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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New Patreon post! Sorry, it's a little late. This post focuses on a couple things, but primarily it's a progress update and an overview of Sector Village. (This one is available to free and non-members!) #indiegame #gamedev #spireofarkodea www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post...

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Demo Progress Update + Sector Village Overview | Spire of Arkodea

Hey everyone, happy Thursday! Wait, what do you mean it's Friday? Look, it's apparently still Thursday on Baker Island as I'm starting to w

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New post on Patreon! This one is another one for supporter tier members, because it's sort of a bit more of a behind-the-curtain look at certain things. #IndieGame #GameDev #SpireOfArkodea www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post...

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Dev Update - Meet the Monoforms | Spire of Arkodea

Dev Update - Meet the Monoforms by Spire of Arkodea on Patreon. Join Spire of Arkodea's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh yeah no patreon post this week, I've been a little unwell. Nothing serious, I just caught a cold so I'm resting up.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Filling out online applications is all well and good until they ask for my Discord username 🥲

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Amazing! I'm now officially a cross-stitch fan. This is so cool!

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Affie Lockhart @affielockhart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A small cross stitch piece also inspired by the upcoming @rayjt9.bsky.social Spire of Arkodea. ❤️

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm probably the only one who cares about this but I've been trying to reverse engineer my old SH-06D NERV phone and recreate the launcher & widgets for my current phone. In doing so, I found an Easter Egg in the unique number widget! I can't find any mention of this anywhere!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh my god this is so cool!!!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Oh my god, Suikoden Star Leap is somwhow the best mobile game I've ever played. It's definitely worthy of the Suikoden name. The story lands (even through an awkward onscreen live translation app) and the combat is amazing, in some ways an advancement over the console games.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New Patreon Post Day! It's free for everyone to read. This week I walk about what I've been working on in my free time, but unsurprisingly it's still relevant to Spire of Arkodea. www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post... #gamedev #indiegame #SpireOfArkodea

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A Little Arkodea Detour | Spire of Arkodea

Hey folks! I hope you've had a great week so far. Don't worry - the weekend is just around the corner..! I took a bit of a detour from work

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This statue of Donkey looks like Dead Hand from Ocarina of Time. You’re welcome.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New Patreon post available to everyone (including free and non-members!) "A Moment to Reflect" - it's about a system in Spire of Arkodea that encourages you to just take a moment, if you want to! www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post... #IndieGame #GameDev #SpireOfArkodea

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A Moment to Reflect | Spire of Arkodea

Hey everyone! This has been a much quieter week for development, so I wasn't expecting to have much in the way of a massive update, and that

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Okay I’ve turned around on the game. I gave it a chance based on some people who’s opinions I respect, and it’s clicking for me now. It’s still far from perfect, but there’s a compelling side to the game once you get going. As a whole it’s better than the sum of its parts.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Digimon Up is a bloated gacha mess with zero gameplay. It’s a terrible non-game by any metric, and not even the lovely pixel art can save it. #デジモン #Digimon

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

spireofarkodea.com is costing me like nearly $40usd a month between hosting, the google workspaces thing and the actual site itself. This feels kind of insane for a very basic 3-page website. Does anyone have any alternatives to SquareSpace for this sort of site?

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Spire of Arkodea | Coming Soon

Discover the upcoming indie game Spire of Arkodea - a creature-raising RPG inspired by retro PS1-era RPGs. Journey across a mysterious land discovering quirky characters and experiencing thrilling bat...

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New Patreon update! This one is just for paid members, since it's a little messy, but hopefully it's still enjoyable! www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post...

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The Rough Shape of Arkodea | Spire of Arkodea

The Rough Shape of Arkodea by Spire of Arkodea on Patreon. Join Spire of Arkodea's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A comment from the thread has informed me the game was advertised as “stupidly long”, so it looks like I jumped the gun - the refunds are likely justified on this one. I’m all for shorter indie games, but false advertising is false advertising.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My copy of Simon the Sorcerer Origins arrived. I don’t talk about it enough but StS 1 and 2 were formative games for me. I’m really looking forward to playing Origins. Although it has a simpler more cartoony art style, it seems to have inherited the spirit of the originals.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I really enjoyed Disclosure Day, but I feel like it could’ve been tightened up a lot in the edit. It felt too long and disjointed in places, but it felt like the kind of thing I’d have loved in the 90s.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Wait Supergirl was pretty good actually. Really enjoyed that. I liked Kara’s journey throughout the movie and where she ended up, and I thought the quest/roadtrip vibe was great. Looking forward to seeing the character in whatever the next thing ends up being.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Almost all the videos on my channel are private or unlisted (trailers/game dev stuff) so this is not a thing I usually do, but here’s my first and probably only unboxing video about a weird bit of marketing McDonald’s UK recently did youtu.be/cUox5jqhEBQ?...

