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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I recently scored a ps1 and ps2 both in perfect working condition and I couldn't be more excited! Also found out my ff7 disks from 1997 still work! Isn't that cool? 😎

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'll be spending the weekend working on Rynn's Kickstarter trailer. Time to try and get decent at video editing I guess 😎 #jrpg #nes #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been having a lot of downtime lately waiting on a few things for Rynn so I've been playing with other toys, such as OpenSNES + Super FX for some Star Fox-like mecha game. Yes/no? (if you say no I'll take it as a yes and keep going!)

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Book of Rynn's internal testing for the demo is going well! We're going to be adding more people to the playtest soon with a bunch of fixes and updates! Comment below if you would like to join! #jrpg #nes #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Moved the Astrals tablet collection to the INFO screen. You may also notice new window borders styled like pages of a book, plus a new custom font. We felt it was time for Rynn's UI to develop an identity of its own while preserving the classic NES RPG feel. We hope you like it!

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Testing, testing and more testing. You cannot imagine how excited I am to share The Book of Rynn with you all! #jrpg #nes #retrogames #gamedev #indiegames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

While testing, I decided to introduce collectibles: the Astral Tablets. Five goddesses, five tablets, hidden in inconspicuous spots around the world. Each will grant a different blessing to a party member of your choice. Happy hunting! #jrpg #nes #gamedev #retrogames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I just added a small but very essential feature I had completely overlooked: XP recaps when saving your game! 😎 #nes #jrpg #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Happy to announce that map work is complete for our demo/first story! In The Royal Seal, you will visit: 1 castle, 4 towns, 6 dungeons and 2 shrines on top of the overworld. Next: balance pass, internal testing and then public demo release! 😎 #nes #jrpg #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Been experimenting with tileset variants for dungeons and I'm pretty happy with the results! #jrpg #nes #gamedev #indiegames #reteogames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Do you really have a classic JRPG if you don't have doors and matching keys? #jrpg #nes #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Turns out designing overworld maps is harder than I expected but here we are: the world map for our first story: The Royal Seal (subject to change, so don't save it just yet!) #nes #jrpg #thebookofrynn #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Book of Rynn's first story production is coming along great but I've been bothered by map load times for months because of compression, collision handling, etc. Took a step back and cut this time by more than half and that makes me really happy! #jrpg #nesdev #retrogames #gamedev #indiegames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Working on Sanpoor, a small village high up in a mountain pass. The village has been dealing with terrifying ringing sounds coming from the well, causing earthquakes and rockfalls, blocking the pass. Wonder what's in there🤔 #jrpg #nes #indiegames #retrogrames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Finally got a glimpse of #dragonquest 12 for #dragonquestday However, I was really hoping for a Zenithian trilogy HD2D so I'm leaving a bit sad! Oh well, maybe next time 😎

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Apologies for the radio silence: I've been catching up with bill-paying work for the past two weeks! I'll be back in the saddle shortly. Here's another 15 secs of random bits of our first story in the meantime! #jrpg #nes #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Filling up data files by hand is fun but I have to say, having editors is fun too! Just hammered this quick monster editor for Rynn. #jrpg #nes #8bit #nesdev #gamedev #indiegames #retrogrames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It is said that an old man lives in an ancient library at the top of the Tower of Damaris. The tower is surrounded by poisonous swamps and its lower floors are guarded by monsters. What wisdom will Torin find at the top? 🤔 #jrpg #nes #retrogames #indiegames #gamedev #8bit #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sometimes I take breaks from gamedev and when I do, I often do more gamedev. Here's a quick and dirty experiment running on the SNES. A future Rynn game maybe? Ok back to real work. 🤭 #snes #nes #16bit #jrpg #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Map layering was a bit more of a headache than I expected and that's as fast as I can get it to work for now. Had to reduce my tileset to 32 tiles so I could use the top 3 bits of each tile to assign a "region" from 0 to 7 but hey it works! 🤓 #gamedev #retrogames #nes #jrpg #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Our little map editor started as a fairly simple tile placement tool but can now support "regions" that can hide and reveal when crossing certain triggers. Pretty neat! #jrpg #nes #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

If you're new here, The Book of Rynn is a new RPG in development for the NES console, inspired by classic 8-bit JRPGs like Dragon Warrior/Quest 1 to 4! Join our growing community and keep an eye out for a playable demo soon! #jrpg #nes #retrogames #indiegames #8bit #pixelart #nesdev #homebrew

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I've been replaying #dragonwarrior over the past couple days, taking little breaks from working on The Book of Rynn. I must have played through this over 25 times and yet I don't get bored. I'm also graced with poor memory so it still doesn't feel stale! 😆 #jrpg #nes #dragonquest #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm on Twitch for a little bit, testing out the early game grind. Come slay Sillygoos and Burnabees around Dorlan Castle with me! #jrpg #nes #thebookofrynn #indiegames #gamedev www.twitch.tv/sebotron80

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Happy Saturday! Here is the main area of Dorlan Castle in The Book of Rynn's first story: The Royal Seal. #screenshotsaturday #nes #jrpg #thebookofrynn #indiegames #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The struggle to keep from sharing spoilers from our first story is real but I can share bits of our amazing soundtrack. Picture your 10 yo self having just opened that new epic RPG, sliding the cart in your NES and listening to that title music for the first time. #jrpg #nes #indiegames #chiptune

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Here is the intro to the first story of The Book of Rynn: The Royal Seal. Hyped? Join us on Discord! #thebookofrynn #nesdev #jrpg #nes #retrogames #8bit

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Workflow from title screen to starting a new story is in place! Next: insert a prologue and start implementing our first story: The Royal Seal! #jrpg #nes #nesdev #retrogames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Started work on the title and game start menus. Mundane stuff but necessary! The first story is also slowly taking shape w/ new maps and new characters. Can't wait to share more! #nes #jrpg #thebookofrynn #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Our battle system is very close to complete. We *need* testers able to try any and all commands, spells, items and break the game so we can find and fix every single issue. If you love RPGs from the 8-bit era, we need your help! #jrpg #nes #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames #the-book-of-rynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Battle spells are finished and battle items are on the way. I started working on this game about a year ago and we are finally almost feature complete, ready to enter the content phase and start working on the public demo, which will feature the entire first story. The excitement is unreal!

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Battle spells are coming along! Also implemented critical hits, pre-emptive strikes, parry, evade and many other battle mechanics. Do you wanna try the game while we're building it? Join us on Discord! #jrpg #nes #retrogames #gamedev #indiegames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I recently lost my map editor after wiping my main drive in a hurry. The previous editor was heavy and Python+QT based so not very portable. I redid it in Typescript+Vite and now it runs in the browser! It's much less clunky and loads the same .chr and .pal files as the game uses, which is neat!

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Our first battle dev build is out! If you want to help test The Book of Rynn and fight Sillygoos and grind your way to fighting the stronger Goofygoos, join us on our Discord! Link in bio :) #jrpg #thebookofrynn #nesdev #nes #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I've been wanting to setup this Nintendo nostalgia tower for a while and it's now complete! Wii is in the living room 😎 #radical #nes #nintendo #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Preliminary XP curves for all archetypes. The game will have a hard level cap of 30 but each story will be completable around a lvl 20 soft cap. Looking forward to the balancing headaches! Join us on Discord, we'll need people to test the grind soon! #nesdev #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames #jrpg

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The work on our battle loop continues! Added a turn order calculation based on actors dexterity and a random % variation as well as a simple attack evade calculation based on the dexterity gap between the attacker and defender. Devil's in the details, as they say! #jrpg #nesdev #indiegames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Hope y'all are having a nice New Years Eve! We're ending 2025 closer than ever to The Book of Rynn finally becoming a reality and I couldn't be happier to share this with you all. Happy New Year everyone, stay warm and safe, and here's to releasing The Book of Rynn in 2026! 🥳

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎅Our battle loop is functional although only the FIGHT command works for now. Next up: spells, items, parry and run! I'm getting very close to entering the content phase and working on the demo story. I'm *really* excited! #nes #jrpg #indiegames #retrogrames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Hi! I was really hoping for a demo by the end of this year but I hit a few too many snags! A demo is absolutely coming early 2026, however. Until then, Happy Holidays, enjoy your friends and families and this NES-style Santa! See you all very soon!🎅🎄

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

After a whole month of fixing nasty issues and redoing systems, I'm glad to share that I am finally back to working on BATTLES! Say hi to the SILLYGOO! Name one JRPG that doesn't have a slime monster, I dare you! #nesdev #jrpg #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Hi! Been a hot minute! Rewrote the entire npc and sprite update routines and finally got rid of that nasty 1 frame stutter bug. I'm also back to working on the game full time at least until January! Let's go!! #jrpg #nes #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My little brother got me this out of the blue! Had a lot of fun building it! Also reminded me I need a shelf for my gameboys 🤦‍♂️

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Happy Sunday! I started with refactoring NPCs and ended up refactoring the whole sprite update system as well and it somehow broke the day-night cycle. I think I have some housekeeping to do! Thanks for bearing with me! 😅 #nesdev #jrpg #retrogames #indiegames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Ok I need to come clean, I haven't been posting updates on #the-book-of-rynn as much in the past week because I've been taking a little break and toying with #nintendo64 programming and I've been having so much fun! I'm putting this down and going back to #nesdev right away but I'll be back!😅

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Haha ok this is fun. I'm going to dive more into the N64 when The Book of Rynn is done! #n64brew #homebrew #nintendo64

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just taking a little break tonight to try something a bit different 😎

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