About
My name is Arvi Teikari, and I’m known in the internets as Hempuli. I’ve been creating games since I was 10-11, and I use Multimedia Fusion 2 to create my games. This blog was created so that I could put some news up more easily, this far I’ve needed other pages to do this.
Dear Hempuli,
I just beat Overgrowth and came here to tell you that I’ve been loving this underrated game of yours. I’m excited to know ESA2 is on its way. Please keep up the good work!
By the way, do you by any chanceknow Matt Kapp and/or his game, Castle in the Darkness? If not, take a look at it, great metroidvania!
Thank you very much! I meant to check out Castle in the Darkness back when ESA 1 released but never did. Thanks for reminding me of it!
Hi Hempuli!
I’m a huge fan of Baba is You and ESA. Seeing Baba is You’s success on the switch, would you ever think of porting ESA? I think it’d be a big success and personally, I really want to explore the beautiful world you’ve created at home and on the go. Please please please think about it!
My plan has been to take a look at that possibility once ESA 2 finishes!
any plans to sell “Baba is You” t-shirts online? :)
Maybe!
Hi Hempuli, I remember you from TDC and the Klik scene and then I saw you are the guy who also made Baba is You. It is pretty impressive to see people you used to hang out with on a forum suddenly being a big and popular game. Congratulations on that! I mean the Klik scene was such a tiny place with not too many people “OMG THE COMMUNITY IS DYING” so it is cool to see a Kliker make a big game on Steam or in your case in the Switch. So I just wanted to drop by, say hi and congratulations and also wanted to know if Baby is you was also made in fusion and if so how you got it to run on the Switch?
Take care
MasterM
Hi Hempuli,
I am a player from China who is recently playing your game “baba is you”. It’s sooooo creative!!!! Amazing!!!! I would say one thousand “thank you” for making such a wonderful game for us.
However, as a Switch player, I would really appreciate it if the game interface/interaction could be improved a little. For example, I would like to press “B” simply for “back” instead of choosing “return” from the menu (not to mention that I always mistakenly select “restart” rather than “return”). In addition, a simple “B” for switching from level map to main map is better than moving slowly to the starting point.
Please forgive my criticisms. I sincerely hope that the game could go better.
Another big “THANK YOU” in the end.
Love is you, Love is win ^_^
Hazel
I second this suggestion. My son managed to delete his save game recently because he kept hitting B to (as he thought) take himself out of the Erase Game menu. (Fortunately it was early-game and he’s re-solved those levels, and won’t make the same mistake again!)
Hi Hempuli ! I’m really excited for Baba Is You and especially ESA 2. I’m a current computer science student and I’m really interested in 2D game development as I imagine lots of other students are, and so I was wondering how did you get to the point that you are today ? What did you study or learn to amass all the knowledge of game dev you have ? Thanks for replying in advance. Big fan !
Thank you!
Making games started for me when a schoolfriend introduced me to Game Maker (I think 5?) in primary school; I had wanted to make games before that so getting the ability to do so was extremely exciting for me. After that I just spent years and years making random prototypes, trying to get an actually finished game done and failing continuously, slowly building both knowledge and experience, and also getting to know other people in the scene (once my English got good enough.) I’d say for me the biggest factor for learning was having time – in primary school, secondary school and high school I spent a lot of my free time on making games.
For getting to know people, things are a bit harder nowadays than they were in the past – back when I started making games the indie scene was way, way smaller so it was easier to get to know people, whereas now there are so many indie developers that making contacts and getting seen is very tough.
Thank you for the reply ! I always see your twitter posts where you try something new out, like recently all the looping animations, and I think it’s really cool that you dabble in stuff like that to gain knowledge and experience
Hei,
pelasin jokin aika sitten ESA:n läpi ja menee kyllä top lemppari metroidvanioihin (jos pitää genre määritellä). Pelaisin pelin mielelläni uudestaan mutta harvemmin pelaan tietokoneella mitään, joten olisiko ESA mahdollista portata vaikka Nintendo Switchille? Ostaisin samalla sekunnilla pelin uudestaan jos tulisi, ja uskoisin että eShopissa peli voisi saada enemmän näkyvyyttä kuin Steamin loputtomassa pelivalikoimassa.