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McDonald’s Master Ring Unboxing & Explanation

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

For those interested, I’ve updated the post with details on how the traits will be reusable in the overworld after you master them!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My partner was a fan of the Scary Movie franchise when he was younger so we went to see Scary Movie 6. What a shame. I guess they can’t all be winners. (Or maybe the Scary Movie franchise just isn’t for me!)

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New Patreon Post: Monoform Traits (aka "the Metroidvania Element") This one is available for everyone, not just supporters! Please feel free to take a look and see what you think! www.patreon.com/Arkodea/post... #gamedev #indiegame #spireofarkodea

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Monoform Traits (aka "the Metroidvania Element") | Spire of Arkodea

Hey everyone! Happy Thursday! It's a beautiful day here in Scotland, but I've been enjoying hiding out at my desk to avoid the sun... It's

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Saw Backrooms in the cinema a few days ago, I really loved it. Great film. I wasn’t familiar with the YouTube series when I saw it but I am now. I think it might be my movie of the year so far. Kinda wanna go see it again.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Haven’t posted one of these in a good couple years, but my friend Kuup made a custom Digimon Pendulum 4.5 shell for me and I couldn’t not make a post about it. #デジモン #Digimon

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Mina the Hollower is the best game I’ve played in years. I’d recommend trying it if you haven’t, it’s so good!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I quite liked the Masters of the Universe movie. As someone who grew up watching the He-Man cartoon it felt very respectful to the source material while doing something new. It was cool seeing live action versions of all the characters I had toys of! I hope they make a sequel!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Our first ever Spire of Arkodea fan art 🥹 This is so good, I’m beyond happy seeing this!

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Don Valley Parkway @donvalleyparkway.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Looking forward to raising up a Lukatto of my own someday

A cat-like creature, wearing an improvised cloak, sitting with a smile and raised paw.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

New (Free) Patreon Post for Spire of Arkdoea! About Mini-Games and Training your Monoform... www.patreon.com/posts/mini-g... #gamedev #indiegame #SpireofArkodea

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I probably should've done this 10 months ago, but I now have both a website for Spire of Arkodea, as well as a Patreon for anyone who wants to support the project or even just follow the page for free updates. www.spireofarkodea.com www.patreon.com/cw/Arkodea #indiegame #gamedev

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Spire of Arkodea | Coming Soon

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted about Spire of Arkodea! Things are progressing well. Here's the Training Area! At first the Arcade Machines are broken, but you can plug in your handheld GameSystem to play unique training minigames at each station! #indiegame #gamedev

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DragonRod Art @dragonrod342.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I REALLY wish I knew how to do 3D games because I'd work on a Digimon World 1 and 2 styled game like crazy!! Maaan how I LOVE the low poly style of those Digimon models!!!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I love Metroid Prime 4 but the idea that these 7ft tall axolotl aliens were so insanely into motorcycles that 1/5 of their world’s infrastructure was dedicated to a factory that produced exclusively human-sized bikes for no reason will never not be hilarious to me.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy holidays from Spire of Arkodea See you in 2026! #indiegame #gamedev

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Aw man I accidentally took all the color out of my Pendulum Color. Digimon Pendulum DeColor Version 6: Saiyu Warriors sprite pack linked below. Now if you’re mentally unwell like me, you can mod your device and go back to the days of black and white LCD. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Having completed Metroid Prime 4 recently I’ve been thinking a lot about my experience with Metroid. I crumbled to dust upon realizing I’ve been playing Super Metroid repeatedly for 31 years at this point. I’ve gotten old, but Super Metroid hasn’t. It still feels fresh to me.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Spire of Arkodea - the Monoform Chief's house, located in Sector Village. The Chief is full of useful information, so be sure to visit if you're not sure where to go. (Early dev screenshot, graphics subject to change, etc.) #indiegame #gamedev

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