Tom Betts
@tomnullpointer.bsky.social
UK Indie Game Dev - Just released "The Horror At Highrook"
A clockwork-card narrative-board game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/The_Horror_at_Highrook/
Previously "Into The Pit", BigRobot, Phd in the digital sublime
A clockwork-card narrative-board game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/The_Horror_at_Highrook/
Previously "Into The Pit", BigRobot, Phd in the digital sublime
They did escape, but this octupoid fella was waiting to trash their ship when they got back. Don't worry though, they got into a lifeboat and powered by banter headed off into the credits..
October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
They did escape, but this octupoid fella was waiting to trash their ship when they got back. Don't worry though, they got into a lifeboat and powered by banter headed off into the credits..
Oh no, irish engineer has been eaten by animatronics. One less racial sterotype to rely on.. Will the rest of them escape?
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oh no, irish engineer has been eaten by animatronics. One less racial sterotype to rely on.. Will the rest of them escape?
Watching Warlords of Atlantis (for research). Currently Captain Birdseye, American Jock, Irish Ship engineer and English Professor have got trapped in Atlantis, which is actually Martian. Professor is now wearing MIND HELMET which is brainwashing him.. I predict Jock will smash it any moment
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Watching Warlords of Atlantis (for research). Currently Captain Birdseye, American Jock, Irish Ship engineer and English Professor have got trapped in Atlantis, which is actually Martian. Professor is now wearing MIND HELMET which is brainwashing him.. I predict Jock will smash it any moment
Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
Heya , you can get a list using the profiler.
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Heya , you can get a list using the profiler.
yeah v strange, it can see it on my phone, but on the desktop still not working..
August 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
yeah v strange, it can see it on my phone, but on the desktop still not working..
Ahem, that steam 30% going into the UI design then I see :)
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ahem, that steam 30% going into the UI design then I see :)
Its the weekend so I'm returning to more brutalist car park/barbican PCG
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Its the weekend so I'm returning to more brutalist car park/barbican PCG
Its the weekend so I've been back on my PCG nonsense.. I ended up writing my own voxel editor because I couldn't find one that had the features I need. It doesn't look very pretty.. but it allows me to make the data sets I need to make this
July 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Its the weekend so I've been back on my PCG nonsense.. I ended up writing my own voxel editor because I couldn't find one that had the features I need. It doesn't look very pretty.. but it allows me to make the data sets I need to make this
Still fiddling with PCG brutalist building generation..(I should be working on something a bit more sensible tbh but w/e)
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Still fiddling with PCG brutalist building generation..(I should be working on something a bit more sensible tbh but w/e)
I miss my old PCG days where I'd make weird alien ruins for fun.. So last weekend, I made some weird PCG alien ruins for fun.
July 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I miss my old PCG days where I'd make weird alien ruins for fun.. So last weekend, I made some weird PCG alien ruins for fun.
I mean, I think @tinysubversions.bsky.social sums it up pretty well in this slide from his talk
the first line of advice is useful, the second is bs.
the first line of advice is useful, the second is bs.
May 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I mean, I think @tinysubversions.bsky.social sums it up pretty well in this slide from his talk
the first line of advice is useful, the second is bs.
the first line of advice is useful, the second is bs.
I don't even have a steam deck, so I'm actually impressed Highrook passed and its now officially Steam Deck Playabe!
Doesn't surprise me that the text is harder to read, or that I haven't got steam controller Icons :)
Doesn't surprise me that the text is harder to read, or that I haven't got steam controller Icons :)
May 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I don't even have a steam deck, so I'm actually impressed Highrook passed and its now officially Steam Deck Playabe!
Doesn't surprise me that the text is harder to read, or that I haven't got steam controller Icons :)
Doesn't surprise me that the text is harder to read, or that I haven't got steam controller Icons :)
Reminder! @strangesignals.bsky.social Is helping me with the PR work on the Horror At Highrook Release. If you are a journalist or creator who might be interested in covering the game, please reach out to Tom C on hello@strangesignals.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Reminder! @strangesignals.bsky.social Is helping me with the PR work on the Horror At Highrook Release. If you are a journalist or creator who might be interested in covering the game, please reach out to Tom C on hello@strangesignals.co.uk
The blue prince @blueprincegame.bsky.social really reminds me of this book "Maze" by Christopher Martin. It was part of the mid 80s craze of puzzle/mystery books. Really happy to see that this kind of setting/puzzle is still getting some love!
April 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The blue prince @blueprincegame.bsky.social really reminds me of this book "Maze" by Christopher Martin. It was part of the mid 80s craze of puzzle/mystery books. Really happy to see that this kind of setting/puzzle is still getting some love!
Almost wrapped up with Highrook so finally getting down to the really important tasks. Just edited Alfred's pipe, so that smoking now also provides the gift of song.
HASHTAG GAMEDEV
HASHTAG GAMEDEV
March 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Almost wrapped up with Highrook so finally getting down to the really important tasks. Just edited Alfred's pipe, so that smoking now also provides the gift of song.
HASHTAG GAMEDEV
HASHTAG GAMEDEV
Oh you should see some of the other gear we still have between us. Still got one of these bad boys somewhere
March 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Oh you should see some of the other gear we still have between us. Still got one of these bad boys somewhere
I forgot to post this after I took it. Its my pal & ex-bandmate, Jonny's studio. He's been writing the music for Highrook. I spent a few days with him, arguing over plugins and trying to tune synths. It was great, just like old times..
March 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I forgot to post this after I took it. Its my pal & ex-bandmate, Jonny's studio. He's been writing the music for Highrook. I spent a few days with him, arguing over plugins and trying to tune synths. It was great, just like old times..
Really needs a STS style map in the background, but you get the idea.
March 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Really needs a STS style map in the background, but you get the idea.
Development of The Horror At Highrook is almost done! I've written around 50, 000 words spread over almost a thousand cards, tasks, and conversations... Its enough to make my head explode...
March 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Development of The Horror At Highrook is almost done! I've written around 50, 000 words spread over almost a thousand cards, tasks, and conversations... Its enough to make my head explode...
