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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 09/07/2026

Vortex Siege playtest has another update! It fixes a memory leak! Memory leaks are not easy to fix! Patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/403...

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Vortex Siege Playtest - Playtest v26 - Goodbye, Cruel Memory Leak - Steam News

Major performance improvements and a ton of new cards

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 26/06/2026

🎵 I don't wanna be wary 🎵 🎵 Of a hacker Clefairy 🎵 🎵 Don't want my data leaked again 🎵

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 13/06/2026

There's a new version of the Vortex Siege playtest up, after eons of inactivity! Like an ancient horror, we have risen from the depths to shrug off this reality and perhaps slip into something more comfortable for once. Patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/403...

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Vortex Siege Playtest - Playtest Updated - v0.0.23 - Steam News

New cards, bugfixes, and other stuff.

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Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io · 08/06/2026

FINALLY I can publicly say that Mr Magpie is being published by @bhvr.com, the creators of Dead by Daylight! It's been great working with them. Everyone on the team is bright and talented. We are super lucky to have them in our corner. youtu.be/1gHE0TOoP5g

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Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game - Official Publisher Announcement Trailer

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 05/06/2026

Like, Sisyphus, I am condemned to eternal toil. I must roll a ball of code up a hill eternally in an attempt to finish a game. Every so often the ball rolls down the hill and I have to start over with a new game. (For legal reasons, this is a joke. I am still working on Vortex Siege.)

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 03/06/2026

The era of Alanis-posting has begun, and nobody can stop me.

A meme showing Alanis Morissette happy from the music video for Ironic and saying "Me, knowing that I have 10,000 spoons." The other panel shows her looking upset in the music video for You Oughta Know, saying "Me, realizing that all I need is a knife, so the marginal utility of spoons is zero."

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 01/06/2026

Today I showed a 10 year old a cat photo that had my desktop computer in the corner and she started asking about it. She didn't believe me that it was a computer because it didn't have a screen. Eventually she conceded that maybe it was a PC, but it definitely was not a computer.

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 31/05/2026

We just put out two Vortex Siege news posts on Steam! What a time to be alive. Roadmap: steamcommunity.com/games/302905... Playtest feedback overview: store.steampowered.com/news/app/302... Check it out if you want! Or don't, it's fine. I'll sit and make my game over here. By myself. In the dark.

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Steam :: Vortex Siege :: Our Roadmap

We're back, we listened to you, and we're more organized than ever! Here's the plan for future development.

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TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Saying meteor in a Boston accent

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 30/05/2026

I'm happy to announced that we now have a public roadmap and task tracker for Vortex Siege, our CCG roguelike deckbulider! Roadmap: open.codecks.io/vortex-siege... Tracker: open.codecks.io/vortex-siege If you join our Discord, you can submit suggestions for the playtest directly to our tracker! 🧵

Roadmap for the game Vortex Siege consisting of four phases which each contain circular progress bars for each planned area of work.

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WeLoveIt.io @weloveit-io.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Does your Steam Wishlist bill beat the $19,000 record?!? Find out with How Expensive Is Your Steam Wishlist? -> weloveit.io/how-expe... #steam #gamediscovery #wishlist

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 13/02/2026

Alright, I can't help it. Am I too late?

The alien from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode who speaks only in metaphors saying "clavicular mid jestergoon, his cortisol spiked!"

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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app · 22/01/2026

📢📢📢 BLACK ARTIST FRIENDS (especially those with commissions open) if you're interested in being added to a black visual novel artist starter pack (so friends in games can hire YOU!) please reply with some of your work so I can add you to the pack! If you have questions lmk and NO AI!

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 31/12/2025

The worst part of this time of year is when you die on New Year's Eve right before the save point, and have to start your run from all the way back on January 1st.

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 30/12/2025

Over here gazing at my collection of unplayed Steam games like a dragon admiring its hoard.

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Ulfsire @ulfsire.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Slaugh raidblade, from the western horde-song

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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I made a dvd logo screensaver simulator! It's almost the same, except it can't hit corners, and there's a built-in dead pixel. Because fuck you. markaldrichisme.itch.io/evil-dvd-logo #gamedev #indiedev #nostalgia #memegame #horror #gaming

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 28/12/2025

Trying out a shine effect for newly acquired or upgraded cards. Still not sure what I think of it. Any thoughts? #gamedev #indiedev #vortexsiege

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 08/12/2025

Had a great time at Boston FIG! Amazing to meet everyone who came! We're gonna take your feedback and experiences and use it to make the game even better. Thank you all so much! #bostonfig #gamedev #indiedev #games #roguelike #deckbuilder #ccg #vortexsiege

Photo of some of the team behind Vortex Siege posing in front of our Boston Festival of Indie Games booth.

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 30/11/2025

Working on a new building panel for Vortex Siege. #gamedev #indiedev #uiux

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

And finished! Another 20 fantastic-looking unknown indie games to play right now or wishlist! kotaku.com/indie-games-... Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though! Please repost far and wide!

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20 Extraordinary Indie Games To Wishlist This Black Friday

Another incredible selection of unknown games, both out now and coming soon

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out! I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow. Spread it far and wide! kotaku.com/indie-games-...

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20 Incredible Innovative Indie Games To Wishlist This Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgaming 2025 everybody! Celebrate with a huge pile of unknown indies to put on your radar

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025! If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at jwalker@kotaku.com with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku. Rules next. Reposts appreciated!

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Ulfsire @ulfsire.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Lots of ephemera like this surrounding the game work

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 16/11/2025

Added some more stuff to my simple deckbuilder defense game prototype. Slow projectiles, big enemies, some animations, some keyboard controls... #indiedev #gamedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 16/11/2025

Finally gave in and made a super simple prototype in two hours of a concept that's been bopping around in my head for a few months. Basically it's a Vampire Survivors deckbuilder. You play cards to attack waves of incoming enemies. #indiedev #gamedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 10/11/2025

Been silent for a little bit. Working on stuff that's not too exciting to show -- polishing up small things and fixing bugs. Preparing for a public playtest on Steam! I'll post here when it's ready. #indiedev #gamedev

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Frogmageddon @frogmageudon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Frogmageddon... TODAY!!! BUY NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/3201190/... #frog #indiedev #gaming #Steam

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 12/10/2025

Added card highlighting on hover for the combat log in Vortex Siege. #indiedev #gamedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 11/10/2025

Working on a combat history log for Vortex Siege (in the top left). #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

A collectible card game style battlefield with a history log of actions taken in the top left corner, showing icons and card illustrations to depict what happened.

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 04/10/2025

Added new portal effects to the town map for Vortex Siege! Made by @united-divisions.bsky.social #indiedev #gamedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 14/09/2025

ALSO also working on a visual effect for when cards are stolen!! #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 13/09/2025

Working on a mass card destruction effect for Vortex Siege! #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 13/09/2025

Working on a new card destruction effect for Vortex Siege! Check it out on Steam! buff.ly/ftFrUIy #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 22/08/2025

Working on a new victory animation for Vortex Siege! Every time you defeat an enemy, you get to pick a card from their deck. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gameart #screenshotsaturday

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 20/08/2025

Just created a new trailer for Vortex Siege! youtu.be/PhzcWCHkuuA Check it out, and wishlist on Steam if you're interested. 😅 store.steampowered.com/app/3029050/... #indiedev #gamedev

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Vortex Siege Trailer

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 17/08/2025

Just upgraded my project from Unity 2022 to Unity 6, and it's going WAAAAAAAAY better than expected. #gamedev #indiedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 13/08/2025

Working on a new layout and visuals for the town mode in Vortex Siege. The green circles will eventually be replaced by adjusting the grooves in the actual floor on the background image. Thoughts? #indiedev #gamedev

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 21/07/2025

Started adding more random events to Vortex Siege! #indiedev #gamedev

A game window describing an event wherein the player is trapped in a chamber and must press one of two buttons labeled "Trade" or "Train."

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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 20/07/2025

Added some new cards to my game for the first time in months! #indiedev #gamedev

A game card called Vigilant Vanguard with the ability "When an opponent plays a minion, this minion attacks."

A game card called Siphon Power with the text "Target minion gets +X attack and +X defense, where X is your opponent's current remaining energy."

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