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Mark Aherne
@wiredmark.bsky.social
Technical Director #NoesisGUI (https://noesisengine.com)

Indie developer, creating Persevere, a narrative strategy game (https://perseveregame.com)
We're closing in on the completion of the Persevere #IndieDev prototype, 3 weeks remaining! I'll share info then, including how to playtest! In the meantime, here is the final master of the Persevere theme, by our brilliant composer John Vallely. #gamedev #gamemusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7nW...
Persevere - Main Theme
YouTube video by Universe or Nothing
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Great to see The Necromancer's Tale on Mortismal Gaming's best indie titles of 2025 list! youtu.be/EKHh143e3JI?... @psychicsoftware.com
The Best Indie Games I've Played In 2025
YouTube video by Mortismal Gaming
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Vote for Blake Manor 💀
The nominations for the SDG Gaming Awards 2025 are now open.

It is time to vote for your favourite Steam Deck games of 2025 in a variety of different categories.

⬇️⬇️⬇️
It's time to open the Nominations for the SDG Gaming Awards 2025! This time it is limited to 2025 releases!

Enter your nominations here: forms.gle/YgTGjKs1hDrh...
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Seance of Blake Manor is now live on Steam.
Check out our launch trailer!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8s...

#indiegames
The Séance of Blake Manor | Release Trailer
YouTube video by Raw Fury
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The Séance of Blake Manor is launching this Monday, October 27th!

Just in time for spooky season. #ScreenshotSaturday

Wishlist it now. store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...

#indiegames #gamedev
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We're half way through the 3 month production of the prototype for our #narrative #strategy #game Persevere (after 8 months or pre-production)! Still plenty to do, but the build is really coming together. youtu.be/Trp_1WUHL4w #gamedev #indiedev
Persevere - IndieDev Prototype Build 1
YouTube video by Universe or Nothing
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
On September 1st we started production on the prototype of our narrative strategy game Persevere, with the goal of having the first playable build on November 19th. Alongside the prototype, we are building a studio. Today, the studio and game website went live. One step at a time.
perseveregame.com
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Persevere is a narrative strategy game that fuses survival management with tower defense.
perseveregame.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We've just started production of the Persevere prototype, after 8 months of (part-time) pre-production. Today we hit a milestone, testing a "full" train (your mobile base) in-game (using mostly placeholder assets). My one concern was if the scale and length would feel right, I call this a success!
September 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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We’re excited to announce the 8 teams selected for IndieDev 2025 🎮✨💚

A variety of game prototypes will be explored & each team will be supported with funding of £15,000/€15,000 & a mentorship programme.

ardan.ie/games-2/indi...
July 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I just started playing The Necromancer's Tale, and I am a bit envious of how good the writing is!
Go buy it! It's an excellent game from a truly talented independent, and Irish, team.
July 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
So excited to be part of IndieDev 2025! Our prototype, which will comprise of a single complete level of Persevere, will let us prove out our gameplay, art, writing, and production pipelines. We are so grateful to @ardan-ie.bsky.social, @imirt.bsky.social, and Screen partners, for the opportunity!
July 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Romero Games has announced the redundancies of a large amount of staff.

If you have been affected and need support, please reach out to me so our union @gwuireland.bsky.social can help support you.

Connect with me [email protected] or the union advice centre www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is heartbreaking.
July 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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The Necromancer's Tale #PitchYaGame - HP Lovecraft meets Disco Elysium in this necromancer origin story. Deep narrative, politics, ghosts, and raising the dead.

Releasing July 2025
store.steampowered.com/app/1315320/...
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My #gamedev team and I created a pitch deck for Persevere, our #roguelike #strategy #towerdefense #game, as part of an application to a local arts fund. I thought it'd be interesting to share some of the slides for #screenshotsaturday.
If there's interest, I'll share more slides later today.
May 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Awful.
Well, it finally happened. Someone trained an AI on my voice, and used it to generate narration for their YouTube video.

Feels pretty bad! Don't like it!

I've submitted a privacy complaint with YouTube - hopefully they'll take it down soon.
May 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Persevere is an in #gamedev genre-blending #strategygame that fuses #survival #management with #towerdefense, creating an experience that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
Core to the game is crew management, and today, for the first time, you can manage crew in-game: youtu.be/OTdYDfgK_Is
Persevere - Crew Assignment
YouTube video by Universe or Nothing
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Even demons can't counter a big and powerful gun.
#ScreenshotSaturday #roguelike #turnbased #gamedev
May 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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I'm super excited to announce Without a Dawn, a Visual Novel with philosophical and psychological horror elements:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhT3...

Wishlist now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/...

#visualnovel #Steam #SteamNextFest #indiegame #HorrorCommunity
Without a Dawn - Official Announcement Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Jesse Makkonen
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM