striking & pretty art!

It's an honor to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday!

📢 Calling all #IndieDev and #GameDev folks to show off their turn-based games below!

Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔁 great games in the replies and @ who should be in this thread!

hey cheers for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @codered-dev1.bsky.social!

I've just uploaded the latest build of the Folk Emerging demo to the test branch, with improvements to the AI, balance, climate XP 🏜️

Join the discord to get early access to these updates 👇
discord.gg/4ds7jvDR

haha, he's not like other wizards! (also he has an evil twin... the analogy really does work)

Loving it! Loving it all! The spreadsheets, the feedback, the sticky little problems the team are waiting for you to write the way out of. I remind myself: "what are you here on this earth to do?" I mutter. "This." And get right back into it. I remember my death. It's coming! "So what are you going to do about it?" Comes the inner whisper. I mutter "This!" and get right back into it. If I worry about what other people think, I try to raise my gaze all the way out past the heat death of the universe. This! Mmm, I love it.

Ultimately, you have to put your ego aside and try to enjoy the ride. This advice from Charlene Putney (in The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope by @inkle.co) feels worthy of printing out and sticking on the wall.

there were some great creatures in this recent thread that might fit bsky.app/profile/sova...

excellent! even just this clip is very rewatchable :)

I’ve made lots of progress made on my cozy building game:

🌳🏡Island Architect🏡🌳.

Therefor time for a new gameplay collage for #screenshotsaturday!

#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

one smilodon, coming right up!

HA! YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS IT? NO! It's #TurnBasedThursday again!

Devs! Share your turn-based games in the replies! Gifs, videos, screenshots ahoy!

Turn-based fans! Support your favorite turn-based games and SHARE THE LOVE!

GO! GO! GO!
#gamedev #indiedev

i wanted to focus on nomadic gameplay and smaller populations where every individual can be simulated, so stone age hunter gatherers were a perfect fit :)

and yeah dinos are cool but may i interest you in some mammoths?

Folk Emerging - Folk Emerging Demo - Update, March 30th - Steam News Critical Hits, Equipping Items in Units, Production & Risks Re-Balance, Improved AI

CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE RETURN, #TurnBasedThursday! cheers @andreadprojects.bsky.social for hosting :)

Folk Emerging is a stone age nomadic 4X, and its free demo gets frequent updates based on player feedback 🔥

Check out the latest patch, which revamped the combat system 👇

that's great, glad to hear! if you also check out the demo, lmk what you think

Review on Folk Emerging's Steam demo page: Recommended 15.1 hrs on record (14.6 hrs at review time) Posted: April 5 "I have played this unfinished demo more than many games that I've paid actual money for. I don't know how exactly, but it somehow manages to exactly pull off the stone age 4x vibe that so many of us have been desperate for since even before the days of Civ4 BTS stone age mods. Forget about those, forget about the Humankind early game; none of those ever really made it feel right. Folk Emerging... does. The game's not done yet. You can't play all of it in the demo. There's some numbers that need tweaking for foraging, and the character system could do with being fleshing out. Loads of things need to change in the long run. None of that bothers me, however, because the core of the game just feels so good and so right. I am delighted to have found this game, and am looking forward with giddy anticipation to seeing it reach completion."

what a wonderful review for my game's demo! these kinds of moments are a huge motivator to keep striving to make Folk Emerging the best it can be 🍻

huge thanks to everyone that's checked it out and given feedback or left a review :) can't wait to share the full game!

#gamedev #indiegame 🎮

screenshot of demo review stats on steam

yay, got to 10 reviews on the Folk Emerging demo, and 90% positive!

huge thanks to everyone that's checked out the demo, given feedback, and/or left a review! I really appreciate it :)

I update the demo frequently based on feedback so keep letting me know what you think 💛

hey @monstercouch.bsky.social, be sure to check out this cool initiative! Wingspan would indeed be a perfect fit

a man with a beard and long hair says i want my bird ALT: a man with a beard and long hair says i want my bird

reposted! i hope you guys find all the bird games

you like birds? you make games about birds? 👇

Folk Emerging on Steam Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trad...

Folk Emerging by @curiousdynamics.bsky.social has a lot of potential for 4X fans that should be an easy pick for anyone who enjoyed the character-focused take of At the Gates store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/...

hey thanks a lot for the shout out, much appreciated!

A beast that moves by launching itself through the air and rolling when it hits the ground

haha this is fantastic

yeah, i definitely hear the clock ticking :) best of luck with your release this month! i hope it goes even better than expected

🕯️ The deck is shuffled, the hour is nigh. #TurnBasedThursday awakens. A weathered token passes to us, we rise to host.

#Gamedev & #IndieDev warlocks: lay your turn-based offerings in the replies. RPGs, roguelikes, strategy… all may be cast in.

Adventurers: step into the thread. The ritual begins🔁🩸

A gloriously ominous #TurnBasedThursday! Cheers for hosting, @greyalien.bsky.social :)

Folk Emerging is a stone age nomadic 4X and its demo gets lots of frequent updates based on player feedback. Check out the latest big update 👇
store.steampowered.com/news/app/227...

Ah, @xordev.com ported my erosion filter to Shadertoy alternative fragcoord.xyz, where all the parameters can be conveniently tweaked with sliders instead of having to edit code values and recompile.

Folk Emerging - 30 Minutes of... YouTube video by Critical Moves - Strategy Gaming

check out this new Critical Moves video on Folk Emerging!

🎮 #indiegame

Birds of Play Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

We're planning a bird-themed Steam festival and if your game features birds you are welcome to submit it here. There more the merrier! tally.so/r/lbWro6

a spread of 16x16, 2 color characters from the post-jam version of my 7drl project. various oracles and mystical beings, some people disguised as devils, some skeletons, a grave digger.

if you appreciate my art, design, procedural, or experimental work, or design analysis, please consider supporting me or reposting! i'm /extremely/ good at living frugally but i would like to eat better and get a new computer. i'm aiming to get to $1000 a month.

www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers

Folk Emerging - Folk Emerging Demo - Update, March 30th - Steam News Critical Hits, Equipping Items in Units, Production & Risks Re-Balance, Improved AI

🎮 Folk Emerging demo update:
Expanded combat system, better AI, re-balanced production/happiness/risks, and much more 👇

To get these demo updates a few days early, join the discord! discord.gg/XVYWtkvTA it's been lovely to see the community grow 🍻

#gamedev #indiegame