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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

bruh, once The Next Game is out, the technological advancements in The Dragonwoods of Roadwarden are going to be epoch-spanning, no wonder it takes so long #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the hell is going on here and why it's so cute

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's hard to define what constitutes "research" for my next game, but in a weird way all of this will make sense in a year or two #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The dark-yellow clouds of ochre dance among the pebbles. The bluffs around you make this a perfect spot for an ambush, but The Verdant Creek soothes you with its murmurs. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

After writing about desolate ruins and broken dreams for half a year, I'm about to have a cheerful journey with this place for the next two months. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

why are machines /talking/ to me via e-mail now As if there was not enough spam targeting indie devs' inboxes already. (black boxes to avoid advertising this trash)

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Behind each one of the dwellings, warehouses, and shacks are three more buildings, some with collapsed roofs, others with broken walls. The rest seem just fine until you approach their thresholds - the scents of putrid furniture keep you on edge. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Past, level 1: Spots like these were taken over by the regular folk once the armies have dwindled. While they may last for the foreseeable future, there haven’t been any new fortresses like this getting raised in recent generations. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Past: You’ve encountered her a few times when you were kids, but she used to be a part of the wealthy circles. One day, she disappeared - together with her daughters. She returns to the city every winter, but spends her days with the common folk. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Crafts: The tribesfolk would see this totem as a crude piece. Clairvoyance: You taste nothing in the air other than the scent of flowers. Wilderness: If this was intended for animals to fear it, it’s definitely a misguided attempt. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The landscapes are in a clash worthy of rutting stags. Their scent is an unsuitably pleasant mixture: earthy and smoky from the charred wood, but sweet and gentle because of the meadow flowers. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If this review of Esoteric Ebb feels more like a paid ad that drips with glazing and not an honest take, well, that's because @chrisbodegard.bsky.social did just too good of a job.

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The shadows are dense enough to choke down most shrubs, but you struggle to squeeze between the low-hanging needle crowns. The treefall gaps are barely enough to cultivate a few patches of white flowers. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

You lean for a moment against the creaking wall of the stand, thinking about the old days. The shepherds and herdsmen used to find respite in the same shadow, observing their flocks lost in the meadows of blues and yellows. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“Can a realm so full of suffering be hollow? Pointless? I refuse.” #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Damn, it's been a rough few weeks. But finally, I get to relax in my beloved realm, filled with desolated villages, forgotten pathways, starving beasts, and shattered dreams. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The evergreens open up, and take you to a wide, paved road. It would be a more welcoming sight if it wasn’t for the signs of the destruction borne by the stockade. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It’s early spring. Your adventure will end with the arrival of winter, before snow covers the roads and the tree crowns. You can’t escape this - each day is going to count. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The wind raises up small clouds of dust, but it’s nothing that would slow down your steps. You decide to split, with each soul following a different set of tracks. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It’s little more than a game trail, but a pattern of flowers runs alongside its verges, beckoning you to follow. When you approach the corner of the tower, the star-winged owl begins to step left-and-right, puffing up its chest and snapping its beak. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Nothing louder than a gust of wind comes from the valley. The gallop of an auroch lingers above the burnt woods, as distant as it is haunting. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I don't know how it all unwrapped that I could watch 1985 Angel's Egg in a Polish cinema TODAY, but what a trip to watch it on a big screen. A movie that I saw for the first time 17 years ago, almost half of my life, from a pirated .avi file. And is much better than in my memories.

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It tears me apart that I can't show you everything just yet, but give me a year or two and I'll invite to a great adventure, I promise. Sharing these because of vibes. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

You grab a piece of rope and tie the plank to the post. Time will tell if the new finger will earn the switch to steel nails. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The scent of fish broth is inviting, if a bit too potent. You can only hope that taking a sip won’t mark your lips with the same type of grimace that's been carved on the innkeep's smile. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

One of the delights of #writing is figuring out which words and phrases are the shortcuts your thinking relies on. I just replaced 30+ "(un)impressive-s" with "imposing", "hefty", "crafty", "barren" etc., or simply omitted them to allow other parts of the sentence speak for themselves. #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I'm working on a "see that mountain? climbing it would be silly and dangerous, and there are monsters there, and why would you, let's do something interesting and with lasting consequences" type of #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"Days get blurry. The same few trees, over and over. You put on the gear, take it off, and put it on again. You listen to howls, to chirps. Nothing happens, then everything crashes down. And at that point, you’re either too on the edge, or too drowsy." #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

So... If anyone here has access to Roadwarden on Switch... Could you let me know how it runs now, after the patch?

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

no #screenshotsaturday from me, I'm on vacation art, as always, by Sonreir/Angel

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 04/02/2026

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

They are small, but numerous, afraid, yet angry. Their feathery shells begin to fidget all over, erratically hopping between the rocks, in and out of the stream, even running into one another. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Just watched the lovely work by @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social on ties between the sacred groves and the societies that form them, treasure them, and alter them. A useful reference for worldbuilders curious about the wilds. #indiedev #writing

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What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Sacred Groves

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

You put on the worst clothes you can dig out from your bags. Thankfully, the bucket you find in a corner - most likely a chamber pot for the nighttime dwellers - allows you to discard the goblins’ legacy, even if some of the scent will stick around for years. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Wouldn't that be cool if all the gamedev giants were to go on a RPG hiatus for the next 2-3 years and let a small pretentious studio show up and harvest all the desperation boiling up in the playerbase

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

“Ignoring my wrinkles - do I look like a veteran to you? Here’s my tip for surviving. Hide behind the proper fighters. Unless you’ve got to impress them.” fogcragrecords.bandcamp.com/track/legend... #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#writing for my fantasy game. Some search bar inputs: what is the smell of ochre how do you call baking of clay how did medieval people describe the pitch of the sound are hot springs good for insects things that are light-brown pollinators of nettles when do jackdaws pluck deer fur #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The mice are running circles on the ancient trail, feasting on the scattered berries. They turn toward you their juice-stained snouts, then flee into the grasses. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Sometimes being a fantasy writer means that you search for the word "orange" in all of your files to make sure you replace them with either "ochre-red" or "carrot-red"

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

XIX century paintings by Albert Bierstadt. Some time ago I decided that while realism is fine, for now I'm alright with getting a bit dreamy with the landscapes of my game.

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

The pavement of stone slabs and pebbles is held together by the tree roots, diligently trimmed with axes and sickles. You couldn’t ask for a safer scrap of a road, though you can hardly fit the wagon between the crags. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Your hearts pound, howling down the blood, the desperate stabs, the erratic twists of the rotting shells. In the whirling colors, you can’t discern when the guard’s soul leaves him, or when the dark pneuma loses its grasp on the monsters. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A fallen log you spot by the eastern woods will do for a ram. You don’t need to be silent, or to hide your doings, so you quickly discover that the “wall” is but an excuse, something more likely to discourage any onlookers, than to stop them. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The white lichens fill up the gaps gladly, mixing with the withered leaves and needles trapped in the corners. You stop by the fallen log resting near the trail. A rotting sack behind it brings you a tale of someone taking a break before a long climb. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The thing I like the most about Felvidek is how bold it is. Against-the-grain music, hilarious combination of jRPGs and medieval Europe, the uniquely transformative #pixelart. The second thing is it's now in a bundle with Roadwarden. #indiedev store.steampowered.com/bundle/49647...

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Knights and Wardens on Steam

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

“In the city you’re but a link in a chain of dragon bones. Here, you taste your efforts. You breathe them.” #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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