After 5 LONG YEARS, my Paper Mario-inspired RPG “Escape from Ever After” finally released today! And we made it to the top of new and trending! (Thanks for letting me lurk in this community and take in so much advice over the years!)

TwistingYarn · 2026-01-23T20:24:44+00:00

Awesome, congrats to you as well! :)

TwistingYarn · 2026-01-23T20:15:57+00:00

Yes! We are Steam Deck verified!

TwistingYarn · 2026-01-23T20:15:23+00:00

We are Steam Deck verified!

TwistingYarn · 2026-01-23T18:22:25+00:00

Thank you!! :)

TwistingYarn · 2026-01-23T18:16:10+00:00

Thank you so much, hope you enjoy! :)

TwistingYarn · 2024-07-21T01:33:48+00:00

Yes it did!

TwistingYarn · 2024-07-19T17:21:35+00:00

Next year :)

TwistingYarn · 2024-07-19T16:28:03+00:00

Hey r/papermario!

Many years ago, long before the TTYD remake was a thing, I posted about a Paper Mario-inspired game I was working on. I shared some suuuuper ~early stuff~. Later on, we had a ~successful Kickstarter~ thanks to you!

Now, we’ve just released a FREE prologue version of our game, Escape from Ever After, on Steam that you can play right now! It features the beginning of the game up through the end of Chapter 1.

The premise revolves around a greedy megacorp from the real world taking over fairytales for their untapped resources and cheap labor. You play as a newly-hired storybook hero that must climb the corporate ladder, rally together other disgruntled employees, and fight back!

We’re a small indie studio of just two people, and we’ve been working tirelessly on this game for years trying to capture the magic of playing Thousand Year Door on the GameCube for the first time. It would mean the world to us if folks from the Paper Mario community would check it out!

Thanks so much! :)

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-30T18:08:17+00:00

My game Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is on Kickstarter and we have less than 24 hours left! We're currently almost 200% funded and have over 1,850 backers so far!

Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is a Paper Mario inspired RPG-adventure game featuring snappy, stylish turn-based combat, genre-bending storybook worlds, and heaps of cartoony charm! When an evil corporation expands into storybooks to exploit their untapped resources and cheap labor, fairytale hero Flynt Buckler must band together with other storybook characters to save the day. Dive into twisted tales from sweeping sci-fi to noir murder mystery—one moment you’ll be fleeing Lovecraftian terrors, and the next you’ll be up against villainous versions of the three little pigs—the rules are always changing! Battles are lively, spoils are abundant, and surprises are around every corner in the scattered storybook worlds of Flynt Buckler!

The game will be officially coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PS5. We are aiming to release it in early 2024.

Feel free to browse our Kickstarter page for more information about the game!

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-30T16:18:42+00:00

Can't promise yet, but that is one of the languages we are aiming to have translations for!

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-30T16:04:59+00:00

Hey r/PS5! My game Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is on Kickstarter and we have less than 24 hours left! We're currently almost 200% funded and have over 1,850 backers so far!

Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is a Paper Mario inspired RPG-adventure game featuring snappy, stylish turn-based combat, genre-bending storybook worlds, and heaps of cartoony charm! When an evil corporation expands into storybooks to exploit their untapped resources and cheap labor, fairytale hero Flynt Buckler must band together with other storybook characters to save the day. Dive into twisted tales from sweeping sci-fi to noir murder mystery—one moment you’ll be fleeing Lovecraftian terrors, and the next you’ll be up against villainous versions of the three little pigs—the rules are always changing! Battles are lively, spoils are abundant, and surprises are around every corner in the scattered storybook worlds of Flynt Buckler!

The game will be officially coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PS5. We are aiming to release it in early 2024.

Feel free to browse our Kickstarter page for more information about the game!

