James Patton
@jamespatton.bsky.social
Solo gamedev making DUSKPUNK, a gritty steampunk RPG of survival and hope!
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
Also made:
🧙🏽♀️Hidden Isle
🤖Silicon Dreams
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
Also made:
🧙🏽♀️Hidden Isle
🤖Silicon Dreams
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James Patton
@jamespatton.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Duskpunk announcement trailer
YouTube video by Clockwork Bird
youtu.be
Revealing my next game: DUSKPUNK.
⚙️ Gritty Steampunk Survival
⚙️ Choice-driven RPG mechanics
⚙️ Sprawling city, painterly art
⚙️ Fate hangs in a roll of dice
⚙️ Who to trust? Who to betray?
Free demo out now.
youtu.be/MCoNSYX2jDY
⚙️ Gritty Steampunk Survival
⚙️ Choice-driven RPG mechanics
⚙️ Sprawling city, painterly art
⚙️ Fate hangs in a roll of dice
⚙️ Who to trust? Who to betray?
Free demo out now.
youtu.be/MCoNSYX2jDY
Less than 2 weeks before my gritty Dishonored-inspired RPG comes out!
🧭Explore a dystopian city
🫂Find community
🗡️Shank the Emperor, he deserves it
If you want to support but have no money or time, no worries! Taking 10 seconds to wishlist is also helpful!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
🧭Explore a dystopian city
🫂Find community
🗡️Shank the Emperor, he deserves it
If you want to support but have no money or time, no worries! Taking 10 seconds to wishlist is also helpful!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Less than 2 weeks before my gritty Dishonored-inspired RPG comes out!
🧭Explore a dystopian city
🫂Find community
🗡️Shank the Emperor, he deserves it
If you want to support but have no money or time, no worries! Taking 10 seconds to wishlist is also helpful!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
🧭Explore a dystopian city
🫂Find community
🗡️Shank the Emperor, he deserves it
If you want to support but have no money or time, no worries! Taking 10 seconds to wishlist is also helpful!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
Reposted by James Patton
For folks who think Rockstar firing 30+ workers in the union isn't union busting - what do you think union busting would look like?
Do you think they'd come right out and be like "Yep, we're union busting"? Is that what you'd need to hear before you believed that's what they were doing?
Do you think they'd come right out and be like "Yep, we're union busting"? Is that what you'd need to hear before you believed that's what they were doing?
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
For folks who think Rockstar firing 30+ workers in the union isn't union busting - what do you think union busting would look like?
Do you think they'd come right out and be like "Yep, we're union busting"? Is that what you'd need to hear before you believed that's what they were doing?
Do you think they'd come right out and be like "Yep, we're union busting"? Is that what you'd need to hear before you believed that's what they were doing?
Reposted by James Patton
It’s here! ’The Prince of All Rats’, Fallen London‘s Exceptional Story for November, was written by yours truly. I hope you enjoy the seduction of our self-styled prince!
"May I?" he asks, and he holds out a paw, his claws beckoning. He kisses the back of your hand.
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s here! ’The Prince of All Rats’, Fallen London‘s Exceptional Story for November, was written by yours truly. I hope you enjoy the seduction of our self-styled prince!
Reposted by James Patton
I've loved dice rolling through Duskpunk's opening! www.gamesradar.com/games/advent... @jamespatton.bsky.social
Dishonored and Citizen Sleeper collide in this dice-rolling steampunk RPG, and I can't wait to explore its dangerous city
Hands-on | Duskpunk's steampunk city is powered by the dead, and I could be next
www.gamesradar.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've loved dice rolling through Duskpunk's opening! www.gamesradar.com/games/advent... @jamespatton.bsky.social
Reposted by James Patton
Another gem to discover? I'll definitely give it a look!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
#gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
#gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame
Duskpunk is launching November 19th!
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Another gem to discover? I'll definitely give it a look!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
#gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
#gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame
Duskpunk is launching November 19th!
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Duskpunk is launching November 19th!
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
I'm so stoked to show everyone this strange dieselpunk metropolis.
You can wishlist here, or check out the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Reposted by James Patton
The first(?) Citizen Sleeper-like launches in a few weeks!
Have had my eye on this and the demo was very much its own game with its own strong vibes. Definitely recommended for Sleeper fans 👇
Have had my eye on this and the demo was very much its own game with its own strong vibes. Definitely recommended for Sleeper fans 👇
🗣️ Release date announcement!!!
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
Duskpunk trailer
YouTube video by Clockwork Bird
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The first(?) Citizen Sleeper-like launches in a few weeks!
