Noticed I didn't officially announce this yet. Of course I'm gonna be at @ggbavaria.bsky.social again in 2026, home city represent!! (Munich, Germany) 🥨🍺 This is where it all started, and I'm excited to show everybody all the cool new stuff. It's subtle, but pretty cool! Come by, say hi! ✨🧹

Two amazing fans came to my booth at MAG-C and gave me handmade presents 😭(they've played before at other conventions!) @habk.de @cawthorne.bsky.social This is why I make games. Thank you so much 💜 (the coaster is now my designated desk coaster) #wardingwitches #indiedev #MAGC

Warding Witches was at MAG-C Convention in Erfurt, Germany! This time @yozoracosplay.bsky.social grazed the booth in a lovely cosplay of main Character Willa ✨ Seeing your character come to life like this is unreal. Thank you Yuka, drop her some love on socials!❤️ #wardingwitches #gamedev #cosplay

We got the Excellence Award for TMH! 😊 eufree.org/eufree-2025/

The FREE Demo of Dark Spawn: Forsaken is now available on itch.io! #rpgmaker #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #horrorgame ving-darkspawn.itch.io/dark-spawn-f...

Battlewrights releases in just 4 hours!! 😱😱 I'm very excited! If you haven't already, check it out on Steam and drop a wishlist if you like what you see ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3112470/... #indiegame #localmultiplayer #pvp #pixelart #steamgame

Have you heard about this new trendy detective game called "The Murder Hotel"? It's already out on Steam and will release on the Nintendo Switch in January. #TeaseYaGame #TrailerTuesday

Unser Ticketshop ist live! 🎟️ GG Bavaria erstmals an drei Tagen: 06.–08.03.2026. 3-Tages-Ticket für Early Birds nur 29 € (bis 31.12.) 🔥 ggbavaria.games-bavaria.com/tickets

This November 26, our #shmup #SchildmaidMX is out on #NintendoSwitch, #PlayStation4, #PlayStation5 and #Xbox Series X|S, in collab with eastasiasoft. It's an all new version, with 2 additional EX modes, balance tweaks & more improvements. Wishlist Schildmaid MX on your fav console's store page! ⛓️👇

there's this immense joy and gratitude I feel when people make fanart of my characters 🥹 by @tim.mp3 (don't think they're on bsky) #wardingwitches

Peep this brand new(-ish) October Trailer of Warding Witches. Despite its early prototype state, I'm really proud of how it currently looks and plays already. Apart from that, very happy to announce that 🗿Headup Games will be publishing the game! On to new heights ✨

Hey! I'm Sonorode - I make noise and code witchy bullets. I make ⚡EDM and 🎮VGM, but here on bluesky, you'll predominantly see posts and dev insights about my bullet hell shoot 'em up Warding Witches ✨🧹 Come join the discord if you're interested in either!

Highscores for POLARIS convention 2025! TONS of players 😍 If you see yourself or a friend in the scores, feel free to tag! #wardingwitches #polarisconvention #shmup

I think my composer mixed up the tracks for the main menu theme... (SOUND ON 🎶) #BattleWrinceOfBelAir #SteamNextFest #indiedev #solodev #indiegames #Battlewrights

Awesome thread by a great and loyal player who came to my booth to play Warding Witches every day at POLARIS! ✨🧹 We met in Bavaria, that's on the other side of the country! Warms my heart to see that people enjoy my silly little project this much Thanks for the support Nico 🫶

Bla bla Next Fest If you find yourself with your friends on a couch anytime soon, I suggest you try this fun little Couch PVP game with music by yours truly! 🎶 Think Towerfall 🏹 x The Axe from God of War. Big fun, simple yet deep, shmove on your friends. free Demo! #nextfest #steamnextfest

Dieses Wochenende durfte ich ein wirklich super vielversprechendes Spiel auf der Polaris ausprobieren: WARDING WITCHES vom lieben Paul (@sonorode.com). Wenn euch actiongeladene vertikale Shmups mit einem gut durchschaubaren Skilltree Spaß machen: Wishlisten! store.steampowered.com/app/3536520/...

Exhibiting at POLARIS in Hamburg, Germany this weekend. Look at this beautiful cabinet ✨💅 #indie #indiedev #gamedev #shmup #stgshmup

At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. @headup.bsky.social www.gamesmarket.global/business/hea...

Umitober day 10! A Cruel Eagle's Thesis #Umitober2025 #Umitober

what I do when I'm not programming bullet hell games or playing bullet hell video games? play tabletop bullet hell games of course #bullet

By now, you know the drill. Hamburg's gonna be warded up. Catch #wardingwitches at POLARIS convention (@polarisconvention.bsky.social) and try out stage 1 in the brand new CURSED difficulty, as well as 2-Player coop! Come by and say hi ✨🧹

75% of 2025 is about to be over, and looking back I've had some amazing opportunities to exhibit #wardingwitches. One of them was LEVEL UP Salzburg, truly unforgettable and such a great event, Austria got game ngl Seeing people react positively to playing a #shmup always puts a smile on my face 🥰

times sure have changed. Riding the train to the German shmup event. Overhearing two soldiers (German military), one is explaining honkai star rail to the other. 😄 The other says "this guy looks like Kirito"

Proud to announce that The Murder Hotel is out on Steam! If "ace attorney x Danganronpa x umineko" piques your interest, check out the demo✂️ OST by yours truly, with additional tracks by other talented musicians! Loved working on this one, what a journey with @wegenbartho.bsky.social ✌️

Today's a big day.

Kid was playing Mushihimesama Futari (one of the GOAT shmups and an inspiration to mine), then saw Warding Witches and said to his friend "Look, this one is newer!" - played it - "this is way better!!" 🥹🥰

Courtesy of the arcade gamesroom at Connichi (thanks @prinnytonic.munichfgc.de 🙏 ) #wardingwitches is going to be part of the arcade games lineup among shmups, rhythm & fighting games! If you happen to be at Connichi, come check out the brand new 2-player coop mode with a friend (or a stranger).

8 more days until he can no longer refuse ... #Indiegamedev

what are they guarding

I present to you - the third playable character for #Battlewrights - the COOK! #Battlewrights #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #localmultiplayer #pixelart #Godot #Steam

Wir haben ein Date auf der @connichi.de! Freitag um 19:45 Uhr nehme ich euch mit auf eine Reise durch die Bar- und Drinking-Welt von Japan. Verkostet wird nichts. Aber als Experte im Feld des "Lecker Bierchens" verspreche ich euch feucht-fröhliches Edu-Tainment. www.connichi.de/workshops/oi...

game genres are so fuzzy and confusing...what's an Action Adventure game?? what do you actually do in an RPG?? to fix this, i got together with loads of my lovely friends to create a much more descriptive classification system. all games can be neatly placed into the New Genres

Went to the local Pizza Playtest again yesterday to validate a new feature. Local Co-op lives! ✨🧹 #gamedev #indiedev #shmup #wardingwitches #couchcoop #multiplayer

#WardingWitches is officially and proudly part of 🔨 Games Forged in Germany Steam Sale! 🔨 Ironically, you can't buy it yet - but wishlists go a long way! 🙏 Big thanks to Games Germany for the opportunity!✨🧹 Also: Check out the gems my fellow countrypeople made! (link below) #indiedev #gamedev

Shoutout to my buddy @sonorode.com (check out his game Warding Witches!) who is expertly demonstrating this level of the singleplayer time trial mode ♥️ (inspired by Smash's target practice) #indiegame #indiegamedev #speedrunning #gamedev #pixelart #Battlewrights #GodotEngine

DIY > AI

LEVEL UP Salzburg's indie area had a cool mini game where visitors would get a token, which they can give to the game they liked most out of all. So heartwarming to see so many people come by and give me their coin 🥹 Also, it was kind of reminiscent of arcades

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth at LEVEL UP Salzburg! First time #WardingWitches was on tour abroad and it was a bullet hell blast :) The most rewarding aspect about these conventions is the emotions of the players, especially when they manage to beat the demo. Blessed 🫶✨🧹

Kids are brutal Sits down to play warding witches I'm like you need instructions? he says no, skips the tutorial and plays Dies three times in 15 seconds, gets up and leaves without a word

Starting off strong on the first day! met tons of lovely people as always

If anyone's near or in Salzburg this weekend - come play #WardingWitches in the indie games area of LEVEL UP Gaming Festival in Austria! Proud to be exhibiting there. Possibly the last chance to earn a stylish tote bag, and the first time you can cop Talia stickers!

Found 1€ on the street. Will buy ice cream with that later 😊

Noch ein GG Bavaria game im Deutschen Indieshowcase 🥹🫶🏻 VERDIENT!

Exciting news! Warding Witches is going to be part of the esteemed Deutsche Indie Showcase 2025 (German Indie Showcase)! ✨🧹 @gronkh.blue and @phunkroyal.bsky.social will stream a fresh, new trailer alongside other games on Sunday, June 8th, at 6pm CEST (4pm UTC)! First public look at Talia!🌙🤩

Antisuns is part of #TurnBasedThursdayFest, check it out! store.steampowered.com/news/app/296...

📣 THIS IS NOT A DRILL📣 ❗Ortomnia - Broken Trinity the Cardgame is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW! ❗ We got 30 Days to make the most out of this Campaign, feel free to check it out, share it on social Media, tell all your Friends about it and consider backing the Game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/177...

We released our final trailer for #TheMurderHotel www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kCB...

Quick LFG-Con (Hof, Germany) recap! Second gaming convention for Warding Witches in short succession. Got to show off the second witch, Talia 🌙 There was a lot of interest in the game - super grateful, and GGB25 wasn't a fluke! Got lots of lovely feedback 🥰and met cool and lovely people! (1/3)🧵

Doors are open! Already lots of players and onlookers ☺️🎉✨🧹 #wardingwitches #lfgcon