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"The Spirit in the Door"

Release date: Dec 10, 2025

I'm most excited to announce the first Genius Loci game will be out next Wednesday on itch.io!
Special reward: custom char portraits!
Go play all my other stuff until then: https://ranarh.itch.io/

#indiegames #indiedev #releasedate #releaseannouncement #if #miat #tsitd #twine #gamesdev #solodev #gameart

"Game design is simple, actually"

https://www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/game-design-is-simple-actually/

#gamesdev #gamedesign

"If you're not excessive, you're never really sure": dialling up the pickup spawns for testing.

#defold #runner #tmmd #screenshotsaturday #flowers #gameart #indiedev #indiegames #gamesdev

A screenshot of the runner The Moon my destination showing an enormous flowering stalk, brimming with flashy pickups

Character sprites for a jam game I am working on with the team. It's a detective noir VN, with a cool boss battle!

Our MC has #symbrachydaktily.

#VN #MGJ12 #magicalgirl #sprites #characterdesign #colourful #disabled #blackwoman #stickers #indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev #godot

Two character sprites for the upcoming jam game The Crane's True North. On the left Noor, an overweight dark hijabsta barrista, on the right the MC, a black afro student with vitiligo.

Support Make it a Triple on Ko-Fi or Patreon!
Members receive discounts on all MiaT games and merch, and take part in raffles for original artworks. If you love beautiful games, this is for you!

To sweeten the pot, all members who sign up until the end of September will receive a free zine!

#kofi #patreon #makeitatriple #supportgames #indiedev #gamesdev

An ad image for the Ko-fi and Patreon campaigns of Make it a Triple studio, offering free or discounted games and original artworks.

Are there any #Gamesdev s that are attending #Gamescom2025 #Gamescom this year?

Do you promote your #indiegame on the #fediverse or #mastodon?

#cologne #koln #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #xbox #promo

My offer for #ScreenshotSaturday is my newest #jam entry, where you photohunt #cute critters in a #cozy forest setting by #typing through the underbrush.
I may actually have typing games out of my system for now :)

https://ranarh.itch.io/silhouette-wildlife-reserve

#indiedev #gamesdev #itchio #@indiecritical #animals #creaturegame

A cozy sunlit forest with game UI overlaid.

Made it past 10K views on itch.io the other day. Gotta celebrate the small successes!

#itchio #games #indiedev #solodev #gamesdev #zinester

A screenshot of my itch.io site with an overlay of the 10K view a marker fro the dashboard

Jenseits des Besens, die deutsche Übersetzung von Beyond the Broom, jetzt auf itch.io:
https://ranarh.itch.io/beyond-the-broom

#adventure #ttrpg #freegame #indiedev #gamesdev #roleplaying #rollenspiel #kinderspiel #penundpaper #erzählspiel

Feminist solo TTRPG "A Woman's Day" has a brand-new Polish translation! Thanks to Anna W., you can now play it in one more language.

https://ranarh.itch.io/a-womans-day

#indiegames #solottrpg #feminism #equality #IWD #weltfrauentag #translation #localization #polish #indiedev #gamesdev

Title image for the solo journaling TTRPG A Woman's Day

Having a heck of a time trying to implement State Machine.
It doesn't help that I don't understand Godot and it's Nodes.
The only explanations of State Machines are for FPS, showing how to Idle/Move/Attack.
I cannot seem to figure how to apply this logic to a RTS/Colony Sim.
Nothing will talk to each other. I don't know where to place/access Data/Functions.

It's like I'm not supposed to make an RTS. Godot doesn't do that. Or at least no-one uses Godot to do that.

#godot #godotengine #gamesdev

Wanted to tell you about my latest #TTRPG #game, an entry to the Appx N Jam on #itchio. We were each given a fictional book title. My "The Dark Heart of the Cosmos" is a system-agnostic #cosmichorror add-on.

https://ranarh.itch.io/the-dark-heart-of-the-cosmos

#indiegames #gamesdev #indiedev #rollenspiel #lovecraftian

Game page title image for The Dark Heart of the Cosmos. It is made up lieka n eghties game ad with the book receiving a spotlight on a marble table, and pink spiky font adding that is is system-agnostic and rules-lite.

A little something I am working on for a #TTRPG jam - "The Quiet Live" will be a small scenario for Closed Mondays, my Open Source dungeon builder system.
I was hoping to do something much more artsy, but at least a few small illustrations fit.

#opensource #rollenspiel #fashion #characterart #illustration #itchio #gamejam #indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev

#ScreenshotSaturday, right? Me and the team have been working on this #slice-of-life thing for a jam. I'm in charge of #graphic assets. It's amazing, what #3D stuff generous people are giving you for free! Thx guys! I have had to model very little myself so far, which means more time for other things. Need to get into shaders next, which is a little scary.

#indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev #godot #blender #workbench #scifi #liminaljam

Screenshot of a Godot engine viewer for 3D models, showing a scifi workbench with many tools. Instead of realistic textures it is handpainted in a sketchy look with upbeat colours.

Tear off a quest for the day in "A game in 14 sessions". A one-pager (or two, if you count the multiplayer rules) for printing yourself.
https://ranarh.itch.io/14-sessions

#TTRPG #soloRPG #multilpayer #activitygame #onepage #sitting #health #office #illustrated #indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev #zines

The ad image for the game "Sitting is the new smoking". It shows the title overlaying a loosely painted ilustration of a person slouching in an armchair, which is turned sideways. The subtitle reads "an activity single/multiplayer game for the road".

People ask how to get more exposure on @itch.io, and "bundles" is one answer.
If you wonder how much they can raise your traffic, this is the Free RPG weekend bundle with 2 of my games.

While the bundle was free, people still paid - not making my rent exactly, but it sums up, even at the 1% or so you often get in bundles.
Naturally, this was a bundle by an active pair of creators, results will vary.

#indiegames #gamesdev #indiedev #solodev #gamesmarketing #itchio #miat #traffic

Chart of sorts, showing the increase of traffic for my itch.io page during the weekend a bundle ran, with about six times as much downloads and views than normal.

New #GeniusLoci article!

Telepathically linked elven twins, adopted by a lord of known man-eaters, for his wife could not have children of her own:
https://jenniferslange.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/the-burrmo-princes-genius-loci/

#ttrpg #fantasy #worldbuilding #royalty #npc #beast #creature #lore #indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev

A fantasy illustration showing two elves with sharp facial features, dressed in simple, somewhat barbaric but not uncivilised clothing. They are twins, and stare down the viewer.
The setting is a dense forest, the two stand on ground or maybe a large branch.

#GamesDev
#SimpleIdeas
#MakingTheHamsterRunOnTheWheel

This has made me wonder about just creating some simple story stuff and using C/C++.

A Retro Game Made with 21st Century Thinking - Gamedev The Hard Way

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QIxYsg9FedA

Discuss the video here! - https://github.com/ncot-tech/community/discussions/2Source Code here! - https://github.com/ncot-tech/agon-adventureSupport the chan...