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Refi
@refichl.bsky.social
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Solo indie game developer 🎮
Working on Emberward - Roguelite TD (Demo Available!)
👑 Steam Page & Demo: http://bit.ly/Emberward
🎁 PressKit: http://bit.ly/EmberwardPressKit
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Refi @refichl.bsky.social · Oct 22
Hi Bluesky!

I'm a solo dev working on my first indie game, Emberward. It's a roguelite tower defense where you build mazes with tetromino blocks!
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I've been waiting A WHOLE YEAR to use the Charge Station as a Christmas tree!! 🎄🎄🎄

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December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New patch out! ☃️🎄🎁
reficgames.bsky.social Emberward | Early Access Out Now! @reficgames.bsky.social · 12d
🚨 Game Update!! (v0.4.9) 🚨

🎄 New event map: Snowridge Outpost!
🎁 Custom game for campaign mode!
✨ Altar, quests and Charge rework

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/245...
Emberward - Game Update! (v0.4.9) - Steam News
Holiday event, custom game, and lots of reworks!
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Finally finished the Altar's (another) rework! The new altar gives quests in exchange for extra powerful relics.

And yeah, you can be greedy, take all the pacts, and face a completely insane challenge! 😆

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December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I've made at least 20 of these spin wheels in my previous job, but this is the first time I didn't have to write any code that lets the game cheat 😆

Feels good being an indie dev.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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New patch out!!
reficgames.bsky.social Emberward | Early Access Out Now! @reficgames.bsky.social · Nov 16
🚨 Game Update!! (v0.4.8) 🚨

🏰 New Game Mode: Enigma Sanctum!
👑 The final talent is now available
🔮 Arcane element rework

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/245...
Emberward - Game Update! (v0.4.8) - Steam News
New game mode and the final talent!
store.steampowered.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Finished the final talent today! 👑

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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Finished the new game mode today!

Coming in 0.4.8: Enigma Sanctum. A faster, puzzle-like mode! 🏰

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November 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Testing the new game mode!

After two years of developing Emberward, it's awesome to make something that feels new to me 😆

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October 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Last week: Another update done! I just need to finish all the reworks and we'll reach 1.0!!

This week: So I've got this new idea...🤔

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October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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My favorite relic in this update! Every time you open a treasure chest, you have to pick one option. You might get 100 gold coins, or maybe just 1.

After making it I played like this for 15 minutes nonstop 😆

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October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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New patch out!!
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Some old flames are getting replaced in the next update, so I tried putting them all together and it looks nice!

Gonna keep this as my wallpaper till the end of October 🔥

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October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Super locked in today and worked 16 hours straight...Totally exhausted now, but really happy with how the new flame turned out!⚡⚡⚡

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October 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Added a new UI for Endless Mode!

It's been a while since I could just chill and focus on making something. Feels great. ✨

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October 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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"Can't believe the dev tricked me into playing tetris"

Good news! Soon you'll also be playing match-3 😎

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September 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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3000! 🎉

Again, big thanks to all my players and everyone who helped me along the way! Couldn't have come this far without all the support. 🙏

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September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New patch out!!
reficgames.bsky.social Emberward | Early Access Out Now! @reficgames.bsky.social · Sep 11
🚨 Game Update!! (v0.4.6) 🚨

🏆 Achievements are now in the game!!
🏰 4 New Towers
🛠️ Golden Statue Rework

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/245...
Emberward - Game Update! (v0.4.6) - Steam News
Achievements and new towers!
store.steampowered.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Finished the last piece of the achievement system today!

For the long time players, the game will show you all the achievements auto unlocked, and then you can claim them all and enjoy the flood of achievement notifications 😆

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September 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Finished making the 50th tower in Emberward! 💥

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September 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Added a new achievements page in the compendium!

Now I just need to finish testing them all... 😵‍💫

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August 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Spent a few hours upgrading my Steam page and swapped all the gifs to videos. It looks SO MUCH SMOOTHER!!🌟

Highly recommend changing it asap if you haven't!

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August 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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This is my QA employee of the month...poor guy has been jumping here for 8 hours😢

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August 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Now you're thinking with portals!

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August 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Feeling exhausted today...so instead of working on more achievements, I decided to shut my brain off and build something cool 🚀

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August 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM