Colm Larkin
@gambrinous.com
Gamedev from Ireland. Made Guild of Dungeoneering, Cardpocalypse, and Eyes of Hellfire
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Colm Larkin
@gambrinous.com
· Aug 27
ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome to the Lodge!!
Eyes of Hellfire, our co-op gothic horror experience is now available on Steam Early Access!
If you buy a copy, up to 4 of your friends can play free via the friends pass!
🖥️https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/Eyes_of_Hellfire/
Eyes of Hellfire, our co-op gothic horror experience is now available on Steam Early Access!
If you buy a copy, up to 4 of your friends can play free via the friends pass!
🖥️https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/Eyes_of_Hellfire/
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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
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We pushed an update yesterday to #EyesOfHellfire that added player held candelabras to the game.
These were slightly annoying to deal with, involving a little render magic and some brute force dumbness...
mini 🧵
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
These were slightly annoying to deal with, involving a little render magic and some brute force dumbness...
mini 🧵
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
Eyes of Hellfire - The Terror for Two Update - Steam News
Eyes of Hellfire has gotten another revamp, and this time we’re aiming it at two players.
store.steampowered.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We pushed an update yesterday to #EyesOfHellfire that added player held candelabras to the game.
These were slightly annoying to deal with, involving a little render magic and some brute force dumbness...
mini 🧵
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
These were slightly annoying to deal with, involving a little render magic and some brute force dumbness...
mini 🧵
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
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Our team is small but mighty. Cannot express how proud I am. Our new major update for #EyesofHellfire is live.
Terror for Two includes a focus on two-player mode as well as a slew of quality-of-life changes.
Come discover Dublin's Hellfire Club.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegames
Terror for Two includes a focus on two-player mode as well as a slew of quality-of-life changes.
Come discover Dublin's Hellfire Club.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegames
Eyes of Hellfire - The Terror for Two Update - Steam News
Eyes of Hellfire has gotten another revamp, and this time we’re aiming it at two players.
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our team is small but mighty. Cannot express how proud I am. Our new major update for #EyesofHellfire is live.
Terror for Two includes a focus on two-player mode as well as a slew of quality-of-life changes.
Come discover Dublin's Hellfire Club.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegames
Terror for Two includes a focus on two-player mode as well as a slew of quality-of-life changes.
Come discover Dublin's Hellfire Club.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegames
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want to know what it's like to hire #voiceactors for games? here's an in-depth piece i wrote about our process in a small indie studio.
unaminhkavanagh.com/herding-voic... #gamedev #indiegames
unaminhkavanagh.com/herding-voic... #gamedev #indiegames
Herding Voices Actors: A Producer's Perspective - Úna-Minh Kavanagh
First things first: I am not a voice director, but as a Lead Producer and a generalist within this industry, I am damn good at herding voices. Producers are
unaminhkavanagh.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
want to know what it's like to hire #voiceactors for games? here's an in-depth piece i wrote about our process in a small indie studio.
unaminhkavanagh.com/herding-voic... #gamedev #indiegames
unaminhkavanagh.com/herding-voic... #gamedev #indiegames
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Love games set in #Ireland? Love games made by an #Irish studio with an Irish voice cast?
Our game Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at the Horror Game Awards! It's a public vote and today is the last day for voting 😄
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Our game Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at the Horror Game Awards! It's a public vote and today is the last day for voting 😄
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Love games set in #Ireland? Love games made by an #Irish studio with an Irish voice cast?
Our game Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at the Horror Game Awards! It's a public vote and today is the last day for voting 😄
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Our game Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at the Horror Game Awards! It's a public vote and today is the last day for voting 😄
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Lovely to see Eyes of Hellfire nominated for Best Art Direction in the Horror Game Awards. Next step is a public vote so please give us a helping hand: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Lovely to see Eyes of Hellfire nominated for Best Art Direction in the Horror Game Awards. Next step is a public vote so please give us a helping hand: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
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Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at #TheHorrorGameAwards . Exciting to be included, even more exciting if y'all could go take a couple of minutes to throw a vote our way!
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at #TheHorrorGameAwards . Exciting to be included, even more exciting if y'all could go take a couple of minutes to throw a vote our way!
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
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It was an absolute pleasure, and great craic, to chat with @neiljackman.bsky.social about the Hellfire Club in Dublin, which inspired our recent game Eyes of Hellfire.
Our game Eyes of Hellfire is set in the infamous Hellfire Club, a real-life location in #Dublin that you can hike up to - it's very cool (and spooky!)
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
Archaeologist Neil Jackman on the Real Hellfire Club - Eyes of Hellfire
YouTube video by Gambrinous
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It was an absolute pleasure, and great craic, to chat with @neiljackman.bsky.social about the Hellfire Club in Dublin, which inspired our recent game Eyes of Hellfire.
Reposted by Colm Larkin
Our game Eyes of Hellfire is set in the infamous Hellfire Club, a real-life location in #Dublin that you can hike up to - it's very cool (and spooky!)
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
Archaeologist Neil Jackman on the Real Hellfire Club - Eyes of Hellfire
YouTube video by Gambrinous
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our game Eyes of Hellfire is set in the infamous Hellfire Club, a real-life location in #Dublin that you can hike up to - it's very cool (and spooky!)
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
@lenhaunts.bsky.social interviewed archaeologist @neiljackman.bsky.social about the club & his archaeological dig there!!
youtu.be/XKtyf57X4A4?...
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Announcing my pagan trading game Prophet Margin
Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...
Sharing appreciated!
Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...
Sharing appreciated!
Prophet Margin on Steam
The Gods hunger for tribute! Build settlements and weave trade routes, feed temples and earn divine boons in this Eurogame-inspired strategy game.
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Announcing my pagan trading game Prophet Margin
Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...
Sharing appreciated!
Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...
Sharing appreciated!
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ICYMI: Our 3D Artist and Animator @orochimario2.bsky.social did a breakdown of two of the main monsters in-game for those who love to see art broken down into stages 😄
Have you wondered what goes into making our terrifying monsters?! 😱
Check out this in-depth visual post on the Masterpiece and Living Paintings, as our 3D Artist and Animator @orochimario2.bsky.social takes you through his process.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire #gamedev
Check out this in-depth visual post on the Masterpiece and Living Paintings, as our 3D Artist and Animator @orochimario2.bsky.social takes you through his process.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire #gamedev
Eyes of Hellfire - In-Depth Look at the Art of the Masterpiece and the Living Painting - Steam News
3D Artist and Animator Mario Sena shares his process.
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ICYMI: Our 3D Artist and Animator @orochimario2.bsky.social did a breakdown of two of the main monsters in-game for those who love to see art broken down into stages 😄
This is great
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is great
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Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
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Very, very cool to see @orochimario2.bsky.social's breakdown of some of our 3D monsters here in #EyesofHellfire
www.artstation.com/artwork/K3ZEYy #gamedev #indiegames
www.artstation.com/artwork/K3ZEYy #gamedev #indiegames
Master Piece and Living Paintings, Mario Sena
The "Master Piece" is the final boss of Chapter 1 of the game Eyes of Hellfire.
This boss is made of a black mass and it spawns the fierce "living painting" creatures that will chase you through the c...
www.artstation.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Very, very cool to see @orochimario2.bsky.social's breakdown of some of our 3D monsters here in #EyesofHellfire
www.artstation.com/artwork/K3ZEYy #gamedev #indiegames
www.artstation.com/artwork/K3ZEYy #gamedev #indiegames
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There are just 4 places left on my upcoming course at @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social - starting next week, and online on Thursday evenings for 5 weeks!
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
Writing for Video Games with Charlene Putney - Irish Writers Centre
5-week online evening course. Learn to work with and publish Twine games and understand the role of a game writer in the industry with Charlene Putney
irishwriterscentre.ie
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There are just 4 places left on my upcoming course at @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social - starting next week, and online on Thursday evenings for 5 weeks!
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
The Shifting Lodge Update is now live. A huge free content drop for Eyes of Hellfire, adding scenario variability, alternate boss fights, two new curses, a whole new playable character, and much more!
What's this... we have a mega #Halloween update for #EyesofHellfire coming up?! And rumour has it that it's coming today?! 🎃
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...
Eyes of Hellfire - The Shifting Lodge Update: Coming this Halloween - Steam News
What’s coming?! Here’s a tantalising taste...
store.steampowered.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Shifting Lodge Update is now live. A huge free content drop for Eyes of Hellfire, adding scenario variability, alternate boss fights, two new curses, a whole new playable character, and much more!
Congrats on the release! Check out the game everyone
5 Stars in the Guardian!
The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Congrats on the release! Check out the game everyone
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5 Stars in the Guardian!
The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace
The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace
An atmospheric folk-horror adventure combines colonial guilt, spiritualism and supernatural chills in a tale of secrets and seances on Ireland’s haunted west coast
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
5 Stars in the Guardian!
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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
Just in time for spooky season. #ScreenshotSaturday
Wishlist it now. store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
#indiegames #gamedev
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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
Just in time for spooky season. #ScreenshotSaturday
Wishlist it now. store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
#indiegames #gamedev
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Hahah thanks @cressup.bsky.social for this great #EyesofHellfire moment on stream last night 😂
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hahah thanks @cressup.bsky.social for this great #EyesofHellfire moment on stream last night 😂
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Streaming this co-op Gothic horror game set in Ireland tonight! And there'll be a giveaway of some keys thanks to @gambrinous.com :) store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
Eyes of Hellfire on Steam
Eyes of Hellfire is a co-op gothic horror game inspired by tabletop games, but with a twist - the insidious Host can manipulate your sense of reality
store.steampowered.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Streaming this co-op Gothic horror game set in Ireland tonight! And there'll be a giveaway of some keys thanks to @gambrinous.com :) store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
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The Séance of Blake Manor is part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out the demo if you haven't already.
The game is launching on the 27th of Oct!
Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA
#indiegames
The game is launching on the 27th of Oct!
Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA
#indiegames
October 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Séance of Blake Manor is part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out the demo if you haven't already.
The game is launching on the 27th of Oct!
Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA
#indiegames
The game is launching on the 27th of Oct!
Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA
#indiegames
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Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵
We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!
So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here
➡️➡️
We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!
So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here
➡️➡️
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵
We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!
So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here
➡️➡️
We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!
So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here
➡️➡️
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Hey hey Early Access players! As usual we have a lot on our minds and this week following some of your feedback we're thinking about movement and combat 👁️
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire
Eyes of Hellfire - Movement and Challenging Encounters: Here's what's on our minds - Steam News
Hello there, Early Access players! Spooky season is upon us and we’re hard at work on some terrifying and thrilling updates for you all. The Halloween season is on our minds. By the way, we’re an Iris...
store.steampowered.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Hey hey Early Access players! As usual we have a lot on our minds and this week following some of your feedback we're thinking about movement and combat 👁️
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire
store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #eyesofhellfire
What a fantastic, in-depth article from RTE exploring the inspirations and intricacies that led to Eyes of Hellfire: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
How Dublin's Hellfire Club inspired a new video game
Nestled on top of Montpelier Hill in the Dublin mountains, lies the ruins of the Hellfire Club...
www.rte.ie
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
What a fantastic, in-depth article from RTE exploring the inspirations and intricacies that led to Eyes of Hellfire: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...