iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thinking of adding skulls back into 2 player. There's more licence to experiment when the other player can revive you.

Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I want each player to be able to "wake up" the other if they brick themselves. Might be fun to add dots to a player who keeps dying so you'll need multiple matches to wake them later.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Seeing if I can make Six Match into Slop Match. Some bugs, but mostly works. Yes players can move out of sync, the board has regional-locking like Zookeeper. If it's not animating you can move into it.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I wind down making a game about an AI, where I wrote my own dialogue system that reads from a spreadsheet, and then I open Bluesky. I would have prefered this discourse to have happened sooner.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Peaked too soon with my dig-at-Clair-Obscur boss fights. No follow up worthy. Then I remembered I also don't like the combat in Undertale as well.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Added a poison lake. I gather it improves the rest of an open world by contrast.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Easy Delivery Co. is part Colin McRae Rally, part egg and spoon race, all Death Stranding-like. Quite promising so far. Wobbly deliveries and dodgy roads backed up by some survival mechanics. Like I'm describing that Kojima game but the points of tension are very different.

Low poly truck full of boxes stops outside a pizza restaurant.

Cat delivery person carries some boxes to Easy Pizza.

Cat at the store tells our cat they're in love with Ellie at the Bakery.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

868-Back players, a question: What does the "End" button do? I've tried clicking it a dozen times but nothing happens. I assumed you it would let you abandon a run but no, it just vanishes and sends you back to the same run when you click Run.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

No one will give me feedback on my silly adventure game about a vacuum cleaner, so I added open world frog riding to it. I hope you're all happy now.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I'm hoping people ask me if I vibe coded it.

Science Mouse:
"Wow! The vibe codas created consciousness.
This is unheard of.
Vibe codas are incapable of intelligent thought.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Death Stranding 2 really is more Death Stranding. More map, more awesome traversal, more awkward combat, more awkward stealth, more dodgy boss fights. The story otherwise is no longer insta-skip, it's fine. Mechanics have been both streamlined and expanded. The game knows itself. I give it a 👍

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I couldn't find my game without using the weirdest genre tags all at the same time. I'm not confident my next game will do better given that it's harder to categorize.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Reminds me of bark-owl (a print on my wall i bought a long time ago)

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

And yet Godot has an inclusive int random range which is so fucking annoying when trying to pick from an array.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I would not expect Clamp to be exclusive under any circumstances as its use is alongside Max and Min functions (also inclusive). (I believe the confusion is coming from random number ranges which are almost always cursed.) As an aside Godot's docs have a clearer definition:

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Looking at the Thief class as an example, you're as powerful if not more so than a 5e Rogue at level 1. A lot of 1e clones would rather you suck eggs for a few levels and focus on loot. SD's XP for just loot and throwing parties would go down well with my group. Interested to play, eventually.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Meat from today's Dragonmeet:

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm enjoying the variety of quests you get. It's not quite Baldurs Gate 3, but still more charming than Solasta. I like the game mechanics better than both, though that's probably from playing lots of OSR. This is more what I'd like D&D to be, especially if it wants to go digital.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I assume it's mostly for VR (which I'm not doing) but the faux gaming table is such a cute touch. I can also recommend the Icewind Dale campaign as it's started off much more focused with this neat mini-dungeon that doesn't rely on respawning mobs like much of the first campaign.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Turns out if you mis-cast Polymorph you're stuck as a rat for the entire fight. Not sure if bug or feature.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

It's Demeo X D&D time. This has to be the clunkiest way to talk to NPCs in what is ostensibly* a downtime map (characters take turns - 2 actions a piece), but I prefer it to Sunderfolk's "choose 3 Twine games to play". *Putting on my game review hat.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

It has a crracking roguelike* mode in a dungeon called The Dark Tower. You’ll need a Dwarf to survive all the traps, which are a bit meaner than the first dungeon. And you can increase the difficulty by picking wonky classes like the Summoner. * Hardcore mode for permadeath

