Designer/writer/coder of @GunpointGame @HeatSig and @BreachWizards. I'm mostly on BlueSky now, link below
Vancouver
Joined May 2007
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I'll only beg you for RTs once very 3-7 years, and today's the day - on this one pls: xitter.cf/BreachWizards/status/1…
I've been working on this for almost half my career, and it all rides on how today goes. It means the world to us if you can grab it today specifically. 🧡🧙♂️
TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS IS OUT!
Sorry for yelling but it took ages to make
Turn-based tactics game about Navy Seers and Traffic Warlocks from the devs of @GunpointGame and @HeatSig
Grab it now for a discount and a lil extra gift! store.steampowered.com/app/1…
RTs much appreciated!
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
pentadact.com/2026-01-08-15-…
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
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This season, give yourself the gift of giving us less money:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 75% off!
store.steampowered.com/app/2…
🚀 Heat Signature is 75% off!
store.steampowered.com/app/2…
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 35% off!
store.steampowered.com/app/1…
Our next game was feeling like it might be a long, hard, and not super fun road to make.
So I started tinkering with something else, and it clicked much faster, and we like it more, so we're switching! More thoughts, and a little glimpse:
youtu.be/GYJGmX5iGbw .
For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2…
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2…
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1… .
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Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them.
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1… .
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Folks on the mailing list will also be getting a little something soon, so if you're not signed up yet, do so here: suspiciousdevelopments.com/m… .
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Tactical Breach Wizards is a year old today! To celebrate, we're rewinding the whole last year to see if it can be done better or if it's just a bullshit level.
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1… .
Hi, I'm at WorldCon! The only thing I'm doing is a low key hangout type thing with only 6 spots - if you wanna join for that, register for it in the next hour!
You can register at room 326 or here: seattlein2025.org/program-an…
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On the #GameMakersNotebook, @TrentKusters chats with @Pentadact (@GunpointGame @HeatSig @BreachWizards) about going from games journalism to game dev, ideas on challenge and difficulty, weaving gameplay with narrative, thoughts/advice on playtesting, and more!
Episode link👇🎙️
Nominees for best thing I did this year:
🇨🇦 Became a Canadian citizen
💪 Started a workout regime & stuck to it
♟️ Finished designing a board game
🧙♂️ Released Tactical Breach Wizards
🐈🐈⬛ Adopted 2 mini scamps to protect me from intruders
The winner's probably obvious.
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Tactical Breach Wizards is 20% off in the Winter Sale, and our Steam Deck & Gamepad Update is now live for all!
store.steampowered.com/app/1…
Also we have Community Items now, in case you want a cool old lady or an awful Traffic Warlock as your Steam Profile background.
We'd love to get some more eyes on our new Steam Deck & gamepad-friendly UI and controls! People haven't found enough problems yet!
Here's how to get it: store.steampowered.com/news/…
Tom Francis 🔜🪦 retweeted
If you have a Steam Deck or use a gamepad, we've got an update we'd love you to test! Here's how to opt-in: store.steampowered.com/news/…
We redesigned the UI for a new optional mode that lets us accommodate bigger text, and gamepad controls for targeting direct attacks are nicer now.
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I'm not meant to tell you this, but for another 24 hours you can get:
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards at 20% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1…
🚀 Heat Signature at 60% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2…
🕵️ Gunpoint at 60% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2… .
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Valve now let us beg for your Steam Awards vote in one category of our choice, a nice idea that I think is a bad thing overall!
Here's a post about why, in which I still beg for your vote but complain the whole time I am doing it: store.steampowered.com/news/… .
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Our quality of life update is now live for everyone! Adding Save Slots and improving mission select: store.steampowered.com/news/… .
Rambled about where I am mentally, 3 months on, and how I'm thinking about the next thing. youtube.com/watch?v=jWgIvvTt… .
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Solitomb is *HERE!* 🎉
⚔️ krajzeg.itch.io/solitomb ⚔️
Stack cards into combos, fight monsters, add new abilities to your build and emerge victorious (eventually)!
Please share this to help spread the word, and enjoy the game! 🤗
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegame
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Also, we're on BlueSky now! bsky.app/profile/breachwizar… .
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We have a new update ready to test! Adds a Save Slots system, and makes it much easier to jump to previous levels to get confidence goals you missed, or play them in new ways.
Care to help us test it?
store.steampowered.com/news/… .
