🔥 Exciting news!! We’re joining the #ACGFestival and our free playtest for Paper Castle will open soon! 🛡️ Jump in, test the new features, fight the fire, and defend your Paper Castle! #Gamedev #IndieGame store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/...

🎉 Los Pingheros is coming to Nintendo Switch! 🎮 Our official page is now live on the eShop — you can wishlist it today and get ready for the wildest snowball-fight party ever! 🗓 Release date: 01 Dec 2025 👉 www.nintendo.com/fr-fr/Jeux/J... #NintendoSwitch #IndieGame #LosPingheros #GameDev

My technical team use a lot of complex words to define cool stuff #techart #gamedev #indiegame #papercastle

Thanks to the tech team, the artist can now draw silly faces on the map and unleash his full potential 😈 #gameart #indiegame #unity

Testing our new water effect on our new water towers! 💧🏰 What do you think? 🌊✨ #PaperCastle #GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #Water

Painting test ! ✨ How does it stroke you? 🖌️❤️ #PaperCastle #GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #DigitalArt

Congrats to our dear friends for the release of Quadricolor🎉🎨! 🔴🟡🟢🔵 #indiegame #speedrun #steam #sentai #release

wow, look what is happening on #papercastle . Enemies started to use fire as indirect weapon. #fire #gamedev #indiegamedev

Maybe it is because I’m a noob with the pencil. But i really enjoy my team working on #conceptart. What do you think of our king of colors ? #papercastle #draw #gamedev

Hi friends ! Here’s the first step of our new painting feature: the Snappable Brush 🖌️ A radius of paint follows the King and snaps onto buildings to affect them. Purpose: to give more agency to players How cool is that?! 👑✨ #PaperCastle #GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

Just playing with the watercolor grid today ! ✨💧🎨 #GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting

Some progress here ! ✨ What about this nice papercut style? 📃✂️ #GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

🔥 Did you know Paper Castle lets you define custom biomes that directly impact gameplay? 🌍⚔️ Every choice is a strategic decision — each biome changes how you’ll face the fire, pushing you to adapt your playstyle in surprising ways. I’m in love with this feature ❤️ #GameDev #IndieDev #Strategy

Here’s a quick shader test to show buildables available for construction! 🔨🖌️ Still WIP — what do you think? ✨ #papersky #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #citybuilder #strategy #videogames #art #digitalart #unity

✨ Am I the only one absolutely obsessed with the watercolor FX our team just pulled off? 🎨🔥 Every frame feels like a living painting and I can’t stop staring at it 😍 #GameDev #IndieDev #PaperCastle #VFX

Hello again, it's #thursdayvibes and it is time to give you some update . We are replacing pig with real enemies #papercastle #vfx #gamedev #gameart #unity #indiegames

Hi! It’s been a while, friends! 👋 In Paper Castle’s description, we say players can shape the land. Here’s a first peek at how we build it with our paper terrain editor: Basic Painting 🖌️ Have a great weekend! ✨ #editor #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #strategy #videogames #unity

💧🔥⚔️On September 1st, Paper Castle is joining the Sword Celebration Festival! Other games: “Sharpen your blade.” Us: “Bring a bucket of water too - things are about to catch fire.” 🏰📄 👉 Wishlist Paper Castle! #SwordCelebration #IndieGame #GameDev

Romain here, While some HectiQ firends are enjoying GamesCom, I am here "bursting" things down in our project. Optimized one of the main manager by a factor 10 ! If you too think I am saving the planet🌍, try out PaperCastle on Steam. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #unity #madewithunity

Hectiq is back to #gamescom ! #gamedev #indiegame #strategy #videogames #digitalart #unity #devlog

Romain here🤓! Today, I want to share a technical solution for our animator controller we implemented in PaperCastle. hectiqgames.substack.com/p/managing-c... Would you have done the same ? #gamedev #indiegame #strategy #videogames #digitalart #unity #devlog

Good Thursday, we updated our playtest, and we added Painting Biomes!!! What are you waiting for? Play Paper Castle. Playtest is open!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/... #PaperCastle #RTSIrl #GameDev #IndieGame #Idiedev #Playtest #ThursdayMotivation

Our fire system got an update and it's really satisfying to watch ! -Illan #indiedev #indiegame #unity #realtimeVFX

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First test of painting environments! 🎨 It creates biomes, which directly affect everything else — buildings, enemies, fire, allies, and even your hero! 🏰 Sven🫡 #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense #citybuilder #strategy #simulationgames #videogames #art #digitalart #unity

This week I’m really far from Hectiq office. #ChinaJoy ended yesterday and our friends from Shanghai really enjoyed our demo #gamedev #indiegame #china -Luca

Chilling by the watercolor lake with the birds before the week-end 🧘‍♂️🐦 Origami fishes jumping out from the water would be a nice touch :) -Illan #gamedev #gameart #unity #shader #vfx