PS. Sain tietää ESA 2:sta pari päivää sitten, odotan innolla ;D
ESA 2:sta joutuu valitettavasti venaamaan vielä jonkun aikaa :’)
Kiitos! ESA:n suhteen tilanne on vähän hankala, koska se oli lopulta varsin niche nimike. Ajattelin että yrittäisin Switch-julkaisua yhdessä ESA 2:n kanssa kunhan se valmistuu (logiikkana että ESA 2:een mennessä suosio/resurssit olisivat lisääntyneet sen verran että moinen kannattaa.) Saa nähdä miten käy. Anteeksi myöhäinen vastaus!
Hi, my name is Alexa and I know this might seem weird but I’m a nobody who’d love to donate my musical/writing services to your work as needed. I have almost ten years doing music and have put out nearly a dozen EPs and albums. I just wanna qualify I’m actually experienced and not some rando on the internet. I don’t want a job, I’m just hugely inspired by your stuff and would love to help in any way possible. You can reach me on twitter at @wavvvRacer64 or by email at voxthermidor@gmail.com
Sorry, I just didn’t see a personal contact form and figured this was the best way to reach you.
Thanks! I’ll e-mail you about this. :)
Hey there!
is your game Baba going to be made available on the App Store? I generally stick to reviewing those puzzles.
Tom Cutrofello
New York City
Hi! Sorry about the late reply. I’m concentrating on releasing the game on PC and Switch first, then looking at other options. :)
Hi Arvi,
Will you make Baba work on androïd soon ?
It might be a big bunch of new players you know !
I’m waiting for it in order to play with my wife.
she won’t stand in front of a PC but in bed, on a tabled, yeah !
Congratulations for this marvel !
Thomas
Hi, I’m Eric Kelly. I’m a freelance writer for several gaming websites. I’ve written for them for several years, and those include TotallyGN.com, BostonBastardBrigade.com, and Vognetwork.com, and HonestGamers.com. I also have an RPGcentric podcast called RPGrinders. Additionally It would be great if I could be put on your PR list and would love to write reviews for your products, like Environment Station Alpha. I live in the US, so code for that region would be appreciated. Of course feel free to read my other reviews on the sites I mentioned. Left the message here, since I don;t know how else to contact you. Thank you for reading this post, and I hope to hear from you in the future!
Super late reply but I’ll put you on my press list, thank you!
Hello Hempuli
I am wondering what is your favorite animal and could you draw one and post it if that please you
I hope you will have a good year
Hi Eugene!
I’m a huge fan of dogs; I’m not super good at drawing them but I could try :)
Thanks for the compliments, and same to you!
Hello there!
I recently came across Baba is You and it looks like a really cool idea, so I’d love to hear more and discuss possible release on GOG :)
Let me know if you’re interested!
Cheers,
Kacper
Thank you! I’ll be in contact with you. :)
Hello there!
I recently came across Baba is You and it looks like a really cool idea, so I’d love to hear more and discuss possible release on GOG :)
Let me know if you’re interested!
Cheers,
Kacper Bańbura
Business Development Specialist
gog.com
Hello Hempuli!
First of all, I recently started to play ESA and I really love it!
I’ve discovered a somewhat major bug in the game and I wasn’t sure where I should report it, so I hope this is a good place.
When you fight the Research outpost boss, the Relentless Spirit (or something like that), the game disables your supercharge module powerup to make the fight more fair. However, I did not unlock the supercharge module yet at this point of the game, so it happens that after beating the boss I miraculously acquired the powerup. I suspect a similiar thing may happen in the second Myweh fight where some powerups are disabled too.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and hopefully the bug is fixed!
(another unrealated problem; when I select any of the research outpost rooms in the map it does not show any text, like “teleporter” or “save point”. I dont know if this is intended or not. The same happens with the teleporter that leads to the outpost)
Hey!
Good work on ESA, can’t wait for the sequel!
I had a question, your game gained momentum due to Steam and reviews, could you say you are economically satisfied with the results of that game?, I don’t know if you have other kinds of jobs, and I’m in the process of creating a game with a coder friend, kudos!
Hi, thanks for the compliment! :)
I’d say that I’m definitely satisfied with the results; I have other sources of income but ESA has certainly helped me come by somewhat consistently. However, the ‘economical success’ of a game is often calculated as costs vs. revenue, where things like living costs during development are calculated into the total cost of making the game. I’m pretty sure that by this metric ESA wasn’t successful, seeing that I worked on it for 3 years. On the other hand, since we didn’t have a studio officially developing the game but instead worked on it on our free time, one could argue that the costs vs. revenue viewpoint isn’t entirely valid because said costs went mainly to studies etc. with the game development happening on the side.
Hopefully this answered something! :)
Hi Hempuli.
Masjin is a magestic game. It’s incredible you give it for free. Havent you tought about puting it on steam greenlit? I think it would ppl catch their attention to it! :)
The networking code is very messy in Masjin so I’d have to re-do it from scratch; also I’d need to set-up a dedicated server, both of which are things I don’t really motivation/interest in doing right now. Thanks a lot, though! I’m glad you enjoyed the game :)
Hello Hempuli!
As many others before me I stumbled across your blog while researching procedural world gen. While reading previous post on the subject i noticed that you mentioned you were working on an example. Basically I’m wondering if this example will end up on the blog or how can I read up on your approach as you’re results look really impressive.
Side note: You’re other projects are really cool too ;) keep up the good work!
Mordevil.
Please release the source of your World Map Generator. Its results are great.
Thanks.
The results of the World generator are indeed awesome, I would love to have em to! It’s great!
Hi,
I have a small but steadily growing YouTube channel Lord VikingBeard (check it out at https://www.youtube.com/LordVikingBeard )
I do regular content (a few times a week) including lets plays, Quick Looks (first impressions) Reviews and Colab content.
I was hoping to get a PC review code for Environmental Station Alpha, so I could start producing related content for the game.
I plan to do, Quick Look and/or Letsplay content, (depending on how the game grabs me) and a review once I have finished the game, or played long enough to have a good understanding of the game.
Let me know if you can and thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
David Anthony White (Lord VikingBeard)
Hi Hempuli!
I stumbled upon your website while looking for an inspiration, I am a new-born indie game dev and I am working on 4x strategy game and your maps are great!
One of your maps, got my attention, and I would love to start hand drawing on top of it. To be more specific, this one: http://www.hempuli.com/blogblog/archives/253
Will that be alright with you if I reuse that one? If yes, could you please drop me an email or reply here? Greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Per
Hi there, Im writing my own game in a similar style to ESA, but with more adventure puzzle style areas.. i wanted to know how you designed your levels.. what did you start with? The story? and then base around that? or .. where did you get your inspiration from ?? If you could answer these questions that would be great.. ESA is amazing btw..
Hi WickedSquiggleGames! Thanks a lot for the compliment, I’m glad to hear you’re working on game development stuff as well! Answering fully to what you asked would take quite a lot of time & space; but I’ll try to answer some basics. I started with the art; I made a mockup of a limited colour palette and went from there. After that I made a simple engine and drew a map, and once the engine was good enough I started working on the actual levels. Story was in many respects one of the last things I thought of (to the detriment of the game: don’t do this!) I recommend reading ESA’s post-release thoughts here: http://www.hempuli.com/blogblog/archives/1279
wow man.. tnx for the quick reply.. really appreciate it.. i will read every word of your blog :) and keep u updated of my progress.. tnx again man.. not everyone is that helpful :)
hello hempuli, i was wondering why do you use multimedia fusion 2 when you make cavern of flight while clickteam offers better product such as clickteam fusion 2.5? please reply :)
Hi Ampuan! I’m not interested in switching away from MMF 2 because I want to eventually learn new tools instead of sticking to the same product family. On top of that, there are several compatibility issues with plug-ins that would make me unable to use certain tools I’m very fond of if I changed to F2.5.
Hi Hempuli
I’m not sure if anybody still plays World of Abstractica 3 but i do and am currently stuck. I thoroughly enjoy them game and am determined to finish it!!!
I have tried looking on forums for help but to no avail, and Google can only help so far! The only other conclusion would be that i am not looking for the right things!
Do you perhaps know of a place where i can get help with some of the levels? i have tried everything!!!
