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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 4d

I updated connected, my dialog editor that we use for Mops & Mobs, to v1.0 - it finally got a spell checker.

ratking.itch.io/connected/de...

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #unity

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · 4d

Wait a moment, did you just blink?!
It's #Screenshotsaturday! Come over to the dungeon in Mops & Mobs, we have

👻 Monsters you can talk to
⚔️ Card battles
🧹 Dungeon Decoration
👾Retro Crawling Feel

🙏RT and Wishlist on Steam!

#indiedev #indiegames #dungeonsanddragons #adventure #visualnovel #dungeon

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 5d

Ugh, #Unity

A list of Unity game engine installs, each of them with a "Security Alert" next to them

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · 7d

It's time to introduce the characters of Mops&Mobs! ⚔️🧹
A greeting curtsy can't hurt when you meet her: Odette. The oldest member of the dungeon. Always courteous, with a twist you'll have to decipher. 🦴☠️
Meet her in the Steam demo!
#indiegame #visualnovel #dungeonsanddragons #narrative #adventure

Odette von Frosthelm, Mob Type: Lich, Class: Knight; Likes: Poetry, Swords history, a fair combat, Dislikes: Rudeness, Necromancy

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10d

“In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being ‘one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,’ the ‘savings have been unremarkable’ in programming.”

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

futurism.com

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 11d

Felix and I could finally release our little retro-shooter slash story-game "I Made A Game For You"! The whole thing was initiated by gold extras' BRIEFS program.

medienzentrale.itch.io/a-game-for-you

The collection: itch.io/b/3301/brief...

#gamedev #godot #godotengine #madewithgodot

A screenshot of a 3D game. In the background is a computer with a retrogame on the screen, in the foreground there's a dialog with speechbubbles.

A screenshot of a 3D game. A virtual computer is displaying a retro-shooter in a forest setting with an owl.

A screenshot of a 3D game - the retrogame inside of the game. It's an action scene with mice and a block of cheese.

A screenshot of a 3D game. It's the retrogame inside the game. A forest setting is shown.

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OrthogonalCaster @orthogonalcaster.bsky.social · 12d

Many people form unhealthy parasocial relationships to companies and it's so sad and pathetic. Consumerism kills your soul.

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BRIEFS @briefsge.bsky.social · 12d

Our 2025 series is out now!

The CHEESE is here with three games by talented developers.
The cheesy, the cheesying, the cheese-able all playable for free here:
itch.io/b/3301/brief...

You wanted shorter artsier games? You'd better pick the bundle up!

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · 12d

To prototype quicker, @[email protected] created a little script in Godot to automatically add walls. Coincidentally, it created an interesting endless wall look, reminding of Ultima Underworld 1.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSVa...

#godotengine #dungeoncrawler #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

Screenshot Saturday: Endless Walls

YouTube video by Rat King Entertainment

www.youtube.com

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 13d

I just learned of the existence of Petscop from this post. Not sure I want to investigate further

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 13d

just randomly set to 10 tile heights, so 40m

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 14d

Created a little GDScript that automatically generates high walls around floor tiles, somehow it became an Ultima Underworld 1 level creator this way. #gamedev #Godot

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 14d

I remember some news a few years back where a guy got his game from Steam removed because of "death threats" towards Gaben <_<

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BRIEFS @briefsge.bsky.social · 17d

Let's meet the games you'll get to play ON FRIDAY!

First from @ratrogue.bsky.social

"I Made A Game For You is a game where you play a game while talking to your dad who made the game."

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · 19d

Preparing the release of a little game I made together with a pixel artist. #madewithgodot #screenshotsaturday

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BRIEFS @briefsge.bsky.social · 22d

Our 2025 series drops next Friday on 26th!

With games by:
@studiovessel.bsky.social
@bagenzos.house
@ratrogue.bsky.social

Stay tuuuned!

studiovessel.bsky.social

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · 23d

Wenn die Leute deinen Trash lieber mögen, als die Sachen, für die du dir wirklich Mühe gegeben hast - feel it!

Folge 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsW...
Folge 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYX...

#funny #comedy #cats

Mensch Mensch 2025 - Folge 3 - DIE WICHTELDISKO

YouTube video by Paul Hanisch

www.youtube.com

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Another message from our DUNGEON MASTER: We are looking for a publisher - let it be known and spread the word. And tell others! We have the mystery smell!

#gamescom2025 #dungeon #dungeonnovel #visualnovel #dungeonsanddragons #indiegames #indiedev #narrativeames #adventure

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm off to #gamescom2025 soon! Can't wait to show MOPS & MOBS around! Most of the time, you might find me at the

🐸⚔️🧹 #Saxony booth in hall 4.1 A-051g-B-060g!

More and an invitation to the reception party is here: ratking.de/blog/2025/08...

#indiegames #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

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David S. Pumpkins @dphrygian.com · Jul 27

This is disappointing. I mean, Kevin MacLeod owes nobody anything, he has given generously by releasing his compositions under permissive licenses. But just quietly pivoting to AI-generated music is weird as hell.

Lute @lute.fools.company · Jul 26

Heads up to anyone considering using music on this site:

I make no claims against any particular track or the tracks on this site, but every upload in the last 8 months from Kevin has been generated by Suno. (Everything after Outback Call):

www.youtube.com/@incompetech...

Check the descriptions.

Kevin MacLeod

This is the official YouTube channel for Kevin MacLeod! Here, you can preview new songs, hear me talking about the new music I write, or check out my collaborations with other content creators! I am...

www.youtube.com

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · Jul 26

Cosy dungeon vibes in Mops & Mobs

#madewithgodot #godot #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godotengine

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · Jul 24

It’s THIS time of the year: Go to Steam and experience all the games forged in #Germany. We are glad we take part in this tradition. Play 🧹MOPS & MOBS⚔️ - we added cards to our new dungeon novel demo!

🎮 store.steampowered.com/sale/Games-F...

#indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #dungeon #cardgame

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ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · Jul 14

Dang, somehow it still doesn't work. The paths are still not being parsed correctly it seems

ratrogue @ Rat King @ratrogue.bsky.social · Jul 14

The #Linux version of connected (my dialog editor) is now available. Mostly had to update the Roslyn compiler (used for the configurable nodes) and also finally learn how paths on Linux work...

ratking.itch.io/connected

#tooldev #gamedev

connected by Rat King

dialog editor

ratking.itch.io

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · Jul 11

For our dungeon novel @ratrogue.bsky.social added a new feature: You can coincidentally drop in on a very personal dialogue. Like one about desecration of the dead and necromancy💀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1j-...

#screenshotsatuday #storyrichgames #indiedev #visualnovel #dnd #dungeon

New little feature for Mops & Mobs - Eavesdropping

YouTube video by Rat King Entertainment

www.youtube.com

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