Orchid of Redemption
@oorgames.bsky.social
Game studio run by Alexander Thumm, creating authentically crafted games about love, magic, death, and spiritual journeys.
Check out After Light Fades, Joon Shining and Dream of the Star Haven now on Steam!
Check out After Light Fades, Joon Shining and Dream of the Star Haven now on Steam!
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After Light Fades Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Lamplight Forest
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“A poignant world of memory, loss, and healing…Blending magical mechanics with emotional storytelling, this beautifully crafted sokoban-style puzzle game offers a transformative journey unlike any other” – The Gaming Districts
#afterlightfades #indiegame
youtu.be/b4f6-ofa4kM
#afterlightfades #indiegame
youtu.be/b4f6-ofa4kM
Angeline Era is looking great - the breadth of creativity here is amazing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmz...
Angeline Era Revives the Golden Age of RPGs
YouTube video by noclip_2
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December 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Angeline Era is looking great - the breadth of creativity here is amazing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmz...
Just spent the whole day making a pickling-jar mechanic for Pelican Empyrean. Game dev is weird
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Just spent the whole day making a pickling-jar mechanic for Pelican Empyrean. Game dev is weird
So great to see Order of the Sinking Star finally coming out!
If you're looking for another puzzle game to play while you wait for it check out our sokoban After Light Fades
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
If you're looking for another puzzle game to play while you wait for it check out our sokoban After Light Fades
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
After Light Fades on Steam
Solve, evolve, and let go. In this mystical, magical sokoban puzzle journey, each artefact you master must eventually be left behind. Explore seven emotionally resonant fantasy worlds, casting away ar...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
So great to see Order of the Sinking Star finally coming out!
If you're looking for another puzzle game to play while you wait for it check out our sokoban After Light Fades
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
If you're looking for another puzzle game to play while you wait for it check out our sokoban After Light Fades
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Got through Viewfinder - it’s a technological marvel, well worth playing (wish the puzzles were a bit longer though).
Now onto Shadows of Doubt - another miraculous piece of game design. Hard to get my head around at first, but so rewarding to unravel!
Now onto Shadows of Doubt - another miraculous piece of game design. Hard to get my head around at first, but so rewarding to unravel!
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Got through Viewfinder - it’s a technological marvel, well worth playing (wish the puzzles were a bit longer though).
Now onto Shadows of Doubt - another miraculous piece of game design. Hard to get my head around at first, but so rewarding to unravel!
Now onto Shadows of Doubt - another miraculous piece of game design. Hard to get my head around at first, but so rewarding to unravel!
Pelican Empyrean's new magic system!
Some ingredients, like poison mushrooms, can't be cooked with until processed with magic, so if you have a spell-casting artefact and your guest is a magic-user you can cast a spell to transmute them.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame #gamedev
Some ingredients, like poison mushrooms, can't be cooked with until processed with magic, so if you have a spell-casting artefact and your guest is a magic-user you can cast a spell to transmute them.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame #gamedev
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Pelican Empyrean's new magic system!
Some ingredients, like poison mushrooms, can't be cooked with until processed with magic, so if you have a spell-casting artefact and your guest is a magic-user you can cast a spell to transmute them.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame #gamedev
Some ingredients, like poison mushrooms, can't be cooked with until processed with magic, so if you have a spell-casting artefact and your guest is a magic-user you can cast a spell to transmute them.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame #gamedev
Been flat out putting together a grant application for an ambitious im sim, thankfully it’s finally done!
In the meantime been playing some great stuff - got through Neon White which was awesome, getting deeper into the amazing Viewfinder, and getting started with Shadows of Doubt
In the meantime been playing some great stuff - got through Neon White which was awesome, getting deeper into the amazing Viewfinder, and getting started with Shadows of Doubt
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Been flat out putting together a grant application for an ambitious im sim, thankfully it’s finally done!
In the meantime been playing some great stuff - got through Neon White which was awesome, getting deeper into the amazing Viewfinder, and getting started with Shadows of Doubt
In the meantime been playing some great stuff - got through Neon White which was awesome, getting deeper into the amazing Viewfinder, and getting started with Shadows of Doubt
Hey folks,
The Thinky Game Awards are currently open for submissions!
If you loved our puzzler After Light Fades you can nominate it here:
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
The Thinky Game Awards are currently open for submissions!
If you loved our puzzler After Light Fades you can nominate it here:
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of the past year in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hey folks,
The Thinky Game Awards are currently open for submissions!
