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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel

@wayward.bsky.social
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Award winning Game Design Lead (Tempest Rising). Commentator. Bearded. Lover of horror fiction. waywardstrategy.com

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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 2h
Reclamation is at hand. The Veti's Wrath DLC for Tempest Rising is 93% Positive on Steam! Have you played it yet?
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I know it's not a LOT of reviews yet but this is really heartening to see :)
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚠️ Rise. Subjugate. Reclaim. The Veti's Wrath Expansion and the third faction for Tempest Rising are out NOW on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4114220/...
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reclaim the world that was stolen. The Veti's Wrath 11-mission campaign expansion for Tempest Rising launches tomorrow! store.steampowered.com/app/4114220/...
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Air supremacy. Read more on the 5 Aerial units controlling the skies for the Veti. store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...
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Tempest Rising - Veti Faction Overview - Aerial Units - Steam News
Air supremacy. Veti Aerial Units Caretaker Utility Aircraft Healing field treats infantry. Can deploy into Facilitation Mode to establish a build radius for expansion. Can consume a garrisoned Enlig...
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oblivion for all. The Veti's Wrath 11-mission campaign expansion launches in two days! The third faction will also be FREE to play in MP and Skirmish modes for all base game owners.
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#my9games that have had the biggest impression on me as a gamer and a game designer...
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My personal favorite Veti Specialist is the Augur
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Awaiting the call. Read more on the 5 vanguard Specialist units that lead the Veti war efforts. store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...
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Tempest Rising - Veti Faction Overview - Specialist Units - Steam News
Awaiting the call. Veti Specialists Aegis Defensive Support Specialist Annihilates vehicle and air threats with twin disruptor beams. Can bestow a Gravitational Bulwark upon friendly units to reduce...
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Shepherd projects psionic power that can mass-enslave enemy Infantry and convert them into explosive thralls. #pcgaming #tempestrising #gaming
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yours to command. Read more on the 7 towering Vehicle units the Veti command to dominate the battlefield. store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...
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Tempest Rising - Veti Faction Overview - Vehicle Units - Steam News
Yours to command. Veti Vehicles Subjugator Light Combat Support Craft Swift hunter-killer armed with Spike Launchers. Broadcasts a Subjugation field that converts slain enemy infantry into Enlighten...
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They cannot stop us.
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Ziggurat weaves matter into powerful forms for the souls of ancient Veti warriors to inhabit. The Veti's Wrath launches September 29! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4114220/…
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Veti's Wrath Campaign Expansion will cost $19.99 USD and will release with a 10% discount, running from September 29 to October 12. The base game of Tempest Rising will also be 50% off during the same two-week window, our largest discount yet!
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Ambassador is a priest-technician that incapacitates enemies, repairs Veti constructs, and captures enemy structures.
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tactical array operational. Read more on the 13 Structures available to synthesize for the Veti faction. store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...
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Tempest Rising - Veti Structures - Steam News
Tactical array operational. With less than two weeks to go until the release of the Veti’s Wrath expansion on September 29, we’ll be giving you an overview of every new structure and unit you’ll have ...
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So glad the brand account is posting again :D Can't wait for y'all to get to play the Veti :D
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is one of my favorite turrets that we designed.
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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 17/09/2026
From the team behind Orcs Must Die, Robot Entertainment is hiring a Level Designer to craft epic battles for a brand new IP! 📍 Remote, Contract (CT ±2hrs) 🎮 Made in Unreal Engine 🕹️ 3+ years XP ⤵️
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Robot Entertainment is hiring a Level Designer
Robot Entertainment, the independent developer of the Orcs Must Die! franchise, is seeking an experienced level designer to contribute to a project built in Unreal Engine.
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is it OK to meme yourself
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They dare study us, like relics.
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My Discord server loves me... I... Think?
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Golem is a tier 3 infantry with both an anti-ground attack (which prevents its target from being able to use weapons) and area effect damage against enemy air units.
