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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoying poking around the Citadel and Act 2 in general.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 1d

OK, I'm slow and late with Silksong, only playing a bit here and there this week, and spoilers for this fight but this is really beautiful. Two clockwork bugs dancing in sync, in mulltiple phases. And nice to have an easy fight!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwF...

Hollow Knight: Silksong Joost beats cogwork dancers

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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 1d

So happy that @nehapolitan.bsky.social and @marskye.com are working on @allwillrise.bsky.social!

Neha🍉 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 4d

I talked about the creative process for the SFX in All Will Rise
🔊🔥

And after very many years of waiting....IM WORKING WITH
@marskye.com! It was always a wishful thought but I can't believe it's a reality!

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 8d

How do we bring the vibrant world and gameplay of All Will Rise to living, breathing life? - with music and sound, of course!

Read our latest blog post, with Ramsey, our composer, and Neha, our sound designer, now.

www.allwillrise.com/dev-blog/543/

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 1d

We’re iterating on a few things in All Will Rise, one of them being how best to showcase the weekend reset for the team! Which version do you like best?

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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 2d

The best comment:

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 2d

Made lots of best of 2025 lists but my banger of the year is really: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOmW...

Hollow Knight Silksong SHERMA SONG

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All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 2d

The team working to set things right in Muziris: Kuyili, Shintu, and Joy.

It’s important to manage their emotions, take into account their skills, and respect their opinions. They may burnout otherwise.

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Neha🍉 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 4d

I talked about the creative process for the SFX in All Will Rise
🔊🔥

And after very many years of waiting....IM WORKING WITH
@marskye.com! It was always a wishful thought but I can't believe it's a reality!

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 8d

How do we bring the vibrant world and gameplay of All Will Rise to living, breathing life? - with music and sound, of course!

Read our latest blog post, with Ramsey, our composer, and Neha, our sound designer, now.

www.allwillrise.com/dev-blog/543/

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 5d

Yup

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 5d

They're so good. A yellow tool helping in combat? Nuts

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 5d

The magnetite dice totally saved my ass in this fight the one crucial time. I guess that's what they're for!

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 5d

Making slow progress in Silksong next to writing a big paper. It's an interesting complementarity: bringing structure and focus to a very open indeterminate thing (the paper) and trying to crack open a closer, sharp, difficult thing (Silksong) youtu.be/UJamw1a_n78?...

Hollow Knight: Silksong Joost beats Phantom

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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 5d

Just waking up to this and I appreciate this post on AI in combination with the avatar. Hearing it in Entrapta voice

Senate Parmesantarian @decayfsu.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, it's tested already, it's trash and that's been well verified

Senate Parmesantarian @decayfsu.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, it's tested already, it's trash and that's been well verified

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 7d

Ramsey's music for @allwillrise.bsky.social is just the best. I asked him for a download of all the songs and have been listening to it on repeat just to get good work vibes.

Ramsey رمزي @marskye.com · 8d

Hey all! Today we've put up a blogpost where I talk about my approach for writing music in All Will Rise. I talk about the influences we are drawing from, the inspiration behind the music and the type of instruments I'm playing with for this cool indie title. Very excited to share the insight!

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 8d

How do we bring the vibrant world and gameplay of All Will Rise to living, breathing life? - with music and sound, of course!

Read our latest blog post, with Ramsey, our composer, and Neha, our sound designer, now.

www.allwillrise.com/dev-blog/543/

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Ramsey رمزي @marskye.com · 8d

Hey all! Today we've put up a blogpost where I talk about my approach for writing music in All Will Rise. I talk about the influences we are drawing from, the inspiration behind the music and the type of instruments I'm playing with for this cool indie title. Very excited to share the insight!

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 8d

How do we bring the vibrant world and gameplay of All Will Rise to living, breathing life? - with music and sound, of course!

Read our latest blog post, with Ramsey, our composer, and Neha, our sound designer, now.

www.allwillrise.com/dev-blog/543/

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 8d

I'm exploring that runback right now, just out of curiosity. It's rough!

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 8d

One thing that I've appreciated hearing is that part of the reason the developers made the game so hard is that they want people to talk about it and come up with community solutions to problems. This is very helpful to know, so I'm looking up more things now. Alternative path to act 2 = 👌

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 9d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86r... Hup is the best.

Hup teaches Podling.

YouTube video by Molostovskis

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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 9d

Finally watched The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on @netflix.com with @vharari.bsky.social. I wasn't a big fan of the original movie (give me Labyrinth any day) but this show was so goddamn gorgeous, cute, dark. The best. And the PODLINGS!

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly my thinking, yes!

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

I struggled by far the most with this fight, though. The second phase, with the diagonal bells and the sudden rush? Oof.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

Nice. I don't want to burn out on this game. I do feel like it might be the hardest thing I've played, harder than any souls game, Sekiro included.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

On the one hand it feels like learning a skill that I'll never use again. On the other hand it feels like I'm training my precision, my reflexes, my observation abilities and my perseverance. Curious to see if I can take this to kickboxing sparring tomorrow morning :)

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

And I think taking it slowly is probably the ticket. I can see myself getting very frustrated with just how much game there is if I binge it.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

But it really feels like I'm learning a music instrument or something.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

It's stimulating personal questions about why I even play certain games - what joy exactly do I get out of learning a five minute boss battle? Part of what keeps me interested though is that it seems like many builds are possible - so player expression is part of it, just like in the souls games.

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 10d

Hollow Knight: Silksong spoilers ahead: I just beat Widow after many, many attempts. And I know how enormous this game still is, this is just the start. It's so intimidating, my god. I have too many other things to do work wise but I'll slowly chip away at it I think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojX...

Hollow Knight: Silksong beating Widow

YouTube video by Joost Vervoort

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All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 10d

We’re super excited for the year ahead! As we continue to develop All Will Rise, we’re looking forward to our Kickstarter in the next couple of months. It will be a huge milestone for us, one we can’t wait to achieve!

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 11d

Support our wonderful game!

All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 11d

Wishing you a happy new year, full of good health, happiness, and adventure!

Our first project, All Will Rise, will be launching on Kickstarter in early 2026. Please consider supporting!

Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

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