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Octopus City Blues

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An octopus city simulation about everything and nothing. Check out the demo on Steam and consider adding it to your wishlist! https://s.team/a/1192230

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Nov 1

Acquire illicit substances, uncover dark secrets, spread dubious rumors, kill every beetle, spare every tentacle, and learn to love yourself in our upcoming simulation of life, death and dung balls

Add Octopus City Blues to your wishlist and spread the word!⬇️
#PitchYaGame #gamedev

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · 2d

An up-to-date update updating you on the updates in the newly updated demo (update): store.steampowered.com/news/app/119... #gamedev

Octopus City Blues - October 2025 Update - Steam News

The demo was updated. Check it out!

store.steampowered.com

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Kingdoms of the Dump @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social · 4d

🗑️⚠️Attention Dumplings!⚠️🗑️

Kingdoms of the Dump launches November 18th on Steam!

Join Dustin Binsley on his quest to save the Lands of Fill and rescue the trashpicked King!

Wishlist now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...

Coming 11/18/25 for PC, Mac and Linux
#screenshotsaturday

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Shrine's Legacy - Out Now! @shrineslegacy.bsky.social · 15d

Shrine's Legacy is OUT NOW!! 🎉🥳

⚔️
Restore the Sword, reunite the elements. The legacy will be known! SHARE AND LET IT BE SO!!!
💎

Thank you all for your support over the years.❤️
Links to buy the game below! 👇 #jrpg #indiegame #shrineslegacy

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Aug 30

In addition to being a faithful Sonic the Hedgehog fan game, Octopus City Blues also owes much to the best JRPG of all time
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. Three characters, including a slimy creatures, are standing in a room filled with tentacle. A message box reads:
"Slimeling
No wonder you're dirt-poor. You need a rich person's name, something like “Schtolteheim Moneybags III”."

$A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. In a dark junkyard, the main character interacts with a little girl and her stuffed toy. The item menu is opened with the time and date at the top (08:07 AM - Cod Moon 7), and an items screen at the bottom with the following text: Items \ Gossip PoŦch Federal currency. Can b- Use Item [Highlighted] Return$ A screenshot of a dark back alley in Octopus City Blues. A character is lying on the ground and the protagonist interacts with a police officer and a detective. A choice is given in a text box:
"- We need more leads.
- Off with his head! [Highlighted]"

A screenshot of a dark back alley in Octopus City Blues. A character is lying on the ground and the protagonist interacts with a police officer and a detective. A choice is given in a text box:
"- We need more leads.
- Off with his head! [Highlighted]"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. In a western-themed saloon, Several characters are playing cards, one of them is lying on the floor. The main character, dressed as a horse, interacts with one of the players and the following text is displayed:
"Damanaka
Do you... want my carrots?"

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 31

I think we skipped the "make it exist" part... #gamedev

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 28

An update on the current state of Octopus City Blues: store.steampowered.com/news/app/119...

Spoilers: we're still chugging away at it. We need even more time to complete the world's most authentic octopus city simulation shareware

Octopus City Blues - July 2025 Update - Steam News

Release date pushed back to 2026. Sorry!

store.steampowered.com

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 26

The tag was supposed to be #pixelart, not #pixelartist. The primary artist in this case is Marina NT, with a few character sprites by Firas Assaad and Francis Coulombe

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 26

One 83-color palette, four screenshots #screenshotsaturday #pixelartist #gamedev

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. In a snowy field with creepy looking tree, the main character is lying on the ground in front of a floating green fish.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. As the sun sets in the background, a train labeled "777" run on its track while a cowboy riding a horse (actually a person wearing a horse costume) runs alongside it.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A number of beetle soldiers sit down to have a drink in a diner.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character stands in a dark fish-themed playground. There are tentacles all over the place and a giant green fly in the foreground.

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Shamfoo @shamfoo.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey #Portfolioday! I’m Kyle and illustrate for games, music and myself. Looking to work on TTRPG’s book covers and more promotional work for games!

🎨 www.shamfoo.com
✉️ [email protected]

A fan made poster based on the SEGA game “Altered Beast”. The poster depicts a werewolf on the left hand side in combat with a giant demon who is throwing its heads at it. There is a zombie demon, and gargoyle type creature rushing towards the werewolf as well. There are trees, graves, and stone architecture in the background.

Key art for the indie game “Octopus City Blues.” The images depicts the main character up front nervously looking behind him as other characters are scowling at him. The background features the main hub of the game, with various buildings and strange architecture throughout. There is a giant tower with a large, red eyeball and tentacles under an ominous purple sky in the far background.

A poster for “The Binding of Isaac” based on the original artwork for DOOM. The image features Isaac atop of a cliff with an army of demons perusing him below.

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 22

What they say about our demo:

- Gross, surreal, thoughtful, funny, sweet, and scary
- Every second I spend with Kaf makes me want him to suffer more
- A huge demo with lots of insane moments
- Абсолют гейм 12/10

Would you try it and leave a review? #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/app/2589280/...

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jul 5

Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues Octopus City Blues #OctopusCityBlues #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A horse in a western-themed saloon talks to a cowboy, "Gomaya", who responds in text "It's almost as if we live in an Octopus City… Blues?"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. On a red-colored beach littered with green bugs, the main character examines a beetle soldier, "Fidge", who offers the following options:
"Octopus City Blues?
- Octopus City Blues.
- Octopus City Blues. [selected]"

A screenshot from an arcade cabinet in Octopus City Blues. A character addresses the player "You really oughta play the Octopus City Blues demo!"

