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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 19h

a man in a yellow vest is dancing in a bedroom next to a man playing drums .

ALT: a man in a yellow vest is dancing in a bedroom next to a man playing drums .

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Flo Malo | Battlewrights @flomalodev.bsky.social · 23h

I think my composer mixed up the tracks for the main menu theme... (SOUND ON 🎶)

#BattleWrinceOfBelAir #SteamNextFest #indiedev #solodev #indiegames #Battlewrights

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 23h

Awesome thread by a great and loyal player who came to my booth to play Warding Witches every day at POLARIS! ✨🧹

We met in Bavaria, that's on the other side of the country!

Warms my heart to see that people enjoy my silly little project this much

Thanks for the support Nico 🫶

NicoAICP @habk.de · 2d

[1/9] The past few days, at Polaris in Hamburg, I was able to replay a indie game, that I discovered at the beginning of the year. Said Game is Warding Witches by @sonorode.com
Warding Witches is a Shoot'em'Up Bullet Hell, which I personally really enjoy.

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 1d

Bla bla Next Fest

If you find yourself with your friends on a couch anytime soon, I suggest you try this fun little Couch PVP game with music by yours truly! 🎶

Think Towerfall 🏹 x The Axe from God of War. Big fun, simple yet deep, shmove on your friends.

free Demo!

#nextfest #steamnextfest

Flo Malo | Battlewrights @flomalodev.bsky.social · 2d

NEXT FEST - this is it!
Check out my #localmultiplayer game #Battlewrights, an hommage to @exokgames.bsky.social Towerfall and God of War (2018)'s axe throwing.
store.steampowered.com/app/3112470/Battlewrights

#nextfest #steamnextfest #indiegame #indiegamedev #solodev #pixelart

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 1d

feel you brother

I don't want to advertise for myself, but all my original EDM music (that isn't made for other games) is cc-by even for commercial use. If you need well produced electronic music for trailers or if it fits in-game, feel free to use mine!

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 1d

read gommage first. I'm too maellepilled

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 2d

Optional und wild!

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 2d

Danke für den Button! 😁 Ich mag ja die smugness

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Cawthorne @cawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Dieses Wochenende durfte ich ein wirklich super vielversprechendes Spiel auf der Polaris ausprobieren: WARDING WITCHES vom lieben Paul (@sonorode.com). Wenn euch actiongeladene vertikale Shmups mit einem gut durchschaubaren Skilltree Spaß machen: Wishlisten! store.steampowered.com/app/3536520/...

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 3d

Exhibiting at POLARIS in Hamburg, Germany this weekend. Look at this beautiful cabinet ✨💅

#indie #indiedev #gamedev #shmup #stgshmup

Warding Witches Arcade cabinet at POLARIS con, Hamburg, Germany

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 4d

At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. @headup.bsky.social

www.gamesmarket.global/business/hea...

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Azumi-kun - Coms open @azumi-kun.bsky.social · 4d

Umitober day 10!
A Cruel Eagle's Thesis

#Umitober2025 #Umitober

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 6d

the cranking animation goes wild too 😂

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 14d

what I do when I'm not programming bullet hell games or playing bullet hell video games? play tabletop bullet hell games of course #bullet

Photo of tabletop "shoot 'em up" game Bullet.

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 17d

By now, you know the drill. Hamburg's gonna be warded up. Catch #wardingwitches at POLARIS convention (@polarisconvention.bsky.social) and try out stage 1 in the brand new CURSED difficulty, as well as 2-Player coop!

Come by and say hi ✨🧹

Warding Witches will be exhibited at POLARIS convention in Hamburg, 10th to 12th of October.

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 18d

Video shot and edited by the talented christopher_szuecs (instagram)

Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 18d

75% of 2025 is about to be over, and looking back I've had some amazing opportunities to exhibit #wardingwitches. One of them was LEVEL UP Salzburg, truly unforgettable and such a great event, Austria got game ngl

Seeing people react positively to playing a #shmup always puts a smile on my face 🥰

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 26d

times sure have changed. Riding the train to the German shmup event. Overhearing two soldiers (German military), one is explaining honkai star rail to the other. 😄

The other says "this guy looks like Kirito"

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 26d

You can listen to the whole OST here (YouTube playlist).

Beats to investigate to 🕵️‍♂️

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The Murder Hotel - Original Soundtrack - YouTube

The original Soundtrack for The Murder Hotel, a murder mystery visual novel. Composers featured: Bartosch McCarthy Sonorode Cpaws Music Scramel Check out The...

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · 26d

Proud to announce that The Murder Hotel is out on Steam! If "ace attorney x Danganronpa x umineko" piques your interest, check out the demo✂️

OST by yours truly, with additional tracks by other talented musicians!

Loved working on this one, what a journey with @wegenbartho.bsky.social ✌️

Wegenbartho @wegenbartho.bsky.social · 27d

Hey everyone, #TheMurderHotel is coming out in less than 10 minutes. You can play here it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1969170/...

The Murder Hotel on Steam

Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

store.steampowered.com

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Azumi-kun - Coms open @azumi-kun.bsky.social · 27d

Today's a big day.

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · Sep 14

started playing it too just recently. gotta admit it's good

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · Sep 7

Kid was playing Mushihimesama Futari (one of the GOAT shmups and an inspiration to mine), then saw Warding Witches and said to his friend "Look, this one is newer!" - played it - "this is way better!!" 🥹🥰

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Sonorode | Warding Witches @sonorode.com · Sep 3

Courtesy of the arcade gamesroom at Connichi (thanks @prinnytonic.munichfgc.de 🙏 ) #wardingwitches is going to be part of the arcade games lineup among shmups, rhythm & fighting games!

If you happen to be at Connichi, come check out the brand new 2-player coop mode with a friend (or a stranger).

Warding Witches will be at Connichi 2025 (Wiesbaden, Germany), as part of the Arcade Gamesroom Lineup of arcade games.

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Wegenbartho @wegenbartho.bsky.social · Aug 26

8 more days until he can no longer refuse ... #Indiegamedev

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