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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you're curious how Call of Saregnar is coming along, all the devlogs end up free to read on Patreon a month after they are posted. A free account is all you need. www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregnar

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Rhu having a proud moment with Neal Hallford (@nealhallford.bsky.social) in Venice, a while back. He wrote Betrayal at Krondor, the game I've spent the better part of a decade trying to build a proper descendant of.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This vista reminds me of the landscapes found in Slovenia, Earth, a parallel dimension to Merrentar, Danephe.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Meet Blob. He was assaulted by hired thugs, his cargo destroyed, his horses slain. He hasn't quite been himself since. #AintEasyBeingPlaceholderArt

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tavern Hour. The door is shut at the Yew Tree for the first time in months, and the room is warmer for it. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The first sheaves went up the hill to the Tehr-Tnan temple this morning.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Which RPG world felt most like a real place to you, the kind that seemed to live on, even after you're done playing? Mine is Midkemia, which will surprise nobody who's seen this game. Genuinely curious what yours is.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fannon Gouei's shop, Second Hand in Romar, sells what other people don't need anymore. Mostly tools, some food, a torch or two, and things that are long since home to spiders and their webs.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Tavern Hour. A farm in Romar has lost eggs three nights in a row, and everybody at the Yew Tree Inn talks about a thalin nest. Someone has offered to go out and find out if the legends have any credence to them or not. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Betrayal at Krondor's writer, @nealhallford.bsky.social, calls Call of Saregnar a BAK-alike. I didn't come up with the word, and I'm not giving it back.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

You don't need to pay to follow Call of Saregnar development. The devlogs go up for patrons first and turn public after 30 days, and a free follow on Patreon gets you each one as it opens up. www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregnar

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Nothing in Saregnar scales to your character. A dangerous road is dangerous the day you start the game, and it stays that way until you're strong enough to walk it.

A tactical combat scene with five medieval characters standing on highlighted hex-grid tiles in a misty forest, two red tiles marking combat positions and a visible "3 AP" action-point indicator.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Tavern Hour. A traveler has been at the Yew Tree since noon waiting for Tom to get back from Avanmoor, and has worked his way through most of what Dina has open. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Every character in Call of Saregnar begins as a real person on a greenscreen and gets turned, frame by frame, into a sprite. Friends, family, some very patient volunteers. If an innkeeper looks like she's judging you, somebody real made that face.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Every house in Merrentar keeps a way in for the dead. In a farmhouse it's the smokehole in the roof, and in a rich man's house a small carved door above the entrance, set too high for any living foot to use.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Tavern Hour. Dina's kept the door propped against the heat all week, and the moths have moved in around the lamps. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A game has to be a place before it's a system. Saregnar is an ordinary medieval world, farms, inns, forests, placed by hand. Monsters and magic are rare and live at the far edges of the map. Most of what you hear about them gets told over some ale at the inn.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Halvin keeps the good steel in the back at Vragan's Will and shows you the serviceable blades first. Ask for better and he will size you up before fetching the finer items.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Spending a few months building tools instead of the actual game felt indulgent while I was doing it. Then the road editor turned what used to be a day's work into an hour, so...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hans Sandar runs his sword lessons in front of the temple in Avanmoor, under the great oak, at first light before the heat sets in. The same three boys turn up every morning to watch, none of them with the coin for a lesson of their own.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

That's Neal Hallford (@nealhallford.bsky.social), who wrote and co-authored Betrayal at Krondor, signing my old BaK box in a restaurant in Venice. That 1993 game is the whole reason Call of Saregnar exists, and Neal's the one who first called mine a BAK-alike.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Tavern Hour. They're getting the hay in around Romar, and the Yew Tree fills late with men who still have grass in their hair and no wish to do anything but sit. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Call of Saregnar is inspired by a 1993 RPG, built with photographed actors, and funded by patrons. As for marketing, I post about an innkeeper named Dina.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I've spent a while making saves harder to lose. A save now writes to a temp file and only replaces the real one when it's done, so a crash halfway through can't ruin your file. New devlog up for patrons: www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregn...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Avanmoor weather reader called for a dry spell this Evenostine and got one. Farmers listen hardest around harvest, since a crop that fails on a good forecast pays no tax to the landlord that year.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Itane is readying for Onoptulis's Tribute, when the village asks the water goddess to keep the stream high and the vines fed through the dry months. Lord Bertrand has been especially vocal that last year’s draught is not to be repeated this year.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Every Call of Saregnar devlog goes public on Patreon a month after the patrons get it. If you just want to read along, following is free. www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregnar

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Tavern Hour. Past supper the light still holds, so Dina leaves the Yew Tree's candles unlit and pours the first rounds by what comes through the window. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I built the tool that makes rivers flow a few weeks back, mainly to speed up development. The downside is that now I lose a few minutes watching them run every time I open that part of the level. 😅

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What’s a game you never felt like rushing, the one you were happy just to be in? Saregnar sits firmly in that family, so I’d like to meet its relatives.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Ergendon pig comes to the table half baked inside a loaf, and half streamed, stuffed with small birds and shellfish. Not exactly your everyday porridge, although some say they would prefer porridge to that delicacy.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The latest texture haul, this time from vacation on the Croatian coast. Old doorways, stonework, and what the sea's been doing to the rock for the last few hundred years. Most of these will end up somewhere in the game.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Somebody left fresh light bread at the foot of the pilgrim's column on the Avanmoor road, the wheat kind, not the oats most folk make do with.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My asset pipeline is a pair of hiking boots and a camera. The road textures in the game come from photos of roads I walked, which means somewhere out there a confused hiker has watched me spend an unhealthy amount of time apparently photographing my feet.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Tavern Hour. The morning after Fire Night, and the Yew Tree's near empty, half the regulars still up the hill sleeping it off in the dew. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A merchant came through Romar swearing he had a cask of Solevar red, the wine that's meant to go nowhere but the King's table. Dina poured him a cup of the white and let him keep talking.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Rivers in Call of Saregnar finally flow. Instead of hand-placing and angling water tiles, I drop a path and the new river tool bakes one continuous flowing surface, no seams. Full devlog up for patrons now: www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregn...

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Devlog #172 - A new river system | Call Of Saregnar

Greetings Saregnarians, I've wanted proper rivers in this game for a long time, and I finally built a system for them right inside Unity. Yo

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Emmalyn's apothecary smells of whatever she dried last, and this week it's something out of the river gorge that's supposed to help you sleep, though Halvin two doors down says it just keeps him up.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Tavern Hour. The long evenings have Dina propping the door open for the breeze, and half of Romar drifts in for one drink, or two. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Keepers at Suvith won't let you into the back room without a lamp they hand you themselves, on the reasoning that one careless candle is all it takes to lose a few hundred years of somebody's writing.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Tavern Hour. It stays light past supper now at the Yew Tree, and the regulars have been arriving later every night as the summer settles in. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New devlog: roads got a proper look. The textures are now built from photos I took on hikes, and a made road rises off the ground with a crowned profile while a worn path stays low and soft. Up now for members. www.patreon.com/CallOfSaregn...

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Devlog #171 - Roads with a little more grit | Call Of Saregnar

Devlog #171 - Roads with a little more grit by Call Of Saregnar on Patreon. Join Call Of Saregnar's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Kate keeps the lamp lit at Suftan's old shop in Avanmoor, as she has for two months now, since her husband went south on the trader's road and didn't come back. Kate keeps the lamp lit.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A shoutout to all the fans, supporters and Patrons who’ve been with me and this huge project since the early days. I don’t say it often enough, but I’m grateful you’ve stuck around, and there’s a lot still coming.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Margrey's snoring guard won't remember what was said tonight, but Rafi will, and only Rafi knows the mug needed no polishing.

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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Tavern Hour. Dina says the rains bring in the slow drinkers, who sit longer and order more, which suits her fine on a quiet night like this one. The Yew Tree Inn by Tony Manfredonia open.spotify.com/track/2Q80Al...

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The Yew Tree Inn

Tony Manfredonia · Call of Saregnar: Prologue · Song · 2021

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