I'm off for 2 weeks, so time to replace one spooky Irish house with another

Ahhh! Wanna support indie #Irish games, made in #Ireland, set in Ireland with an Irish voice cast and made by a small team? Please consider voting for our game #EyesofHellfire in Polygon's best of here!! www.polygon.com/best-horror-... #gamedev

Dare to try some scares? 💀 Blumhouse Games titles are on sale for #SteamScreamFest! 🔥 Eyes of Hellfire - 50% off + BRAND NEW UPDATE https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/Eyes_of_Hellfire/ 🔮 Fear the Spotlight - 60% off https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959390/Fear_the_Spotlight/

🎃 *Deep Breath* 🎃 Our first mega #Halloween drop, the Shifting Lodge Update for #EyesofHellfire is LIVE. So proud of the work we’ve put into this. Rediscover the Hellfire Club! Thanks for supporting us in this Early Access journey! In-depth patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...

The Seance of Blake Manor is now live on Steam. Check out our launch trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8s... #indiegames

I need to mention something that happened yesterday. I had a negative review of my game & an irate player in my Discord, talking about bugs they claimed were longstanding, mentioned all over Steam and Reddit, and never fixed. After some probing they admitted they had been asking ChatGPT for hints.

The Séance of Blake Manor is part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out the demo if you haven't already. The game is launching on the 27th of Oct! Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA #indiegames

A new blog post, in which I ramble about the process of directing a 400,000-word narrative game (along with 7 other writers) over a 5-year development period... www.psychicsoftware.com/2025/designi...

What a fantastic, in-depth article from RTE exploring the inspirations and intricacies that led to Eyes of Hellfire: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

welp, time to try and remember weird build requirements for projects I haven't touched in years...

You've heard of nepo babies but have you heard of a nepo daddy? 😆 Article in Variety just went out about our game! variety.com/2025/gaming/...

Very nice to see Eyes of Hellfire hit 'Very Positive' on Steam today with our 50th review. Thanks for playing everyone!

Today's the day, Mars Attracts hits Steam in a few short hours!

I have no idea what you’re talking about @blumhousegames.com I’ve never taken a shady deal in my life 👀 But also Eyes of Hellfire is SO fun!!

We have a Steam page for our game! It's a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with A LOT OF BIRDS! If you have a Steam account and hit the wishlist button - you will have my eternal gratitude 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

Thank you to @oghamsmith.bsky.social for getting us across the line! #irishgamedev #speirghorm #irishcreatives #gamedev

Steamworks site not loading. Is it Silksong O'Clock again?

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!

No Man's Sky might be running out of names. Planet Frank.

A nice preview of @blakemanorgame.bsky.social on The Guardian website today. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

We released a game! You can play the game!! Your friends can play the game with you for free!!!

*Deep breath* #EyesofHellfire is officially in EARLY ACCESS. You can play it RIGHT NOW. Can't begin to express the immense pride I have in our indie team. To create something and release it is such an achievement. Support Indie Games. Play Eyes of Hellfire! store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...

Today is the day our game, Eyes of Hellfire, launches in early access. 🎉 To mark the occasion I thought I might share a bit of a thread 🧵 plotting some of the milestones of development of the game from a narrative design perspective.

Delaying the game 10 minutes because of Silksong

Love when devs share some of the behind-the-scenes progress of a project. Can't wait for folks to play Eyes of Hellfire later today! store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...

We're releasing Eyes of Hellfire in early access this week. To quiet the internal screaming of "OMGITSNOTREADYTHEBUGSTHEBUGS!!" I've been looking back at the progress of development. Here's the first video of a playable prototype I have saved, from Oct '23. A lot has changed but the core is there

ARGH! I can't believe that our Irish game #EyesofHellfire is going into Early Access NEXT WEEK! But what a thrill to reveal our EA Roadmap right now 😱 It all feels SO REAL. #gamedev #ireland

I think Slack purposely put the dumb AI button next to the close thread button so you are more likely to click it by mistake

Lovely article from Lex here, exploring Eyes of Hellfire’s roots. Pleasure to chat to you!

Auditions closing on Aug 20th for 25-year-old Seán 👨‍🍳 Would love it if we got more Irish folks auditioning and please do feel free to pass on the word to your acting pals! #castingcall #ireland #irish #voiceactors #voiceacting #audition #castings

We hiked up to the Hellfire Club … cursed for sure

We're in da papers! www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

#Voiceactors! We're hiring for a new role, 'Seán', in our gothic horror game set in #Ireland. We seek actors with natural Irish accents / who can do convincing Irish accents. Home studios and experience are essential. Spread the word! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #openaudition

Had a lovely time talking about gamedev and urban legends with Ronan. Have a listen

📣 NEWWWWWWWWS: Our Early Access release date has just been announced - Aug 27th - as well as our very shiny price pooooooooooooint. Using Friend's Pass, just ONE person needs to buy the game, and the other four friends can play for free 😄 www.gamespot.com/articles/blu...

sometimes #gamedev is simply about staring at a chair in our game for five minutes to test out audio cues 😅

Yes. YES. YEEEEESSSSSS! CHECK IT OUT!

The Eyes of Hellfire beta begins in just 2 days! Gather your friends and hike up to the Lodge (on Steam)

Great interview here about our upcoming gothic horror game based on the real Irish folklore of the Hellfire Club! @gambrinous.com and @fredmangan.bsky.social chatted with Polygon :)) www.polygon.com/gaming/61553...

We're testing again, in an open fashion this time

Running for the border... but on a bus, because running in this humidity would be madness!

Check this game out folks. Released today by one of my good pals @psychicsoftware.com It looks great. store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/... #indiegames #gamedev

Hard to believe it but 10 years ago today my first game launched on steam. Happy 10th birthday Guild of Dungeoneering!! Will share some fun bits and memories in a thread

Finally got a physical copy of Guild of Dungeoneering! I designed its first expansion, Pirate's Cove, 10 years ago.

Do you trust your friends? Put them to the test in Eyes of Hellfire youtube.com/shorts/2XH2e...

BETA TESTERS NEEDED! The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery set in 1897 Ireland where a young woman has vanished in suspicious circumstances from a remote hotel. We're running a closed beta between 14-18 July, If you'd like to apply: bit.ly/BlakeManorBeta

GMail put this in the spam folder. Even it know this is trash

You may know him of course as the incredible Davos from Game of Thrones but we know him as our Host. 🔥 And below, some behind-the-scenes footage of when we were recording with Liam - more to come!

Arghhh! We’re so STOKED to announce our voice cast, kicking things off with legendary Irish actor Liam Cunningham. Liam is our Host in #EyesofHellfire! The Host is the narrator of the game but one is never quite sure what his intentions are. Can’t wait for you to hear him. EARLY ACCESS this August!

#EyesofHellfire time-lapse. This little fella is the de-facto mascot of the player characters in our new #horror game. Bad things might happen to them.💀 The tune is from our fantastic composer Gary Keane. Jaunty! #gameart #gamedev