Nick Crosgrove
@occultgamedev.bsky.social
Creative & Gameplay Lead at FateBound
Senior Gameplay Engineer at Question Games
Husband, Dog Dad, He/Him
Senior Gameplay Engineer at Question Games
Husband, Dog Dad, He/Him
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Nick Crosgrove
@occultgamedev.bsky.social
· Aug 20
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
Hey Everyone! I'm finally able to show off some of the amazing work that @questiongames.bsky.social has been doing lately!
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
HONESTLY, I think there needs to be a "Verbosity" Setting in the Audio Settings of games.
I adore narrative, I'm one of the sickos that would turn it up to max, because I like Aloy's self talking, and Cloud's musings...
But I get it.
I adore narrative, I'm one of the sickos that would turn it up to max, because I like Aloy's self talking, and Cloud's musings...
But I get it.
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
HONESTLY, I think there needs to be a "Verbosity" Setting in the Audio Settings of games.
I adore narrative, I'm one of the sickos that would turn it up to max, because I like Aloy's self talking, and Cloud's musings...
But I get it.
I adore narrative, I'm one of the sickos that would turn it up to max, because I like Aloy's self talking, and Cloud's musings...
But I get it.
Whenever I see the performance cost of the CharacterMovementComponent I have to lash myself to the mast to keep from building my own and it gets harder and harder as the years go by.
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Whenever I see the performance cost of the CharacterMovementComponent I have to lash myself to the mast to keep from building my own and it gets harder and harder as the years go by.
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
I’ve been having far too wicked a time working on this of late. If you want to hear the devil at your ear, give it a spin. Demo just dropped on Steam. 😈
October 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’ve been having far too wicked a time working on this of late. If you want to hear the devil at your ear, give it a spin. Demo just dropped on Steam. 😈
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Holy hell, y'all - nextfest is *huge*. Seems wise to speak up elsewhere, too.
Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
The Killing Stone Demo on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Holy hell, y'all - nextfest is *huge*. Seems wise to speak up elsewhere, too.
Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
Lots of @questiongames.bsky.social folks in attendance/chat today!
Come check out The Killing Stone! We've worked hard on this one and I think if you like Card Battlers and Folk Horror, you'll love it!
Come check out The Killing Stone! We've worked hard on this one and I think if you like Card Battlers and Folk Horror, you'll love it!
With it being Steam Next Fest, I'm doing my own little 'Hype The Homies' stream. We're starting with The Killing Stone and Tides of Tomorrow in just a moment, with some excellent gems to follow
In case you need some background banter: www.twitch.tv/viking_blonde/
In case you need some background banter: www.twitch.tv/viking_blonde/
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Lots of @questiongames.bsky.social folks in attendance/chat today!
Come check out The Killing Stone! We've worked hard on this one and I think if you like Card Battlers and Folk Horror, you'll love it!
Come check out The Killing Stone! We've worked hard on this one and I think if you like Card Battlers and Folk Horror, you'll love it!
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
The Killing Stone is a folk horror board game where everything is story
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Killing Stone is a folk horror board game where everything is story
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
If you've played The Killing Stone demo, we'd love for you to write a review on Steam. It helps out a lot!
If you haven't played it yet, there's still time!
If you haven't played it yet, there's still time!
The demo of our folk horror card strategy game The Killing Stone is live!
We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.
Please check it out and leave a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.
Please check it out and leave a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
The Killing Stone Demo on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...
store.steampowered.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you've played The Killing Stone demo, we'd love for you to write a review on Steam. It helps out a lot!
If you haven't played it yet, there's still time!
If you haven't played it yet, there's still time!
I was super excited to relaunch my blog and start putting up old posts again, up until I learned the hard way you are not allowed any whimsy because Mobile Layout sucks.
This just... self destructs on mobile.
This just... self destructs on mobile.
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was super excited to relaunch my blog and start putting up old posts again, up until I learned the hard way you are not allowed any whimsy because Mobile Layout sucks.
This just... self destructs on mobile.
This just... self destructs on mobile.
It's insane how on the nose these are. I cannot imagine a conference more out of touch with its attendees these days.
I gotta hand it to whatever advertising firm Informa hired to make these, there really is something almost poetic about GDC's advertising being "an AI-looking depiction of an industry staple being destroyed with no clear elaboration of what comes after." Masterclass in unintentionally nailing it.
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It's insane how on the nose these are. I cannot imagine a conference more out of touch with its attendees these days.
