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Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

The announcement for King's Courier has been amazing. We are already at 500 wishlists in just a few days!
There has been a lot of feedback so far and while I am looking at all of it I want to say.... Turn-based combat mode will be added!

#gamedev #indiedev

November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

HardAF is in Mexican Entertainment System! It features a ton of games from Mexican developers!

store.steampowered.com/sale/Mexican...

#gamedev

September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Made a collage of our loot from PAX West 2025

September 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Working on updating the art for my blobber RPG. First playtest is getting very close

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Working on a big UI overhaul for my blobber RPG. Ramping up for the announcement and playtest!

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

August 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Not bad! We may spin it off into a smaller release with all the feedback we got. hardbox.itch.io/board-to-death

August 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Sleeping under the stars
#gamedev

August 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

decided to participate in the GMTK 2025 gamejam and we made a prototype for a game called Board to Death!
Check it out here: itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

#gamedev #gmtk #gmtkjam #gamejam #gmtk2025

August 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

It wouldn't be an #rpg if there weren't rats in the cellar

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

July 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

I started self hosting Planka for $4 a month. It's a Trello alternative that has been super easy to use for task tracking. Highly recommended

#gamedev

July 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Working on some props to fill a particular type of room...
#indiegame #gamedev #lowpoly #psx

July 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Doing a refresh on our capsule art. How is it?
store.steampowered.com/app/2679880/...

#gamedev

June 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

We had a very talented artist create some NPC portraits for us. Very excited to get them in game! This is only a few of them that you will meet in the first leg of your journey

#gamedev

June 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Found a bubbling pot on the riverbank.
Do you search it… or do you not want to know what’s inside?

#indiedev #gamedev

June 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Decided to give Casting Call Club a try for voice acting character barks in our RPG. Some really great talent on there if you're looking for voice actors
#gamedev

May 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Does anyone else have a wishful thinking task list for the future?

#gamedev

May 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Working on a spooky cave
#gamedev

May 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Just tested out Project Auditor in Unity 6.1 on an old project- it's actually pretty useful, but watch out for those asset store assets!
95% of these are from third party packages.
#gamedev #unity #unity6

May 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

reminds me of this

May 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Release Candidate submitted... On the road to gold

Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/2679880/...

#gamedev #indiegame

April 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Niknak

@nikthenak.bsky.social

Haven't talked about it much here, but we are prepping the release candidate for a little speed running game this weekend!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2679880/...

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday