If it’s like my experience? That’ll hit like rocket fuel.
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If it’s like my experience? That’ll hit like rocket fuel.
The cover of an eBook, "The Shepherd of the Giant Mountains" by Friedrich de la Motte Foque
Well - in the course of being a #gamedev / #indiegamedev - I have been reading a lot of #fairytales and not all are widely available. So I'd like to do my part to make some of these grand old stories more widely available. People like #free #ebooks right?
ebooks.idletidalidyll.com
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⚠️ Oak City Indie Games megathread INCOMING ⚠️
OCIG 2025 IS THIS SATURDAY!
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A Persian demon licking sleeping people’s feet in bed
Having a cat who is hungry in the morning before you are awake be like:
(Actually a Persian demon from a book of #magic and #astrology) #folklore #mythology
Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
A gnome like forest spirit with a red cap and a green beard
A byse (or bysen) in Götland is the gnome like spirit of someone obsessed with possessions and who acquired them unjustly. They wander the forest chopping wood and obsessing over property boundaries.
#LegendaryWednesday
Artwork by okpwka on DeviantArt
www.deviantart.com/okpwka/art/B...
Fortunately, I don’t know any theory 😬
That gratifying moment when it starts feeling real. Really, really, real.
#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll #skurugata #newlogowhodis
Screenshot!
I love this… my plan was just to have the player climb them! 😅
Man, rocks are the worst. Anybody see a way around?
#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
If Wendy isn’t Max and Tao’s canon daughter, I riot!
Woke: Talking with angels
Broke: Talking with mosquitos.
(Artwork is “A Rocky Landscape with a Hermit” by Carl Blechen)
Also: Yes there is a $0.99 or your local currency equivalent Amazon version but I am very happy to let you download this for free!)
A rocky landscape with a hermit
Website update today with a new, #free #eBook
Today we have the Life of Saint Guthlac, an 8th century hermit. Who amongst us hasn't wanted to get away from it all and live in a plundered barrow in an East Anglian swamp?
ebooks.idletidalidyll.com
#folklore #england #history #medieval #saint
Imagine how good it will look when the dogs’ tail is attached 😅 But thank you!
Happy Birthday!
“No nothing is wrong, just walking the dog. Bugs? No, not a mosquito in sight 😅”
#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
painting of dragon shielding fawn with its wing
#joy #fairytales ‘Shelter’ by Lily Seika Jones
Well this looks absolutely amazing
This first (very short) story is "The Shepherd of the Giant Mountains" by Friedrich de la Motte Foque. I'm not sure an English edition has been made since 1846? But I am sure some bibliophiles know better than I!
The cover of an eBook, "The Shepherd of the Giant Mountains" by Friedrich de la Motte Foque
Well - in the course of being a #gamedev / #indiegamedev - I have been reading a lot of #fairytales and not all are widely available. So I'd like to do my part to make some of these grand old stories more widely available. People like #free #ebooks right?
ebooks.idletidalidyll.com
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Looks like a nice place to rest your weary bones. Should this gravesite have some flavor text or an encounter with a ghost?
#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
Oh yeah. This guy is totally going to give you a quest. Good thing you brought a cat.
#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #screenshot #idletidalidyll
What a great idea for a game. Bookmarking this to check out later!
So what do we call this… half-cannibalism? Because I do believe the eldest kid means to eat those fish.
“The Mermaid Family” by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
#mermaid #fairytale
Fou-Lu doesn’t stand a chance
Agnodice, lifting her outer cloak to reveal that she in fact a woman
Agnodice is the legendary first female doctor and midwife of Athens who disguised herself as a man. When her gender was discovered, the women of the city came to her defense because of her skill. The law against female physicians was then revoked.
#LegendaryWednesday #Folklore #Mythology
We’re Idle Tidal Idyll, an up and coming indie studio! We’re focused on making a series (one at a time 😅) of interconnected, fairy-tale, turn-based RPGs!
Hello! We are Idle Tidal Idyll and we are working on a series (one at a time) of interconnected fairy tale themed RPGs!
A snippet of "Balsam and Pure Wax" from the "Hundeprest" soundtrack! Composed by Guillaume Dufay, arranged by #idletidalidyll
#gamemusic #gamesoundtrack #retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset
