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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros

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Indie game studio from Bordeaux Wishlist Paper Castle: https://s.team/a/3596730 Play Los Pingheros on Steam: https://s.team/a/2418600 Newsletter: https://hectiqgames.substack.com

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Jul 25

🔥 Paper Castle Playtest Live on Steam! 🏰

Shape your land, defend your Paper Castle, and survive the Trial by Flames.

Try Paper Castle now !

🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/...

#indiegame #playtest #strategy #steam #pcgaming #minimalist #papercraft #newgame #indiedev #PaperCastle

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 15h

wow, look what is happening on #papercastle . Enemies started to use fire as indirect weapon. #fire #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks 🙏

Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it is because I’m a noob with the pencil. But i really enjoy my team working on #conceptart. What do you think of our king of colors ? #papercastle #draw #gamedev

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 5d

Hi friends !

Here’s the first step of our new painting feature: the Snappable Brush 🖌️

A radius of paint follows the King and snaps onto buildings to affect them. Purpose: to give more agency to players

How cool is that?! 👑✨

#PaperCastle #GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 8d

Just playing with the watercolor grid today ! ✨💧🎨

#GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 9d

Some progress here ! ✨
What about this nice papercut style? 📃✂️

#GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 12d

🔥 Did you know Paper Castle lets you define custom biomes that directly impact gameplay? 🌍⚔️
Every choice is a strategic decision — each biome changes how you’ll face the fire, pushing you to adapt your playstyle in surprising ways.
I’m in love with this feature ❤️

#GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s a quick shader test to show buildables available for construction! 🔨🖌️

Still WIP — what do you think? ✨

#papersky #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #citybuilder #strategy #videogames #art #digitalart #unity

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 14d

Not yet , but maybe in the future

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 14d

Many thanks 🙏

Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 14d

Nice job, I like it

Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks , yes that is unity

Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 14d

✨ Am I the only one absolutely obsessed with the watercolor FX our team just pulled off? 🎨🔥
Every frame feels like a living painting and I can’t stop staring at it 😍

#GameDev #IndieDev #PaperCastle #VFX

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 20d

Hello again, it's #thursdayvibes and it is time to give you some update . We are replacing pig with real enemies
#papercastle #vfx #gamedev #gameart #unity #indiegames

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · 26d

Hi! It’s been a while, friends! 👋

In Paper Castle’s description, we say players can shape the land. Here’s a first peek at how we build it with our paper terrain editor: Basic Painting 🖌️

Have a great weekend! ✨

#editor #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #strategy #videogames #unity

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 25

💧🔥⚔️On September 1st, Paper Castle is joining the Sword Celebration Festival!

Other games: “Sharpen your blade.”
Us: “Bring a bucket of water too - things are about to catch fire.” 🏰📄

👉 Wishlist Paper Castle!

#SwordCelebration #IndieGame #GameDev

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 21

Romain here,
While some HectiQ firends are enjoying GamesCom, I am here "bursting" things down in our project.

Optimized one of the main manager by a factor 10 !

If you too think I am saving the planet🌍, try out PaperCastle on Steam.

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #unity #madewithunity

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hectiq is back to #gamescom !

#gamedev #indiegame #strategy #videogames #digitalart #unity #devlog

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 18

Romain here🤓!
Today, I want to share a technical solution for our animator controller we implemented in PaperCastle.

hectiqgames.substack.com/p/managing-c...

Would you have done the same ?
#gamedev #indiegame #strategy #videogames #digitalart #unity #devlog

Managing Character Animations with Different Weapons in Unity

hectiqgames.substack.com

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good Thursday, we updated our playtest, and we added Painting Biomes!!!
What are you waiting for? Play Paper Castle. Playtest is open!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/...

#PaperCastle #RTSIrl #GameDev #IndieGame #Idiedev #Playtest #ThursdayMotivation

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our fire system got an update and it's really satisfying to watch !
-Illan

#indiedev #indiegame #unity #realtimeVFX

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 5

First test of painting environments! 🎨

It creates biomes, which directly affect everything else — buildings, enemies, fire, allies, and even your hero! 🏰

Sven🫡

#gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #citybuilder #strategy #simulationgames #videogames #art #digitalart #unity

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 4

This week I’m really far from Hectiq office. #ChinaJoy ended yesterday and our friends from Shanghai really enjoyed our demo #gamedev #indiegame #china
-Luca

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Hectiq - Paper Castle & Los Pingheros @hectiq.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thanks 🙏