While you're waiting for PoaTC to come out, here's another 2.5D action-platformer where you can swing on ropes to tide you over in the meantime...

After all the progress we've made lately, it was time for a new trailer. youtu.be/qzeI5qJzeCA #trailer #indiegame #gaming #metroidvania #gamedev

Doing an AMA over on Reddit for anyone interested in the Spec Ops days... www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com... #specopstheline #gamewriting #narrativedesign

When building a magical cursed palace, it's important to hide a few secrets here and there. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #metroidvania #steam #gamedev

Palace of a Thousand Curses is definitely not a game ABOUT physics, but sometimes they do add some fun visual moments. :) #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #steam #gamedev #metroidvania

I kind of love our new melodramatic death animation. 😅 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Hey streamers - anyone interested in getting a sneak peek at the Palace of a Thousand Curses demo before it goes public? (And before you get buried in Next Fest content.) Let me know and I'll send you a key! #indiegame #gamedev #twitch #stream

Palace of a Thousand Curses is more about swordfighting than platforming, but you can't have swashbuckling without at least a BIT of swinging around on ropes. ;) #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #platformer #metroidvania

Little known fact: My title on SpecOps: The Line was Senior Game Designer, but I also was one of the two main writers! So here are screenshots of... some text. SO EXCITING!! (More detail / context on the writing team in replies below...) #indiegame #specopstheline #gamewriting #narrativedesign

A whole, unedited fight. For those who want to see how the game ACTUALLY plays and not just fancy trailer cuts. :) youtu.be/TujYnl3MqSw #indiegame #wishlistwednesday #gamedev

The Mouse King thinks his tricks are clever, but personally I find them a bit cheesy. #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev

Sometimes we put little details in the background that most people don't notice. I think when you've got a lot of these, it adds a lot of neat texture and fun details for people who are paying attention. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiegamedev #unity3d

Hey! 👋 We're releasing #TheStoneOfmadness in just a few days, but you can already play a 2 hours long prologue (Which is basically the first campaign of the game) ENTIRELY FOR FREE! Just hit the DEMO button on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1309710/... And if you like it, WISHLIST! 💗

In honor of the #tiktokban, here's a vertical video. store.steampowered.com/app/3330540/... #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #gaming

When we make environments (and most of the outfits / weapons), we're careful to base them off of real world references. Sometimes there are small changes to make them more fantastical, but I think the touch of authenticity adds a lot. #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiegamedev #gaming

Did a little polish on the rope resizer today. That's kind of our version of the thing in Dark Souls where you kick a ladder down so you can open up a shortcut. #followfriday #indiegames #indiegamedev

By law every indie dev is required to make a "how it started / how it's going" post. This one is ours! #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #gaming

The Palace of a Thousand... Deaths? Hm. #indiegames #indiegamedev #metroidvania

Here's a video explaining our Style system (and a tiny glimpse of the Style Challenge mode, where you play for Style high scores). youtu.be/GOkbS4WSNhk #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev

The character art is placeholder, but I still love our first boss, the Mouse King. As you play through the level, mice keep luring you into traps and generally being a nuisance, so that by the time you get here you're properly ready to fight. :) #indiegames #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

In Palace of a Thousand Curses, the protagonist in the real world enters into a magical storybook. To reflect these two different worlds, we have completely different art styles and rendering setups. Even the subtitles look different! #followfriday #indiegame #neverendingstory

We were very lucky to find Muneer Adhami to do the voice of the Narrator in our game. He's both a fantastic voice actor and a native Arabic speaker, both of which were important to us. And because he's the one telling the story, he does the NPC voices as well... ;) #indiegames #game #voiceacting

Couple book recommendations for fans of our game... The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social : Thoroughly researched swashbuckling pirate fun set in the Islamic world! The Bird King by @gwillow.me : A fantasy adventure set in Al-Andalus, featuring nefarious inquisitors!

Going old school and posting ACTUAL SCREENSHOTS for #screenshotsaturday! Sometimes the old ways are best? Wishlist it! DO IT! store.steampowered.com/app/3330540?... #indiegames #platformer not quite a #metroidvania but tagging it that way anyway

Did you know? There's an actual (not very) scruffy dog behind the Scruffy Dog logo! She does not like fireworks. :( (Marketing trick: hide screenshots behind pictures of cute dogs.) #indiegames #silvester #wheatenterrier #cutedogs

One of our inspirations was the style systems in games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta. In PoaTC we've extended this idea so that playing for Style is used for powerful abilities. So it's not just fun, but is also the most effective way to play! #screenshotsaturday #devilmaycry #bayonetta

Swashbucklers are lazy folk. Sometimes they just can't be bothered to deliver the final blow themselves. Wishlist Palace of a Thousand Curses at good ol' Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3330540/... #indiegame #princessbride #platformer #fencing #andalusia

Introducing Palace of a Thousand Curses! It's a bit like a mix of The Princess Bride and the OG Prince of Persia (1989). Who can resist such a royal pedigree! store.steampowered.com/app/3330540/... #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame