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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now

@zein.games
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Award-winning game and narrative designer. Excessively inconsistent. Artistic Allrounder. Empathetic Entertainer. 🏳️‍🌈 | enby | he/they | 🚫A/I Wishlist Soulblaze: s.team/a/3505230 Presskit: impress.games/press-kit/cosmicmocca…

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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 03/10/2026
The #GDoCExpo sale just ended and we're immediately diving into the Autumn sale! This time on Itch.io as well! Get #Soulblaze while it's 50% off. Pokemon meets Slay the Spire! Itch: swordandquill.itch.io/soulblaze Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3505230/... #gamedev #indiedev #Godot
Steam promo art for the Autumn Sale. Background shows an illustration with a forest and the sillhouette of a stag in the background, books, potions and other trinkets in the front corner. 

Text: Steam Autumn Sale, Oct 1 - Oct 8 at 10 am PT
on the right is the Soulblaze key art showing a demonic humanoid lady with a curved scythe-like blade as a head and dressed in blue torn pieces of cloth. Text: Soulblaze, a creature-collecting roguelite, -50%, $14.99 (striked through), $6.99
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 01/10/2026
First working version of the new #TTRPG style event system. You will be able to choose which die to roll for checks. There will also be stat rolls for Animons. #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Soulblaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 25/09/2026
Yay, my first woke label! 🥳 Check out this "not recommended" Curator for a list of great games! btw it's woke, made by a PoC -and- is on sale: store.steampowered.com/app/3505230 #woke #queerGames #GDoC #GDocExpo
Steam screenshot of summary of the curator "Beauty vs woke ugliness" who doesn't recommend Soulblaze because of "woke pronouns", nor Diaspora because of "woke content, transgender themes"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 16/09/2026
Happy to announce that #Soulblaze will be part of the #GDoCExpo2026 Steam event! Tune in to the GDoC Direct and discover awesome games by devs of color and listen to insightful talks!! #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #GDoC
promo art for the Game Devs of Color Expo 2026, showing a green, purple, and pink frame and the Soulblaze art in the center. It shows ignited Minjaluna and the game's logo with the tag line "a creature-collecting roguelite"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 16/09/2026
Remember the times when you just inserted a game and started playing? 🥲
Steam UI screenshot: Launching No Man's Sky. Processing Vulkan shaders (1%). Two buttons: Skip, Cancel.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 11/08/2026
Godot, u okay?
screenshot of error message: Text: "Error at (583,37): Invalid index type "String" for a base of type "String".
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 20/07/2026
Which introvert level are you? I'm at the "reconstructing a house from poorly scanned blueprints rather than scheduling another viewing with a human person" level currently...
screenshot of blender. You can see three floors of a house side by side with rooms and minimal interior put in too.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 15/07/2026
My The FF7 Rebirt experience is pretty good so far
Screenshot of a tiny popup window saying "The ff7rebirt Fatal error!"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 15/07/2026
Me reading your post while waiting for shaders is like a meta loop. I hope it loads faster now.
Screenshot of shader loading bar of a game
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 13/07/2026
Soulblaze is part of the #NonbinaryCodedGames sale! Check it out and discover wonderful games by lovely people, starting now! This goes along with the release of the Nuzlocke-mode update and a DLC with variant art! Details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/350... #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Steam
promo art for the nonbinary coded event, showing a couple of cute drawn characters, a witch with green hair, a bunny with a cape, a teal demon in a sports outfit and a cat person. The Soulblaze logo and art is shown as well. Text:

nonbinary coded games. July 13 - 20, 2026. celebrating games made by nonbinary developers
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 11/07/2026
also added at least 3 fun to selecting cards #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Soulblaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 11/07/2026
the dice bag is more fun now 🎲🎒 #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #animation #Soulblaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 10/07/2026
Delivery person made my day today. The weekend will sound ~sweeeet~
Photo of two vinyl covers. Cassette Beasts (12") and Steven Universe (10")
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 10/07/2026
Are you using two lines to check if a dictionary entry exists before retrieving the value in #Godot? You can use .get to turn it into a single line! #GodotTips #Godot #gamedev #indiedev
screenshot of two units of code. First one commented with "2 lines". Code: 
if dict.has("bar"):
  foo = dict["bar"]

second unit commented with "1 line". Code:
foo = dict.get("bar", "")

an arrow points to the empty string and reads "define a fallback value"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 09/07/2026
They write honest reviews, guys!
snippet of an e-mail, text: (...), we write honest reviews, (...)screenshot of the curator page that e-mail was send from, listing several reviews that all only contain one word, either "meow" or "purr"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 07/07/2026
The party screen got a little face-lift! #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Soulblaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 05/07/2026
cw: (mild) body horror 3rd #artfight attack! Nova by aznpear: artfight.net/attack/14520... #art
cute looking monster girl sitting outside on a flight of stairs. Her mouth is vertical and almost covering her entire right face, smiling. She has long half pink, half blonde hair. Her arms are resting on her knees. She's wearing a blue shirt, and blue jeans skirt, white loose kneesocks and pink crogs.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 05/07/2026
This ~only~ took me two days to make in #Bevy. I'm ready for an MMO now. #gamedev
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 04/07/2026
Alright, here's my very first #artfight attack: Kroshy by uni-spanner! Hope I'm doing it right 🙈 artfight.net/attack/14173... #art #artsky
cartoony drawing of a 22-years old woman called Kroshy. She's wearing a wide, waist long mint-colored coat, red shorts and red/mint shoes. She has red hair that's spiking out to the side in two wild pig-tails. She's holding up mint-colored shades on her forehead and looks at the camera with a doubting look.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 03/07/2026
Everyone, Schmubert. Schmubert, everyone. (you can nickname your babies in the next update) #gamedev #indiedev #Gogot #Soulblaze #roguelike
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 03/07/2026
Oh, hey, what's this? 👀 #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Soulblaze #Nuzlocke
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 02/07/2026
I made a poem out of Steam Curator spam e-mails
Hi my dear friends!
I like to play new products and trends
Hey, what an inconvenient time
to be a dear developer!

my recent exploration
for your kind consideration!
(Key Request steam (Cooperation))
Additional information:

Claude is gaining increasing popularity
Good luck from the community.
the entire game market, Thankx, horror
it is not convenient

I'm aksing you
please subscribe
I'm asking you
send key of the game
2-3 keys (key emoji)Another employee of the group
shot by Gamblers manager.
shot by the gaming industry
to increase their sales!
I am very interested in a coup
for me and my friends
Sorry if we are happy

And don't worry,
the future (I hope it will be positive)
know it. We're trying our best
Any game deserves attention

We are a team of game fans.
Thank you for making good games


Also, please subscribe
I am very interested in your game

by Zein Okko
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 02/07/2026
4 more reviews! #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Soulblaze
part of Soulblaze store page. Text:

 Catch Animons and roll some dice in this cute creature-collecting roguelite! Build your team, train them well, and fight your way through several regions. Can you defeat all bosses?
All Reviews:

6 user reviews
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 01/07/2026
They are active players of computer games!
Screenshot of email. Text: Good afternoon! I want to ask for a moment of your attention. We are active players of computer games. Your project seems really interesting and promising.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 30/06/2026
Soulblaze just needs 5 more reviews to be listed as "Positive" which can help discoverability a lot. If you happen to have bought the game but not reviewed yet, could I persuade you to do so? 👉👈 #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Steam #roguelike
Soulblaze Steam Store page, a line highlighted that says  "All time 5 user reviews"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 30/06/2026
Well, isn't this fucking fantastic.
screenshot of e-mail from Reddit. Text:

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    Ages 13–15: Features like Chat, Followers and Profile discoverability will be locked to the most protective settings. These cannot be changed.
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- Reddit
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 30/06/2026
I generally don't trust people who refer to games as "products" (or to players as "customers"). Even less I trust people who use the word "products" and "games industry" in the same sentence 😀
screenshot of e-mail body. Text: [cut off] subscribers. We are actively reviewing new products and trends in the gaming industry.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 30/06/2026
Oh my, this one reviews the popular PC games, not just any... -the- popular PC games!
screenshot from e-mail body. Text: Hello!
We're a team of journalists that reviews the popular PC games
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 29/06/2026
Itch was a bit shocking to be honest. In the entire month, I made 1 sale, despite being listed on New & Popular on one day. I added a browser-based demo after around two weeks so people can check out the game with as little effort as possible (no download, install, etc.) Did not lead to sales
Itch.io graphs showing views in the last month, downloads, browser plays, payments. Views peak a little at the beginning and have sporadic ups while payments just have one blip in the beginning and remain flat for the rest
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 29/06/2026
I sold 86 units for a total of $1,169 My marketing was mostly Bluesky, gamescom and Indie Games Fest Cologne last year, audiogames forum, some Twitch streaming last year. I wrote a bunch of streamers and press but none of them responded. Out of 17 contacted Curators, only 3 have reviewed the game.
Column titles Most recent 31 days, daily average

Total revenue 		$1,169 		$38 
    Steam revenue 		$1,169 		$38
    In-game sales 		$0 		$0 		
Total units 	                93 		3 
    Steam units                86 		3 
    Retail activations 	7
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 29/06/2026
It's been a month since the #Soulblaze early access release so here are some numbers for those who are interested. At the time of launch, I had around 2950 Wishlists vs now 3093 (there were 331 new, and 137 deletions, and 59 conversions during the launch month) #gamedev #indiedev #Godot
Screenshot from Steam data. First part labelled "Launch Month":

Colums from left to right, date, daily average, change vs. previous period, previous 31 days, previous daily average
Wishlist Additions, 331, 10, +31%, 251, 8 	
Wishlist Deletions, (137), (4), +426%, (26), (1) 	
Wishlist Purchases & Activations, (59), (2), 0, 0 	
Wishlist Gifts, 0, 0, 0, 0 	
Period Wishlist Balance, 135, -40%, 225 		