Thanks for WOA!!
It’s been a long time since I worked on Abstractica, and WoA is largely MJK’s project. There are puzzles that I designed so I might be able to help, but there’s a high chance of a given puzzle not being mine or me just not remember what the trick is. Anyway, do send me e-mail or link the puzzle here if you want!
hi. i need help with aint no brilliant and elephant, if anyone can help please contact me at m.e.h@vp.pl
OMG!!! If it’s not too late – there is my mail – barbieabstract@gmail.com – because I’m looking for persistent players willing to solve ALL levels. Unfortunately, mjkgames.com forum is closed, maybe some registered players can leave me a message (to barbie). I’m still trying to solve two last secret levels, The Great Abstractica Day, and Give Up Already – in vain…. Have You probably designed those levels? Ah, I can’t be so lucky :(
Hempuli, dear, please, send Laura my mail…. remember: ‘internet community can help’ :) :)
Thanks in advance!
I wish You all the best!
Barbie
Sup, Just played Environmental Station Alpha (I actually wrote down the name of the game on a list of “upcoming good games” a long time ago), this is A GREAT METROIDVANIA.
And knowing that you are in the making of the sequel already (I think it’s the sequel) feels like fresh air, you are saving the genre!!
I have a question, do you code as a freelancer? I mean, I’m planning on creating either a Metroidvania or a RPG game (8 bit style) where I’d be designing every single sprite + music, and since I don’t know coding, just wanted to ask.
Another project (maybe this takes less, I don’t know) is a music app for IOS, would you be interested in hearing about it?
It’s super cool if you are not open to freelancing, I’d like to see a Zelda-like game in the future, thanks!!
Alberto
Hempuli, can you share that map generator you were using in 2010? I am willing to pay for that!
I’ve been meaning but forgetting to implement a tutorial on how to create the effect :(
I hope to see gamepad support and bots in Masjin! Masjin reminded me of another PVP “blocky sandbox”, King Arthur’s Gold, using Irrlicht.
Hello Hempuli!
I stumbled across your blog while doing some research for island and world procedural generation techniques, and I have to say that your results are by far the most beautiful and realistic I have found!
I was most surprised about how realistic all the biomes and the mountains look. unfortunately other than the final result there isn’t much about the process you used, so maybe you can explain the main concepts you used for your algorithms or address me to some online resource.
Many thanks, and keep this up ;)
I’m going to make an example to another person sometime soon, I could send you the example as well if you like. :)
yes, that would be awesome, thank you! :D
I have a question about the demo for your game that is currently on steam. Can I use the same Save-File from the demo if I purchase the final game?
I really love the gameplay and atmosphere! I can tell that a certain game with a female space-suited main character has inspired this game a lot … ;)
Could you please send me your reply to my email? I’m not really a forum-person. ;) BUT you can reply here as well so that your answer could help somebody else looking for the same info. :)
Regards & keep doing what you do! :)
Erik Birger Karlsson
I’ll send you e-mail but also answer here:
Thanks a lot for the compliment! The demo and full version have completely separate maps and item progressions, so the save files aren’t interchangeable.
Hello there!
i am an Graphics artist looking to help out the little men, is there a way i could contact you other than this reply form?
tyvm,
Odin
odin_hullekes@hotmail.com
I’ll e-mail you!
Congratulations on the demo release! I’ve been watching ESA’s progress for a few years and I’m super excited to be able to play the demo. It’s sizing up well, and I’m looking forward to the final product; supporting it too. I’ve passed the word along to a few friends and I’m hoping this game gets the attention it deserves. It’s titles like this that encourage me to keep pursuing game development.
Sweet! Thanks for the compliments, I’m glad that the game has inspired you :)
Hi! I really liked your games, especially PF and Masjin. I wanted to play them again, but Masjin doesn’t seem to be working right now. It seems like the server isn’t actually running the game. It just hangs forever when you try to connect.
Do you know of a fix? Is it possible for users to host their own servers?
Thanks!
