Working on Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands https://store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/Cyclopean_II_The_Dreamlands/https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqz7hrrwms2cI don't know who needs to hear this, but offering your services to a game developer (art, music, whatever...) by first telling them how bad they are at said services ... is not an effective sales pitch. https://static.klipy.com/ii/39f2394ae36df6e199be9eb7c9fa1012/e1/f2/LjTBRWFR.gif?hh=160&ww=244&mp4=BPDQIcnpQYkx0ROSl&webm=ldXSzXKmmNQh61aGrs19 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz7hrrwms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqwk5s5g622cFeaturing Islands of the Caliph on this fine #ScreenshotSaturday. Its my old school, action-RPG based on Middle Eastern Folklore and Islamic Spiritual Tradition. #RPG #Retrogaming It's also on sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1845670/Islands_of_the_Caliph/18 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwk5s5g622chttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqqfscwdis2hThis is why indie games exist... lozadaa.itch.io/immigrant https://lozadaa.itch.io/immigrant16 Jul 2026 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqfscwdis2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqqdidofy22vReminder, you can help Cyclopean: The Great Abyss get on GOG if you vote here: https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/cyclopean-the-great-abyss-2025 #RPG #Retrogaming #GameDev16 Jul 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqdidofy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqli5x43yk24Show me a comic page you love; no explanation needed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqli5x43yk24https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqkykdrkm22dWhat happened to the #CRPG feed? That was my favorite...14 Jul 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkykdrkm22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqijgzgbgc2nS.T.A.L.K.E.R.13 Jul 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqijgzgbgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqfrwhlzxk2bMy hot take for the day: Games can be great *and* not addictive.11 Jul 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfrwhlzxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqfbhbyoes2oThe City of Thran with its great spires, borders the perfumed jungles of Kled. Entry may only be gained after telling the red robed sentry three dreams beyond belief... #ScreenshotSaturday #Dreamlands #RPG11 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfbhbyoes2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mqckuaoqnk22I am in love with the look and atmosphere of Peripeteia. It's also a really interesting game overall. The whole decaying eastern-bloc, futurism thing is gorgeous.10 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqckuaoqnk22https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mq6awhyd4c2rReally nice, short review of the Cyclopean II demo... https://youtu.be/7_k5LZkvT8Y?si=oIA5Q-Bg0he-0t-H08 Jul 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6awhyd4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mq67cuz2jk2hI've been stuck on a game design decision all day. It's one of those things that will determine the whole direction of how I work on the game ... no right or wrong answer, just a choice I have to make. #GameDev #GameDesign08 Jul 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq67cuz2jk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mq32qljxi22xWhich game is this for you? I did not expect to like Rage 2 at all, but some of the environment art it about the best I've seen ... a thread 🧵07 Jul 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq32qljxi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpzn56jimc2sJust your reminder that Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth exists...07 Jul 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzn56jimc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpubypxws22bCall me old fashioned but making a public post with a piece of art, claiming it to be from a famous artist, then silencing people who suggest it is A.I. seems really suspect to me.05 Jul 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpubypxws22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mptmhvzaxs2rSome of the more recent additions to the Cyclopean II bestiary are not fantasy creatures at all, but include the wise and elusive Raven, the lumbering and powerful Elephant, and the dreaded and ruthless Citizen! #ScreenshotSaturday #CRPG #Bestiary04 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptmhvzaxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpr25rliq22kI played a really weird, atmospheric, cyberpunky art game today. I personally enjoyed it, and I was able to finish within a couple hours. Lullabies Made of Static is not really pushing gameplay in new areas, but it has lots of mood to compensate. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4216940/Lullabies_Made_of_Static/03 Jul 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr25rliq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpomssxi5k2rPart 3 of Dr. Incompetent's dungeon crawl through the dreamlands of Cyclopean: The Great Abyss #CRPG #DungeonCrawler #Retrogaming https://youtu.be/3AKemEsy11M?si=JFjAuU-s0VR9VOte02 Jul 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpomssxi5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpmcvxhces2gThe Jungles of Kled are home to many horrors, not least of which is a rugose, eldritch creature, featuring legs like the trunks of trees, long and tapered tusks, extremely large fan-like ears and a single, tentacle-like proboscis which it uses as a kind of fore-limb. #Lovecraft #Dreamlands #CRPG01 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmcvxhces2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpk4k3vnvs23Just found out about the Wizardry remake for the Famicon. This might be the best thing I've ever seen. Can you imagine a hippo in a dungeon. #CRPG #DungeonCrawler #Famicon30 Jun 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpk4k3vnvs23https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpgrh7d4cs2lBe careful wandering the streets of Ulthar at night, for one might inadvertently encounter a ... CITIZEN! #CRPG #Ulthar #Encounters29 Jun 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgrh7d4cs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpcu7qje6k2kThis bundle price is too good ... it's dangerously good. You can get all my games on Steam right now at a ludicrous discount! #SteamSale #SummerSale #SteamBundle https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/9006/Schmidt_Workshops_SUPERFANTASTICMEGABUNDLE/28 Jun 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcu7qje6k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpbnyi3tj22t"Carter knew that they must be the shantak-birds of ill rumour, and wondered no more what evil guardians and nameless sentinels made men avoid the boreal rock desert." CGA - Mode 5 Palette (other than the background) #ScreedshotSaturday #CRPG #Dreamlands27 Jun 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbnyi3tj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpbe2tly5k2gWhen you are exploring dangerous caves and risking your character's life in Star Explorers ... remember to have fun! #ScreenshotSaturday27 Jun 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbe2tly5k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mpa6pqpu5c2sI spent almost two weeks just updating a bunch of code, and the game was pretty much broken during this period, until everything was completed. Well today I am happy to announce, it still works (again)... #programming #crpg #retrogaming27 Jun 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpa6pqpu5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3moyndfc7ps26The Quake II remaster looks just fantastic! #Quake #QuakeII #FPS24 Jun 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyndfc7ps26https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mostehmcnk22Interesting thing in Wizardry. I got to level 6 of the dungeon, and encountered 3 trolls (a new monster for me) and 2 ogres (something I had faced before). I was far more worried about the trolls, since I knew ogres were not that tough... or so I thought. #GameDesign #Wizardry #CRPG21 Jun 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mostehmcnk22https://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3mosjhlyzjk2qThis review may be better than the game itself. I will keep reading it to myself... #GameReview #CRPG #RETROGAMING21 Jun 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosjhlyzjk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mkschmidt30.bsky.social/post/3moj6ov7sic2aDon't drink the dungeon juice... https://youtube.com/shorts/btHcs_25Fl0?si=zadt7fAOyE2p_KHx17 Jun 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:pxt4c2vxa4wxqmjs25ep5src/app.bsky.feed.post/3moj6ov7sic2a