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Double Stallion 🐴🐴 @dblstallion.com · 04/12/2024

In Surfpunk, 🔹EVRESS🔹 is a magical, renewable energy source which can be harnessed to power technology and even cast spells. It has become the most coveted resource and is only found in the ruins of the Fallen World. 🌴

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Playing D&D tonight 😁 thought I might share a bit more about Esdras. Our two Dwarf kingdoms are a few hundred miles apart. Dissident Dwarves left Uthor Batein long ago and founded Uthor Karzen in a mountain range much closer to the Human settlements and to the Elven Kingdom.

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

We recently prototyped a system for randomly occuring challenges in our levels in Surfpunk. As players progress in challenges, the gauge fills up and the reward spawns from the trapdoor. What challenge would you propose? Now taking suggestions. #GameDesign #indiedev #arpg #gaming #LevelDesign

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Tell me you’re a self-abusing gamer without telling me you’re a self-abusing gamer.

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Meet « the Tank », codename for one of the toughest enemies in Surfpunk! Beautiful tech art by @e2n.bsky.social 🤘 #indiedev #gamedev

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Now streaming a couple of runs of Surfpunk and LMAO with @spillzndoodles.bsky.social :) check it out! It’s still early in development, but already getting so exciting 😄 #gaming #indiedev #gamedev #arpg

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Behold, the World of Esdras! The longest-running homebrew world I ever ran as a DM. And because I’m a professionally biased #gamedev, it has gone through a never ending iteration process. See how it looked in 2014 😂 #fantasymaps #ttrpg #dnd #worldbuilding

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Yeah Arcane is preeeetty good. @spillzndoodles.bsky.social and I headed a League of Legends Story project and watching the series just made me so nostalgic of that prod. Such a cool universe.❤️ #arcane #gamedev #indiedev #jinx 💔

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Something I often do for #battlemaps and #fantasymaps in my games is adapting something inspiring that someone shares instead of creating from scratch. For instance my city of Protidia needed to be quite big, so I started from this great map from Wisened_Cascadian on #inkarnate and modded. #dnd

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

How come irl I have the diy skills and resourcefulness of a common rock, yet as a kid I could finish this game with oven mittens on? #retro #gaming

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Throwback to the year 2000. Heroes of Might & Magic 3 will always remind me of symphonic metal like Therion and Nightwish because I had found out that the game’s bgm were mp3s in the game data, so I could substitute in my fav mp3s by naming them exactly like the game’s 😁🤘 #vintage #gaming #metal

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The Boss Room of the last #dungeon I ran in #dnd. It's the central tower of a large palace (so all roads led to it). The device in the center hung from the ceiling, accumulating charges for each level of spell that was cast during combat, sending a meteor down every 10 charges. #battlemap #ttrpg

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Post a video game gif from the year you were born. Oh no! Why did you make me google that 😭

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today I was introducing my son to Twilight Imperium 😅 We used the 2-players community variant called ‘Princess’, look it up it’s surprisingly decent. It’s lighter than the real deal, but great for learning the game. #boardgames #ti4

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

First published #videogame I was credited on (as level designer) is ‘Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus’ back in 2010 It was a rudimendary first person shooter for first gen smart phones, but it worked! Does anyone remember playing that? #gaming #fps #mobilegaming #gamedev

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Fun fact: my inspiration for naming ´Mages of Mystralia’ came from a long-running #dnd campaign in my friend’s homebrew world. Mystralia was a recluse kingdom where magic was frowned upon. For the videogame, I had help from Ed Greenwood to flesh it out more 😅 #indiedev #fantasymap #worldbuilding

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I wonder if Olan Rogers has a Bsky accnt? I don’t know why, this week I thought about Final Space - the best animated #sci-fi show I’ve seen. Poignant, funny, exciting. The series cancellation was so painfully relatable. I too have a projet I refuse to let go💔 Hang on to your dream projects folks!

