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Skilled magicians can now cast powerful scrolls that summon burning fire or poisonous fields! 🔥 Stay on your toes. You definitely don’t want to get caught standing in one.. #Eldertide #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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Driving home from work and Imagine Dragons comes on… and suddenly I’m thinking.. Imagine dragons in #Eldertide. 🐉 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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I might add 2–3 different base sprites eventually, but this should be enough for the playtest. 🙂 No idea how players will react but hopefully they’ll be fine with it. Eldertide targets a very niche group, many probably played Tibia. This is how they got a lot of variety from limited techniques. 🙃

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The outfit system is definitely staying for launch! 😄 It actually serves a purpose. I only had one player sprite to begin with, so being able to recolour it saves me from having to create a ton of different sprites while still giving players their own unique look

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Made some great progress on #Eldertide this weekend! 🥳 Magic is in! Core mechanics are working. Also made various new assets, but somehow got sidetracked building an outfit recolouring system. 😂 Players can now customise their characters! Priorities. 🤭 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One thing from #Tibia that kept me exploring was all the little flavour elements scattered everywhere. Unreachable rooms with treasure. Unsolved puzzles. Hidden secrets… That’s exactly where I’m taking #Eldertide. No handholding. Players figure it out ⚔️ #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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Exactly this! All my quests being added to Eldertide is because I'm introducing a new system I want players to learn. Such as the blacksmith handing out a pickaxe and a quest to mine him some ore, then follow-up with quests to smelt into bars and eventually smith their first item

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Whenever I work on content for #Eldertide, I keep coming up with new ideas that would be so much fun to add. 😅 But at this stage I should probably focus on getting a small basic build out for playtesting.. All those other ideas can be added later! 🤭 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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they are already! 🙂 I’ve added the full bronze set with each piece requiring different amounts of bars. For now the bronze set only uses bronze bars, but future tiers will expand on that too Iron is technically done too, but for the first level 1–10 playtest I’m keeping it to bronze

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Past few weeks have been hectic with #Eldertide, focusing alot on content. Just finished implementing mining & smithing! It’s rough and needs more work, but it’s in! 🥳 My first screenie too, don’t judge the looks, I’m not an artist. 🥲 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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I’ve been hard at work on #Eldertide, and yesterday I finished the foundation for quests! Players can now help NPCs with tasks and get rewarded for their work. A neat way to nudge players in certain directions and help ease new players into the game. 😄 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If anyone against all odds wants to follow #Eldertide development closer, I’ve made a very bare Discord server. I post random screenshots and dev logs. If I ever open a playtest, it’ll be announced there first! DM me for an invite Inspired by early #Tibia and #RuneScape #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m building #Eldertide as a game I’d want to play myself, inspired by the MMORPGs I grew up with. Mobile makes it easy to pick up whenever you have time to kill. No forced P2W or cashgrab mechanics. If I ever add paid stuff, it’ll be optional and never affect gameplay. ❤️ #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That’s pretty much how I tend to think through my development chain. I start with the endgoal, break it down into the mechanics needed to make it a valid feature, then build it all from the bottom up. 😄

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Made a ton of progress on #Eldertide this weekend! Mostly pixelart, groundtiles and environmental assets to make the world prettier. With all the new items I kept making, inventory became way too small. So, I had to implement personal bank chests too! 🗃 #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My friends over at #Eldria are hosting their very first public early alpha test today, and things are already getting chaotic! 😃 Check it out and join the fun! www.eldriagame.com #MMORPG #indiedev #indiegame #retrogaming #Tibia

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As I keep adding content, I needed light for the night cycle. That led to mana management, mana regen, food, and finally how to get food… So Eldertide now has its first very basic tradeskill: fishing! 🐟 #Eldertide #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript

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TechDuckie @techduckie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Woke up at 5am and couldn’t sleep. So I grabbed a cup of coffee, plugged in my earphones and coded for two hours before work. Implemented chat-bubbles in Eldertide! 🥳 Nothing beats some early morning coding. Happy Friday y’all! #Eldertide #gamedev #indiedev #MMORPG #javascript #coding

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Thanks! It was a fun project. Since I’d never heard of anyone else building an mmo on Discord it was all trial and error. 😄 Unfortunately the platform has some limitations that made me question whether it was worth continuing. The new Eldertide is built with Javascript and has a ton more potential!

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Eldertide actually started as a Discord MMO experiment a few years ago. I got multiple players, combat, tradeskills and a bunch of mechanics working. Never finished it, but… it worked. 😄 #Eldertide #MMORPG #gamedev #indiedev #javascript #python #discord

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For Eldertide I actually built my own custom map-editor. It supports pretty much everything I need at this point. Creating interesting zones with proper routing still requires skill though. 🤭

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I do hah but it's mostly to keep track of progress and well, post nonsense devlogs to myself. 😄 I'd gladly invite you though. You'd be Eldertide's first official member 🤭 Slide me a dm and I'll drop you a link

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That’s 100% true 😂 I’ve worked on mmos before, but never solo haha For me, probably both.. I’m not a great mapper or pixelartist, so getting them to line up is a challenge on it's own Systems are easier since I’ve played tons of games and know where I want Eldertide to go 🤭

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