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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 2d

A floating marketplace, the Fort will earn Influence for your city. Influence can be spent up upgrades that will unlock new buildings, or spent to sway the outcome of faction events.

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An overview of the Fort, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire.

On the left is the building art, a large, floating grey-blue rock upon which a circular building has been constructed. One quarter of the circle is tan, with four large archways with entrances at the base of them. The remaining three quarters are a cooler shade, with many windows around the inner and outer walls and green foliage growing on the flat roof.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text: Fort. Spend resources to gain influence. ""Walk under there and you'll meet the soverign, as it were." - Overheard in a plaza".

There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to generate influence for the player's city. The resources are: Canvas, Brick, Wax, Roil, Scrap, and Bearing.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

btw Tron Identity is a nice 2023 visual novel by @bithellgames.bsky.social

"Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator."

TRON: Identity - Official Gameplay Trailer

YouTube video by Bithell Games

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NohVah @nohvah00.bsky.social · 4d

With TRON Ares coming out Friday, it's a great time to play TRON Identity. I've got a couple hours in, and it's pretty fun. I really like the loop mechanic and the story has an interesting premise. The music is also some great TRON music.

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

A line-up of Bithell Games' self-published titles, all of which are on sale for Steam's Autumn Sale. Each game's box art has its discount listed beneath it:

Thomas Was Alone - 50% off
Volume - 75% off
Subsurface Circular - 50% off
Quarantine Circular - 50% off
The Solitaire Conspiracy - 50% off
TRON: Catalyst - 66% off
The Banished Vault - 33% off

To the right of the background image sits a robotic Tek, the protagonist in Subsurface Circular.

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 5d

Thomas was Alone was the first videogame that made me cry, and while I didn't cry when I replayed it I'm pretty sure you could give it to any highschooler interested in computers and it'd still hit

Subsurface Circular still kills me every time, tho

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · Aug 7

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Starport

New residents will be ready to arrive in droves to your city in late-game Amberspire. The Starport is their way in: trading the right resources, such as Silk and Music, will keep the shuttles running and residential areas expanding.

An overview of the Starpot, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire.

On the left is the building art, a sand-yellow and golden platform for passenger ships to land on and depart from. It is larger than its sister building, the Landing Pad, with one large circular landing bay in the centre and three smaller circular bays around the outside. A curved building takes up around a quarter of the circumfrance.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Startport. Spend resources to increase your city's population. "The first starport constructed on C Prime was eventually just referred to as The Fountain, for the unending stream of fliers, shuttles, ferries, and barges that would come and go every cycle. - 3rd Era pamphlet". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to grow the city population. These are: Insight, Horizon, Music, and Silk.

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Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 5d

Some excellent games here. I particularly love The Solitaire Conspiracy which is probably the most beautiful and engaging version of solitaire you’ll ever play.

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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Marceline Leiman (High Tide, available now!!) @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 8d

Banished Vault is the grand strategy game to end all grand strategy games.

If you like something so deep that, just when you think you’ve learned to tread water, you discover it’s even deeper, twisted, and denser still—this is your game!

It’s an epic hybridization of boardgame and videogame.

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 8d

All great games.

Thomas Was Alone was one of the first indie games I finished when I started using Steam over a decade ago. Banished Vault, Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular are good sci-fi games. And I'll probably replay Tron: Identity in a few days.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 12d

Cheap games, ger’ your cheap games here

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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Cormacaroni, #1 Kneecap fan @cormacaroni.bsky.social · 9d

Finally got around to playing Volume, the 3D topdown sneaker, and it’s an amazing fit for the SteamDeck. Bitesize gaming that still thrills and burns brain cells

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 9d

We're so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you!

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 9d

The Centrifuge is the ideal resource building to neighbour a Fogbreaker, the pair of them working together to push back the mist that can descend across Amber. Just remember to construct it before your needs for Antimatter and Filament become dire.

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An overview of the Centrifuge, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire.

On the left is the building art. A semicircle building sits on a complete-circle base. The building has inner and outer walls, with the outer 'layer' unroofed and segmented into four parts, each of which houses a large yellow tower with a curved top. The inner portion of the building is closed, with an arched doorway with a balcony atop it's roof.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Centrifuge. Roll dice to produce resources. "Do not initiate a system shutdown unless in casese of extreme emergency. It takes weeks to reinitiate the cyclical pulse motor and purge the collection chambers. - Notice pinned throughout the complex".

There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Two faces are Antimatter, two are Salt, one is Filament, and one is Roil.

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

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Steam Developer: Mike Bithell Games

Hi there! We’re Bithell Games, a British independent games studio. We are a small team working on projects that excite us, with equal parts pride in our work and support for our staff.

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · Jul 31

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Creche

A small but useful building, the Creche can easily be tucked in amongst even the busier corners of your city. If you roll well, it can create a steady supply of Tides, a handy resource for construction and trading for influence.

An overview of the Creche, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire.

On the left is the building art, a small, chapel-like building with tall, thin windows along its sides and a large, circular window above the doorway. The grounds surrounding it are green and lush, with a number of coral-like growths around the edges, some of which are as tall as the building itself.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Creche. Roll dice to produce resources. "What feels like a small set of rooms used for play, learning, and sleeping, is in fact a carefully sealed vault, immune to the waves of entropy that surround the rest of us. - A Pilgrim to Amber".

There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are tides, two are horizon, and one is root.

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 19d

the Shipyard is too large for the layout below too see my favorite element, the growing tanks

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 16d

The weather on Amberspire can be unforgiving, so preventative measures to protect your residents and buildings are a must. A Fogbreaker provided with the right resources will clear away fog tiles when they encroach on your city.

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An overview of the Fogbreaker, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a construction made entirely of arches. Four lower arches are in sets of two, those sets parallel to each other. Between and perpendicular to them are four more arches, also in parallel sets of two, but twice as tall, their outer legs resting atop the lower arches.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Fogbreaker. Spend resources to reduce fog in your city. "Ribs of woven filament breathe with the atmosphere, gently coaxing energy into the rigid masses of fog - The Golden Eras NNN". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to remove fog. The resources are: Antimatter, Ash, Wax, and Intrigue.

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · Jul 24

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Shipyard

The Shipyard's size and colours make it an unmissable addition to your city. Filament and Antimatter, two of the game's rarer resources, can both be collected from its die, making it an ideal neighbour for a Fort or Fogbreaker.

An overview of the Shipyard, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire.

On the left is the building art, a large structure comprised of several 'blocks', two of which are earth-toned and rectangular. In the back corneris is a deep turquoise tower with a domed roof, and beside that is a large open-top tank with ships under construction by being partially submerged in a teal liquid.

On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Shipyard. Roll dice to produce resources. "The accretion pools for ships begins extremely viscous, almost solid. The seed of the ship is kept well suspended in the pool for many weeks, and as the ship draws more from the fluid it begins to float to the surface. - The Golden Eras NNN".

There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Two faces are filament, two are antimatter, one is silk, and one is metal.

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 25d

doing some experiments and created a deeply cursed situation

the landscape of Amberspire's mausoleum moon with an extreme level of degradation revealing chasms below. hey since you're here why not wishlist Amberspire, or tell a friend about it? http://store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/Amberspire/

thanks xx

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23d

The visual design of the amphitheater was before we figured out how to (vaguely) show people in the city, but the scalloped tent is one of my favorite details across all the buildings.

Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 23d

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Amphitheater

After trekking across the stars, your city's residents deserve entertainment. The Amphitheater provides Music, Gathering & Starlight, and is quite the architectural endeavour to keep your cityscape interesting.

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$An overview of the Amphitheater, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. The Amphitheater is shaped like a large, closed clam shell. Its warm-toned with cream 'scales' edged in gold, and its base is a metallic rust colour. The 'base' of the shell is the stage, and the 'body' the audience. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Amphitheater. Roll dice to produce resources. "I see the streams of music and laughter refract in the sky, blossoming into aurorae above the theater and sending waves of joy to any that could see them. - A Pilgrim to Amber". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are Music, two are Gathering, and one is Starlight.$

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 23d

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Amphitheater

After trekking across the stars, your city's residents deserve entertainment. The Amphitheater provides Music, Gathering & Starlight, and is quite the architectural endeavour to keep your cityscape interesting.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/Amberspire/

$An overview of the Amphitheater, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. The Amphitheater is shaped like a large, closed clam shell. Its warm-toned with cream 'scales' edged in gold, and its base is a metallic rust colour. The 'base' of the shell is the stage, and the 'body' the audience. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Amphitheater. Roll dice to produce resources. "I see the streams of music and laughter refract in the sky, blossoming into aurorae above the theater and sending waves of joy to any that could see them. - A Pilgrim to Amber". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are Music, two are Gathering, and one is Starlight.$

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · Jul 17

AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Habitat

Grass overgrowth is one of the ecological challenges you'll face expanding the city of Amberspire. A well-placed Habitat will help manage intrusive foliage -- provided you keep it well-stocked with resources, of course.

$An overview of the Habitat, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. Four large, ground-level circular structures are arranged in a quad, with green vegetation growing around the outsides. Within the larger circles are hollows, also circular, that vary in size but are arranged in consistent patterns. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Habitat. Spend resources to reduce grass overgrowth in your city. "Special furnaces are required to safely incinerate native plant life on the moon, or the buildup of refractive silica will quickly extinguish the fires. - A Pilgrim to Amber". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to remove grass overgrowth. The resources are: glow, void, shadow, and ritual.$

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you! We're working hard to get the rules/mechanics juuust right :)

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you! The building art in Amberspire is the work of @artofyue.bsky.social, an incredibly talented artist and someone we're really lucky to have on the project! 🌇

Here's some more of her work on the game:

yuetongtsen.com/amberspire

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