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

@osamadorias.bsky.social ah! Figured I’d find you here :) Cheers my friend 🫶

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Introduction post to #gamedev and #indiedev 👋 hello from Montreal, Canada! I do a bit of everything, lately game direction. Some of my games: Mages of Mystralia, LEGO Starwars: Castaways, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Convergence: a League of Legends Story. Working on #Surfpunk, an indie #coop #arpg !

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Socialist Sinatra @socialist-sinatra.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Searching for a DM/GM for 4 individuals for an online DnD 5e campaign! *Biweekly Saturday campaign* #DungeonsandDragons #DnD #TTRPG #DungeonMasterNeeded #DMneeded

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One of the more memorable dungeons of my last #d&d campaign. An ancient hideout of shadow god cultists accidentally uncovered in the deepest levels of a mine at Anor-Bātim. With multiple secret areas and environmental challenges :) #ttrpg #battlemap #fantasymaps #inkarnate

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Déformation professionnelle: I’ve always been a fan of games that have a built-in level editor, esp those 3: Excitebike: my first experience designing levels at age 10 triggered something in me Portal 2: back then I’d just started my career in games Mario Maker: made me admire nintendo even more

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

My top-rated #boardgames according to my @boardgamegeek.com collection: 5. Ark Nova 4. Clank! Legacy 3. Scythe 2. Dune: Imperium 1. Twilight Imperium 4th ed boardgamegeek.com/collection/u...

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Ok back to work now. Our wip indie ARPG-Extraction game #surfpunk is being showcased in the MIX fall showcase! Check it out!!

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Another #homebrew city in my #ttrpg campaign, inspired by a concept by Nilesh Parmarkar. This dwarven fortress is both the center of power and the gateway to Thoremüyr, a sprawling underground city that Dwarves built to survive an apocalypse, ages ago. #inkarnate #fantasymaps #narrativedesign

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I get a bit carried away when DMing D&D 😅 Here’s a city map I made of my homebrew Elven City in my latest campaign. I drew inspiration from this concept art by Min Bae. #inkarnate #fantasymaps #ttrpg

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

3 #boardgame extensions that became the norm at our table: Arnak: Expedition Leader added much needed assymetry, depth Hogwarts Battle had painful rng decks before the Monster Box of Monsters. Thank you card banishment! Twilight Imperium 4 was a good game already, but Prophecy of Kings, omg 🤯

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Gotta chime-in with my top 5 #TTRPG list as well: - Pathfinder 1 - Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (Cortex) - Numenera - Vampire the Mascarade (old school!) - D&D 5e

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ok #promosky, a non-exhaustive list of what I get overly excited about: ♟️ #boardgames especially deck building, worker placement and tableau 🎲 #D&D 🎸 #powermetal music, and all music, really 🍺 #homebrewing 🧱 #LEGO !! 🪐 Asimov’s Foundation series 🏒 ice hockey 📖 history 🎮 indie #videogames

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The most exciting thing in the #videogame industry may actually not be making games, rather sloooowly building up the hype. I just love to see videos like this 😊 If you see #Surfpunk on vids out there let me know, always makes my day.

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Pat Mondou @patdecrabe.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hard to choose just one aspect of my identity to share as my introductory post on @bsky.app, but I guess #boardgames is a good one. I’m a #gamer, video or otherwise. No better way of spending time with friends and family. Tho it’s not easy to maintain friendships during a game of #twilightimperium

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Eric @spillzndoodles.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I've started making longer form devlogs for Surfpunk. This was the first. What kind of content would you like to see in future ones? More Art? Lore? Dev thoughts? Tech stuff? If you're a dev and you make some, what do you put in yours? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jIi... #indiedev #gamedev

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Surfpunk - Devlog (November 2024)

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Eric @spillzndoodles.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You know that bug where enemies keep spawning? #gamedev #indiegame #gamebugs

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Eric @spillzndoodles.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Hey BSky, I'm making Surfpunk, a 1-4p Co-op extraction ARPG about being chill surfer scavenger-warriors in an anime tropical world. Also, the surfboards have engines. 🤙🏄‍♂️🌴☠️ Wishlist on Steam! In today's publishing climate, it'll really help us out! #gamedev #indiegame

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