Hey Hempuli! I stumbled across your stuff while looking for alternatives to Campaign Creator 3 and am really impressed. Have you ever considered polishing up your world generator and releasing it to the general public? I’m experimenting with different programs to make my maps and this seems really different from most of what’s out there. Great work! 8)
That might be interesting, to be honest, although I’m kind of afraid I wouldn’t be able to offer as much customization as the users might want; the generation is relatively hardcoded at the moment. I’d definitely want to use the thing somewhere, that’s for sure. Thanks for your interest! :)
Hi Hempuli,
I must say: your paintings are amazing!
Thank you for sharing them in this blog, so we could admire your work beyond your games. (◠‿◠)
I’ll get in contact with you! :)
Hi Hempuli,
I have been keeping tabs on ESA because I think it looks great, I downloaded Officer Alfred and found it pretty enjoyable. Anyway I run a games blog and if you wouldn’t mind I’d to email you some interview questions for a post. If that’s ok then just email me so I can send them over. Thanks :)
Very interesting! Expect some e-mail sometime in the near future!
Oops, last comment was submitted by accident. :) Sorry about that.
Hi Hempuli,
I really love the look of ESA. If you are interested in bringing this game to the Nintendo 3DS eShop, please email me. Perhaps my company, Renegade Kid, can help somehow.
I look forward to playing the game when it is released.
Thanks,
Jools
Hi
Hi, I recently discovered Enviromental Station Alpha and it looks amazing so far!!, I hope you can complete it soon and is has a rich and big map (with map option like Metroid of course). How’s the music going, need a composer or something? hit me up.
Unfortunately I might not have any proper answer for your inquiry. :(
I’ve learned my pixel art skills by trying over and over over the years (over over), and I’m not that good at it in any case, mind you. I guess a very important part of the learning process has been looking at other people’s works, because that has taught me some important things about using colours and expressing things with very low resolution. However, most of the learning progress has been trail-and-error-ish undescribable mess.
If you need specific help, just ask! I’ll send you an e-mail :)
Hey Hempuli,
I’m Eldin, I’m a CS major, aspiring to be an indie dev, and one of the things that I’ve been learning lately was pixel art.
What I wanted to ask was, how did you learn pixel art? Where were the sites that taught you more about pixel art?
Would be grateful for your help, thanks for your time mate!
Hey there Arvi,
I was looking around other indies that I could contact and I found your site. Do you remember acoders by any chance? I am skn3 the leader of that, Gotta say hello to clickers of course :D
I hope you don’t mind me contacting you. Basically I really need some help from other indies. I have this tool I have created called Objecty. It is not finished, but is still in development. There is an alpha demo to download on the project page so go have a look if you want. I took a massive gamble and put it up on kickstarter. Before you groan and close the email, I am not begging for backers!
More then anything I need to get the word out about Objecty. It can do some really cool stuff but it hasn’t seemed to pick up a lot of attention. So can you help? Tweet, blog post, forum post, reddit post.. anything!
Id be happy to hear your thoughts on Objecty (if you tried the demo). It would be interesting to get some positive (or negative) feedback.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skn3/objecty-2d-game-development-made-easier
Thanks,
Jon
Hello, Hempuli!
I HATE You and Mikko Kaksonen, my “day & nightmare” :):) – “WOA really CONSUMED my life”!!
Of course, I’M JOKING – but, You see, there are still some people addicted on World of Abstractica… and hopelessly stuck at Journey 4 – levels: “Smiley in ASCII” (54), “Wrath of the missing answer box” (37) and “Multicrypt2” (95)… :(:(… Is any help possible?
Anyway, I congratulate You on Your wonderful games and wish You all the best in 2012.!
I haven’t worked with Mikko Kaksonen for years, and unfortunately I don’t remember any of those solutions anymore. Sorry about that! I’m glad to hear that you’ve been enjoying the series, though.
Hey, are you still in trouble with Abstractica? I know you wrote that 3 years ago, but I have written almost every answer down, and I have solved “Smiley in ASCII” (54) and “Wrath of the missing answer box” (37). Not lvl 95 though :)
Hi Soren, how can you help me with levels 54 and 37? :)
hey, i need help too. if by any chance you are still here please answer me.
Sorry, I really can’t help with Abstractica stuff these days :(
dear hempuli, i understand that you cant remember abstractica stuff but maybe you have any contact with old mjk team? or anyone who can provide me some help? i remember long time ago on mjkgames forum was topic with archived forum discussions that contains tips and help for abstractica but currently that site is down.