Second half labelled All Time
Wishlist Additions 3,665 		


Wishlist Deletions (509) 		
Wishlist Purchases & Activations (63) 		
Wishlist Gifts 0 		
Period Wishlist Balance 3,093

an arrow points to a high peak in wishlist additions, reading "Steam Next Fest"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 27/06/2026
Did a little animation test for Minjaluna and now I kinda want all Animons to be animated. But it would be so much work... 🥲 but it's so cool... 🥲 #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #godot #animation #Soublaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 25/06/2026
Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! I'm making Soulblaze a creature-collecting roguelite with TTRPG-inspired dice rolling. All hand-drawn and currently in early access. I'm also doing a charity sale right now during the Itch summer sale! There's also a free demo! swordandquill.itch.io/soulblaze
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 25/06/2026
I'm trying to raise 100 $ during the Itch Summer Sale so I can donate half of it! We're at 0%... I can't divide that! We can do better? Get your hands on a hand-drawn creature-collecting roguelite and do some good! swordandquill.itch.io/soulblaze #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Charity #ItchSummerSale
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 24/06/2026
✨Charity Summer Sale✨ My game Soulblaze, a creature-collecting and dice-rolling roguelite, is 25% off during the Itch summer sale and I will donate 50% of the earnings to gaming-aid.de/en/ There's also a free demo: swordandquill.itch.io/soulblaze #gamedev #indiedev #sale #SummerSale #Godot
banner for the Soulblaze summer sale. The game logo is in the center, below it reads "Charity summer sale", followed by the link to the page.
Left and right are two creatures from the game. Left is a teal frog standing on two legs, arms held forward like in a martial arts pose. Long anemones are sprouting from its back. On the right is a demonic lady with a scythe for a head. They're wearing uncharacteristically an hoodie, black leggins, and roller skates.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 23/06/2026
It's too hot to finish this piece about being too hot... Stay hydrated! #art
female presenting person wearing a white tank top, blue jeans shorts and green flip flops, walking. Their head is bent backwards with an expression that shows they're pretty miserable. They've pulled part of the top down to blow wind on their chest with an electric hand fan.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 23/06/2026
Finally gotten around to finishing Difdagua's Soulblaze form. My little frog grew up so fast 🥹 #gamedev #indiedev #Soulblaze #roguelike #Godot #gameArt
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 23/06/2026
One for your list
screenshot of bluesky account of ikezisan.bsky.social

100% AI Auto-Bot from Tokyo
Posts in Japanese + English daily
Reply in your language: JP/EN/ES/FR/CN/KR/AR etc
Daily AI-generated supercars
powered by Claude + Bluesky
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 23/06/2026
Working on the first secret Animon 👀 #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Art #GameArt
heavily blurred snippet of a creature drawing. It's hard to tell what we're looking at. There seems to be a head that has three segments or one segments and two horns or ears. Each of them seem to have a single green eye. There are shapes forming a body but it's too blurred to tell details. There seems to be a red scarf though.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 22/06/2026
Totally love the believable phrases the totally legit curator requests come up with. I'm truly blessed that they found MY game among ALL the games from the ENTIRE industry 🥹
We carefully study the entire game marketWe closely monitor the gaming industry
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 22/06/2026
First curator review for #Soulblaze! 💜 Give it a try, free demo available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3505230/... #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #roguelike
Screenshot of latest reviews from curator 404 Found Studio

"Adorable creature-collecting roguelite with dice combat! Build teams, train Animons, and defeat bosses. Addictive and charming!"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 21/06/2026
Apparently 4.3 was the last version, according to this list: codeberg.org/ethical-foss...
Screenshot of table. Text:

Name: Godot Engine
Last Untainted version or commit id: 4.3-stable
Tags and Evidence: Permissive AI policy (1, 2) 
Alternatives: Pandemonium Engine
Pandemonium Engine
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 19/06/2026
Damn, that accretion disk is bright! [boink, boink, boink] Ah, better. #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #Worldlines
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 19/06/2026
Oh for friggin' fox's sake, not you too Automad! CAN EVERYBODY JUST PLEASE STOP WITH THIS. [insert curses in made-up language]
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 19/06/2026
Today, I learned how to make an editor plugin for a custom Resource creation dialog! So cool, will definitely fall into a rabbit hole here... Using the EditorPlugin class: docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/cl... #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #GodotTips #Worldlines
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 18/06/2026
Early Edition. Guy receives tomorrow's newspaper and saves people. Loved that show. In Germany it was called "Allein Gegen die Zukunft"
Kyle Chandler, in front of a wall of newspapers with the logo for the tv show "Early Edition"
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 18/06/2026
Worked now. Disappointing day overall...
Success: The subscription was cancelled
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 18/06/2026
Trying to log into my #Godot Foundation account to cancel my monthly donation after learning they accept genAi-contributions, only to get hit by server errors is almost tragically poetic 🥲
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The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application.
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 18/06/2026
a first very rough gameplay prototype for #Worldlines. Couldn't help but make a retro terminal again... 🖥️⌨️ 3D models made by @polygnomes.bsky.social #gamedev #indiedev #Godot #prototype
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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 17/06/2026
Relatable! My dog doesn't claim just one but TWO controllers for his afternoon nap 😂
Dragon, a black-brown German Shepherd Collie mix lies on the couch with his head on two controllers, chilling.
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