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Jan Martinek (he/him) is a game developer from Brno, Czechia. At first writing game design docs as an escapist hobby while in lockdown, he’s been making games as Mouflon Cloud since 2022. Outside of game dev, he has a background in web development and social sciences. He writes a gamedev blog and published in Uncrank’d and LEVEL.
So far he made a few games for the yellow handheld with a crank called Playdate. He’s an active member of the Playdate community at Playdate Squad Discord server. His game and trailer have been nominated in Playdate Community Awards. People said nice things about his work.
You can reach him at games@jan-martinek.com.
Released games
Be Kind To Yourself
Be Kind To Yourself is a brutal puzzle arcade game. It feels like a shmup but plays like a falling block puzzle game. Players need to carefully craft groups of hyperstones to send off to the delta dimension to get a good score and manage the speed of the game by breaking their combos.
Developer | Jan Martinek |
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Platform | Playdate |
Website | mouflon.cloud/bkty |
Release date | May 7th, 2024 |
Game Genre | Arcade, Score Chaser, Puzzle, Rhythm, Pick up and play |
Play Time | A single run is 3+ minutes long |
Trailer | youtu.be/Hq6eoyDhhMg |
Store link(s) | |
Images and GIFs (zipped) | images.zip |
Kye for Playdate
Kye is a faithful remake of an old Windows 3.1 game. It is a puzzle action game with some elements inspired by Sokoban, Boulder Dash and Pac-Man. The port adds some quality of life improvements — such as rewind and undo, easier navigation.
Developer | Jan Martinek, Matt Sephton |
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Platform | Playdate |
Website | mouflon.cloud/kye |
Release date | May–June, 2024 (in beta since October 2023) |
Game Genre | Puzzle, Action, Community Content, Level Editor, Port / Remake |
Play Time | Variable — simple puzzles take 5-10 minutes |
Trailer | youtu.be/L-R-cD2ERYE |
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Images and GIFs (zipped) | images.zip |
Stars of the Screen
Stars of the Screen is an interactive screensaver exhibit with hidden objectives. Each screensaver can be appreciated for the screensaver it is, played with using varying inputs of the playdate, and treated as a mini escape room style puzzle to get a “secret” resolution. It’s about aesthetic and curiously prodding things!
(The description written by orkn, the author of Resonant Tale.)
Developer | Jan Martinek |
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Platform | Playdate |
Website | mouflon.cloud/stars-of-the-screen |
Release date | September 8th, 2022 |
Game Genre | Puzzle, Escape Room, Mystery, Wholesome |
Play Time | 1–2 hours |
Trailer | youtu.be/unvhyegv1No |
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Images and GIFs (zipped) | gifs.zip |
Announced Games
Gotta Bounce
Gotta Bounce is a crank- and story-driven sidescroller with ambitions of becoming a good game to speedrun. It’s a platformer without jumping.
Developer | Jan Martinek |
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Platform | Playdate |
Website | mouflon.cloud/gotta-bounce |
Release date | 2024 |
Game Genre | Action, Side scroller |
Play Time | 1 hour |
Trailer | youtu.be/L_tjigfVmes |
Llama Goes UP!
Llama Goes UP! is an escalator-driven platformer.
Its development is currently halted.
Developer | Jan Martinek |
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Platform | Playdate |
Website | mouflon.cloud/llama |
Release date | TBA |
Game Genre | Platformer, Escalator |
Play Time | TBA |
Trailer | youtu.be/Is7LCZmqPco |