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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW!

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Co-Founder of FOOL MOON 🔍 Hillthorn 🌈 Rainbow Billy 🌳 Roots of Yggdrasil ⌨️ Inhuman Resources 🌈🌈 Rainbow Billy 2 Making games and helping Indie Asylum.

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Hillthorn - Play our demo now ⛰️🔍 @hillthorngame.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Antoine from @foolmoongames.bsky.social talks about the Music of Hillthorn in our latest dev log. Read about how the atmosphere of the game was created and the inspirations here: bit.ly/4hm60jo
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026
🌟 Presenting the LudoNarraCon 2026 Official Selection 🌟 🎮 51 narrative indie games 🗓️ October 8–15 PT on Steam 💙 Supported by @jacobgeller.com, @lookingfor.game, @remapradio.bsky.social & @thisweekinvideogames.com 🌐 More info at bit.ly/FTLNC2026 📬 Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated!
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.
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I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Solve a mountain mystery via the medium of creepy cards in Hillthorn, which has an excellent demo
Hillthorn is the story of a detective hired to investigate a disappearance in a mountain community, told via card alchemies in the style of Cultist Simulator.
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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We just announced during the Future Games Show with that Hillthorn in coming to Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android in November! There's not much longer to wait to explore Mount Hillthorn and find what's truly going on. Play the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/3504050/…
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's always special to see something you've worked on in a physical space! 🥺
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our Art Director Tara is answering some questions about the #Art of #Hillthorn! Check it out! ✨
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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 17/08/2026
Please share: I'm writing an article and I want to talk to developers who have successfully transitioned out of the games industry to jobs elsewhere. What do you do now? How did you sell yourself? What skills were transferable? All disciplines welcome, my DMs are open.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Which is a better thumbnail? We participated in #GMTK Jam this weekend and we can't choose! #Gamejam #gamedev #GMTKjam itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam...
Hour guy falling through space with multiple versions of themselves.Hour guy walking in top down while seeing themselves.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Finally went to see THE greek epic where this guy does a long, wandering journey back home. People were right the soundtrack is amazing.
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Fool Moon - Hillthorn Demo Available Now @foolmoongames.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Aaaaand it's a wrap! Hour Guy is alive! foolmoongames.itch.io/hour-guy Please go play and leave us comments and reviews! Who knows...maybe more awaits our little Hour Guy 👀 #gamejam #puzzlegame #indiedev #gmtk2026 @gamemakerstoolkit.com
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Hour Guy by FoolMoonGames, Sprawl, Mindmill, pinataMAN, frufiange, seaohso, panachemidi
Can Hour Guy hide from his past?
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What an amazing week for Detective games : - The Mermaid Mask - The Incident at Galley House - Desktop Explorer - Database Detective : Minor Crimes Division - A demo for Imprinted So much variety as well! I know what I'm doing this rainy weekend 👀
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thanks @skillup.bsky.social for including @hillthorngame.bsky.social in the latest video! youtu.be/oUqtOgyTwHg?...
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Xbox workers fight back against layoffs as 1600 jobs still to be axed | This Week in Videogames
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Hillthorn - Play our demo now ⛰️🔍 @hillthorngame.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thank you @engadget.com for including Hillthorn in your article "Palworld 1.0, Tiny Bookshop on mobile and other new indie games worth checking out" Read the article here: www.engadget.com/2212703/palw...
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Palworld 1.0, Tiny Bookshop on mobile and other new indie games worth checking out - Engadget
Our weekly roundup of the best new indie games is here.
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Hillthorn - Play our demo now ⛰️🔍 @hillthorngame.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#ICYMI last week we revealed our new trailer & partnership with Raw Fury. Hillthorn is a detective mystery game where you are hired to solve a disappearance but you soon learn there is more to this case than meets the eye. Play the demo & wishlist now: bit.ly/4vpUoRb
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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A dark investigation game with a story told entirely with cards? Sounds mysterious, sounds unique, sounds like our vibe! Introducing @hillthorngame.bsky.social a missing person, a village full of secrets and you're running out of time... Wishlist & play the demo Now: bit.ly/4vpUoRb
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Hillthorn on Steam
A disappearance in a secluded community. A mountain hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Welcome to Hillthorn, a dark investigation game that invites you to uncover the mystery without...
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Very proud to work with @rawfury.bsky.social on this one! A New Demo is now available on #Steam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozaE...
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Hillthorn | Announcement Trailer | Play Demo Today!
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Mael Duin 🧩 @maelduinplays.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hiya all! Yes, you too, new follower. 'End of the month' here means that I make a selection of the 10 best new puzzle demos that I played that month (out of ~30). This time the top 2 are detective games, and despite involving overlapping cards, they play completely different! 🤯 Starting with... 🔎🗺️🏞️
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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus
Fake website servic welcome page. text reads:

