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Robin Ward

@eviltrout.com

Check out “The Roottrees are Dead” on Steam. Now working on “The Incident at Galley House.” Previously: co-founder of Discourse The game: https://roottrees.com My blog: https://eviltrout.com

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I keep coming back to it every year or so. I’ve often wondered what the magic is for me…

06.03.2026 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

In retrospect, I’m surprised I liked them as much as I did because they were so user hostile. Things improved a LOT in the 90s

06.03.2026 13:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Day of the tentacle
Grand theft auto 5
Prince of Persia the Sands of Time
Gone home
Blue Prince
Portal 2
The witness
Jones in the fast lane
Monkey island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

Day of the tentacle Grand theft auto 5 Prince of Persia the Sands of Time Gone home Blue Prince Portal 2 The witness Jones in the fast lane Monkey island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

It’s impossible to pick only 9 games but maybe…

06.03.2026 12:52 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Never heard of 20th century frog! That looks so bizarre and I must try it

06.03.2026 12:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Save 6% on Outstanding Video Game Nominees for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Steam

The GLAAD Media Awards are today, and The Roottrees are Dead is nominated for Outstanding Video Game! To celebrate, we've joined a Steam bundle with some of our fellow nominees: store.steampowered.com/bundle/69389...

05.03.2026 14:05 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Incident at Galley House on Steam In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.

We also just updated our screenshots on Steam if you want to see what the game is looking like these days: store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

04.03.2026 13:04 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Incident At Galley House Interview: A Look At 2026’s Hottest New Mystery GameObserver speaks to William Rous, Robin Ward, and Jeremy Johnston about upcoming mystery title The Incident at Galley House.

William, Jeremy and I did an interview for Game Observer about The Incident at Galley House: gameobserver.com/the-incident...

04.03.2026 13:04 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Do you ever do freelancing? Our Godot game could use some more juice. My email is robin {at} eviltrout (com) if you want to chat about it!

04.03.2026 12:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m curious how you feel about it now! Are you still angry or is it funny?

04.03.2026 12:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The best time to play Öoo was when it was back in August when it was released on Steam. The second best time is right now!

03.03.2026 19:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Every freelancer I know has had a client who just never pays. Don't hire someone up for work if you don't have the money to pay them! You can literally ruin someone's life. Scumbags.

02.03.2026 16:46 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah if your game is outright stolen you have DMCA and online stores to contact, but it seems like that rarely happens. People just love imaginary problems to distract them from doing actual game dev.

02.03.2026 14:55 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe it’s because I worked in open source for a decade before getting into game dev but I truly don’t know why people care! Most games are straightforward and you can figure out how they’re implemented by just playing them.

02.03.2026 11:46 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Couldn’t wait to use this??? Lol

01.03.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I know he went nutty at some point but Hyperion is one of my favorite sci-fi books ever.

27.02.2026 19:44 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.

My next game will be "20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes".

It will be free.

Wishlist it today!

store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...

19.02.2026 17:20 👍 233 🔁 90 💬 10 📌 17
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Puzzle Spy International on Steam Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle r...

I really enjoyed the demo for Puzzle Spy International. A lot of my recommendations are for deduction games, but I’m also a huge fan of crosswords and other pencil/paper stuff. The demo has a puzzle that’s not in the game which is cool! store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/...

27.02.2026 12:39 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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The Incident at Galley House on Steam In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.

We updated the steam page for The Incident at Galley House with a batch of new screenshots. The game has come a long way since we initially set up the page!

store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

26.02.2026 16:51 👍 30 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

How many are you creating? I’ve not noticed a lag when I do it, but opening the root scene of my interface does take some time now that there are a lot of nested children

25.02.2026 02:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've found I often use the containers to get the UI working nicely and flexibly, then once I'm sure how it needs to work I convert them to manually positioned Controls which I can then tween all over the place.

24.02.2026 23:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Container types in #Godot are great for UI layout and I use them a lot. However, they do have the limitation of not allowing many types of animations, since the element positions and sizes are calculated for you.

24.02.2026 23:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

If you’re a puzzle sicko, this game is for you. It’s quite challenging without resorting to moon logic. It knows that you’re smart enough to beat it and doesn’t coddle you. Plus, hunting nazis is fun. In the wise words of Indiana Jones: “I hate these guys!”

24.02.2026 13:09 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
A meme of Alysa Liu based on Da Share Zone reading:

JUST WALK OUT
work social thing movies home class dentist
figure skating
too fancy weed store cops it your quick friend ships
IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!!!
Real winners quit
You can leave!!
Da Gold Zone

A meme of Alysa Liu based on Da Share Zone reading: JUST WALK OUT work social thing movies home class dentist figure skating too fancy weed store cops it your quick friend ships IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!!! Real winners quit You can leave!! Da Gold Zone

I’ve been talking about Alysa Liu’s story about her quitting skating only to come back and become even better because she did it for herself and this came to me in a dream…

24.02.2026 01:17 👍 9145 🔁 2137 💬 52 📌 59

that's some nice topology

23.02.2026 16:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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15 Detective Games To Put On Your “Suspect List” In 2026 Here are 15 mystery and detective games releasing in 2026 that fans of the genre can check out!

Mystery sleuths, gather around!

Kate has compiled a case of 15 detective games to look out for in 2026:

gameobserver.com/15-detective...

23.02.2026 13:52 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 1
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What's the Password? on Steam "What's the Password?" is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles!

What’s the Password is ridiculously good. It’s just one fun puzzle after another with no fluff or padding. I felt smart, then dumb, then laughed out loud, over and over again.

store.steampowered.com/app/4095490/...

23.02.2026 12:45 👍 40 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Also, my survey where we asked 1,000 players what game they played the most. Not what they liked best. Literally: "What game on this platform do you have the most minutes in?"

Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.

14.02.2026 00:34 👍 138 🔁 19 💬 8 📌 3

Often Canadian focused stuff is cringey to me but this was SO GOOD

16.02.2026 21:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A poster for a showing of Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

A poster for a showing of Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

Let’s do this!

16.02.2026 18:51 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you’re ever looking for a tester or fellow game dev feedback I’d love to try it

14.02.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0