More Is Not Always Better

Progress on Lost Treasures

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Bill Lahti

I have made a lot of progress on my treasure-hunting game since last September. Better enemies, powerups of various kinds. better controls. Recently I have been trying to place bit more emphasis on exploration rather than fighting. The video is a draft of a trailer for the demo version of the game.

My plan is to have a demo that I can post on itch.io in a month or so. After that, I will move on to Steam.

I’d love to have a few more people playtest the game. If you are interested, contact me at blahti@wglxy.com.

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Demo Trailer for Treasure-Hunting Game

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Bill Lahti

Coming soon … a demo version of the game on itch.io. Here is a first draft of a trailer.

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Progress on New Game

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Bill Lahti

HUD now shows a bullet count. The gun works but with limited ammo. Run out and you have to fight up close with the sword. This combat is similar to that in Hyper Light Drifter. Don’t just hang back and fire from a distance. You have to engage with the bad guys. #indiegames

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Hop Skip and Thump on itch.io

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Bill Lahti

Hop Skip and Thump game, just released on itch. Whimsical, deceptively tricky, strategy-puzzle game. Single player.

Download for Windows or macOS: https://wglxy.itch.io/hop-skip-and-thump

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MacBook Display Confusion

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Bill Lahti

My Macbook says it has a 2560 x 1600 display. Yet when I do a screen capture, it says the image captured is only 1280 x 800. However, when I inspect the image with Preview, the image size is 2560×1600.

Similarly, GameMaker starting with a 960×540 viewport size ends up with a screen capture of twice that. 1920×1080.

What is going on?
Does it have anything to do with resolution in pixels per inch?
NO. It has to do with what the Mac-OS does to support the retina diaplay.

See https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/389961/macbook-pro-screen-resolution-confusion

When I check my System Preferences for Display it says the display will look like 1280 x 800.

I got here because I was working through a GameMaker tutorial where the guy sets the viewport to 960×540. When I captured the screen, it was way bigger than I expected.

So now, I finally (mostly) understand what is going on. The screen will look like 1280 x 800. And a screenshot of that GameMaker example will take up roughly 2/3 of the height and 3/4 of the width.

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Hop Skip and Thump Demo on Steam

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Bill Lahti

Try this tricky, turn-based strategy game.
Demo for Hop Skip and Thump is now available on Steam. 10 levels in the demo. 100 levels in the full game.

Also available in the Google Play store and the App Store. More information.

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Hop Skip and Thump – Steam Sale

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Bill Lahti

Uh Oh! Thump monsters … Deceptively tricky, turn-based strategy game. On sale on Steam. #indiegame #steam #turnbased #madewithunity #steamgames #pcgames