Octopus City Blues

I think we skipped the "make it exist" part... #gamedev

Octopus City Blues - July 2025 Update - Steam News Release date pushed back to 2026. Sorry!

An update on the current state of Octopus City Blues: store.steampowered.com/news/app/119...

Spoilers: we're still chugging away at it. We need even more time to complete the world's most authentic octopus city simulation shareware

The tag was supposed to be #pixelart, not #pixelartist. The primary artist in this case is Marina NT, with a few character sprites by Firas Assaad and Francis Coulombe

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. In a snowy field with creepy looking tree, the main character is lying on the ground in front of a floating green fish.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. As the sun sets in the background, a train labeled "777" run on its track while a cowboy riding a horse (actually a person wearing a horse costume) runs alongside it.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A number of beetle soldiers sit down to have a drink in a diner.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character stands in a dark fish-themed playground. There are tentacles all over the place and a giant green fly in the foreground.

One 83-color palette, four screenshots #screenshotsaturday #pixelartist #gamedev

A fan made poster based on the SEGA game “Altered Beast”. The poster depicts a werewolf on the left hand side in combat with a giant demon who is throwing its heads at it. There is a zombie demon, and gargoyle type creature rushing towards the werewolf as well. There are trees, graves, and stone architecture in the background.

A fan poster of “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.” The poster features Link standing upon a mound of earth with the logo underneath, and a bunny version of link mirrored below. The background features the light world at the top, and the dark world at the bottom. Several other characters are depicted in the background and in the sky.

Key art for the indie game “Octopus City Blues.” The images depicts the main character up front nervously looking behind him as other characters are scowling at him. The background features the main hub of the game, with various buildings and strange architecture throughout. There is a giant tower with a large, red eyeball and tentacles under an ominous purple sky in the far background.

A poster for “The Binding of Isaac” based on the original artwork for DOOM. The image features Isaac atop of a cliff with an army of demons perusing him below.

Hey #Portfolioday! I’m Kyle and illustrate for games, music and myself. Looking to work on TTRPG’s book covers and more promotional work for games!

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What they say about our demo:

- Gross, surreal, thoughtful, funny, sweet, and scary
- Every second I spend with Kaf makes me want him to suffer more
- A huge demo with lots of insane moments
- Абсолют гейм 12/10

Would you try it and leave a review? #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/app/2589280/...

The title screen of Octopus City Blues showing the titular Octopus City and the logo "Octopus City Blues".

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A horse in a western-themed saloon talks to a cowboy, "Gomaya", who responds in text "It's almost as if we live in an Octopus City… Blues?"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. On a red-colored beach littered with green bugs, the main character examines a beetle soldier, "Fidge", who offers the following options: "Octopus City Blues? - Octopus City Blues. - Octopus City Blues. [selected]"

A screenshot from an arcade cabinet in Octopus City Blues. A character addresses the player "You really oughta play the Octopus City Blues demo!"

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A screenshot of the arcade from Octopus City Blues. A couple of characters are standing in a video game arcade. There are various arcade cabinets, posters and figures. A text box is displayed above one character: "Ha ha, Take that, suckers!"

A screenshot of an arcade cabinet from Octopus City Blues. You can see the buttons and a control stick. The screen displays portraits of 4 characters, and a central character with a text box saying "Are you ready for this, Toad Face?"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues showing the main character interacting with an arcade cabinet.

A screenshot of an arcade cabinet from Octopus City Blues. You can see the buttons and a control stick. The screen displays some of kind of platform. The cabinet is adorned with pictures of a green-haired clownish character with ridiculously large scissors.

We heard that you like video games so we put video games in your non-video game educational tentacle simulation software which might resemble video games but isn't really video games because video games are for babies and what we create is art™ #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

Octopus City Blues by Ghost in a Bottle A surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

8 out of 10 doctors recommend the Octopus City Blues demo to reduce stress, cure baldness, overcome arachnophobia, and learn the meaning of life in a post-tentacle world. Try it today! #gamedev

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: s.team/a/2589280/

Your stress level, influenced by your lifestyle and past choices, determines your options in tense situations. Be careful, though—chronic stress increases heart attack risk!

Learn to manage stress, ace job interviews and raise babies in our lengthy demo! 👇 #ScreenshotSaturday

Thanks a lot for the mention, especially with all those awesome games! Technically Octopus City Blues is not an RPG, by the way, because it doesn't have combat, but it was definitely influenced heavily by them :)

OFF

Octopus City Blues

Kingdoms of the Dump

Stray Children

Four offbeat RPGs I'm looking forward to (that you should check out if you love Deltarune, Look Outside, Omori, etc.):

• OFF by @mortisghost.bsky.social
• Octopus City Blues (@octopuscityblues.com)
• Kingdoms of the Dump (@kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social) • Stray Children by @oniongames.bsky.social

Octopus City Blues on Steam In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

Octopus City Blues: the world's most authentic tentacle simulation software brought to you by the world's most unscrupulous corporation. Try the lengthy demo today!

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1192230/...

