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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 16d

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A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It'...

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 16d

Swords and Sandals III Redux is part of the October Steam Next Fest!

Since 2006, the only game that allows you to fall asleep willingly in the middle of a battle, and proud of it.

( Also ... bloody hell, there are a lot of games in the festival this time round! )
#NextFest

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 16d

Try your hand at the greatest turn based gladiator game in the world below (and throw me a wishlist to gain eternal glory!)

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Swords and Sandals 3 Redux on Steam

A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It'...

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 16d

The demo for Swords and Sandals III Redux will be unleashed upon the Steam Next Fest in mere hours...

Prepare to unleash hell one more time, gladiator!

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 24d

October updates from the Lair of the Leviathan, including NPCs in towns, customized armour, dungeon fog and a 'gather your party' screen.

Long way to go yet but we're making vast strides on our classic Gold Box style RPG.

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Lair of the Leviathan - Updates from the Lair : October '25 - Steam News

NPCs in towns! Dungeon fog! Gather your party! ... and more.

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 25d

Wishlist Swords and Sandals III Redux here!

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 25d

Sturdy those sandals, gladiators...

Swords and Sandals III Redux drops this November. Crank up the sound and watch the bone crushing Official Trailer below!

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Swords and Sandals III Redux Official Trailer

YouTube video by Whiskeybarrel Studios

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · 29d

Gladiators, its the Steam Autumn Sale! Big discounts on all Swords and Sandals games from now until October 7th.

There's never been a time to return to the arena.

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 24

You can wishlist the game and follow along with our journey here:
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Lair of the Leviathan on Steam

Lair of the Leviathan is an open world RPG that aims to capture the best parts of classic RPGs of the past where you explore and fight your way through a large, completely hand crafted open world with...

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 24

This month we've spent a lot of time improving the towns in Lair of the Leviathan.

Now we have NPCs with schedules, waypoints, random anims and pathfinding. They even enter buildings, watch the guard head into the tavern for a cheeky mug of ale!

#pixelArt #RPG #gameDev

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 10

Enter the arena, gladiators. The DEMO for Swords and Sandals III Redux is now live on Steam!

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#turnBased #indiegames

Swords and Sandals 3 Redux on Steam

A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It'...

store.steampowered.com

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · Aug 22

Oh shit, it's been a month since we launched This Week in Videogames, the website!

We'd been running this privately for so long that it almost became old hat. It was a shock to get SO much nice, positive feedback (with polite constructive feedback too) I'm very grateful 🙏

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This Week in Videogames - TWIV

Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 22

That's a slick looking site , Ed! Fantastic work.

Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Jun 19

Today - a big update post on Lair of the Leviathan. Find out what's been going on in the project and what's next, form dungeon and monster editors to party member chatter and more.

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#gameDev #rpg #turnBased

Lair of the Leviathan - Updates from the Lair - Steam News

Powerful new editors for dungeons, creating monsters and more...

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ha, no idea how you did that - dark wizardry!

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks mate - I love those old school chunky fonts for games like this!

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · May 20

I love to code to chiptunes or Adlib-era music, often soundtracks from old RPGs... it helps me feel like I'm out there questing.

Just discovered this soundtrack from an obscure but amazing JRPG, Sorcerian, and every track is incredible.

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#gameDev

PC88: Sorcerian Soundtrack

YouTube video by grad1u52

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · May 19

I haven't posted much about Lair of the Leviathan lately, but we are still powering away at the forge.

The last few months I've been coding up the Dungeon Editor and I'll have something to show in a few weeks.

On track for a playable demo late this year!

#gameDev #RPG

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 26

Check out the Steam page here and throw your wishlist into the arena, gladiators!

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Swords and Sandals 3 Redux on Steam

A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It'...

store.steampowered.com

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 26

Sneaky surprise trailer drop! Swords and Sandals III Redux is coming , yo!

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks Thomas, appreciated - good to have you aboard!

Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 1

If you like what you see, you can wishlist our game here!

store.steampowered.com/app/2752020/...

Lair of the Leviathan on Steam

Lair of the Leviathan is an open world RPG that aims to capture the best parts of classic RPGs of the past where you explore and fight your way through a large, completely hand crafted open world with...

store.steampowered.com

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 1

Behind the scenes - customizable, fully animated pixel art figurines for Lair of the Leviathan.

There's a lot that goes on to make this happen but the end result allows for a ton of variety for the heroes in your party.

#gameDev #indieDev #rpg

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Mar 28

I took a week off making Lair of the Leviathan to work on a (not-so) secret Swords and Sandals project. Steam page has been submitted and I'll reveal more in the coming weeks.

This is one for the fans! (And it's not the VR game!)

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Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan) @oliverjoyce.bsky.social · Mar 20

Showing off some cool new module editor work and pixel character customization in Lair of the Leviathan. Check it out!

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#gameDev #indieDev

I've never seen any games do pixel characters quite like this!

YouTube video by Whiskeybarrel Studios

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