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I'm speechless...I'll be running the gorgeous Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson by @ritualstudios.bsky.social at RPG Limit Break 2026!! You can see my run on Wednesday, May 20th, at 7:49 AM (Central).

It's going to be an epic musical adventure!!🥳🎶🎵

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Picture showing all our games on sales for the Weeklong Deals on Steam

Picture showing all our games on sales for the Weeklong Deals on Steam

We are taking part in the Weeklong Deals on #Steam! Right now:
Fretless is at 20% off!
https://bit.ly/Fretless-SteamSales

Crown Gambit at 40% off!
https://bit.ly/CrownGambit-SteamSales

Linkito at 50% off!
https://bit.ly/Linkito-SteamSales

The Almost Gone at 80% off!
https://bit.ly/TAG-SteamSales

2 months ago 3 2 0 0
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Today’s daily spotlight is Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson, a game by @ritualstudios.bsky.social, winner of the Audio Design Spotlight Award! This is a turn-based RPG where you wield powerful instruments and fight musical monsters!
store.steampowered.com/app/2429050/...

@iamdovetail.bsky.social

2 months ago 5 2 1 0
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I FINALLY got the vinyl OST for @ritualstudios.bsky.social game, Fretless-The Wrath of Riffson

@playdigious.bsky.social
(my personal fav indie game of 2025)

@iamdovetail.bsky.social maybe manage some autographs?? Haha
🤘🏽🎸Rock on!!!!🤘🏽🎸

3 months ago 6 1 0 0
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The Audio Design Award goes to Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson, by @ritualstudios.bsky.social @iamdovetail.bsky.social

Art by Tamara Duplantis!

3 months ago 7 2 0 0
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Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson on Steam In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

Check out Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson, by @ritualstudios.bsky.social !

store.steampowered.com/app/2429050/...

3 months ago 3 3 0 0
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Congratulations to the nominees for the Audio Design Award! 🎵

@tempolab.games
@ritualstudios @iamdovetail
@bearmask.io
@tempopogame

Find out more on - www.indiecade.com/festival-202...

🏆 Awards on both Steam and YouTube on Saturday, January 17th starting at 11:00 am PST/2:00 pm EST 👀

3 months ago 5 2 0 3
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Cheers to the Unity Awards winners!

We did not win our category, but that’s ok! These wins are well deserved, just look at the lineup!

Special congrats to @nomada.studio for taking home Best 2D Visuals!

Having Fretless put next to these amazing titles is quite an honor. 🙏

4 months ago 2 1 0 0

Honored to be nominated! Congrats Neva on best 2D Visuals!!!

4 months ago 0 0 0 0
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The Unity Awards 2025 Sale on Steam - Now Through December 16, 2025

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#steamsale #gamedev #indiegames #videogames #gaming #steam

4 months ago 5 2 1 0

Thank you so much! :,)

4 months ago 2 0 0 0
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Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson on Steam In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

Fretless by @ritualstudios.bsky.social

Yes, it's again time for something a lil different than my usual BS! This lovely #turnbased #rhythmgame #rpg sounds great and is super fun to play. It's already out, but the demo is still up, so go check it out!

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #musicgame

4 months ago 19 6 1 0
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Oh Yeah

5 months ago 0 0 0 0
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Best 2D Visuals!? #unityawards #pixelart #gamedev #2D

5 months ago 7 1 1 0

Humble reminder that growth happens over a long period of time.

Our artist had zero experience working with pixel art when we started.

He learned the foundations, refined techniques, made it his own, and gave that to Fretless.

Proud to share that his efforts have earned us a nomination!

🎨

5 months ago 3 1 0 0
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Super excited that Fretless has been nominated for Best 2D visuals in the @unity.com awards! 🎸🤘

Please vote for Fretless here by November 21st! awards.unity.com

#indiegame #indiedev

5 months ago 13 2 0 2
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Starting an Indie Studio & Shipping the RPG Hit "Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson" w/ Jeff Linville
Starting an Indie Studio & Shipping the RPG Hit "Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson" w/ Jeff Linville YouTube video by GameDevAdvice

Ever wonder what it really takes to quit your job, start an indie studio w/ friends & ship a highly-rated RPG? @iamdovetail.bsky.social from @ritualstudios.bsky.social did exactly that w/ Fretless, published by @playdigious.bsky.social
Hear all the details here →
youtu.be/orXP0ahTMro

5 months ago 9 4 0 0
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When we say Fretless took 8 years, we really mean it took 8 years to find. Many games were started/abandoned.

Gameplay from 2019 shows our first level “The Mine” where Rob searched for magical ore to upgrade his Shovel Guitar!

#gameprototype #turnbased #indiedev

6 months ago 14 2 1 0
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Shred that Sale! #indiegames

6 months ago 8 1 0 0
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When we started Fretless, Unity did not support aseprite files—it does now 🙏

We found amazing 3rd party tools which afforded rapid iteration of animations and tile maps.

Map editor
www.mapeditor.org

Asprite / Tiled pipeline
seanba.com

Huge TY!

#leveldesign #workflow #indiedev #gamedev #indiedev

6 months ago 11 3 0 0
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Me n the bois when Fretless is on sale rn #steamautumnsale

6 months ago 2 0 0 0
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Our GuitRPG Fretless is going to be in the Steam Autumn Sale this year! 🤘

6 months ago 4 3 0 1
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First post. Hello blues. I make games. I want to talk about games.

Proud member of @ritualstudios.bsky.social

We made Fretless
bit.ly/Fretless-Game

I will mostly post about Game Development and Art stuff.

For now, here’s my dog. She does not want to get out of bed. Cute.

#welcome #indiedev

6 months ago 9 2 0 0
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Shred our GuitaRPG! #screenshotsaturday

♪ Turn-based QTE's
♪ Deck-Building Synergies
♪ You can pet the dog!

↓🎼Available on STEAM🎼↓
store.steampowered.com/app/2429050/...
(Still not feeling the music? Check out the reviews to see if it might be your jam!)

6 months ago 12 1 0 0
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This was fun to animate haha #FretlessFriday

6 months ago 6 1 0 0

Thanks @matt.bsky.social for this amazing interview and video. Please go check it out if you want to support a quality creator, and get some insight about how Fretless was made!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

7 months ago 16 6 0 0
It's a Miracle Fretless Got Made
It's a Miracle Fretless Got Made YouTube video by ~ flow state ~

The time has finally come to make a big decision.

But first, my video on @ritualstudios.bsky.social, Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson is up now!

But it's on a brand new Flow State YouTube channel. (Please subscribe!)

The game is incredible and the team are so cool.

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

7 months ago 15 6 1 2

lets gooooooooooo

7 months ago 2 2 0 0
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Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson on Steam In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

Check out Fretless on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2429050/...

7 months ago 0 0 0 0
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Final Boss 🤘

#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

7 months ago 13 2 1 1