Sealbee Games

@sealbeegames.bsky.social

Queer solo game developer with a strong affinity for cats, complex narratives, and doing the right thing. Current project: Bean Sidhe, a story of Irish history, death and resistance. Live now! https://www.sealbeegames.com/bean-sidhe

What's that? Sealbee's own Gamebreaker General has his own project? Well well well! If you enjoyed the time manipulation aspect of Dishonored 2 or the concept of shifting genres mid-stride, you'll want to give Duality a shot.

MimicsNMisfits | Check out Duality!@mimicsnmisfits.com · 4mo ago

Mimics, Misfits, and all other mischief-makers, it is our extreme honour to announce that Duality is live NOW, on Kickstarter! Join us to start your journey Shifting through the Worlds, and see how plucking at the Threads that make up the fabric of a World can send you on unlikely adventures! -MO🐈

A group of adventures stands in front of a mausoleum on a moonlit night. They're bifurcated along the middle by a bolt of lightning. The figures shift along the rift, turning in to their other-world versions of themselves. The text on the image reads "DUALITY" on top, and "LIVE ON KICKSTARTER" on the bottom.

As the hype of @imirt.bsky.social 's Irish games event winds to a warm glow, it seems like a great time to look at Bean Sidhe's stats over the past year: Downloads: 280 Revenue: ~$800 Folks helped (rent, living expenses, medical care): 3 Not bad for a bunch of tired queers. Here's to the future!

The best part about game design is revisiting old code to add features, forgetting that you already solved a problem, then solving it again in the exact same way and being just as proud of yourself as you were the first time. Controller/steam deck compatibility for Bean Sidhe coming soon I guess!

Stay tuned - after another aggressive month of life really aiming for the jugular, Bean Sidhe v2.0 is coming! If there are any specific changes you'd like to see (accessibility features, content edits, etc) now's the time to let me know.

MimicsNMisfits is one of our loudest supporters and active teammates. If you're looking for truly unique, thoughtful, and compassionate storytelling, give Duality a try. Where else can you be a 1600s pirate and a cyberpunk queen in the same game?

MimicsNMisfits | Check out Duality!@mimicsnmisfits.com · 10mo ago

It's been a lot of work, and so much writing, but we potentially put the last page of @dualityttrpg.bsky.social to bed 166 pages cover to cover, now to see what survives editing!

A white background image with a faded in cartoon version of Matt, and a long entry paragraph that reads 

Welcome to Duality

Telling stories has always been a way to explore things we dream for ourselves, whether that’s super powers, casting spells, or wielding a sword against mighty foes. Tabletop roleplaying games let us explore these fantastical versions of ourselves through adventures that become shared memories with friends. In my dreams though, characters have no limits, they cannot be confined to just one world. They are all bits and pieces of each other, across worlds, across lives, across stories. That is what I want Duality to make possible. 
- Matt, MimicsNMisfits

First batch of direct aid sent to Nebula and Ahmed. No charity oversight or fees, just people helping people. Thank you so much to everyone who's donated for the game so far - it's a small act of resistance, but it's truly making a difference.

You know what the coolest part about being a self-managed indie dev is? You can take a week off to recuperate and nothing falls apart (but you do log back in to 500+ Discord messages). Happy Monday!

"But where was your launch day bug?" you may ask. Because we all know, there's ALWAYS a launch day bug. Apparently it was in the donation button for the full walkthrough. It's fixed now, and I get to be annoyed about a bug that WASN'T my fault. Win/win!