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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 3h

You play as a **sentient tentacle** of Cthulhu who just wants a purpose …maybe a job, maybe to destroy humanity.

A dark comedy visual novel about cosmic horror, bad decisions, and free will (sort of).

#gamedev #VisualNovel #indiedev

🐙 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4074610/...

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 1d

Fewer than 10 000 red pandas left.

This year, another forest became a parking lot.
We keep calling it development.
But for them, it’s extinction.
#SaveTheWild #HumanImpact #RedPanda

Add When the Embers Wake to your wishlist and help us tell their story

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 6d

Environmental storytelling done right: Batman: Arkham Asylum includes discarded objects, broken tiles, and abandoned cells revealing the chaos long before even meeting a single villain. The world itself tells the story.

#EnvironmentalStorytelling #gamedev #devlog #IndieDevs #indiedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 7d

Surrounding land development, logging, or road construction shrink or isolate habitats, reducing the effectiveness of conservation centres.

Wishlist When the Embers Wake on steam if you’d like to support👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...
#gamedev #devlog #IndieDevs #indiedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 8d

well done!

Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 8d

This is the game I didn't know I needed

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 8d

Like a mother red panda moving her cubs to safety, our journey in #WETW begins with leaving the run-down conservation center, a first step toward survival and new purpose.

Wishlist👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#EnvironmentalStorytelling #gamedev #devlog #IndieDevs #indiedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 13d

Appreciation post on environmental storytelling:. In It Takes Two, the overgrown garden reflects Cody’s lost passion and the couple’s strained bond. Restoring it as you play turns the level into a living metaphor for healing a relationship.
#gamedesign #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 14d

Wishlist Wednesday Repost!
#wishlistwednesday

Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 15d

Early gameplay peek - These red pandas are the last ones left in an abandoned conservation center. What happened here? What will they face in the wild?

Wishlist When the Embers Wake on steam 👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiegamedev #redpanda

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 14d

Tongue out. Zero regrets. 10/10 nap. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
#RedPanda #AnimalGIF #TooCute #Wildlife

We’re working on a game to increase red panda conservation awareness, Wishlist When the Embers Wake on steam if you’d like to support?: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 15d

Early gameplay peek - These red pandas are the last ones left in an abandoned conservation center. What happened here? What will they face in the wild?

Wishlist When the Embers Wake on steam 👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiegamedev #redpanda

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 19d

Tried this and can say I absolutely loved it, the gameplay is intuitive and the 2d sprites blend with the environment, makes it feel beautiful.
I remember seeing an early Crosscode version on your laptop in Gamescom (2013 if I recall correctly 🤔) and the studio has come a long way, Congratulations!

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 20d

Appreciation post on environmental storytelling - In The Last of Us this memorial wall of candles and photos shows how survivors still celebrate and remember life. Details like this remind players that humanity, not just survival, is at stake.

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 21d

Red pandas are solitary creatures, they only form groups in special occasions, mating season or when a mother raises cubs ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

Our game aims to increase red panda conservation awareness, Wishlist on steam if you’d like to support👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...
#redpanda #indiegamedev

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 22d

We’re building the guidance and AI pathing for our protagonist’s mother, who not only raises her cub but also guides and teaches the player where to navigate.

Wishlist When the Embers Wake on steam 👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiegamedev #redpanda

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 23d

you're awesome!

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 25d

First gameplay video is out just in time for international red panda day! 🐼
youtu.be/yNknJOtNkpI?...

Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#indiegames #gamedev #indiedevs

When the Embers Wake - Gameplay Video

YouTube video by Llamaplay

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 26d

Super excited for this one and congrats on the demo!

Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 28d

Dropping our brand new game that supports wildlife protection 🐼 store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

When the Embers Wake on Steam

When the Embers Wake is a third person narrative adventure with a cause to create awareness about the very current and real threats on wildlife. You play as a red panda that needs to survive amidst en...

store.steampowered.com

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Migration: A Crow Survival Game @migration-crowgame.bsky.social · 29d

Gravity in our crow survival game 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛
#indiegame #indiegamedev #survivalgames #cozy #corvids #crows #gamedev #cute #animals #gaming

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · 29d

Steam page officially live for When the Embers Wake.

We'll be posting gameplay videos in the coming week. If you'd like to support us wishlist on Steam 😊

store.steampowered.com/app/3986340/...

#indiegames #gamedev

When the Embers Wake on Steam

When the Embers Wake is a third person narrative adventure with a cause to create awareness about the very current and real threats on wildlife. You play as a red panda that needs to survive amidst en...

store.steampowered.com

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · Sep 15

impossible

Reposted by Llamaplay

Radical Fish Games @radicalfishgames.com · Jul 20

Alabaster Dawn just got a NEW TRAILER!

The public demo will release on Steam in September this year! #AlabasterDawn

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · Sep 15

Telling a story without speaking a word. A game centered around environmental story telling. Not a single line of text.

We’ve been prototyping to test the flow- iteration after iteration, we get closer to something amazing.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gamedesign

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Llamaplay @llamaplay.bsky.social · Sep 15

Red pandas are classified as an endangered species by IUCN, they are diminishing because of factors caused by humans… us.
But we can change the story, and conservation centers like RedPandaNetwork are taking great steps to save these amazing creatures.
#wildlife #redpanda

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