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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Ko-Fi is jumping! Thank y'all so much! For you subscribers/crowdfunders/one time ko-fi donators: I have a Retro Quiz Question you should be able to figure out! 👾🕹️Drop answer in the comments! For the rest, follow ko-fi page - blog posts to eventually revealed & fan art! ko-fi.com/erickinkead

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey!!! Windows users & Pc Gamers...Yeah YOU!🫵 Check out fren Alexander's game The Ruins of Calaworm!! Worked on many years, out today! Hand Crafted, Human Made RPG goodness! Show this #indieDev the #RPG love you know he deserves! Give this a REPOST! A Like & Follow him! #IndieGame #RogueLike #RPG

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I've maintained my handcrafted RPG on Mobile (iOS/Android) for 13 years (No small accomplishment) & soon, very very soon, to release the sequel! Share & join this account to follow along! I'm almost at 100 followers!! Only 12 away!! We party at One Hundy!! #DevParty #NoAI #RPG #IndeDev #QuestLord

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

oh boy. Did I need this today. 😮‍💨 Heroyam Slava! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Summer Time Fun for QuestLord One!🏰 In a time before AI Slop. When Artificial Intelligence was no more than text trees, A* Algorithms and a few well placed if/thens coupled with math.random() calls. 🥹🫡 #GameDev #IndieGame #MobileGame #NoAI #QuestLord #QuestLord2 #Android #iOS #GooglePlay #AppStore

A QuestLord Review:Instant classic. A real throw back to the good times.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra •Device language: English •App version: 45 (3.85) • Android SDK: 36

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

📰New Banner! Sorry Captain, goodest of good boys. But we have another adventure to embark on... 🐾🦴 3 more=700! Summer Cleaning🧹💨 #QuestLord2 #MobileGames #MobileRPG #Android #GooglePlay #iOS #AppleGames #MacBookNeo #PremiumTitle #NoAds #CRPG #RPG #WoofWoof #OfCourseYouCanPetCaptainTheDog #indiegame

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Perrywell Crustbeard knows you want a Health Triangle!🍕 Background wallpaper painted for Lava Level by the master Alexey Aparin. 🚫AI www.lavalevel.com 🧙🏽‍♂️rePosts 💕 #QuestLord2 #DungeonCrawler #RPG #CRPG #iOS #iPAD #GooglePlay #Android #MacOS #MacBookNEO #FollowTheDungeonMaster

The secondary screen of Eric Kinkead's Mac mini M2 (2003) 16gb ram running the 150mb mobile install of RPG Dungeon Crawler Epic QuestLord 2 in Solar 2D iPad Sim. Background Wallpaper by fine art fantasy painter, Alexey Aparin.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I must get the Moonberry Muffins recipe able to be crafted from the reading of library books/scrolls or wtf are we going to eat in the morning after the seance?!? #IndieGame #QuestLord2 #GameDev #CRPG #RPG #iPad #GooglePlay #AndroidGames #MobileGames #EatYourFunkinMuffin

EricKinkead's Second Monitor with his nonsense console, QuestLord2 on iPad Sim and Preview of Moonberry Muffin Icon. (Background art by the great Alexey Arapin, property of LavaLavel)

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

tee-hee 🤭

Player examining the environment in QuestLord 2. The player is in a supply closet with barrels and a portion with a parchment sign. The parchment reads: Don't leave random items on the ground in the supply
closet, or adventurers will take them!

(So true.)

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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You guys know how much I love #retrogaming & its history If you do too, then I would recommend you check out @erickinkead.bsky.social A #gaming veteran from the Silver Age of the #arcade who's been involved with quite a lot of very high-profile games of that era He's even made appearances in some

A character portrait from NBA JAM: Tournament Edition, featuring a cameo from "Eric Kinkead" who was one of the developers of the arcade game.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Such a good feeling knowing that people will play this when I finish. Might not be a mega featured hit, but it will be important to people.🥹 Pump this straight into my veins!!! 🩸Weekend Dev Mana Restored! ⚔️🏰🎲🎲🐉 #QuestLord2 #QuestLord #Android #iOS #RPG #MobileGames #Gamedev #IndieGames

Inspiring feedback from a player of QuestLord, eagerly awaiting QuestLord 2 for Android devices.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My Henchmen need sounds... 🔈 Time for some serious acting 🎭 😅 #IndieGameDev #GameDev #QuestLord2

Screenshot from mobile game QuestLord 2 - A Henchmen in the rainy forest

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

That fan art from across the world that still brings me to my knees. 👏🤲🙏🥹❤️ #QuestLord

QuestLord Fan Art by Minwah

I tried my hand at drawing a *QuestLord* character using pen and ink.
The thing is, though, drawing pixel-art characters in a realistic style kind of ruins their charm.
I wasn't entirely sure what the outfit was—a robe? A cloak?—so I probably ended up drawing it a bit too simply.
And let me tell you, there’s nothing quite as heartbreaking as saying, "This game is awesome! I highly recommend it!" only to get the response: "Yeah... but I’m not really into pixel art."

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

June 5th 2012, the week after first reveal video, QuestLord's promotional video was released!⚔️🏰 🎶Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi:O Fortuna - Eduardo Mata Games: lavalevel.com #QuestLord #QuestLord2 #CRPG #DungeonCrawler #PremiumMobile #MobileDev #IndieDev #iosGames #AndroidGames

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QuestLord

YouTube video by Eric Kinkead

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

QuestLord is 15 years old, 13 years since the 2013 release for your Android and Apple devices! Download here: www.lavalevel.com As always, please Repost, Share & Thank you for your support! #DungeonCrawler #RPG #Android #AndroidGames #iOS #iOSGames #GooglePlay #AppStore #GameDev #IndeiGames

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QuestLord Live Screen Cast

YouTube video by Eric Kinkead

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Neolucky @neolucky.com · 23/01/2026

Ah! One of my favorite games! I can't wait to go back!

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Today in the Shattered Realm we look at the Painting Room in QuestLord. Very essential. It is located in the Norrab Castle, deep in the Norrab Citadel. Around the center entrance and go straight to the right. #QuestLord #TheShatteredRealm #RPG ...

In the central Norrab Castle, in the Citadel of Norrab, on the Norrab Coast lies there is a magical place you need to visit. The Painting Room.

From the mobile game QuestLord: a map screen from Norrab Castle with a green player location pointer, facing south. To player's left is a doorway leading into The Painting Room.

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Whalebacker @whalebacker.com · 22/01/2026

The top 3 issues we see in people’s files during pre-press. 📚 #printing #print #indesign

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

One Icon Set to rule them all, one Icon Set to bind them, one Icon Set to bring them all and in the darkness bind them!!

Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for video editing, music making, creative imaging,
and visual productivity.

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gamedevmap @gamedevmap.com · 08/01/2026

#gamedevmap is pleased to recognize @xzibitatlaw.bsky.social as our Outside General Counsel. We're grateful to @odinlaw.com for transforming a passion project into a nonprofit. We look forward to gamedevmap.com becoming a sustainable infrastructure resource for the global game industry.

Brandon Huffman, Gaurav Mathur, and Connor Richards at the Game Developers Conference in March 2024.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

" What are you even doing down here, kid? " What I tell game dev hopefuls wanting to make this a career or rando NPCs in my dungeon with mad **String_Text_Error**s. 😅 #QuestLord2 #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #DungeonCrawler #RPG #MobileGames

QuestLord 2 Development - random NPC bug of a kid in a dungeon

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Farewell fellow Shang Tsung actor, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.🥹 You were a much cooler Shang Tsung than I ever was. 😅 #MortalKombat #ShangTsung #RetroGames #Arcade #Coin-Op

Eric Kinkead as Shang Tsung in the Williams/Bally/Midway filming studio doing Mortal Kombat pickup parts.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor who portrayed Shang Tsung

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gamedevmap @gamedevmap.com · 03/11/2025

The October gamedevmap.com data drop is live! With 202 new entries, we've crossed 9000 entries in the full dataset. If you or someone you know has been impacted by game industry layoffs, we hope this #gamedevmap update can help. Please follow and share. Thank you. 💙

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Whalebacker @whalebacker.com · 05/11/2025

We’ve been hard at work knocking out fulfillments and prepping for Pax Unplugged here at the warehouse! We’re bringing TWO 26ft trucks this time full of some of the best roleplaying and table top games out there! @officialpax.bsky.social #pax #paxunplugged #boardgames #roleplaying #ttgames

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

ok! Success. Can't sleep in front of teeny pixel skelee, especially if he's onscreen! #QuestLord2 #SetCamp #NovemberIsHere #ReleaseISimminant #AboutThere #OnYourPhone true_Teeny_135mbINSTALL 😈

QuestLord 2 feature of camp, if circumstances are permitted.

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Whalebacker @whalebacker.com · 03/06/2025

We’re making a BIG splash this summer and can’t wait to share all the exciting things we’ve been working on! Stay tuned for more! 😎🍹

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Gaurav Mathur @gauravcm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Please help share the news!

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The Realm thanks you so much! ⚔️🏰 Winning over an entire new batch of QuestLord devotees before #QuestLord2 launches!!!

Glowing 5 star review comparing QuestLord to TES Daggerfall

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Google Play Japan... you next! Can't wait for #QuestLord2!!! But I had to spend a little time cleaning up the original and tidy up the stores !!! LFG! #QuestLord #MobileGames #iOS #GooglePlay #AndroidGames #AndroidDev #DungeonCrawler #GameDev #IndieGames #Android

QuestLord 2 in Japanese territories for the Android devices, being sold on Google Play.

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

It's #Questember Day:02 Middle Ages are back!!! 🏰🐌

A knight versus snail fight from the Smithfield Decretals ( c.1300-1340). Courtesy of the British Library

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Eric Kinkead⚔️ @erickinkead.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So Speaking of my #Questember!!! QuestLord launched a major addition in language translations for Finland, Sweden, and Norway! Also! Spoilers now in the QuestLord 'How To Play': www.lavalevel.com/ql1/ins_sv/s... ⚔️ #QuestLord #QuestLord2 #RPG #MobileGames #iOSGames #AndroidGames

A sample of the Swedish language translation for Spoilers, in the online Help of the App, QuestLord.

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

That time QuestLord lowered to $0.99 and made Amazon Apps (Kindle Fire) top RPGS banner. You won't see a sale like that for ages! 🤭Up there with all the esteemed colleagues. 😄 #QuestLord #indieGames #MobileGames #iOSGames #AndroidGames #indieDev

QuestLord featured in the top paid RPGs on Amazon Apps (Kindle Fire)

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

3 years ago (9 years *after* release) a QuestLord update put it in the top 10 again! Unfortunately didn't take screenshot until it slipped to 18 on the RPG charts!! 🧙🏽‍♂️This Kingdom won't quit! 🏰💪 #QuestLord #QuestLord2 #MobileGames #AndroidGames #iOSGames #GameDev

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Steady 5 star Reviews but that first one... 🤝❤️ This guy gets it!⚔️🏰 #QuestLord2 is coming!🏆 #Free2play (is a scam) #PremiumApps (win) #ReturnItIfYouDontLikeIt (easy) #PayOncePlayToTheEnd #AndroidApps #AndroidGames #Android #RPG #IndieGames #IndieDev #MobileGames #QuestLord d/l: www.lavalevel.com

Positive QuestLord review about QuestLord being a Premium Priced app.

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Technically 12.5 years on the Google Play Store! But still updated & targeting the lowest possible API for the large "I don't want to update my phone every year" user crowd! Every #AndroidGames user counts, not just the ones with the fancy new phones!😁 #GameDev #MobileGames #Andoid #iOS #iOSGames

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Lava Level 🌋Game Publishing🌋 @lavalevel.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

While QuestLord charted to 1 in Finland, 6 in USA, 4 in France and Germany, those screen shots are on the hard drive of the defunct Mac Mini it was created on. To be resurrected later. But here's an 11 ! #QuestLord #MobileGames #iOSGames #AndroidGames #RetroMobile #RetroGames