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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wonder what companies like Nintendo, Sony and Sega are thinking, if anything, about the growing homebrew scene and the fact that more and more people are making games for old consoles.. 🤔

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

The one and only @johnriggs.bsky.social and I are starting an NES "blackbox-style" game empire at @pushstartgames.bsky.social - we're preparing the launch of our first title: Ninja Garden! Check it out!

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a bad case of "new-project-itis" and I want to share more about my ps1 and SNES experiments, but I want to make one thing very clear: The Book of Rynn is a bucket list project for me and no matter what else I toy with, it will be my main focus until the game is complete and in your hands.

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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 · 04/09/2026

Apologies for the radio silence. The demo is ready and I'm working on securing physical production while avoiding Canada-US tariffs before launching into crowdfunding. What a headache 😭 #nesdev #retrogames #nes #PhysicalForever

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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 · 29/07/2026

The Book of Rynn demo is out for internal testing. Expect the grand announcement soon! #nes #jrpg #retrogames #indiegames #thebookofrynn

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our final boss is in! Ofc I'm not gonna show you, but I can't wait for you guys to fight it! Not much longer before we launch the demo! #nes #jrpg #indiegames #retrogrames #gamedev #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 · 20/07/2026

To celebrate the upcoming unveiling of The Book of Rynn public demo, we're releasing the game's OST on Bandcamp! We'll be revealing new tracks progressively in the lead-up to our crowdfunding campaign, but you can listen to the main theme today: thebookofrynn.bandcamp.com/album/the-bo...

thebookofrynn.bandcamp.com

The Book of Rynn OST, by The Book of Rynn

12 track album

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I spent a good few hours fine tuning our first story's final boss to make the fight interesting and hard enough to keep you on your toes. Can't wait to share! #jrpg #nes #retrogames #indiegames #gamedev

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sebotron | working on an NES JRPG! @sebotron.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I more or less took my fav parts from the first four with some liberties. However, II *is* my favorite!

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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'll consider this mission accomplished! 😎

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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 · 12/07/2026

I meant *is hard* but hey it's an art, too! 😅

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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 · 05/07/2026

I'm 3 maps away from completing our first story, and playable demo, in The Book of Rynn. Internal testing for balance and pace should start shortly! #nes #jrpg #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames

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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 demo is currently in production, it's going to contain our first full story. I expect it to be complete within a month or two if all goes well and ready for internal testing. Join our Discord if you want early access before public launch!

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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 · 09/06/2026

I'm still here! I'm clearing out bill paying work so it's out of the way and I get the rest of the summer to work on Rynn with very little distraction. 😎

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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 · 27/05/2026

Some weeks ago I needed a break and spent a weekend making a black box-style cooking game for the NES. Here is ChopChop, enjoy all 5-10 minutes of entertainment: sebotron.itch.io/chopchop #nes #retrogames #nesdev #indiegames #gamedev

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ChopChop by sebotron

A fast-paced retro cooking game for the NES.

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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 · 06/05/2026

Past me: balancing a retro rpg is easy! Current me: 🤦‍♂️

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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 · 28/04/2026

Fun fact: when I started, I figured I was gonna hand code my maps, one byte at a time 🤣😭

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