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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer!

@richardstampdev.bsky.social

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Lead Dev at Crystal Spider Games Working on "Portal Brawlers", a side-scrolling Fantasy Beat'em'Up, and "Trenchcoat Adventurer", a dungeon crawl about three kobolds in a Trenchcoat! I (rarely) stream my work over at https://www.twitch.tv/richardstampdev

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Steam Page for my latest nonsense is here!
In Trenchcoat Adventurer, you play as three Kobolds stacked in a trenchcoat pretending to be a real adventurer... right up until you accidentally become a real one!

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

Coming soon! (Like... real soon)
#indiedev

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 24m

We're mostly using what we could scavenge from music packs and royalty free stuff - music is expensive ;_;

More variety is absolutely on my list for now though!

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 23h

So in a "is this really happening" kind of moment, I'd like to invite you all to keep an eye out for us at the Yogscast Indie Showcase this Thursday at 5pm GMT on twitch.tv/yogscast.

I'm not freaking out, you're freaking out.

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 23h

Exciting news from good friends!

ARKADO @arkado.bsky.social · 5d

We are super excited to announce that we will be a part of @wearesecretmode.com's #CozyQuest2025! Our first game will be revealed as part of their showcase event! Roll on November 17th! 🎉🎉

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 4d

Hello, #PitchYaGame!

Our game is Trenchcoat Adventurer!

Three Kobolds find themselves drawn to the allure of Adventuring though an ever-deepening dungeon in the hunt for shinies and tasties, all drawn in beautiful CrayonVision!
Demo available NOW!
store.steampowered.com/app/4129150/...

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 6d

A series of TREMENDOUSLY kind words from @septeques.bsky.social in an excellent video!

This is what makes Games Dev so rewarding ;_;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyBk...

Interesting Indies: A Kobold Story: Trenchcoat Adventurer

YouTube video by Septeques gaming

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 6d

I love it!

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 6d

;_; I love how today is going

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 6d

So sorry I missed this! Some real headaches with bluesky notifications ;_;

Demo is available on Steam or Itch at the moment, but let me know if you stream it and I'll come hang out!

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 6d

Our DEMO is LIVE!

You can now play our little slice of Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam! (also itch, if you want, I guess)

Don't forget to wishlist if you like it? <3

store.steampowered.com/app/4129150/...

#steam #newdemo #kobolds #funny #whimsical #freedemo #wishlist

A Kobold Story: Trenchcoat Adventurer Demo on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 7d

STREAMERS!

Trenchcoat Adventurer has a small demo for promotional release ahead of our public demo!

Are you interested in streaming it? Please reach out!

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#twitch #streaming #kobolds #gamedev #freedemo

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 8d

Back after a week away, ready to get things DONE!
Public Demo out this week!

www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! ALPHA DEMO THIS WEEK! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 9d

Would love to discuss this! I apparently can't message you but am open to talk about this at your leisure :)

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer on Steam

Join three hungry Kobolds (and several Trenchcoats) in a hand-drawn, classical dungeon-crawling adventure to be Great Heroes - but mostly to find Shiny Things and Eat Good Food!

store.steampowered.com

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 9d

If this doesn't hammer home the fact that combat is turn-based, I don't know what to do o.o"
I also need to add a short one when they skip turns, too. (Some enemies only act every other turn, which is important tactically.)

store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/A_Kobold_Story__Trenchcoat_Adventurer/

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks for hosting! <3

Trenchcoat Adventurer is a classic, Crayon-drawn Dungeon Crawler from a tiny team!
- Turn-based Combat
- Traditional design, modern execution!
- Whimsy! Fun! Frolics!
- Three Kobolds! Multiple Trenchcoats!
- NO AI!
- Demo next week!
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 18d

Did a little Closed Alpha postmortem over on Reddit!
www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/co...

(Reminder: Demo coming soon!)
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#Kobold #IndieDev #Reddit #GameDev #Steam

Closed Alpha Postmortem for Trenchcoat Adventurer - "Removing Friction"

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 19d

Todays work was mostly fixes and accessibility requests from our closed Alpha...
like these little textboxes over our sliders!

Demo Soon! Wishlist us at
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#kobolds #indiedev #steamwishlist #unity3d #tinyteam #kobolds #Accessibility

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 22d

Stream going live!
Bugfixes and feedback!
Alpha demo updates!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Hey folks! My name is Richard, and I'm the Lead Dev for Crystal Spider Games! We're a small, indie studio working on our first title - a 2D, side-scrolling beat'em'up with strong Fantasy vibes called ...

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 25d

500 Wishlists!
Thank you all so much for the support!
It feels like we've got something special on our hands - everyone that sees it falls in love with it and we couldn't be happier with the results.
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#steam #wishlist #comingsoon #kobolds #unity #indiegame

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 25d

Getting the Alpha Demo for Kobolds done today, even if it takes until midnight! www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

#smallstreamer #codev #indiedev #kobolds #twitch #unity

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! ALPHA DEMO TODAY! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 29d

wait what

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 29d

And please no AI. I'd rather you drew it on a fuckin' napkin and took a photograph on a Game Boy Camera than used AI.
No Game Keys for AI.

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · 29d

Hey! You! Do you love Kobolds and Trenchcoats?
Of course you do!
We are giving away OUR FIRST GAME KEY to someone who draws us some fan-art!
Post here and retweet, and we'll pick a winner on Monday 20th!
(Trailer for Inspo!)
#giveaway #fanart #kobold #plz
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · Oct 10

A spot of polish today!
The inventory frames (and shop descriptions) now have a tiny bit of wiggle when highlighted.
Just feels... right.

(wishlist plz)
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/A_Kobold_Story__Trenchcoat_Adventurer/

#indiedev #wishlist #unity3d #tinyteam #kobolds #dungeonsanddragons

RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · Oct 10

@everyone Sorry for not being around last week, I had a *week*.

Streaming for the afternoon!
www.twitch.tv/richardstamp...

RichardStampDev - Twitch

Trenchcoat Adventurer - Road to Early Access! [!kobolds] [!steam]

www.twitch.tv

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RichardStampDev - Trenchcoat Adventurer! @richardstampdev.bsky.social · Oct 10

Managed to get our Magic Item Prefixes and Suffixes to 40/34 respectively, even just as our Early Access list.

Am I missing anything? Are there better names?

(pls wishlist)
store.steampowered.com/app/3989640/...

#indiedev #kobolds #unity3d #wishlistnow