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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This feels like such a huge relief to finally talk about publicly. It absolutely STILL feels insane. I'm literally getting to make my dream game as my real actual paid job, at least for a while.

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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 · 16/09/2026

Ahah I should have had more confidence in my findings!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah that would be awesome! I'm a bit of an amateur at this so I only found bits and pieces about Mina and Milia, but I couldn't figure out how to access the master db.

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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

It's maybe not the best look when I'm also trying to establish myself as a monster-raising game creator 😂

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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

These are so dang cool, I have no idea how they're made, but they seem absolutely perfect for pixel art like this. Thank you for doing this!

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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

Also the reverse engineering and remaking the phone for 2026 use (from 2012 android) is going well. I wasn't able to port anything, but I've been able to extract the assets and recreate everything as a new launcher/widgets. Still some fine tuning to do, but here it is so far.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Tl;dr if you tap the Unique Number widget a certain number of times and wait for 7 seconds this image will appear onscreen for some reason. If you keep tapping for too long the text on the widget turns red! Tested on the original device to verify and it works:

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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

This is AMAZING!!! I'm really happy to see Tadchip like this. I never imagined I would see anything like this based on my pixel art. Thank you for making it! 🥹

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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

By the way, here's my team (I got very lucky with the gacha).

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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

I don’t know if it’s a Stockholm syndrome-like effect, but the more time I put into it, the more I enjoy it.

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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

I went in with low expectations and was still disappointed. If anyone plans to try it, my recommendation would be to use this post as a metric for where your expectations should be, and then lower them a few more stages.

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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 · 11/07/2026

Thank you! I really appreciate it! I was thinking I could absolutely get away with having it all on one long scrollable page for now, so it could be ideal.

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thank you! I hadn’t actually heard of Carrd before this, but this looks extremely promising!

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Ray @rayjt9.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thank you! I’ll look into this!

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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

I’ve deleted the original post so as not to give a misleading game more attention. While I want to support as many indie devs as possible, it looks like I didn’t do my due diligence on this one.

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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

IT COMES WITH A MANUAL!!!

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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

It’s the most considerate act of selfishness.

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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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