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Weird Mage
@weird-mage.bsky.social
A creative studio in a shadowy tower, we love telling stories and making games to play with friends. And being weird.

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Jasper is very...passionate about game design. And Katamari Damacy is one of his greatest loves.

#gamedesignloveletter #gamedev #gamedesign #gameanalysis #katamari #katamaridamacy
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
POV: Sam skips up and tells you about Hearts of Iron IV

He's always doing this...

#gamedev #gamedesign #hoi4 #paradoxinteractive
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Look... if it works it works. Filming in isolation brings out the crazy in people (their IRL Tetris skills)

#indiestudio #indiedev #bts #behindthescenes #bloopers
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The only tip that applies to every game, no matter what genre, scope, team size, or experience you have: have people play your game!

#gamedev #gamedesign #indiegamedev #gamedevtips
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#Dextrous is a #boardgame design game changer! 🃏🎲 We've been prototyping our next project with Dextrous and it's been huge #gamedesign speed up!!
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There's big things on the horizon for Weird Mage! We're keeping our CARDS close to our chest for now, but the team is having fun with this next project's concept...

#gamedevs #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We highly recommend a pachimari (or similar friend) to jam out while your prints are finishing.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out our latest video to see what we're printing here! t.co/MGeZxpp0X8

#gamedev #boardgame #gamedesign
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Look, portals are awesome. It only makes sense to talk about them this much!

Check out our newest video all about how we made this portal-inspired board game at youtu.be/ORG2oq5P-As

#gamedev #boardgame #gamedesign
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In the spirit of the spookiest month, we've got some thoughts on spooky social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower! We love a wonderfully weird bit of game design 🩸🕰️

#gamedesign #gamedev #bloodontheclocktower #botc
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here at Weird Mage, we have a founders discord server where it's only the three of us, but we still have a rules channel. We're not savages. So always keep in mind rule number one:

CRUSH ALL WHO STAND IN YOUR WAY.

That's it!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiestudio
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When you hear "board game about portals," Yahtzee probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But it was a major inspiration for one of the biggest core mechanics of our board game prototype!

#boardgames #gamedesign #3DPrinting #portals
September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our portal board game prototype is coming along with custom 3D printed unit tokens to join the magnetic portal rings. Wish us luck on our first internal playtests!

#boardgames #gamedesign #3DPrinting #portals
September 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
All the most important #gamedev decisions are made through violence.

Our new #video about our mixed experiences with #UE5 comes out tomorrow!
September 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some #behindthescenes from our upcoming video. Interference from a radio broadcast almost ruined my whole shoot. #Audio is #crazy!

If you want to see the video this footage was for, subscribe on our YouTube channel! Out soon!
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM