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It's all about the details. 👌 Check out this work-in-progress whitecard from our narrative adventure game Little Ruin.

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Applications open for Future Leaders Delegation to BitSummit 2026 - Screen News - Screen Australia Applications are open for Screen Australia’s 2026 Future Leaders Delegation.

Applications for Screen Australia's Future Leaders Delegation to BitSummit 2026 closes soon (13 Nov, 5pm AEDT).

Get your applications in for a chance to travel to Japan and showcase your game!

www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...

Frosty Mini Is A Bite-Sized ANZ Showcase Going Down In December A little iced treat

A tasty snack is coming next month

This Week in Videogames - TWIV Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.

If anyone feels like supporting an independent Australian videogame website with award-winning work that strictly has no advertising, no sponsored content, no corporate ownership, does not let publishers pay for travel, and discloses every code we get and image we use:

thisweekinvideogames.com

For those of you outside of Melbourne and Australia in the games industry. Parallels is one of the most positive and optomistic events for games, I come away from it every year thinking "huh video games are pretty good"

Parasensor will briefly be in Birmingham! 🎉
We're so honoured to appear alongside some of the best upcoming games that Australia has to offer.

If you're attending, be sure to leave us some feedback on our early vertical slice build 📝
Thank you Noble Steed for this opportunity ❤️

Cartwheel | Little Ruin

No game devs were harmed in the making of this animation

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What I think is a Capping stone off a wall used to form a park bench.

What I think is a Capping stone off a wall used to form a park bench.

Jubilee Gardens Houndsditch, London EC2M

What I think is a Capping stone off a wall used to form a park bench.

#reference #materialreference #buildingreference

People watching in our narrative adventure game Little Ruin

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Dead Static Drive | Coming to PC and Xbox Grab your bat, steal a car, and take your chances against the unearthly horrors found along Route 666. This is Dead Static Drive.

It’s true, here’s our exciting news! Dead Static Drive is coming out on NOVEMBER 5TH! This year! Next week, even.

Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠

www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases

Malys is OUT NOW on Steam!Play the game via bit.ly/playmalysExorcise the infernal and exact vengeance in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider ... Malys 1.0 Launch Trailer

🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥

For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤

Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!

Here they come - the ducks from our game Little Ruin…

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Here they come - the ducks from our game Little Ruin…

#indiedev #indiegames #gameart #indiegamedev #sliceoflife

Golden hour in our narrative adventure Little Ruin. #indiedev #gameart #indiegames #madewithunity

Thank you so much!

You’ll meet some cool characters hanging about the town in Little Ruin. Check out a little screenshot from our narrative adventure.
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"In the eastern Melbourne suburb of Croydon, the digital architecture design company Lucernal is moonlighting as a game development studio and has been slowly working on its debut game Little Ruin. This is no hobby though..."

Today I am feeling nostalgic. With SXSW Sydney around the corner I am flashing back to participating in the 2024 Games Festival and Showcase at SXSW Sydney. So fun to talk about our game design techniques for Little Ruin. What a blast! Such a special event. Thanks so much @sxswsydney.com

PODCAST // Made In Australia

The latest podcast episode of Made In Australia featuring Melbourne-based developer @lucernal.bsky.social is out now on podcast services

Spotify: bit.ly/3U3xWx0
Apple: bit.ly/3IgYM2p

Thanks for the Little Ruin preview @wellplayed.bsky.social
Our game persists, more to come!

Thanks so much @rufusblackwood.bsky.social

Big thanks to @wellplayed.bsky.social for their preview of Little Ruin. We can't wait to show more!

Little Ruin Preview – Building Blocks Something to build on

PREVIEW // Little Ruin

We got a brief look at the Melbourne-made adventure Little Ruin from @lucernal.bsky.social, which has potential to be a touching narrative experience

We are so, so close to the finish line with just ~20% to go.

If you have even remotely considered backing Malys at any stage or you like the work Summerfall does or even just me as a person, please become a backer. Every bit helps.

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Malys: Exorcise demons on your hunt for an ancient evil 🕯️ Play as an exorcist on a quest to protect the innocent in this demonic roguelite deckbuilder from the creators of "Stray Gods".

We've backed Malys by the lovely team at @summerfallstudios.com - less than 24 hours to go, get in QUICK!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...

We had a lovely time chatting with Zach @wellplayed.bsky.social about Little Ruin.

Excited to share that @lucernal.bsky.social and its upcoming game Little Ruin is our feature studio and game for May's Made In Australia segment. Content coming soon.

Hello Bluesky! We're Lucernal, a Melbourne-based studio working on our first game - an isometric narrative adventure called Little Ruin.