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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 20/02/2026

Finally set up a little forum for TNgineers, always wanted one and recently got inspired by some friends who were making some so here's ours! :D tngineers.com/forums/index...

a screenshot of a myBB forum with some sections for APICO, Mudborne and Snacktorio

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 03/01/2026

update: having lots of fun

photo showing a diorama of a bunch of islands made out of simbrix, tiny square plastic bricks that slot together

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 02/01/2026

who needs grid paper when you have simbrix

photo of some simbrix, which are little colorful cube bricks, built into a 3 model showing a little island

a screenshot of Tiled, showing an isometric view of the island that was shown in the previous pic

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 13/11/2025

New devlog, talking about finishing up the demo, playtesting, and feedback! steamcommunity.com/games/190294...

screenshot showing a beast from snacktorio in a parady of no-face from spirited away in the scene where he has his hands raised up in front of loads of food

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 22/09/2025

Hello chefs!! I'm looking for a few peeps to help playtest the new snacktorio demo! This will be a private playtest, not for streaming/content creation - if you're interested pls fill in the form below: forms.gle/ZRpKSpnA9tS6...

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 08/09/2025

And I'm done, with an hour left on the jam! You can play it over on itch here: ellraiser.itch.io/xoroboros Will write up a little devlog for it all once I've slept for 24 hours...

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 05/09/2025

enemy turns! i gave the computer a bit of a skewed deck with more cards of certain types than it should have, which then lets it be a bit meaner and makes up for the enemies being a bit.... dim

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 03/09/2025

shop + deck! got most cards designed and implemented, some need some new code to handle doing some weird shit tho

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 02/09/2025

procrastinating doing all the enemy logic by doing... everything else lol

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 31/08/2025

got some basic game phases sorted! 🌱

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 31/08/2025

working on something for love jam this year! theme is "revealed", i'm doing an advanced wars style tactics game where you can change the ground to buff/debuff units visibility is based on your units and tiles, everything is is hidden!

screenshot shows a mockup for a game - in the middle is an 11x11 board of tiles, stuff like water or grass or fire

along the bottom is a hand of cards

to the left and right are player and enemy units

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 28/08/2025

also the little house icon on the map was when i was originally going to have proper little houses, until I tried drawing them and couldn't make them like they were in my head, so used the islands instead! 5/5 always fun to find these random old sketches and ideas and how they changed!

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 28/08/2025

"dive points? frogspawn patches" I only vaguely remember! I think the idea was there was going to be patches of frogspawn you jump into and then it spat you out somewhere else (like dont starve wormholes!) i think with the gates coming along i sort of forgot about this one, would of been fun 4/5

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 28/08/2025

"lilypad minigame?" with the grid of circles is interesting - this ended up becoming the stepping stones you have to jump on in order (see vid) but i remember originally thinking they'd be big grids of them and some would be correct and others would return you back to the beginning 2/5

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 28/08/2025

old sketch i found, this was before i'd started designing the full game properly so you can see the 'region' layout a bit different with the first area vs the the central junction 1/5

old sketch showing a possible layout of the full game map, now very different - the text on the map is described in detail in the comments

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 13/08/2025

Exploring the islands!

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 21/07/2025

in my happy place (big spreadsheets, bad puns)

a bigger set of flow diagrams showing lots of different base ingredients being turned into more advanced ingredients and finished meals, such as "Shakspooka" and "Killaquiles"

screenshot showing some flowcharts for some recipes, including "Pico De Ghoulo" and "Gloomin' Onion"

screenshot of a spreadsheet showing some level ideas and some rough regions for the game, such as tomato island or chilli island

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 15/07/2025

Steam decided Snacktorio apparently doesn't meet the criteria but I promise it is automation and not my usual weird genetic nonsense games!!!

screenshot showing steam being meanies and saying their review team determined snacktorio doesn't meet the criteria for eligibility for their automation fest RUDE

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 10/06/2025

playing with some overworld designs to match the book schematics!

an isometric pixel art drawing showing a few small blocky islands with grass on, and a couple machines connected by pipes

an isometric pixel art drawing of a schematic showing two machines connected by pipes with items moving through them

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 25/03/2025

Verified and New&Trending for Steam Deck! 🐸💚

screenshot showing Mudborne on the 'great on deck' Steam page, at the top of New & Trending for casual games