Dear sir/madam/beetle at #PitchYaGame,

Regarding our upcoming shareware, we offer:

🐛Beautifully grotesque graphics
😰Rumor and stress management
🧞Unique NPCs with schedules and secrets
🤠Cowboys, spiders and slime babies

A demo is available on Steam for your consideration⬇️

#gamedev #pixelart

A painting of a weird looking character sitting on a pink tentacle and holding a flower pot with a small tentacle inside it.

A painting of a bipedal "beetle" in soldier uniform and a gas mask holding a gun and leaning against a wall. There's a sign pointing to a "FACTORY" and another one in the opposite direction with the text "LOW".

A painting of the main character sitting at a bar and facing a cyborg butler who is preparing a drink. There's an insect on the bar and another in one of the bottles behind the butler. One of the bottles has a ghost image on its label.

A ballpoint pen drawing of a back alley area. Tentacles and a rat can be seen in the foreground. The main character is shown struggling to pull an unconscious man. There are tentacles and a building in the background, with graffiti of a cyborg and several broken windows.

Octopus City Blues concept art by MarinaNT @mnt86.bsky.social

Try the demo on Steam! (or GOG/itchio)

#gamedev #art

The last update was in November. There might be other updates in the next months but the demo is feature complete and will only receive small fixes or tweaks in the future.

Octopus City Blues Demo on Steam In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

Try the demo! Survive a job interview! Raise a child! Fight delinquents! Crush insects! Solve a crime! Eat a burger! Learn to love yourself! Add to your wishlist!

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2589280/...

The ingredients to our indie octo-sim:

🐙Freshly cut pixelated tentacles
🐞Seasoned cerebral ganglia
🐛 A pinch of grotesque absurdity
🐡 Stressful lies and rumors, to taste

Try the demo today, or die in obscurity!
#pixelart #gamedev

#pixelart #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

For Ludum Dare 57, I made a very short turn-based dark fantasy rpg, WEAKNESS DEEP WITHIN, about finding the secret weak point of vile creatures at the bottom of a well.

If you want to try it out! delphin-casado.itch.io/weakness-dee...

#indiedev #gamedev #LDjam

A screenshot from Octopus City blues. In a western-themed town, a cowboy and a person in a horse costume are facing a large and shadowy cowboy. Four other cowboys surround the large one while kneeling.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A dark office with a desk shaped like a game controller. A seated person is reading a newspaper across the desk, while two enforcers stand on each side. The main character faces the newspaper reader.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character holds a knife and has their back to the viewer while challenging a clownish looking person with a slot machine on their chest. At the top right, there are three identical faces representing the main character. A text box is shown with three choices: (the first one is selected) "- (What do I do?) - <Observe...> - <Attack!>"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. Six characters are standing a beach littered with green bugs and fortifications. There's a small steam boat on the left side. One of the characters is a beetle dressed in a purple army uniform, lying on their back. Three other beetle "soldiers" wearing a yellow/orange colored uniform, in addition to the main character, surround the one on ground. Finally, a lone beetle soldier in a cape stands apart looking at the looming towers in the reddish horizon.

It will cost you $0 to RT our work.🐙 #gamedev #pixelart

Octopus City Blues on Steam In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

Solve this and other intractable dilemmas in Octopus City Blues, the authentic octopus metropolis simulation shareware. Try the demo today!
store.steampowered.com/app/1192230/...

Beetles. How do they work?🪲 #gamedev

Black and white concept art showing a giant, crowned insect in a room filled with egg sacks.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues where the main character, equipped with a baseball bat, faces a giant, angry insect.

Black and white concept art showing different variations of an office room with two characters facing each other.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character is seated in an office room, across the desk sits a bearded man wearing a green suit.

#ConceptArt vs #PixelArt by @mnt86.bsky.social #gamedev

How people describe our g̸a̸m̸e̸ octopus city simulation shareware:

- Who ever heard of a clownfish that does drugs?
- Sinister colors and toxic atmosphere
- If Disco Elysium and Monkey Island had a baby with Naked Lunch
- Truly unique and unlike anything I’ve played before

#gamedev

Octopus City Blues on Steam In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

Do you wanna take your own walk in a city built on a giant octopus? Try the demo today!

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1192230/...

A stroll through the Robot Graveyard #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

Look Outside - you'll die if you look outside in this Eldritch body horror pixel art RPG adventure!

Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...

Gameplay Vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_8e...

by #gamedev @frankiepixel.bsky.social & @devolverdigital.com #indiedev #indiegame #gaming

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character is examining a tentacle. The text "Daisy, my wife" is shown.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A large pink tentacle is shown, it has a singular eye staring at a falling child.

A screenshot of the inventory screen in Octopus City Blues. The "Tentacle" item is selected. The description says "A slimy but noble appendage" and there are options to combine or drop the item.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character is examining a poster. The following text is displayed: "Missing tentacle: Melody, age 2, purple. If found, contact Kaf Kafkaryan."

Marry tentacles. Scale tentacles. Combine tentacles. Lose tentacles. Harvest tentacles. Appease tentacles. Exploit tentacles. Defund tentacles. Tell tentacles that everything's gonna be okay #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev