The official account of #UnknownRealm the 8-bit RPG for PC AND #C64. Account owned and operated by @stirringdragon & @indielaurasdg
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"It's dangerous business going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to." - Tolkien
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We’ll be at @RetroGamingExpo next month and this time we invited some friends. I’m hosting a panel with
@StirringDragon, @FlintDille, @josiahcolborn, and Michael Cranford to talk about game design and storytelling in RPGs.
Hope to you there!
It's more than just nostalgia! Join us for a discussion on video game storytelling and design, from table top to classic CRPGs with @StirringDragon. Tickets at tinyurl.com/3a5hdpw4
#prge #prge2026 #retrogaming #RPG
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Last year at PRGE we talked about why old school RPGs still rule - this year we put together a panel with three other game designers for a conversation about Storytelling and Design Secrets from Tabletop to CRPGs.
If you're an RPG dev or fan mark your calendar for Oct. 9th-11th. You won't want to miss it!
What makes old-school RPGs like Ultima and The Bard's Tale so much fun? Here is the panel recording from @StirringDragon about retro RPG play mechanics and design principles: piped.video/RA8urOpUt4w
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #RPG
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ShadowInk Designs Radio Episode 10 (X) - Hardcore Gaming News
@IndieLauraSDG & @StirringDragon are featured in this episode!
Keynotes:
• GTA VI Extended trailer watch party & analysis
• CyberLeek situation
• The phasing out of physical media
• Acclaim returns
• Turok: Origins looks not that great
• Mega Man: Dual Override looks great
• Super Mario Crossover
• Commodore 77
• Laura and Bruce's game - Unknown Realm
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Out: “I made this game in 6 months.”
IN: “I poured my life blood into this game for 5-10 years.”
Exhibit A: @thomasbrushdev
Exhibit B: @Jonathan_Blow
Coming Soon ™️:
@StirringDragon
@KnightsFrontier
Tag your favorite long haul game dev.
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Probably should have paid attention in 6502 assembly class. 😆 @UnknownRealmSDG
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We remember.
Remember when physical copy's of your games used to come with this cool stuff?
#physicalgamesforever
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We’ve been trying to tell you…
This is a callout to all #gaming companies and publishers!
Sony is abandoning physical media, it's your turn!
BRING BACK PHYSICAL PC GAMES! #BringEmBack
Clearly there is a market for this, and collectors world wide want it! PC is an open platform!
Share if u care! #PCPhysicals
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Other RPGs:
Orcs, Trolls, Goblins, Ogres...
Unknown Realm:
Made with AI
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If you like Rush (the band), DnD, and 8-bit RPGs, and you’re reading this post: we should be friends.
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⚔️ 1000 Days In the Life Of A Solo Indie Dev ⚔️
Here are all my game builds from the last 1000 days working on Unknown Realm. (build numbers reset once before when we hit 10k)
📊Stats:
- Average 4 full builds per day (Not counting incremental builds which don't get archived)
- 12,000+ man hours (I work avg 10-12 hrs per day on the game)
People can't even begin to understand how much time, effort, and passion goes into an indie game like this.
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Straight out of an 80’s pulp comes Swordbow - golden-haired, steel-muscled, and a certified lady-killer.
He doesn’t just swing blades… he shoots them. The perfect hire for quests that demand bravery…with a side of beefcake.
Recruit him soon in Unknown Realm!
I asked @Grok Imagine to make a trailer for the most insane, pulpy, incredible 1980s sword-and-sorcery movie that should’ve existed but never did.
Grok did not disappoint.
Here is SWORDBOW.
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🎄To all our friends, both impish and admirable, Merry Christmas from the land of Madrigal! 🎄
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@StirringDragon Thank you for always being so kind and generous. I wish you, @IndieLauraSDG and the family a wonderful Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
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Our talk on RPGs at Portland Retro Gaming Expo is on YouTube now.
Thanks Red for sharing this!
Finally caught up on the talk that @StirringDragon and @IndieLauraSDG, husband and wife indie dev team, gave at PRGE. Big recommend for anyone who loves retro RPGs. Some thoughts:
Loved the breakdown of the 4 forefathers! I'm a huge Tolkienist so that was gratifying.
"Abstractions of reality" rather than direct simulations of reality is a great observation about changes in game design over time.
Turn based IS more relaxing for a lot of us, thank you.
Play-testing across multiple generations was personally inspiring. I know many of us have aged out of the target demographics, but we get to share games with the next generation and that's priceless. We need games made for us and them, not just the 20 somethings.
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Update: Unknown Realm now has more tiles than Ultima 1-6 combined.
.@StirringDragon just did a rough count of our #pixelart tiles for #UnknownRealm... we’re approaching 2000 tiles.
With revisions, we’ve probably spent almost a year of our life just on pixel tiles for this game. 🤯
#gamedev #indiegame #handcrafted #8bit #pc #c64 #rpg
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I just visited y’alls website, dude!?!? I’m gonna have to buy a copy! That’s sick!
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I love yalls story! What an amazing journey that is still ongoing. I’ll be here cheering for y’all!
Also, are there any gameplay snippets I can check out? (I like old school CRPG’s)
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Why is this happening @X? When non-X users visit our studio’s profile (@UnknownRealmSDG) in browser, this is what they see?
On other accounts, pinned posts and highlights show when visiting X logged out. Aren’t @premium users supposed to have better visibility on this site?
@elonmusk @Support
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From our talk @RetroGamingExpo
I'm glad people enjoyed our talk, which included a brief history lesson on "The Four Fathers of RPGs", how they each built on the previous, and how all RPGs are inspired by their work to varying degrees.
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Father of Worldbuilding
Gary Gygax - The Father of Role-Playing mechanics
Richard Garriott - The Father of the CRPG
Yuji Horii - The Father of the JRPG
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