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R. Watson

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Indie game studio, making Idosra: The Electric Renaissance! Check us out at: https://www.idosra.com or on Steam: https://steam.pm/app/2808350

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 12

Official launch announcement trailer for Idosra: The Electric Renaissance!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUDe...

Idosra: The Electric Renaissance Launch Announcement

YouTube video by rlw

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oakcityindie @oakcityindie.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️ Oak City Indie Games megathread INCOMING ⚠️

OCIG 2025 IS THIS SATURDAY!

GIGANTIC thanks to our Sponsors for helping us keep this volunteer run event going! 💜

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 6d

Idosra: The Electric Renaissance is participating in Steam Next Fest!

If you have seen Idosra's recent video clips, all of the music was composed by @musicvsartstuff.bsky.social! Go check out her work... and of course, try the demo on Steam!

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 8d

Marika has found a secret lab. She is about to discover something is terribly amiss...

Idosra is participating in Steam Next Fest! Check out a free-to-play demo on our Steam store page: store.steampowered.com/app/2808350/...

#screenshotsaturday #indiegames #steamnextfest #indiegamedev

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 11d

Good programmers know to use quacksort to get their ducks in a row.

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 16d

Idosra now fully supports user mods. The demos for Steam Next Fest and Oak City Indie Games 2025 are implemented as mods. Players will be able to add their own levels, dialogs, maps, or replace the default ones.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiegamedev #linuxgames #rpg #platformer

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 17d

Did you know... Despite its DOS game inspirations, much of Idosra was developed on Linux using a wide array of open source tools and 'free-as-in-freedom' software?

#indiegamedev #gamedev #linuxgaming #gamingonlinux #steamdeck

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Halloween 2025! This year's Halloween card adds more of the cast in costumes! Can you guess what all of them are?

#indiegames #pixelart #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegamehalloweencards

Happy Halloween from the Cast of Idosra: The Electric Renaissance featuring characters in costumes.

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oakcityindie @oakcityindie.bsky.social · 22d

3 More Weeks until Oak City Indie!
Over 40 #IndieDevs showing off the hottest #indiegames in town.

Have you bought your tickets yet?
www.eventbrite.com/e/oak-city-i...
#gaming #Convention

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · 24d

Celebrity gossip is as old as entertainment. Consider a Youtuber with 1M+ views. They have an audience on par with popular TV shows, and with that level of fame comes the usual drawbacks. I never got the appeal, but I'm not surprised it's a problem. Some people just know how to stir up drama.

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Michael Mato 🍅TORSO TENNIS @toomuchtomato.bsky.social · 25d

After 20 months of development, I launched my tennis roguelike on Steam today: store.steampowered.com/app/2824780/...

🎾I hope you all enjoy TORSO TENNIS!

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here's an #indiegamedev tip! I wanted to generate business cards with Steam keys for distribution to press at Oak City Indie Games 2025. Each card needs its own unique back with key!

I was able to automate this process using ImageMagick and some Bash shell tricks.

www.idosra.com/blog/2025/09...

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Sep 10

The demo for Idosra: The Electric Renaissance just released!

Idosra is a hybrid RPG/platformer set in the far future of North Carolina. V1.0.6 is the first release ahead of Steam Next Fest.

Please check it out on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2808350

#indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev

The promotional artwork for Idosra: The Electric Renaissance with URLs (same as in the main message)

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have my root partition on an NVMe SSD and personal data distributed among SATA SSDs mounted in a hot swap tray cage. I'm happy with this system. I've had more longevity issues with NVMe drives.

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 30

Shout-out to New Bern, NC! What will people in the far future think of the statues?

#screenshotsaturday #northcarolina #indiegamedev #indiegames #NewBernNC

Screenshot from a conversation about the bear statues in New Bern that takes place in the far future of North Carolina.

"Mazen says there's a ruins of a city full of colorful bear statues near here... perhaps the bear gods of the Carolinians."

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Nicole Marie T @musicvsartstuff.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎹 Alex Kidd 3: Curse In Miracle World; a #Sega #MasterSystem game I made #music for 😄 (rom can be downloaded here) 👇🏻

yeti-bomar.blogspot.com/2021/02/alex...

#retrogaming #alexkidd #hack #homebrew #alexkiddcurseinmiracleworld #ak3 #alexkidd3

Alex Kidd 3 - Final

Voici le dernier post pour mon fan game d'Alex Kidd. Je suis heureux de clôturer ce chapitre qui a duré de nombreuses années. A toutes les...

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just a little bug in the axe-throwing mechanic...

Whoops!

youtube.com/shorts/CBp2P...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Subtle Bugs in Game Programming #gamedev #gamebugs #indiedev #programming

YouTube video by rlw

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 27

I got a demo coming out soon!

store.steampowered.com/app/2808350/...

Idosra: The Electric Renaissance on Steam

Explore the distant future in Idosra, an action-adventure RPG set in a world on the verge of rediscovering electricity. Follow Marika's quest to uncover the motives of the Vallas Empire. Learn dozens ...

store.steampowered.com

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm continuing to experiment with short form content. The "one minute devlogs" are my favorite, but are also the most time consuming to make.

Here is number five with an open question about creativity in game design:

youtube.com/shorts/E5aTq...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevblog #gamedesign #devlog

Creativity in Game Design #gamedev #devlog #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedesign #gamedevblog #gaming

YouTube video by rlw

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 21

I like making idle animations. I expanded on one of my favorite ones. In this sequence Marika, the player character, imitates Samara from "The Ring".

#pixelart #gameart #gamedev #indiedev

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 20

24,000 is good! Shovelware Diggers was one of my all-time favorite YT shows. I think you were wise to end it on a high note, though.

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hi Nicole! Here is my trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUDe...

Idosra: The Electric Renaissance Launch Announcement

YouTube video by rlw

www.youtube.com

R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 20

New one-minute devlog for Idosra. I started this series last week. This is the second entry addressing the question: "How can we design an RPG that discourages grinding?"

youtube.com/shorts/5uW4i...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #rpg

Game Design Lessons Learned 2 #gamedev #devlog #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedesign #rpg

YouTube video by rlw

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 16

Some revised 256-color artwork. The first version was 3000px wide. This is the in-game version, 432x240 base resolution.

This illustration follows "Water Ruins", which is one of my favorite levels.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameart #idosra

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 15

I experimented with a new "mini devlog" format for YouTube shorts. It's presented as a problem-and-solution style.

Here is "Game Design Lessons Learned" about player character growth.

youtube.com/shorts/Za6_p...

#gamedev #indiedev #devlog #indiegames

Game Design Lessons Learned #gaming #gamedevblog #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame

YouTube video by rlw

youtube.com

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R. Watson @flyingwienerdog.bsky.social · Aug 14

Spent most of my development time today tracking down a bug in the level rendering code that draws grass blades in front of the characters' feet. Grass no longer draws over the menu buttons!

I had some time left to draw some 256-color illustrations. Here is one!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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