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The Salt Keep is in this bundle on itch.io, live now! There are nearly 400 games (as well as TTRPGs and dev assets) in this thing for only $8, and all proceeds are going to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF).

Check it out if you want to help out, or if you even just want to pick up an absolutely absurd number of games for a low price. It runs until April 29th, possibly longer if they get the deadline extended.

#pcrf #itch.io #indie games #fundraising #charity #gaza #palestine #game bundle

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Devlog #9 for South of the March is up! This one's about all the music and sound effects, which are finally coming together. I'll be posting some soundtrack samples soon, and probably can start doing gameplay videos shortly after, so keep an eye out.

#south of the march #jrpg #rpg #visual novel #indie games #indie dev #fantasy games #devlog

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A friend of mine just put out a Kickstarter for her debut graphic novel: Golem Pit 224. Check it out, please help get it funded!

#graphic novel #indie comics #golem pit 224 #kickstarter #crowdfunding #look at it huh

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tumblr features two forms of melee damage (reblogs, replies) but lacks twitter's ranged damage option (quote-retweets)

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I wrote about Tails of Iron (the rodent Soulslike) and the way fantasy game royalty tropes impact its narrative. Check it out if you like Souls games, genre examination, or dodge-rolling rats.

Or if you hate frogs, I guess.

#tails of iron #short essay #soulslike #redwall #royalty #tropes #fantasy games #anthropomorphic rats #evil frogs

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Devlog #5 for South of the March is up! This one's a quick progress update with some new styles for character portraits. These people have shoulders now, what a look!

#south of the march #indie games #devlog #indie dev #game design #fantasy games #game art #rpg

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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (伊藤潤二の猫日記 よん&むー) // Junji Ito

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Devlog #4 for South of the March is up! This one's got a preview of working shops, check it out:

There's gonna be standard item buying/selling, meals for stat bonuses, and a blacksmith upgrade system.

#south of the march #devlog #rpg #indie games #indie dev #fantasy #game design #jrpg

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Here's devlog #3 for South of the March. This one's about the start of the Shopping mechanic and some of the plans there. I hope you're ready to buy and sell items, because it's coming!

#south of the march #indie game dev #indie games #game design #visual novel #jrpg #rpg #devlog #game development

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Devlog #2 for South of the March is up!

The main thing this past week has been character portraits. We're filling them out for the first half of the game or so, aiming to have a fully-developed chunk that goes about halfway through the story so we can see how it feels all put together with art.

Check out the link for more!

#devlog #indiedev #indie games #south of the march #game art #game dialogue #fantasy games

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Slay the Princess is a finalist for ~four~ categories in The Horror Game Awards, all of which need your vote. THEY ARE:

Best Indie

Best Narrative

Best Performance (Jonathan Sims as the Narrator/Voices in Your Head)

Audience Choice

Votes will directly determine the winner for the Audience Choice category, and will narrow down the other categories to the final 3 picks that get sent to the jury.

You can vote here: https://thehorrorgameawards.com/vote/

And if you haven't had the chance to leave a review yet on your review platform of choice (Steam, GOG, metacritic, etc.) please be sure to do so! It's the easiest way to get more people to save the world. Thanks as always for your support, we'll have more updates for you on assorted game stuff soon!

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holds your face so fucking gently please leave reviews for indie games. please. every single review legit counts, especially if the game is small enough, and you don't even gotta say much if that's the problem!!

like, anything from a long ramble to a simple 'it was good' matters, because steam (and probably also the Other Ones) uses an algorithm. so the more reviews, the more exposure, the more money the dev team gets. like, please. please. leave a review. throw your small indie dev team a bone

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The first devlog for South of the March is now up! This one details the state of the game at the start. Check it out for an overview of what's done, and what's still left to do.

In short: more than you think, and also a lot!

#south of the march #devlog #indie game dev #indie games #rpg #jrpg #fantasy

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Upcoming Game Announcement: South of the March

It's finally time to announce my next game in development! South of the March is a fantasy/horror RPG featuring a hybrid of JRPG-style turn-based combat and semi-open world visual novel exploration. It's set in the same medieval setting as The Salt Keep.

The current plan for the full version of South of the March is a free release sometime in spring of 2024. It's planned for release on Itch.io and Steam, and will run on PC and Mac. It's also intended to function as a prototype and companion game for a larger upcoming project, so keep an eye out and follow for updates!

#south of the march #the salt keep #indie game dev #indie games #jrpg #turn based #fantasy games #hand drawn #fantasy art

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important writing tip

ALWAYS address the issue of 9/11 in your story. do it as early as you can organically work it in. if you don't, your readers will be very confused. they will be wondering if 9/11 happened in this universe, how the characters feel about it, who thinks it was an inside job, etc. instead of focusing on your story

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I wrote about Armored Core VI and its approach (or lack thereof) to grinding. Check it out for mech talk, game design critique and comparison to other Fromsoft titles, and various pleas to let me grind, because look, it's just fun, okay?

#armored core vi #ac6 #grinding #game design #game criticism #get in the robot #fromsoftware