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Paul Hart

@farmergnome.bsky.social

Programmer/Artist/Co-designer on @thecryptmaster.bsky.social . IGF winner, occasional hiker, keyboard enthusiast.

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Cryptmaster by @akuparagames.bsky.social is a bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

27.01.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A White, decrepit face bathed in darkness inspects an unknown item in a chest found. The party, consisting of 4 undead ghouls, must ask the face, the titular cryptmaster, to describe and analyze the object in order for the collective five of them to remember the object in the chests name.

A White, decrepit face bathed in darkness inspects an unknown item in a chest found. The party, consisting of 4 undead ghouls, must ask the face, the titular cryptmaster, to describe and analyze the object in order for the collective five of them to remember the object in the chests name.

5. Cryptmaster
I was expecting a more traditional old school dungeon crawler but I ended up finding a very innovative, humorous experience where I had to make sure to have enough souls on hand in order to summon the publisher's mascot. Highly Recommend

27.01.2026 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

๐Ÿ˜ˆ ITS FINALLY TIME!! ๐Ÿ˜ˆDead Pets is launching today at 9 AM Pacific Time.

We're countdowning with a charity raid train, starting with
@amandaleighcosplay.bsky.social LIVE NOW! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

www.twitch.tv/amandaleighc...

All proceeds go to @getwigi.com!

Stay tuned, @cosmicmess.bsky.social is coming up next!

06.02.2026 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
cryptmaster key art showing a skeletal humanoid face with horns in black & white and the games title across the bottom of the image, Grebs eyes have been edited onto the face with disastrous results

cryptmaster key art showing a skeletal humanoid face with horns in black & white and the games title across the bottom of the image, Grebs eyes have been edited onto the face with disastrous results

Greb is pestering everyone in the underground running around yelling naughty words again.

Cryptmaster stream will be live in 15 min at - www.twitch.tv/iggymaid

All shares/lurks welcomed โ™ฅ
#vtuber #indie #CryptMaster #twitch

03.01.2026 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have again been asked if AI was used to make my game.

For transparency, my minions used generative AI to make all the parts of the game that didn't benefit from a human touch, were too boring to make or not important enough to craft by hand. In other words, we didn't use any generative AI.

21.12.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 487    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

cryptmaster remains worthy of adulation

21.12.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cryptmaster
Cryptmaster
Cryptmaster

21.12.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A messy sketch of Fink from the game Cryptmaster holding a mic and singing the lyrics โ€œdespite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cageโ€ from Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

A messy sketch of Fink from the game Cryptmaster holding a mic and singing the lyrics โ€œdespite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cageโ€ from Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

A sketch of Maz from Cryptmaster without his turban and winking to the side. His hair is shoulder length and flowing

A sketch of Maz from Cryptmaster without his turban and winking to the side. His hair is shoulder length and flowing

A sketch of chibi Syn from Cryptmaster drinking soup out of a spoon. The caption above her reads โ€œher greed sickens me (affectionate) and another caption pointing at the spoon reads โ€œJoroโ€™s soupโ€

A sketch of chibi Syn from Cryptmaster drinking soup out of a spoon. The caption above her reads โ€œher greed sickens me (affectionate) and another caption pointing at the spoon reads โ€œJoroโ€™s soupโ€

A sketch of Agda from Cryptmaster mewing

A sketch of Agda from Cryptmaster mewing

Just taking it easy with some Cryptmaster doodles today

#art / #cryptmaster / #fanart / #sketches / #digitalart

05.01.2026 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Been playing Cryptmaster at the moment, really enjoying the unique range of letter based mechanisms, maybe one them could be expanded out into a board game!

07.01.2026 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

14) Cryptmaster

Hi, yes, I was in charge of the VO for this game BUT it's also an incredibly well made game with gameplay that's kind of genuinely unique to video games! Type literally anything. Annoy the Cryptmaster. You're zombies.

store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

14.12.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the best time to buy Cryptmaster was when it released. You already know the second best time to buy Cryptmaster.

