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@thirdrulegames.bsky.social

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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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 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just grabbed it, looks awesome!

26.07.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

18.07.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These are badass I love them

18.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our website and discord are in our bio!

17.07.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

10.07.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 1866    πŸ” 905    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so cool

30.06.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My PSX Fountain Asset Pack has been updated! 🀩🀩🀩

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

#PSX #lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev

30.06.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“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 #γƒ‰γƒƒγƒˆη΅΅

28.06.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More foil testing!

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

26.06.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“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 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Card art for #ArcaneTheEternal

#dragon #art #indie #indiegames #tcg

@thirdrulegames.bsky.social

19.06.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“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! ✨

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

To participate:
repost! πŸ”„
Like! ❀️

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

16.06.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Definitely going to design a monster for #ArcaneTheEternal based on this guy. He just looks so cool. Maybe like, a phoenix with a blade tail? He's called the Razorbill but I think it holding the sword in its mouth is a little too close to Razordrake's design...

13.06.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having packs be fun to rip is a core target for us! We want commons and uncommons to still feel like hits and are offering lots of different foil treatments

11.06.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! Its definitely one of the better ones haha. That's why its goin on the boosters

10.06.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah they came out pretty damn good! The problem is, this finish and paper are perfect, but need additional chemical treatment which would make them non-recyclable--that's a no go from me unfortunately. I have another paper that will work but its a duller finish. Worth it for the footprint tho

10.06.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Testing booster packaging!

#tcg #ygo #mtg #buycanadian #indie #diy #canada #indiegame #indiedev #digitalart #art #pokemon

10.06.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll keep a lookout!

07.06.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It sounds like a great time lol. If there's a way to play it digitally I'd be down to try it with some of my players as well.

07.06.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This actually sounds like so much fun

07.06.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me more about these legendary area bosses

07.06.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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