I wrote a blog post about pathfinding and pedestrian simulation: www.psychicsoftware.com/2026/pathfin...

I am still a bit overwhelmed by the reaction to Persevere at the @imirt.bsky.social AGM. It was so far beyond any expectation I had, the positivity and energy people had for the pitch, and the demo, just, wow. Getting a little emotional now even thinking about it. #indiedev @ardan-ie.bsky.social

I will be doing the first pitch of Persevere at the @imirt.bsky.social AGM in just over an hour, as part of the IndieDev program (shout out to @ardan-ie.bsky.social also!). This marks the end of our IndieDev period, and the start of our road to release! Exciting! docs.google.com/presentation...

"A Gothic Masterpiece That Dares to Be Different" -- Expert Game Reviews The Necromancer's Tale is discounted by 20% this week. Check it out if you like good (un)wholesome fun, dabbling in the dark arts and raising the dead. store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/...

I've completed the first draft of the Persevere game pitch deck, which has been written for our publisher funding round. I will be presenting at the IMIRT AGM next week! Feedback is very welcome! #gamedev #indiedev docs.google.com/presentation...

Work on Persevere's pitch deck continues. Here is the final draft of the Art Direction slide. Writing a deck really is a useful tool for re-focusing your understanding of your game #gamedev #indiedev #narrative #strategy #simulation #pitchdeck

Work on Persevere's pitch deck continues. Here is the final draft of the Core Loop slide, and the first draft of the Market Opportunity slide (there will be a separate Market Analysis slide with metrics). #gamedev #indiedev #narrative #strategy #simulation #pitchdeck

I'm working on the pitch deck for Perservere, our narrative strategy game. This is the most technical slide in the pitch deck. It's designed to show our competence, how well we have considered the design and the moment-to-moment gameplay of the player. I'd love to hear feedback on it. #gamedev

Neat write up of @psychicsoftware.com's The Necromancer's Tale here: medium.com/@Froswald/th...

Axyz is a fantastic puzzle game based on the PS1 classic Kula World (Roll Away). One of the rare 'indie homages to an old game' that understands what made the original fun and builds on it in a smart way. Highly recommend!

The Séance of Blake Manor has been nominated for Best Art Direction in the @thinkygames.com Awards!

Here's the first draft of the "Ballistics" train carriage for Persevere, our narrative strategy game. When added to your train, it gives you access to basic projectile towers. Train cars aren't just for tower defense though, there will be cars for research, medical, training, scouting, and more.

I recorded a dev log for Persevere, giving an introduction to how crew traits are used to generate personality profiles, and how those personality profiles are used in our narrative scripts to fill roles, and adjust behaviour, within the story. youtu.be/0IDsIvnasz0 #narrative #strategy #gamedev

This is cool. The Séance of Blake Manor made GameSpots 10 Best games of the Year list! We're up there with some big games. www.gamespot.com/gallery/game...

The Necromancer's Tale is Mortismal's favourite indie RPG of 2025. This means a lot to me, Mortismal being a very in-depth RPG reviewer with high standards! Well done @unfetteredmuse.bsky.social @zgpope.bsky.social @michaelthomet.com @davetheallthing.bsky.social Damir and all the voice actors! :-)

The Necromancer's Tale is in the #ChooseWiselyFestival this week, celebrating branching narrative games where choices matter! Thanks @studioephua.bsky.social for hosting! 20% discount this week... time to dabble in the occult and raise an undead army 💀💀💀💀💀 store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/...

The Necromancers Tale made quite the impression on Mortismal Gaming. He chose it as his indie game of the year! @psychicsoftware.com youtu.be/pbdmvGXStTI?...

I played the ~30 minute Deathwish Bloom build at IndieDev. I can honestly say that I have never connected to a narrative in any game as quickly and deeply as I did with it. It's still in my head. I have a strange ache looking at the screenshots, I have unfinished business there.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, we completed the prototype of Persevere, our narrative strategy game. I'd like to introduce you to it! Starting with arriving on the level with your train, containing five crew, who we'll get to, and a Ballistics train car. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Our fellow IndieDev team RPS has launched the Steam page for Fallosophy. Make sure to wishlist it, it's really damn good, and they will be releasing a demo in a few weeks!

I love how the tactical system in Thousand Hells is coupled with the narrative scripting system. This is really exciting work. I hope you do a deep dive on this, or perhaps a talk, at some point @radiofreelunch.bsky.social

In Persevere, your crew gain Stressors, from the environment in combination with their Traits. The Stress of each character adds to the Strain of the crew, and Strain leads to narrative Crisis events. Here is a first look at a Crisis event in the Persevere prototype! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShSu...

Demonschool is such an ambitious labor of love and the fact that it only received like 250-ish reviews at this point is nuts, go get this game and play it! And leave a review after you've had a great time or I'll GET YOU

Working on the last elements of the Persevere #IndieDev prototype, the focus now is on exposing the crew simulation to the player; here is the crew person profile popup. Stress is gained from Stressors, and contributes to the Strain on the crew, which leads to crisis events. #gamedev #narrative

As well as working on the final Persevere IndieDev prototype build, we're also preparing for the IndieDev wrap event being hosted by @ardan-ie.bsky.social next week. As part of that, we've created a graphic for a pull-up banner, which I am loving. #indiedev #gamedev #stategy #narrative #prototype

We are doing the final content and polish pass for Persevere's prototype. He's a sneak peek at the locomotive, and the crew leaving to it collect resources... More media soon! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #strategy #narrative

We're closing in on the completion of the Persevere #IndieDev prototype, 3 weeks remaining! I'll share info then, including how to playtest! In the meantime, here is the final master of the Persevere theme, by our brilliant composer John Vallely. #gamedev #gamemusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7nW...

Great to see The Necromancer's Tale on Mortismal Gaming's best indie titles of 2025 list! youtu.be/EKHh143e3JI?... @psychicsoftware.com

Vote for Blake Manor 💀

The Seance of Blake Manor is now live on Steam. Check out our launch trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8s... #indiegames

The Séance of Blake Manor is launching this Monday, October 27th! Just in time for spooky season. #ScreenshotSaturday Wishlist it now. store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/... #indiegames #gamedev

We're half way through the 3 month production of the prototype for our #narrative #strategy #game Persevere (after 8 months or pre-production)! Still plenty to do, but the build is really coming together. youtu.be/Trp_1WUHL4w #gamedev #indiedev

On September 1st we started production on the prototype of our narrative strategy game Persevere, with the goal of having the first playable build on November 19th. Alongside the prototype, we are building a studio. Today, the studio and game website went live. One step at a time. perseveregame.com

We've just started production of the Persevere prototype, after 8 months of (part-time) pre-production. Today we hit a milestone, testing a "full" train (your mobile base) in-game (using mostly placeholder assets). My one concern was if the scale and length would feel right, I call this a success!

We’re excited to announce the 8 teams selected for IndieDev 2025 🎮✨💚 A variety of game prototypes will be explored & each team will be supported with funding of £15,000/€15,000 & a mentorship programme. ardan.ie/games-2/indi...

I just started playing The Necromancer's Tale, and I am a bit envious of how good the writing is! Go buy it! It's an excellent game from a truly talented independent, and Irish, team.

So excited to be part of IndieDev 2025! Our prototype, which will comprise of a single complete level of Persevere, will let us prove out our gameplay, art, writing, and production pipelines. We are so grateful to @ardan-ie.bsky.social, @imirt.bsky.social, and Screen partners, for the opportunity!

Romero Games has announced the redundancies of a large amount of staff. If you have been affected and need support, please reach out to me so our union @gwuireland.bsky.social can help support you. Connect with me [email protected] or the union advice centre www.fsunion.org/membership/a...

This is heartbreaking.

The Necromancer's Tale #PitchYaGame - HP Lovecraft meets Disco Elysium in this necromancer origin story. Deep narrative, politics, ghosts, and raising the dead. Releasing July 2025 store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/...

My #gamedev team and I created a pitch deck for Persevere, our #roguelike #strategy #towerdefense #game, as part of an application to a local arts fund. I thought it'd be interesting to share some of the slides for #screenshotsaturday. If there's interest, I'll share more slides later today.

Awful.

Persevere is an in #gamedev genre-blending #strategygame that fuses #survival #management with #towerdefense, creating an experience that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Core to the game is crew management, and today, for the first time, you can manage crew in-game: youtu.be/OTdYDfgK_Is

Even demons can't counter a big and powerful gun. #ScreenshotSaturday #roguelike #turnbased #gamedev

I'm super excited to announce Without a Dawn, a Visual Novel with philosophical and psychological horror elements: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhT3... Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... #visualnovel #Steam #SteamNextFest #indiegame #HorrorCommunity