Have had my eye on this and the demo was very much its own game with its own strong vibes. Definitely recommended for Sleeper fans 👇
Have had my eye on this and the demo was very much its own game with its own strong vibes. Definitely recommended for Sleeper fans 👇
🗣️ Release date announcement!!!
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
Duskpunk trailer
YouTube video by Clockwork Bird
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🗣️ Release date announcement!!!
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
My Citizen Sleeper inspired antifascist RPG DUSKPUNK is out Nov 19th.
Survive on the streets of a Steampunk city consumed by war. Fate hangs in a roll of the dice. Will you join the ranks of the powerful… or become part of the revolution?
youtu.be/q2P4ruI8FPU
why do I distract myself from launching a videogame by designing and daydreaming about another videogame?
Brain borked.
Brain borked.
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
why do I distract myself from launching a videogame by designing and daydreaming about another videogame?
Brain borked.
Brain borked.
Some of my favourite backgrounds from Duskpunk:
🎸The Arclight, a steampunk bar
💉 Opium-style drug den
🧐 Parliament, run like a crooked business
🚨The bluecoats caught you!
🎸The Arclight, a steampunk bar
💉 Opium-style drug den
🧐 Parliament, run like a crooked business
🚨The bluecoats caught you!
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some of my favourite backgrounds from Duskpunk:
🎸The Arclight, a steampunk bar
💉 Opium-style drug den
🧐 Parliament, run like a crooked business
🚨The bluecoats caught you!
🎸The Arclight, a steampunk bar
💉 Opium-style drug den
🧐 Parliament, run like a crooked business
🚨The bluecoats caught you!
What's it like inside my head?
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
What's it like inside my head?
Thanks for the shout-out!
Make sure to check out all the demos from today 🫶
youtube.com/live/biAoCJg...
Slumber Realm @slumberrealm.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/3325390/...
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Duskpunk @jamespatton.bsky.social
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Oceaneers
lurk.ly/7cHj18
youtube.com/live/biAoCJg...
Slumber Realm @slumberrealm.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/3325390/...
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Duskpunk @jamespatton.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
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Oceaneers
lurk.ly/7cHj18
Still sick, but must demo! | Demo Day | Multistream
YouTube video by CharMaeMengMing
youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thanks for the shout-out!
Anyone fancy storming the imperial palace?
In Duskpunk, my dice-driven RPG, you can help kick the Emperor off a balcony.
Or you can arrest him quietly, if you're boring.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
In Duskpunk, my dice-driven RPG, you can help kick the Emperor off a balcony.
Or you can arrest him quietly, if you're boring.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Anyone fancy storming the imperial palace?
In Duskpunk, my dice-driven RPG, you can help kick the Emperor off a balcony.
Or you can arrest him quietly, if you're boring.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
In Duskpunk, my dice-driven RPG, you can help kick the Emperor off a balcony.
Or you can arrest him quietly, if you're boring.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
After being buried for days, it looks like Duskpunk crawled out of the Nextfest labyrinth to reach the frontpage of CRPGs?
Or is this just random chance?
Or is this just random chance?
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
After being buried for days, it looks like Duskpunk crawled out of the Nextfest labyrinth to reach the frontpage of CRPGs?
Or is this just random chance?
Or is this just random chance?
Any nextfest devs who are wondering why your demo doesn't have a nice big green button on your Steam page: you need to click this tick box!
Kind of maddening that this isn't the default. Learn from my mistakes! 🤣
Kind of maddening that this isn't the default. Learn from my mistakes! 🤣
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Any nextfest devs who are wondering why your demo doesn't have a nice big green button on your Steam page: you need to click this tick box!
Kind of maddening that this isn't the default. Learn from my mistakes! 🤣
Kind of maddening that this isn't the default. Learn from my mistakes! 🤣
Thanks for the shout out for Duskpunk! Yeah, I wanted to create a dice mechanic that
1. Felt especially like gambling and
2. Where there was a "hill" to get over (the normal distribution of rolling 2d6) so the player felt a sense of unexpected lightness once their stats were high enough.
1. Felt especially like gambling and
2. Where there was a "hill" to get over (the normal distribution of rolling 2d6) so the player felt a sense of unexpected lightness once their stats were high enough.
I meant "bringing the Citizen Sleeper format *back* to its industrial gothic roots from Blades in the Dark." Consider this an edit.
Plus it's quite interesting that it uses a more PbtA/Disco Elysium style of dice mechanics, rather than the FitD staple that Citizen Sleeper used.
Plus it's quite interesting that it uses a more PbtA/Disco Elysium style of dice mechanics, rather than the FitD staple that Citizen Sleeper used.
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks for the shout out for Duskpunk! Yeah, I wanted to create a dice mechanic that
1. Felt especially like gambling and
2. Where there was a "hill" to get over (the normal distribution of rolling 2d6) so the player felt a sense of unexpected lightness once their stats were high enough.
1. Felt especially like gambling and
2. Where there was a "hill" to get over (the normal distribution of rolling 2d6) so the player felt a sense of unexpected lightness once their stats were high enough.
Reposted by James Patton
Duskpunk by @jamespatton.bsky.social is about bringing the Citizen Sleeper format to the industrial gothic of Blades in the Dark, with some of Disco Elysium's political sensibilities. Extremely generous demo, I could not finish it in 4 hours.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Duskpunk on Steam
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution...
store.steampowered.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Duskpunk by @jamespatton.bsky.social is about bringing the Citizen Sleeper format to the industrial gothic of Blades in the Dark, with some of Disco Elysium's political sensibilities. Extremely generous demo, I could not finish it in 4 hours.
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Reposted by James Patton
Duskpunk, my dark steampunk RPG inspired by Citizen Sleeper and Dishonored, is in Steam #Nextfest!
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Duskpunk on Steam
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Duskpunk, my dark steampunk RPG inspired by Citizen Sleeper and Dishonored, is in Steam #Nextfest!
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Duskpunk, my dark steampunk RPG inspired by Citizen Sleeper and Dishonored, is in Steam #Nextfest!
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Duskpunk on Steam
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Duskpunk, my dark steampunk RPG inspired by Citizen Sleeper and Dishonored, is in Steam #Nextfest!
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
⚙️Survive a gritty steampunk city
💣Spark revolution!
🚩Take down the Empire...
👿...or put a new dictator in power?
Play the demo now!🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
"I'm sure I don't have THAT much content still to write. Let's do a quick check."
Finds more than a mortal man can write.
"Oh."
Finds more than a mortal man can write.
"Oh."
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"I'm sure I don't have THAT much content still to write. Let's do a quick check."
Finds more than a mortal man can write.
"Oh."
Finds more than a mortal man can write.
"Oh."
The Dot Matrix
Dune Conservation
Software Pirates of the Caribbean
Twelve Thousand Angry Men
Dune Conservation
Software Pirates of the Caribbean
Twelve Thousand Angry Men
Twelve Brass Monkeys
The Dirty Bakers' Dozen
The Dirty Bakers' Dozen
Add a word, change a movie.
A Dental Bridge Too Far
When Dirty Harry Met Sally
The Hackney Empire Strikes Back
Full Metal Mickey Jacket
A Dental Bridge Too Far
When Dirty Harry Met Sally
The Hackney Empire Strikes Back
Full Metal Mickey Jacket
September 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Dot Matrix
Dune Conservation
Software Pirates of the Caribbean
Twelve Thousand Angry Men
Dune Conservation
Software Pirates of the Caribbean
Twelve Thousand Angry Men
Brother Rejchek: the first friendly face you meet in Duskpunk, when he scoops you off the cobbles.
He's deeply religious. So he cares for the poor... but has unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, the "Little Father".
He's deeply religious. So he cares for the poor... but has unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, the "Little Father".
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Brother Rejchek: the first friendly face you meet in Duskpunk, when he scoops you off the cobbles.
He's deeply religious. So he cares for the poor... but has unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, the "Little Father".
He's deeply religious. So he cares for the poor... but has unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, the "Little Father".
Game design is so fun.
Today I found myself asking, "What is a corpse worth?"💀
Today I found myself asking, "What is a corpse worth?"💀
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Game design is so fun.
Today I found myself asking, "What is a corpse worth?"💀
Today I found myself asking, "What is a corpse worth?"💀
This.
Austerity is how the rich make the poor pay instead. When all's said and done, it's a way to avoid taxing the rich, and is done to maintain their profits at our expense.
Austerity is how the rich make the poor pay instead. When all's said and done, it's a way to avoid taxing the rich, and is done to maintain their profits at our expense.
1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This.
Austerity is how the rich make the poor pay instead. When all's said and done, it's a way to avoid taxing the rich, and is done to maintain their profits at our expense.
Austerity is how the rich make the poor pay instead. When all's said and done, it's a way to avoid taxing the rich, and is done to maintain their profits at our expense.
Reposted by James Patton
big recommend!
Try the free demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880/...
Duskpunk on Steam
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution...
store.steampowered.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
big recommend!