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 22/03/2025

thank you thank you thnak you!!!!!! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 03/03/2025

shout out for german always keeping my UI humble

screenshot of the settings menu from mudborne set to german, with multiple labels clipping right out the menu

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 26/02/2025

ok that would be pretty fuckin funny

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 24/02/2025

for anyone who says that players don't know better than game developers I present Exhibit A:

screenshot of the mudborne feedback form showing a player submitted answer. the question is 'if you can add one thing to the full game what would it be?' and their answer is "i'd like to wear a little wizard hat"

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 12/02/2025

same location from the old demo vs the new demo!

screenshot showing the starting area of mudborne, there's a grassy stone island with a small pier outside and a couple menus open

the same scene but the island is much more lush, with lots more plants and vines and details in the stone. the pier has more decoration outside

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 04/02/2025

all working on deck! 🐸💚

another photo of a steamdeck running mudborne

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 05/01/2025

got my first ever trophy for gamedev! mudborne won 'tastiest jam' at GWB 2024, a category for games that started life as a gamejam entry <3

a photo of a trophy that reads: 'tastiest jam - GWB Game Awards 2024', behind the tropy is a giant green frog plush and a small knitted frog

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 01/01/2025

Lil year in review for 2024! ko-fi.com/post/TNginee...

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 24/12/2024

Seconded, the placeholder frog art in my game is what keeps me going

screenshot showing a book entry in mudborne for a "foul screamer" and the placeholder art is just 3 green screaming blobs

a screenshot from aseprite showing a bunch more placeholders - there's a finished piece in the top left but the rest are just blobs with badly drawn eyes or hats

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 21/12/2024

3 rooms down only 50 more to go 😅🐸

a screenshot showing a large inside area in mudborne, there's a bunch of items scattered around a large stone room and one main area with wooden floor and a blue frog behind a counter

another room, this time half of
it has a pool of mud with different barrels inside, and there's a blackboard in the opposite corner next to a desk

a thinner room this time, the back half has a large wooden floor section with a desk and bookcases, then a large blackboard filling most the wall. there's a small water pool up front

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 18/12/2024

yea i guess you could say i'm a bit of a gamer 😏

steam in review screenshot showing a grand total of "1 game played" and "10 sessions", the games shown are 50% mudborne and 50% apico (both my games lol) not sure why two when only 1 game played but still

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 17/12/2024

enjoyin' the peace and quiet and ribbets

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 12/12/2024

you might not like it but this is what professional game dev looks like

a photo of the mess that is my life whenever i have to do console updates because i don't have the space to have all of the bullshit out all the time so whenever i need to work on a console i have to set it all up on the sofabed with cables all over the place which i don't imagine is a safety hazard at all - ANYWAY the photo shows a ps4 devkit on a sofabed with a shitty usb monitor plugged in and then a bunch of cables everywhere

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 05/12/2024

okay i think that might be enough frogs now?

screenshot of aseprite showing 90 pixel art frogs - yes 90, although tbf it's 30 species each with 3 variants but STILL

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 05/12/2024

every year without fail 😅

spotify wrapped from 2018 showing my top artist as bonobo

spotify wrapped from 2019 showing bonobo as the top artist again

spotify wrapped from, maybe 2022? showing, yep you
guessed it bonobo again top artist

this years wrapped showing bonobo as the top artist again lmao

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 02/12/2024

Mudborne won 'Tastiest Jam' at GWB Awards 2024! if ya didn't know, Mudborne began life as an entry to @fletchmakes.bsky.social's "Fletchfest" in 2023, which had a theme of "Pond" 🐸 You can still play the original jam version over on my itch.io here: ellraiser.itch.io/mudborne-gam...

gwb game awards 2024 winners list:
gold: untraveled lands: chantico
silver: freaked fleapit
silver: balatro
bronze: death of the reprobate
bronze: dungeon clawler
bronze: slay the princess

small teams gold: dungeons of dreadrock 2
small teams silver: SELINI
small teams brozen: gloomy juncture

for all ages: bits & bops
best multiplayer: whisper mountain outbreak
touch the world: another crab's treasure
tastiest jam: Mudborne: The Best Frog Game You Haven't Played Yet
makes you think: while waiting

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ellraiser @ellraiser.dev · 01/12/2024

matchin pfp's for u and ur gang

a bunnch of pixel art frogs, each in a set of 3 variants, all in a variety of colors and sizes - some have little hats

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