Game design bio


2023 Jun

Google Play #WeArePlay feature on my games for Belgium.

2023 May

Release of my full music album Collage on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and most other music places.

2023 Apr

Logica Emotica is Apple's game of the day.
Mobile Game Awards best indie developer nomination.
SUGAR game gets a big update on Android and iOS, and is featured on the App Store.

2023 Mar

Orange is released on Android and iOS.
Orange is featured multiple times by Apple.

2022 Oct

Boo! gets a big update on Android and iOS, and premieres on Steam and Itch.io.

2022 Sep

Audi Magazine interview.
The colour games arcades are present at the Playtime festival in Bruges.


2022 Aug

SUGAR game is a Google Play Indie Games Festival finalist.


2022 Jul

SUGAR game is Apple's game of the day worldwide.


2022 Jun

Logica Emotica is released on Android, iOS and Steam.


2022 May

Puzzle Games Plus interview.


2022 Mar

Mobile Game Awards best indie developer nomination.


2022 Jan

SUGAR game is featured as Apple's game of the day with an App Store story.


2021 Nov

SUGAR game is featured multiple times by Apple.


2021 Oct

SUGAR game is released on Android and iOS.


2021 Sep

Flanders DC interview.


2021 May

Green wins a Webby award.
The Bart Bonte collection is release on Steam and Itch.io.
Pink is featured as Apple's game of the day with an App Store story.

2021 Apr

Green is nominated for a Webby award.

2021 Mar

Pink is featured by Google.

2021 Feb

Pink is featured by Apple.

2021 Jan

Pink is released on Android and iOS.


2020 Aug

Green is featured worldwide as Apple's game of the day with an App Store story.

2020 Jul

Words for a bird is featured by Google.

2020 Jun

Words for a bird is released on Android and iOS.
The game appears on many best of the week lists: Pocket Gamer, Nu.nl, Android Planet, iPhoned, ... and makes it onto Pocket Gamer's best of 2020 list.
The 'Nocturnal/Sunkissed' EP is released on Spotify and Bandcamp with the extended music from the game.


2020 May

Green is featured by Google.

2020 Mar

Green is released on Android and iOS.
Green is featured by Apple.

2020 Feb

'Blue' wins the 'Mobile Game of the Year' award at the Belgian Game Awards.


2019 Dec

'Blue' is nominated for a people's choice mobile game of the year award and a Belgian mobile game of the year award.
'Factory Balls forever' is released in the browser.


2019 Nov

A videoclip for Yellow is published on YouTube.

2019 Oct

The music of my colour games is published on Spotify.

2019 Aug

'Blue' is featured by Google. 'Blue' is game of the week on Android Central.

2019 Jul

'Blue' is featured by Apple and appears in many best of the week/month lists: Android Police, Android Planet, iPhoned, Games Radar, ...

2019 Jun

'Blue' is released on Android and iOS.


2019 May

'Factory Balls' makes its debut on Pc/Mac in its biggest form yet with a release on Steam, Itch.io and Kartridge.


2018 Dec

'Black' is featured in the advent calendar of Le Monde.


2018 Nov

'Yellow' reaches 5 million downloads on Google Play.
'How to survive as an indie developer in mobile games' publication on Medium.


2018 Oct

The Tricolore EP is released with the music of 'Black', 'Yellow' and 'Red'.


2018 Sep

'Black' is released on Android and iOS.


2018 Apr

Pocket Gamer Biz indie spotlight article.


2018 Feb

'Yellow' wins 3rd place at the Google Play Indie Games contest.
Control Magazine interview.


2018 Jan

'Yellow' is picked by Google as a Google Play Indie Games 2017 finalist.
'Red' is released on Android and iOS.


2017 Oct

The bontegames blog is turning 10 years old and the browser game Song for a bird is released to celebrate.
'Boo!' is released on Android, iOS and in the browser.
'Boo!' is featured in Rock Paper Shotgun.


2017 Jul

'Yellow' reaches 1 million downloads on Android.
The 'Factory Balls' app gets a big update.


2017 Jun

'Yellow' is featured in Canard PC magazine.


2017 May

'yellow' is released on Android, iOS and in the browser.
The game is featured on Mashable.
FLEGA is doing a piece about me on their blog.


2016 Dec

'Blocky XMAS' is released on Android, iOS and in the browser.
Mashable features the game as a can't miss app.


2016 Sep

'Cat in Japan (browser version)' is released.
'What's inside the box?' is shortlisted for a Lovie Award.


2016 Aug

'What's inside the box?' reaches one million downloads on the Google Play store.


2016 Jul

'Cat in Japan' is released as a free update for the 'Where is cat?' app on Android and iOS.


2016 May

'What's inside the box?' is released on Android and iOS and featured as a can't-miss app on Mashable
A shorter browser version is released.

2015 Dec

'Where is cat?' is released on Android and iOS.
'Christmas cat' is released. Some reviews: Lib?ration, JayIsGames.


2015 Sep

'Were is cat?' is released for the oujevipo4kids contest for the browser and for windows, and gets a review in Lib?ration. The game is going to tour France on a custom made arcade machine as a contest finalist.

2015 Jul

'Factory Balls' gets a major update with a new level set of 36 levels on Android, iOS and on Kindle.


2015 Jun

'Sugar, sugar 3' is released. Some reviews: Lib?ration, JayIsGames.


2015 May

'Factory Balls' reaches the no.1 spot in the iOS app store in Malta.


2015 Mar

'tap tap tap' is released on Android and iOS and gets press attention in The Guardian, Lib?ration and MacLife.


2015 Jan

'Sweet Drmzzz' is free app of the day on the Amazon app store and reaches the number 1 spot worldwide.
'Sweet Drmzzz (browser version)' is released.


2014 Dec

'Pixels for Christmas' is released.


2014 Nov

'Sweet Drmzzz' launches on Android, on iOS, and on Kindle.
'Sweet Drmzzz' gets Silver Award in its PocketGamer review.

2014 Aug

'sugar, sugar' mobile reaches 300000 downloads and to celebrate it gets a major update with 20 new levels on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.

2014 Jun

'In drmzzz' is released.


2014 May

'Piksels' is released. Some reviews: Lib?ration, JayIsGames.


2014 Apr

Featured in Design Management magazine in China.
We Ask Indies interview.


2014 Mar

'25' launches in the browser, on Android, on iOS and on Kindle.
Some '25' reviews: SuperGameDroid, iPhoneClub, JayIsGames.


2014 Feb

'Furiosity' is free app of the day on the Amazon app store and reaches the number 1 spot worldwide.


2013 Dec

'A bonte Christmas' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2013 Nov

'Furiosity' launches on Android, on iOS and on Kindle.
Some 'furiosity' reviews: Indie Game Magazine, SuperGameDroid, App Store Arcade, JayIsGames, App Spy, IG, iPhoneClub, Pocket Gamer.


2013 Oct

'Furiosity' is selected for the Games Reflexions exposition in the Cergy Center for Contemporary Art.


2013 Sep

'Off to work we go' is exposed at the Visage Du Monde center in Cergy, France as a No Future Contest finalist.
'Sugar, sugar' is free app of the day on the Amazon app store and reaches the number 1 spot worldwide.
'Me and the key 3' is released. Some reviews: JayIsGames, IG, IndieStatik, Gameological.


2013 Aug

'Off to work we go' desktop wallpapers are on Smashing Magazine.


2013 Jul

'Off to work we go' is released as an entry for the No Future Contest. 'Off to work we go' reviews: IndieStatik, JayIsGames, Oujevipo, IG.
'Factory Balls' is free app of the day on the Amazon app store and reaches the number 1 spot worldwide.
Gamasutra interview.


2013 Jun

'Factory Balls' is featured by Google on the Google Play store.


2013 May

'Factory Balls' launches on Android, on iOS and on Kindle. Some 'Factory Balls' reviews: IG, JayIsGames, IndieStatik, PocketGamer, Android Mag.


2012 Dec

'A blocky Christmas' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2012 Nov

'Furiosity' is launched in the browser, some reviews: TSA, IG, Oujevipo, Gamer NL.


2012 Oct

'Sugar, sugar' launches on Android, on iOs, on Kindle and on BlackBerry. Some 'Sugar, sugar' reviews: PocketGamer, JayIsGames.


2012 Sep

'40xEscape' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2012 Jun

'Sugar, sugar 2' is released, some reviews: JayIsGames, IG.


2012 Mar

'Farafalla' launches.


2011 Dec

'Sugar, sugar the Christmas edition' launches, some reviews: JayIsGames, EDGE.


2011 Sep

'Factory Balls 4' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2011 May

'14 locks' is released, some reviews: ByteJacker, EDGE, IG, JayIsGames.


2011 Feb

'Sugar, sugar' launches, some reviews: JayIsGames, IG.


2010 Dec

'Factory Balls, the Christmas edition' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2010 Nov

'Me and the key 2' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2010 Jul

'A Bonte escape' launches and is reviewed on JayIsGames.


2010 May

'Klikwerk' launches, some reviews: JIG, Lib?ration.


2010 Feb

'Factory Balls 3' is released and reviewed on JayIsGames.


2009 Nov

I'm full-time independent game designer since Nov 1st.


2009 Oct

'Full moon' launches, some reviews: JIG, Lib?ration.


2009 Aug

'Must pop words' is released.


2009 Apr

'Me and the key' is released.


2008 Oct

'Factory Balls 2' is released.


2008 Aug

'Duck, think outside the flock' is released.


2008 Mar

'Doggnation' is released.


2007 Oct

'Factory Balls' is released.
bontegames.com is born.


2007 Jul

'A bark in the dark' is released.


2007 May

'Loose the moose' is released.


2007 Feb

'Chicken grow' is released.


2007 Jan

'Fields of logic' is released.


2006 Sep

'Seen on screen' is released.


2006 Aug

'Free the bird' is released.


2006 Jun

'The Bonte room 2' is released.


2005 Dec

'The Bonte room' is released.