Richard Cobbett
@richardcobbett.bsky.social
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Hello, I'm Richard. I write games. Please like them and also me.
http://www.thecuriosityengine.com
A Disney extraction shooter, aka Taking The Mickey.
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AdventureX
3 days ago
Save the date! On 13 April, exhibitor and speaker submissions open for AdventureX 2026. Be part of the UKās only convention dedicated to narrative games. You can find details at
adventurexpo.org
. Follow us here and subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
#AdvX26
#AdvX
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TFW you accidentally fire up Chzo Mythos insteadā¦
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Phillipe Bosher
7 days ago
Any boosts appreciated! In mid-May Iām going to be moving halfway across the world to Australia, and while Iāll still be able to work down there, any in-studio stuff will get trickier! So letās work together before then :)
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Also great, dismissing the shitty old 'you can't con an honest man' cliche, as if there aren't a billion grifts reliant on that.
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6 days ago
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Here is Risen.
6 days ago
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Posting a beta update with a new feature and trying to think of a way of explaining that yes, this is actually a response to requests, and no, not the world's Most Boring April Fool Joke Ever...
11 days ago
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Too busy to do a hilarious April Fool joke, but idly remembering that I did have one fun idea for a Nighthawks one where you fired it up and were given the option to play in Realism Mode, which consisted of a small and very boring mini story set in an office because vampires donāt exist.
11 days ago
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Idly wondering if a Carry On movie directed by David Cronenberg would be bawdy-horror.
15 days ago
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The fact that NOBODY was talking about it aside, I have a real soft spot for Realms of the Hauntingā¦
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16 days ago
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āUh, Melinoe? Thatās not what they mean by reveal trailer.ā
16 days ago
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Emma Sherr-Ziarko
17 days ago
The time has come⦠for a new version of my Interactive (aka Gaming) Demo! Whether you need a time traveling warrior, a plucky pilot, a burly brawler, a seductive sorcerer, a battle-hardened commander, a drunken dwarf, or someone who can voice 12 different NPCs in your game, Iām your gal!
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Watching the new episode of Daredevil and finding it funnier and funnier that he has a big DD logo on his chest. āSir, we just got attacked by a vigilante ninja dressed as the devil.ā āWho was it?ā āUnconfirmed. We need more data.ā
17 days ago
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The Doom novels need a big budget TV adaptation, with the proviso that they aren't allowed to change ANYTHING. That includes the demons being aliens, the aliens being called the Fred, and the keep-politics-out-of-games treasure that is the Mormons being the main defensive force against them.
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17 days ago
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Apropos of nothing in particular, Discworld is great.
18 days ago
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Dave Gilbert
19 days ago
This was SUCH a fun time. Ben and Jess are wonderful hosts and the two hours just flew by. We chat about the early days of the AGS community, my shifting to (and from) the casual games space, the hell of getting Primordia through Greenlight, and why writing a time travel game will break your brain.
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Jess Morrissette
19 days ago
This week on Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast,
@bvigeant.bsky.social
and I are joined by Dave Gilbert of
@wadjeteyegames.bsky.social
! We're taking a look back at 20 years of Wadjet Eye Games, from its humble beginnings through what's coming up next. Give it a listen:
zencastr.com/z/8TI_Kawh
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I'm not saying my game Nighthawks is a bit weird, but there's a part where the main character watches a new vampire themed police procedural called 'DracuLAPD'.
20 days ago
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Needs more retro games. Everyone loves good Sprite-work.
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21 days ago
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Jess Morrissette
21 days ago
It's been offline for a couple of months due to hosting issues, but the Video Game Soda Machine Project archive is back online again. If you've ever wanted to browse through more than 3,000 screenshots of soda machines from video games dating back as far as 1983, this is the site for you.
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The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
https://vgsmproject.com
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The problem with watching The Amazing Digital Circus in the UK is that it is impossible to take a potentially sinister company called C&A seriously. Oh no, Caine is out of control! He may force you to buy affordable sweaters!
youtu.be/HSOetP6C49E?...
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C&A advert 1977 HQ
YouTube video by Martin Potter
https://youtu.be/HSOetP6C49E?si=KH2_XWV0Xii9EXFX
22 days ago
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meghna jayanth
22 days ago
Only *63 hours left* to play our steam demo & back All Will Rise - our game of card-based social combat, revenge on billionaires + dead river gods. We donāt think thereās anything like it out there! We need your support to make something new & gloriously weird š„
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
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All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder
A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speculativeagency/all-will-rise
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I refuse to play Death Stranding games. Binky would NEVER. He is a Good Horse.
22 days ago
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Dave Gilbert
24 days ago
The Steam Spring Sale has BEGUN! Nab all our games from up to 70% off until March 26th!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...
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DLSS 5 off, DLSS 5 on... I knew I'd seen this technology in the Fallout TV show!
24 days ago
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(sighs) "It's another Skunny day."
