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Alex Leone
@alexleone.bsky.social
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Indie game developer

Demo out for my next game: Upheaval, a text-based open world roguelike adventure
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2253300

Email: [email protected]
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alexleone.bsky.social
Upheaval is a text-based open world roguelike adventure.

⌛ Manage your time and learn from mistakes.
⛰️ Explore a changing fantasy wilderness.
🔁 Short runs in parallel worlds.
🧙 Confront or avoid a world-hopping Magician.

Demo is out! store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/...

#PitchYaGame #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Upheaval's enchanted sword is the strongest item in the game! ⚔️

Check out Upheaval in the Sword Celebration on #Steam right now! Lots of other #indiegames with big and powerful swords to try. store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/...
Sword Celebration key art (a giant sword stuck into the middle of a field with mountains and a setting sun in the background), with the Upheaval key art layered on top of it. Text reads: September 1st - 8th 10AM Pacific, Sword Celebration, Upheaval.
September 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
It always amazes me that there are people out there who will tip 2x my game's price!! Thank you so much!!! 😍
Screenshot from itch.io's notifications. Today: You sold Upheaval for $9.99, 50% OFF, $5.00 TIP.
July 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
The Mines Demo update (v0.0.24) for Upheaval is out now! store.steampowered.com/news/app/225... #indiegame #majorupdate
Screenshot of Upheaval, in the mines. It’s pitch black, and the walls are criss-crossed in a thin fungi. Options are: Go south, out of the mines, Go east, Go west, Examine the fungi on the walls, Ride the minecart (highlighted), and Make camp
July 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
I've been working hard on a new update for Upheaval's alpha + demo. The mines will be opening next week on the Steam demo and itch alpha! It's old-school text-based exploration that I'm super excited about. :D

#TurnBasedThursday #indiegames
Screenshot of Upheaval, in the mines, just inside the entrance. It’s pitch black, and the walls are criss-crossed in a thin fungi. Options are: Go south out of the mines, Go north, Go southeast (highlighted), Go west, Examine the fungi on the walls, and Make Camp
July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Mines update coming out next week for the Upheaval alpha + demo! Explore a new underground region haunted by a nameless terror, join the goblins, and lots of other stuff. #indiegamedev #indiegame

Get notified here: upheavalgame.com/mailing-list/
Screenshot of Upheaval, in the mines, just inside the entrance. It’s pitch black, and the walls are criss-crossed in a thin fungi. Options are: Go south out of the mines, Go north, Go southeast (highlighted), Go west, Examine the fungi on the walls, and Make Camp
July 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
The last two weeks, #TurnBasedThursdayFest by @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social and the Access-Ability Summer Showcase by @laurakbuzz.bsky.social pushed Upheaval up over 7,000 wishlists!! 🥳 I'm super excited!!! Thanks so much to the event organizers and everyone who wishlisted for your support!! 🙏🥹
Screenshot of wishlist totals on Steam's backend. Text reads: Lifetime Overview Wishlist Additions: 8,035 Wishlist Deletions: (722) Wishlist Purchases & Activations: (2) Wishlist Gifts: 0 Current Outstanding Wishes: 7,311
June 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Upheaval is a text-based open world roguelike adventure based on tabletop RPGs.

⛰️ Master a changing fantasy wilderness.
🔁 Iterate with short runs in parallel worlds.
🧙 Match wits with a world-hopping magician.

Upheaval is coming! store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/...

#PitchYaGame #IndieGames
June 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Happy #TurnBasedThursday!

Upheaval is a text-based open world roguelike adventure inspired by tabletop RPGs.

Explore the wilds around your village and match wits with a Magician who remembers all your past adventures. 🧙

Demo is on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/...

#indiegamedev
June 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
#TurnBasedThursdayFest is live this year, hosted by the excellent group at @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social! I'm thrilled that Upheaval has been included in this event again! :)

Go check out all the great turn-based games here: store.steampowered.com/sale/turnbas...

#TurnBasedThursday #indiegamedev
Key art for #TurnBasedThursdayFest (a steampunk owl) with Upheaval's key art embedded in it. Text reads: Featured Game. June 2nd-9th, 2025. turnbasedfest.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Upheaval was accepted into the Indie Assemble event on Steam this week! Thank you so much to Giorgio Catania for all his work putting this great event together. Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/curator/4471...

#indieassemble #indiegamedev
Indie Assemble key graphic on the bottom, Upheaval key graphic on the top. Text reads "Upheaval, 5-11 May Indie Assemble."
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Happy #TurnBasedThursday! :D #indiegamedev

I'm adding a nameless terror to the mines in Upheaval, my text-based open world roguelike adventure.

What will YOU do when it ambushes you, your lantern out of oil, all alone in the dark?

