Just got finished with the Q&A from Randomworlds TTRPG community. gmshoe.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/q... Feel free to join the community on discord, www.tinyurl.com/randomworlds... and support them at their ko-fi. ko-fi.com/gmshoe #indiegame #gamedev #wipwednesday #TTRPG #RPG

[Q&A] Shawn Fluhr (Orros – A Super Heroic RPG)

[7:31 PM]SoaringMoon [Moon], : Hello, I’m Shawn Fluhr, online as SoaringMoon. An author, worldbuilder, and game developer creating both tabletop roleplaying games and video games; mostly RPGs…

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I'll be taking part in an open Q&A about Orros at 8:30pm for 2 hours on the Randomworlds TTRPG Discord later tonight Aug 25th. You can join here. discord.com/invite/mCntYas #indiegame #indiedev #ttrpg #rpg #gamedev

The final part 6 of my MMO Design write-up is on Medium. medium.com/@SoaringMoon... I didn't post part 5 yesterday due to the devlog. Part 5 is also there. medium.com/@SoaringMoon... A new part posted every day this week. #indiedev #gamedev #design #mmorpg #rpg #medium #blog

Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 6: Achievements Suck &…

This is final part of a multipart write-up on MMO design. It’s quite long, sorry about that. Almost over.

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The 84th devlog is now up on steam. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... Talking about side projects and the article writing from this last week. Also, going to be moving the dates of the devlogs up despite my stubbornness. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #blog #dev

Cosmic Construct - [Devlog] August 2026 - Week 3 - Steam News

Welcome to the 84th devlog. I know its been a few days longer than usual. I wanted to wait until the 21st to get the devlog schedule back on track with a day that was a multiple of 7 so that a rigid s...

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Part 4 of my series of write-ups on MMO design is now up. Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 4: Progression Limits Suck medium.com/@SoaringMoon... A new part posted every day this week. #indiedev #gamedev #design #mmorpg #rpg #medium #blog

Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 4: Progression Limits…

This is Part 4 of a multipart write-up on MMO design. Might be a good idea to read the prior parts:

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Part 3 of my series on MMO design is now up. Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 3: Stacked Items Suck, Binding Sucks, & Lame Loot Sucks medium.com/@SoaringMoon... A new part posted every day this week. #indiedev #gamedev #design #mmorpg #rpg #medium #blog

Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 3: Stacked Items Suck…

This is Part 3 of this write-up on MMO design. If you didn’t read the previous parts, you might want to do that:

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Part 2 of my write-up on MMO design is now up. Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 2: Datamining Sucks & Trash Drops Suck medium.com/@SoaringMoon... A new part posted every day this week. #indiedev #gamedev #design #mmorpg #rpg #medium #blog

Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 2: Datamining Sucks &…

This is Part 2 of my write-up on MMO design. You will want to read the previous parts if you are new to this series:

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Part 1 of my series of MMO design articles is now up. Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 1: Preface & Fast Travel Sucks medium.com/@SoaringMoon... A new part posted at least once a day this week. #indiedev #gamedev #design #mmorpg #rpg #medium #blog

Convenience Killed the Virtual World — The Lost Art of MMO Friction — Part 1: Preface & Fast Travel…

Convenience designed away both player community and game journey.

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Still working on that massive Medium article I mentioned before. It's turned into a lot more writing that I would have thought, but I'm passionate about the subject so what can you do. It'll be a fun read, there'll be a bunch of images in there. #indiegame #indiedev #wip #screenshotsaturday

Been a couple days, but I've been playing Fatal Bullet. XD Writing a rather large article for Medium, which I hope to have out in a couple days. It's gonna be MMO and live service game design related, something I've been meaning to write for a while. It'll be great, real game's journalism.

