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Ross Kilgariff (ross.codes)

@ross-codes.bsky.social

Developer of HarleQuest! for Dreamcast and PC (https://harle.quest/) Gamer, guitarist and low-level programming enthusiast. I like to chat!

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A small but significant design change in HarleQuest!'s HUD is to move the player's stamina to a wheel directly above them instead of a bar on the top left. It's way easier at a glance to see how much stamina you have left!

#dreamcast #harlequest #indiegames #retrogaming

11.08.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HarleQuest! | Glasgow Indie Games Fest

We will be at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Glasgow Independent Games Festival this Saturday showing the latest *HarleQuest!* build! Come say hi! glasgowindiegamesfest.org/games/harleq...

06.08.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sovietborgs for Sega Genesis, Neo Geo & more! A new, challenging top-down run 'n' gun set in a parody world where the USSR won the Cold War! | Check out 'Sovietborgs for Sega Genesis, Neo Geo & more!' on Indiegogo.

In case you haven't seen it yet, Sovietborgs, a new game for the #dreamcast and other platforms, is up on Indiegogo:
indiegogo.com/projects/sov...

It's from the creators of Xenocider, a 3D Dreamcast indie that was pretty popular. Worth checking out!

08.07.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We'll be sending off the Dream Disc '24 master in the next few weeks and we're hard at work on the finishing touches. Here's a sneak peek at the game menu which we've created in our DreamScape game engine. #screenshotsaturday #dreamcast orcface.com/blog/04-drea...

17.05.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Interesting! I've never looked into this before but it seems very intuitive for making easily editable meshes.

14.05.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Game looks fun, I like the premise. I'm personally not keen on the name Depth of Debts as it doesn't roll off the tongue. Maybe "In The Hole", which is slang for being in debt?

The trailer is pretty good although the chromatic aberration on the transitions is a little jarring IMO.

Would play it!

14.05.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Pour One Out For The Dreamcast's Best Controller (Well, if you like fighting games, at least)

We love this style of controller for the Dreamcast but we realise that our games won't work well with them due to lack of analogue sticks. What do you think about supporting these in HarleQuest! and other games? www.timeextension.com/features/let...

10.05.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Orc Face Store Chew Chew Mimic at Orc Face Games!

Thanks everyone who joined the Chew Chew Mimic PC launch stream last night!

The #Dreamcast version is currently in the works and will be ready within the next few weeks. You can pre-order yours here if you want a low-numbered copy: orcface.com/chew-chew-mi...

19.04.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chew Chew Mimic - Now on Steam! The Orc Blog: Chew Chew Mimic - Now on Steam!

Chew Chew Mimic, the slick puzzle game from the minds behind Yeah Yeah Beebiss II, FLEA! and Tapeworm Disco Puzzle is landing on Steam tonight!

Join us for a launch stream at twitch.tv/orcfacegames at 11pm BST tonight.

Read about it on The Orc Blog!
orcface.com/blog/05-chew...

18.04.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to the DC scene :) Looking forward to seeing what you create!

16.04.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's cool!

02.04.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Stored Sword is a brand new game for the sega dreamcast.

The Stored Sword is a brand new game for the sega dreamcast.

#add #gift.
A big thank you to @orcfacegames.bsky.social @ross-codes.bsky.social for sending me a copy of The Stored Sword for Sega Dreamcast! You love brand new indie games working on retro hardware then check this game out now!
orcface.com/the-storied-...

28.03.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I was about to pick up a copy of Bryce 7.1 from DAZ Studio to do some retro landscape artwork but on a whim I checked my email (some Humble Bundles contain software).

Lo and behold, I had a copy I got for free direct from DAZ back in 2012. They even kept my account over 13 years of inactivity!

16.03.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Storied Sword on Steam An 8-bit action-adventure! Retrieve the fabled Storied Sword from the evil clutches of the dark sorcerer Vectre!

We're excited to announce that The Storied Sword is coming to Steam on Friday! You can wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3471340/...

Join us for a launch party livestream on the 14th at 10pm UTC over on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/orcfacegames

#wishlistwednesday #retrogaming #indiedev

13.03.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dream Disc '24 - The Winners! The Orc Blog: Dream Disc '24 - The Winners!

The winners of Dream Disc '24 have been announced! Every #Dreamcast game on this list will be on the first ever Dream Disc CD-ROM, coming soon to the Orc Face store πŸ˜€

orcface.com/blog/04-drea...

08.03.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 17: HarleQuest! Update - February 2025 Β· HarleQuest! A new 3D dungeon crawler for the Dreamcast & PC Hello!Okay, so it's technically March now, but I've had the flu for the past week. This is the update for February. Another update will arrive at the end of the month for March :)The Debug AwardsThe t...

New HarleQuest! Kickstarter update and demo build have landed :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...

03.03.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We can hear the frog, but cannot see! Frog timestamp: 15:05. Very enjoyable interview though.

02.03.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 16: HarleQuest! Update - January 2025 Β· HarleQuest! A new 3D dungeon crawler for the Dreamcast & PC Happy New Year everyone!We've been very busy here at Orc Face working on HarleQuest! and publishing our first ever Dreamcast release, The Storied Sword. We've also helped out with running the Dream Di...

For those who didn't back HarleQuest! but still want to know how it's going, here's our latest Kickstarter update!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...

22.01.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Storied Sword & Dream Disc '24 The Orc Blog: The Storied Sword & Dream Disc '24

New Orc Blog! We cover the release of The Storied Sword and our involvement with Dream Disc '24: orcface.com/blog/03-stor...

18.01.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Orc Face Store The Storied Sword is out now on Dreamcast!

The Storied Sword now has a proper landing page with a video and screenshots! The #dreamcast version is available now and we're handling a PC Steam release as we speak😁

orcface.com/the-storied-...

10.01.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's awesome! I've been enjoying your books in an admittedly random order. Alien Clay is next on the reading list after The Tyrant Philosophers series :) Great stuff.

11.01.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Allison! Will do.

06.01.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are happy to announce our first ever published game for the #dreamcast, The Storied Sword!

You can pick up a physical or digital copy from our site: orcface.com/store

04.01.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dang, I just missed it! Will be sure to pick these up if there's another sale in the future but can't spend $190 sadly. Thanks for making so many awesome fonts :)

04.01.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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HarleQuest! Dreamcast Coding Stream - ross_codes on Twitch ross_codes went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Software and Game Development VOD now.

Dream Disc '24 submissions are now closed! Amazingly, we have exactly 24 submissions on the itch pageπŸ˜† itch.io/jam/dream-di...

We just finished playing through a bunch of the submissions live on Twitch. Check it out here: www.twitch.tv/videos/23434...

04.01.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dream Disc '24 - one day to go! By this time tomorrow we will have the final submissions and we will begin preparation for the competition's judging phase.

For our final #dreamcast submission spotlight, here's The Eternal Sleep from Perrin!

itch.io/jam/dream-di...

02.01.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dream Disc '24 - 2 days to go! Today's spotlight #dreamcast submission is Rizzo Island Remix from DreamEater Games:
itch.io/jam/dream-di...

01.01.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bounce Quest DreamDisc'24 Demo on a real Sega Dreamcast
YouTube video by NEXT GENius Bounce Quest DreamDisc'24 Demo on a real Sega Dreamcast

Dream Disc '24 - only 3 days left! Happy New Year when it comes πŸ˜€

itch.io/jam/dream-di...

Today's spotlight #dreamcast game is Bounce Quest from NEXTGENius: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAvS...

31.12.2024 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You could check out Glenn Fielder's blogs on UDP, network sync & fixing your timestep: www.gafferongames.com

These were a huge help when I was first learning how to design systems for realtime online multiplayer.

30.12.2024 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dream Disc '24 day 8! Today's submission highlight is Starship Madness from @yombo

itch.io/jam/dream-di...

28.12.2024 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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