bitiverse.bsky.social

The players have built Bitiverse as much as I have. It started as something to play with friends. Strangers pushed it into an open-ended MMO; someone asked for poker, so now there's a suite of games. I build it on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Bitiverse has no account wall. Click the link, you're in: write a book for the shelf, join a guild council, dig a dungeon under your house. Account later, if you survive. I build this on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #browsergame

Here's how my character designs started vs. how they ended Perihelion is my upcoming space combat roguelite with a cast of characters you will build relationships with over your runs. Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4326220?... #indiegame #gamedev #gameart #roguelite

A big studio would never translate a game for one player. I did: Bitiverse learned Swedish for one quiet player. A free MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev

Dungeons in Bitiverse got cheaper to run this week: hero AI only works a map someone is actually near, and a rested hero alone just sleeps instead of pacing forever. I build this MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #mmorpg

Vainilla5 is streaming Bitiverse live on Twitch right now, in Spanish, and the chat has its own clan in the game. Say hi: www.twitch.tv/vainilla5 It's the free browser MMO I build on my own. Join them: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse

Guilds just got a message of the day: one line, up to 70 chars, pinned right on the roster. Dungeon hoards now scale with a crypt's threat too, capped at triple gold. I build this MMO on my own. Probably bugs in both. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #mmorpg

When a leader is purged the guild passes to its highest-ranked member, treasury, stash, relics and ranks kept. New: a woven rug, crimson armchair, bedroll. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

My players kept asking me for one thing: let us design our own dungeons. In Bitiverse you make it in Bitiverse Studio, free, and send it in. A free MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev

The Ledger's Gaol opened in Westhold. A catch pleads in the yard: a short sentence on labour, a bribe, parole from the High Ledger, or a bust by the Verdant Circle. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #mmorpg #pixelart

Three cities keep a relic each, and at the Season's end every one goes to the guild that did most for that city. Your character sheet now lists the relics your guild holds. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #mmorpg #pixelart

Bitiverse Vice, Episode 4: Who Gave These Maniacs Chairs?. TNN investigates the chair riot. The anchor is standing. A cinematic made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/YePcUNxRnnY store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev

Bitiverse's shops now refuse to buy anything a city order paid you: tradeable between players, turned away at every counter. Gear wears as you use it, and dying wears it faster. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

In most MMOs, the dungeon is whatever the developers built. In Bitiverse you make it in Bitiverse Studio, free, and send it in. A free MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev

I accidentally gave my game a DEATH SENTENCE!! Help me overcome the odds and stand out on Steam by wishlisting! Demo is coming soon! store.steampowered.com/app/4326220?... #indiegame #gamedev #roguelike

Bitiverse Vice, Episode 3: Raiders of the Lost Cabbage. The Golden Cabbage, a sack of sand, and a price that turned NaN. Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/dpfpE922cHE store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #indiegame #pixelart

Bitiverse's guilds are mostly paperwork: eight kinds of vote, five named seats, and a quorum of 55% of members seen in the past fortnight. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #mmorpg

Bitiverse isn't only combat: build a home, run a shop, or sit on a guild council with real votes. I build this MMO alone. Free, no download. Come find your role: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart

Bitiverse's three orders each work out of a city of their own: the bonesetters in frostovercrest, the high ledger in westhold, the verdant circle in thorncrest. Recruiters stay in town as envoys. I build this browser MMO on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #mmorpg

Bitiverse Studio is out, and it's free: a 1980s STOS-style game creator for Windows. Draw sprites, build maps, snap logic together, press Play. I built it on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse-st... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

In most MMOs the boss just hits you. In Bitiverse the boss talks back: the old oak changes its tune when you wound it, then gets philosophical when you kill it. A free browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Getting hurt in Bitiverse used to just mean a corpse run. This build gives the sick a house of healing: bonesetters treat patients in a card duel. I build this myself. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 11 of 11: True Love. The finale. Somebody finally gets the twelfth chair. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Bitiverse Vice, Episode 2: Back to the Furniture. A call from the future: never give them chairs. So he types add chair. Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/owVY99PjKZI store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #indiegame #pixelart

Carpentry 100 and level 90 unlock something quietly deranged in Bitiverse: a dungeon under your own estate. Dig it, haul the spoil, and hired heroes clear it floor by floor. I build this MMO on my own. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart

I always wanted a game that played like the space battles in Battlestar Glactica. We never got it, so I'm making it myself Perihelion is my space combat roguelite where you master zero-g combat. If you're a BSG fan, check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/4326220?... #indiegame #roguelite #gaming

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 10 of 11: The Long Long Chair Train. The wedding. The aisle. Eleven chairs in a row, moving. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

The verdant circle's thieves got an opposite number this morning: keepers hunt a wanted criminal on sight, and their necropolis hall also raises the restless dead to fight at their side. I build this MMO on my own. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart

Bitiverse's first criminal order opened this morning: pick pockets in town, dodge the two guards on patrol. Clean work goes unnoticed; get caught and it's taken back. I build this MMO on my own. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart

Bitiverse Vice, Episode 1: Wake Up, Fortisq. A burned-out dev, a club, and the duper of the east server. A cinematic made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/p7QjJ0BcGLI store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 9 of 11: The Carriage. Her wedding morning. The carriage arrives. The driver turns round. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Past level 100 in Bitiverse your xp stopped being wasted this morning: every 25,000 beyond the cap buys another skill point, until the class's whole tree is yours. One person builds this browser MMO. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 8 of 11: The Proposal. Under a moon shaped like a throne, Benny proposes. Somewhere nearby, someone counts to nine. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Vale now walks a newcomer to their first job, mail opens in its own tab, and a chest empties in one go. Three changes this week in Bitiverse, a browser MMO built by one person. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

TNN: the Empire's news | A Star Wars parody Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

The coolest guy in the galaxy falls in a hole | A Star Wars parody. Blind skill. Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

It's a trap. It's in the title. | A Star Wars parody Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

Somnus dies on hold | A Star Wars parody Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

Who reads that much at the start of a movie? | A Star Wars parody Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

Return of the Dev | A Star Wars parody. The servers die at 3:07 a.m. The story starts anyway. Made in my MMO, which I build on my own. Come break it. youtu.be/wLW98ZjCncU store.steampowered.com/app/5292670/... #starwars #pixelart #indiegame

A shop's sold-out items used to sit on the shelf forever in Bitiverse. Now they clear themselves, unless the shopkeeper keeps one shown. One person builds this browser MMO. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 7 of 11: The Truth. Old Pell explains what a chair really is. Benny's stool has been listening. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

I drew Bitiverse's sprites in tiny pixels, and as of this week you can repaint them: settings shows the game's whole sheet, downloads it, and takes a painted one back. A browser MMO built by one person. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 6 of 11: The Secret. A midnight peek into the Chair Baron's showroom. Seven chairs, one for every day of the week. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

On a phone held upright, Bitiverse's alerts now stack under the minimap, clear of your bow and the E key. A pixel-art browser MMO built by one person. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 5 of 11: Jealousy. If one stool is not enough, five stacked stools must be a chair. Benny tests the theory. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Claim a plot in Bitiverse, put up a house, add floors, and decorate until the rooms say something. One person builds this browser MMO, in tiny pixels. Free, no download, no account to try. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame

The Ultimate Love Story, chapter 4 of 11: The Doorway. Benny built four chairs, one for every wall. The Chair Baron let himself in with five. Filmed in Bitiverse, the browser MMO I build on my own. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Every stall in Bitiverse belongs to another player: trade with whoever is online, browse the market, or take a vendor stall and run it yourself. One person builds this. Free, no download, no account to try. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #browsergame #pixelart

The forge keeps working after you close the tab. Bitiverse is a browser MMO I build on my own: mine, fish and farm, then let nine crafting stations finish the job while you are away. Free, no download. Come break it: fortisq.itch.io/bitiverse #indiegame #pixelart #browsergame #screenshotsaturday