opening your little treasure chest #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
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Remember to train exterminators for your village or you will have to go exterminating yourself #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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Messed up the 🦀CRAB LOGIC🦀 so now they explode when you scare them. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
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This might be a little much #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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Finally Optimized reactive bushes #indiedev #pixelart
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I am very good at programming GUI animations. #indiedev #gamedev
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The wizard got a little makeover too. Much smoother this way. 👌
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Arclands is a game about feeding your sheep hot peppers and being surprised with the results. 🔥 Please support on Kickstarter: Sharing also really helps!
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The AI Upscale thing is trending again and it honestly scares me how good it works with Arclands simple colors and shapes. You really gotta zoom in to see a difference.
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Yeah so I think you should be able to build this birdfriend in your city. Wouldn't feel right if you couldn't. #indiedev #gamedev
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The best thing about making a city builder is getting to create art for so many neat little buildings. #gamemaker #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
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Yo! I wrote up some more info about Arclands in my second devlog. This one is kinda about loosing. That's fun, right? #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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🟩 QRT with your green art green enough I think
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Placing this little idol on an altar will speed up the growth of sorrounding crops. 🌱 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
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House :) #pixelart #indiedev #ドット絵
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New Kickstarter news! This update is a little demonstration of Arclands early game. Check it out if you like. 💞 #gamedev #indiedev #games
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Arclands will be on Kickstarter on the 20th of October! Please follow the project, bookmark the page and share it with your friends - we can do this! 💪
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Yoooo
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I will release all graphical assets I made for the Arclands in neat themed collections under a CC BY 4.0 license if the Kickstarter is succesfully funded. (1/3) #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #ドット絵
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New Devlog! A quick and dirty overview on how you're going to interface with your village. Also feeding sheep with diamonds?!? #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #games
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Uh oh. 🍄 #pixelart #ドット絵 #screenshotsaturday
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Got basic combat AI working! Now I can go wild with unit and monster design. #GameMaker #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #screenshotsaturday
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Arclands is a game about making friends in a dangerous land and inviting them to chill in your village. We're also almost 50% funded! Please continue sharing and retweeting. 🥰 #indiedev #pixelart #videogames #gaming
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Yeah, the screenshake is definitely working correctly. #glitch #bug #indiedev #gamedev
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Megaman but monkey #pixelart #indiedev
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Arclands is a game about finding a girl and putting her on a pedestal. Please continue sharing the Kickstarter campaign: Much love ❤️
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Jon Keller (Hire me for pixel art work!)
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Still trying to make nights in Arclands feel cozy and spooky at the same time. 🌚 Don't forget to follow the Kickstarter (launching 20th of October) and the wonderful Discord! Links are in my bio! #gamedev #indiedev #citybuilder #kickstarter
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Updated the itch page a little with new art. Check it out; read the devlogs. Or don't. Do as you like!
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This little goose friend looks a little lost 🙁 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #ドット絵
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Things your citizens will do for you in the Arclands ⛏️ Mine for minerals ⛏️ 🐟 Fish for vitamin B12 🐟 🌱 Grow nutritious crops 🌱 🌳 Cut down trees 🌳 Check out the Kickstarter, we're on our last 3 days! 👉 #pixelart #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
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Yoyoyoyo what's your favourite RPG slime sub-genre?? #indiedev #pixelart
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Uuuuh I left Arclands running and came back to this. And I haven't even implemented a blood moon phase yet. 👀
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POV: you dare to ask which engine you should use
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aaahhh help me aaahhh nooooooo
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