i think i may have gotten carried away during development of Checkmage. this is supposed to be a video game about chess, but there is a little more to it... featuring music from @alastairalpaca.bsky.social
oleogustus
@oleogustus.itch.io
Making Checkmage! a casual adventure game about playing chess with wizards Play the demo now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3706230/ join the discord! https://discord.gg/Gn6K4BYqba art account - @posshydra.com | games - https://oleogustus.itch.io
pixel artists. top 5 pixel clusters GO
pixel artists. top 5 pixel clusters GO
i'm at the stage of development where i'm mainly focused on polishing visual and audio effects. this a fun thing to experiment with. my hope is that people will play the game and undo/redo casting the spells just to have fun messing with things
Chirax's Fortress is almost at 50 reviews! Can you help us indies get there? It'll make more people on steam see the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3798540/... #steam #pcgaming #indiegame #gamedev #yoshi #dragons #hydra
hello, i'm still working on my indie game, Checkmage. here's a short compilation of stuff i recorded today. #chess #indiegame #pixelart
rowan is an "ideas guy" and that's alright. #chess #indiegame
Checkmage! is releasing in OCTOBER this year! here's an updated trailer to show off the game a bit youtu.be/KeGFDNFR2ls #chess #deckbuilder #indiegame
Checkmage! Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by posshydra
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Checkmage! devlog #33 oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de... #godot #indiedev #chess
If you love single player deck builders but are lowk fatigued by the sea of roguelikes, you owe it to yourself to play Checkmage. Its been years since I played anything thats scratched the itch of wandering a world, collecting cards, & building & rebuilding my deck for fights @oleogustus.itch.io
EMUUROM IS FINALLY OUT! store.steampowered.com/app/1634360/...
Checkmage! will be showcasing an updated demo at PIGCon on May 30th. come check it out, it'll be a blast! pigcon.pigsquad.com
PIGCon 2026 - Portland Indie Game Convention
A weekend for indie devs to learn, share, and connect. May 30-31, 2026 at Norse Hall, Portland, OR.
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this is disappointing to me... ive seen a lot of this in the past few months, and i feel like some games have felt obviously poisoned by ai in their design process, even if the developers claim to not use it. checkmage and all my future projects will remain AI-free and i hope that matters to people
was looking through nextfest demos the other day and so many are just slopped to hell either completely or for really stupid little shit the dev got lazy on, like, capsule images on the store page i was like 'there's 3 decades of games i could be emulating and not deal with this shit at all'
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characters from my upcoming video game, checkmage! i haven't drawn them all in one place ever so i took a bit of time today to scribble them out. if you haven't tried out the demo, check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3613550/...
Checkmage! weekly devlog 17 oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de... #godot #indiedev #pixelart