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Stomp and the Sword of Miracles @frogteam.games · 4h

TWO MORE DAYS!!! Two more days until the Stomp and the Sword of Miracles demo and Kickstarter!

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Solluco 🐸 @solluco.bsky.social · 4h

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#gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #Steam

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 4h

Been a while, but friendly reminder to play Ikenfell 🔥

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/854940/I...

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 4h

Gotta start locking in for Next Fest this coming week, but I literally can't stop thinking about Carimara! Saw this in a showcase a few weeks ago and immediately highlighted it. Seriously can't wait to play this one for some scaries when we finally have some time later in the month! 👀

Critical Reflex @cr-games.bsky.social · 5d

CARIMARA: BENEATH THE FORLORN LIMBS IS OUT NOW ON STEAM

a short horror story about ghosts, goblins and polite anxiety of asking too much.

untangle the mysteries of a "ghost problem" haunting this unwelcoming, desolate house. even if it means digging up uncomfortable truths.

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 5h

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

the rosaries are supposed to be scarce, also given the context of Pharloom, but I still feel like it's just a LOT when you're paying for benches, fast travels, tools, upgrades, like..literally EVERYTHING is rosaries. I would love to see what the full minimum amount you need to pay for 100% is tbh. 😂

Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

The shell shard system I have MUCH less of a problem with, and it only really becomes an issue when you get locked on a fight for a bit and burn thru all your shards refilling your tools. I find that if you're just playing normally though, it's rarely as big of an issue as rosaries. And I GET that

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

in Silksong. Even the recurring courier quests that you can do in Act 2 only get you 150 rosaries and are far more tedious than just going to run the vertical hallway from Grand Bellway up to First Shrine, which will get you like ~300 rosaries if you use the magnetite brooch and kill everything.

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

The difficulty of the bosses really doesn't bother me given the context of Pharloom, but for example: in a Souls game when you beat a boss you get enough souls for a couple solid levels, and usually enough left over to buy some supplies or a minor upgrade or something..but that never really happens

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

WAY more prominent and have a lot more like weight with the story itself, which they DO in a way..but not until WAY later on and without much buildup. I think I would have much less of a problem with them if the rewards were greater tbh. Which I guess leads me to a secondary complaint about bosses??

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

Still gonna say on the record that I think my absolute biggest complaint is 2-sided: the dual currency system is balanced awfully, mostly rosaries, and the majority of side quests don't add much to the game. With the language leading up to release about "hunting" I expected the hunt quests to be

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

7 years was TOO long to cook; Team Cherry made too much game. 😅

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

Kinda mad that I didn't do the farming I needed to buy out all the shops before [redacted] happened and fucked up my rosary farm route in the Citadel...really hoping I get some easy money soon because I still have like 2,000+ rosaries worth of shit I need to buy. 😭

AND I STILL DONT HAVE EVERY MAP??

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

K I think I am FINALLY at a good point for a lil break from Silksong for a few weeks to play some scaries!!👻

This game is absolutely fucking ENORMOUS man! I thought I was almost done going into Act 3, and I just got the ability to view my completion percentage... only 80% done at 70 hours in?!? 😵‍💫

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 6h

Dusk Tactics @dusktactics.bsky.social · 7h

The demo scenes will feature some minor tutorials, and about 3-5 playable scenarios with 1-2 repeatable battles you can grind on.

At this point, no, the developer did not create an in-game menu tutorial but I might if there is time.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #RPG #pcgame #indiedev

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · 1d

Uhh, I guess I should start posting Entropy stuff, huh?

Entropy has permadeath - that means you'll hire from the 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖈 𝕭𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉 when your party gets murdered.

Mercs are generated with different:
⭐Stats & Perks
📜Bios & Personalities
👺Bodies & Clothes
🗡️Equipment

store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 1d

This and (late game spoilers) fighting Lace in the cradle have been my biggest obstacles so far I think. Could NOT get a fucking handle on that dumb ass counter that Lace hits you with from like 18 different directions. 😅 Groal also got me pretty good because it's an arena PLUS an awful boss.

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 1d

60 hours into Silksong, and this might still be the fight that's kicked my ass the worst at this point tbh...but it was also the first melody I got, which was prob a mistake!

Big flashbacks to my 112% Hollow Knight run and being stuck on Trial of the Fool for like...months. 🙃🙃

Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social · 1d

I gotta be honest I’ve been killing all the arenas in Silksong. I’m used to winning on my first try. Max secobd. Only one that gave me trouble was Hunter’s March and the birds one. But this one is making me crash out esp because after this is some big guy. This like my 4th attempt at least.

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CYBRLICH 💀 Wishlist on Steam 💀 @cybrlich.bsky.social · 1d

Who says empty hand poses have to be boring?

#Animation #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #boomershooter #fps #handposes

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Goblin Of Indie 🎃🎮 @gardenofindie.bsky.social · 1d

Gunny Ascend is easily one of my top highlights from the recent MIX Showcases, this looks SO cool!! 🔥

The MIX @themix.bsky.social · 1d

Gunny Ascend is a high-speed puzzle game where every falling block is a chance to escape. Build clever loadouts, adapt to ever-changing hazards, and outsmart the Collectors in this dimension-hopping adventure.

Wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/2886300/...

#indiedev @sunnastudio.bsky.social

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 1d

It’s spooky season, so our team rounded up a bunch of games to get you in the Halloween spirit! Take a look at this collection or scroll down for the highlights!
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Cay Macres' collection: Halloween-y games · Thinky Games

A collection of thinky games created by Cay Macres.

thinkygames.com

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵

We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!

So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here

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Spirit City: Lofi Sessions @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social · 1d

We have new free emotes available!
Created by the very talented @daejee.bsky.social
Free to use on Twitch and Discord -
You can find them here along with the previous emotes:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Fourteen cute cartoon spirit emotes showing different moods like happy, sleepy, shy, and loving.

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Stomp and the Sword of Miracles @frogteam.games · 1d

Stomp is coming to Kickstarter in 4 days!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

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Wizard Cats @wizardcatsgg.bsky.social · 2d

🪄 WIZARD CATS DEMO is joining Steam Next Fest from October 13-20 🔥

We’ll be revealing some crazy new content…Can’t wait for you guys to see it🙀

#SteamNextFest #SteamNextFest2025 #indiegames #roguelike

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