NEON AURELIUS
@neonaurelius.bsky.social
An experimental game studio by @martinpi.bsky.social & @alphachar.bsky.social // sign up for updates at neonaurelius.com
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A lovely Monday morning to start the week! We were featured in Tiny Gaming's Demo Dive, and this morning I got to join The Gamemaster Brown on Twitch to chat our way through a daily flight of Sparrow Warfare:
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A lovely Monday morning to start the week! We were featured in Tiny Gaming's Demo Dive, and this morning I got to join The Gamemaster Brown on Twitch to chat our way through a daily flight of Sparrow Warfare:
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
Thanks so much to Hubert at Tiny Gaming for trying out our playtest for the latest Demo Dive!
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
DEMO DIVE #3 - November 2025
The middle of November is here and I can feel it in my bones. In the frozen north, where I live, the days are so short I live in eternal darkness. Cold starts seeping through the walls. Only ungodly a...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thanks so much to Hubert at Tiny Gaming for trying out our playtest for the latest Demo Dive!
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
Our menu is finally coming together with a unique style that is inspired by brush strokes. The evil storyteller is a master of calligraphy, after all. How else would he capture the birds in mahjong tiles?
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#ScreenshotSaturday #indie #deckbuilder
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#ScreenshotSaturday #indie #deckbuilder
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our menu is finally coming together with a unique style that is inspired by brush strokes. The evil storyteller is a master of calligraphy, after all. How else would he capture the birds in mahjong tiles?
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
#ScreenshotSaturday #indie #deckbuilder
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
#ScreenshotSaturday #indie #deckbuilder
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Since our playtest started, @alphachar.bsky.social has been posting daily videos of her runs and it really shows how versatile our gameplay already is. Today was one of the more radical modifiers that replaces your usual defence tiles with something sophisticated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyMT...
Flight 004 - Sparrow Warfare Daily Flight 14th Nov 2025 | Roguelike Deckbuilder
YouTube video by NEON AURELIUS
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November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Since our playtest started, @alphachar.bsky.social has been posting daily videos of her runs and it really shows how versatile our gameplay already is. Today was one of the more radical modifiers that replaces your usual defence tiles with something sophisticated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyMT...
New lil YouTube series where we play the Daily Flight and talk through play choices!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
Flight 001 - Sparrow Warfare Daily Flight 11th Nov 2025
YouTube video by NEON AURELIUS
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November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New lil YouTube series where we play the Daily Flight and talk through play choices!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
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And it looks like thats a wrap on the Migration Route streams!
What a blast! Thanks again to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for organizing!
I'm definitely game to stream some more Quail Crossing before the #AnimalFest concludes so stay tuned!
What a blast! Thanks again to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for organizing!
I'm definitely game to stream some more Quail Crossing before the #AnimalFest concludes so stay tuned!
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
And it looks like thats a wrap on the Migration Route streams!
What a blast! Thanks again to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for organizing!
I'm definitely game to stream some more Quail Crossing before the #AnimalFest concludes so stay tuned!
What a blast! Thanks again to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for organizing!
I'm definitely game to stream some more Quail Crossing before the #AnimalFest concludes so stay tuned!
Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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As soon as we shared the new build with folks, I felt the energy back in my veins again! There is NOTHING like seeing people battle it out on our leaderboard, a little digital euphoria manifesting - come join! ✨
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As soon as we shared the new build with folks, I felt the energy back in my veins again! There is NOTHING like seeing people battle it out on our leaderboard, a little digital euphoria manifesting - come join! ✨
Animal Fest is on and we're happy to have our little Sparrow Warfare take part in it. But we're happy if you play other animal-based games until then, so knock yourself out! It's a good bunch of games!
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Animal Fest is on and we're happy to have our little Sparrow Warfare take part in it. But we're happy if you play other animal-based games until then, so knock yourself out! It's a good bunch of games!
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Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
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Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Oh my, it's #PitchYaGame and do we have a game to pitch to you!
Birds? ✅
Deckbuilding? ✅
Mysterious & menacing bosses with faces FULL OF BEES? ✅✅✅
New playtest drops next week with daily flights & global leaderboards. Come on down, the wishlists taste great!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Birds? ✅
Deckbuilding? ✅
Mysterious & menacing bosses with faces FULL OF BEES? ✅✅✅
New playtest drops next week with daily flights & global leaderboards. Come on down, the wishlists taste great!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Oh my, it's #PitchYaGame and do we have a game to pitch to you!
Birds? ✅
Deckbuilding? ✅
Mysterious & menacing bosses with faces FULL OF BEES? ✅✅✅
New playtest drops next week with daily flights & global leaderboards. Come on down, the wishlists taste great!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Birds? ✅
Deckbuilding? ✅
Mysterious & menacing bosses with faces FULL OF BEES? ✅✅✅
New playtest drops next week with daily flights & global leaderboards. Come on down, the wishlists taste great!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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"Petroidvania!" YES! More puns like this, it's similar to @neonaurelius.bsky.social 's game Sparrow Warfare and using "Peckbuilder" instead of deckbuilder.
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Petroidvania!" YES! More puns like this, it's similar to @neonaurelius.bsky.social 's game Sparrow Warfare and using "Peckbuilder" instead of deckbuilder.
The honour is all ours (can I say that?) – in any case, Sparrow Warfare is happy to participate in #TurnbasedThursday and we love to see the all the fantastic games other devs are making!
We're honoured to be this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host!
Fellow turn-based devs, we'd love to see your project in the replies. Remember to add the hashtag for visibility!
Adventurers, be sure to 💬comment, ❤️like, and 🔁retweet all of the fantastic games below!
Fellow turn-based devs, we'd love to see your project in the replies. Remember to add the hashtag for visibility!
Adventurers, be sure to 💬comment, ❤️like, and 🔁retweet all of the fantastic games below!
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The honour is all ours (can I say that?) – in any case, Sparrow Warfare is happy to participate in #TurnbasedThursday and we love to see the all the fantastic games other devs are making!
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I guess I'm obligated to try out this game on stream soon 👀 deck builder, birds AND my name in the title? It would be illegal not to I think.
Yeaaaahhhhhhh! Thanks @caseyexplosion.bsky.social!
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I guess I'm obligated to try out this game on stream soon 👀 deck builder, birds AND my name in the title? It would be illegal not to I think.
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I've made a Chinese subtitles version of our trailer. Do you speak Chinese? Is it too fast? Did I garble something?
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I've made a Chinese subtitles version of our trailer. Do you speak Chinese? Is it too fast? Did I garble something?
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I really enjoyed this Halloween spooky bird collection from the @rspb.bsky.social, so I had to share one from our Sparrow Warfare coop: world, meet Howl!
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I really enjoyed this Halloween spooky bird collection from the @rspb.bsky.social, so I had to share one from our Sparrow Warfare coop: world, meet Howl!
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Pretty niche post here, but if any of you game devs are taking part in Steam's Animal Fest in a few weeks, I'm setting up a "migration route" for us to make the most of the festival together. Want in? Sign up here:
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
Animal Fest 2025: Join The Migration Route!
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pretty niche post here, but if any of you game devs are taking part in Steam's Animal Fest in a few weeks, I'm setting up a "migration route" for us to make the most of the festival together. Want in? Sign up here:
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
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Pepperhead got the hang of our game in record time. A pleasure to watch a pro at work. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
FINDING THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE - YouTube
Going in blind into new roguelikes from developers of all levels. Playing, evaluating, and discussing game design until we find THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE. Have ...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pepperhead got the hang of our game in record time. A pleasure to watch a pro at work. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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A joy to watch PepperHead playing Sparrow Warfare for the first time as part of his "finding the next big roguelike" series & immediately dominating the leaderboard!
This was Playtest #1... Playtest #2 will fly in on November 10th, if you want to try it out too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNz...
This was Playtest #1... Playtest #2 will fly in on November 10th, if you want to try it out too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNz...
This New Bird Deck Builder Might Take Flight...
YouTube video by PepperHead
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A joy to watch PepperHead playing Sparrow Warfare for the first time as part of his "finding the next big roguelike" series & immediately dominating the leaderboard!
This was Playtest #1... Playtest #2 will fly in on November 10th, if you want to try it out too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNz...
This was Playtest #1... Playtest #2 will fly in on November 10th, if you want to try it out too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNz...
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Our first playtest ended after hundreds of people played the game. While we're preparing for the second playtest, and you're eagerly waiting, it's totally ok if you wishlist Sparrow Warfare. In fact it would be very nice of you if you do!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our first playtest ended after hundreds of people played the game. While we're preparing for the second playtest, and you're eagerly waiting, it's totally ok if you wishlist Sparrow Warfare. In fact it would be very nice of you if you do!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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100%! We're a team of two with no artist working on our game Sparrow Warfare at the moment & I'm having the BEST fun remixing, collaging, recolouring & vectorising public domain art to make our bird tiles! It also feels like bringing little fragments of the past into the future.
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
100%! We're a team of two with no artist working on our game Sparrow Warfare at the moment & I'm having the BEST fun remixing, collaging, recolouring & vectorising public domain art to make our bird tiles! It also feels like bringing little fragments of the past into the future.
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Hi folks! & thanks for hosting today's #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hi folks! & thanks for hosting today's #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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Our gameplay (super weird deckbuilder) isn't retro, but our art sure is: 2-person team, no artist, so I've been making our bird tiles by collaging, remixing, recolouring, & vectorising old public domain pics of birds. Sparrow Warfare: new playtest up next week:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our gameplay (super weird deckbuilder) isn't retro, but our art sure is: 2-person team, no artist, so I've been making our bird tiles by collaging, remixing, recolouring, & vectorising old public domain pics of birds. Sparrow Warfare: new playtest up next week:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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Hey there @mantisgames.bsky.social & thanks for hosting this #TurnBasedThursday!
@martinpi.bsky.social & I are making a weird deckbuilder with lots of birds called SPARROW WARFARE, & we'll have a new playtest next week - come sign up on our Steam page!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
@martinpi.bsky.social & I are making a weird deckbuilder with lots of birds called SPARROW WARFARE, & we'll have a new playtest next week - come sign up on our Steam page!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey there @mantisgames.bsky.social & thanks for hosting this #TurnBasedThursday!
@martinpi.bsky.social & I are making a weird deckbuilder with lots of birds called SPARROW WARFARE, & we'll have a new playtest next week - come sign up on our Steam page!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
@martinpi.bsky.social & I are making a weird deckbuilder with lots of birds called SPARROW WARFARE, & we'll have a new playtest next week - come sign up on our Steam page!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...