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A team of three game makers from Manchester. We've made social deduction game, Paper Pirates (https://s.team/a/1234220/) and are working on strategy chess game, An Elaborate History of Chess (https://s.team/a/1255020/) https://linktr.ee/iterationgames

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Paper Pirates - The 6th Anniversary Update! - Steam News This update adds six new traits for Trait and Trait+ games, plus two new events in Paper Pirates!

Happy 6th Anniversary to Paper Pirates, our party social deduction game! To celebrate, we've released a new update:

๐Ÿช“ 6 new traits, including The Executioner!
๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ 2 new events, including Call of the Siren!
๐Ÿ Anniversary bounties to obtain unique hats!

See the patch notes on Steam: s.team/a/1234220/

28.02.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about Valentine Voyages, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy!

07.02.2026 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love is in the water in Paper Pirate with Valentine Voyages, on now!

โค๏ธ Meet The Admirer and The Lovers, two time limited traits for the season!
๐Ÿน Use Cupid's Arrow or share a Love Letter!
๐ŸงธLimited time customisation options
๐Ÿ’Œ Mysterious love letter bounties?

07.02.2026 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi Chris! We're making An Elaborate History of Chess, a zany take on chess with real-time base building and turn-based chess style dungeons with chess puzzles and combat.

We even made up some new chess pieces, like Jester, Valkyrie, and Ghost!

Steam page and demo are here: s.team/a/1255020

14.01.2026 13:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year from Iteration Games! Celebrate with Soggy Hogmanay in Paper Pirates until 21st Jan!

๐Ÿค” Crew Resolutions: Pick a vow each voyage
๐ŸŽ† Seasonal Trait: The Resolute
โœจ Seasonal Event: Fastest First Foot
๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Limited time customisations in the shop ship!

#IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame

01.01.2026 10:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 90% on Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Paper Pirates is available on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/1234220/...

22.12.2025 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If youโ€™re after a #SocialDeduction game to play over Christmas, check out Paper Pirates!

Buy it once and up to ten people can play! Nobodyโ€™s ever out of the game, and thereโ€™s absolutely stacks of customisation and game modes.

Currently 90% off on the #SteamSale - itโ€™s ยฃ1.09!

#IndieGame #IndieDev

22.12.2025 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tomorrow is the last day to enter this exclusive giveaway โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

All you need to do to enter is repost the ORIGINAL post and follow us!

11.12.2025 15:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lots of fun news in last week's #TurnBasedThursday!

๐Ÿฐ Playtest for a roguelike tower defense
๐ŸŽจ Artbook release for story-rich cyberpunk RPG
๐Ÿ’€ Major update for dark sci-fi extraction RPG
โ™Ÿ๏ธ Free demo for zany strategy game filled w/ chess lore

& much more! โคต
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

02.12.2025 22:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about Festive Feast, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy!

01.12.2025 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's Yule Tides in Paper Pirates! The seas turn chilly, and snow begins to fall!

๐ŸŽ Limited-time Trait: The Gift Giver!
โŒ Limited-time Trait+ The Miser!
๐ŸŽ… Limited-time customisation options in the Outfit and Ship Shops!
โ›„ THREE seasonal events!

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

01.12.2025 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So excited that we have brilliant #gamedevs in the @gamerepublic.bsky.social zone at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiegamedev

27.11.2025 09:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you like chess, turnips, and/or turn-based combat, you might love An Elaborate History of Chess!

It's full of everyone's chess favourites: the pawn, the bishop, the treant creatures, spiders that confuse your pieces. Oh and checkmate puzzles!

Demo on Steam: s.team/a/1255020

#TurnBasedThursday

27.11.2025 10:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome, kobolds and non-kobolds!

We are honoured to be the official host of this week's #TurnBasedThursday!
Show us your turn-based games, indie devs. =D

Remember to ๐Ÿ’ฌcomment, โ™ฅ๏ธlike and ๐Ÿ” share!

27.11.2025 10:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 71 ๐Ÿ” 42 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Full Terms and Conditions are available online: www.iteration-games.com/giveaway-ter...

26.11.2025 22:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive #Giveaway!

We're giving away an exclusive t-shirt inspired by An Elaborate History of Chess to one lucky winner!

To enter just โœ…follow and ๐Ÿ”repost!

We'll pick one random winner at 5pm GMT on 12th December 2025. Full T&Cs in reply โฌ‡๏ธ

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

26.11.2025 22:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about Festive Feast, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy! #IndieGame

16.11.2025 13:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Festive Feast, a season of harvest and feasting, starts today in Paper Pirates!

๐Ÿˆ Seasonal Trait: The Quarterback
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ Seasonal Trait+: The Chef
๐Ÿ”ฎ Seasonal Event: Wish on a Wishbone
๐Ÿฆƒ Limited time goodies at the Shop Ship!

#indiegame #gamedev #socialdeduction

16.11.2025 13:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An Elaborate History of Chess on Steam An Elaborate History of Chess is a crafting strategy game touring the history of Chess. In true Chess tradition build castles, explore dungeons, farm turnips and get checkmated by a tree. Find answers...

If you want to learn more about An Elaborate History of Chess, give us a wishlist, or even try the free demo (with around 2 hours of content!) visit the Steam store page: store.steampowered.com/app/1255020/...

07.11.2025 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Your pawns are your farmers, responsible for growing crops like turnips and wheat needed to keep your pieces alive every day.

Your pawns are your farmers, responsible for growing crops like turnips and wheat needed to keep your pieces alive every day.

Entering dungeons means solving puzzles. In this case, a checkmate puzzle! Which white piece needs to move where to put the black king in check?

Entering dungeons means solving puzzles. In this case, a checkmate puzzle! Which white piece needs to move where to put the black king in check?

Fight a wide variety of pieces with different movement patterns and abilities. Combat in dungeons is turn-based, so it feels like playing chess!

Fight a wide variety of pieces with different movement patterns and abilities. Combat in dungeons is turn-based, so it feels like playing chess!

Every piece has a set of abilities which it learns as it levels up. If you get special items, you can even promote pieces into new pieces!

Every piece has a set of abilities which it learns as it levels up. If you get special items, you can even promote pieces into new pieces!

Hi #PitchYaGame! Let me tell you about An Elaborate History of Chess:

๐ŸŒฝMake and cultivate farms using pawns
๐ŸงฉSolve chess-style puzzles
โš”๏ธEngage in turn-based chess combat with bosses
โฌ†๏ธLevel up your pawns to gain unique abilities and promote them into wacky nonsense like Druids and Lumberjacks

07.11.2025 15:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 75% on Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about The Cheerleader, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy! #IndieGame

31.10.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The seventh of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Cheerleader!

The Cheerleader is a passive trait that chooses to support either the human or the ghost team. Depending on how well their chosen team is doing, The Cheerleader can gain extra voting power!

#IndieGame #GameDev

31.10.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This talk was amazing, thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!

25.10.2025 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™re at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and EGX in the Rezzed Zone with an updated demo of An Elaborate History of Chess!

Thereโ€™s a whole new dungeon playable for the first time, plus a leaderboard to find out who can complete a dungeon in the fewest moves!

#IndieGame #GameDev #EGX #IndieDev

24.10.2025 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about The Diplomat, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy! #IndieGame

17.10.2025 11:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The sixth of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Diplomat!

The Diplomat is a new active trait, who can target a pirate and force them to skip their next vote. This gives them a lot of power over a pirate that is maybe too eager to vote!

#GameDev #IndieGame #SocialDeduction

17.10.2025 11:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's spooky season and that means it's the return of Haunted Seas in Paper Pirates! Check out all the haunted goodies:

๐Ÿง› Seasonal Trait+: The Vampire
๐Ÿบ Seasonal Trait: The Werewolf
๐Ÿฌ Seasonal Event: Trick or Treat?

.. and more! Haunted Seas runs all through October๐Ÿฆ‡

#IndieGame #GameDev

04.10.2025 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 75% on Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about The Wereghost, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy! #IndieGame

02.10.2025 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The fifth of seven new traits for Paper Pirates is available now: The Wereghost!

The Wereghost is a new seasonal trait for Haunted Seas. On days when the moon isn't full, The Wereghost is always human. But beware, on full moon nights, they become a ghost!

#GameDev #IndieGame #SocialDeduction

02.10.2025 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paper Pirates on Steam Grab a crew and jump aboard a haunted pirate ship for a social deduction party game, using your phones as controllers! Are you a human sailing home to shore or a ghost working against the crew? Throw ...

Learn more about The Imitator, or about Paper Pirates - a party social deduction game that everyone can join from their mobile phone - on Steam: s.team/a/1234220

Nobody's ever knocked out of the game, and up to ten people can play with only one copy! #IndieGame

19.09.2025 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0