83rd weekly #devlog is now up. Did this recreation of the card back for Phantasy Star Online Ep.3 Card Revolution. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #blog

Apparently, it's been a while since I've updated MiKTeX. Let's see how much of my book this screws up. XD Anyhow, spending 30 minutes in the middle of writing content for the Story chapter, because some of it isn't rendering due to 3 Japanese characters. #indiegame #indiedev #wip #ttrpg #rpg

Chapter 25 of Keygemin: Barter is now up on #royalroad www.royalroad.com/fiction/9307... #fantasy #writing #booksky #wipwednesday

Barter - Chapter 25 - Calm Before - Keygemin [Sky Pirates w/ Magic]

Wind sweeping across the open flight deck in the morning carried with it a biting chill, uncharacteristic here for this time of year. As the ship made it further outways, the little meteorological kno...

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The 82nd week #devlog is now up. Working on Orros 1.1 store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #indiegame #indiedev #dev #blog #ttrpg #rpg

Orros - A Super Heroic #TTRPG is available on @drivethrurpg.com. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #rpg #indierpg

I'm have decided to remove Orros from sale on @itch.io. Significant payment delays are being reported by many creators. It is causing worries that itch might not be financially solvent. I have gifted purchasers a copy on @drivethrurpg.com, so that can retain free updates. #indiegame #indiedev

Wrote a Medium article about the development of Orros. medium.com/@SoaringMoon... #indiegame #ttrpg #rpg #gamedev #blog

Orros — A Super Heroic TTRPG: Developer Commentary on Rules-Lite Minimalism

My TTRPG Development History

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Fully implemented the Index, turned out to be a little more difficult than just adding the labels, but it's working. #ttrpg #indiegame #gamedev #wip #screenshotsaturday

Working on the 1.1 update for Orros. Seems like adding an Index is easier than I thought it was going to be. So, I'll do my best to implement it with the update. #indiegame #ttrpg #gamedev #rpg #screenshotsaturday

The 81st week #devlog is now up, pretty much just showing off the store pages for the #TTRPG release. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #dev #indiegame #wip #wipwednesday #rpg

Been doing a lot of prep work getting Orros #TTRPG ready for release. I added a last minute appendix chapter. Slated for release on @drivethrurpg.com in about 7 hours. Launch price is 14.99 USD, and will increase to 19.99 USD after a few updates. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #RPG #indieTTRPG

Got invited to play Soulframe so I've been doing that.

The week 80 #devlog is now up on steam. Doing final touches before the Orros #TTRPG release as midnight rolls over to the 19th. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #rpg

The Orros book is now in a ready to release state. All interstitial art is finished. Ready for release on the 19th on both DriveThruRPG and Itch. #indiettrpg #ttrpg #rpg #wip #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Still doing interstitials, the book is almost done. :3 #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #wip #ttrpg #rpg

Been working on the interstitial art for the Orros superhero-themed #TTRPG rulebook. Each chapter needs some art to make sure the book looks like a quality product and fits the game's aesthetic. Release on July 19th on @drivethrurpg.com at $14.99. #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #wip #ttrpg #rpg

The 79th week #devlog is now up, this one talks about my TTRPG Orros that will be releasing on the 19th in 2 weeks. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... Both of the cover arts are now done, working on interstitial arts. #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #wip #blog

Took basically all day, 12 hours, but the cover is now done. (The middle margin is the spine which isn't much more work, and only applies to print on demand anyway.) #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #ttrpg #rpg #indiettrpg

I really wasn't happy with the old cover art for Orros. I'm going to lean less cartoony this time. Great news, Orros has had its entire body of text edited, and is ready. It just needs art, so release is coming. The release price will be $14.99. #indiegame #gameart #wip #screenshotsaturday #ttrpg

A PSA to anyone publishing on @drivethrurpg.com. If you use Publisher Promotion Points (PPP) for a banner and you remove that banner prematurely, before all impressions are consumed; you will lose those impression credits. #indiedev #ttrpg #dnd #gamedev #tabletop 110 points is like a year for me.