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

Warding Witches is going to be at LFG-con in Hof tomorrow! Swing by the Indie area and have a first look at Talia 🌙✨ Who am I gonna meet? #lfgcon #wardingwitches

Make sure your RPG battle transitions, scene composition, and attack animations are at least as cool as this Taiwanese DOS RPG from 1995

Took the time to draw a new #oc of mine, since the old one is oretty depressing haha

🎮 GG Bavaria 2025 – das war episch! Zwei Tage Con, ein Business Day, über 6.200 Besucher:innen, 30+ Indie-Studios, Cosplay, E-Sports, Bühnenprogramm, Creator:innen und der erste GG Bavaria Indie Award – was für ein Wochenende! 📽️ Erlebt die schönsten Momente im Aftermovie: 👉 youtu.be/R7rnp_KIIK4

We have a really awesome event called Pizza Playtest in Munich, where devs can show off and playtest their games, give/get feedback etc. Played some very promising and amazing games, had good talks and also had Talia tested for the first time. Good times! #indiedev #gamedev #shmup #wardingwitches

Made a timelapse of the drawing process of Warding Witches' key artwork! See Willa and Talia come to life and color on YT: #art #wardingwitches #indiedev #solodev www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Cc...

ASSAULT SHELL 2 MAJOR UPDATE! STAGE 4 IS NOW PLAYABLE! Face off against JOKER's fleet over the war-torn city and face off against the legendary KINGKILLER! View the patch notes here! store.steampowered.com/news/app/217... #gamedev #indiedev #Shmup #STG

unpopular opinion: going to sleep is a chore

Trying to implement Talia as a playable character until the next gaming convention where you can play Warding Witches (LFG-con 2025 in Hof)! If there's time, I'll also make a chibi sticker of her. #wardingwitches

Die eine Seite des Rucksacks aus Kyoto ist schon gut voll. Plan für den Trip in einem Monat ist es, die andere Hälfte zu füllen.

Shoot 'em ups look best in motion! Threw together a little prototype trailer of #wardingwitches to show around! Peep it if you want to see it in action ✨🧹 #shmup #stg #indiedev #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk3X...

GGB25 Wrap up ✨ Not my 1st time exhibiting, but 1st time exhibiting my personal project AND as a solo dev. Reception was phenomenal, and I am so grateful to everybody who came by, talked, played, helpd.💕Truly didn't expect that. Aside from the #shmup / #stg genre being niche, presenting... (1/3🧵)

On Sunday, a lady came by the booth curiously looking at the gameplay of #wardingwitches She liked the bag but wasn't confident in playing it so she had her son beat stage 1 for her We cheered him on and taunted him when he died (he did win the bag on his last try, last live!) Wholesome moments

WARDING WITCHES Highscores of everybody who played at the #wardingwitches booth at @ggbavaria.bsky.social and entered their name! (Some didn't) Feel free to shout yourself or your friend out if you recognize yourself in the list :) Thanks for playing 💕🧹 #gamedev #indie #wardingwitches

Had a great time at the @ggbavaria.bsky.social 2025 convention. Many people also were curious about my little side project "Mare Noctem Cardgame" which positively surprised me :)

I had a lot of fun at @ggbavaria.bsky.social! Favourite moment (other than the Unity/Unreal one): An unsolicited comment about disliking our art style! _So_ not used to that. #humblebrag 😜 ♥️

Warding Witches: Ok look, I'm not a fan of shoot 'em ups but this one looks great and according to my friend, who tested it, it felt very responsive. The dev also was SO nice to chat to, explained his vision with the game which is: Making shmups more accessible again. Loved it! By @sonorode.com