You can wishlist Upheaval on Steam or get the alpha on itch. :)
Screenshot of Upheaval, in the Iron Mountain Mines. Description reads: You sense a nameless terror in the tunnels coming toward you, from the west. The light of your lantern is almost completely swallowed up by its presence. It fills the space around you, threatening to overwhelm you. You can feel its fear. What do you do? Options are: Go toward it, Go away from it, or Give in and give up (highlighted)
May 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
You can now ride the minecart in the mines! #indiegamedev #retro #rpg
Screenshot of Upheaval. The description reads: You are in the Iron Mountain mines. An empty minecart sits here. A switch locks it to the track. Your lantern is full of oil. It lights up the rough stone walls encapsulating you. Every passage looks the same. Options are: Explore the mines (1 time), Ride the minecart (no time, highlighted), and Make camp (2 time)
April 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Here you go, have some back! :)
Comic. Caption: How people think motivation works. Panel 1: In the panel, Motivation, fluttering her eyes, says, "Cmon! Keep going. You can do it!" The green protagonist says, "That's right! I'll do it! Caption: How it actually works. Panel 2: Tiny round Motivation flips a switch on hulking gray Discipline. Panel 3: Tiny Motivation rides on hulking Discipline's head while hulking Discipline carries green protagonist by the diaper and says "You will do it."
April 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
alexleone.bsky.social
When I write this code, only God and I understood what it did. Now, only God knows.
March 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky, would you play this game? 🧙✨
Screenshot of Upheaval, on the south road Screenshot of Upheaval, the overworld map Screenshot of Upheaval, the character and inventory screen Screenshot of Upheaval, map of the goblin caves
March 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
alexleone.bsky.social
Not my home, but I know my way around
Screenshot of East Clock Town in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64
March 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
alexleone.bsky.social
Upheaval was selected to be in the Days of Ramadan festival by @seagamethetic.bsky.social, starting now! Check it out:

store.steampowered.com/curator/4502...

#indiegamedev
Frame around Upheaval key art. Text reads: The Days of Ramadan, Feb 28-Mar 31.
February 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Working on adding a new mines region to explore in my text-based open world roguelike, Upheaval.

Here's a new item I added: a Rusty Lantern that helps you navigate the mines better! It lasts for a limited time, though, so be careful!

#TurnBasedThursday #indiegamedev
Screenshot of you finding the Rusty Lantern at the entrance to the Silver Mountain Mines in Upheaval.
February 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
#TheStorytellersFestival by @twoandahalfstudios.com just pushed Upheaval over 5000 total wishlists! Thanks so much to everyone for supporting my game! You're all the best! :D

#indiegamedev
Screenshot of the Steam backend, showing Wishlist Additions: 5589, Wishlist Deletions: 561, Wishlist Purchases & Activations: 2, and Current Outstanding Wishes: 5026
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
If you see this post a room

#indiegamedev #retro #rpg
Screenshot of Upheaval, in the Sitting Room in Chatsworth Manor; Lord Phillip is here and Lorenzo is in the hall. Options are Talk to Lord Phillip, Go to the dining room, Go to the hall, Look at one of the books, Sit down and wait (1 time), and Search this room (1 time)
February 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
alexleone.bsky.social
A lover unable to reach her true love 💔 #indiegamedev
Screenshot of Upheaval in Brackenville, morning with 23 days left. The description reads: You see a young woman stumbling about in the town square, sobbing. A woman wearing expensive clothes is chasing after her. The young woman cries, "Lorenzo, I must get to Lorenzo..." her body wracked with grief. The older woman finally catches and escorts her away, in the direction of Whitwell Manor.
February 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Super excited to announce that Upheaval was selected to participate in #TheStorytellersFestival this year, happening now! 🥳 A huge thank you to @twoandahalfstudios.com for their work organizing this event. Check out lots of great story-focused #indiegames here: store.steampowered.com/publisher/Tw...
The Storyteller's Festival key art, with the Upheaval key art and logo layered on top of it. Text reads: "The Storyteller's Festival, Hosted by Two and a Half Studios. A celebration of the best of storytelling in video games. 18-25 February - Live on Steam!"
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
alexleone.bsky.social
Making mazes to put into the mines in Upheaval! The mines will be a randomized maze with two exits and one hidden treasure. I always generate stuff like this by hand first. #gamedev #indiegame
Photo of a lined sheet of paper, close up, with numbered circles connected in groups of 12, with comnections going all over the place, very messy; some connections are scribbled out.
February 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
alexleone.bsky.social
The game art: The game:
Cover art for Upheaval, a cloaked traveller standing on a mountain path in the foreground looking away over a valley with a small village, a dense forest, and a road leading from the village off to the left. Screenshot of Upheaval, on the old road, in the grasslands, in early afternoon with 27 days left. A mysterious feeling, deep in your bones, calls to you from the east. Options are: Go north, to North Haven, 1 time (map marker is here); Go west, across the hills, 1 time; Go east, down the trail, 1 time (highlighted); Go south, on the road, 1 time; Search this area, 1 time; Make camp, 2 time
February 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM