All Will Rise by Speculative Agency
@allwillrise.bsky.social
Game dev collective working on All Will Rise, a strategic role playing game about taking the powerful to court for destroying the planet, set in an alternate reality Kerala, India. Wishlist on Kickstarter/Steam!
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This is so cool, and has been a big inspiration for our worldbuilding, take a look. You can see how nature as a living system connects 'nature for nature' and 'nature as culture'. @ipbes.net #nature #future #GameDev: naturaconnect.eu/nature-futur... @laurap18.bsky.social @machtelds.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is so cool, and has been a big inspiration for our worldbuilding, take a look. You can see how nature as a living system connects 'nature for nature' and 'nature as culture'. @ipbes.net #nature #future #GameDev: naturaconnect.eu/nature-futur... @laurap18.bsky.social @machtelds.bsky.social
We're inspired by the work by @ipbes.net on Nature Futures. Do people see nature as something that serves society? Does nature deserve space and respect purely for and in itself? Or is nature entangled as culture? By @laurap18.bsky.social, @machtelds.bsky.social and others #nature #IndieGames
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're inspired by the work by @ipbes.net on Nature Futures. Do people see nature as something that serves society? Does nature deserve space and respect purely for and in itself? Or is nature entangled as culture? By @laurap18.bsky.social, @machtelds.bsky.social and others #nature #IndieGames
What we're specifically interested in is how people in our world relate to the dying river Periyar. Some people see it as a resource to exploit, other people (many people!) see it as a deity, for others the river represent community and local strength. #IndieGames #nature #spirituality
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What we're specifically interested in is how people in our world relate to the dying river Periyar. Some people see it as a resource to exploit, other people (many people!) see it as a deity, for others the river represent community and local strength. #IndieGames #nature #spirituality
We're worked with activists and social organizers and got people LOLing at how similar some of the heated discussions and squables among our main characters are to the real conversations over coffee that happen in their meeting rooms. These discussions are the juicy bits to us! #IndieDev #GameDev
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
She can be charming this way, and inspirational - but not everyone is taken by her retentless creativity and and focus on new possibilities. Even her own team members call her out on this sometimes. And to be honest, it is a bit of a cope sometimes, and an area of growth for our protagonist.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
She can be charming this way, and inspirational - but not everyone is taken by her retentless creativity and and focus on new possibilities. Even her own team members call her out on this sometimes. And to be honest, it is a bit of a cope sometimes, and an area of growth for our protagonist.
The tension between diferent approaches to make real change happen brings a lot of the exciting conflict to All Will Rise. All the more because different change tactics are entangled with different people's personalities. Kuyili sees possibilities for playful and unconventional tactics everywhere.
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The tension between diferent approaches to make real change happen brings a lot of the exciting conflict to All Will Rise. All the more because different change tactics are entangled with different people's personalities. Kuyili sees possibilities for playful and unconventional tactics everywhere.
Another tension is the desire to focus on building a new world versus fighting to break down existing, unjust systems. Both are needed, but some people are more comfortable with one or the other. See the X-Curve developed by @aniekhebinck.bsky.social and DRIFT folks #transformation
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Another tension is the desire to focus on building a new world versus fighting to break down existing, unjust systems. Both are needed, but some people are more comfortable with one or the other. See the X-Curve developed by @aniekhebinck.bsky.social and DRIFT folks #transformation
In All Will Rise, different characters and groups struggle with the question of whether you change a society from the inside using its own systems, from the outside through revolution, or both. #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #change #politics
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In All Will Rise, different characters and groups struggle with the question of whether you change a society from the inside using its own systems, from the outside through revolution, or both. #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #change #politics
Wondering how you can support All Will Rise?
Help us bring our #IndieGame to life by following our #Kickstarter! The project will go live early next year, so follow our project to know once it’s up and join the 417 current followers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#GameDev #IndieDev
Help us bring our #IndieGame to life by following our #Kickstarter! The project will go live early next year, so follow our project to know once it’s up and join the 417 current followers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#GameDev #IndieDev
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wondering how you can support All Will Rise?
Help us bring our #IndieGame to life by following our #Kickstarter! The project will go live early next year, so follow our project to know once it’s up and join the 417 current followers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#GameDev #IndieDev
Help us bring our #IndieGame to life by following our #Kickstarter! The project will go live early next year, so follow our project to know once it’s up and join the 417 current followers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#GameDev #IndieDev
With her dying breath, the river cries out for your help. Will you obey a dead river god’s summons – or defy them?
The river burns. A god dies. A city awakes.
What will you do about it?
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
The river burns. A god dies. A city awakes.
What will you do about it?
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
With her dying breath, the river cries out for your help. Will you obey a dead river god’s summons – or defy them?
The river burns. A god dies. A city awakes.
What will you do about it?
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
The river burns. A god dies. A city awakes.
What will you do about it?
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
This means playing your cards right, or more precisely - playing the right cards. Strong evidence and showing that you've put in the leg work are good ways to connect to Oomanakuttan.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This means playing your cards right, or more precisely - playing the right cards. Strong evidence and showing that you've put in the leg work are good ways to connect to Oomanakuttan.
behind his snarky and dismissive style is a genuine care for the environment, coming from a kind of STEM-flavored love of the natural world and all its fascinating beauty and complexity. He would never ever call himself spiritual, but it's a kind of mind-based spiritual care that runs deep.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
behind his snarky and dismissive style is a genuine care for the environment, coming from a kind of STEM-flavored love of the natural world and all its fascinating beauty and complexity. He would never ever call himself spiritual, but it's a kind of mind-based spiritual care that runs deep.
Oomanakuttan, for instance, is a civil society leader who comes across as dour and snarky, especially to Kuyili with her wild ideas. He has decades of experience and sees change as a slow struggle that just takes lots of hard and boring work. (sketch by @monkeyverse.bsky.social). However,
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oomanakuttan, for instance, is a civil society leader who comes across as dour and snarky, especially to Kuyili with her wild ideas. He has decades of experience and sees change as a slow struggle that just takes lots of hard and boring work. (sketch by @monkeyverse.bsky.social). However,
The speculative elements of our reality make it possible to both dive into a new world and be entangled in the challenges of our times. Escapism and engagement all tangled up with coziness and conflict. #indiegames #utopia #speculativefiction
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The speculative elements of our reality make it possible to both dive into a new world and be entangled in the challenges of our times. Escapism and engagement all tangled up with coziness and conflict. #indiegames #utopia #speculativefiction
The mystery, depth, and weirdness of the world of Muziris makes for such a wonderful dynamic contrast with the more strategic, political side of the game: winning the court case, and building a movement. #indiegames #utopia
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The mystery, depth, and weirdness of the world of Muziris makes for such a wonderful dynamic contrast with the more strategic, political side of the game: winning the court case, and building a movement. #indiegames #utopia
Our Murizis is also a city of many faiths and spiritual practices, that are in turn connecting in unusual ways with political and technological experiments. It starts with our tagline 'the river is a god, and they killed her' - but there are mysteries everywhere.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our Murizis is also a city of many faiths and spiritual practices, that are in turn connecting in unusual ways with political and technological experiments. It starts with our tagline 'the river is a god, and they killed her' - but there are mysteries everywhere.
All Will Rise plays out in the city of Muziris, a city that has disappeared in the 13th century in our own world. Murizis is a defiantly utopian place. The seeds of a better future can be found everywhere. But corporate forces try to break this utopianism. #utopia #indiegames
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All Will Rise plays out in the city of Muziris, a city that has disappeared in the 13th century in our own world. Murizis is a defiantly utopian place. The seeds of a better future can be found everywhere. But corporate forces try to break this utopianism. #utopia #indiegames
This allows us to play with that imaginative tension. What is the same? What is different? In our version of Kerala, the state, already known for being a place for utopian experimentation, becomes more unusual in terms of the interest people have in trying out new, utopian ideas. #utopia #indiegames
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This allows us to play with that imaginative tension. What is the same? What is different? In our version of Kerala, the state, already known for being a place for utopian experimentation, becomes more unusual in terms of the interest people have in trying out new, utopian ideas. #utopia #indiegames
An early decision in the development of All Will Rise was to go for a 'sideways speculative' version of Kerala - not in the future, but an alternative present reality that has many interesting similarities and differences compared to our own world. #gamedev #indiedev #speculativefiction
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
An early decision in the development of All Will Rise was to go for a 'sideways speculative' version of Kerala - not in the future, but an alternative present reality that has many interesting similarities and differences compared to our own world. #gamedev #indiedev #speculativefiction
Hello, new followers! We are Speculative Agency, the team behind All Will Rise! It’s our upcoming video game, where you play as a lawyer who fights for the rights of the earth, as she and her team take a corrupt billionaire to court for a river’s murder.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hello, new followers! We are Speculative Agency, the team behind All Will Rise! It’s our upcoming video game, where you play as a lawyer who fights for the rights of the earth, as she and her team take a corrupt billionaire to court for a river’s murder.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
Our corporate exec Rishabh is definitely all 'vibes over policy'.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Our corporate exec Rishabh is definitely all 'vibes over policy'.
It's good to compare @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win to the victory of @robjetten.bsky.social in the Netherlands, which has been described as being 'vibes over policy', and rightly so, given his party's neoliberal program. Mamdani brings powerful vibes based on real social action. Big contrast.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's good to compare @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win to the victory of @robjetten.bsky.social in the Netherlands, which has been described as being 'vibes over policy', and rightly so, given his party's neoliberal program. Mamdani brings powerful vibes based on real social action. Big contrast.
Tessa and colleagues also discuss, specifically, transformative power - the power to really change things for the better. Prefigurative power is about imagining a better future, countervailing power is about fighting back against the powerful; reinforcive power helps stabilize new power structures.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tessa and colleagues also discuss, specifically, transformative power - the power to really change things for the better. Prefigurative power is about imagining a better future, countervailing power is about fighting back against the powerful; reinforcive power helps stabilize new power structures.
Similarly, different types of power (power to, power with, power over) are juicy sources of storytelling and game play, sometimes dark, sometimes more positive. See this paper by Tessa de Geus, Flor Avelino and colleagues: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Similarly, different types of power (power to, power with, power over) are juicy sources of storytelling and game play, sometimes dark, sometimes more positive. See this paper by Tessa de Geus, Flor Avelino and colleagues: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A historical victory in New York! With the All Will Rise team we have followed @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign closely, since the game is as much about mobilizing social action FOR a better future as it is about the work to fight AGAINST corporate powers. #mamdani #indiegames #politics
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A historical victory in New York! With the All Will Rise team we have followed @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign closely, since the game is as much about mobilizing social action FOR a better future as it is about the work to fight AGAINST corporate powers. #mamdani #indiegames #politics