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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · 1d

Yes ahah, that is very much the vibe! The game does actually operate on dice rolls under the hood, we absolutely looked back at the genre's TTRPG roots for inspo.

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · 1d

Those supercool portraits were done by none other than @vor-bokor.bsky.social - I'm sure you'll recognise his work from Dread Delusion...

Overall I'm totally stoked about the merc system. It's really fun to hire new weird guys and then see them get butchered by a lowly bandit 🥲

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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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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Sep 3

After FIVE YEARS of waiting, SHARP EYE #1, our follow-up to FIRST KNIFE, just hit Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
Check out our creepy full trailer, and then also all the info on the project following the link above, and please consider sharing and supporting our beautiful child!

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

I mean it's a theme, but dying earth is a genre that encompasses Jack Vance's work as well as other novels like Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun - but yeah, Jack Vance is an inspiration!

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

damn they've figured it out
quick, hide all the Hard To Be A God reference material

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah, so we've tried to walk a middle line between traditional JRPGs, and tactical games like FF: Tactics, Battle Brothers, Banner Saga etc...
So there are two rows; front defends the back, but only ranged can attack from the back. Grid based like you say. Reposition takes a turn... etc.

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

maybe one day, but for now we're all about ENTROPY, BABY

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Unless we decide to say "actually Dread Delusion was all just a dream had by this one random Entropy side character," which... I wouldn't put it past us

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's not! New universe 🌌

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⚱ fotocopiadora ⚱ @fotocopiadora.bsky.social · Aug 27

im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else

James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Contrary to what you might think, we've actually 𝑛𝑜𝑡 been sleeping and / or dead since launching Dread Delusion...

...we've been making a dying earth JRPG called

🍄 ⚔️ 💀 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐘 💀 ⚔️ 🍄

& you can wishlist it on Steam rn!
store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Aug 27

THE ENTROPY RPG IS HERE
After Dread Delusion, I am back working with the Lovely Hellplace, serving as the art lead (...I guess?) this time around🙏😎

Please check out our trailer, wishlist the game on Steam, and let us know what you think!

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

It is, well spotted ;)

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

and yes, don't worry, there are still mushrooms

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Contrary to what you might think, we've actually 𝑛𝑜𝑡 been sleeping and / or dead since launching Dread Delusion...

...we've been making a dying earth JRPG called

🍄 ⚔️ 💀 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐘 💀 ⚔️ 🍄

& you can wishlist it on Steam rn!
store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Aug 18

THIS SEPTEMBER
FROM THE PAGES OF FIRST KNIFE...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
COMES THE 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐏 𝐄𝐘𝐄

Press "Notify me on launch" to stay up to date on our upcoming campaign!

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Cara Cadaver <3 @dirtlord77.bsky.social · Aug 5

VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.

It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM

Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Jul 31

Heartworm is out now and you should buy it! ❤️🪱

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Vincent and the team last Pax W, and I must say, they're all wonderful people.

Am I saying you should buy their game just because they're nice people?

Yes. Yes I am. Go buy the game.

(it's also dope as hell)

Vincent // HEARTWORM 📸 INDIE SURVIVAL HORROR 📺 @adinolfi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Heartworm - the retro, fixed camera survival horror inspired game I have been working on for five years is out NOW on Steam. Please check it out if you're into that sort of thing! And if you enjoy it, leave a review as it really helps! Thank you

store.steampowered.com/app/1257030/...

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Jul 10

Really chuffed to see @najarala.bsky.social
beat Dread Delusion for #SGDQ2025! It's humbling to see someone who knows the game basically better than I do 😅

Oh and pls consider donating - GDQ have already raised a ton of money for DWB, a truly great cause ❤️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83b...

Dread Delusion by Forrest in 33:37 - Summer Games Done Quick 2025

YouTube video by Games Done Quick

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Jun 19

Heeeeeyyyy, look at THAT! I did the artwork for the album 🙏😇

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · Jun 19

LIC x @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social‬ x @dreadxp.bsky.social‬ present: Dread Delusion Soundtrack on vinyl 💀

Experience composer Daniel Staley's otherworldly score on vivid magenta and black splatter vinyl OR kaleidoscopic magenta and white sunburst vinyl.

Variants limited to 250 each.

Dread Delusion Soundtrack Vinyl

Venture into a strange world of shattered, floating continents and take in the ethereal lo-fi atmospherics inspired by RPGs from the early 2000s with the Dread Delusion soundtrack, pressed on two…

www.lostincult.co.uk

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Jun 19

I said incredible twice, sue me

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎶🎷WE DID A VINYL THING 🎷🎶

Did you love Daniel Staley's incredible score for Dread Delusion? Well, now you can get it on Vinyl, thanks to the incredible folks at @lostincult.co.uk!

It's a 𝕷𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕰𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 so GET IT HERE while stocks last:
lostincult.co.uk/dreaddelusion

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Io Brindle ⚙️🌙 @io.brindlebrothers.com · Jan 30

Everything is burning and I don't know what to do.

But if you want to support queer art, there's never been a better time to play Dread Delusion: a retro RPG where you can domme a fascist into letting you cross a fortified border by spitting in his mouth.

store.steampowered.com/app/1574240/...

Dread Delusion on Steam

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets,...

store.steampowered.com

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James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Jan 28

Shucks! Rly glad you enjoyed it <3

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