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SideQuesting PAX West 2025 Team Choice Awards: Draco and the Seven Scales A classic Game Boy inspired action adventure with a lot of charm, pirates and parrots, Draco and the Seven Scales is an upcoming new indie that hits a lot of our nostaglia buttons

SideQuesting PAX West 2025 Team Choice Awards: Draco and the Seven Scales

A classic Game Boy inspired action adventure with a lot of charm, pirates and parrots, Draco and the Seven Scales is an upcoming new indie that hits a lot of our nostaglia buttons

When I was pretty new to gamedev, I always found pausing hard to wrap my head around

We’re back from #PAXWest 🌟

Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth, played the demo, and hung out with us, it was a blast!

Missed your chance to grab a Never’s End metal tee at the booth? You can still snag one from our Etsy shop 👇
www.etsy.com/shop/Hypersect

#indiegame #gamedev

That's a wrap on PAX weekend 😴

Thanks to everyone who showed up.

Special shout out to @tohomoko.bsky.social for being a real one. Glad we could get most of the team together 💪

I was just back at @xythas.bsky.social's Draco booth! I love this game so much!!!

Draco and the Seven Scales booth at PAX West

The moon from Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

PAX WEST FINAL DAY!! Pull up if you dare!

Seattle: if you're near downtown and want a PAX-adjacent gaming thing to do, for FREE, the Seattle Indies Expo (SIX) at Motif Hotel is the best it's ever been. Two floors; dozens of playable, unique games. Open from now til 6 (plus some kind of connected party in the same space from 6-9).

Just so everybody knows, the Gameboy paks that we put on these are functional.

We gave Draco one of our HIGHLY COVETED @sidequesting.com TEAM CHOICE AWARDS!

Check it out at PAX West and beyond!

Team Choice Award Draco won at PAX West

Draco and the Seven Scale booth at PAX West

Pull up for day 3 of PAX West! We won an award :o

I want to make a mystery dungeon style roguelike game and friendslop about cave diving and a fighting game and a word game and a puzzle adventure game plus I want to remake my top down shooter about casting spells and I want to make a first person dungeon crawler RPG and I want to make a platformer

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Draco booth at PAX West

DAY 2

Draco and the Seven Scales gives off familiar vibes of the classic game of Link’s Awakening. Demo was entertaining, keep an eye out on this one if you like #GameBoy styled games. #PAXWest @xythas.bsky.social

Live at PAX West! Come play the demo… if ye dare

PAX Rising Showcase Winners presented by Zenni (PAX West 2025): Terrible Lizards, No Stone Unturned, Hank Drowning on Dry Land, RollerGirl, Sashimi Slayer: Rhythm Sushi Slicing!, Beatdown City Survivors, Never's End, Blocks for Babies, Rogue Eclipse, Arcane Eats, Draco and the Seven Scales, and Table Tactics. Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2025 west.paxsite.com

Tomorrow’s indie legends start here. ✨Check out the winners of the PAX Rising Showcase presented by Zenni: PAXwest25.com/Rising

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PAX Rising Showcase Hundreds will submit their game, but only a select few will make it through out gauntlet of judges to be crowned a PAX Rising Showcase winner and be given a free booth in our expo hall. Check them ou...

Check out the other games here
west.paxsite.com/en-us/featur...

Draco key art with a cross with the Pax Rising Showcase logo

I'm excited to announce that Draco was chosen for PAX Rising at PAX West! Come say hi, and play the demo on the show floor!

Sam was great to work with and I had a ton of fun making some art for em. The game looks rad as well so please check it out!

And in case you missed the trailer yesterday:
bsky.app/profile/xyth...

Key art for my game "Draco and the Seven Scales", featuring the pirate captain on a ruined ship, along with a colorful bird, and a looming kraken.

Really excited to show off the new key art for my game! Created by the amazing @teeketch.art

Draco and the Seven Scales on Steam Discover the mysteries of the great ocean in Draco and The Seven Scales! Explore dungeons, collect items, and fight scallywags on land and on the seven seas.

Please wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2559690/...

Ahoy! I'm making Draco and the Seven Scales, a retro-inspired, top down adventure on the seven seas. Check out my updated trailer!

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