Wormwood Studios

Hi #pitchyagame! Shape your own saga in Fallen Gods, where every choice, every item, every stat, and every follower opens new possibilities and challenges. Meticulously handcrafted content, gorgeous pixels and paintings, fantastic VO and music... the product of 12 years' work.

When a man's own mind is a haunted house, monsters stare back from every mirror. Strangeland is 70% off in #SteamScreamFest! store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/...

The full version of my PRGE interview is up! We chat about the adventure game community, the legacy of Roberta Vaughan, the challenges of time travel stories and what it’s like collaborating with @sallybeaumont.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yl9...

Even witches lovely tabletop games, but with their ilk, naught is ever as it seems... But then again, fallen gods have tricks of their own! #ScreenshotSaturday

Very sad news. My time working with BioWare back in law school days was a true pleasure—learned a lot from the folks there, and found them all great colleagues. (How anyone could survive Edmonton is beyond me.) As a player, I loved Baldur’s Gate, KOTOR, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. What a legacy.

Every run becomes a new saga of the fallen god, but you're not the only character in the story: your followers have their own reasons for joining and many have unique effects depending on their background. #wishlistwednesday #indiegames #gamedev

Making a game entails a thousand little bits and bobs that hold it all together: loading screens, settings and credits menus, a tutorial, pop-up gameplay tips, a quest log, dice systems, achievements and scoreboards, difficulty levels... it never ends! #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiegames

Woodsmen can lead a fallen god through the trees, help with his hunts, and make quick work of wolves. What's more, some among them keep to the old ways of the wilds, and these woodwoses have further powers still... #wishlistwednesday #gamedev #indiegames

Dare not a dragon in his den! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames

Once there were two little girls who loved adventure games and made hint guides for each other, including for "Machee." Now they're both young women -- eagerly awaiting Machinarium 2!

Finally, my next interview is out! I got to chat with Mark & James of @wormwoodstudios.bsky.social! And a great chat it was! youtu.be/DTXBDj8CTbA

Null exceptions are amazing in that they don't crash Fallen Gods, they just summon chaos. It's like passing into Area X in Annihilation! #gamedev

Adding another wurmskin to the collection and letting Brigita free a fellow maiden -- not a bad deal, even if the fallen god got bane-bitten in the bargain!

Communicate with the spirits beyond in The Séance of Blake Manor (@blakemanorgame.bsky.social) from @spookydoorway.com & @rawfury.bsky.social, now available for pre-order on Switch 2 (1,500 units) and PS5 (1,000 units)! 🏚️

Nighthawks has sold TEN THOUSAND copies in less than one week! For a tiny studio like ours, this is a huge milestone. To all the supporters, backers, wishlisters, and everyone who believed in this game and us, thank you so much.

Honored to see Primordia there for best story!

Fallen gods like feeble men must live by the maxim "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," and if you must wear a leash to wield the lash, still it's better than simply fading away. #screenshotsaturday

Racing to rally the jarl and raise his forces to fight Fraener, we're waylaid by Styrbjorn, the great raider of the whale-roads. But, to paraphrase Tony Stark, "We have a 'zerk." #wishlistwednesday

"There's no wrong way to play Fallen Gods!" "Okay, then let's make a warband of all woodsmen! It will be like Agincourt!" ... "Umm... now what?" #screenshotsaturday

With all these fighters and a mighty god, I ought to go troll-hunting, toughen 'em all up a bit... what could go possibly wrong? #wishlistwednesday

Before the Overthrow, those who worked the earth welcomed landwights and even worshipped the vǫrðr who watched over farm and field. But that bond was broken long ago... save, perhaps, for a god who wears the Wightweave. #screenshotsaturday

A witch haunts the woodstead of Alfshaw, but in Fallen Gods, one man's fiend is another's friend. #screenshotsaturday

A midwit god is unworthy of a weapon like the Bow of Bones, but it makes a good gift for a woodsman. #wishlistwednesday (a little early)

Almost 26 years after I got paid for writing and designing its scenario, Infinity finally came out and got covered in @gbstudiocentral.com! Thank goodness print isn’t dead. Among my favorite trophies from game dev are the magazines talking about Primordia, Strangeland, Kohan, Torment: TON, etc.

The Táin is one of hundreds of sagas, folktales, myths, legends, historical episodes, and other sources in which the world of Fallen Gods was steeped. With hundreds of events (each with dozens of nodes), a certain omnivorousness with required! #screenshotsaturday

These wolves messed with the wrong warband. Never get between a god and his dinner! #wishlistwednesday

At four separate stages of my life, all four of these games consumed many hours. They're not perfect, but they're sublime. (Mega Man 2 inspired some of my first game design: my friend George and I designed levels, enemy robots, and powerups, dreaming of making an actual game...)

Never tell me the odds. #screenshotsaturday

I have at last given into the suggestions of @dualnames.bsky.social, and will try to start cross-posting here. I find social media more draining than invigorating, but it's worth trying to help connect our games with more folks.

Acabo de terminar Primordia de @wormwoodstudios.bsky.social. Me ha encantado el juego. Tiene muchas soluciones distintas para los puzzles, y a pesar de eso, la que uno decide seguir adelante se siente como la correcta. El pixel art, sobre todo los fondos está precioso. Exc ambientación.