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Hero Quest-like-a-thon continues with Arcane Quest HD. It’s… literally Hero Quest, but more gear, spells, classes, and dungeons. I’m willing to forgive the movement dice for the commitment to the bit. Wee bit janky, but nothing that’s a deal breaker. Quite fun so far. Free demo too.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Another Hero Quest-like: Dungeons and Dragons Battlemarked. It streamlines much of D&D into 2 cards per character-turn, gaining cards as loot and burning them to level up. I really like what's going on here with big maps to explore, synergies, and little skill checks here and there.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Anyway, I've completed the campaign solo with 2 characters and it was pretty good. Maybe I'll get to play it multiplayer someday, though it will have to be a Steam remote affair as I have no couch to co-op.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

There's a mission later on where they turn on you and you have the option to save them. I felt this would be remiss.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Sunderfolk lets you rename things. I have been flippant with this feature.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Solo-ing Sunderfolk's campaign with just 2 characters is quite fun. The choice of barbarian and wizard counts for a lot because if I wasn't able to teleport / throw people off the map I'd be stuck. Maybe when they get one-shot mode in I'll be able to convince some one else to join for a session.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

A nice roguelike walk around a forest: braininabowl.itch.io/a-forest (Would happily play a variety of games using this sort of UX.)

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

A little strange that they didn't make the engine a mess of edge cases that also requires more artwork.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Adding my own Torment Nexus to the adventure game project.

Dermatologist Mouse

"Ah hello, perhaps you can help...
I look after for the vibe codas, they're the creatures behind you.
Something has them spooked and they're malfunctioning."

"Vibe codas are hyper-sensitive sheets of skin.
In the 21st century we discovered writing computer code didn't require intelligence,
you could perform the task purely with feelings.
Soon all programmers were replaced with un-thinking slabs of flesh."

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Mythic Bastionland has arrived. (Electric Bastionland hasn't arrived sadly, but after Royal Mail trolling me every day of this week what should I expect)

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

After seeing the Alien: Earth trailer I'm wondering if one of the writers owns a copy of Rifts: Atlantis.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Blacken Slash is providing a pleasant blend of traditional and puzzle roguelike. Wasn’t so sure about percent modifiers and random damage, but the variety is flavourful after a decade of 1 hit point trades.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I think game ideas have gravity, and are pulled towards other game ideas to create the omnigame - a point in idea space that promises too much to exist. I think it's fine (and fun) to armchair design, but exposure can raise idea-mass to dangerous levels.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Going through Apple Arcade as my trial runs out soon, so I tried Patterned. It’s quite nice but also a bit disappointing as I’m old enough to remember Pandora’s Box, which had the same puzzle with overlapping pieces and no guide. Much harder. Sadly published by Microsoft, so very much dead.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Prepping a new Unending dungeon...

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Not sure if I should wait for a guy with a magic glove: verbante.itch.io/rogue-peaks-...

Things you know about the murderer

Has dark green hair
Is female
Is 62 years old
Has blue shirt
Like being in the town
Is a farmer
Their skin tone is described to you
First name starts with M
Last name starts with W
Is married
Has a secret lover
Is a member of Dish Punks

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

One for the #IDM fans. gruebite.itch.io/aurumorium

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ah nuts, I forgot all about doing a #7DRL countdown this year. 3, 2, 1, go make a roguelike in a week, LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO!!!! itch.io/jam/7drl-cha...

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Rogue Trader is pretty decent so far. I'm liking the simple x-com-esque fights. The officer class is fun (like a bard-cleric). And the setting is, well it's Warhammer, which generally lifts any average writing above mediocre.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My family playing Mausritter:

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

SAD GOD news: st33d.itch.io/sad-god/devl... Surface-building-shots now clear existing surfaces like spikes. There's a new sticky surface shot. Not drawn the last of the bosses. Also considering persistent levels with the choice to reroll. Out of beta any day now. Any day...

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Ah, the legendary God Pack. Not a Charizard fan or a Moltres owner, but at least the cards are pretty.

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Aaron Steed @st33d.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

GIFs don't seem to work when I try uploading them to @bsky.app (the image in the original post is a GIF but it refuses to animate for me). Here's a video of gameplay:

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