Casper | Friendly Ghost Games
@friendly-ghost.bsky.social
Hot Circle: 24pp Multi-genre Burning Wheel
Deepest Valley: Wargame in a zine
Hive of the Crawling Creeps: Fleshy insect dungeon
Cat Quest/Ultimate Battle Warriors/Scary Cave: Kids solo ttrpg-likes
https://friendly-ghost.itch.io | he/him | rural ireland
Deepest Valley: Wargame in a zine
Hive of the Crawling Creeps: Fleshy insect dungeon
Cat Quest/Ultimate Battle Warriors/Scary Cave: Kids solo ttrpg-likes
https://friendly-ghost.itch.io | he/him | rural ireland
I wanna fuck you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I wanna fuck you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
fuck off and die
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
fuck off and die
We're better than you.
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
We're better than you.
The fantasy realms each have a special ability, which changes the weight of all these choices. Some move faster and cross rivers, some take more tax, muster more troops, or excel in offensive or defensive combat. So the calculus changes on each play through.
I'm really proud of how it plays tbh!
I'm really proud of how it plays tbh!
September 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The fantasy realms each have a special ability, which changes the weight of all these choices. Some move faster and cross rivers, some take more tax, muster more troops, or excel in offensive or defensive combat. So the calculus changes on each play through.
I'm really proud of how it plays tbh!
I'm really proud of how it plays tbh!
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
The mania passed 2 weeks before the game was finished. I was exhausted. I felt like a salmon swimming upstream to spawn already rotting and half dead. But it's done, and it's more epic than I dreamed.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
The mania passed 2 weeks before the game was finished. I was exhausted. I felt like a salmon swimming upstream to spawn already rotting and half dead. But it's done, and it's more epic than I dreamed.
August 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
The mania passed 2 weeks before the game was finished. I was exhausted. I felt like a salmon swimming upstream to spawn already rotting and half dead. But it's done, and it's more epic than I dreamed.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
The mania passed 2 weeks before the game was finished. I was exhausted. I felt like a salmon swimming upstream to spawn already rotting and half dead. But it's done, and it's more epic than I dreamed.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
I started to play again on a VTT. I remembered how good it was... A mania hit and I spent every second for 10 weeks learning godot from scratch.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
I started to play again on a VTT. I remembered how good it was... A mania hit and I spent every second for 10 weeks learning godot from scratch.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
I started to play again on a VTT. I remembered how good it was... A mania hit and I spent every second for 10 weeks learning godot from scratch.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The VIDEOGAME phase (2025)
I started to play again on a VTT. I remembered how good it was... A mania hit and I spent every second for 10 weeks learning godot from scratch.
The history of Deepest Valley:
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The zine phase (2020)
I reformatted the game as a DL size zine, with a big (12-fold) foldout map, tiny 7mm dice as units, in a ziplock pouch. I sold ~200 copies on shop-fronts like @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social and direct on itch.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The zine phase (2020)
I reformatted the game as a DL size zine, with a big (12-fold) foldout map, tiny 7mm dice as units, in a ziplock pouch. I sold ~200 copies on shop-fronts like @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social and direct on itch.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The zine phase (2020)
I reformatted the game as a DL size zine, with a big (12-fold) foldout map, tiny 7mm dice as units, in a ziplock pouch. I sold ~200 copies on shop-fronts like @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social and direct on itch.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The zine phase (2020)
I reformatted the game as a DL size zine, with a big (12-fold) foldout map, tiny 7mm dice as units, in a ziplock pouch. I sold ~200 copies on shop-fronts like @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social and direct on itch.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The playmat phase (2019)
In this phase the product design was a neoprene playmat rolled up in a postage tube with the rules, with plastic tokens and dice down the middle.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The playmat phase (2019)
In this phase the product design was a neoprene playmat rolled up in a postage tube with the rules, with plastic tokens and dice down the middle.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The playmat phase (2019)
In this phase the product design was a neoprene playmat rolled up in a postage tube with the rules, with plastic tokens and dice down the middle.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The playmat phase (2019)
In this phase the product design was a neoprene playmat rolled up in a postage tube with the rules, with plastic tokens and dice down the middle.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The product development phase (2019)
In this phase I scanned all of the drawings and digitally coloured them in GIMP. I wrote, illustrated, and laid out the final rules.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The product development phase (2019)
In this phase I scanned all of the drawings and digitally coloured them in GIMP. I wrote, illustrated, and laid out the final rules.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The product development phase (2019)
In this phase I scanned all of the drawings and digitally coloured them in GIMP. I wrote, illustrated, and laid out the final rules.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The product development phase (2019)
In this phase I scanned all of the drawings and digitally coloured them in GIMP. I wrote, illustrated, and laid out the final rules.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The hand-drawn phase (2018)
In this phase I was laid off and I was so pissed off I spend months hand drawing the map. Each hex was an A4 page drawn and shaded in felt pen.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The hand-drawn phase (2018)
In this phase I was laid off and I was so pissed off I spend months hand drawing the map. Each hex was an A4 page drawn and shaded in felt pen.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The hand-drawn phase (2018)
In this phase I was laid off and I was so pissed off I spend months hand drawing the map. Each hex was an A4 page drawn and shaded in felt pen.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The hand-drawn phase (2018)
In this phase I was laid off and I was so pissed off I spend months hand drawing the map. Each hex was an A4 page drawn and shaded in felt pen.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The final map phase (2014)
In this phase the final map was developed and the terrain types and races were finalized. Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Riverfolk, and Horsefolk.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The final map phase (2014)
In this phase the final map was developed and the terrain types and races were finalized. Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Riverfolk, and Horsefolk.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The final map phase (2014)
In this phase the final map was developed and the terrain types and races were finalized. Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Riverfolk, and Horsefolk.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The final map phase (2014)
In this phase the final map was developed and the terrain types and races were finalized. Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Riverfolk, and Horsefolk.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The pixel art phase (2013)
I made a million of these. In this phase mercenaries were dropped and the concept of castle gates, sieges, and bridges were introduced.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The pixel art phase (2013)
I made a million of these. In this phase mercenaries were dropped and the concept of castle gates, sieges, and bridges were introduced.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The pixel art phase (2013)
I made a million of these. In this phase mercenaries were dropped and the concept of castle gates, sieges, and bridges were introduced.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The pixel art phase (2013)
I made a million of these. In this phase mercenaries were dropped and the concept of castle gates, sieges, and bridges were introduced.
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The prototype phase (2011)
This phase included pirate mercenaries you could hire, and ships could transport other units. There were capitals and satellite towns.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The prototype phase (2011)
This phase included pirate mercenaries you could hire, and ships could transport other units. There were capitals and satellite towns.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The history of Deepest Valley:
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The prototype phase (2011)
This phase included pirate mercenaries you could hire, and ships could transport other units. There were capitals and satellite towns.
A multiplayer fantasy strategy videogame for 2-5 players.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
The prototype phase (2011)
This phase included pirate mercenaries you could hire, and ships could transport other units. There were capitals and satellite towns.
Matt Mercer reveals why he chose D&D 5e 2024:
August 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Matt Mercer reveals why he chose D&D 5e 2024:
There's a valley so deep
it can never be filled
not with all their fine gold
or lost souls or blood spilled.
Our home is their prize
and they'll pay any cost
but we still tell tales
of a peace we long lost.
I'm a child of the valley
and my cradle her hills
soon mother can rest...
½
it can never be filled
not with all their fine gold
or lost souls or blood spilled.
Our home is their prize
and they'll pay any cost
but we still tell tales
of a peace we long lost.
I'm a child of the valley
and my cradle her hills
soon mother can rest...
½
August 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There's a valley so deep
it can never be filled
not with all their fine gold
or lost souls or blood spilled.
Our home is their prize
and they'll pay any cost
but we still tell tales
of a peace we long lost.
I'm a child of the valley
and my cradle her hills
soon mother can rest...
½
it can never be filled
not with all their fine gold
or lost souls or blood spilled.
Our home is their prize
and they'll pay any cost
but we still tell tales
of a peace we long lost.
I'm a child of the valley
and my cradle her hills
soon mother can rest...
½
good forg please bless my endeavours
tell me "good" today and every day
and bring success and glory to my new game amen
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
tell me "good" today and every day
and bring success and glory to my new game amen
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
August 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
good forg please bless my endeavours
tell me "good" today and every day
and bring success and glory to my new game amen
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
tell me "good" today and every day
and bring success and glory to my new game amen
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
Then 10 weeks ago I suddenly became obsessed with making a videogame version. I started learning the godot game engine, and was totally consumed. I’ve worked on it every minute since (being both unemployed and autistic).
@godotengine.org @itch.io @debugmag.com @rascal.news @wyrdscience.bsky.social
@godotengine.org @itch.io @debugmag.com @rascal.news @wyrdscience.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Then 10 weeks ago I suddenly became obsessed with making a videogame version. I started learning the godot game engine, and was totally consumed. I’ve worked on it every minute since (being both unemployed and autistic).
@godotengine.org @itch.io @debugmag.com @rascal.news @wyrdscience.bsky.social
@godotengine.org @itch.io @debugmag.com @rascal.news @wyrdscience.bsky.social
[share this to win a rare physical copy of the original zine format]
DEEPEST VALLEY is a hand-drawn fantasy strategy game for hanging out with 2-5 friends.
Five realms battle for control of a valley sunk so deep into war it might swallow them whole.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
DEEPEST VALLEY is a hand-drawn fantasy strategy game for hanging out with 2-5 friends.
Five realms battle for control of a valley sunk so deep into war it might swallow them whole.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
August 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
[share this to win a rare physical copy of the original zine format]
DEEPEST VALLEY is a hand-drawn fantasy strategy game for hanging out with 2-5 friends.
Five realms battle for control of a valley sunk so deep into war it might swallow them whole.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
DEEPEST VALLEY is a hand-drawn fantasy strategy game for hanging out with 2-5 friends.
Five realms battle for control of a valley sunk so deep into war it might swallow them whole.
friendly-ghost.itch.io/deepest-valley