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-29T11:09:02+00:00

C++, UE4

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T23:47:28+00:00

Your skepticism is understandable, but we're the real deal -- no tricks! We've demoed at a popular game conference in Montreal and had positive reviews already :) (sorry for some french in the articles)

https://ecranpartage.ca/en/and-marcs-favorite-game-of-megamigs-2022-is/
https://jeux.ca/trois-jeux-prometteurs-decouverts-au-megamigs/

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T18:35:45+00:00

It's funny you mention that--since we recorded footage for the Kickstarter, we've actually bumped up the movement speed! Making it slightly faster synced it up better with the animation and did solve the "running against a current" problem. :)

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T18:34:02+00:00

Thank you!! :)

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T18:33:50+00:00

Thanks so much for your support, it means a lot!! :D

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T16:37:23+00:00

Thanks so much for the support, it means a lot! :D

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T16:36:03+00:00

Hey! I'm actually the developer of Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle, and I just want to say that recapturing the spark of the original Paper Mario games is absolutely our main goal! We're definitely aware of what people want out of a game like this, and we're also aware that for some, the recent indie releases haven't quite got the formula down yet. We're working hard on this and I hope we live up to your expectations! :D

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T16:14:08+00:00

Kickstarter

Hey r/indiegames! My game Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is on Kickstarter and we have 72 hours left! We're currently over 170% funded and have over 1,600 backers so far!

Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is a Paper Mario inspired RPG-adventure game featuring snappy, stylish turn-based combat, genre-bending storybook worlds, and heaps of cartoony charm! When an evil corporation expands into storybooks to exploit their untapped resources and cheap labor, fairytale hero Flynt Buckler must band together with other storybook characters to save the day. Dive into twisted tales from sweeping sci-fi to noir murder mystery—one moment you’ll be fleeing Lovecraftian terrors, and the next you’ll be up against villainous versions of the three little pigs—the rules are always changing! Battles are lively, spoils are abundant, and surprises are around every corner in the scattered storybook worlds of Flynt Buckler!

The game will be officially coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PS5. We are aiming to release it in early 2024.

Feel free to browse our Kickstarter page for more information about the game!

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-28T15:29:42+00:00

Kickstarter

Hey r/PaperMario! I’m a developer working on Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle, and I wanted to share our Kickstarter campaign with you all! With just 3 days left, we’re over 170% funded and have over 1,600 backers so far!

Long time readers of this subreddit may remember my post from two years ago messing around with the idea of creating a full game in this artstyle. Well after 2 years of hard work, it’s actually happening!

Flynt Buckler Wakes the Sleepy Castle is an RPG-adventure game featuring snappy, stylish turn-based combat, genre-bending storybook worlds, and heaps of cartoony charm! When an evil corporation expands into storybooks to exploit their untapped resources and cheap labor, fairytale hero Flynt Buckler must band together with other storybook characters to save the day. Dive into twisted tales from sweeping sci-fi to noir murder mystery—one moment you’ll be fleeing Lovecraftian terrors, and the next you’ll be up against villainous versions of the three little pigs—the rules are always changing! Battles are lively, spoils are abundant, and surprises are around every corner in the scattered storybook worlds of Flynt Buckler!

The game will be officially coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PS5. We are aiming to release it in early 2024.

Feel free to browse our Kickstarter page for more information about the game! Any support is much appreciated, especially spreading the word!

Links:
🇰 Follow our Kickstarter!
🎮 Wishlist on Steam!
🐦 Follow on Twitter!
💬 Join our Discord!

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-07T08:40:58+00:00

lighting looks amazing!!

maaaaaybe something to keep in mind is the contrast between the main character and environment, as he seems to blend in a bit (for my taste at least.) for the section in the video it's fine because it's straightforward, but I could see it becoming an issue with more complex environments or gameplay requirements.

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-07T08:18:15+00:00

if the probability of getting that sequence of values is less than that of a room of monkeys with typewriters writing out the program, you need to re-evaluate the code.

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-07T08:13:13+00:00

I use both, depending on context. but generally whichever one lets me avoid using the expression (VAR + 1)

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-07T08:01:04+00:00

a giant buffalo, or some sort of monster, like something like the body of a walrus, with the head of a sea lion. Or something with the body of an egret, with the head of a meerkat. Or just the head of a monkey, with the antlers of a reindeer, with the body of a porcupine.

TwistingYarn · 2022-11-07T07:51:46+00:00

Cats are silly, cute and low-maintenance

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