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mcdichael.bsky.social
Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦
@mcdichael.bsky.social
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Play my team's game, it's like fire emblem but you die more https://store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/Astral_Throne/
He/Him, based in Ontario, Canada
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mcdichael.bsky.social
New game new game new game!!
Just announced Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix.
It's a Fire Emblem and FFT-inspired Roguelite, written by a fantasy novelist, and has Octopath-style graphics. Wow!

Wishlist! -> store.steampowered.com/app/4084400/...

#SRPG #Roguelike #InideGame #IndieGames
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Super excited, my game Astral Throne is back on the steam front page for a daily deal!
The game didn't even meet the documented requisites for being chosen, we just asked support if we could have one and they said yes 😀

store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
Screenshot of the front page of Steam. Astral Throne is 50% off with a crudely scribbled red circle, arrows and "Wow!" around it.
September 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Sickos - Yes... Hah ha ha... Yes!
June 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I think one of the best feelings you can get as an #indiedev is for your community to make a fan wiki. Like, they like the game this much that they're making supplemental material?? Hell yeah

astralthrone.wiki.gg
April 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Love to put out content updates and put my game on sale
#roguelike #srpg #indiegame

Also love to post links not in replies: store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
April 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Oh shit, top a da list baybee! Wonder if we'll be here all weekend.
#indiegamedev #gamedev
February 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I don't want your money anyways!!
February 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Our game, Astral Throne, is out now!
It's a Fire Emblem-like Rogue-like-like.
#SRPG #Roguelike #InideGame #IndieGames

Right here!! -> store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
February 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Hm, yes, people might be onto something regarding this "Popular Upcoming" thing
#indiedev #gamedev
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Yeah!!! Achieved life goal of hitting Steam's front page :D
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
February 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I know the news is crazy, but look at this girl we put in our game. She summons a marionette!!

Also our game releases in 2 days!
store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #SRPG
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Added loading screen tips to my game
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
loading screen with the text "tip: taking walks is good for your body and mind"
February 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
How do I deal with all these key begging emails?
Please, my phone is going crazy 😭
#indiedev #gamedev #inidegamedev
Deluge of "curators" and "reviewers" asking for free steam keys, presumably to sell on key re-seller websites
January 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Always wanted to add a character to a game with RNG that plays around with the random numbers, so we added a gambler character to our #Roguelike #SRPG

Also he's a funny guy with a cat.

#indiegame #indiedev

Also, wishlist!! the game comes out next week!!! -> store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
January 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Another hero for the game, our artists had a lot of freedom with her. She's a blood witch, who takes blood from enemies (and allies) for power

#roguelike #srpg #indiegame #indiedev

the game, which released in 2.5 weeks: store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
January 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Also check out our butterfly knight. She's an older veteran-type character. I think her tired expression pairs very well with the colourful designs of the armour and butterfly lol

#srpg #roguelike #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
January 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Always nervous about locking in a release date because what if we missed it and I've lied to the universe

store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
Astral Throne's release date is set to 7 Feb, 2025
January 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I can't think of a better value-to-work ratio on giving the players a debug-like "custom games" editor where they can just do whatever they want.
Wonder if this will decrease or increase people asking for stuff 😅
#gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #roguelike

store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
December 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
One of the things about being a #gamedev is giving other people some fun stuff that you don't really care about. I'm not really a cheevo-chaser, nor do I really care about unlocking stuff in a #roguelike, but I know some people are gonna like filling in the entries in our "codex" #indiegames
December 9, 2024 at 1:33 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Teasing new hero characters for my #Roguelike #SRPG, I like doing this silhouette thing because it makes it seem mysterious
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

They're for this game, it's got a demo! -> store.steampowered.com/app/2560500/...
December 2, 2024 at 3:32 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I love video games because all these images represent the same person and we all just sort of accept that
#indiedev #indiegames
Portrait of one of the heroes in Astral Throne: Lyra, a battlemage woman with short blue hair and a long red cape with a floating magical astrolabe Lyra's low-poly character model in-game pixel art headshot of lyra
November 24, 2024 at 6:05 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Added controller support to our game, so now the bottom of the screen looks like a party instead of productivity software :)

It's been added to the game's demo, and we'd really like some feedback.

Demo -> store.steampowered.com/app/2573790/...

#TurnBasedThursday #Roguelike #SRPG #IndieGame
Twee-looking pixel art controller glyphs next to their respective functions E.g. "A" to select unit Steam patch notes for Astral Throne that say: Controller Support The game is now fully playable with a controller and on Steam Deck! Navigate through menus and the tile grid using D-Pad, Analogue Stick, and buttons like you’d expect Moving the right stick activates a virtual cursor that allows you to mouse over stuff for tooltips
November 14, 2024 at 8:02 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
Getting absolutely swarmed by bots on my studio's account on the other place. Anyone else dealing with this? #indiedev #indiegamedev
A stream of bots following me on twitter
November 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
The god damn narrative designer is making me write so many different branches of dialogue per scene (I am the narrative designer)
#indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame
Branching dialogue sequence with a lot of different branches
November 4, 2024 at 9:56 PM
mcdichael.bsky.social
I appreciate all the nice changes coming Unity's way but this logo kinda sucks lmao
Unity 6 taskbar icon, looks like the old Unity logo but with a 3D model of a 6 hastily pasted on the side
October 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM