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Travis Romney
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Developer of 'Nikias and the Fall of Olympus,' an action-adventure game released in episodic installments. Follow my dev journey! #indiedev https://tromney.itch.io/nikias-and-the-fall-of-olympus
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Travis Romney @humorhermit.bsky.social · Nov 1
My son came to me with a story and hand-drawn maps. I’d never built a game before, but we decided to make one together. Here’s how it began 👇
I’ve been developing software for 28 years — mostly backend systems, some UI —
but I’d never built a game before. Then one day my son, fresh out of high school, came to me with
hand-drawn maps and a story about an orphan in ancient Greece
on a quest to save his quiet home. He didn’t know how to code, but he asked if I could help him build it.
I didn’t know much about game development either —
but I decided to learn. After months of experimenting, failing, and rebuilding,
we got a prototype running. Eight months later, we’ve built multiple levels,
a full story, and a working world —
Nikias and the Fall of Olympus. A father-son adventure — both on screen and off.
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🐛 Found a fun bug today: switching weapons broke my emote bubble.
The player sprite was being swapped, but the emote still followed the old one.
Simple fix: follow a function, not a sprite.
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🐛 Bug Fix: Emote Bubble Wasn’t Keeping Up
I recently added little emote bubbles above Nikias to show when he’s confused in the dark waters of the Sapphire Cave. The idea is simple: step into the water, get disoriented, and an emote bubble p.....
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December 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Bug Fix Release - Nikias and the Fall Of Olympus
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Bug Fix Release
Updated the latest artifacts with a couple of bug fixes. * Fixed an issue that caused data migration to the new serialization format to fail. This could cause the game to crash on startup. * Fixed a c...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The Citrine Cave - Nikias and the Fall Of Olympus
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The Citrine Cave
This past week I’ve been focused on bringing to life one of the most emotional and story-driven areas in the game: the Mnemonic Caves of Hieron Oros . Hieron Oros is a land of stone, mountain passes.....
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November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Settings, Key Remapping, and Web Progress
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Settings, Key Remapping, and Web Progress
This update is another one of those “not super flashy, but very needed” releases. The game now has an actual Settings screen! You can finally adjust Music Volume and Sound FX Volume from inside th...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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My son came to me with a story and hand-drawn maps. I’d never built a game before, but we decided to make one together. Here’s how it began 👇
I’ve been developing software for 28 years — mostly backend systems, some UI —
but I’d never built a game before. Then one day my son, fresh out of high school, came to me with
hand-drawn maps and a story about an orphan in ancient Greece
on a quest to save his quiet home. He didn’t know how to code, but he asked if I could help him build it.
I didn’t know much about game development either —
but I decided to learn. After months of experimenting, failing, and rebuilding,
we got a prototype running. Eight months later, we’ve built multiple levels,
a full story, and a working world —
Nikias and the Fall of Olympus. A father-son adventure — both on screen and off.
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This is halloween, this is halloween... 🎵🎃👻

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October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Raising Olympus — A Smoother, Stronger Foundation - Nikias and the Fall Of Olympus
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Raising Olympus — A Smoother, Stronger Foundation
Hey everyone! Over the past few months, I’ve taken a step back from adding new content to Nikias and the Fall of Olympus to focus on something a little less flashy but absolutely vital — making th...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Infinity Chess gameplay

#indiegame #gaming #gamedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #game #mobile #MobileGame
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Over the course of its seven-year development, Basso was encouraged several times to just release Animal Well as it was at the time. (Famously always a great idea to launch video games before developers feel they're done) www.wired.com/story/billy-...
Over the many years of Animal Well’s development, friends urged him to release what he had when interest seemed to be high. “I knew where the quality bar was for myself and what people expect out of a game,” Basso says. He didn’t like the idea of “cashing out” on what he felt wasn’t a complete project, despite the long years that had gone into it. “It was hard to explain how much work actually goes into releasing a polished game,” Basso says. “You can't just kind of put pencils down at any point and click the release button on Steam.” How his game debuted mattered. If people like it, “they'll trust you in the future to buy one of another game.”
March 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The Tragedy of Erastus
Hi everyone, I wanted to take a break from coding to talk about what I'm building for the next chapter of Nikias and the Fall of Olympus . I'm trying to build a story that I hope will really stick. I'...
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September 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Confronting the Mirror: Why I Built a Boss Battle Against My Hero's Inner Demons - Get Feedback
In the pantheon of video game bosses, the ones I remember aren't just the hardest. They're the ones that made me feel something. The fights that were more than a test of skill—they were the emotional
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August 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The Heart of the Storm is Now Live! - Nikias and the Fall Of Olympus
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The Heart of the Storm is Now Live!
Greetings, Heroes of Olympus! A massive, game-defining milestone for Nikias and the Fall of Olympus is now available! This release completes a critical story arc, introducing a major new area, a profo...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM