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Lee from Raguthra
@lee-raguthra.bsky.social
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I'm Lee (Chief Creative Director) from #indiegamedev start-up
Raguthra Studios working on two titles coming soon!
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Trying to get myself into a cozy horror headspace while working on Howling Woods, so here’s Ellen Ripley reimagined in a Disney-Princess style. Had a lot of fun painting this.
Might turn this into a whole series of horror icons as Disney princesses.
Let me know if you want more!

#alien #disney
A digital illustration painted in Procreate showing Ellen Ripley reimagined in a bright, expressive Disney-princess style. She’s wearing a white sci fi spacesuit and has curly black hair with blue highlights, warm brown eyes, and a cheerful smile. The background shows a soft grey sci fi control room with panels, cables, and machinery.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Very happy with today's progress on the Howling Woods Re-cursed edition - I'm working on the first maze tomorrow!

#IndieDev #GameDev #PixelArt #HowlingWoods #ReCursedEdition #RaguthraStudios #MadeInUnity
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Today’s job – finalising the opening sequence for The Curse of the Howling Woods: The Re-Cursed Edition!

#IndieDev #GameDev #PixelArt #HowlingWoods #ReCursedEdition #RaguthraStudios #MadeInUnity
A Unity 6 scene view showing the early farm area from The Curse of the Howling Woods: The Re-Cursed Edition. A small tan-roofed cottage sits on the left with a stone path leading to the door. Beside it, an elderly woman character stands near a tree stump. To the right, there’s a small fenced patch of dirt with chopped stumps, a rake, and a well nearby. The bright green grass and pixel art style give it a cozy, retro feel. The interface shows Unity’s animation and hierarchy panels below, with “Eudora” selected in the project view.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I have the Ghostbusters soundtrack blasting through the house this morning - when I was a kid I had a bootlegged copy of a foreign bootlegged cassette that cut the end of the last song on each side...
#ghostbusters #soundtrack #backgroundmusic #workmusic
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I'm so excited to hopefully being able to add library cat into the build!!!

#indiegamedev #indiegaming #cozygame
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We’re over half way to reaching our first stretch goal, and I NEED it to happen. Almost regret making the cat a stretch goal but rules are rules 😭
#indiegame #cozygaming #indiegamedev #gaming

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Pixel Grunt

Little late for #N7Day I know but still :)

#masseffect #grunt #krogan
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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First screenshot of Howling Woods "re-cursed" edition! A couple of extra ones are available for Patreon backers:
www.patreon.com/posts/first-...

#IndieDev #PixelArt #GameDev #RPG #TheCurseOfTheHowlingWoods #ReCursedEdition #RaguthraStudios #CozyHorror #SnarkyDialogue #cozygame
Pixel-art outdoor scene showing the player character on a cobblestone path beside a weathered house, garden patch, and surrounding trees. The bright palette and classic RPG perspective highlight the refreshed art direction for The Curse of the Howling Woods: Re-Cursed Edition.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Fractured Library Demo stream with Krisifide about to kick off! www.twitch.tv/krisifide

#cozygaming #indiegame #indiegamestream #indiegamedemo
krisifide - Twitch
Little chat followed by some GAMIN'
www.twitch.tv
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Halloween’s over, but we still have a treat -
The Curse of the Howling Woods: The Re-Cursed Edition is a full rebuild of the original – smoother, sharper, and way more snarky.

Coming this year!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...

#IndieDev #HowlingWoods #PixelArt #GameDev #AdventureGame
The Curse of the Howling Woods - The Curse of the Howling Woods: The Re-Cursed Edition - Steam News
A new "re-cursed" edition of the Curse of the Howling Woods is under development and will be available before end of year!
store.steampowered.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Survival Mode: What Indie Development Actually Looks Like is my new post on the reality behind indie game dev - long hours, slow progress, and the small wins that keep us moving.

raguthra.com/survival-mod...

#IndieGameDev #DevLife #MentalHealth #RaguthraStudios #cozygamedev #indiegame
Survival Mode: What Indie Development Actually Looks Like
I didn’t get into game development because I had a grand plan. I got into it because everything else had broken me. After two years in a toxic work environment that left me needing therapy just to put...
raguthra.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Exploring Deck 1 of the Command Tower aboard the RCP Clementine - Spaceship Down’s quiet, haunted heart.

#SpaceshipDown #FracturedLibrary #IndieDev #GameDev #Unity6 #PixelArtGame #SupportIndieGames #RaguthraStudios
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Today I spent some time refining our core player movement system - just a few tweaks to bring everything in line with Unity 6.2 and give me a bit more granular control for future adjustments. It’s not the most glamorous work, but definitely one of the most important.
A screenshot of Unity’s Animator window showing the idle animation state machine for Spaceship Down. The main state node, labeled “Idle,” sits on the left with four output connections leading to individual directional states: “Idle Down,” “Idle Up,” “Idle Left,” and “Idle Right.” Two float parameters, both labeled “LastInput,” are visible beneath the main state. The workspace grid is empty aside from these nodes, with the animation timeline and clip area inactive below. The bottom of the screen shows small teal icons representing walk animations for left, right, and up directions.
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Today I'm building up the dialog database to set up all of our interactions for Fractured Library - essential to set a good foundation otherwise you're chasing band-aid solutions down the track!

#indiegame #cozygame #gamedev
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I've decided that there will be five different door styles in Spaceship Down. This is the standard hall door which will probably be the most seen one in the game.

#indiegamedev #indiegame #scifigame #pixelart
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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7 days in and we’re 50% of the way to our target!

This has been such a surreal experience already and we feel SO humbled, grateful, and proud of what we’ve achieved already.

Thank you to everyone who’s been a part of this!
#kickstarter #cozygaming
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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So I took everyone's advice online when I asked other game devs if they force themselves to play other games (which was an almost unanimous YES) so I made some time today to play The Last Starship early access
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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@michakes.bsky.social thanks so much for playing our demo Fractured Library - really appreciated plus the kind words!

You have a great reading voice!!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I for one really want to build a goblin village - help us bring this to life - www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...

#fracturedlibrary #kickstarter #indiegame #indiegamedevs #goblins
October 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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In what is genuinely an amazing treat for myself - today I'm designing the captain's chair in Spaceship Down for the Clementine.

This is pretty much my dream come true LOL

#scifi #spaceship #indiedev #indiegamedesign #pixelart
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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So #indiegamedev question - do you find time to still play games???
Do you make the time or do you just feel guilty you're not working on your own like me?
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Six days before Steam Next Fest, I rebuilt the entire Fractured Library demo from scratch.
No sleep, too much Unity, and one NPC who kept hiding in the trees.
It’s not perfect, but it’s honest - and it works.

Full devlog: The 6-Day Crunch.
raguthra.com/the-6-day-cr...

#indiegamedev #indiegame
The 6-Day Crunch: Rebuilding Fractured Library Before Steam Next Fest
We had to restart our Fractured Library demo six days before our internal deadline. Not a rebuild from scratch restart, but one of those too many issues to untangle, cleaner to start fresh with what w...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Jonesey boy has been away at the vets for a couple of days and he is very happy to be home and we are very happy he's back.

#cats #CatsAreFamily #studiocat #gamercat
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Give in into delight. 😈
Neo Habits demo patch 1.0.0 is coming this week.
#indiegame
#survivalhorror
#gamedev
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Let's try and convince @hannahatraguthra.bsky.social to include our favourite Goblin Tradie in the full game of Fractured Library!!!

Back the project on Kickstarter and help us grow this world! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...

#indiegame #cozygame #reading #books #indiegamedev #steamnextfest
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I think this is the best Mark Hamill autograph

#starwars
October 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM