The ocean blesses you, crew! A Paper Pirates update today adds a new optional rule. Enable The Ocean's Blessing in a custom voyage and pirates won't be able to vote for whoever last went overboard. This softens the blow of being thrown overboard and is perfect when your crew isn't so cutthroat.

Delighted to be featured in an amazing @gamerepublic.bsky.social Steam Festival celebrating games from Game Republic and @gamayo.bsky.social! Peep our upcoming game, An Elaborate History of Chess, in the 'Coming Soon' section or bag a copy of Paper Pirates, our social deduction game, at 90% off!

Our silly social deduction game, Paper Pirates, is on sale for the #SteamSpringSale! At 90% off, it's only $1.29! 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 Social deduction where nobody is ever out 📱 Everyone joins from their mobile phone 🔟 Buy once and play with up to 10 people 🎩 There's tonnes of hats Learn more: s.team/a/1234220

Take part in a Lucky Egg Hunt, as Spring Sailing returns to Paper Pirates! 🥚 Hunt Lucky Eggs to earn exclusive bounty rewards! 🐰 Buy seasonal customisation items before they hop away! 🐣Hatch into a Trait game as the seasonal trait, The Spring Chicken! #SocialDeduction #IndieGame #GameDev

We’re taking over #TurnBasedThursday on Bsky this week and you can join in this thread! Devs: Plug your #TurnBased games below 🔽 Players: Check out the replies to discover your next favourite game ❤

Happy 6th Anniversary to Paper Pirates, our party social deduction game! To celebrate, we've released a new update: 🪓 6 new traits, including The Executioner! 🧜‍♀️ 2 new events, including Call of the Siren! 🐐 Anniversary bounties to obtain unique hats! See the patch notes on Steam: s.team/a/1234220/

Love is in the water in Paper Pirate with Valentine Voyages, on now! ❤️ Meet The Admirer and The Lovers, two time limited traits for the season! 🏹 Use Cupid's Arrow or share a Love Letter! 🧸Limited time customisation options 💌 Mysterious love letter bounties?

Happy New Year from Iteration Games! Celebrate with Soggy Hogmanay in Paper Pirates until 21st Jan! 🤔 Crew Resolutions: Pick a vow each voyage 🎆 Seasonal Trait: The Resolute ✨ Seasonal Event: Fastest First Foot 🕰️ Limited time customisations in the shop ship! #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame

If you’re after a #SocialDeduction game to play over Christmas, check out Paper Pirates! Buy it once and up to ten people can play! Nobody’s ever out of the game, and there’s absolutely stacks of customisation and game modes. Currently 90% off on the #SteamSale - it’s £1.09! #IndieGame #IndieDev

Tomorrow is the last day to enter this exclusive giveaway ⬇️⬇️⬇️ All you need to do to enter is repost the ORIGINAL post and follow us!

Lots of fun news in last week's #TurnBasedThursday! 🏰 Playtest for a roguelike tower defense 🎨 Artbook release for story-rich cyberpunk RPG 💀 Major update for dark sci-fi extraction RPG ♟️ Free demo for zany strategy game filled w/ chess lore & much more! ⤵ #Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

It's Yule Tides in Paper Pirates! The seas turn chilly, and snow begins to fall! 🎁 Limited-time Trait: The Gift Giver! ❌ Limited-time Trait+ The Miser! 🎅 Limited-time customisation options in the Outfit and Ship Shops! ⛄ THREE seasonal events! #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

So excited that we have brilliant #gamedevs in the @gamerepublic.bsky.social zone at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiegamedev

Welcome, kobolds and non-kobolds! We are honoured to be the official host of this week's #TurnBasedThursday! Show us your turn-based games, indie devs. =D Remember to 💬comment, ♥️like and 🔁 share!