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25 days ago
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Another day, another chance to share my favourite ever example of overwriting...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1So...
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pandamonium-intro
YouTube video by muttley16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1So6wFGpIo
25 days ago
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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Game Writer
25 days ago
Iāve been nominated for Best Voice Performance for Fia in Old Skies!
yetanothergameawards.com
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YAGA
https://yetanothergameawards.com
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Dave Gilbert
25 days ago
The winners are decided by AUDIENCE VOTE, so if you liked the game please click on the link below and tick on our game. You can also tick on the game if you didn't like it. Nobody will know.
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ME: "Cat, I have looked after you for about 13 years. In all that time, I have never hurt you, shouted at you, or even teased you. You spend every night asleep next to me in bed, and casually claw my shoulder when you want food with no concern." CAT: (cowering in corner) "BUT YOU JUST COUGHED!"
25 days ago
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I donāt get the complaints. DLSS 5 looks like a million bucks. Probably two million by 2028ā¦
26 days ago
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This is a great game that does not deserve to suffer from bad, or even mediocre sales.
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27 days ago
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Damiano Gerli
27 days ago
It's my birthday today and well, it's been a tough few years. I made a video a while ago on an obscure 90s software which took a lot out of me to finish. If you want you watch and leave a like? It ain't a great video, but completing it was important to keep me going through a tough time.
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The Museum of Anything Goes: Blurring the Line Between Art and Game and CD-ROM dreams
YouTube video by The Genesis Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwzvrkAczM
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Trello: Your custom actions budget is out Well, if your internal teams would budget the development of things as simple as 'always display this column in the order I want', we wouldn't have a problem, hmm?
27 days ago
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Preparing to do a sound effects blitz on a vampire game.
27 days ago
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Matneee
28 days ago
The demo worked very well streaming to an Android tablet FWIW, although I realise very few people will play it that way. It's very much the kind of thing I'd play handheld for preference, so I'm taking that as a win. Well, for me at any rate. Also because I was on my tablet I made thisš
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Matneee
28 days ago
There's a lot to recommend here if you've not tried it yet - demo on Steam if you feel like giving it a whirl.
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Nighthawks on Steam
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world⦠and youāre one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, ...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/Nighthawks/
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RuairĆ Rodinson
29 days ago
Slapped a discount on. Will do a proper post about it but felt between this being a year later from release and missing my homeland a fair bit. Have 25% off and enjoy a queer as fuck game with a very tired and bothered Norn Iron woman dealing with furries.
store.steampowered.com/app/1886910/...
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I wonder if Vvalak prefers Ironclad, Silent, Necro- no, obviously, he's the Regent.
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28 days ago
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RuairĆ Rodinson
30 days ago
Mars Vice is glad to be included in the Games from Ireland event on Steam! While set on our red cousin, a bit of green comes from our co-protagonist, Anaya, coming from the North before traveling to strange places and having to just cope. Have a gander!
store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr...
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Francisco GonzƔlez - Grundislav Games
30 days ago
I hate to beg, but the truth is any hope of me finishing my next game depends on sales of my previous ones, and Rosewater could use a lot more. Get it for 25% until March 26th.
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Dave Gilbert
about 1 month ago
Just some appreciation for what an amazing job
@thomasregin.bsky.social
did on the Old Skies OST.
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The trick to selling indie games on Steam is to set your price at $1m. You might not sell many, but you only have to sell *one!*
about 1 month ago
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Mike Rose
about 1 month ago
Cos graph is going up, right? So it must be good! But hang on... it says "5,863 games". It does *not* say, "5,863 games that launched in 2025". So what it's actually saying, is that of the nearly 150,000 games available on Steam, 5,863 of them (4% of them) made $100k in revenue in 2025.
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Trying to explain to my beloved feline companion that my patience and affection for him is, occasionally, the only thing separating ājumping hard onto a traditionally very sensitive part of male human anatomyā and ādining on cat pieā.
about 1 month ago
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Seems like a great argument for reducing their cut under a certain amountā¦
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about 1 month ago
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"Now featuring bonus content "The Elexis Files", in which you play as Elexis Sinclaire as she tries to persuade the sceptical SiNTek board of the financial benefit of turning great swathes of the population into mutant boss monsters. Finally, an FPS game with an agenda! And comprehensive minutes!"
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about 1 month ago
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Eh, you can complete it in three hours. No value for moneyā¦
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about 1 month ago
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Dave Gilbert
about 1 month ago
Old Skies has won TWO Adventure Game Hotshot awards, in the categories of āBest Storyā and āBest Sci Fiā. Thank you so much,
@aghotspot.bsky.social
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Ben Chandler
about 1 month ago
Folks have been testing the first chapter of Gilt this week. Lots of really great feedback. I added a couple of scenes, too. Hereās one I painted on Wednesday. Iām so happy to see people really connecting with the project and enjoying my strange ideas.
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