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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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So yesterday I was working on terrain in a frozen village for Fractured Library and today I'm deciding what decking the bridge of Clementine should have for Spaceship Down

#indiegamedev #spaceshipdown #fracturedlibrary #gamedev #indiegame
October 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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To this person you have NO idea how much I appreciate your feedback and the way you've framed it around the demo - we knew there'd be technical things to clean up - thanks for being open to the demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...

#steamnextfest #cozygame #indiegame #indiegamedev
October 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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To this person you have NO idea how much I appreciate your feedback and the way you've framed it around the demo - we knew there'd be technical things to clean up - thanks for being open to the demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...

#steamnextfest #cozygame #indiegame #indiegamedev
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The first reviews are coming in for Fractured Library - it's incredible and wonderful to see these - feedback that is positive and useful is just great.

It's overwhelming and exciting - store.steampowered.com/app/3938720&...

#indiegame #cozygame #gamedemo #steamnextfest
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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First Fractured Library demo feedback is a reminder if you let one of your characters sit down on a bench in one game then you're going to have to do it for all LOL

store.steampowered.com/app/3938720&...

#SteamNextFest #gamedemo #IndieGameDev
October 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Finally I have glassware worthy of the most distinguished of guests - the 1995 #BatmanForever McDonalds glasses - I had two of these back then - they are surprisingly sturdy and well made.

#mcdonalds #maccas #batman
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Riddle me this: What four vintage treasures wrapped in blue bubble just landed just landed on my doorstep?

#the90s #retro #vintage (!?!?)
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Dev Diary: Finally climbed out of a 3-week code hole.
Been wiring up @hannahatraguthra.bsky.social's world design for Fractured Library, fixing bugs, & living off caffeine. The demo’s live, storms have cleared!
store.steampowered.com/app/3938720/...
#cozygame #indiegamedev #SteamNextFest #indiegame
A pixel art scene from Fractured Library. Kayak, a witch in a red hat, stands by a campfire near the library while Hazel approaches from the forest path. The library’s dark-blue walls are covered in vines and greenery. A dialogue box reads: “Good news: the storms have finally stopped, and Inkthistle Hollow looks mostly normal again.”
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Oh the things we have to do - I was debugging a deer last night LOL
Go follow @raguthrastudios.bsky.social and wishlist Fractured Library
store.steampowered.com/app/3938720&...

#indiegamedev #cozygaming #cozygame #gamedevelopment #indiegames
October 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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My testing image...

#indiegamedev #fracturedlibrary

@raguthrastudios.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Well it's official today I started wiring everything into the production version of the Fractured Library demo.
Saved neatly in the folder:

Final/NoThisOneIsFinal/Final3/Nah4/OKSRsLY/SuperFinal/WhyIsThereChocPuddingOnMyKeyboard/Production

#gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #fracturedlibrary
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM