My interactive fiction The Spirit in the Door, as well as the jam game The Final Deed are available as one of many cool and creepy ghost stories in the Ghost Stories Bundle: itch.io/b/3601/ghost...
#itchio #if #ghoststories #indiegames #indiedev #writer #geniusloci #textadventure
I would not call the Area the MOST important feature of #GeniusLoci but certainly in the top three. #Surreal #mindscape #parallelworld that can go wrong in a million times but if it doesn't, it is SUPER USEFUL.
New #GeniusLoci article! The white #forest is a #fantasy staple with its many mushrooms and tree-sized fungi. That also #glowinthedark!
#GeniusLoci #lizardfolk are modelled after agamidae more than crocodiles. I like the cute faces it gives them. They are the second colourful #fantasyspecies after #dwarves.
But actualyl the article is about #proverbs! Do you come up with those for your #worldbuilding?
And a tags post following this #GeniusLoci location. In my #worldbuilding, I try to alternate between nice and terrible places. This is... probably a terrible one, I am not so sure really.
Do you focus on adventure-worthy places, or something else?
#indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity
Monster, creature, character? Burrmo definitely have a lot of personality.
#GeniusLoci #creaturedesign #fantasycreature #fantasyrpg #ttrpg #indierpg
I'm just going to throw in comments after Wordpress linking here: this #fantasy #worldbuilding article talks about the deepest #desert of my #fantasyworld #GeniusLoci where legendary #creatures roam and hoard alleged treasures, and that's just the tip of the... iceberg...?
#GeniusLoci torna a #SanGiorgioMonferrato dopo dieci anni.
Domenica 25 gennaio, alle 15, con ritrovo nel piazzale della parrocchia: dalle bellezze artistico-architettoniche ai foraminiferi fossili, fino ai detti monferrini
A dark image at top shows a bust of a black woman with a mohawk, spreading her arms with golden armguards, looking at the viewer menacingly. Behind her, a horde of torn blue spirits rage. Swirls of energy around her head suggest great power, but a tiny glow in darkness over her heart speaks of dark gifts
New #GeniusLoci article!
There is no word for the amount of bad luck to meet a #darkheart. Fortunately they are rare. But you know their names.
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#miat #worldbuilding #fantasyworld #ttrpg #magic #rpgsystem #warlock #indiegames #fantasylore #darkfantasy
A gigantic, fiery silhouette before grey clouds approaches.
New #GeniusLoci article!
Continuing the #elementarians with the advocates of fire, plasmats. A harbinger of change, and a good omen.
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#magic #fantasy #creaturedesign #highfantasy #ttrpg #djinn
🌟 Spotlight: @ranarh.bsky.social
New #GeniusLoci article!
There is a sharp difference between #mages and #wizards - just that it's only them who can tell. Can you?
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#IndieSpotlight
A fantasy illustration at top shows an enormous statue protruding from an even larger building, casting a shadow onto the hot bright plaza marketplace in front of it. The text below reads: "So these are wizards, and those are mages. Spot the difference!" along with the purple Genius Loci logo
New #GeniusLoci article!
There is a sharp difference between #mages and #wizards - just that it's only them who can tell. Can you?
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#miat #worldbuilding #fantasyworld #ttrpg #magic #rpgsystem #sorcery #indiegames #indiedev #RPGcommunity #fantasylore
"The Spirit in the Door" – out now! ranarh.itch.io/the-spirit-i...
An enigmatic map sends you across the continent. Mount up, make friends, battle cultists, and save the forces of nature!
#tsitd #miat #geniusloci #textadventure #indiegames #itchio #indiedev #gamerelease #gamedev #womeningames
A poster with a character collage for the playable characters in The Spirit in the Door. here we see inspiration for the character Pehel'he, a gar. Garren are lizardfolk and we see a poshly dressed dark portrait on the left where a gar wears an amulet-adorned chain across his face. On the right is part of an illustration showing a gar leaning on his knees with the elbows, a short-sleeved coat over his shoulders and the long crested tail curled up as it comes down his seat.
"The Spirit in the Door" – out now! ranarh.itch.io/the-spirit-i...
Final playable character:
🦎 Pehel'he, a gar. Changing colour based on food, sporty, well-travelled and curious.
#tsitd #miat #geniusloci #textadventure #indiegames #itchio #indiedev #lizardfolk #gamerelease #outnow
A poster with a character collage for the playable characters in The Spirit in the Door. This poster shows dwarves, incidentally both women, who have very very long and colourful hair. A large portrait on the left shows a dwarf with Leia-like knots and wearing a tasseled vest. A smaller character image to the bottom right shows a sqautting woman with long, bound strands, wearing a one-strap top that shows the typical coloured spots dwarves have running down their arms. At top right sits the game title.
"The Spirit in the Door" – Release date: Dec 10, 2025
Playable character:
🌈 Sekadi, a dwarf. Talented mapper, sharp tongue, and really great hair.
#tsitd #miat #geniusloci #textadventure #indiegames #itchio #indiedev #dwarf
A poster with a character collage for the playable characters in The Spirit in the Door. This is for Giwannijaslakar, a beja, dark-skinned four-eyed people. The poster shows a few beja, not necessairly the PC. The traditional costume of her culture is at top left, with lots of pelts and tassels and altogether Native American inspired. Bottom left is a portrait with braids and posh turquoise-gold clothes. the largest image on the right shows a bard with fancy hat and a cat-sized monkey on her shoulder, wearing an outfit of painted pelts and many necklaces.
"The Spirit in the Door" – Release date: Dec 10, 2025
Playable character:
🤺 Giwannijaslakar "Nija", a beja. Four eyes, prestigious armour, bombad warrior.
#tsitd #miat #geniusloci #textadventure #indiegames #itchio #indiedev #warriorwoman
"The Spirit in the Door" – Release date: Dec 10, 2025
Playable character:
🐯 Nessrakan, a raganaj. Comes with a built-in pet, Etchikwo. Grumpy, but good-natured (the dude, not the pet. The pet is hyper)
#tsitd #miat #geniusloci #textadventure #indiegames #itchio #indiedev
A fantasy landscape illustration dominated by an enormous stairscase leading up a high cliff. The text below speculates about its origin: Spell relic? Leftover from a devastating spirit attack? Too useful to think about? What do you think?
New #GeniusLoci article!
The greatest #spell relic ever created (or perhaps it's a spirit relic after all?) are the cliffs and stairs leading up at Grandrock's southern border. Surrounded by #mystery!
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#miat #blog #worldbuilding #fantasy #illustration #architecture #landcape
Info poster for the release date of the textadventure The Spirit in the Door by Make it a Triple studio. Release date: End of '25!
In preparation for the full release of The Spirit in the Door adventure game, the Demo Version has been updated to include English already, so you can test the waters:
ranarh.itch.io/the-spirit-i...
#releasedate #miat #textadventure #interactivefiction #geniusloci #demo
New #GeniusLoci article!
We talk about #rituals to turn PEOPLE into #ARTIFACTS. That will hurt. But to be fireproof... ?
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#miat #fantasy #worlbuilding #illustration #magic #ttrpg #indiegames #gurps #indiedev #rpg
A dark fantasy illustration showing a person holding up their hands to look at them with their head bent down. they are turning into several beings at once: their tiger head is turning into green scales, while their hands look human
New #GeniusLoci article!
#Shapeshifting is the most feared #supernatural ability, after the Splinter War tore the world apart, instigated by, of course, shapeshifters.
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#indiegames #ttrpg #fantasy #worldbuilding #indiedev #blog #conceptart #illustration
New #GeniusLoci article!
#Brighthold, the legendary #warrior country - its people are surprisingly gentle. Here are some #costume #concepts but there is much more to them than #fashion: jenniferslange.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/b...
#indiegames #miat #ttrpg #fantasy #worldbuilding
A concept sheet of two similar-looking fantasy daggers, one red, the other golden. They have richly decorated hilts ending in stylised bird heads, studded with small semiprecious stones
New #GeniusLoci article!
Artifacts are REALLY easy to come by because they literally ar ein every household. The GOOD ones though are much trickier and have a mind of their own.
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#worldbuilding #ttrpg #fantasy #illustration #conceptart #dagger #blog #
New #GeniusLoci article!
Seafolk are bringing the #fantasyraces of the setting to a close (I think). Yes, they're #mermaids! No, they are not pretty! They are people! 🤣
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#worldbuilding #indierpg #ttrpg #indiegames #blog #fish #seaslug
New #GeniusLoci article!
In #Halloween season, we talk about ... #CURSES! Yep, they're bad.
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#indierpg #fantasygame #worldbuilding #illustration #blog #indiegames #ttrpg #darkmagic
A fantasy creature concept sheet showing a purple ringtailed mix between an otter, squirrel, and mole. At top is the game title Genius Loci, at bottom the URL to the worldbuilding website.
New #GeniusLoci article!
The solano are the fluffy companion of every raganaj. You can play one in my upcoming GL #game The Spirit in the Door!
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#fantasycreature #creaturedesign #concepatart #textadventure #indiegames
Did you know about Miat's #Discord server? Hop in to talk more #GeniusLoci, my games or #zines, or whatever is on your mind!
discord.gg/gQgmYMM9A9
This fantasy forest landscape looks like its underwater, because every plant is blue, and many look like corals or kelp. Enormous, slim white trees arch overhead. Two tiny travellers walk a flat path between small cliffs.
New #GeniusLoci article!
The blue #forest is the calmest - but not the friendliest - of coloured forests. If you want to learn to #fly, this is the place to do it.
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#fantasyworld #worldbuilding #woods #miat #underwater #indiegames #indiedev #ttrpg #reef
A fantasy scene showing a market stall inside an arcade with light striking the two characters. One is a crested lizardman with different multicoloured patterns all over, leaning with his elbows on his knees and a fany coat over his shoulders. The other is a small goldskinned humanoid sitting on the table edge, her wings lazily lying behind her. The stall is filled with statuettes and amulets hanging and lying evrywhere.
New #GeniusLoci article!
Meet goldfairies, the 2nd kind after bugfairies. These ones are clever, but mad - but so good at administration that offices gladly suffer them.
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#ttrpg #worldbuilding #fairy #pixie #creaturedesign #character #illustration
A fantasy portrait of a dwarven man with short red threads capped with silver beads
New #GeniusLoci article!
Welcome another celebrity: the poet Nuralk. His poem "the Four" was translated into nearly every language. Yet he remains grounded!
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#worldbuilding #characterdesign #dwarf #beard #art #illustration #fantasy #rpg #ttrpg #indiedev
