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@grauken.bsky.social

Metroidvania and dungeon crawler enthusiast (Wizardry, Might and Magic) and like early cRPGs overall (Ultima, Goldbox games), also read tons of scifi, fantasy either books or comics

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Factory 95 is an automation game set in Windows 95 where you make PowerPoint Factories
#pitchyagame

07.11.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I really love the visuals, there's just something about these kind of minimalist graphics that I love (or it might be just a case of nostalgia)

07.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm ready to spore

07.11.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tried the demo, looks lovely, love the minimalist look, but I hate input switching as a major gameplay mechanic, just not for me, I just prefer one or two buttons max

07.11.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wizardry fan: Life is a descent into darkness

06.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

store.steampowered.com/app/4078160/...

06.11.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel like...

06.11.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love the visuals, bring me back perfectly

06.11.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 25% on Sir Noggin on Steam Sir Noggin is a platformer inspired by the glorious 8-bit days and in the style of the Master System.Β Relive the days where the controllers only had a couple of buttons and you'd have to re-tune in yo...

The new game from @sinclairstrange.bsky.social looks fantastic! Giving Wonderboy vibes for sure!

store.steampowered.com/app/628360/S...

06.11.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see this upgrade

One thing to mention, some of your older games on Steam can't be bought from Germany as they lack an age rating (due to some stupid law, any game without one is auto-blocked here), so nobody can buy Alien Splatter Redux, the original Jet Runner and Fist Slash

06.11.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I usually cycle through my various interests, and when I feel a burnout coming on, I switch to doing something else, so I know I will eventually get back

05.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL

05.11.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1978    πŸ” 506    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 57
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and here's one from Tower of Metal

05.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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here's a picture from Minerva Labyrinth

05.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Magic and Metal Zero: Tower of Metal by Midnight Spire Games A turn-based sci-fantasy dungeon RPG

The creator of this also did a mini-dungeon crawler a couple of years ago for a JAM, which is also free on itch.io

midnightspiregames.itch.io/magic-and-me...

05.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 10% on Minerva Labyrinth on Steam A turn-based dark magical girl dungeon crawler. Create a squad of magical warriors, explore twisted labyrinths, and exterminate the demonic Hate that threaten the city.

New dungeon crawler out on Steam. There's a demo if you wanna try out first (or get the DRM-free version on itch.io midnightspiregames.itch.io/minerva-laby...)

store.steampowered.com/app/3520970/...

05.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

correct answer, haha

05.11.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, I didn't see the 2 in there. You seem to try to generate even more trauma, you monster

05.11.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True, we all know Final Fantasy 5 was peak

05.11.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Moonring DX - Nintendo Switch - November 20th, 2025
YouTube video by Fluttermind Moonring DX - Nintendo Switch - November 20th, 2025

If you're on the Switch and like to play a cool Ultima-like, Moonring comes out on the 20th of November. Highly recommended game (though if you want you can play for free right now on Steam)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=csmY...

05.11.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Highly recommend checking this out. Absolutely crushes it with the pixel art, and the gameplay seems to be quashing all the complaints I heard about their previous MV title (which, for the record, I really liked).

04.11.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not every game is for everyone and it's all subjective. I personally am glad for games that strike a chord very well with specific players rather than always trying broadly appeal to everyone. Means I won't be able to get into some, but the tradeoff is I'll be able to really get into certain others.

04.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.

A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...

03.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2442    πŸ” 838    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 127
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Resident Evil Gaiden (2001, Game Boy Color)

29.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

Dinosaur Resurrection in game screenshot

New release: Dinosaur Resurrection (2002 - Win) - https://www.myabandonware.com/game/dinosaur-resurrection-yxm #abandonware

02.11.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
A detail of the La-Mulana map. A title reads "the cartography zome; La-Mulana". There are some illustrations of huts.

A detail of the La-Mulana map. A title reads "the cartography zome; La-Mulana". There are some illustrations of huts.

I made a map of La-Mulana!

I've tried to hand-draw every nook and cranny of the ruins. There are still a couple things to touch up, and I'm sure I made some mistakes; let me know if you notice any. πŸ’•

drive.google.com/file/d/16JoM...

20.10.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 12
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STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

@hg101.bsky.social

01.11.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1513    πŸ” 644    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 63

I want to read that too, the only gaming I remember in East Germany before the fall of the wall were some Arcade machines on RΓΌgen that had a couple of games, including a Nu Pogodi Pac-Man clone, and the LCD games, one with egg catching, also with the Nu Pogodi guys

31.10.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project β€” a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

30.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 974    πŸ” 648    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 35

Hi, CEO of I Made It Games LLC, here. We're looking for viral indie games with a cool aesthetic that have a proven gameplay loop, narrative hook, the interest of top 1% streamers, and are 80-90% complete. In exchange for 50% of your profits we'll let you put our name on the Publisher field in Steam.

27.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1116    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10

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