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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam!

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Elli (they/them) and Anna (she/her). Creators of Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate and Flocking Hell, a deeply strategic roguelite. Flocking Hell demo + wishlist now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/Flocking_Hell/ 🐏😈

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Mar 25

Wake up, sheeple! My debut game Flocking Hell IS NOW ON STEAM! 🥳🥳🥳

store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/...

Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pasture from demonic invasion 🐑😈 Now go! It’s time to join the flock ;)

#IndieGame #TurnBased #Strategy #Roguelite

Flocking Hell on Steam

Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pasture from demonic invasion. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and th...

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 7d

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 8d

My indie video game Flocking Hell is now on sale! Defend your pasture from the invading demon legion. Now available for -30% on Steam:

store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/...

Also check out this excellent guide from mondsemmel:

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

Save 30% on Flocking Hell on Steam

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 15d

Endless RPG: Untold Tales, by my friend Kezarus, is now on sale! The demo is also available. Go check it out 🥳

#Roleplaying #TurnBased #IndieGame

Kezarus @kezarus.bsky.social · 15d

🚨🔥 SALE ALERT! 🔥🚨

Endless RPG - Untold Tales is NOW 20% OFF!

Build your ultimate party, dive into endless adventures, and create your OWN legendary story. Players are LOVING it!

🔁Please share and help me spread the word. =]

▶️Grab your copy: store.steampowered.com/app/2586000

#GameDev #TurnBased

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 18d

Woot! Thanks for playing, and I'm sorry I missed it. Will there be a YT VOD?

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Vested @vestedgames.com · 19d

It's time again for GodotStream Thursday: www.twitch.tv/vested404

I play a different indie game made with Godot every week. This week I'm looking at Flocking Hell store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/ by @sextantstudios.bsky.social

Stream will start around 5:00 PST.

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 29d

Anddddddddddd we're off to the playtesters! This latest patch is mostly bug fixes + quality of life changes, so hopefully I didn't break anything 😅 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 29d

Patch almost done. I haven't touched the code in a couple of months, so I was pleasantly surprised to find my deployment checklist in a very prominent spot! Well done, past Elli x2 #Programming #IndieDev #GameDev

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 29d

Four cards in Flocking Hell use a hack where they skip the game manager and go straight to the campaign.

This led to an exploit where players can cheat out resources by playing the card, saving, then loading the game 😬

Fixing this with proper access controls ... #Programming #GameDev #IndieDev

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 29d

Getting back to the Flocking Hell codebase after a couple of months hiatus to develop the next patch. It's surprisingly accessible and clean. Well done, past Elli! #Programming #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 23

Player informed me of a really weird bug where current level directly updates the campaign (= the save file), allowing players to cheat by exiting the game.

Found the offending code ...

# HACK: This REALLY should be managed locally instead of calling campaign.

🤦‍♀️

#GameDev #IndieDev #Programming

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 18

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 18

Gogogo! Check out Sunken Stones, a #TurnBased #Strategy #IndieGame where you recruit your pirate crew and deploy them to defeat monsters and collect treasure.

Glen Henry - BUY SUNKEN STONES🏴‍☠️ @spritewrench.com · Jul 18

Proud to announce that Sunken Stones - my puzzle strategy grid-based game about deploying (and ditching) crew mates to stave off a salty demies - is ⭐OUT NOW⭐!

Features:
🏴‍☠️6 Pirate Captains
☠️48 Crewmates
🌊Risk vs. Reward Mechanics

Grab the Game Now (and leave a review)!
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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 18

If you like Flocking Hell, I strongly recommend Sunken Stone from my friend @spritewrench.com:

store.steampowered.com/app/2601810/...

#Strategy #IndieGame where you place your pirate crew on a 5x5 grid in order to defeat monsters and collect treasure. Hits the same deep + whimsical vibes as FH ^.^

Save 20% on Sunken Stones on Steam

A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 16

Yep! Co-op. One player plays Space Invaders, another plays Brickout. The plan is to add more games, so everyone has their own game but it's all shared.

Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 16

Gahhhhh helpppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

#RetroGames #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #Godot

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Competing against some trees sounds horrifying.

They will always win. They have infinite patience and will outlive me.

Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Isn't Golf an established competitive sport? 😝

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Oops. Gravity.

#IndieDev #GameDev #RetroGames #IndieGames #Godot

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Measure 75 times, cut once!

(Seriously though, more prototyping + research + prep = better game!)

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Talking to a colleague about how #IndieGame devs are not competing with *each other*. We're not even competing with AAA.

We're competing with YouTube ... and Netflix ... and other effectively free forms of entertainment.

The more #IndieDev work together, the higher we rise together!

#GameDev

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 9

Step 1: Recreate classic #retrogames using #Godot.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!

(... I promise that there's step 2, but it might not actually lead to profit 😝)

#IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 8

I have a zany new game idea which I am prototyping.

Step 1 is to re-create certain #retrogames classics using #Godot ...

#Arcade #IndieGame #GameDev

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 8

... is this about "politics"?

(I.e. some basic fact of science that certain groups have decided to question in the name of "freedom"?)

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 3

Connie Vogelmann, designer of Apiary and Wyrmspan, talks about player interaction:

www.youtube.com/live/ouJNxXm...

Focus is on #BoardGames but super-relevant for video games as well.

#IndieDev #GameDev

Player Interaction w/ Connie Vogelmann

YouTube video by Meeple Syrup Show

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Daniel @vennnot.bsky.social · Jul 2

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