Jeroen Derwort
@jeroenderwort.nl
Dutch Games Association. GameLab. Indie. Co-Founder Gamebasics (exit Miniclip), RB Group (exit CAE).
De nostalgische waarde van een doosje. www.jeroenderwort.nl/het-lege-doo...
Het lege doosje dat symbool staat voor 300 miljoen spelers • Jeroen Derwort
Tijdens het opruimen kwam ik onlangs iets tegen wat direct een vlaag van nostalgie opriep: een fysiek gamedoosje dat ik in 2002 in elkaar had geknutseld voor Online Soccer Manager (OSM). Het stelt obj...
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Working on a Nintendo Switch update for Penguin Panic. Soon penguins will go to space on Switch too... 🐧🚀
👉⚪️ Release Month Trailer ⚫️👈 The Button Effect is launching August 2026 on Steam! I've put a lot of myself and what I love about puzzle games into this – and I can't wait to share it with people. Pressing [wishlist] matters: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940
My book was reviewed by Anthony Avina. authoranthonyavina.com/2026/02/03/s... Verdict: Memorable, engaging, and thoughtfully written. Thanks Anthony!
SCORE! By Jeroen Derwort Review
Author Jeroen Derwort shares the way his passion for Soccer turned into an online empire in the book “SCORE!”
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Wat. Een. Expo. Azuma's Sacrifice, Fiddlehead, Thread of Corruption en Synth Protocol. Vier games die de Best Game Award waardig zijn. Uiteindelijk kon er maar één winnen (Azuma). Maar dat de kwaliteit hoog lag was een understatement. Wat een prachtige creatieve prestatie weer van alle teams!
All my websites have 50% Chinese traffic. Which is odd, because they are in Dutch. Who in China knows Dutch? It turns out this is bot traffic, to train AI. So China is doing 50% of all traffic of all my sites to train their AI. This is madness... 🤯
A second review of SCORE! Noma Reads has published it here: nomareads.com/book-review-...
Book Review: SCORE!: Online Soccer Manager (OSM) From the Attic to the Arena By Jeroen Derwort - Noma Reads
Some startup stories feel polished after the fact. This one still smells like dust, cold pizza, and stubborn belief. SCORE! […]
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First review of my book in English has surfaced; and it's spot on! harperquinnblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/s...
SCORE! – How Online Soccer Manager Was Born from a Nerd’s Attic Dream
What does it really take to turn a lonely obsession into something millions of people care about?Not a pitch deck. Not a growth hack. And definitely not a clean, heroic origin story. That is the qu…
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My music is on Spotify! I made Dream House in 1996 and rearranged it 30 years later. open.spotify.com/album/3Hh6rn...
Dream House
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I had some personal goals this year, that I managed to check: ✅ Penguin Panic on Steam ✅ Penguin Panic on Switch ✅ English translation of my book ✅ My music on Spotify ✅ Play NL-made games (Horizon, Rift Riff, The Knightling) Time to focus on new goals for 2026... 😎
Playtests! A few weeks left until the expo. The games are getting better... 🎮🚀
The Dutch Game Awards show was so awesome! It gets better every year. And having my former studio Gamebasics / Miniclip NL on the stage for the Best Studio Award made me proud.
Heading to Dutch Game Week today! Hope to see you all there. 😎🎮🚀
A long standing request from the developer community has finally been realized: we now have a Steam page with the live show and all the Dutch Game Awards nominees! store.steampowered.com/sale/dutchga...
Dutch Game Awards
Join us live for the Dutch Game Awards 2025 honouring standout games, creators, and studios from the Netherlands.
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Game Over voor games? Vandaag heeft DGA/VGFN brieven verstuurd naar EZK en de EU. Er komt belangrijke Europese regelgeving aan die het maken en spelen van games gaat reguleren. De vraag is: positief of destructief? Wij vinden dat ouders, kinderen (gamers!) en spelmakers betrokken moeten worden.
Got this fan release today. The game Illusion City for the MSX Turbo-R. One of the very few games for that system. Made by legendary developer Microcabin. Now fully translated! Boxes and put on a cartridge by Outer Heaven. Loving it 🤩 #msx #msxturbor #fanrelease
It’s finally happening All Hands on Deck launches on 11-11-2025! 🙌 It’s a cosy 2-player co-op adventure all about teamwork, friendship, and using Rock, Paper & Scissors to solve puzzles together. We can’t wait for you to lend each other a hand! 🫶
On days like these it is a real privilege to work in The Hague University. In the morning we had student Teams pitching their games for the GameLab. In the afternoon playtests of various games. Awesome to see all that talent & creativity!
I've done it. My Penguin can go intergalactic! Free update 🐧🚀 store.steampowered.com/news/app/308...
Steam-nieuws over Penguin Panic! - Go Deep underground And Into Space!
Two new levels, more fish, updates and new music are all part of this update. Find the rocket and go to space... penguins can do amazing things!
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The Space level is progressing really well. Update is incoming...
Suddenly I realized that one important thing is missing from Penguin Panic: a level in space! Penguins and space are a logical combo.
Today, Rift Riff… - got a major free update on Steam! - released on iOS and Android! - is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal! i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
🐧 Breaking news from the South Pole! After months of sliding, jumping, and (mostly) debugging, Penguin Panic has officially waddled onto the Nintendo Switch! 🎮❄️ Now live on the Nintendo eShop! #PenguinPanic #NintendoSwitch #IndieGame #RetroGaming #MadeInNL #GameDev
Visited mboRijnland today for a kickoff of a Game Jam. The game pitches were promising! 🎮🥳
Had the privilege to talk at the HKU last week. Topics were the @dutchgamesassociation.nl and OSM. It was a lot of fun! HKU produced a lot of successful game devs over the years.
Latest addition to my ever expanding MSX collection. A Japan Victor Company (JVC). With its metallic case and luxury keyboard it is simply awesome!