There's a bug in Unreal where Text Wrapping inside of a Scale Box creates this circular logic that causes the text to resize constantly.
It's like my PTSD Bug. Every time it comes up, I remember staring into an extremely strong gin drink and rethinking my entire life one night.
It's like my PTSD Bug. Every time it comes up, I remember staring into an extremely strong gin drink and rethinking my entire life one night.
October 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There's a bug in Unreal where Text Wrapping inside of a Scale Box creates this circular logic that causes the text to resize constantly.
It's like my PTSD Bug. Every time it comes up, I remember staring into an extremely strong gin drink and rethinking my entire life one night.
It's like my PTSD Bug. Every time it comes up, I remember staring into an extremely strong gin drink and rethinking my entire life one night.
There could not be a game more thoroughly up my alley in terms of art style and gameplay...
Sadly they failed to disclose on Steam that it has Generative AI Art in it.
Sadly they failed to disclose on Steam that it has Generative AI Art in it.
After playing two sections of The Lift, an upcoming first-person puzzle game, we think that fans of the puzzle genre will be refreshed by The Lift’s new take on problem-solving.
Our hands-on impressions:
Our hands-on impressions:
The Lift Turns Mundane Productivity Into a Clever Puzzle Game
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There could not be a game more thoroughly up my alley in terms of art style and gameplay...
Sadly they failed to disclose on Steam that it has Generative AI Art in it.
Sadly they failed to disclose on Steam that it has Generative AI Art in it.
Hey #GameDev got a question for you:
Are there any good Classes for Cinematic Camera work in Unreal out there?
The only advice I've gotten so far is: "Go to film school, lol." which isn't workable.
Are there any good Classes for Cinematic Camera work in Unreal out there?
The only advice I've gotten so far is: "Go to film school, lol." which isn't workable.
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hey #GameDev got a question for you:
Are there any good Classes for Cinematic Camera work in Unreal out there?
The only advice I've gotten so far is: "Go to film school, lol." which isn't workable.
Are there any good Classes for Cinematic Camera work in Unreal out there?
The only advice I've gotten so far is: "Go to film school, lol." which isn't workable.
The only time a journalist wants to chat is when there's an exciting game in front of us, and that is the topic. Never once have I been asked: "Hey Nick, whatcha playing for fun?".
As far as how the Sausage is made: Most of us won't shut the hell up about it if you ask, it's just boring stuff.
As far as how the Sausage is made: Most of us won't shut the hell up about it if you ask, it's just boring stuff.
journalists can only do so much to convince readers that games are made by people, at some point companies need to let their talent talk about the industry they’re in, to communicate as if they are not in a vacuum where the only game that exists is the one in front of them
August 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The only time a journalist wants to chat is when there's an exciting game in front of us, and that is the topic. Never once have I been asked: "Hey Nick, whatcha playing for fun?".
As far as how the Sausage is made: Most of us won't shut the hell up about it if you ask, it's just boring stuff.
As far as how the Sausage is made: Most of us won't shut the hell up about it if you ask, it's just boring stuff.
In trying to figure out a type stable way of chaining inheritance and accessing parent classes without reflection... I think I just reinvented the Unreal Header Tool...
August 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In trying to figure out a type stable way of chaining inheritance and accessing parent classes without reflection... I think I just reinvented the Unreal Header Tool...
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Found in the back of a locked @teamaudio.bsky.social closet -- footage of sounds being summoned for @thekillingstone.bsky.social .
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Not Pictured: @chrisrickwood.bsky.social
Reason: sacrificed
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Not Pictured: @chrisrickwood.bsky.social
Reason: sacrificed
August 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Found in the back of a locked @teamaudio.bsky.social closet -- footage of sounds being summoned for @thekillingstone.bsky.social .
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Not Pictured: @chrisrickwood.bsky.social
Reason: sacrificed
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Not Pictured: @chrisrickwood.bsky.social
Reason: sacrificed
Talking with Game Engine devs from the PS3 era is always an exercise in awe and horror.
"Oh, our shaders are like that because everything in-game is a skeletal mesh."
"Like... The grass?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"The buildings?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"SKYBOX!?"
"🙂"
"Oh, our shaders are like that because everything in-game is a skeletal mesh."
"Like... The grass?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"The buildings?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"SKYBOX!?"
"🙂"
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Talking with Game Engine devs from the PS3 era is always an exercise in awe and horror.
"Oh, our shaders are like that because everything in-game is a skeletal mesh."
"Like... The grass?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"The buildings?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"SKYBOX!?"
"🙂"
"Oh, our shaders are like that because everything in-game is a skeletal mesh."
"Like... The grass?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"The buildings?"
"Skeletal mesh."
"SKYBOX!?"
"🙂"
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Check out the announcement coverage for The Killing Stone from @gamesradarplus.bsky.social !
www.gamesradar.com/games/this-c...
www.gamesradar.com/games/this-c...
This card battler has you beating the Devil at his own game, accompanied by the vocal talents of Baldur's Gate 3's Emma Gregory
Minthara is helping you take on the devil
www.gamesradar.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Check out the announcement coverage for The Killing Stone from @gamesradarplus.bsky.social !
www.gamesradar.com/games/this-c...
www.gamesradar.com/games/this-c...
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Congratulations @questiongames.bsky.social on announcing The Killing Stone! We are so excited to be working with you on this project!!!
Question are proud to announce **The Killing Stone** , a new deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Check out the announcement trailer and wishlist it on Steam to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Congratulations @questiongames.bsky.social on announcing The Killing Stone! We are so excited to be working with you on this project!!!
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
And we're announced!
The Killing Stone, a folk horror card-based strategy game from the team at Question (The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club), is coming soon to Steam.
This has been one of the most exciting and unusual games I've worked on in my career!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone, a folk horror card-based strategy game from the team at Question (The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club), is coming soon to Steam.
This has been one of the most exciting and unusual games I've worked on in my career!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And we're announced!
The Killing Stone, a folk horror card-based strategy game from the team at Question (The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club), is coming soon to Steam.
This has been one of the most exciting and unusual games I've worked on in my career!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone, a folk horror card-based strategy game from the team at Question (The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club), is coming soon to Steam.
This has been one of the most exciting and unusual games I've worked on in my career!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
The box opens! Our next game is The Killing Stone, and you won't have to wait overly long on this one...
On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends.
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends.
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The box opens! Our next game is The Killing Stone, and you won't have to wait overly long on this one...
On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends.
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends.
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Question are proud to announce **The Killing Stone** , a new deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Check out the announcement trailer and wishlist it on Steam to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Question are proud to announce **The Killing Stone** , a new deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Check out the announcement trailer and wishlist it on Steam to stay up to date!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Hey Everyone! I'm finally able to show off some of the amazing work that @questiongames.bsky.social has been doing lately!
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hey Everyone! I'm finally able to show off some of the amazing work that @questiongames.bsky.social has been doing lately!
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
Wishlist 'The Killing Stone' on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Looking forward to discussing it more!
#indiegame #gamedev
Reposted by Nick Crosgrove
Genuinely looking for advice. I am working on the painted window for my #Miniature church from #DiscoElysium and I encountered a problem. I am #Painting with acrylics on plastic and it looks nice with the light in front, but when I put a light behind it all the color and nuance disappears.
August 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Genuinely looking for advice. I am working on the painted window for my #Miniature church from #DiscoElysium and I encountered a problem. I am #Painting with acrylics on plastic and it looks nice with the light in front, but when I put a light behind it all the color and nuance disappears.
Easy. Event Horizon.
Them: "Hey, wanna go on a deep space recovery mission for that ship with the experimental warp drive?"
Me: "No "
<CREDITS ROLL>
Them: "Hey, wanna go on a deep space recovery mission for that ship with the experimental warp drive?"
Me: "No "
<CREDITS ROLL>
saw this on twitter & i had to know yall answers too 😂
August 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Easy. Event Horizon.
Them: "Hey, wanna go on a deep space recovery mission for that ship with the experimental warp drive?"
Me: "No "
<CREDITS ROLL>
Them: "Hey, wanna go on a deep space recovery mission for that ship with the experimental warp drive?"
Me: "No "
<CREDITS ROLL>
It's wild how basically no narrative tools out there have Bark Matrix support, and when you talk with the folks making the tool they look at you like you have four heads and respond with some form of: "Why would you ever need this?"
The extreme focus on visual novels is holding back the tooling.
The extreme focus on visual novels is holding back the tooling.
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's wild how basically no narrative tools out there have Bark Matrix support, and when you talk with the folks making the tool they look at you like you have four heads and respond with some form of: "Why would you ever need this?"
The extreme focus on visual novels is holding back the tooling.
The extreme focus on visual novels is holding back the tooling.