Kyle Thompson (Wishlist WELL DWELLER on Steam!)

🐦‍⬛New Game Announcement!🔥 Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania about a tiny bird armed with a matchstick on a quest to burn the wicked queen. I previously made Crypt Custodian and Islets and I’m so excited to share this new game! Wishlist now on Steam, link below!

My games Crypt Custodian, Islets, and Sheepo are all on sale on Steam for the Spring sale! You can get them all bundled together for only $21. A great time to buy if you haven't yet!

running through a flooded cellar

@Pixel_Pal__ It has parallax, it's an interior though so there are less layers and depth

@KyleThompsonDev I think it needs some parallax, not bad though!

Hiding from the Queen

@Lady_hide I'm so glad you liked it, thanks so much for playing!

Just finished Crypt Custodian 100% 🗝️ What a beautiful, thoughtful game. The art, the mood, the care in every detail really stayed with me. Huge inspiration and now I’m very excited (and patiently waiting) for Well Dweller. Thank you for making this @KyleThompsonDev

Making everything in my game destructible because it's fun to smash things with a matchstick

@SquidShock Ah no lol I use Gamemaker

@KyleThompsonDev oh do you not use Unity? I just assumed lol

A view of how the fake-3d parallax works in my game Well Dweller. The game engine I use is primarily for 2D games (gamemaker), so I instead have background objects lean with the camera position based on their assigned depth

@STANN_co Yeah the tool I made just saves it as gml code and I paste that into the room editor

@KyleThompsonDev wowza! i had a lot of trouble making it, are they saved externally somehow?

@skybammy_dev Yeah sometime this year! Still working on it so I don't have an exact date just yet

@KyleThompsonDev Will we be able to get the game soon?

@SquidShock Yeah the engine I use is pretty much set up just for orthographic

@KyleThompsonDev so u use orthographic?

Very good video game :)

@RayNarvaezJr Hey thanks so much for playing!

@Felices20Berna Thank you! Yes it will be out in 2026

@KyleThompsonDev Tienes mucho talento Kyle!! Un saludo desde España. Crees que lo disfrutaremos en 2026?

@niuage Yeah everything is drawn in photoshop!

@KyleThompsonDev Cool, I just added parallax to my 2d platformer the other day, it adds a lot. Do you use photoshop for your assets?

@STANN_co Yeah I made a little debug tool for placing background elements. Took only a day to make and make the process so much easier

@KyleThompsonDev I wish there was an easier way to do this haha. How did you manage to position all the background elements? Did you make your own editor? or some other trick 0:

@DaOptimistPrime I'm so glad you liked it, thanks so much for playing!

My first 100% completion for this year~~ what a wonderful game to start this year’s gaming exp. Thank you soo much @KyleThompsonDev for this wonderful gift. This has been incredibly fun and mellow and most importantly heartfelt game. I love it soo much. +1 fan here

@RobbyJD44 I haven't made console plans yet but will look into that more closer to release! As for a Crypt Custodian DLC I don't have any plans on that, but if I ever have an idea for something like that I would definitely consider it!

@KyleThompsonDev Is this coming to console as well? Xbox or ps5 specifically Also, crypt custodian dlc? Love that game and just want to play it some more

My dark fairy-tale metroidvania, Well Dweller, is coming out THIS YEAR! It's made by just me and my brother (I do all the art/code/design, and my brother makes the music), so any support is really appreciated.

@5hj4cgpjym It will be smaller than Hollow Knight but will still be pretty big! 15 areas/biomes and 15ish bosses or so

@KyleThompsonDev Is it similar in size and bosses to hollow knight

@Jaimz_with_a_Z Thank you! I've been working on this game full time for around 1.5 years so far

@KyleThompsonDev Dude the fact that just two people made this is crazy it looks so good, the art and even the music are all incredible. How long did it take to this?