Idle😴Tidal🌊Idyll📙
idletidalidyll.com
Idle😴Tidal🌊Idyll📙
@idletidalidyll.com
Weaving folklore and fairy tales into an interconnected retro-RPG landscape.
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That gratifying moment when it starts feeling real. Really, really, real.

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll #skurugata #newlogowhodis
Well although we identify as a #gamedev our first commercial release is actually music! In searching through #publicdomain #classicalmusic scores, we found this little gem and made an arrangement. Hope you enjoy!

Modernclassicalx.lnk.to/GiulianoMand...

#baroquemusic #classical #earlymusic #vgm
May 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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🎹 Here is my main #music portfolio for #indiegames or other proejcts 🎶
www.pond5.com/artist/nicol...

#pond5 #gamedevs #indiedevs
April 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Lets-a go! 💫 Join us for a FREE out of this galaxy party on Saturday, April 4 from 12-4pm!

Play video games, talk with local game developers and challenge your friends to fun competitions! Hosted by Marbles IMAX and in partnership with Raleigh Retro Gamers 💜 #raleigh #mariogalaxy
March 30, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I think Saint Jerome has an easier time trimming his cat’s nails than I do.
March 29, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I mean sure, I *could* finish this sprite. But I think maybe I’ve created some new kind of ghost/horror.

#gamedev #pixelart
March 21, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Have we been posting on social media? Not so much. Have we been Idle? …Well, yes, but only insofar as we’ve also been Tidal Idyll. By any other measurement: Not at all.

Literally chomping at the bit to share more soon.
March 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Well - in the course of being a #gamedev / #indiegamedev - I have been reading a lot of #fairytales and not all are widely available. So I'd like to do my part to make some of these grand old stories more widely available. People like #free #ebooks right?

ebooks.idletidalidyll.com

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August 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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⚠️ Oak City Indie Games megathread INCOMING ⚠️

OCIG 2025 IS THIS SATURDAY!

GIGANTIC thanks to our Sponsors for helping us keep this volunteer run event going! 💜
October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Having a cat who is hungry in the morning before you are awake be like:

(Actually a Persian demon from a book of #magic and #astrology) #folklore #mythology
October 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush

Make burgers, as fast as you can!

Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
Lunch Rush by SirEel
Make burgers, as fast as you can
sireel.itch.io
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A byse (or bysen) in Götland is the gnome like spirit of someone obsessed with possessions and who acquired them unjustly. They wander the forest chopping wood and obsessing over property boundaries.

#LegendaryWednesday

Artwork by okpwka on DeviantArt

www.deviantart.com/okpwka/art/B...
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
That gratifying moment when it starts feeling real. Really, really, real.

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll #skurugata #newlogowhodis
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man, rocks are the worst. Anybody see a way around?

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Website update today with a new, #free #eBook

Today we have the Life of Saint Guthlac, an 8th century hermit. Who amongst us hasn't wanted to get away from it all and live in a plundered barrow in an East Anglian swamp?

ebooks.idletidalidyll.com

#folklore #england #history #medieval #saint
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“No nothing is wrong, just walking the dog. Bugs? No, not a mosquito in sight 😅”

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
August 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#joy #fairytales ‘Shelter’ by Lily Seika Jones
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Well - in the course of being a #gamedev / #indiegamedev - I have been reading a lot of #fairytales and not all are widely available. So I'd like to do my part to make some of these grand old stories more widely available. People like #free #ebooks right?

ebooks.idletidalidyll.com

1/2
August 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Looks like a nice place to rest your weary bones. Should this gravesite have some flavor text or an encounter with a ghost?

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
August 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Oh yeah. This guy is totally going to give you a quest. Good thing you brought a cat.

#retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #screenshot #idletidalidyll
August 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So what do we call this… half-cannibalism? Because I do believe the eldest kid means to eat those fish.

“The Mermaid Family” by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

#mermaid #fairytale
August 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Agnodice is the legendary first female doctor and midwife of Athens who disguised herself as a man. When her gender was discovered, the women of the city came to her defense because of her skill. The law against female physicians was then revoked.

#LegendaryWednesday #Folklore #Mythology
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A snippet of "Balsam and Pure Wax" from the "Hundeprest" soundtrack! Composed by Guillaume Dufay, arranged by  #idletidalidyll

#gamemusic #gamesoundtrack #retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I can almost make out Tom Hiddleston with flaming hair here as #Loki

"The Rhine's pure-gleaming children / Told me of their sorrow" by Arthur Rackham

#fairytale
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It is true that a #goblin can be Good, Neutral, or Evil. But no matter who you are, if your designer forgets to give you a neck? You’ll probably end up being evil.

#pixelart #pixelartist #retrogame #gamedev #indiegamedev #RPG #gameasset #idletidalidyll
July 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Taking the Kids to Costco on a Friday, circa 1415.”

(Actually: Sir Isumbras at the Ford by John Everett Millais)

#HappyFriday #FolkyFriday #fairytale
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM