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Chris Weisiger

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Indie gamedev, creator of Waves of Steel, now working on Torment Hexus, a match-3 tactical roguelike about kicking cyberpunk CEOs out of windows. Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/Torment_Hexus/ He/him #indiedev #indiegame

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · Mar 31

Announcing TORMENT HEXUS, a match-3 roguelike about putting technofascist CEOs on the wrong side of skyscraper windows!

Please spread the word, and wishlist on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/...

And remember: they SHOULD be afraid of us.
#indiedev #indiegame

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 10h

Don't underestimate the power of a good shitpost!

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15h

They can't enjoy media like they used to, not like in the old days when games were just games and were wonderful and wholesome and yeah, of course they were.

Shit was great then because you didn't have some Youtube screaming head telling you it's all WOKE DEI AGENDA SWEET BABY BE ANGRY BE ANGRY!!!!

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Reonu 🇮🇨 @reonu.bsky.social · 5d

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 20h

If you make a big match, you'll trigger a Mana Eruption! This powerful spell wreaks havoc on everyone nearby, and also fully-charges all of your spells. #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 17h

uhhhhh that I couldn't tell you, sorry

If I had to *guess* I'd say no, since I feel like this is the era when most games just reverted to save if you died, but I could easily be wrong

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, right: if you kill an officer (including the gate guard "slightly fancier mook" types), they drop a stat up, right? If you kill them with a high enough combo, that stat up is worth more. IIRC the second heavy attack is a juggle, so light->heavy->light->heavy lets you push your combo higher.

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 18h

There's perma stat-ups in DW3. I remember being pissed when I came back from college break to find that someone else had grinded up the hero I was working on and he had max stats and the best gear.

I don't remember boomerang girl. She might suck, but the Nanman campaign is also just hard.

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 20h

Wishlist Torment Hexus on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/...

Torment Hexus on Steam

Technofascist cyberpunk CEOs must die! Charge spells with the match-3 grid, then cast them on your enemies in turn-based tactical roguelike combat. Climb the tower, kill the boss, and maybe make the w...

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 20h

If you make a big match, you'll trigger a Mana Eruption! This powerful spell wreaks havoc on everyone nearby, and also fully-charges all of your spells. #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Mega Knockdown @megaknockdown.com · 1d

Three years ago Mega Knockdown was in early access with placeholder art and no plans (or money) to add proper character sprites. Then @mrmkl.bsky.social , @flynnjeux.bsky.social and @thatpunk.bsky.social organized an event called the "Niche Fighter Fete" to raise some money for new art..

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 1d

Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

Love to see that icon <3

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

Daaang, nice work!

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

That's AAA privilege speaking, I'd say. They can afford to hire moderators for Steam forums. Or more realistically, they add "moderate the Steam forums" to their community managers' pile of responsibilities.

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

I'm told the correct procedure here is to close all the forums but one, and make that one forum (which regular people can't post to) contain a locked thread directing users to the community space you can actually control.

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dang, congrats! I enjoyed the book, thank you for writing it :)

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

My entry in the PixelJoint "class photo" collab 2025 #pixelart

Pixel art of a dragon holding a large disc, which contains a galaxy

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for the arts, I enjoyed looking at them. :)

Char Aznable is *absolutely* a prank played on the entire Gundam fanbase

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 3d

a fav old art

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🦎 LIZARDBETH 🎨 @lizardbethart.bsky.social · 3d

PLZ LET ME DRAW FOR YOU!! ;_;

#commissionsopen

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 3d

One of @cuteosphere.bsky.social's brain bunnies, your choice

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 3d

As a kid I imagined that 3D models were solid, and wondered what you would see if you could remove the surface. IIRC it was Ocarina of Time where I realized that they were just a thin skin, because the camera could get pushed inside of objects/Link.

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Robin Poe @robinpoedev.bsky.social · 3d

like these cool bones i made

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