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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Astral Arena Closed Beta Sign-Ups Are Open!

Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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Astral Arena is appearing in Gym Leader Ed's Monster Taming Direct again this year! I'll be sharing some fresh footage during the showcase and making a little announcement👀 🕐 Saturday 12 September 1PM EDT 📺 Gym Leader Ed's YouTube channel Watch the event trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_P...

Monster Taming Direct 2026 OFFICIAL Announcement Trailer!

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Monster Taming Direct 2026 OFFICIAL Announcement Trailer!

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

✨Happy #wishlistWednesday ✨ Have you seen the latest trailer? Idk about you but I would wishlist it based on that 👀 👇👇👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2812890/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHi... #monstertaming #creaturecollecting #monstertamer #pokemon #digimon #palword #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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📰 Newsletter for Feb is up :) 👇👇👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/281... #gamedev #solodev #monstertaming #monstertamer #creaturecollecting #creaturecollector #pokemon #palworld #digimon #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Did you know Astral Arena is a game made in Ireland by me, a Northern Irishman? We've got an Irish steam sale going on ☘️ ☘️ SO many Irish games O_O store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr... #irish #ireland #gamedev

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Games from Ireland 2026

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with games made in Ireland and by Irish teams around the world

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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Games from Ireland 2026

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with games made in Ireland and by Irish teams around the world

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - Auto skill naming system ✅ - Balance pass ✅ - Playtesting & QA ✅ - Bug fixing ✅ - v0.6 Build for playtesters finally! ❌ bugs maaan This Week - Bug fixing - Playtesting & QA - v0.6 Build for playtesters finally! - Monthly Newsletter #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - Add all Drawbacks ✅ - Add all Movement Traits ✅ - All new Traits are complete 😄 This Week - Start skill naming system - Auto name for now - Balance pass - Playtesting & QA - Bug fixing - v0.6 Build for playtesters finally! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Monster Alchemy @monseralchemy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The wait is over! The demo for Monster Alchemy is now LIVE on Steam! Create, fuse, and command your own unique creatures in this crafting RPG. Your monsters are your tools, your weapons, and your creations. Play the demo now! :👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4013510/... #indiegame #steam

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Monster Alchemy on Steam

Create unique creatures, use them to gather rare resources, and fuse them into even more powerful beings! This RPG combines classic exploration with a deep crafting system where your monsters are your...

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - bug fixing & QA ✅ - add all new Technique traits ✅ - Start Drawbacks ✅ This Week - Add all Drawbacks - Add all Movement Traits (100%ing both of these is a bit ambitious but we love to see it) Today - All Drawbacks in one day?? 👀 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #todo

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week finished new Skill Effect Traits 😤 Finished all form VFX 😤 This Week bug fixing & QA add all new Technique traits Today bug fixing & QA #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - finish all form VFX☑️2 types are done and can be used to create the rest relatively quickly - new Skill Effect traits☑️ all but 2 complete This Week - finish new Skill Effect Traits - Finish all form VFX - Start new Technique traits #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - finish Melee forms ✅ - playtest them & bug fix ✅ - Forms VFX ☑️ WIP This Week - finish all form VFX - start new Skill Effect traits Today - finish utility skill VFX - start Ranged VFX #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #monstertamer

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

was just testing some stuff and the game paused with Monkat looking rather intense 🔥👀 🔥 #gamedev #solodev #monstertamer #monstertaming #videogame #indiedev #indiegame

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - get all Ranged & Melee forms functional ☑️ a couple of melee ones to finish This Week - finish Melee forms - get all forms to have VFX - playtest them & bug fix Today - finish Melee forms #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - Began work on new skill traits - Started new skill forms - Utility forms almost done, 9/10✅ This Week - get all Ranged & Melee forms functional Today - final Utility trait - 50% of the Ranged Forms done #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Time to get back to it! ✨✨✨ -Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - I did some planning for the year This Week - Evaluate project - Begin new skill modules - new skill forms Today - Evaluate project state - Skill forms start www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHi... store.steampowered.com/app/2812890/...

Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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-Daily Recap & Goals- Wednesday - more bug squashing 🐞 ✅ Today - build & QA test - continue fixes #gamedev #solodev #indiedev how is it thursday already??

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Tuesday - general bug fixing pass 🐛 ✅ - build & QA test ✅ Today - more bug squashing 🐞 😢 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - bug fix combat log things 🐞 ✅ Today - general bug fixing pass 🐛 - build & QA test #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - show combat log at end of combat as a notification ✅ - add pre-combat team select screen✅ - increase party size ✅ - refactor party related UI ✅ This week - bug fix combat log things 🐞 - general bug fixing pass 🐛 - prep for playtesters #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Wednesday - bug fixes🐞 ✅ - update buff/debuff descriptions✅ - rename some stats for clarity ✅ - added a notification system✅ - post combat log notification✅ Today - Add unpause prompt - fix UI visual bugs 🐞 - build & Playtest #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Tuesday - add pre-combat team select screen with enemy preview ✅ Today - fix some bugs in recent work🐞 - Add unpause prompt when the player has added skills to the queue - update buff/debuff descriptions - rename Power & Strength for clarity #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - fixed some small bugs ✅ - increased party size to 6✅ - adjusted party UI✅ - added combat log to post combat screen✅ Today - add pre-combat team select screen with enemy preview #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #ui #partymenu

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - added combat log & buff/debuff info screen in combat This week - show combat log at end of combat - add astral inspector to combat - add pre-combat team select screen with enemy preview - increase party size #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #planning

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - combat log bug fixes ✅ took longer than expected - add combat log to end of combat screen ❌ Today - add astral defeated to combat log - repeated damage bug fix 🐛 - combat log blurred visuals fix 🐛 - add combat log to end of combat screen #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - new combat log to view in combat WIP ✅ Today - combat log bug fixes - add combat log to end of combat screen #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #UI #UX

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - playtest last weeks build ✅ - plan next steps ✅ - added status effect info screen to combat ✅need to update status effect descriptions still Today - adding in a combat log to view in combat and at the end of a fight #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #UI

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - squashed many bugs🐞 - had a stomach bug 🐞 🤢 This week - playtest last weeks build - plan next steps #solodev #gamedev #indiedev #happymonday

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Wednesday - skills not finishing properly when astral is pushed🐞✅took all day to find this 😢 - build & playtest ✅ Today - first dead ally incorrect data🐞 - positioning issues on ice🐞 - build & playtest #gamdev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #solodev

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Bicho Feo | Wishlist Astra Bestiary @astrabestiary.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🚀 Astra Bestiary is live on Kickstarter! Raise and bond with mythical beasts in this fantasy monster-raising RPG. Your support will help bring this world to life. Check out the trailer and back the project now: 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bic... #IndieGame #RPG #MonsterTaming #KickstarterGames

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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-Daily Recap & Goals- Tuesday - ranged repeating skills stuck in a loop bug ✅ - trying to target dead enemies bug ☑️ needs tested - stop ally skills hitting one another✅ Today - melee skills not finishing properly if they collide with another skills 🐞 - build & playtest #gamedev #solodoev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Monday - melee repeating skills bugs ✅ - build & playtest ✅ - Design list of skill effects ✅ Today - ranged skills stuck in a loop🐞 - trying to target the dead🐞 - build & playtest this small bug fixing stint is lasting a long time 😂 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Last Week - worked on a bunch of small feedback items This week - some small bug fixes - some polish - build & playtest - Design list of skill effects Today - bugs #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#throwbackthursday to when i got the melee skills to repeat for multi slash attacks, I actually think this looks smoother than i have it currently, i should look into this

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Wednesday - Combat UI pausing bug❌😠 reproducing this bug is a pain - Engage/Disengage issues ✅ - buncha other small bugs ✅ - build & playtest ✅ Today - Hard focus on Combat UI bug - some invalid move location bugs - build & playtest #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #planning

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

-Daily Recap & Goals- Tuesday - fix enemy astral only picking a target once ✅ - Combat UI pausing bug ❌ 😠 - build & playtest ✅ Today - Combat UI pausing bug will be fixed!!! - Engage/Disengage issues - build & playtest #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Jobot the human - making Astral Arena! @astralarena.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

#trailertuesday you say? In Astral Arena, you command up to 3 "Astrals" in real time combat, check out the latest trailer 👇 👇 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHi... #monstertaming #creaturecollector #indiedev #gamedev #monstertamingdirect #pokemon #palworld #digimon

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