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Creating independent card and tabletop games! Developing Arcane: The Eternal, an independent TCG produced in Nova Scotia, Canada! Get involved with the game on discord! www.thirdrulegames.ca https://discord.gg/eBcEpajMWg

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Some amazing borderless treatments of the art of @matanui.bsky.social ! I think these are really going to pop coming out of a pack.

#indie #indiedev #mtg #tcg #ArcaneTheEternal #buycanadian

24.09.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mfw the gimp select was still on the screen

08.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The wonderfully talented @matanui.bsky.social has hopped onboard #ArcaneTheEternal and provided some fantastic artworks! These are definitely ending up on the box art for the booster boxes lmao. #fantasy #art #indie #indiedev #tcg #mtg #digitalart #fantasyart #collectible #BuyCanadian

08.09.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Working on Frame Breaks and Full Art treatments for Arcane: The Eternal. I wanted something to show up in the common and uncommon slots so that you can get more hits per pack.

#ArcaneTheEternal #indiegame #indiedev #digitalart #ygo #mtg #ccg #collectibles #BuyCanadian

11.08.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Buy Authentic Sorcery TCG Cards and Subscribe | Covenant Shop products for the revolutionary TCG from Erik's Curiosaโ€”featuring hand-painted art and deep, nostalgic gameplay hearkening back to a different time.

Okay, not sure if it's what I was seeing, but I did find this, which is a third party booster box subscription service:

www.teamcovenant.com/games/sorcer...

10.08.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, you're...right? I could have sworn I saw someone talking in the Sorcery reddit the other day about an upcoming subscription service. Did I...did I hallucinate that? That's weird.

10.08.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the info! I hadn't considered that side of things. Although I'm someone who doesn't often rip random packs except for pokemon. If the game was designed for more 'hits per pack' do you think you would prefer monthly or buying at will?

09.08.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What do people think of a subscription service for a TCG? I saw that Sorcery was doing it to supposedly counter scalpers, but my initial reaction is negative. What does bluesky think? Pic for tax.
#art #indiegames #gamedesign #darkpatterns #ArcaneTheEternal

09.08.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mal-Mart has seen better days... Hey, why is all the fresh produce just painted plastic!? (screenshot from Neofeud 2, my 90's-style #adventuregame! Neofeud 1 is 70% off now, grab it and help me finish #2! store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiedev #cyberpunk #indiegame #SteamDeck

26.07.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just grabbed it, looks awesome!

26.07.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have anyplace I can read about it? I fuck heavy with the artstyle

18.07.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are badass I love them

18.07.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happens to the best of us. I spent an hour a few days ago trying to figure out a printing error and then I realized I never hit the confirm button.

17.07.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our website and discord are in our bio!

17.07.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More pack testing! I much prefer this format, although I'm still experimenting with making the text really *pop*. Also some printing errors (read: I messed up) made korie's art not centered lol.

#tcg #indiedev #indiegame #collectible #pokemon #ygo #mtg #BuyCanadian #novascotia

17.07.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is actually how I looked when I saw the opportunity to do gold foils

10.07.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

09.07.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1872    ๐Ÿ” 907    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Trying to figure out a golden foiling, but something just isn't right. I tried a glitter finish on top as well, but it made the card top difficult to read. Working on perfecting it today.

#collectible #art #tcg #mtg #yugioh #pokemon #indie #indiegame #tabletop

10.07.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arcane: The Eternal: Devlog #7: Oh Yeah, It's All Coming Together Another update, and actually on schedule this time! Welcome back to the internet's only card game devlog.

thirdrulegames.ca/arcane%3A-th...

09.07.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is so cool

30.06.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My PSX Fountain Asset Pack has been updated! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ

- remade textures from scratch.
- textures packed into 2 atlases.

#PSX #lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev

30.06.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Practicing my 1-bit art by drawing scenes from @thirdrulegames.bsky.social's TTRPG Arcade Crawl.

"I'm here to kick ass and read books, and I'm all out of asses to kick"

#gamedev #pixelart #playdate #1bit #ใƒ‰ใƒƒใƒˆ็ตต

28.06.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think its kinda like-these people change their individual opinions without changing their broader thought patterns. "We should fight for equal rights but within strict gender boundaries." The dissonance makes them go a little nuts because their belief system is fundamentally opposed to itself.

27.06.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Secretfoil treatments of oh.koraline's fantastic artwork. I think these are gonna be big chases for the set.

#arcanetheeternal #tcg #mtg #ygo #collectible #pokemon #art #indiegame #indiedev #novascotia #canada

27.06.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More foil testing!

#arcanetheeternal #indie #indiegame #art #buycanadian #ygo #mtg #collectible #pokemon #tcg

26.06.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally got a vinyl foil that works well for holo printing! The problem now is the logistics of lining up the ink layer with the card back. While it looks great its pretty tough to stick it on effectively--right now its about 30% loss to QA.

#art #indie #tcg #ygo #pokemon #mtg #buycanadian

25.06.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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52Fates by Third Rule Games A Travel-Size Playing Card RPG

Happy free RPG day! In its honor, I brewed up 52Fates--a travel sized RPG! Designed for playing in airports or when you're looking to kill some time, it uses two pages of rules and just a 52 card deck.

third-rule-games.itch.io/52fates

Available for free!

#freerpgday #freegame #indiegame #rpg

21.06.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Card art for #ArcaneTheEternal

#dragon #art #indie #indiegames #tcg

@thirdrulegames.bsky.social

19.06.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm doing a #giveaway to celebrate controller support with a FREE Godstone Steam Key handed out tomorrow 10AM GMT+2! โœจ

Check out the game on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1715030

To participate:
repost! ๐Ÿ”„
Like! โค๏ธ

Details in the comments
#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #steam

16.06.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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