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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now!

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❗ STEAM DEMO OUT NOW ❗ 🎮 Play Demo 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3668160/…

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've added shadowcasting to fake geometry to mimic the feel from Lost Woods in ALTTP 🌿 #GameMaker #Gamedev #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The Ballad of Bellum passed ✨20K wishlists✨ this week!! Never in my wildest dreams did I see this game reaching such a number, so thank you 🎉📷 #Gamedev #Indiedev #indiegame #game #wishlists

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Here's a brief look at the game's map interface🗺All maps will be in 3D, and I'm currently planning to add dungeon maps, a world map, and perhaps also area maps, but I'm not quite sure yet👀 youtu.be/hOdXIlhIvU8 #Gamedev #indiegame #map

The Ballad of Bellum: Map interface

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Apparently it only uploaded the screenshots, so here's the video 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOQ...

The Ballad of Bellum: Smelly swampy marshland🌾

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Here's a sneak peek at Mirewood Marsh, a marshland area featuring another dungeon👀🌾 #sneakpeek #indiegame #gaming #indiedev #gamedev

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This area turned out quite nice, but where does it lead to? 👀 youtu.be/djyoKPE8pqE #gamedevs #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameMaker #pixelart

The Ballad of Bellum: now that's a bridge!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If you travel far enough west in The Ballad of Bellum, you'll eventually reach the ocean👀🌊 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBN...

The Ballad of Bellum: Ocean vibes

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The engine I'm using & the Game I'm making

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The most recent patch for The Ballad of Bellum features seasonal winter! ❄ #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #GameMaker

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The Ballad of Bellum has been nominated for 'Most Anticipated' in the GameMaker Awards 2025!! 🎉👇Please vote if you think it deserves to win👇🎉 #GameMaker #Gaming #gamedev #Indiegame #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Here's a brief look at the upcoming shop interface! This will be used for all sorts of shopping and bartering 👀 youtu.be/Dtz6V-c0_k4 #Indiegame #Indiedev #Gaming #GameMaker

The Ballad of Bellum: Let's go shopping!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Demo updated to version 1.1.1. Halloween decoration + lots of additions and bug fixes. Patch notes 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... #Halloween #gaming #indiegame #indiedevs

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo updated to version 1.1.1 (Halloween update) - Steam News

Fixed bugs, added QOL stuff, and added new settings. Added Halloween decoration.

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I've been adding some simple Halloween decorations, but I'm honestly more stoked about this snow, which will looks great around Christmas times!🎅🎄🎁 youtu.be/_3aSdMoCiLM #gaming #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker #Halloween #Christmas

The Ballad of Bellum: Snooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum has now been updated to version 1.1, which includes some additions and a lot of fixes 🤝 store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... #gaming #Steam #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo update 1.1 + status - Steam News

TL;DR: some additions, lots of fixes. Noooice!

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Lord Wolfenstein @lordwolfenstein.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This is what the game's #coverart / #boxart would look like if it were published by Nintendo or Sega.

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Ben @ The Amazing Content Lab @taclab-ben.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Do you enjoy Zelda games? 👀 Then better keep an eye on The Ballad of Bellum, @bokehdev.bsky.social is cooking something really nice here ⏬ YouTube: youtu.be/rxn84ftD9sM?... #indiedev #indiecontent

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum has finally been released!!🌿🎮part(link in bio☝) youtu.be/FdWtcYsyzrU #gaming #indiegame #gamdev #balladofbellum

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo out now!!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum is releasing in under 24 hours!! 🥳🎉 youtu.be/2oPTcJ9c2ns #Gamedev #Indiedev #Game #Indiegame #Steam #Demo

The Ballad of Bellum: DEMO TIME!!!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It's been a lot of work, but it's almost here: The demo for The Ballad of Bellum will be available on October 17!!🥳 youtu.be/H10bysFLsc0 #Gamedev #Indiedev #Indiegame #Steam #Demo #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Demo available on October 17!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The Ballad of Bellum have passed 10K wishlists!! That's a crazy number I'd never imagine reaching, so thank you 🎉😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1MC... #Gamedev #Indiedev #indiegame #game #wishlists

The Ballad of Bellum: Thank you for 10K

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Added a watermill🌊🫧 And, perhaps it's time to revisit fishing to get it properly up to date👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-k... #Indiegame #GameMaker #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum: mah mill!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thanks! No, but I was considering it.

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Added controller support, keybinding menu, UI button prompts and soft shadows! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwY7... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #controller #gamepad

The Ballad of Bellum: Controller support and keybinding🎮

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The settings menu is almost completed! With only support for changing language and keybinding left✅ youtu.be/iFWzWdSIs-U #Indiegame #Indiedev #GameMaker

The Ballad of Bellum: Look at all the options you have!!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Thanks!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Sorry I posted the wrong link, so here's another post! Working on UI can suck somtimes, and I've been postponing the settings menu due to not knowing exactly how I wanted it, but here's a quick peek at how it's looking so far, and I'm quite satisfied with it 🧮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7_...