Yeahh, I guess most of the info is now buried in the past. With a quick check, it’d seem that some of the solutions for World of Abstractica can be found in Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_trH0DWUtng
I tried to reach the forums via Wayback Machine, but it seems that the WoA subforum hasn’t been archived. That’s a shame. :( If you can’t find the answer in those videos, I could ask MJK themself.
Hey! Anyone still needs help with the levels? I just searched for something myself and coincidently found this thing I wrote years ago! I have most of the answers even though I still miss some levels!
I like doing mind power!!!
Anyone who is still obsessed by WOA Abstractica, can write to my mail barbieabstract@gmail.com .i’m struggling with last two unsolved level – GDA and Give Up Already. As was said – Abstractica consumed my life, haha. Congratulations to authors!! Hempuli, thanks!!
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Hum, I suppose that makes sense, regarding what I said earlier about artistic vision and all.
(I used to be like that, until I found that my incompetence brought me to the need to find help)
Hum, now that is curious. You don’t want to make games for a living? So it’s more like a hobby? :P
Hum, and I’ve been playing notepad and flickerstrings, I must say, this experimental vein of games is completely different from what I’ve seen until now. Such a peculiar treatment of the gaming scheme!
Also, I don’t mean to get to your privacy in any way, but you wouldn’t have any sort of place where we could talk? I understand if you’d prefer not to give it though…
Oh yeah, I don’t think I could ever work with a team bigger than me ans a musician, at least unless for some reason me and the other members managed to somehow work together. I generally want to hold as many of the threads as possible by myself. That’s selfish and dumb thinking when it comes to bigger projects, but I can’t really help it. I also wouldn’t want to make games for a living, so there’s that too.
Oh…game companies then? I mean the sort of companies that provide you with a team and all. There are even a couple independent brands out there…
I don’t know if I’m making myself clear, but that’s all my English allows…:P
Oh, I didn’t understand that there were no monetary or similar prizes. In that sense, I suppose competitions can actually get a person to work! :D
As I understand you are not signed to any game label, or anything of sorts. I’m not really surprised, seeing so many musicians and mostly visual artists share their work for free, but I must ask, wouldn’t you prefer it that way? Don’t understand this as any sort of advocating of the mainstream working etc., it’s just I think artists (hope you don’t mind if I call you an artist) sometimes could make better work if they had more tools to their disposal.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, your cartoonish drawings are just delightful! ;)
Thanks for the compliments! I didn’t quite get your question, though – what do you mean by ‘game labels’ in this case?
Hello Hempuli!
I have been recently browsing through your work, and I must say, you have a fantastic vision of the artistic part of the game. The mechanics of the games aren’t that complicated, but I guess that is in some cases not the most important part. I’ve been browsing your games, and am now trying to play them whenever possible, as I find a certain charm in them all.
I’m farily new to the indie/art game scene, but it appears to me that what counts is not the brutally efficient graphics and awesome gameplay made to please the millions out of a team of hundreds of people, rather than one person, or a group of them, that transmits their “artistic vision” to the game. They dictate how the gameplay works, and what should be in it. I think that’s somehow parallel to the jazz evolution, the way it went from the jam bands to the free-experimental sounds, from the vision of a group of individuals, to the mind of one…
I have noticed you do a lot of games to competitions, if I got it right, like this Ludum Dare thing. I would like to know, don’t you think it can affect the outcome of the game to work with a competition in mind? I don’t mean to pry or anything, I’m just curious…
Anyway, besides the snob impression I might cause, I actually love your games!
Don’t know if you’d care to answer, but either way, cheers mate!
Rodrigo
Thanks for the comment!
Well, one significant thing about competitions is that they have deadlines. Having a real deadline and only a small amount of time to work on the game helps me concentrate on whatever I think to be the ‘important thing’ in the game, be it a gimmick or a game mechanic. None of the competitions I’ve participated in have had real prizes, so I don’t think the way they’re supposed to make people compete for victory has really affected the games. Mind you, usually I’ll come up with a game idea beforehands and then get into working on it as soon as possible (with the theme in mind as well if there’s one).