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Save 51% on Walthros: Renewal / Kaiju Big Battel Combo on Steam

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Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.social · 16d

Oh hey I've got games on the Steam Autumn Sale too!! Perfect for fans of JRPG style games, fish, masked wrestlers, and, obviously, Gay Seals. Kaiju Big Battel Fighto Fantasy and Walthros: Renewal are both discounted.

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Sword of Jade @swordofjade.com · 20d

New stuff is in development for the game! A new title screen and menu is being built out for the next major update. As there is a need for some features to do stuff -before- a save is opened now, the "logo boot" version of the game shows a fancy logo splash upon starting.

New Worlds, New Adventures by Niranjan and 22 others

James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · 28d

Hey! My novel "Thief, Acolyte, Consort" is available as part of this lovely bundle along with a bunch of other wonderful indie books itch.io/b/3254/new-w... 📚💙

New Worlds, New Adventures: 22 items for $25.00

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · Sep 15

Discover magic with this bundle of Urban, contemporary, and science fantasy at an unbeatable price.

Get 23 DRM free ebooks for only $25 and help out some awesome creators! Last chance to grab it!

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A graphic with a white wooden background and 23 book covers. Heading Magic in Cities and sub headings 23 books for $25 September 10 to 16

The Book covers are:

The Fairy Wren
Hunt Monsters, Do Magic, & Fall in Love
The Blood Divide
The Stained Angel
Inaroraâ€™s Excursion
The Wish and the Demon
Ghosts of the Catacombs
Shadow of a Dead God
The Dark Side of Super
A Killing Moon
Higanbana
Masks: Legacy Edition
Humanborn
Arcane Gateway
The Haunted Angel
Memories of Enaros Volume 1
The Strange Grey Everything
Nectar for the God
Alchemy of Chaos
First Snow
Spider Moth
Out of the Blue
Blue

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Sep 1

youtu.be/-DOzUh8F5pw #ohrrpgce #indiegames

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 30

I guess that is the second best option. Still wonderful

James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is wonderful news! Is the opening the mouth? I need to know!

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Tessa Hastjarjanto @tessahastjarjanto.com · Aug 24

#booksky I have a great deal for you! I'm hosting a big indie sale with 320+ fantasy, science-fiction, and horror books. All of them are less than $2, some even free!

Will you come check it out?

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Collage banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale with dozens of covers surrounding a blue banner. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.

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Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

August 23 - 25

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 23

youtube.com/shorts/klP4S... One of my books is in indiebook.sale this weekend! 📚💙

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 23

My novel Thief, Acolyte, Consort is part of the Indie August book sale at indiebook.sale 📚💙 along with a bunch of other wonderful indie and small press books. it is absolutely a box of treasure.

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · Aug 23

Check out the Narratess sale and Bundles! I have a book in the Short Novels Bundle

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A graphic with 23 covers with text "Narratess Indie Book Sale August 2025. Short Novels Bundle”

Witch Test by Katie L. Carroll
Whispers in the Dark by Niranjan
The Dream Haunters: A Metaphysical Mystery of Magick by Megan Mary
Carp in the Pond, Crane on the River by Ruth Miranda
Thief, Acolyte, Consort by James Robert Paige
The Devil in the Woods by S. Jean
Over the Dragon’s Gate by Juliana Jones
The Whisperer in White by Y. R. Liu
Soultaming the Serpent by Tar Atore
Once Upon A Wave of Witches by Helen Whisberry (and Eli Belt)
The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza
Skin Deep by Marie Blanchet
Mechanical Heart by Beverly Anne Michel
The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by Laura Huie
Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
The Moss Dragon of Brittlekeep by Ashley Capes
Prophecy Trilogy: New Moon by Liz Bullard
Higanbana by Jake Vanguard
The Lion by Lee Burton
Prince Ewald the Brave by Dylan Madeley
Ghosts of the Catabombs by Janna Ruth
Blood by D.C. Hart

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 10

#quack

A tiny cowboy rides astride a big slightly angry looking duck

OHRRPGCE Kaleidophone stable release

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Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.social · Aug 6

There's a new OHRRPGCE release out, thanks @jamespaige.bsky.social !!

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Whoops! A new release already? Yes! Say hello to the new item editor, improvements to script performance, new script commands for hero swapping, new script commands for getting item data, a

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Aug 2

youtu.be/ZrN5_m0nYtg?... #ohrrpgce

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Sword of Jade @swordofjade.com · Jul 30

July 30th 2005. 20 years ago today, after spending 7 years in development, Sword of Jade was released!

Thank you to everyone who has ever played and reviewed and sent emails about the game over the years. It means a lot.

Huge thanks to @jamespaige.bsky.social for creating the OHRRPGCE engine too.

James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yay! Thank you for reading it, and I am glad you enjoyed it!

Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thief, Acolyte, Consort by James Robert Paige

This is delightfully inventive, with unexpected moments and interpretations. One POV is a former con artist, and their assumptions are always fun. The religious aspects are great. And a wee bit of a heist.

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Book Cover for Thief, Acolyte, Consort by James Robert Paige

A grand plaza in a city is filled with tables and decorated with bunting. A myriad of tiny people in bright colors sit and celebrate. The street is orange, the walls gold painted with green and turquoise, the palm trees brightly green.

As the brightly covered citizens walk up stairs, through a grand arch, they fall into shadow. On the other side, the city contues, with spots of color against the sandy walls. At the pinacle is a palace, faded brownish grey, with pale blue highlights, under the deepest shadow.

Far in the distance, high hills break up the desert.

It speaks of a split city, delight next to an ominous dread.

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · May 25

I have been relaxing and reading one of my own books today, and it still makes me so happy! I love this book! #indiebooks #booksky

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · May 17

Yay for delightful epic silly RPG on major consoles ♥️ #ohrrpgce

Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.social · May 15

Hi everyone, links to the Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox versions of Kaiju Big Battel Fighto Fantasy are up on my site. Please play it and enjoy.
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Talking smack to a cyclops gorilla pig man

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · May 17

I played the whole thing this evening! Such a beautiful #ohrrpgce game. It was jam packed with things that made me smile

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · May 16

Formless Star is out now!

Travel to a mysterious ever-changing planet and gather data on the animals that live there.

There's 60 different creatures to find, all with unique behaviours and descriptions!

Get the game for free (or pay what you want) here!
splendidland.itch.io/formless-star

"formless star", clay models of characters with various propellers on their heads are stood in a row in front of a starry background.

Anemo, a red character with a big orange nose and a green anemometer on their head is stood in front of their spaceship.

Finding the animal "Lighthorse", which looks like a lighthouse with legs, and a head made out of transparent cones of light.
"Stands at the coastline to act as a beacon, however it has difficulty discerning a puddle from an ocean. said to be proud of its red stripes."

Inside the spaceship, the character Turbine, who is green and has buck teeth, is saying "They say if you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life. Seems I may be the only worker here."

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Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.social · May 14

Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy on Xbox!! Nintendo and PlayStation sometime in the next 24 hours! @kaijubigbattel.bsky.social @sodapiggy.bsky.social

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A 16-bit styled wrestling RPG.

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James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · May 3

UPDATE: downpour? More like a light mist. If you can't brave a light mist for BOOKS, how can you expect to GET ALL THE BOOKS!?

James Paige @jamespaige.bsky.social · May 3

And if you are NOWHERE NEAR Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener Ontario, you should still venture out. Who knows. There might be MAGICAL BOOKS in your neighborhood too. Even if it's raining!