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Daniel Turner

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Director at College Fun Games, @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy Now making our second game, a point-and-click parody of Les Misérables... Previously, 'The Protagonish' https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994780/The_Protagonish/ he/him

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · Feb 6

Bonjour Bluesky! I'm Daniel, here making point-and-click adventure games! Still making qualitative analysis software (www.quirkos.com) too! Will be posting mostly game stuff here, as we build up to our next epic historical adventure game!

Quirkos - Qualitative Data Analysis Software made simple

Quirkos makes qualitative data analysis software that's simple to learn and use, and affordable.

www.quirkos.com

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 10h

Bring this to my eyeballs

Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 1d

It's Louis XIII! That's some tone there!

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 1d

Important research for our adventure game: Which French king would win in a fight?

www.collegefun.games/blog/scienti...

#IndieGame #GameDev #FrenchRevolution #History #IndieDev

Scientifically ranking the legs of French Kings

We are making an adventure game about the French Revolution. OK, technically not THE French Revolution, but this one. And in our research we have been looking at the shapely calf muscles of a lot of F...

www.collegefun.games

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Labyr Interactive ➡️ BCNgamefest @labyrinteractive.bsky.social · 1d

Hey! It’s #PointNClickFriday and I’m your host!
👁️Comment to show us your awesome P&C Adventure game.
👉 RT this, and any games you like!
We are working on The White Cat’s Dark Affair, a #Cyberpunk #Hitman #Thriller
Do you like what you see? Add them to your wishlist!
👇👀

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 1d

There's print media too! Debug magazine is UK based but ships internationally, and focuses entirely on indie games
www.teamdebug.com

Debug | 100% Indie Gaming

www.teamdebug.com

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 2d

A point-and-click parody of Les Miserables? Where could I register my interest for such a thing??

www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

#IndieGame #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #LesMiserables

Coming soon: Less Misearbles: A point-and-click parody of Les Miserables

An adventure game that's a loving parody of Les Misérables, complete with hand-drawn art and live voice acting.

www.kickstarter.com

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 2d

Makes a great point: it's so interesting watching people play your game at events to see where they stumble (and when they laugh!)

Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 2d

I'm running an Edinburgh workshop this November on creative qualitative analysis, complete with art trips, chocolate tasting and emoji analysis! Details here:

www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training

Training course: Bringing Qualitative Analysis to Life: Making the most of your senses

Join Anuja Cabraal, Daniel Turner and Christina Silver for two days exploring creative, tactile and reflexive ways of working with qualitative materials. This workshop encourages you to go beyond rea

www.ncrm.ac.uk

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YakWaxLips @yakwaxlips.bsky.social · 3d

Discover a bunch of adventure games coming soon in today’s brand new video!

🎥 youtu.be/10h6HKhutzY?...

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 2d

Powerhoof's The Drifter took home Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards 2025, as well as Excellence in Art, Excellence in Narrative, and Excellence in Sound Design

www.gamesindustry.biz/the-drifter-...

The Drifter wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025

Massive Monster takes home Studio of the Year, Epic Games' Antony Reed receives Adam Lancman Award

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 3d

So excited! The trailer shows so much new stuff, it looks epic!

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Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 3d

Our hand-drawn, full-length, fully voiced point & click adventure game Foolish Mortals releases November 5, 2025! 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rN...

A wedding... vanished. A treasure... lost. A heart... broken.

Wishlist us now! store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

www.youtube.com

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College Fun Games @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 3d

We are running a Kickstarter in Spring for our adventure game Less Miserables, be first to hear when it goes live by following it here!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/collegefungames/less-misearbles-a-point-and-click-parody-of-les-miserables

#kickstarter #indiegame #indiedev […]

Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 4d

Soundtrack for when you need to get shit done.

A screenshot of a phone playing the soundtrack to Star Trek II, Wrath of Kahn, James Horner, Gensis Countdown

Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 6d

Get our short point-and-click game where you don't control the adventurer for less than a dollar! Just a day left on this sale!

store.steampowered.com/app/2994780/...

#AdventureGame #IndieGame #SteamSale #PointAndClick

Save 60% on The Protagonish on Steam

A short adventure game, where you don't control the adventurer. Play the side characters in a medieval village, and decide to help or hinder the adventurer in their mysterious quest.

store.steampowered.com

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Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · 17d

🚨LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Go Kart Island will be released on Steam on 10th November 2025!

That's like a month and a half away... I better finish it I suppose.

Also NEW TRAILER below, and ANOTHER announcement soon 👀

🔗 s.team/a/3749790

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 10d

If you're cancelling Game Pass today, grab a cheap indie game or two, and then put the rest of the money toward supporting indie games media by subscribing to your favourite podcasts/websites/etc.

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 10d

Latest backgrounds are looking aaamazing!

College Fun Games @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Updating the first locations for our next #adventuregame based on Les Miserables: the trip to Paris brought some inspirations to make it feel more real!

#pointandclick #indiedev #indiegame

Three pictures: an early sketch of a bar, with simple lines, a photo of an old inn in Paris, and at the bottom, a much more detailed black and white sketch

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 10d

Today, the energy price cap set by Ofgem goes up yet again.

¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.

Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.

🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 12d

The #AdvX25 Steam Event will run 19 Nov - 2 Dec!

With new & past exhibiting games, many of the best narrative experiences will be on sale with great deals!

Check our '25 exhibitors: adventurexpo.org/exhibitors

Scroll to the bottom of the page for our newly announced 2025 'Honourable Mentions'!

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 12d

Our first game is now on sale for less than a dollar!
Much cheaper than buying EA Games!

#SteamAutumnSale #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #IndieDev

store.steampowered.com/app/2994780/...

Save 60% on The Protagonish on Steam

A short adventure game, where you don't control the adventurer. Play the side characters in a medieval village, and decide to help or hinder the adventurer in their mysterious quest.

store.steampowered.com

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College Fun Games @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Yes, our next game includes a card minigame with figures from the French Revolution, and yes, we made a physical version to test balance this weekend!

#gamedev #cardgame #indiedev #adventuregame #frenchrevolution

A hand holding a spread of 'top-trump' style cards, each with a person from the French Revolution. Marie Antionette in blue is pictured with stats for Style, Charisma, Power and Agility

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 15d

Another wonderful benefit to Brexit. No more FILTHY European-born rhinos. BRITISH RHINOS FOR BRITISH ZOOS

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Edinburgh Zoo warns of problems importing rhinos and elephants

Rules around bringing animals to the UK from the EU have tightened since Brexit.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social · 15d

Some Friday fun for you!

Adventure game YouTuber YakWaxLips & I ranked every Monkey Island game in the series - do you agree with our hot takes?

We also spoke about his new adventure game merch store!

youtu.be/7HUhzaFCeMM?...

@legendofmi.com @mixnmojo.com @yakwaxlips.bsky.social @scummbar.com

Ranking EVERY Monkey Island Game with YakWaxLips

YouTube video by Cressup

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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · 17d

Two Debug magazines arrived this week! Regular, and the I-can't-believe-it's-actually-free indie industry focused Debug++

www.teamdebug.com/plus