If you loved our puzzler After Light Fades you can nominate it here:
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
The Thinky Game Awards are currently open for submissions!
If you loved our puzzler After Light Fades you can nominate it here:
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
Reposted by Orchid of Redemption
Updated the #pelicanempyrean Steam demo today.
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Updated the #pelicanempyrean Steam demo today.
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
Reposted by Orchid of Redemption
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Some ex Humble Bundle folks have created a new bundle platform Digiphile
Check out their current bundle of awesome immersive sims!
www.digiphile.co/collections/...
Check out their current bundle of awesome immersive sims!
www.digiphile.co/collections/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some ex Humble Bundle folks have created a new bundle platform Digiphile
Check out their current bundle of awesome immersive sims!
www.digiphile.co/collections/...
Check out their current bundle of awesome immersive sims!
www.digiphile.co/collections/...
At last, we've reached the final part of the walkthrough, the second section of The Ever Shifting Manor, through to the end game.
Some great stuff here, reaching the culmination of metaphorical puzzle mechanics tying back in to the story.
youtu.be/7a8fxLr1G6o
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Some great stuff here, reaching the culmination of metaphorical puzzle mechanics tying back in to the story.
youtu.be/7a8fxLr1G6o
#afterlightfades #indiegame
After Light Fades: Walkthrough Part 12 (no commentary)
YouTube video by Lamplight Forest
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
At last, we've reached the final part of the walkthrough, the second section of The Ever Shifting Manor, through to the end game.
Some great stuff here, reaching the culmination of metaphorical puzzle mechanics tying back in to the story.
youtu.be/7a8fxLr1G6o
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Some great stuff here, reaching the culmination of metaphorical puzzle mechanics tying back in to the story.
youtu.be/7a8fxLr1G6o
#afterlightfades #indiegame
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Finally got around to playing Neon White - from watching gameplay vids I didn’t know if I’d be into it, but it’s awesome. The game-feel is spot on.
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Finally got around to playing Neon White - from watching gameplay vids I didn’t know if I’d be into it, but it’s awesome. The game-feel is spot on.
🎮 Love making your own levels for games?
🧩 Love puzzle games??
Did you know After Light Fades has a full-featured level editor with Steam Workshop support!
Check it out, 15% off now on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
🧩 Love puzzle games??
Did you know After Light Fades has a full-featured level editor with Steam Workshop support!
Check it out, 15% off now on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🎮 Love making your own levels for games?
🧩 Love puzzle games??
Did you know After Light Fades has a full-featured level editor with Steam Workshop support!
Check it out, 15% off now on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
🧩 Love puzzle games??
Did you know After Light Fades has a full-featured level editor with Steam Workshop support!
Check it out, 15% off now on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/1717940/...
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Updated the #pelicanempyrean Steam demo today.
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Updated the #pelicanempyrean Steam demo today.
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
The most requested thing was a way to view all cards in the deck.
I didn't want to spoil too much by showing what cards will arrive in your hand next, so this new View Deck mode shows the cards in random order.
#indiegame #gamedev
Finished Mario 2 today. About halfway through I realized I’d never even been close to finishing it in the past, even though I always thought I had.
Probably my second fave now after Galaxy. Such a satisfying structure of longer levels with a boss fight at the end of every level
Probably my second fave now after Galaxy. Such a satisfying structure of longer levels with a boss fight at the end of every level
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Finished Mario 2 today. About halfway through I realized I’d never even been close to finishing it in the past, even though I always thought I had.
Probably my second fave now after Galaxy. Such a satisfying structure of longer levels with a boss fight at the end of every level
Probably my second fave now after Galaxy. Such a satisfying structure of longer levels with a boss fight at the end of every level
Played all the way through Mario 3 which I haven’t done in a very long time.
It’s still so high up there in terms of the breadth of its creativity, diversity of creatures and refined difficulty ramp.
Even designing a platformer today there’s so much to learn from it.
It’s still so high up there in terms of the breadth of its creativity, diversity of creatures and refined difficulty ramp.
Even designing a platformer today there’s so much to learn from it.
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Played all the way through Mario 3 which I haven’t done in a very long time.
It’s still so high up there in terms of the breadth of its creativity, diversity of creatures and refined difficulty ramp.
Even designing a platformer today there’s so much to learn from it.
