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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X

@curiousdynamics.bsky.social

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Solo #gamedev making Folk Emerging, the stone age 4X strategy game with in-depth characters & ecosystems🌋👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🦣 👉 Sign up for early playtests : subscribepage.io/vAwvvR 👉 Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275300?utm_campaign=bsky_bio

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · Aug 7

woah, awesome to see my game in Rock Paper Shotgun!
thanks @edwinet.bsky.social for the shout-out :)

check out the article here 👇

Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · Aug 7

Folk Emerging is a fascinating 4X strategy game about prehistoric nomads that ends where Civilization begins

In turn-based sim Folk Emerging, you take charge of a hunter-gather community from millions of years ago.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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Vagrus by Lost Pilgrims Studios @lostpilgrims.bsky.social · 18h

Our new DLCs At the Heart of Ruin and Ruinous Supporter Pack are coming to #PS4 and #PS5 on October 22! Save the date! ✨

It is the last day of the Tokyo Game Show Promo, don't miss this chance to get the game at a great price!

➡️https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10012079

#indiegamedev

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GameMaker @gamemaker.io · 2d

Indie Game Clinic talks game design, while making a game in GameMaker! New stream every Tuesday. Tune in tomorrow (Oct 7th 10AM BST) for the first!
📺 Watch live or catch up here opr.as/IGC-Stream

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Jim Lapage 🇨🇦 @jimtsf.bsky.social · 4d

Periodic reminder that if you go to cancel your Adobe subscription they'll offer you discounts. I haven't paid full price for Creative Cloud in years because I do this once a year.

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Songs of Silence @songs-of-silence.com · 6d

Proud to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday! ⚔️

#IndieDev and players from all around the world, share your favorite turn-based game below! (And don't forget to add the hashtag to increase your visibility 👀)

Let's make some noise ❤️🔄

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 6d

awesome to have @songs-of-silence.com, one of the most beautiful games around, host #TurnBasedThursday :)

this week I added UI scaling to Folk Emerging (independent from aspect ratio & resolution). if there's time i hope to later add more text-scaling options for even better accessibility

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 9d

yeah it def feels like a hack haha, i discovered it by accident while messing around with those settings

Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 9d

mostly canvas scaler stuff. i have each of my UI views in its own canvas, with a default reference resolution of 1920x1080. now i'm adding a slider setting that lets you increase the UI scale by up to +20%, which multiplies the reference resolutions of these canvases down until 1600x900

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 9d

thanks, yeah i'm pretty happy with it so far!

i just made these updates in the last couple days so haven't yet settled on a regular set of ratios to test. i was just manually stretching/squishing the unity game window super wide/tall/square and making sure all the UI elements were reacting well

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 9d

so far i'm not restricting the aspect ratio, i've tried to make layout work in any arbitrary AR, here are some examples. it works well for the most common setups, but the UI does get a little small in square/tall. that's where the independent UI scaling setting can hopefully help

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 9d

adding UI scaling to my strategy game (separate from aspect ratio) as an #accessibility setting. feels important in a UI-heavy game like this 🎮

#gamedev #indiegame

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 13d

yeah, turned out to be more finicky than i expected :)

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Skygard Arena @skygard-arena.bsky.social · 13d

We are thrilled to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday!

#gamedev, please share you turn-based game in the thread! RPG, Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike... we want them all! 🌟

Make sure to like❤️, share🔄 and wishlist✅ any gem you find in the comments!

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 13d

finally got around to making Folk Emerging work in diff resolutions and aspect ratios, e.g. ultra-wide, hyper-tall, super-duper-square, and anything in between!

cheers @skygard-arena.bsky.social for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

collage of Folk Emerging screenshots showing the game in different aspect ratios

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 16d

Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev

store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...

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Chris Backe @chrisbacke.bsky.social · 16d

Or, how games *really* get made. My newest blog post is about keeping momentum going to get your game done:

entrogames.substack.com/p/how-to-kee...

#momentum #gamedesign #boardgamedesign #tabletopdesign

How to Keep Up Momentum on Your Game to Make Progress

The lifeblood of any project

entrogames.substack.com

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 17d

Technologically advance a band:

Videohead

nat alison @tesseralis.site · 17d

Technologically advance a band:

Marina and the Cubic Zirconium

SKEETER Without A Pause @iamgregordeee.blacksky.app · 17d

Technologically advance a band:

A Tribe Called Commodore

Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 17d

eXplorminate interviewed me about my game, Folk Emerging. there's some backstory here I haven't shared before, check it out!
#gamedev #indiegame 🎮

Discover Folk Emerging: A Unique Prehistoric Strategy Game

Discover the creativity of indie developers in 'Folk Emerging' and explore its unique Stone Age strategy gameplay and inspiration.

explorminate.org

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 19d

i quite like the coastal mountain range along the southern shore here ⛰️

happy that even after years of working on this game i still get pleasantly surprised by the map generator
#gamedev #indiegame 🎮

generated map in the stone age nomadic 4X strategy game, Folk Emerging

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DavidCodeAndArt @davidcodeandart.bsky.social · 20d

I'll share my newly released game, Heroes Against Time!

It's an ally-drafting roguelike with 5 minute runs that are deep and challenging - with the occassional broken build!

Check it out here:
s.team/a/3667720

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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint NOW FULLY LAUNCHED! 🎉🎉🎉 @tresebrothers.bsky.social · 20d

⚠️ #IndieDev PSA: Key scammers are now impersonating major gaming press outlets to steal Steam keys.

ALWAYS check & verify the email address of ANY key request! Also beware of fake channels using stolen content on Twitch or YouTube, or Steam Curators requesting keys by email.

1/4🧵👇

An email with legitimate-looking GamesRadar branding & design template formatting from someone claiming to be the "Content Partnerships Manager" at GamesRadar, requesting Steam keys so they play and cover the game on their YouTube channel and site. Links to the legitimate GamesRadar website and social channels in the signature. However, the email address the outreach is from is "gamesradar.plus.contact@gmail.com" -- legitimate business outreach from a site like GamesRadar would never come a gmail address instead of their own domain.

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DavidCodeAndArt @davidcodeandart.bsky.social · 20d

Proud to officially host #TurnBasedThursday this week! 😊

#gamedev, please share your games in the thread!

Make sure to like 💖 share 🔁 and wishlist ✅ any turn-based gems you come across in the comments!

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 22d

Great games in last week's #TurnBasedThursday showcase!

🗝️ Dungeon crawler inspired by 90s German cult hit
🧬 Demo released for genetics-manipulation deckbuilder
📱 Free slime-slaying roguelite for Android & iOS
🤠 Wild west sRPG w/ upcoming playtest

& many more! ⤵
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

Ruins of Calaworm, by @erdbeerscherge.bsky.social

Life Altered, by @senescentleaf.bsky.social

Rogue Slime, by @questseekergames.bsky.social

Drifter Dynasty (@drifterdynasty.bsky.social)

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Josh Bycer @gwbycer.bsky.social · 27d

Someone posed a game design question on my discord that has stumped me. Can anyone think of examples of games where players get to choose from a unique benefit or ability change in the middle of playing it? #indiegamedev

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Matthew - CurlyGoblin Dev @curlygoblin.bsky.social · 27d

I’m delighted to host the official #TurnBasedThursday this week! 🌞

Don’t venture alone fellow #GameDev / #IndieDev! Reply to this post and add the hashtag to share your turn-based games! ✨

Love turn-based games? Make sure to comment, like and retweet the cool games in this thread. 💬❤️🔁

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 27d

hey i'm chipping away at the feedback from Folk Emerging's public beta, here's a rough breakdown of the number of tasks per topic 📊

cheers to @curlygoblin.bsky.social for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!