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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 29/09/2026

Try your luck with rolling the die. Each side has a different outcome. store.steampowered.com/app/4350720/... #Unlucky #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #bulletheaven #vampiresurvivors #steam #wishlist #gaming

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 29/09/2026

The Unlucky "very unlucky" game trailer store.steampowered.com/app/4350720/... bullet-heaven wave-based survival gambler roguelike with inspiration from Vampire Survivors (and it's genre). How unlucky are you? #Unlucky #indiegame #gamedev #roguelike #bulletheaven #vampiresurvivors #steam

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 29/09/2026

Announcing Unlucky store.steampowered.com/app/4350720/... bullet-heaven wave-based survival gambler roguelike with inspiration from Vampire Survivors (and it's genre). #Unlucky #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #bulletheaven #vampiresurvivors #steam #wishlist #gaming

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 14/09/2026

"psst wake up babe, a new Adventure Reznara teaser trailer just dropped" The demo is available to try on Windows and Linux/SteamOS store.steampowered.com/app/5049520/... #Steam #SteamGame #Roguelike #RPG #TextAdventure #TurnBasedCombat #AdventureReznara #IndieGame #IndieDev #Demo #Loot

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 02/09/2026

the 5YN-OS Steam demo is coming soon. One of the apps available in the demo will be Fantasy Flow. Which combines creating a process diagram with Fantasylang code to build apps. #indiegame #indie #steamgame #steamdemo #comingsoon #programming #coding #fantasylang #educational #diagram #process

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 16/07/2026

One of the pain points for people trying out Ascending Realms that haven't previously played Mega-Lo-Mania (and fair enough, it's over 30 years old!) is not knowing HOW to play. Next patch intros a ~3min optional interactive tutorial #indiegame #indiedev #RTS #MegaLoManiaInspired ascendingrealms.com

Screenshot of the tutorial mode for Ascending Realms coming next patch

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 29/06/2026

Here's how simple it is to do an API request in Fantasylang which works identically within 5YN-OS and in the standalone runtime! 5yn-os.com fantasylang.com #coding #indiegame #indiegaming #indiedev #programming #programmingeducation #codingeducation #simulation #sandbox #api #Steam #ComingSoon

A simple API GET request example in Fantasylang

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 10/12/2025

A fresh look at the upcoming Ascension Conquest roguelite hero wave survival mode coming to Ascending Realms in the next demo update. #AscendingRealms #AscensionConquest #Roguelite #wavesurvival #metaprogression #autobattler

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 28/11/2025

Custom war banners coming in v0.7.5. You can create as many as you like and select which one you would like to see in-game while you play. #AscendingRealms #Banner #WarBanner #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #gamedev #customisation

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 17/11/2025

Ascending Realms demo patch v0.7.5 is coming this year introducing Skirmish Mode, Realm Builder (map generator), and a unique take on the roguelite hero survival genre in an autobattler format with Ascension Conquest! #AscendingRealms #gamedev #gaming #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #roguelite

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 11/04/2025

Game devs! Share your game engine and 3 screenshots of your game! #indiedev #gamedev

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 30/03/2025

It's interesting the small issues you find while testing your game with different languages. The tooltips text was fitting fine in English but in some languages such as Japanese it was extending outside of the boxes. Now tooltips account for varying texts. ✅ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

Example of a tooltip in Ascending Realms in Japanese localisation.

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 29/03/2025

Only the most accurate of colour descriptions are used in Ascending Realms. #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #gamedev

Macro code from the game for a "blueish grey" RGB colour.

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 27/03/2025

It's been a while since I shared a full screenshot of Ascending Realms (new hero unit reveal?). So here you go Bluesky. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

A screenshot of Ascending Realms with the first reveal of Arch-Mage Lysari Stormweaver the first hero unit for the Arcane Talon faction.

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 25/03/2025

Needless to say there's going to be a lot of balance patches once the demo is out. If you would like to be part of those discussions head over to my Discord server discord.gg/URsQvAdYRN #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegamedev #comingsoon

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 23/03/2025

It was clear early on from having non-gamer family members try out an early build of Ascending Realms that knowing when to left or right click isn't particularly intuitive. Thus the helper mode was born (toggleable in settings) much like how #Mega-Lo-Mania implemented it. #solodev #indiedev

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 22/03/2025

As #Mega-Lo-Mania (1991) was the first RTS in the early days to implement a tech tree. It seems only fitting that Ascending Realms inspired by the classic, would also receive a tech tree. We are just days away from the demo launch! #indiedev #gamedev #SensibleSoftware

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 18/03/2025

Does anyone else get a lot of joy out of creating your own in-game dev/debug tools from scratch? #indiedev #gamedev

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 17/03/2025

idk what's wrong with that image preview, this is it:

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 17/03/2025

It looks like a fun mechanic. On a side note I'm getting this vibe, so much nostalgia: static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images...

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 17/03/2025

What would you rather fight? One dragon sized goblin? or a thousand goblin sized dragons? p.s. the dragon breathes fire #indiedev #gamedev #gaming

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 15/03/2025

What do you consider the "must have" available resolutions in your game? Ascending Realms currently supports the following resolutions at least for desktop machines and Steam Deck. Are there any particular resolutions I may have missed? And is anyone supporting say 8k? #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 13/03/2025

A fantasy RTS/Autobattler inspired by 1991's Mega-Lo-Mania. #AscendingRealms coming real soon. #indiedev

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Dr Sharkie (PhD) - 5yearsnow.com @5yearsnow.com · 13/03/2025

Programming a computer opponent for Ascending Realms that feels like you're versing a human has been one of the most challenging experiences on this game dev journey. From assessing threats and keeping track in a threat map. To guerilla style attacks. Whilst not being over powered is a hard balance!

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