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Nightwell Games
@nightwellgames.bsky.social
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Where the Wolf Eats the Moon. An indie studio crafting handmade horror, strategy, and narrative games. Deduction game SURRADIA coming this summer. Lead developer: @gwenckatz.bsky.social

https://www.nightwellgames.com/
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Duderoo we wrote this into our fucking manifesto like 2 years ago
The Nightwell Games manifesto: In the Nightwell Forge, we believe that gaming shouldn't feel like an addiction cycle. We have too much self-respect to charge you 99 cents for a fake box of gems you can use to skip ads. When you buy our games you get the whole game, not a cliffhanger designed to sell DLC. We know that calling your shitty Second Life clone "The Metaverse" doesn't make it the future of the internet. If we wanted to make a rigged casino app, we wouldn't disguise it as a lootbox. The only digital right we care to manage is your right to play the games you own. Your personal information is none of our beeswax. We were making fun of cryptocurrency before anyone paid $3 million for an ass-ugly jpg of an ape. We don't care to read anything shat out by a robot that can't recognize a goddamn stoplight. We make great games. We tell great stories. Period. Join us at nightwellgames.com.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Steam support is like
Tuxedo Mask saying "My job here is done"
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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New Deductopia room is currently in testing! (Yes, the draft art always looks like that.) It's the skate park--and we have a surprise guest writer!
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Mostly behind-the-scenes work right now. But we are cooking up revisions on our newest Deductopia room!
A puzzle where you have to match train stations to their destinations
September 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Players are tackling our brand-new Deductopia room--but it's a toughie! We'll be at MAGWest until 5; come give it a shot!
August 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Just make it exist first, you can make it good later!
August 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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WHOOOOO'S GONNA SEE US AT SAC GAMERS EXPO THIS WEEKEND
Sac Gamers Expo December 14 and 15 in Sacramento
December 10, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Delighted to be the first company to use your name in an official capacity!
December 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Friends, Romans, countrymen! There's another Ecotone on Steam, so we need to change our game's title! Some ideas:

Where Sea Meets Stone
Tidal Tactics
Tidecraft
Ebb Tide
Salt and Rock

Opinions? Other ideas?
Some screenshots from our tide pool deckbuilder, Ecotone
November 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Updating all our itch pages and checkin' that little box.
Checking No on the Itch AI generation disclosure form
November 21, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Got a lot of positive remarks about our AI statement!
A photo of our booth showing our statement to never use AI
November 12, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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We are headed to GeekGirlCon! If you are in Seattle, find us at the Convention Center to get free paper games, swag, and maybe even a sneak peek at our next project!
GeekGirlCon
November 8, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Happy howloween from Nightwell Games!

Art by @dlbowman76.com, naturally.
A werewolf lurking in the forest in front of a city wall and a Russian church
October 31, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Yes, Derevnya is a real place.
A Google Maps screenshot of a village in Ukraine named Derevnya
October 29, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Fun fact: The reason there are no nudis in the Ecotone demo is because their abilities were TOO POWERFUL.

But they're gonna be in the full game! We already statted 'em out and everything! #SeaSlugDay
Assorted nudibranchs by Haeckel
October 29, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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We're in the @thinkygames.com database! 😱
October 22, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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How could you resist adding this lil dude to your deck?
A watercolor painting of a two-spot octopus by Kelly Brenner
October 15, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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80 years ago, they disappeared. Can you solve the mystery?
September 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Happy #WizardWednesday to our favorite caddish yet charming magic user.
A black and white drawing of a blond man in a sweater, shirt, and tie. He has one eyebrow raised.
September 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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We at the Nightwell Forge agree with Ted and our statement on AI essentially says the same thing.
Statement on AI-Generated Content In the Nightwell Forge, we define art, as opposed to content, as something created by a person in response to their emotions, thoughts, and experiences in order to form a connection with other people by sharing those emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Therefore, because a LLM has no emotions or experiences to share, it can only create content, not art. We at the Forge create games for the purpose of forming just such connections with others. We deliberately craft our work the slower and more difficult way because we believe it deepens these connections and makes our games more meaningful. We are in the business of creating art, not content. For this reason, we will never use AI-generated images or text for any purpose.
August 31, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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If you see this post a wolf

(by @dlbowman76.com, natch!)
August 29, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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The draft of the next room sets our new record for "most cryptic clue yet."
A note that just says "Corine: Ice."
August 27, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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We're allowed to brag as gamers occasionally.
A Monster Train Bounty Assassin with 130 damage, Multistrike x3, Trample, and Endless. If you're not sure what that means, it means it's a very, very good unit.
August 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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Super excited to pitch Surradia to this worthy grant by some of our favorite people in games!
Screenshot of one of the Surradia puzzles
August 6, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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BOOM.

And in a mere 62 hours!
Me beating Othercide, an extremely difficult roguelike, and getting an achievement only 6.2% of players have
July 31, 2024 at 5:05 AM