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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer!

@richardstampdev.bsky.social

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Lead Dev at Crystal Spider Games Working on "Portal Brawlers", a side-scrolling Fantasy Beat'em'Up, and "Trenchcoat Adventurer", a dungeon crawl about three kobolds in a Trenchcoat! I (rarely) stream my work over at https://www.twitch.tv/richardstampdev

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Steam Page for my latest nonsense is here!
In Trenchcoat Adventurer, you play as three Kobolds stacked in a trenchcoat pretending to be a real adventurer... right up until you accidentally become a real one!

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

Coming soon! (Like... real soon)
#indiedev

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 22h

500 Wishlists!
Thank you all so much for the support!
It feels like we've got something special on our hands - everyone that sees it falls in love with it and we couldn't be happier with the results.
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#steam #wishlist #comingsoon #kobolds #unity #indiegame

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 1d

Getting the Alpha Demo for Kobolds done today, even if it takes until midnight! www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

#smallstreamer #codev #indiedev #kobolds #twitch #unity

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! ALPHA DEMO TODAY! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 5d

wait what

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 5d

And please no AI. I'd rather you drew it on a fuckin' napkin and took a photograph on a Game Boy Camera than used AI.
No Game Keys for AI.

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 5d

Hey! You! Do you love Kobolds and Trenchcoats?
Of course you do!
We are giving away OUR FIRST GAME KEY to someone who draws us some fan-art!
Post here and retweet, and we'll pick a winner on Monday 20th!
(Trailer for Inspo!)
#giveaway #fanart #kobold #plz
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 8d

A spot of polish today!
The inventory frames (and shop descriptions) now have a tiny bit of wiggle when highlighted.
Just feels... right.

(wishlist plz)
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/A_Kobold_Story__Trenchcoat_Adventurer/

#indiedev #wishlist #unity3d #tinyteam #kobolds #dungeonsanddragons

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 8d

@everyone Sorry for not being around last week, I had a *week*.

Streaming for the afternoon!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 8d

Managed to get our Magic Item Prefixes and Suffixes to 40/34 respectively, even just as our Early Access list.

Am I missing anything? Are there better names?

(pls wishlist)
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#indiedev #kobolds #unity3d #wishlistnow

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 8d

Glad you like! Everything is indeed vibe-based.

And by vibe-based I mean real vibes, none of this AI nonsense. Just me and an artist and a whimsical dream =3

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 9d

Well, it's more of a closed demo for those precious first impressions... but I think you can consider yourself invited, if you so choose!

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! I'm smashing through my wishlist pretty fast and am going to run out of excuses not to put out a demo soon...

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 9d

Todays small updates?
Breakable barrels and updated floor traps!

Demo is shaping up nicely!

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#kobolds #unity #indiedev #tinyteam #wishlistnow #steam

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 10d

Sorry for a lack of updates, it's been a *week*.

Managed to get my ducks enough in a row this morning to take some lessons from Doom, though!
My Projectiles are nice and 3D in a 2D space. Yay!

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#kobolds #trenchcoatadventurer #wishlistnow #unity #indiedev

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 19d

Live for the day!
Working on Magic Items, so a nice code-heavy day.
Plus special guest to keep us company!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 19d

Things I want to be doing in Trenchcoat Adventurer today
- Magic Items
- Weapons Code
- Visual updates

What I'm doing instead
- Press Kit

The indie dev life is many hats, but some of them are less comfortable than others ;_;

#indiedev #d&d

Obligatory link:
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 20d

@jocat.net really knocked this one out the park!
Fantastic cover, beautiful song, loved the rewrite!

The fact it's drawn in Crayon and about Three Kobolds in a Trenchoat is obviously a huge coincidence, but I can't not point out we're doing just that...

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat - JoCat Cover Lyric Video

YouTube video by JoCat

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! Really wanted to make secret doors secret... but also I'm big on Accessibility and hate folks missing stuff!

A potion seems the best of both worlds =3

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 21d

Todays Screenshot!
The new Potion of True Sight reveals secret doors, and maybe other things too...

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#indiedev #smallteam #unity3d #dungeoncrawl #kobolds

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 22d

Well, all the advice I've had so far says that Kobolds needs its own Discord!

This'll be a place for sharing updates more regularly, screenshots, asking important questions, handing out Alpha demos, etc. etc.

discord.gg/nshbPH3kAk

#indiedev #unity3d #trenchcoatadventurer #tinyteam #kobolds

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 22d

You know what's cool? Projectiles, status damage and overlays of all this.
Adding polish to combat feels awesome.

Wishlist Trenchcoat Adventurer today!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...
#indiedev #wishlist #steam #unity #tinyteam #kobolds

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 22d

Genuine question. I've recieved a donation from my community to help advertise Kobolds.
- I have no dedicated Social media channel yet
- Making one would absolutely waste all the folks I have already on here
- Is there an influencer I should pay?
What do?
#marketing #indiedev

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 23d

Even more work streaming!
Improving magic items, Kobolds Stats, and fireballs!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

#smallstreamer #gamedev #indiedev #kobolds #unity3d #comehangoutpleaseimsolonely

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 24d

A little more work streaming!
Improving Combat Feedback and making magic items!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

#smallstreamer #gamedev #indiedev #kobolds #unity3d #comehangoutpleaseimsolonely

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks!

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 25d

Streaming a little work! Come co-dev, chill, chat, hangout or generally do stuff with me!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

#smallstreamer #unity #indiedev #kobolds

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Hey folks! My name is Richard, and I'm the Lead Dev for Crystal Spider Games! We're a small, indie studio working on our first title - a 2D, side-scrolling beat'em'up with strong Fantasy vibes called ...