Hey BSkyers, I'm Romain from HectiQ. We are changing the way we will share with you about the studio and PaperCastle (nice game btw !). So we spinned the wheel, and here I am !🍀 Sorry... but you will be luckier tomorrow with Illan, he has some nice visuals for you.🖼️ #gamedev #indiegame #videogames

🔥 Paper Castle Playtest Live on Steam! 🏰 Shape your land, defend your Paper Castle, and survive the Trial by Flames. Try Paper Castle now ! 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/... #indiegame #playtest #strategy #steam #pcgaming #minimalist #papercraft #newgame #indiedev #PaperCastle

Gamifying our fire system! The fire propagation logic was too hard to tweak, so now fire is created directly by invisible particles instead. Works like a charm! #gamedev #techart #unity #indiedev

Good Wednesday everyone. Another day another video of Paper Castle. We are currently working on a juicy #watercolorpainting effects. Who wants to fight the fire and paint the world ? #WishlistWednesday #GameDev #indiegames #gamedevelopment #papercastle

Good Tuesday everyone. Did you know Paper Castle isn’t just about fire? After the blaze, you can rebuild in full color. 🔥🏰✨ #IndieGameDev #GameDev #MadeWithUnity #PaperCastle #RebuildAndCreate #Fire #Watercolor

🇮🇹 🔥Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'entrate🔥 🇬🇧 🔥Abandon all hope, ye who enter here🔥 #digitalart #art #GameDev #indiegames #fire #wall #gamedevelopment #papercastle

Hello guys ... today just a small update on Paper Castle. We added walls. You can now hide from your neighborhood #GameDev #indiegames #fire #wall #gamedevelopment #papercastle

GameDev & Marketing noobs — Episode 1: How NOT to record a gameplay video! 🐭 I left the mouse pointer front and center. 🤦‍♂️ Anyway, enjoy this sneak peek of Paper Castle! 🎮✨ Wishlist Paper Castle now and get ready to defend the kingdom! #gamedev #indiegamedev #madewithunity #fire #metal #towerdefense

Even if our team is from Europe, that doesn't mean we can't say Happy 4th of July! Let’s celebrate with a lovely VFX This video shows how we enter the defensive phase—do you like the transition? #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #RTS #TowerDefense #July4th #MadeWithUnity #VFX #WatercolorStyle

Happy Thursday, everyone! Check out the fiery VFX we’ve been crafting for Paper Castle🔥 Will you run or fight the fire? Add Paper Castle to your wishlist now and be the first to defend the kingdom! #Fire #IndieGameDev #GameDev #MadeWithUnity #Wishlist

Stay hydrated, heroes. Or you'll end up like our main character This is how our headquarters feel right now 🔥 #Canicule #PaperCastle #RTSIrl #GameDev #IndieGame #indiedev

How I feel when I'm in marketing mode #IndieGame #GameDev #gamemarketing #Steam #VideoGames #WishList

The Hectiq team will attend to the #Gamecamp today and tomorrow! If you want to meet, don't hesitate to reach ! 🔥🏰🔥🍻 #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameTrends #Steam #VideoGames #WishList #event store.steampowered.com/app/3596730/Paper_Castle/

Painting test on this Monday morning. and... BIRDS !! 🐦❤️‍🔥 #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameTrends #Steam #VideoGames #WishList #cozygame #cozy

Then again, even when everything’s burned down… it can still feel cozy. #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameTrends #Steam #VideoGames #WishList #cozygame #cozy

Sur ton feu de camp 💦🔥 #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameTrends #Steam #VideoGames #WishList #campfire #nanar

Instead of burning everything, why not just have a cozy vibe? #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameTrends #Steam #VideoGames #WishList #cozygame #cozy

Here's our WIP golem 🔥💧 — still missing some feedback, but you’ll need to switch between water and bow depending on whether it’s on fire to deal more damage.

Good Wednesday everyone! Since we started releasing content for our next game, you probably can't sleep and are dying to know how the fire works behind the scenes. Don't panic—here’s the answer. Sleep well! #GameDev #IndieGame #WednesdayVibes #Fire #WednesdayMotivation

🏰 Paper Castle is an elemental tower defense: craft paper architectures, infuse them with water-based paints, then strategize your defenses to withstand ever-rising firestorms 🌊🔥 #WishlistNow and be the first to defend your fortress: s.team/a/3596730 🎮 #GameDev #RTS #TowerDefense #IndieGameDev

Good Friday folks, here a taste of the fire from our next game Paper Castle. How do you feel about it? #FridayVibes #fire #IndieGameDev #indiegame #madewithunity #indiedev

🏰✨ Introducing Paper Castle! Build with water, then defend against fire in wave-based survival that’s easy to pick up but intense to master. 🌊🔥 Wishlist now and be the first to defend your fortress: s.team/a/3596730 🎮 #PaperCastle #IndieDev #WishlistNow #GameDev #RTS #TowerDefense #IndieGame

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