It’s still so high up there in terms of the breadth of its creativity, diversity of creatures and refined difficulty ramp.
Even designing a platformer today there’s so much to learn from it.
Might be interesting to game devs that Pelican Empyrean all takes place within a single Unity scene.
I need to be on the ball when it comes to tracking the variables to reset between play sessions, but the upshot is that the build time is crazily fast - currently ~20secs
#indiegame #gamedev
I need to be on the ball when it comes to tracking the variables to reset between play sessions, but the upshot is that the build time is crazily fast - currently ~20secs
#indiegame #gamedev
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Might be interesting to game devs that Pelican Empyrean all takes place within a single Unity scene.
I need to be on the ball when it comes to tracking the variables to reset between play sessions, but the upshot is that the build time is crazily fast - currently ~20secs
#indiegame #gamedev
I need to be on the ball when it comes to tracking the variables to reset between play sessions, but the upshot is that the build time is crazily fast - currently ~20secs
#indiegame #gamedev
Had an amazing case of why game difficulty is so challenging to get right as a dev:
This morning I had one player get through my whole demo on their first attempt.
And the same morning another player said they struggled to get past the first of seven levels.
#gamedev
This morning I had one player get through my whole demo on their first attempt.
And the same morning another player said they struggled to get past the first of seven levels.
#gamedev
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Had an amazing case of why game difficulty is so challenging to get right as a dev:
This morning I had one player get through my whole demo on their first attempt.
And the same morning another player said they struggled to get past the first of seven levels.
#gamedev
This morning I had one player get through my whole demo on their first attempt.
And the same morning another player said they struggled to get past the first of seven levels.
#gamedev
A long-planned update to Dream of the Star Haven is coming soon!
We’re adding side scroller platforming minigames!
Excited to share this with you as it really takes the mode-switching aspect of the game to the next level.
#indiegame #gamedev
We’re adding side scroller platforming minigames!
Excited to share this with you as it really takes the mode-switching aspect of the game to the next level.
#indiegame #gamedev
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A long-planned update to Dream of the Star Haven is coming soon!
We’re adding side scroller platforming minigames!
Excited to share this with you as it really takes the mode-switching aspect of the game to the next level.
#indiegame #gamedev
We’re adding side scroller platforming minigames!
Excited to share this with you as it really takes the mode-switching aspect of the game to the next level.
#indiegame #gamedev
Reposted by Orchid of Redemption
The Pelican Empyrean demo is out now for #SteamNextFest !
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Pelican Empyrean demo is out now for #SteamNextFest !
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
After Light Fades Walkthrough Part 10 is up on YT. The last section of world 6, Enigma Plateau.
Whew! Not too much more to go, on to the last world now.
youtu.be/2c5dfMMvZZM
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Whew! Not too much more to go, on to the last world now.
youtu.be/2c5dfMMvZZM
#afterlightfades #indiegame
After Light Fades: Walkthrough Part 10 (no commentary)
YouTube video by Lamplight Forest
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
After Light Fades Walkthrough Part 10 is up on YT. The last section of world 6, Enigma Plateau.
Whew! Not too much more to go, on to the last world now.
youtu.be/2c5dfMMvZZM
#afterlightfades #indiegame
Whew! Not too much more to go, on to the last world now.
youtu.be/2c5dfMMvZZM
#afterlightfades #indiegame
The Pelican Empyrean demo is out now for #SteamNextFest !
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Pelican Empyrean demo is out now for #SteamNextFest !
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
A magical cooking roguelike card game with a heart of gold.
It's about an aging pelican who wants to lighten his beak by giving back to the world by way of cooking delicious meals.
#pelicanempyrean #indiegame
Pax or it didn’t happen!
#paxaus is all done and dusted for another year. Awesome array of games and, as usual, the #indiegames were the star for me. Aus and New Zealand are blazing and there’s no shortage of up and coming new talent!
#paxaus is all done and dusted for another year. Awesome array of games and, as usual, the #indiegames were the star for me. Aus and New Zealand are blazing and there’s no shortage of up and coming new talent!
October 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Pax or it didn’t happen!
#paxaus is all done and dusted for another year. Awesome array of games and, as usual, the #indiegames were the star for me. Aus and New Zealand are blazing and there’s no shortage of up and coming new talent!
#paxaus is all done and dusted for another year. Awesome array of games and, as usual, the #indiegames were the star for me. Aus and New Zealand are blazing and there’s no shortage of up and coming new talent!