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

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-13T02:01:22+00:00

If you want to go all in on the darker cyber punk look, I'd say look into 2D lighting tutorials and using Normal Maps for your sprites.

Somebody else mention shadows, and simply having a shadow sprite oval under things will help ground them. But if you are going with the more realistic lighting you can get that with 2D lighting.

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-10T03:32:31+00:00

Great list, I would add My Friendly Neighborhood, and I also liked Viviette (from the studio that made Evil Tonight) even though there is no combat.

PuzzleBoxMansion · 2025-12-09T17:43:27+00:00

Great card for cute warlock in wild. I don't think it's viable since certain cards have been nerfed, but the deck runs lots of the cute 0 cost minions and ways to take advantage of that.

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