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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 16/09/2026
Darkriver is hiring a Game Developer to help polish their stunning visual novel set in a world of political intrigue and chaos. 🛰️ Remote, Contract ⚡ SDL3, C++, Vulkan, Shader Slang 🎨 Work closely with the artist ⤵️
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The Darkriver Team is hiring a Game Developer
We are looking for a Game Developer to help us flesh out and polish both core features of the engine and implement features based on continuous testing feedback.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 16/09/2026
Homeworld 2 was released 23 years ago today. Pick up Homeworld Remastered Collection (2015) to play this sci-fi classic! Art by Rob Cunningham:
A large, futuristic spacecraft with a blocky, industrial design flies through space. The ship has metallic blue/gray armor with white stripes, antennas, and lights, against a dark starry background
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fury unyielding!
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Saving this interaction for posterity...
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
⚠️ VETI THREAT IMMINENT. The wait is almost over. The Veti's Wrath, the long-awaited third faction expansion for Tempest Rising, is launching on September 29, 2026!
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm so proud of this unit
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Caretaker is a cornerstone of the Veti war machine.
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Tempest Rising @tempestrts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is the last weekend to play the Tempest Rising demo and try the upcoming Veti's Wrath Campaign for free. Stay tuned for some exciting news next week!
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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Request for all you tool designers out there: reduce the amount of clicks it takes to do something No, reduce it more If I'm clicking, I'm not writing or designing and it disrupts my flow. Plz, I beg of you, fewer clicks. You can do it. I believe in you
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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 04/09/2026
Midain Studios is hiring an Art Director to shape the visual world of Scarlet O’Beetle and the Unseen World! 🛰️ Remote, Contract 🎨 5+ years XP 🕹️ Made in Unity ⤵️
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Midain Studios is hiring a Art Director (Environmental Art / Generalist)
Scarlet O’Beetle and the Unseen World is looking for an Art Director to help us define and build the visual world of our narrative-driven cozy life-sim adventure.
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Periodic Reminder: @tempestrts.bsky.social | open.spotify.com/album/0oZNHc...
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Tempest Rising (Original Game Soundtrack) - Album by Tempest Rising Original Soundtrack | Spotify
Tempest Rising Original Soundtrack · album · 2025 · 41 songs
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Kenney @kenney.nl · 31/08/2026
I've been releasing public domain game assets for 16 years now (this message is for everyone that told me I wouldn't be able to keep doing it)
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
LOVE this show
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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Episode 3 of #Lanterns airs tonight at 9pm on @hbomax.bsky.social. Don't miss this one! One of the best.
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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Corsair Cove maker Limbic Entertainment on life after Bandai Namco. "It has its advantages, but it's also scary because you no longer have infinite funding for everything" bit.ly/4i4Qmel
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Kenney @kenney.nl · 28/08/2026
Monday's update will add windmills, tanks, solar panels, shipping containers and a water tank to City Kit: Industrial! Will still be completely free, no premium or extended options. All free.
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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 26/08/2026
pprojects, etc. is hiring an Environment Artist/Illustrator to help craft their first commercial title! 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎨 Hand-drawn, quasi-realistic style 🖌️ Blender & Grease Pencil a big + ⤵️
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pprojects, etc. is hiring a Environment Artist / Illustrator
We need a skilled and enthusiastic Environment Artist to help us craft a lived-in world full of striking detail and unique character.
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 26/08/2026
Fwiw, this is also a nod towards the transition to an all digital future. The key difference here is that there's now a solution for existing Xbox disc owners that everyone agrees is good.
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deuteronomy @thuleanperspective.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from clinical depression
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This might be dumb but I feel like I need to say it. For a long time I bought into the (in retrospect obvious) lie of 'trickledown economics' and the story that we get told about fiscal responsibility... bootstraps, etc. I'm very grateful that in the last few years my eyes have been opened...
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Brandon "wayward strategy" Casteel @wayward.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Tempest Rising: vs Kepochka DYN vs GDF, who has the strongest air? #tempestrising @tempestrts.bsky.social | www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv23...
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