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 28

We heard that you like video games so we put video games in your non-video game educational tentacle simulation software which might resemble video games but isn't really video games because video games are for babies and what we create is art™ #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

A screenshot of the arcade from Octopus City Blues. A couple of characters are standing in a video game arcade. There are various arcade cabinets, posters and figures. A text box is displayed above one character: "Ha ha, Take that, suckers!"

A screenshot of an arcade cabinet from Octopus City Blues. You can see the buttons and a control stick. The screen displays portraits of 4 characters, and a central character with a text box saying "Are you ready for this, Toad Face?"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues showing the main character interacting with an arcade cabinet.

A screenshot of an arcade cabinet from Octopus City Blues. You can see the buttons and a control stick. The screen displays some of kind of platform. The cabinet is adorned with pictures of a green-haired clownish character with ridiculously large scissors.

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 21

8 out of 10 doctors recommend the Octopus City Blues demo to reduce stress, cure baldness, overcome arachnophobia, and learn the meaning of life in a post-tentacle world. Try it today! #gamedev

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: s.team/a/2589280/

Octopus City Blues by Ghost in a Bottle

A surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 21

Your stress level, influenced by your lifestyle and past choices, determines your options in tense situations. Be careful, though—chronic stress increases heart attack risk!

Learn to manage stress, ace job interviews and raise babies in our lengthy demo! 👇 #ScreenshotSaturday

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 16

Thanks a lot for the mention, especially with all those awesome games! Technically Octopus City Blues is not an RPG, by the way, because it doesn't have combat, but it was definitely influenced heavily by them :)

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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · Jun 15

Four offbeat RPGs I'm looking forward to (that you should check out if you love Deltarune, Look Outside, Omori, etc.):

• OFF by @mortisghost.bsky.social
• Octopus City Blues (@octopuscityblues.com)
• Kingdoms of the Dump (@kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social) • Stray Children by @oniongames.bsky.social

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 6

Octopus City Blues: the world's most authentic tentacle simulation software brought to you by the world's most unscrupulous corporation. Try the lengthy demo today!

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1192230/...

Octopus City Blues on Steam

In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

store.steampowered.com

Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Jun 6

Dear sir/madam/beetle at #PitchYaGame,

Regarding our upcoming shareware, we offer:

🐛Beautifully grotesque graphics
😰Rumor and stress management
🧞Unique NPCs with schedules and secrets
🤠Cowboys, spiders and slime babies

A demo is available on Steam for your consideration⬇️

#gamedev #pixelart

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · May 25

Octopus City Blues concept art by MarinaNT @mnt86.bsky.social

Try the demo on Steam! (or GOG/itchio)

#gamedev #art

A painting of a weird looking character sitting on a pink tentacle and holding a flower pot with a small tentacle inside it.

A painting of a bipedal "beetle" in soldier uniform and a gas mask holding a gun and leaning against a wall. There's a sign pointing to a "FACTORY" and another one in the opposite direction with the text "LOW".

A painting of the main character sitting at a bar and facing a cyborg butler who is preparing a drink. There's an insect on the bar and another in one of the bottles behind the butler. One of the bottles has a ghost image on its label.

A ballpoint pen drawing of a back alley area. Tentacles and a rat can be seen in the foreground. The main character is shown struggling to pull an unconscious man. There are tentacles and a building in the background, with graffiti of a cyborg and several broken windows.

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · May 17

The last update was in November. There might be other updates in the next months but the demo is feature complete and will only receive small fixes or tweaks in the future.

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · May 17

Try the demo! Survive a job interview! Raise a child! Fight delinquents! Crush insects! Solve a crime! Eat a burger! Learn to love yourself! Add to your wishlist!

itchio: ghost-in-a-bottle.itch.io/octopus-city...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/octo...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2589280/...

Octopus City Blues Demo on Steam

In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

store.steampowered.com

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · May 17

The ingredients to our indie octo-sim:

🐙Freshly cut pixelated tentacles
🐞Seasoned cerebral ganglia
🐛 A pinch of grotesque absurdity
🐡 Stressful lies and rumors, to taste

Try the demo today, or die in obscurity!
#pixelart #gamedev

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · May 3

#pixelart #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Delphin Casado | WITCHLIGHT WOODS @delphincasado.bsky.social · Apr 29

For Ludum Dare 57, I made a very short turn-based dark fantasy rpg, WEAKNESS DEEP WITHIN, about finding the secret weak point of vile creatures at the bottom of a well.

If you want to try it out! delphin-casado.itch.io/weakness-dee...

#indiedev #gamedev #LDjam

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Octopus City Blues @octopuscityblues.com · Apr 25

It will cost you $0 to RT our work.🐙 #gamedev #pixelart

A screenshot from Octopus City blues. In a western-themed town, a cowboy and a person in a horse costume are facing a large and shadowy cowboy. Four other cowboys surround the large one while kneeling.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. A dark office with a desk shaped like a game controller. A seated person is reading a newspaper across the desk, while two enforcers stand on each side. The main character faces the newspaper reader.

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. The main character holds a knife and has their back to the viewer while challenging a clownish looking person with a slot machine on their chest. At the top right, there are three identical faces representing the main character. A text box is shown with three choices: (the first one is selected)
"- (What do I do?)
- <Observe...>
- <Attack!>"

A screenshot from Octopus City Blues. Six characters are standing a beach littered with green bugs and fortifications. There's a small steam boat on the left side. One of the characters is a beetle dressed in a purple army uniform, lying on their back. Three other beetle "soldiers" wearing a yellow/orange colored uniform, in addition to the main character, surround the one on ground. Finally, a lone beetle soldier in a cape stands apart looking at the looming towers in the reddish horizon.

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