New update! Tons to unpack - Steam Next Fest, Q&A, reviews… and a sneak peek at the extra demo content I’m cooking up! ⚔️ LINK BELOW👇 #indiegame #gamedev #steamnextfest

Another party, another story... Big thanks to @woodsmanthepeasant.bsky.social for covering the demo! Everybody always blames the necromancer.💀 #indiegames #fantasy #gameplay

Since Im working on the demo i dont have too much time to read game updates nowadays, but I always take the time to read new updates made by @innkeep.bsky.social. It's shaping up to be an incredibly atmospheric game with very cool systems!

Bone-chilling narration from @indiegameiacs.bsky.social! Good fortune had it that one among the party was gifted with sharp Perception. Oh... and don't mess with Rhonda. #rpg #fantasy #indiegames www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDs...

New year, new adventures! 🗡️ I created a topic on steam for people to share the unique and creative ways they built their heroes and parties, and the adventures they had. Reading all the comments takes me straight back to the days of playing TTRPGs every day! #indiegame #ttrpg #fantasy

From the Gamer.no demo review: "The demo can be replayed many times with dramatically different outcomes. ... I created a middle-aged warrior who gave me anxiety, paired with an eternal optimist with great charm, and the combo became interesting." ♥️

Since the demo launch, wishlists jumped - and today we passed 500!🎉 I honestly never thought my little game would interest more than maybe a hundred people, so I’m a bit lost for words right now. Cheers to all 508 heroes supporting me on this journey! Happy Holidays! #gamedev

I had the chance to play Knights of Frontier Valley ahead of it's January playtest. @knightsfrontier.bsky.social is creating a truly special game, featuring a dynamic, reactive open world, NPCs with intricate daily routines, and deep survival and crime systems - a must-play for RPG fans!

Feedback like this is what keeps an indie dev marching onward! ⚔️ Chapter 1 is just the beginning of the journey - I can't wait to share what's coming. 🙂 #indiedev #gamedev #adventuretime

Today's hotfix fixed a bug that stopped characters from swearing properly - breaking the Filthy Lexicon achievement. The party can now curse freely again. Balance restored. #indiedev #gamedev

First Steam review is in! I'm over the moon - this is exactly the idea of the game: an interesting fantasy simulation that evokes the chaotic feeling of TTRPG sessions!🎲 It's fair to say the demo is short - but stay tuned, big news about that are coming in January 🙂 #indiedev #indiegame #gaming

STEAM DEMO IS OUT!⚔️ I Hope you are going to enjoy this small glimpse of what the overall vision is for The Guiding Spirit. Update: store.steampowered.com/news/app/359... #AdventureAwaits #indiegames

Demo drops tomorrow! In Episode 1, the heroes meet for the very first time - their first impressions, their earliest challenges, glimpses into their pasts, and whether they begin unraveling the mystery of their strange arrival... All of it is shaped by YOU. #steam #indiegame

Heyho! The Guiding Spirit's free Steam demo launches in one week! It features several demo-exclusive achievements - do you think you can get them all? #IndieGame #Steam #AdventureAwaits

Cool, cool, cool, cool... #gamedevelopment #theguidingspiritgame

For The Spirit, I handwrite the foundation for each scene - once the criteria are met, the game's scripts take over and adapt the text to match the biome, weather, your characters' personalities, choices, goals, skills, looks, items, mood, health, and relationships. 🌀 #gamedev #indiegame

Trait of the Week: Optimistic That feeling when you spend weeks polishing your demo, and your tester comes back saying they spent hours playing today - and didn't find a single bug. 😌 #gamedev #indiedev

Hey #pitchyagame! Imagine an RPG where you don't control your party. You define who they are - their flaws, memories, loves, and fears - and then they're on their own. Every run is unique. Every hero is doomed (probably). Free demo soon. 🎲 Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3596380/...

Adventurers, things are coming together well - the demo is now in closed testing and on track for a December public release. The demo steam page is live, and there's a new update featuring a sneak peek at personality traits! 🔥 store.steampowered.com/news/app/359... #indiegame #Update #gamedev

I love it when a game has content that only a tiny fraction of players find, so the demo will be full of these little secrets! #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign

Poor Ed - he probably has the "Chronic Complainer" tag...🥱 #indiedev #fantasy #partybased

Trait of the Week: All In These past few weeks there haven't been any updates, but that's because I set everything else aside to focus on finalizing the content for the upcoming free demo. I'll be able to share more about that with you soon! 😏 #gamedev #indiegame

Trait of the Week: Picky Ferris the wizard won't touch stew unless the carrots are diced evenly, refuses to sleep in any inn without goose-feather pillows, and once lectured a dragon for overcooking its own villagers. #gamedev #Indiedev #indiegame #pcgames #motivation

Trait of the Week: Exaggerator "When the good knight faced the undead horde, the clash of his blade was like a thousand temple bells ringing at once, each note heard across the entire kingdom!" #RoleplayingGame #indiegame #fantasy

Trait of the Week: Hoarder Meet Lord Ragnar. His back may be screaming in pain, but he couldn't care less - he's too busy doing what he loves: collecting every bucket, bottle, spoon, pillow, and bone he finds along his journey! #indiegames #fantasy #RPG

"How many portrait variations do you need?" "Yes." #drawing #RPG #IndieGameDev

Working with Boros Krisztina was such a pleasure! She did a couple of very cool lore-heavy illustrations for the Spirit (and she is on another level as you can tell)!🎨 What do you think is happening in this picture? 👀 #fantasy #artwork #indiegame

Trait of the Week: Naive "I really believe all the game-breaking bugs are gone now…" #gamedevs #DevLife #indiegame

The Spirit will be featured at the PlayB3yond - Indie Game Fest 2025 (August 25-31)! Thankful for the chance - let’s come together and celebrate indie games! #PlayB3yond2025

RPG fans - what's the craziest, most fun-to-roleplay character you can come up with? 🧙‍♀️ Bonus points if you explain why the character behaves the way they do. A tragic backstory? Unrequited love? Parental expectations? Coolest ideas will be added to my game! #RPG #gamedev #ttrpg

Check out the trailer for the Guiding Spirit, a deeply personal fantasy story-simulator where your heroes think for themselves! 🧙 Free demo later this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyZW...

All the buttons, backgrounds, icons, portraits and illustrations in the game are handcrafted now! 🎨✨ The trailer and Steam page have been completely revamped too. Check out Update #4 to read the full story: store.steampowered.com/news/app/359... #indiegame #gamedev

Although a big update is coming soon, I just can’t wait—so here’s a sneak peek at the new art style coming to the Spirit! ✏️ Every icon and picture is drawn by hand—it's a lot of work, but incredibly rewarding. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

Deciding on a time to show your project to others can be tricky. You don't want to show it too early, cause the idea might get lost in transition. But you don't want to show it late, cause you need outside feedback that you are heading to the right direction. #gamedev #indie

Hmm this note here says "Temporary", when exactly I wrote this line of code? Oh... 3 years ago. #indiedev #gamedev