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Interested in everything related to making computer roleplaying games.
Check out my site: https://howtomakeanrpg.com/r/
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HowToMakeAnRPG @howtomakeanrpg.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hello, I'm Dan and I run the HowToMakeAnRPG site, it's all about computer roleplaying games, what games exist and how to make them.
Article includes how make a stats system and that type of thing:
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If you want to make an RPG then buy the book:
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How to Make an RPG
Create your own computer roleplaying game from scratch. Everything you need: step-by-step expert instructions, code, graphics and resources. Start today!
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> a new novel, 20 years in the making, from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011 and be published in September 2026.

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Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making
Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.
www.thebookseller.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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grogpod.zone/2025-11-05-c...
Caves of Qud Part 2: Gameplay and Mechanics (with @BigSimple)
O Glorious Shekhinah! To conclude our two-part special on Caves of Qud, we turn our focus from the epic storyline to the deep gameplay mechanics and systems from the Salt Dunes of the west to the Deep...
grogpod.zone
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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bornofthree.bsky.social
Been busy adding some new fights to my dungeon crawler

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #3D
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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konstantinosd.bsky.social
The Digital Antiquarian delves deeper into the history of Looking Glass (also Thief & System Shock) with 'A Looking Glass Half Empty, Part 2: A Series of Unfortunate Events'.

Read it here: www.filfre.net/2025/10/a-lo...
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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quasimorph.bsky.social
The Telefaturic Engine will allow you to transfer your spacecraft to Pleroma - the world of quasimorphs. It is fraught with many dangers, but with many opportunities too.
#WishlistWednesday #roguelike #turnbased #gamedev
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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r1kgames.bsky.social
a new skill that shows you enemies weakness/resistance in battle. Later in the game you’ll get a bestiary that you can also look this info up in but it can be hard to remember everything during a battle, plus bestiary only shows info for defeated enemies #rpg #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
howtomakeanrpg.bsky.social
Hellboy has some great environments
October 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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radiatoryang.bsky.social
btw for construction, we're mostly using scytheeditor.com , a great new Hammer 2-like level design modeling tool for Unreal #blockout
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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antonarcana.gay
Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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konstantinosd.bsky.social
Besides allowing me to feel like a fanatical, God-fearing, grimdark Commissar, Owlcat Games is brilliant for also compiling one of the finest educational #gamedev resources collections ever.

Find it here: owlcat.games/learning
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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zaebucca.itch.io
Happy #PortfolioDay!
I place and sometimes animate pixels. I really like top-down environments, tilesets and limited palettes.
A top-down view of a cathedral-like structure, with many columns. At the very center, a giant baldachin, firmly standing on twisted columns. The altarpiece is mounted in a rich baroque frame, surmounted by stained glass rose window. A tall, bat-headed vampire is guarding the altar, with bats flying around. A richly adorned pipe organ can be seen to the eastern gallery. Along the transept in front of the absis, two enclosed naves host a Pietà statue and a reliquiary. Many huge chandeliers hang above the central nave, and lots of candles are scattered around the cathedral. A few zombies and skeletons are marching towards the entrance, where a group of adventurers is preparing for battle, being surrounded. To the side of the absis altar, downward staircases lead to the crypt. A huge skeletal dragon guards a closed gate. Many huge chandeliers hang above the central nave, and lots of candles are scattered around the cathedral. Below the Cahedral, an underground Ossuary crypt, with walls made out of bones and skulls. An eerie light permeates the various locales, featuring grates, numerous walls of wax, monumental coffins and pillars. A Lich warlock is channeling dark magic by a sarcophagus. The Tower above houses a giant bell. A faraway city can be seen from the terrace, as a Griffin guards the bell beam. A secret room with four chandeliers features many tombs. There, a lady-like demon with bat wings floats above a marble coffin. A topdown pixel art remake of Ruin Valley, from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen. Many ancient structures can be seen emerging from the steep cliffsides and lush tropical vegetation: temples, tall palaces and mysterious pathways and towers. A moltitude of pokemon and trainers can be seen around. To the east, the ocean with tall waves and a jagged coastline. Water and fossil pokemon live there. At the center of the valley, the legendary pokemon trainer Red is entering the Dotted Hole ruins. Peculiar rock formation resembling regi pokemon are scattered throughout the environment. A top down, aerial view of a city and its outskirts by a swampy river. The streets are filled with people, and the architecture has a distinctive early twentieth century aesthetic, with rich bent iron structures. A collection of tiny pixel art pokemon scenes, featuring: 1. Chinchou swimming under the waves 2. Lanturn jumping above the waves at night 3. Corsola on the seafloor 4. Horsea in a cave underwater 5. Seadra in a kelp forest 6. Kingdra among whirlpools 7. Swinub at home, sleeping on a carpet 8. Piloswin taking a bath in hot springs 9. Mamoswine traversing a snowstorm 10. Cleffa hovering in space 11. Three Clefairy dancing at Mt. Moon Crater 12. Clefable in the middle of a pond, looking at the stars 13. Porygon in a strange labyrinth 14. Porygon2 running on a mobius strip 15. Porygon-Z floating in an old screensaver 16. Bonsly sitting on the porch as the rain starts to fall 17. Sudowood taking shelter from heavy rain in a mountain cave 18. Mew looking at the viewer through fish-eye lens 19. Sunkern floating in a summer meadow 20. Sunflora basking in the sunlight over a sunflower field 21. Celebi flying through Ilex Forest
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Neat: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/mich...
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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unormal.bsky.social
[when i think of something fucked up]

i have to think of something more fucked up thats not good enough
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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I do not need another massive hardback tome in my flat. However I'm also quite weak, so I have ordered this:
www.future-press.com/shop/bloodbo...
www.future-press.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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pita-m.bsky.social
A few last minute edits, and my little 32x32px Doom sprite collection is complete. ✌️
(mostly) 32x32px fan sprites of the classic Doom monsters. The Cyberdemon is 40x40px; the Spider Mastermind is 64x40px.
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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jasperbyrne.bsky.social
i would love to see a gaming historian blogger or youtuber cover Dungeon Master in more detail.

feel it's a hugely important game and it inspired myself and many others.
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Mamoru Oshii planned it. A young Satoshi Kon took the lead on its layouts. The result: a stunning moment from Patlabor 2.

We're looking inside the film's martial law sequence, including storyboards and production art:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/life-under...
October 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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r1kgames.bsky.social
Before you can begin your quest you gotta pick your party, who are you bringing?

Try our demo in the #SteamNextFest now and see for yourself.

Check it out on steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3369150/...

#rpg #jrpg #indiegames
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2014/12/21/r...
Rooms and Mazes: A Procedural Dungeon Generator – journal.stuffwithstuff.com
journal.stuffwithstuff.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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martanti.bsky.social
Hey there! I've analysed some games that I have played and wrote down things on how to encourage the player to use consumable items! marantis.dev/2025/09/06/c...
Consume me, goddammit!
Some personal thoughts on how to help player to get into the habit of using consumables within games Hello hello! Recently I have been playing Elden Ring and been enjoying it quite a bit. Yes, the …
marantis.dev
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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zhugeex.com
Time to break out the chart
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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turnbasedlovers.bsky.social
A new isometric CRPG set in a 1970s dystopia, built on the traditions of classic turn-based role-playing.
turnbasedlovers.com/news/crux-di...

#CruxDiaries #CRPG #RPG #Isometric #indiegame #indiegames #pcgames #turnbasedlovers
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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ironpineapple.bsky.social
hollow knight keeps hitting a new all-time player peak every day, I love it
August 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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After bouncing off them a few times I've managed to get into : Steven Erikson's Mazalan series of books.

It's interesting how often a home-brew RPG world helps define a rich setting. (Also see Disco Elysium and many others)
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM