Thomas West
@thomasthewest.itch.io
Game designer | 🇮🇪 Developer for BattleClaws.com and SplitChance.com. If you're looking for my games or other socials, all of my links can be found on my website here: https://thomasthewest.neocities.org/
if you haven't seen it already, build a bot just came out!! Made some friends of mine, please check it out (less than the cost of a pint in dublin too) store.steampowered.com/app/3575280/...
Build A Bot on Steam
A top-down shooter rogue-like that sees its player take control of a mechanized weapons platform designed for one thing and one thing only: “Take down the corporation, by any means necessary. . .”
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I understand what it means and that the correct phrase makes sense, but I do like the implications of 'tow the line'. Like you're lugging a message, y'know?
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2w agoWe acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'
For anyone curious about Cardestia's development, we're running external playtests! If you'd like to sign up, just fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Cardestia Playtest Sign-Up Sheet
To register your interest in playtesting Cardestia's closed beta, please enter your contact information so we can reach out to you in the future. Playtests will involve joining an online call through...
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Finished up all I wanted to get out of Combat: Reloaded Maybe one day I'll get updated graphics and UX but for now this is my perfect, perfect design vision. thomasthewest.itch.io/combat-reloa...
1.2
- Added ricochet rounds for the cannon and mortar. - Added braking with the left gamepad trigger. - Improved mine spawns. - Added 1-Ups. They appear when a player is down to their last life. - Fixed v...
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Odd one today, revisited an old college project. If a sci-fi tank shooter with local competitive play and weird floaty controls sounds interesting, grab a friend and try it out. thomasthewest.itch.io/combat-reloa...
1.1
- Added new weapon systems: mines, alternate ammo, and alternate firing modes. These can be accessed in-game using the D-pad. - Updated sprites and menu assets. There's still a lot of QoL, polished as...
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0.4.6 released! Lots has happened, and we've been working hard! We're looking to work on Manna provision in the next major version. thomasthewest.itch.io/cardestia/de...
0.4.6
Changed in 0.4.6 - Player hands have changed: players now receive three different cards at the start of each turn and can spend Mna to receive a different three cards. Cards are no longer kept between...
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#saveplayerone has aged very poorly. I don't know how the Bethesda layoffs have not killed off all momentum for TES 6 with so many junior and senior layoffs.
At DiGRA Maynooth and there is a very Theif: Dark Project vent over here...
Another update for Cardestia! If you're in Dublin this week, head over to TUD Grangegorman to play it with the developers! We're in East Quad room 315, and I'll be there in-person on Tuesday the 2nd. thomasthewest.itch.io/cardestia/de...
0.4.5
Changed in 0.4.5: - Changed the name of the Damage stat to Power. - Updated card values. - Card cost is now listed in the card info dialogue. - Added better contextual presence to card action buttons....
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Genuinely, this concern about AI is one of the reasons why I think having friction in video games is good and why it's increasingly important to have games that simply exist instead of catering to our expectations. Reposting this message from Kojima about "pre-digested" art:
Andrew Hinton 😷❤️@andrewhinton.bsky.social · 6mo ago“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”
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New version online! Lots of UX QoL added this update, intending for a 1.0 release on Tuesday. thomasthewest.itch.io/cardestia/de...
0.4.2
Changed in 0.4.2: - Various UX improvements and additions. - Implemented new audio tracks, including music and SFX...
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Thomas West@thomasthewest.itch.io · 7mo agoworking on a card game with friends and we've released version 0.4 of our beta. If you have a moment to play and provide feedback, it would be much appreciated. mouse+keyboard, internet connection, and a friend to play with required! thomasthewest.itch.io/cardestia
working on a card game with friends and we've released version 0.4 of our beta. If you have a moment to play and provide feedback, it would be much appreciated. mouse+keyboard, internet connection, and a friend to play with required! thomasthewest.itch.io/cardestia
Cardestia by ThomasTheWest, Wassuppeas_348, gronkiee, sanoano, Kai_Ron
Available for Windows
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A video on gyms, zoos and museums! A must-watch by @rystorm.com for any indie out there. Goes into why you should choose different ways of documentation sometimes, learned a lot myself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PJR...
Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game
YouTube video by Robin-Yann Storm
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I'm begging any developers out there using players' Documents folder to store saves, please please please put them in the My Games folder.
Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
Game Workers Unite Ireland stands in solidarity with the workers of Rockstar in speaking up for their unjustly fired colleagues.
IWGB Game Workers Union@gameworkers.co.uk · 12mo agoOver 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members. We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
Ko-Fi post about new work on an old project: t.co/Lq0yPfnfwD
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