Working on my first indie RPG — early

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve recently started developing my first indie game — a top-down 2D pixel art RPG inspired by conspiracy theories, hidden lands beyond the ice walls, and ancient forgotten temples.

Right now, I’ve just completed one small level and a single character, so it’s still super early. But I wanted to start sharing bits of the process, show I’m serious about building this world, and slowly start connecting with people who enjoy mysterious and unusual settings.

The plan is to include NPCs with basic AI — characters that can shift roles dynamically (neutral → enemy → ally) based on the player’s actions or key world events. Nothing fancy yet, but that’s the direction I’m exploring.

If you’re into this kind of vibe or have feedback, questions, or curious thoughts, I’d really appreciate hearing from you.

Also — I’ve set up a Patreon where I’ll be posting progress updates and behind-the-scenes content. No pressure of course — just putting it out there.

Thanks for reading and good luck with your own projects! 🙏
https://www.patreon.com/c/1900icewalls/posts

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Is it realistic to aim for a Roguelike as a first game ?

Hey y'all

I'm a beginner; so far I can create a project where I'll have a character with animations that can move in a world and interact with some objects while knowing what I do

It still takes me a while to progress tho so maybe I've aimed too big (I wanted to do a basic Stardew Valley-like to learn Unity)

Would it be realistic for me to aim to do a roguelike ?

Like a very basic roguelike, not a 200 items one

I'm still new so I thought I'd ask

Should I forget procedurally generating dungeons/zones ? I've tryied looking a bit on how to do that but it looked hard to me

Does it look realistic ? Are there things I should avoid ?

Thank you and take care y'all !

EDIT : By "first game" I mean a game that I can "finish" relatively fast that will teach me a lot about game dev, I won't spend 2 years on it or anything, it's just to learn

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