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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 21

New update for my shmup! I thought that some vital mechanics could use a rehauling. #gamedev #madeingodot #GodotEngine kelphas.itch.io/trial-of-the...

Trial of the Hierarch by kelphas

Face hordes of restless spirits and restore balance to the land.

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · 17h

Oh yeah, I'm still working on my roguelike. Just tweaked the save system and added an intro scroll #indiedev #gamedev #Love2D

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · 17h

Have you ever translated an English-language writeup of a French-language comic into Portuguese? I have. Boy, I sure do love playing linguistic telephone.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Sep 17

Added some more mechanics to my roguelike. #indiedev #gamedev #Love2D

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Jun 22

E aqui é uma outra, sobre a controversia de um filme basado num quadrinho belga para pré-adolescentes. curate-of-the-curious.neocities.org/features/tam...

A Big Sweater to Fill

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Jun 22

Como um experimente, eu decidi a tentar traduzir alguns páginas no meu blog em português. Aqui é uma delas, sobre Dragoon Entertainment, um desenvolvador canadense dos RPGs indies. Eu quero ver se houver áreas donde eu posso melhorar.

The Indie RPG Trench

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Jun 22

Just dug up an old project made with Love2D. I was planning on making it a roguelike, so I added a function that randomly generates dungeon floors properly, complete with a minimap. #indiedev #gamedev #Love2D

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Jun 1

Made a few changes to the update from a week ago, and added Mac and Linux versions. #indiedev #gamedev #madeingodot kelphas.itch.io/trial-of-the...

Trial of the Hierarch by kelphas

Face hordes of restless spirits and restore balance to the land.

kelphas.itch.io

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 25

Have a look at the new, improved patterns for the stage 1 boss. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithgodot

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 23

So I gave Trial Of The Hierarch another test playthrough, and it looks like a couple of other mechanics still need to be tweaked. I'm considering making it playable on browser, but I would like to get feedback from other players. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithgodot

Trial of the Hierarch by kelphas

Face hordes of restless spirits and restore balance to the land.

kelphas.itch.io

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 23

I decided that I would de-emphasize the traditional lives system and introduce a sort of battery mechanic, where you have a set amount of energy that depletes over time or when you take damage.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 21

New update for my shmup! I thought that some vital mechanics could use a rehauling. #gamedev #madeingodot #GodotEngine kelphas.itch.io/trial-of-the...

Trial of the Hierarch by kelphas

Face hordes of restless spirits and restore balance to the land.

kelphas.itch.io

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 11

While they're no longer available on his site, they are available to download through the Wayback Machine, which is how I managed to reupload them to the Internet Archive.

Dragoon Entertainment Early Games : Dragoon Entertainment : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Dragoon Entertainment's first three games (The Demon Rush, Skylight and Skylight 2: Winters Of Discontent) that were at one point available for free on the...

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · May 11

It gets better. A few years later, he made two other RPGs set in modern-day Canada. Let me tell you, they are truly things of beauty.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 17

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Apr 18

Heard what's happening with IA. I feel now's the best time to say that I've been seriously considering uploading Dragoon Entertainment's early games (The Demon Rush, Skylight 1 and 2) over there.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Apr 14

The gameplay is honestly nothing special, just Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics but more annoying to control; the cutscenes are where the real magic is.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Apr 14

Since I evidently have Stockholm Syndrome when it comes to terrible indie RPGs, I'm playing through a turn-based strategy game by the maker of Skylight Free-range and The Demon Rush.

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 20

It's probably not the worst RPG I've ever played, but it's certainly one of the most aggravating. I might be one of less than a dozen people to play this game all the way to the end.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 20

I just finished this indie RPG that can only be downloaded through the Wayback Machine. Ever heard of The Demon Rush? It's by the same guy, and it's just as bad.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 13

I tried it once on Easy Mode. Took me about 35 minutes.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 11

Just added shot types to the game! Now it's even more like my first shmup! #gamedev #godot

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kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 8

Don't give Atlus ideas on how to milk Persona 5 even further.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 8

Just decompiled an infamously shoddy indie RPG from 2008, and found enough else-ifs and redundancies to make YandereDev blush. In a few ways, it reminds me of my first Game Maker project. Still not sure why this game uses up five times as much RAM as its file size.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Mar 2

In light of recent events, I've started playing this game called Liberal Crime Squad, a simulation/roguelike by the maker of Dwarf Fortress. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at either genre, so my latest run ended very poorly.

kelphas.bsky.social @kelphas.bsky.social · Feb 23

Just updated the shmup I was making, now with reworked mechanics and rebalanced bosses and enemy patterns! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Trial of the Hierarch by kelphas

Face hordes of restless spirits and restore balance to the land.

kelphas.itch.io

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