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The MADE IN NEW ZEALAND Steam Event is live! 🇳🇿 Try the demo for our upcoming VN The Siege of Jeomdo and wishlist the full game! ⚔ For a cute narrative adventure, try HipWitch! You can own it now completely free 🧙‍♀️ And check out all the other NZ games while you're at it ❤️

Couldn't have gotten so far without such an amazing team 🫀 @Lunchbillion @relaytedS @YogReport @RJducats @akbeeegle @Rhystaj @stealthyshiro & more along the way!

Played a few more demos with this time being focused on some strategy titles. I enjoyed playing all three, but my favorite was definitely #afterinc. Loved Rebel Inc and it seems that After Inc will be just as good. For my full thoughts: youtu.be/bDZQqpMIvyA

Set the agenda in the Requisition Screen. When war is on your doorstep, what strategies will you invest in? You only have so much time and so many resources... Try it out yourself in The Siege of Jeomdo demo (link in replies!) #SteamNextFest

In the first set of demos played, I covered a genre I normally don't play too often. Check out my thoughts on a few narrative adventures! With a special shoutout to my friends at @StudioHipSword! #SteamNextFest youtu.be/axTaH8B49fs

Thanks so much for all the reviews and feedback on our #SteamNextFest demo thus far! Every bit of feedback helps us make The Siege of Jeomdo a better game, so please keep it coming! Great taste in birds, btw. That pudgy legend was designed by none other than @akbeeegle!

Try the demo for The Siege of Jeomdo as part of the Steam Next Fest! 🥳 It's your duty to defend the island from the Gonchurian Empire. Manage time & resources. Command the militia. Shape your story. #SteamNextFest #indiegame #VisualNovel Link in replies!

Lately, I've been playing Cattle Country, a farming sim set in the American frontier. It definitely has its own charm and clearly a lot of love was put in by the devs, @castlepixel! Check out my thoughts if interested: youtu.be/nF02Pm8m7hA

@nostalgicrealms Once again, I find myself on the same wavelength as you. I've been meaning to do the same with stuff around Kyoto (where I live in Japan!). Been wanting to draw pixel art Kyoto Tower for the longest time. Think seeing this post will be the catalyst to get that done.

A way I found really useful for learning pixel art was going out and finding real world references to try and draw in pixelart. Fortunately (unfortunately?) there are a lot of empty buildings in the area of Japan I live and I find them fascinating and they are my favourite thing to draw.

@nostalgicrealms It looks great! Honestly, this is something that I've been thinking I need to do with my own pixel art. I think some of my stuff looks really noisy and I just need to trim things back. Makes it a bit more manageable too I think.

This weekend I have been trying to do some little drawings focusing on trying to get texture without going over every little detail. I'm also trying to use less colours while also trying to keep the same detail level. I think it has been pretty good practice.

@GingerNingersh Get fucking real... But seriously though. It is sad...I only just got around to watching Twin Peaks a few months back.

God damn, RIP David Lynch, this is very sad. Ill honour your memory by watching a movie on my fucking telephone.

@nostalgicrealms Was introduced to Lair by Oliver and was immediately interested in the concept and the art (you're pixel art is amazing!). Also, being a fellow Japan expat helps as well haha. Looking forward to seeing the game's progress in 2025! あけましておめでとう！

Well it's the end of another year. This was my first year using TwitterX and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the follows and for all the positivity. I never thought there would be so many people interested in the kind of retro style RPG like the one I've been working on. I'm not a big social media user but my experience has been nothing but positive. I had to force myself to start using it and those first few months with no followers were a bit depressing but I got lucky and things really started growing. I'm really happy I stuck with it as I've made some great friends and even found a development partner to work on the game with in @oliver_joyce . Hopefully we will have a lot more to show of the game as we flesh out all the systems! I hope next year continues to be productive and positive for everyone else as well and I wish everyone the best. Happy new year everyone.

@nostalgicrealms @DennerRand Personally, I'd like it to go even further and show all the selections available off to the side. Cycling through them is alright if there's not that many but it becomes really annoying when there's a ton of options like character creators in Terraria or Stardew Valley.

@DennerRand Good idea!

I'm not sure how many people remember the SSI Goldbox games? Those games had amazing battle sprite character customisation and as a spiritual successor of sorts we are determined to go to similar lengths in our game. You will be able to edit your party members appearances at any times from a variety of options and more pieces will be unlocked as you find items and level up. I think players will be able to really make each of their character feel different visually. And to @HAmorata , I have made a halberd option just for you.

Man, it's already the end of the year? Well, here's my take on the last #HumbleChoice bundle for 2024. Not that bad. Hope everyone has a good holiday! youtu.be/ntI3KzUI87A

Recently, I received a pre-release copy of @NewArcLine, which just released in early access. Overall, it was a fun time and I appreciated something different. Check out my review for my full thoughts. Great work to the devs and good luck going forward! youtu.be/5Xf1QXRpJ4A

@nostalgicrealms Both are cool...but I prefer the top down look. I think because it's visually consistent to walking around the overworld. Plus, I feel you can add more depth with the top-down look rather than a side view.

If you had to choose, which view would you prefer for interiors on town maps? A top down view where you can enter and explore or a side view where you would select and interact with the npcs?

Had a lot of fun playing this during #steamnextfest . A bit late with getting the video finished but here are my thoughts! Really loved the style of the game in both its art and gameplay. Good luck with the launch early next year, @TSOMgame! youtu.be/7auhUyUYux4?si…

@GSabiniok Haha, no, he's not a Pole. He's an Aussie.

Swords and Sandals was made by a Pole? I didn't know about it. I played that game last time when I was in primary school. Great memories.

@OLaverly @CodeRed_dev Heck no. That brace can stay where is thank you very much. I will die on this hill haha

@CodeRed_dev !bool is perfectly good, it makes code more readable. But the first is also fine. HOWEVER.... move that opening brace on that code block up a line, just after the if, please and thank you.

There are 2 types of programmers.

@toys_retro I remember ours broke during an episode of Full House when I was 8 or 9. Didn't end up getting another TV until a few years later only because my dad wanted to watch the coverage of 9/11. But it sat around much longer than that because the thing was unmovable.