19.12.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 35% on Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

- Cryptmaster (2024) : (15.92โ‚ฌ)

If you like typing & words, stylish monochrome inky visual styles, dungeon crawling, solving issues by pissing on stuff all while having one of the most awesome narrators just laughing at you the whole time.

store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

18.12.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

By the way, if you don't get the reference, I'd implore you to check out the game Cryptmaster, it's incredible, was my GOTY for 2024.

17.12.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryptmaster ($16.24) - mavis beacon is still teaching typing, but now she's doing it with a sword in hand at the bottom of a dungeon. do battles, cast spells, solve riddles... all by typing! type anything!

seriously, fuck around with words, see what happens. store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

20.12.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

"I asked ChatGPT and..." Well I asked the Cryptmaster and he said stop lollygagging you undead oaf and get on with it

17.12.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 700    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Cryptmaster is delightful

19.12.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Twitch Twitch is the world

@blastoffbucky.bsky.social came into @xenosbreed.bsky.social's chat with an unhinged response to a riddle ๐Ÿ˜† www.twitch.tv/xenosbreed/c... The game is Cryptmaster @thecryptmaster.bsky.social Nice attention to detail ๐Ÿ˜ธ

21.12.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

19. Cryptmaster

My game of the year for 2024, it's just utterly brilliant, a genius game. Part dungeon crawler, part cursed typing tutor, like Mavis Beacon teaches necromancer. Play it and the Cryptmaster is gonna delight you with every wry, sardonic fully voiced line.

11.12.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

38) Cryptmaster is such a fun game to just fuck around with and find out, though some of the puzzles kind of broke my brain

store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

13.12.2025 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryptmaster (2024)

01.12.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Cryptmaster, these undead bones aren't quite fit for a couple thousand mile walk.

That was quite an amazing puzzle and treasure hunt nestled inside an equally fantastic game, well done!

04.12.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This Video Game Leads To A REAL LIFE Treasure
YouTube video by Bottenbig This Video Game Leads To A REAL LIFE Treasure

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qqi...

04.12.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I need to know if anyone has gone to this spot and found anything, I'm not traveling to the other side of the country for a post-it note saying "lol, made you look"

Truly though I am so morbidly curious, please do reach out!

03.12.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All these studios adding AI chatbots in their games, meanwhile we made a better one two years ago with Cryptmaster without using a speck of AI. Just smart writing and good voice acting ๐Ÿ˜Ž

02.12.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 555    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
A notepad with lots of letters arranged at random, most crossed out. The whole page is full of utter nonsense.

A notepad with lots of letters arranged at random, most crossed out. The whole page is full of utter nonsense.

I've been helping @ginathehyena.bsky.social play Cryptmaster ๐Ÿ“

06.12.2025 06:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cryptmaster - Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by IGN Cryptmaster - Official Launch Trailer

oh, you know what might actually be a strangely good fit? cryptmaster is a crawler game and it's combat is still pretty cooldown-y, but all the moves are executed by typing out the word of the move instead of clicking from a menu. it's way more engaging in a way that's hard to describe.

26.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cryptmaster is a hilarious and inventive game; I highly recommend it.

I admit I did feel dumb playing it, though: remembering all the commands in the heat of battle was just too much for my smooth brain.

26.11.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm live playing Cryptmaster finally! I've been trying to avoid spoilers for so long haha. I'm so excited!

twitch.tv/NyxTheBat

23.11.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My four favourite games I finished this year! ๐ŸŽฎ

16.11.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#43 - Cryptmaster (Mini Review #1) - Sarah & iV

We tried something new and just talked about an #indiegame we both love.

๐Ÿ”—:

open.spotify.com/episode/3xzX...

We would love to get your feedback on how you like this format.

Big Thank You to @wiwyums.bsky.social for convincing the Cryptmaster to do the intro once more.

#podcast #indiegamedev

22.11.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0