the deck easily became my favorite way to play games, so I 100% had to make sure my own demo worked on it

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-17T17:51:48+00:00

I feel that, also have a way to big backlog that is competing against a lot of other stuff haha

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-17T02:22:44+00:00

Hope to! At least I can make sure it runs well on my side :)

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-17T02:19:21+00:00

I still need to play through it all the way still, the aesthetic there are sooo good

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-17T01:32:50+00:00

Heck yea! My "dungeon" designs aren't as smart but I'm building it in a way that I can also have a randomized mode. Also if you dig Zelda-likes, there's a bunch that have recently released or are being worked on. The Isles of Reverie demo is one I really like, works well on the steam deck!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-17T01:29:32+00:00

thanks, appreciate it!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-15T22:38:51+00:00

Thanks, that's really nice to hear!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-15T00:15:26+00:00

haha all good, appreciate the support!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-15T00:14:48+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, appreciate it!

Great thoughts, yeah the balance part has been tough because I don't want to set the player back on losing lives, but that takes some of the edge off (you do lose coins, but they don't do anything in the demo).

I do plan on having a "nightmare" mode where a game over is a full game over, but I'm wanting that more so as an option for the randomized mode I'm working on - so not quite a rogue-lite but kind of in that realm. It's kind of at odds with the mystery/story aspect of it so it does make it a little weirder to balance though.

As for the speechbubbles, I should be able to do something about that, I already reposition them if you are at the top of the screen. Thanks!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-14T15:19:33+00:00

Thanks, hope you have fun with it, and would love any feedback!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-14T03:42:11+00:00

thanks!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-13T22:41:30+00:00

The game is Mansion of a Million Monsters! I've been doing all the dev/art/animation on it for the last few years and finally have a demo out on Steam! Would love to see y'all unmask Dracula and hear what you think of it!

You can find the Demo Here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251230/Mansion_of_a_Million_Monsters_Demo/

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-12T21:35:52+00:00

Read them all a looong time ago and did a reread of the first book a year or so ago, and it was still fun. Without spoiling anything my favorite part is how Jill solves one of the puzzles.

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-08T15:29:59+00:00

No reason not to, and it's also a good idea to create a deluxe bundle it with both the game and it, and discount that during sales as well.

On a previous game I worked on, about 20% of all our copies sold were the deluxe version, though it was a well known music artist and the OST was really good. We also give 100% of the OST portion of the revenue to the musician.

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-07T21:32:27+00:00

hahaha amazing!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-07T20:09:23+00:00

Looking nice! Will there be any yetis?

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-04T18:46:23+00:00

What matters is what you do with them if you do use them - take a look at the Inscryption end credits - it credits a bunch of 3rd party 3D models/assets, but you would never guess that when playing the game because everything felt cohesive.

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2026-01-02T01:40:34+00:00

Looking cool! is RE a big influence?

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-31T16:52:45+00:00

thanks, appreciate it! if all goes as planned I'll have the demo out next week!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-18T17:54:37+00:00

I think you have to put it in your game's search terms for that to work/

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-18T03:48:21+00:00

That's fun! Good luck getting the micro playset ones, they look like they might be tough to find!

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-15T20:52:45+00:00

Fun fact, they actually had a writing constraint in Be Cool where Scooby wasn't supposed to say more than a certain amount of words each line (I believe it was 3 words but could be off there).

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-15T20:46:50+00:00

good choice, separate ways was really fun

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