Oliver Joyce (Lair of the Leviathan)
@oliverjoyce.bsky.social
Owner, Whiskeybarrel Studios. Currently working on Lair of the Leviathan. Creator of the Swords and Sandals series. Grizzled game dev greybeard.
Gameplay of a five-a-side match between two spirited rivals in Heroic Sports Football. ⚽️⚔️ If you like a healthy dose of violence with your sport, check it out - coming to Steam this August 28! store.steampowered.com/app/4301960/... #wishlistWednesday #football
Surprise drop! Heroic Sports Football, a combat football game way back in the ancient days of 2009, returns! store.steampowered.com/app/4301960/...
Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition on Steam
With very few rules, on field fatalities and quick, hectic matches, Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition is the remedy against stat-heavy, lumbering football simulations. It’s football the way it...
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Woke up this morning feeling like I could take on the whole universe. Working on a massive RPG like Lair of the Leviathan is the most challenging / most fun project I've ever been part of. It's the journey, not the destination, and what a journey.
Here's another classic mage spell for targeting multiple foes at once!
You can't officially say you're making an RPG until you've implemented a fireball spell.
One thing I've learned from operating an independent reader-funded games publication is that I'm absolute dogshit at self-promotion and I need to get better at that. Anyway, just letting you know This Week in Videogames had its first anniversary like two weeks ago lol pls subscribe to keep us alive
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This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · last mo.This Week in Videogames has reached its first full year of operation. Thank you to our paid subscribers for helping us sustain an independent, commercial-free, AI-free, and no-nonsense approach to games coverage for everyone. Here's a brief rundown of what we've managed to achieve in Year One:
In this month's big Lair of the Leviathan developer update: * Towns have been reworked (Now at the same scale as dungeons!) * Fiendish new traps to disarm! * Loading and savegame system And more ... if you're a fan of old school CRPG's, join us! store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Lair of the Leviathan - News from the Lair - June - Steam News
Exploration at scale, dangerous new traps, persistent savegames and more!
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"It's a trap!" Discovering and disarming traps is now possible for the skilled rogue while you explore one of the many dungeons of Lair of the Leviathan. (This trap of course was a zero difficulty for test purposes, otherwise there's every chance poor Gwydion would be skewered.)
BATTLE BEGINS! First look at combat in Lair of the Leviathan in this month's Steam post. This is a really cool update. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Lair of the Leviathan - The Battle Is Joined! - Steam News
Showing off some in-game tactical combat. Melee / ranged attacks, opportunity attacks and more!
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Drova for mobile (Android/iOS) is out now! * Fully customizable controls * Customizable menus and fonts * Full controller support * No microtransactions * Try the demo now!
Has been quite a ride to get Drova on mobile. So let's take a look at why it happened. And why experts call us crazy and why Apple and Google lack a lot of things. Thread incoming.
Just2D@just2d.bsky.social · 4mo agoDrova for mobile (Android/iOS) is out now! * Fully customizable controls * Customizable menus and fonts * Full controller support * No microtransactions * Try the demo now!
April's nearly done and finally we're working on the combat section of Lair of the Leviathan. So many numbers and dice rolls! Here's the latest on our retro RPG, including some really cool new pixel art town interiors. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Lair of the Leviathan - April Updates: Battle Begins! - Steam News
In this month's news, we're *finally* working on combat. Also, some cool new town interiors.
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Gladiators! Once again, Swords and Sandals Classic Collection is a featured Steam Daily Deal. There's never been a better time to play a game from 2006 (in gaming terms, basically older than the actual colosseum) store.steampowered.com/app/1055430/...
Save 60% on Swords and Sandals Classic Collection on Steam
"Gladiator, gladiator, gladiator, Swords and Sandals, Gladiatorrrrr!"You grew up playing the legendary Swords and Sandals turn based combat game series. These games have been played over half a billion times. Swords and Sandals is nostalgia, Swords and Sandals is life.
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Time for the March game dev update from Lair of the Leviathan! Road testing the editor tools! New character art, tons of new props, NPC interactions, pathfinding and more... store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Lair of the Leviathan - March Update : Taverns and forges, building a world one room at a time - Steam News
Road testing the editor tools! New character art, tons of new props, NPC interactions, pathfinding and more.
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The indie game I am making and three of the inspirations behind it.
Greetings from the Lair! Let's take a deep dive into the powerful suite of editor tools we've created for our RPG Lair of the Leviathan. Everything from terrain and lights to encounter logic and more. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275... #gamedev #indiedev
Lair of the Leviathan - Checking out our POWERFUL RPG Editor Tools - Steam News
Take a look at some the powerful custom RPG editor tools we're using to build Lair of the Leviathan!
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News from Lair of the Leviathan! Join me as I regale you with what we achieved in 2025 and where our epic retro RPG is headed to for next year and beyond. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Gladiators! Swords and Sandals 3 Redux is now on Google Play, so you can experience the glory of the arena wherever you are in the world. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Swords and Sandals 3 Redux - Apps on Google Play
The classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, the most metal gladiator game ever!!
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The single greatest Swords and Sandals video ever made just dropped. Absolute masterclass cinema comedy. youtu.be/C3calLMX3bY
Swords and Sandals 3 Redux Is the Best in the Series
YouTube video by BubberTubber
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Cheers for a century of reviews, gladiators. May fortune smile upon you in the arena, except for those who left a thumbs down, may you live a long life watching in fear from the arena stands. #gameDev
Pro tip when you launch a game. You're gonna get *so many* key requests - ignore them all. Straight into the bin, report them as junk. They're 99.9999% scammers and key resellers. Any streamer/reviewer worth their salt will buy the game or be one that *you* contacted. #gameDev
The trumpets ring out, the arena gates open the heralds call your name. Destiny awaits, gladiator! (Actually releases later today, in my infinite wisdom I messed up my timing on these countdown pics)
As the hours dwindle, the pressure intensifies. The anticipation of battle and brimstone weighs heavy on the heart of every gladiator.
Gladiators from beyond the stars shall also join the battle, wielding powerful armour-shredding weapons on their way to glory and fortune.
There is courage and honour to be found amidst the horrors of the arenas ... small mercies shown, acts of generosity ... lives spared. The Gladiae Ultratus will reveal the true nature of the gladiator.
As the Gladiae Ultratus prepares to open its mighty gates, creatures with the blackest hearts in the realm also prepare their campaigns of reckless hate and death. ⚔️You are forewarned, the arena will not be merciful.
A throng of abominations now flock to the arena. Beast men from the deserts. Gelatinous cubes from towers of sorcery. Skeletons from beyond the grave... All yearning for the glory of gladiatorial combat!
Gladiators, the countdown begins! Dust off those old sandals, for the distant rumble of battle harkens. store.steampowered.com/app/2116620/...
