Hello World! I’m Kayne Ruse, an independent game developer, making both video and tabletop games of all kinds.

I’ve been making games for 20 years, and was born with a controller in my hand. I’ve got a lot of practical skills and hands-on experience with my own projects, and I’m always looking for new ways to improve and expand those skills.

One of my biggest claims to fame is releasing a game on the Nintendo Switch - Candy Raid: The Factory.

Another would be spending four and a half years on a microservice driven web game, and actually completing it - Egg Trainer. After completing it, Egg Trainer’s IP and assets were sold to a good friend, and I’m ready to move on to the next stage of my life.

My ultimate goal in life is to lead my own gamedev team on self-sustaining projects - that is, our success and sales can support us well enough to carry us between releases.

If you want to contact me, you can do so at krgamestudios@gmail.com

Blog Posts

• Stepwise: The Next Generation

  I’ve been hard at work on Stepwise: Gates of Yendor over the last month, specifically building out the procedural generation and utilities for the first of 12 worlds, known as Timepunk. During my downtime, I realized that the maths and concepts I’m using are more advanced and niche than what a majority of people would see for their own games. So, let’s have a look at what I’ve done recently, and I’ll outline what’s going on under the hood - maybe you’ll find something that interests you, and could be useful for your own projects.

• Stepwise Release Date

  It’s official, Stepwise now has a release date!

  Stepwise (working title) is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with retro-inspired graphics, currently in active development, with a projected release date in early 2026.

• Step Wisely, Like A Rogue

  A few weeks ago, I (with input from my good friend Troy) started working on a traditional roguelike using python-tcod, which I’ve given the working title “Stepwise”. While the mechanics are heavily inspired by NetHack, at first I couldn’t decide on a theme or premise. Then, it came to me: Why use one theme, when you can use them all?

• Ghost in the VTuber
• Mod Souls: Prepare To Die
• Review: Goodbye, Eri
• Keep Killing Games
• I.P. Freely
• Design Shelf: Chess TCG
• Missed By A Mile
• I Am Speed
• Start Your Engines
• Draw Two Cards
• Design Shelf: Lowercase Dragons
• Have a KitKat
• Make A Betta Meta
• Boot Pun Goes Here
• Game Plan
• Portal Sci-Fi
• Them Thematic Things
• A Toy Programming Language
• Blessed By Curses
• Power Rangers
• History And Timeline Of Egg Trainer
• OSR TTRPG
• The Iron Throne, Part II
• The Iron Throne
• Barking Up The Wrong Resource Tree
• Hello World

Community & Socials

• Discord
• Bluesky
• Studio GitHub
• Personal GitHub

Support Me

• Patreon <-- Big Thanks!
• ko-fi
• LinkedIn