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James Wragg

@lovelyhellplace.bsky.social

Dread Delusion etc he / him

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Ahhh thanks very much! @io.brindlebrothers.com wrote the Clockwork Kingdom; absolutely phenomenal writing!

05.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THAT WAS IT, I'm always forgetting

05.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, it's been on Steam Deck for ages! Yeah, I love testing game builds on the Deck, it's such a nifty device.

05.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keyboards have too many keys; they stare like spider-eyes, & it's just WIERD, man! Now CONSOLES? Consoles I can get behind! Analogue sticks baby!

Uhh yeah,
𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 πƒπ„π‹π”π’πˆπŽπ πˆπ’ π‚πŽπŒπˆππ† π“πŽ π‚πŽππ’πŽπ‹π„π’ π“π‡πˆπ’ π’ππ‘πˆππ†

🍭PS4 & PS5
πŸ’SWITCH 2
🍏DON'T MAKE ME LOOK UP WHAT THE XBOX CONSOLES ARE CALLED BUT THEM TOO

05.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 390    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 18
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Friendly reminder that FF8 was inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks and is Really Fucking Weird

05.02.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I'm not saying that developing Dread Delusion felt like being welded into a tiny submarine slowly filling up with blood with only the distorted, obfuscated glimpse of colleagues to keep you sane, but

02.02.2026 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just saw @duskdev.bsky.social & Mplier's IRON LUNG & had an absolute blast. Like a v intense 1-man play but with more blood. Loved how you only see other chracters through a tiny porthole - metaphor for remote-work devteams, perchance? Also, just super super cool to see an indie game in a CINEMA WTF

02.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ahh that's lovely, thank you Sally πŸ™
and I mean, such an incredible performance!

28.01.2026 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah thanks so much, that means a lot πŸ™

27.01.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had absolutely no idea that what I'd been building up to all my life was to get Dread Delusion listed as one of the 'best games of the decade so far' by a website - jank.cool - that literally did not exist yesterday, but it turns out that's definitely been my life's work and OHSHIT we did it πŸŽ‰

27.01.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Ahah I love this!

14.12.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
dread delusion art in square format, featuring the character of vela and orlaith, godlet creature and a shroomweave blue glowing sword

dread delusion art in square format, featuring the character of vela and orlaith, godlet creature and a shroomweave blue glowing sword

finally finished this Dread Delusion piece i had in mind ever since i finished this incredible game. vela, orlaith, little godlet and my favourite: shroomweave sword. what a fantastic gem of a game! @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social

#painting #digitalpainting #art

13.12.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hell yeah, got my Dread Delusion Vinyl from @lostincult.co.uk !!

Music by @damniels.bsky.social & artwork by @vor-bokor.bsky.social, ofc!

If you want one yourself, I think there are a few copies left at the LiC site (it's a limited release tho).
www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/dread...

05.12.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

absolutely essential journalism

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

14.11.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Talk A Good Game logo on an artistic recreation of a Game Boy cartridge, next to a logo for Dread Delusion

Talk A Good Game logo on an artistic recreation of a Game Boy cartridge, next to a logo for Dread Delusion

Talk A Good Game - Season 2 Episode 2

James Wragg (aka @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social) talks Dread Delusion and Lovely Hellplace's upcoming JRPG-inspired game Entropy, plus we discuss good games in dark times: tagg.dekudeals.com/episodes/jam...

03.11.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glass Cannon.

20.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1904    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4

Yes ahah, that is very much the vibe! The game does actually operate on dice rolls under the hood, we absolutely looked back at the genre's TTRPG roots for inspo.

10.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those supercool portraits were done by none other than @vor-bokor.bsky.social - I'm sure you'll recognise his work from Dread Delusion...

Overall I'm totally stoked about the merc system. It's really fun to hire new weird guys and then see them get butchered by a lowly bandit πŸ₯²

10.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uhh, I guess I should start posting Entropy stuff, huh?

Entropy has permadeath - that means you'll hire from the π•Έπ–Šπ–—π–ˆ 𝕭𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉 when your party gets murdered.

Mercs are generated with different:
⭐Stats & Perks
πŸ“œBios & Personalities
πŸ‘ΊBodies & Clothes
πŸ—‘οΈEquipment

store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

10.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 11
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After FIVE YEARS of waiting, SHARP EYE #1, our follow-up to FIRST KNIFE, just hit Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
Check out our creepy full trailer, and then also all the info on the project following the link above, and please consider sharing and supporting our beautiful child!

03.09.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 35

I mean it's a theme, but dying earth is a genre that encompasses Jack Vance's work as well as other novels like Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun - but yeah, Jack Vance is an inspiration!

27.08.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

damn they've figured it out
quick, hide all the Hard To Be A God reference material

27.08.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, so we've tried to walk a middle line between traditional JRPGs, and tactical games like FF: Tactics, Battle Brothers, Banner Saga etc...
So there are two rows; front defends the back, but only ranged can attack from the back. Grid based like you say. Reposition takes a turn... etc.

27.08.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe one day, but for now we're all about ENTROPY, BABY

27.08.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unless we decide to say "actually Dread Delusion was all just a dream had by this one random Entropy side character," which... I wouldn't put it past us

27.08.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not! New universe 🌌

27.08.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else

27.08.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

THE ENTROPY RPG IS HERE
After Dread Delusion, I am back working with the Lovely Hellplace, serving as the art lead (...I guess?) this time aroundπŸ™πŸ˜Ž

Please check out our trailer, wishlist the game on Steam, and let us know what you think!

27.08.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 577    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

It is, well spotted ;)

27.08.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and yes, don't worry, there are still mushrooms

27.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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