The Ballad of Bellum: settings?

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Oh damn, I posted the youtube studio link. Thanks for pointing that out 😆

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

‼The Ballad of Bellum will soon have it's very first demo available over at the game's Discord‼ But in the meantime: Here's a quick peek at file selection in the main menu, as well as dying📂💀 youtu.be/lQJ29S3UYTk #Indiegame #Indiedev #GameMaker #Discord #Steam #Demo #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: File selection and dying??

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I wasn't sure if I was going to post this, as it kinda spoils some of the dungeon, but here's a peek at the bossfight in the dungeon that I've previously showcased. It's still WIP and got some placeholders, but I'd love your feedback🦋🍃 youtu.be/s0tzt-nfdXM #Indiegame #Gamedev #GameMaker #Steam

The Ballad of Bellum: Bossfight

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Now that we can properly see through objects that's obscuring the player, I've finally been able to add some larger trees to forest areas, like this new thicc oak tree 🍃 youtu.be/wxgwvF4KAko #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum: thicc ass oak 🍃

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I've not been able to dev as much as I had hoped for the last couple of weeks, but here's at least another peek at the dungeon I'm working on 👀With this I've added weight- and time-based buttons! youtu.be/kjTAHhhd2UM #Indiegame #Dungeon #Indiedev #GameMaker

The Ballad of Bellum: new interactable dungeon mechanics!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Thanks, and glad you like it 😁

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Here's a sneak peek of a dungeon I've been working on 👀🌿It's been a lot of fun adding some of the dungeon mechanics so far! youtu.be/VxwttzxdwxM Also, the Discord is up if you wanna hang out (link in linktree) #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #dungeon

The Ballad of Bellum: Unto the dungeons!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Just added a targeting system I'm really happy with! 🎯 You can cycle through all enemies within a region, or manually target with the 'free aim' mode . Got some great feedback about it in our Discord! Feel free to join 👀(linktree in bio) youtu.be/XUZ6mBKfRc4 #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum: I'm your target now 🎯

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

After a lot of work I've finally replaced the blue silhouette with a proper dither fadeout while behind stuff 👀I think it turned out great! Wdyt? youtu.be/Hv0V5nLPJaA #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Forest #Dither

The Ballad of Bellum: I can see! 👀

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Been working on a large new forest, and here's a showcase of it with the ambience it will have the first time you travel there 👀🌧 youtu.be/y_7NcB7AHA0 Also, feel free to join the game's Discord to learn more about the game! (link in bio) #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Forest #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Deep dark forest vibes 🌿

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The Ballad of Bellum has now been in development for a year, and the Steam page has been up for half a year! I'd like to celebrate this by opening the game's Discord! Link: discord.com/invite/R6b7K... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeH...

The Ballad of Bellum: The Discord is now open!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

These few last days I've been remaking the village that the game starts in. It's now located in a steep terrain area right at the edge of a dark and dangerous forest👀🌿 Any thoughts? youtu.be/JcuXw1ULO5M #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #rpg

The Ballad of Bellum: Lush forest village🌿

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This has been a lot of work, but I've finished all interiors for the farm, added light casting through doors and windows, ground shadows, crawling!! and a cool grandfather clock👀 youtu.be/X06V3vqyCtk #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #Game

The Ballad of Bellum: Beggin' on mah knees for that basement soup 😩

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

So after making the house for this farm tree times I'm happy with the result! I also started working on interiors for some bulidings, like this barn👀wdyt? youtu.be/O_7-ZK-FB4E #GameMaker #indiegame #indiedev #farm #house #adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Mah house, mah home

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Here's another enemy that will make some areas of the deep forest more dangerous in The Ballad of Bellum👀🐛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ms... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #enemy #adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: The forest is scary now!?

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

[The Ballad of Bellum] Here is a brief look at an enemy I've been working on. The 'Bushcrab' lurks in tall grass and thrives in shaded areas, often found in forests and other areas away from commonly traveled roads🍃🦀👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cONX... #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Bushcrabs!? 🦀🍃

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Added swimming and diving🏊‍♀️ I wasn't sure if I was going to add diving or not, but it turned out great imo! Wdyt?🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3hS... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #Swimming #pixelart

The Ballad of Bellum: Swimming and Diving 😎

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Thanks! 🤩

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

What an amazing year this has been! What started as a simple Zelda demo, has evolved throughout the year into an incredible project with over 16K followers and 6K wishlists on Steam! I really appreciate that so many people find this project interesting 🥳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFn... #Indiegame

The Ballad of Bellum: 2024 recap

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I've recently been greatly expanding the world, so here's a short showcase of a path which will eventually end up north in a snowy region 🌿☀️ youtu.be/3o4Qtg34cg0 Don't forget to wishlist and follow on KS (links in bio) #Gamedev #Gamemaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Time to explore the world

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I do think we'll see a lot more games with this style in the near future, but we'll see. Thanks! 🤩

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now! @bokehdev.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

People think it's played out? I see a lot of indiegames going for this style on social media lately, so it will probably be worn out at some point 😆