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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I really appreaciate you sharing this story about your influences and journey. Best of luck with the launch!

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 03/05/2025

🏆 The Golden Idol is an icon, but it wouldn't be the same without its cast of unfortunate victims. 🪦 @andrejsklavins.bsky.social and Emests Klavis explain the importance of the game's characters to the overarching narrative. ✍️ Check out the highlight below👇

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The RISE of the Golden Idol @goldenidol.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The day of ascension is coming. Join us for The Lemurian Phoenix and become enlightened on Tuesday May 13. store.steampowered.com/news/app/271...

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The RISE of the Golden Idol @goldenidol.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This Friday at 10am PDT join Golden Idol developers Ernests and @andrejsklavins.bsky.social for a #LudoNarraCon Fireside Chat on Narrative Through Puzzle Design with @dannyodwyer.bsky.social.

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The first of four DLCs for the Rise of the Golden Idol is out! store.steampowered.com/app/3333870/... The creatives leads on this investigation were Bill and Dani from www.escapethispodcast.com. Super happy to see how their experimental ideas came to fruition!

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Golden Idol Investigations - The Sins of New Wells on Steam

Follow Detective Roy Samson through four brand new cases of his dealings with an organized crime syndicate plaguing the city. Drugs, death, and ancient Lemurian magic will make headlines in The Sins o...

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

There are endless jokes how the culture of my country is sad combination of being an ever oppressed nation with strong love for the early 20th century romanticism. So I'm super happy for the amazing success of @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social by creating something completely different and beautiful.

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

But we don't know which one! Super happy anyway.

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 13 featuring @andrejsklavins.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the Golden Idol games, balancing narrative and deductive reasoning puzzles, and the process of iterating the game design and UX. pod.link/1777156468

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Draknek & Friends Official Podcast

Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!

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Greg @firsthour.net · 06/01/2025

Is this the new Rise of the Golden Idol DLC?

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Thank you, Ernest, for getting us to this point in life!

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Started and finished last week this little detective gem: store.steampowered.com/app/2277090/... I didn't like the demo particularly, but the full version where the game actively starts doing it's own thing, left me numerous sweet aha! moments.

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DAEMON MASQUERADE on Steam

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

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The RISE of the Golden Idol @goldenidol.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

'The 50 best video games of 2024' is the clue, but you'll have to investigate the article to find out what number The Rise of the Golden Idol has been rated 🔎🎉 www.polygon.com/what-to-play...

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The 50 best video games of 2024

It’s been a great year for new games

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Started playing Tactical @breachwizards.bsky.social this morning and I'm immensely enjoying the writing. I usually hate when games require me to read plot stuff, but here I'm happily consuming every bit of dialogue and want more! Very inspiring!

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

We were discussing architecture influences in our work chat and Ernest found this early sketch of Newsflash scenario. This shows pretty well what our early concept tests look like.

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

One of the more contentious Rise changes has been UI. 1. Our main motivation was that single screen puzzles restrict us in what kind of how many we can make per scenario. 2. We wanted players to feel less overwhelmed than in the first game seeing all puzzles at the same time. 🧵 1/2

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Andrejs Kļaviņš @andrejsklavins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Three days ago we launched "The Rise of the Golden Idol", the sequel to our first indie detective game and I feel exhausted physically and mentally. However this time I'm recovering quicker. Because, the initial results are amazing and it is harder to tell yourself you got lucky twice in a row.

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