Exclusive #Giveaway! We're giving away an exclusive t-shirt inspired by An Elaborate History of Chess to one lucky winner! To enter just ✅follow and 🔁repost! We'll pick one random winner at 5pm GMT on 12th December 2025. Full T&Cs in reply ⬇️ #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

The Festive Feast, a season of harvest and feasting, starts today in Paper Pirates! 🏈 Seasonal Trait: The Quarterback 🧑‍🍳 Seasonal Trait+: The Chef 🔮 Seasonal Event: Wish on a Wishbone 🦃 Limited time goodies at the Shop Ship! #indiegame #gamedev #socialdeduction

Hi #PitchYaGame! Let me tell you about An Elaborate History of Chess: 🌽Make and cultivate farms using pawns 🧩Solve chess-style puzzles ⚔️Engage in turn-based chess combat with bosses ⬆️Level up your pawns to gain unique abilities and promote them into wacky nonsense like Druids and Lumberjacks

The seventh of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Cheerleader! The Cheerleader is a passive trait that chooses to support either the human or the ghost team. Depending on how well their chosen team is doing, The Cheerleader can gain extra voting power! #IndieGame #GameDev

We’re at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and EGX in the Rezzed Zone with an updated demo of An Elaborate History of Chess! There’s a whole new dungeon playable for the first time, plus a leaderboard to find out who can complete a dungeon in the fewest moves! #IndieGame #GameDev #EGX #IndieDev

The sixth of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Diplomat! The Diplomat is a new active trait, who can target a pirate and force them to skip their next vote. This gives them a lot of power over a pirate that is maybe too eager to vote! #GameDev #IndieGame #SocialDeduction

It's spooky season and that means it's the return of Haunted Seas in Paper Pirates! Check out all the haunted goodies: 🧛 Seasonal Trait+: The Vampire 🐺 Seasonal Trait: The Werewolf 🍬 Seasonal Event: Trick or Treat? .. and more! Haunted Seas runs all through October🦇 #IndieGame #GameDev

The fifth of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Wereghost! The Wereghost is a new seasonal trait for Haunted Seas. On days when the moon isn't full, The Wereghost is always human. But beware, on full moon nights, they become a ghost! #GameDev #IndieGame #SocialDeduction

The fourth of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Imitator! When The Imitator's team is revealed, like in a Spy event, a different pirate's team is revealed instead. The Imitator knows who they're imitating, but will they share this info? #GameDev #IndieGame #SocialDeduction

Grab a sausage and a stein to celebrate the end of September with Oktoberfest on the Ocean, until 30th September in Paper Pirates! 🍻 Meet The Brewmaster and get the party started! 🌭 Find out who has the biggest bratwurst! 🥨 Grab seasonal treats in the outfit shop! #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

Hello everyone! We're excited to be part of the @sixoneindie.com Steam Event Selection. You can play the first few hours of An Elaborate History of Chess now on Steam, for free! There are spiders in it though. Sorry. #SixOneIndie #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

47 indies. 72 minutes. The Six One Indie Showcase returns September 18th via IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie's channels! • World premiere from ORIGAME DIGITAL • Lil Gator Game: In the Dark gameplay • Super Rare Originals, Blumhouse Games, and so much more! Save The Date: youtu.be/QncfsZr_fxQ?...

The third of seven new traits coming to Paper Pirates is now available: The Dutiful! The Dutiful is an active trait who can trigger their current rank's crew duty event whenever they don't play in. There's a three-day cooldown, so make sure to use it when it helps you most! #IndieGame #GameDev

We're very happy to be the official #TurnBasedThursday host this week. This community is amazing and support us a lot. Now it's your time #GameDev #IndieDev to let players discover your #turnbased games. Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔁 great games in the replies and @ who should be in this thread!

Just what every chess game needs: dungeons with batteries, water wheels, flippers, conveyors, and magic golems who know the difference between serial and parallel circuits #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

The second of seven new traits coming to Paper Pirates is now available: The Soothsayer! The Soothsayer is a passive trait and, when voted overboard while on the human team, they see who was possessed by their overboarding - but always be wary of trusting a stowaway... #IndieGame #GameDev

Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! An Elaborate History of Chess has turn-based action loosely inspired by chess. There’s combat, puzzles, more combat, and turnips. There’s a free demo available now on Steam showcasing the first 60-90 minutes of the game! #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame

We’re happy to be the official host for this #TurnBasedThursday! The expedition is set, your heroes are ready! #GameDev, it’s time to show off your turn-based projects! Don’t forget to share this thread and have fun exploring new projects ❤️ and wishlist the games you liked!

Seven new traits are coming to Paper Pirates, starting with the first one available right now: The Shapesister! The Shapesister is a partner trait to The Shapeshifter. Whenever The Shapeshifter activates their trait to flip their team, The Shapesister's team will also change! #IndieGame #GameDev

We're delighted to be at @megaconlive.bsky.social this weekend with An Elaborate History of Chess! If you like chess, turnips, zombies, or trees then there's something in the game for you. Stop by the @gamerepublic.bsky.social Indie Game Showcase to play. We also have stickers! #MegaConLive

We’ve learned that #screenshotsaturday is an amazing way to discover games. Developers. Show us what you’re working on! Photo unrelated… Or is it? 🤔

Sometimes our game is a lot like chess, but if chess had sort of loads of zombies and a really big giant one who gets real angry real fast.

Our social deduction game with pirates is in the #SteamSummerSale at its lowest price ever, with 90% off ($1.29). 📲 Up to 10 people can play, each joining from a mobile device ⚓ Nobody is ever voted out of the game 🎩 There's loads of silly hats Check it out on Steam: s.team/a/1234220 #IndieGame

Took a bit of inspiration from a recent day out and added some lily pads to our water tiles now that they're looking a bit more complete #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

The Pirate Pool Party has begun! Grab your rubber rings and dive into summer fun in Paper Pirates until 22nd July! 🦈 Seasonal traits: The Shark & The Bait! 👙 Seasonal outfit pieces! 🏰 Seasonal event: Spooky Sandcastles! Learn more on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1234220/...

Can pawns swim? 🐟 First step to adding water to our silly chess game. Next stop: Two tiles next to each other. #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

It's the last day of #TurnBasedThursdayFest, but the An Elaborate History of Chess demo will continue to be available on #Steam! If you played the new or old demo, we'd love to hear what you thought, and please consider leaving a review to help others find it! #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

Check out An Elaborate History of Chess as part of #TurnBasedThursdayFest! If you think chess needs dungeons, more pieces, more turnips, and a ghost, we've got you. The turn-based dungeons feature chess-like combat and puzzles, bosses, and loot! Play the free demo on Steam: s.team/a/3475690

We're happy to share that we're this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host!☺️ We welcome all #IndieDev and #GameDev creators to share their #TurnBased games in the replies (don’t forget to use #TurnBasedThursday!)🙏 Turn-based players… feast your eyes on the games below!👇

If you haven't already seen, we're taking part in #TurnBasedThursday, with a free demo on Steam! In An Elaborate History of Chess you solve chess puzzles, fight chess monsters, and there's even a giant chess spider. And chess turnips. Play and wishlist now: s.team/a/3475690 #IndieGame #GameDev

Thrilled that An Elaborate History of Chess is featured in #TurnBasedThursday fest on Steam! We've released a huge update for the demo! Whether you're new to our silly chess game or you've played it before there's plenty to see! Play the demo and wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1255020/...

🚨 #TurnBasedThursdayFest's Steam Sale is LIVE! 🚨 store.steampowered.com/sale/TurnBas... 🎮 400+ featured games 💎 Hand-curated selections & hidden gems 🤑 Great deals up to 90%-off! RPGs, sims, grand strategy, deckbuilders, 4X, roguelikes, puzzlers, city builders… find your next favorite! #Gaming

Make a move♟️and come to GaMaYo 24 to see 'An Elaborate History Of Chess' by Iteration Games💡see you on the 22nd! Read about the game here ➡️ buff.ly/CGG3691 #IndieDev #GamePrototype #GameDemo #IndieGame #GaMaYo24 #GameRepublic #GamesIndustry #GamingDemo #ChessGame #StrategyGame

We are super thrilled to be able to share that we've joined @gamerepublic.bsky.social, and that we're bringing an updated version of the An Elaborate History of Chess demo to their amazing sold-out @gamayo.bsky.social ‬event in Leeds this week! What new things have we added? 👀👑 #IndieDev #GaMaYo24

If you’re a fan of turn-based games, there’s no better way to find hidden gems than checking a #TurnBasedThursday post 👀 ⏬️