Warding Witches was my personal highlight of a local Bavarian game exibition. It's super stylish, coherent, and simply a joy to play! Give it a try 🙏

I played this Steam demo today and really enjoyed it. Shmup fans should check it out

Last Weekend to try the Demo if you haven't! #steamnextfest

Streamers playing my game during Steam Next Fest! Thanks @cawthorne.bsky.social @4-rg.com and @neonmotte.bsky.social for showing the game to your audience 🫶✨🧹 had so much fun watching all of you play check out their streams!

While we're on the topic of magical girls, @sonorode.com also has their demo up during Steam Next Fest and I absolutely adore Warding Witches, which is a super good bullet hell shmup that I recently already wrote about. Go check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/4690510/...

Out of all things, my demo gets to be this person's first review 🥹 I love making games so much I will work hard to make a shmup worthy of such players!

I've had the unique pleasure of testing this pretty early locally (also, the two peeps from Nozomu are super sweet). Even that early, it already oozed with charme and atmosphere, definitely a must-try demo! #burnwithme #steamnextfest

I've done tons of patching since the demo came out, even balancing to make the steam leaderboards a proper competition. One person only had a steam deck to play Steam games on, which the demo didn't support (funky resolution in handheld), so here we are. EVERYBODY gets to play!! ✨🧹

Getting streamed by a dragon! @cawthorne.bsky.social is a super nice guy who I've had the pleasure of meeting at multiple German conventions already.

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Die Warding Witches Demo von @sonorode.com ist jetzt im Rahmen des #SteamNextFest verfügbar! Wir haben alle Infos zur Demo sowie unser Gameplay-VOD für euch im Artikel zusammengefasst. #IndieGame #Danmaku 4-rg.com/de/gaming/wa...

Steam Bullet Fest was just the warmup,✨STEAM NEXT FEST✨ is here! Never tried a bullet hell before? STORY MODE is your way in! Hundreds of players at conventions can attest, you've got this. Already a shmup veteran? Cursed difficulty is waiting😈 #steamnextfest #indiedev #bullethell #wardingwitches

NEOGEAR -Summer Caravan '26- has been released! It's a free, tight, 2-minute time-attack shmup. You play as Porter, a retired frame pilot, brought back into the fray to fight the rampant AI KAMI. Key art by Chromatic Arcana. Game design and programming by me. brettchalupa.itch.io/neogear-summ...

me exhibiting my game at conventions (except i'm not a cute succubus)

What does gamedev and cornflakes have in common? both crunchy anyway WARDING WITCHES DEMO OUT NOW, ALL THROUGH STEAM NEXT FEST JUNE! 🥳 Try out my love letter to classic Bullet Hell. 2 chars, 1.5 stages, 3 difficulties, coop, Leaderboards!! #shmupstg #bullethell #indiedev #gamedev #wardingwitches

I have so much to post but so little time Anyway, Warding Witches is part of the Steam Bullet Fest! As it is not released yet, there's no discount on anything but I hope it reaches shmup peeps all around the world ✨🧹 Big announcement this week... 👀 #shmup #wardingwitches #steam #indiedev #danmaku

I visited #DoKomi2026 for the first time this year and discovered a great gem of an indie game (in the creative games area in Hall 9) called #WardingWitches by @sonorode.com, which is an upcoming bullet hell shmup that took up more of my time than I'd like to admit. indiecator.org/2026/05/30/w...

Super excited to be at DoKomi this year, Germany's largest Anime / Manga Convention! ✨🧹 If any of y'all are there I'd love to meet you. Play the newest version and grab some merch! aside from that, I'm hype about seeing the con with my own eyes 👀 #DoKomi #wardingwitches

Oh by the way Warding Witches is going to be at LEVEL UP Salzburg 🇦🇹 tomorrow and Sunday! The peeps are so friendly to have me again how can I not ☺️✨🧹 If you're there, come play the newest version!

POLARIS 2025 wrapped up a while ago and I'm only now getting the edit out. Watching people play, cosplayers jumping on the demo, co-op sessions breaking out organically (one of the coolest moments!) ... this is why I love making games ✨🧹 thx to Bruder Steffie for the edit 🫶 #wardingwitches #gamedev

The English version of our interview with @sonorode.com is now live. We apologize for the delay. #Indie #IndieGames #IndieGame #Interview 4-rg.com/en/gaming/in...

After over 2 years of constantly working on it - i proudly present Ortomnia - Broken Trinity The Cardgame! With this first Coreset we kickoff the Ortomnia Franchise with a Banger and will build on it with 5 Expansions! Find out more at ortomniacardgame.mysticshelter.com

Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it.

Cool thing about Conventions is that you meet all kinds of people. A health expert attested that bullet hell, especially #wardingwitches, is healthy!

Highscores are up! Despite the exhibition demo being longer, still a huge amount of players, love it :) Thank you all for playing, and feel free to tag if you see yourself or somebody you know! ✨🧹 #wardingwitches #ggbavaria

stage 3 is taking shape 🔭 Meet the astrolabe enemy, it will ruin your day! #WardingWitches #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Our interview with @sonorode.com about his upcoming game Warding Witches is now live! It also features some gameplay videos provided by sonorode. Please note that the interview is currently only available in German. #Indie #IndieGames 4-rg.com/de/gaming/in...

GG Bavaria is done and I'm still processing it. What I keep coming back to is the people who genuinely stopped, played, had opinions about which witch is the best. Someone put the Talia merch card in their phone case on the spot. That's the part that matters! Thank you to everyone who came by 🫶✨🧹

When an EDM Producer makes a video game (sound on! 🔊) One of my biggest motivations for making Warding Witches is actually that I've always wanted to make a soundtrack for a shmup! Paired with being an EDM-head... look for urself #dnb #indiegame #gamedev #gameaudio #edmproduction #wardingwitches

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