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r1kGAMES
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Indie game dev | Destiny Spire, a retro style RPG coming soon | Color Story: Pixa’s Quest, 2d platformer with Big levels, collectables, unlockable abilities, Challenging platforming https://store.steampowered.com/app/3369150/Destiny_Spire/
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · Jul 27
The Destiny Spire demo is out now on Steam 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

Check it out now:
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#RPG #indiegame #RETROGAMING #pixelgame #jrpg
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3h
We’re working on a small demo update before the start of the next fest. Are u into retro RPGs, building ur own party, active time battle, customizing character traits & nes aesthetics? Wishlist our game!
#SteamNextFest #rpg #indiegames #retrogaming #pixelgames

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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
Wishlist our game on Steam

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Destiny Spire on Steam
Destiny Spire is a party-based RPG inspired by the classics. Form your party by choosing from 8 different classes then set off on your quest. A real-time twist on classic turn-based combat lets charac...
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
Someone suggested adding a tutorial battle to Destiny Spire and I thought its a great idea so I started working on it tonight. I hope to be able to add it to the demo in time for the next fest. Didn’t get too far tonight but coming along #rpg #indiegames #pixelgames #retrogaming #jrpg
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
No one’s ever made a meme from my art before haha
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
Helpful numbers to know of, thanks, haha
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
It’s a pretty slim window, about half a second, but in my initial testing I was still able to do it pretty consistently after I figured out the timing. It varies a bit from enemy to enemy since their bars fill at different speeds depending on their stats.
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 4d
You can wishlist Destiny Spire and play our demo now too (though this mechanic isn’t in the demo yet)

store.steampowered.com/app/3369150/...
Destiny Spire on Steam
Destiny Spire is a party-based RPG inspired by the classics. Form your party by choosing from 8 different classes then set off on your quest. A real-time twist on classic turn-based combat lets charac...
store.steampowered.com
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 4d
Had an idea today for a battle mechanic today. Before there were no critical hits but now if you attack just as an enemies attack bar is full you’ll deal extra damage. Careful though cause attacking an enemy while its attacking will miss #indiegame #rpg #pixelgames #retrogaming #gamedev
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 8d
The poison and curse statuses drain your hp and mp respectively. Also made damage numbers pop up to indicate this, like normal attacks do so it’s more obvious.

Oh ya go try our demo btw

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Destiny Spire on Steam
Destiny Spire is a party-based RPG inspired by the classics. Form your party by choosing from 8 different classes then set off on your quest. A real-time twist on classic turn-based combat lets charac...
store.steampowered.com
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 8d
One of my goals with graphic changes Ive been doing is making it easier to tell whats happening in battle, so I added sprite recoloring for status effects Lucky theres only 2 statuses so I could make a way it displays both at once #indiegame #rpg #pixelgames #gamedev #retrogaming
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 8d
I was admiring the portrait and zoomed in and man those bricks are also really nice! Love the sprite too, really cool color choices
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Super happy to hear that! Thanks!
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks! I appreciate that from someone whose art I’ve enjoyed for years. This project is doubly nostalgic for me because my sibling and I started it towards the end of highschool about 18 years ago. We left it unfinished but decided to finally finish (and improve) it last year
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Try our demo and wishlist:

store.steampowered.com/app/3369150/...
Destiny Spire on Steam
Destiny Spire is a party-based RPG inspired by the classics. Form your party by choosing from 8 different classes then set off on your quest. A real-time twist on classic turn-based combat lets charac...
store.steampowered.com
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Was able to use my palette change shader and some partial sprite draws to create an effect when characters are wading in water. Before a ripple sprite that covered the bottom half of their sprite would just be slapped over them haha #indiedev #gamedev #rpg #retrogaming #indierpg
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
And yes we do have a day night cycle
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
I wanted to use a more muted color for the sky in snow/day version too but unfortunately no more muted blues are in the palette. I could use a lighter blue which looks a bit more pale but it didn’t work as well with the rest of the colors that way so I settled to keep it the same.
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
And luckily the nes palette has a decent range of blues and purples
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks! Ya it was tricky picking out the colors for the snow version but I like how they turned out. I didn’t want to use white cause that much white on the screen looks too stark imo, and otherwise the nes palette only offers grays. Pale blues and purples tend to work well for snow
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks! I made the original version… hmm I think maybe 18 years ago 😱 haha. I’ve never been good at architectural stuff but this one had a lot of room for improvement haha
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Backgrounds with it, but I’m kind of excited to try it cause I’ve gotten really into the crt look in recent years
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks! You might be right about the dithered AA. I think I started doing it when I was working on the bricks for the dungeons backgrounds to help work with the limited colors and it worked good with the brick texture. We do have an optional crt filter in the game but I haven’t seen the new…
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 9d
Made the variant versions for the town battle background. Battle backgrounds for the game are finished now 😁
#pixelart #pixelgames #rpg #indiedev #indiegames
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 10d
Finished the last battle background I wanted to redo for our retro RPG Destiny Spire. The old version was… not good. Still have to do a recolored version for snowy towns though, but that shouldn’t take too much work. #indiegame #indiedev #pixlart #rpg #pixelgames
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 11d
Finished the various cave battle backgrounds for Destiny Spire tonight #indiegame #rpg #retrogames #pixelart #8bit

If you wanna see more about our upcoming RPG check out our Steam page, there’s a demo available too

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