The Ballad of Bellum - Demo Out Now!

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum has finally been released!!🌿🎮part(link in bio☝) youtu.be/FdWtcYsyzrU #gaming #indiegame #gamdev #balladofbellum

I've added shadowcasting to fake geometry to mimic the feel from Lost Woods in ALTTP 🌿 #GameMaker #Gamedev #Indiedev

The Ballad of Bellum passed ✨20K wishlists✨ this week!! Never in my wildest dreams did I see this game reaching such a number, so thank you 🎉📷 #Gamedev #Indiedev #indiegame #game #wishlists

Here's a brief look at the game's map interface🗺All maps will be in 3D, and I'm currently planning to add dungeon maps, a world map, and perhaps also area maps, but I'm not quite sure yet👀 youtu.be/hOdXIlhIvU8 #Gamedev #indiegame #map

This area turned out quite nice, but where does it lead to? 👀 youtu.be/djyoKPE8pqE #gamedevs #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameMaker #pixelart

If you travel far enough west in The Ballad of Bellum, you'll eventually reach the ocean👀🌊 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBN...

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The most recent patch for The Ballad of Bellum features seasonal winter! ❄ #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #GameMaker

The Ballad of Bellum has been nominated for 'Most Anticipated' in the GameMaker Awards 2025!! 🎉👇Please vote if you think it deserves to win👇🎉 #GameMaker #Gaming #gamedev #Indiegame #Indiedev

Here's a brief look at the upcoming shop interface! This will be used for all sorts of shopping and bartering 👀 youtu.be/Dtz6V-c0_k4 #Indiegame #Indiedev #Gaming #GameMaker

Demo updated to version 1.1.1. Halloween decoration + lots of additions and bug fixes. Patch notes 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... #Halloween #gaming #indiegame #indiedevs

I've been adding some simple Halloween decorations, but I'm honestly more stoked about this snow, which will looks great around Christmas times!🎅🎄🎁 youtu.be/_3aSdMoCiLM #gaming #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker #Halloween #Christmas

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum has now been updated to version 1.1, which includes some additions and a lot of fixes 🤝 store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... #gaming #Steam #indiegame #indiedev #GameMaker

@gamingbible.bsky.social wrote about The Ballad of Bellum 👀 www.gamingbible.com/news/platfor...

This is what the game's #coverart / #boxart would look like if it were published by Nintendo or Sega.

Do you enjoy Zelda games? 👀 Then better keep an eye on The Ballad of Bellum, @bokehdev.bsky.social is cooking something really nice here ⏬ YouTube: youtu.be/rxn84ftD9sM?... #indiedev #indiecontent

The demo for The Ballad of Bellum is releasing in under 24 hours!! 🥳🎉 youtu.be/2oPTcJ9c2ns #Gamedev #Indiedev #Game #Indiegame #Steam #Demo

It's been a lot of work, but it's almost here: The demo for The Ballad of Bellum will be available on October 17!!🥳 youtu.be/H10bysFLsc0 #Gamedev #Indiedev #Indiegame #Steam #Demo #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum have passed 10K wishlists!! That's a crazy number I'd never imagine reaching, so thank you 🎉😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1MC... #Gamedev #Indiedev #indiegame #game #wishlists

Added a watermill🌊🫧 And, perhaps it's time to revisit fishing to get it properly up to date👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-k... #Indiegame #GameMaker #Indiedev

Added controller support, keybinding menu, UI button prompts and soft shadows! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwY7... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #controller #gamepad

The settings menu is almost completed! With only support for changing language and keybinding left✅ youtu.be/iFWzWdSIs-U #Indiegame #Indiedev #GameMaker

Sorry I posted the wrong link, so here's another post! Working on UI can suck somtimes, and I've been postponing the settings menu due to not knowing exactly how I wanted it, but here's a quick peek at how it's looking so far, and I'm quite satisfied with it 🧮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7_...

‼The Ballad of Bellum will soon have it's very first demo available over at the game's Discord‼ But in the meantime: Here's a quick peek at file selection in the main menu, as well as dying📂💀 youtu.be/lQJ29S3UYTk #Indiegame #Indiedev #GameMaker #Discord #Steam #Demo #Adventure

I wasn't sure if I was going to post this, as it kinda spoils some of the dungeon, but here's a peek at the bossfight in the dungeon that I've previously showcased. It's still WIP and got some placeholders, but I'd love your feedback🦋🍃 youtu.be/s0tzt-nfdXM #Indiegame #Gamedev #GameMaker #Steam

Now that we can properly see through objects that's obscuring the player, I've finally been able to add some larger trees to forest areas, like this new thicc oak tree 🍃 youtu.be/wxgwvF4KAko #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev

I've not been able to dev as much as I had hoped for the last couple of weeks, but here's at least another peek at the dungeon I'm working on 👀With this I've added weight- and time-based buttons! youtu.be/kjTAHhhd2UM #Indiegame #Dungeon #Indiedev #GameMaker

Here's a sneak peek of a dungeon I've been working on 👀🌿It's been a lot of fun adding some of the dungeon mechanics so far! youtu.be/VxwttzxdwxM Also, the Discord is up if you wanna hang out (link in linktree) #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #dungeon

Just added a targeting system I'm really happy with! 🎯 You can cycle through all enemies within a region, or manually target with the 'free aim' mode . Got some great feedback about it in our Discord! Feel free to join 👀(linktree in bio) youtu.be/XUZ6mBKfRc4 #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev

After a lot of work I've finally replaced the blue silhouette with a proper dither fadeout while behind stuff 👀I think it turned out great! Wdyt? youtu.be/Hv0V5nLPJaA #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Forest #Dither

Been working on a large new forest, and here's a showcase of it with the ambience it will have the first time you travel there 👀🌧 youtu.be/y_7NcB7AHA0 Also, feel free to join the game's Discord to learn more about the game! (link in bio) #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Forest #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum has now been in development for a year, and the Steam page has been up for half a year! I'd like to celebrate this by opening the game's Discord! Link: discord.com/invite/R6b7K... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeH...

These few last days I've been remaking the village that the game starts in. It's now located in a steep terrain area right at the edge of a dark and dangerous forest👀🌿 Any thoughts? youtu.be/JcuXw1ULO5M #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #rpg

This has been a lot of work, but I've finished all interiors for the farm, added light casting through doors and windows, ground shadows, crawling!! and a cool grandfather clock👀 youtu.be/X06V3vqyCtk #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #Game

So after making the house for this farm tree times I'm happy with the result! I also started working on interiors for some bulidings, like this barn👀wdyt? youtu.be/O_7-ZK-FB4E #GameMaker #indiegame #indiedev #farm #house #adventure

Here's another enemy that will make some areas of the deep forest more dangerous in The Ballad of Bellum👀🐛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ms... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #enemy #adventure

[The Ballad of Bellum] Here is a brief look at an enemy I've been working on. The 'Bushcrab' lurks in tall grass and thrives in shaded areas, often found in forests and other areas away from commonly traveled roads🍃🦀👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cONX... #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame #Adventure

Added swimming and diving🏊‍♀️ I wasn't sure if I was going to add diving or not, but it turned out great imo! Wdyt?🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3hS... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #Adventure #Swimming #pixelart

What an amazing year this has been! What started as a simple Zelda demo, has evolved throughout the year into an incredible project with over 16K followers and 6K wishlists on Steam! I really appreciate that so many people find this project interesting 🥳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFn... #Indiegame

I've recently been greatly expanding the world, so here's a short showcase of a path which will eventually end up north in a snowy region 🌿☀️ youtu.be/3o4Qtg34cg0 Don't forget to wishlist and follow on KS (links in bio) #Gamedev #Gamemaker #Indiegame #Indiedev #adventure

If you want fantastic music for your game, or just want to listen to some great tracks, I can highly recommend Shrewd Shepherd Audio (Hudson Link), the composer for The Ballad of Bellum! 🎵👀 shrewdshepherdaudio.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNi...

I've been taking a short but health break from game dev to play some games instead, but I've still been doing some low effort stuff like cleaning up spagetti code and making new areas, like this one featuring a biggest lake in the game! 🌊🌾 youtu.be/_AIcArJZfHY #GameMaker #Indiedev #Indiegame

Here's progress on the boat i briefly showcased last week! Boats and swimming will be to ways to access new areas or a shorter route to previous areas! I'm still working on the animations though🚣‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa_S... And also, don't forget to wishlist and follow on KS🤩 #Indiegame #rpg

Have you wishlisted The Ballad of Bellum yet? 🎣👀 store.steampowered.com/app/3219390/...

Today we've passed 5,000 wishlists!🤯 So to celebrate that, here’s the result of the water, which I'm really proud of!🌾🏄‍♂️ Added foam, more flora, caustics, and tweaked the underwater terrain colors to highlight shallow, walkable areas👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cg... #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev

Nothing too exciting to show today, but recently I've been working on adding deep water, making certain areas only traversable with swimming or a boat. I still need to make swimming though! And make the terrain under water form properly🏊‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7Y... #Gamedev #Indiedev

The Kickstarter Pre-Launch page for The Ballad of Bellum is live! If you want to help make this game a reality, and the best game it could ever be, I would highly recommend checking it out and signing up!🎉 (linktree in bio) www.kickstarter.com/projects/rsh...

This week I've added proper platform movement, and ladder climbing! Still needs a bit of polish, but it's looking great so far imo. Wdyt?🚂👀 ✨Also, don't forget to wishlist The Ballad of Bellum✨ youtu.be/5wgK8zSpPlA Made with #GameMaker #Indiegame #Indiedev