"Your favorite tool is now ruined by AI"
"you might not like it but shareholders love it"
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Wander @wanderbot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm so sick of seeing AI disclaimers like this. The solution to not having the budget for voice acting isn't to use AI, it's to not have voice acting at all! Games don't need VO to be good! By jamming in slopvoices, you're not making your game better, you're making it worse and reprehensible!
A Steam AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI-generated voiceovers for ingame characters. This is a indie no-budget production. Sorry :-'(
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
In Hillthorn, clues act as conversation subjects. They can also be combined together! There is no dialogue : You have to interpret the meaning behind the clues you receive. #screenshotsaturday #demo #steam #indie #indiegame
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I noticed that they standardized the Steam awards. It's probably for the better, but I will miss using the Jester in a passive aggressive way 🤡
Screenshot of the Community Awards of Steam.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Have you played Hillthorn's #demo yet? If you did, please leave a review, it helps a lot! #NextFest #SteamNextFest #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/3615330/...
The capsule art of Hillthorn : A woman facing looking at the viewer with the white outline of the moon behind.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Proud to share that we are making another #rainbowbilly Game! This time, we had a lot of fun exploring an older Billy & Friends at Summer Camp 🌈🏕️✨ #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/4157340/...
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Rainbow Billy: The Book of Fears on Steam
Billy is back for an investigative adventure in Summer camp. Unravel mysterious events in this colorful journey as campers’ worries manifest as Fearlings. Explore the camp, investigate its secrets, an...
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Fred Bolduc @panachemidi.ca · 20/02/2026
This one is one not to miss! If you're into investigation games you simply HAVE to check this demo out store.steampowered.com/app/3504050/...
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Hillthorn on Steam
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, cl...
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
In Hillthorn, you investigate using deduction and logic by combining actions and clues together. #detective #indiegame #demo
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NEXT GAME ANNOUNCED! 🔍 Hillthorn is a new take on the investigation genre. Will you solve the case before midnight? Demo available now! store.steampowered.com/app/3504050/... #gamedev #indiedev #detective #qgc
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Hillthorn on Steam
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, cl...
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
My Favorite Games of 2025: 👑 Blue Prince by @blueprincegame.bsky.social 🪄 Hades 2 by @supergiantgames.bsky.social 🍫 Consume Me by @qdork.bsky.social 🗡️ Silksong by @teamcherry.bsky.social 🔮 Seance of Blake Manor by @spookydoorway.bsky.social ♠️ Deltarune by @tobyfox.undertale.com
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Finally got around to play Consume Me and I can't recommend it enough. It's easily the best storytelling I've seen this year. 🔥 Rarely have I seen an rpg system serve the story so well! Don't skip it! 🙏
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Seconded! Don't let them use this logic to put pressure on developers and players to accept things that they're against.
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Two Tiny Dice @twotinydice.com · 21/10/2025
😍 TWO TINY DICE GIVEAWAY 😇 Win a Steam key of Pyrene (aka the best roguelike ever). ❤️ Like & Follow our account 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Tag 2 friends 🔁 Repost Winner will be randomly selected on Friday 24th October. GL 🍀 #giveaway #tuesday #indiedev #indiegame #pyrene
Key art of Pyrene (Two Tiny Dice).
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Please Keep Watching is now playable in browser! #ScreamJam #indiegame #horror sprawl.itch.io/please-keep-...
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I've spent the last week making a game for #ScreamJam It's a self person shooter where you play a streamer exploring an abandoned facility. sprawl.itch.io/please-keep-... #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Billy's World of Imagination is spreading into Abomi Nation! There's so many other cool crossover with indies, check out their Kickstarter!
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Chasing Rats Games | Working on WORSHIP @chasingratsgames.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Worship is OUT NOW on Steam! To celebrate, the game is 15% OFF for the first week! Gather your pact-mates, grow your cult and paint the world’s fate in blood. Do you have what it takes to Worship the Eldritch? #indiegames #indiegame #gaming #pikmin #cotl #cosmichorror #lovecraft
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Thanks to everyone who played this early #Hillthorn demo! It's time for me to work on all that feedback! #indiegames #game #detective #horror The demo will still be playable here : sprawl.itch.io/hillthorn
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Investigate the strange mountain of Hillthorn by combining action and concepts! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #hillthorn #detective
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I'm releasing a demo! 🔎🌚 Discover Hillthorn, a detective game using cards, concepts and your imagination instead of dialogue: sprawl.itch.io/hillthorn There will be a more later, but for now, please leave a comment if you play, especially on pacing and ux! Thanks! #gamedev #indiegame #demo
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Hillthorn - Demo by Sprawl
Explore a mysterious mountains to find a missing person in this card-based investigation game. Meets its inh
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We've released Inhuman Resources 🎉! If you're down for some corporate horror, please give this a try! 👉 There's also a demo on both Steam and mobile 👈
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SMYRNACORP @smyrnacorp.com · 28/02/2025
📢 Service Interruption Notice | Smyrnacorp It appears that 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 have deemed our presence disruptive to their ecosystem. Our account on Twitter/X has been temporarily removed. 🔻
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Take a break, try our demo. 🫂
A screenshot of the interactive fiction game "inhuman Resources" where the player has just acquired a new item : "Clinically Depressed".
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#NextFest is here and I've got to share the latest game I had the opportunity to work on! Please take a look, we've worked hard on this interactive fiction and you can try the demo right now! store.steampowered.com/app/3379360/...
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Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination on Steam
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I playtested this and can confirm it brings the same chaos energy from Chick Horse! Excited to play more!
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Good Morning ~ Theme : Chef Source in comments #codeart #tweetcart #pico8
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Had the chance to watch the new Mononoke Movie at Fantasia earlier this year. Now that it's finally coming to streaming I cannot recommend it enough, even if you have not watched the anime. It is VERY good!
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I just completed Rise of the Golden. It is an improvement on the first one in almost every way. The way every detail works together to build the final case was so satisfying. Thank you for this I am excited for the dlcs and the next Color Gray games. 🙌
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Jacob (Glass Revolver) @glassrevolver.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
wip dynamic oil biomes these can spawn anywhere on the layer, painting the landscape black, adding new flora, and creatures
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Spiral - Made with #pico8 code in comments.
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Latest additions to the Monochrome list : Mindcop and PRIM. store.steampowered.com/curator/3892...
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Alexis Lessard | Hillthorn Demo Available NOW! @alexislessard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
That moment in Metaphor when you're almost out of mana and discover two crystals that spawns weak enemies next to eachother 🧙👌
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