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A Ruthless World

Also known as A Ruthless World, a ruthless world, a-ruthless-world

Embark on an adventure through a ruthless, puzzle filled 80s-inspired world.

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25 May 2026

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Patch notesPublished 04 Nov 2025

Update loops, physics and render. [Touch of Technical]

Doing side quests This will be long! A few weeks ago I started working a bit on the next version of the "engine" I have been using for making A Ruthless World (ARW). I got it rolling by branching the engine in git and s…

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October 2025
Another level completed Took a break from ARW during the summer, but since a few weeks been back at it. Last time I posted an ARW update, I showed the top of a new level that I had done some early work on. Here is the f…1 changeGameplayPatch notes15 Oct 2025
March 2025
Beat dancing tutorialQuick video of a tutorial teaching the player how to make use of a power-up soon to be acquired. Make some sweet moves to unlock the container storing the power-up.Announcement28 Mar 2025
Demo updateAs development of the full game has been ongoing, fixes, updates and improvements have been made to many areas. As some affect the content available in the demo, it seemed like a good idea to release a new version of th…Announcement2 changesGameplay14 Mar 2025
February 2025
Sidetracking extravaganza with gamepads this past week. Originally started a check to make sure that using a gamepad was working well when solving a particular puzzle. While doing this, I noticed a bug with the gamepad…5 changesGameplayPatch notes21 Feb 2025
January 2025
Harvest enemy movement into powerA quick friday evening update to show some gameplay from the puzzle adventure game A Ruthless World. All levels have unique puzzles to solve while unraveling the story.Announcement1 changeGameplay31 Jan 2025
December 2024
Mini-Boss FightWhile adventure platforming is a joy in itself, at times a little shoot 'em up isn't wrong. A first of more to come was completed a few weeks ago. Work continues towards a release in 2025.Announcement06 Dec 2024
October 2024
Experience A Ruthless WorldIn preperation for Steam Next Fest a demo of A Ruthless World has been released. The demo features the first few levels of the game, hopefully giving you a good insight into what to expect from the full game. Try it out…Announcement1 changeGameplay01 Oct 2024
August 2024
Long overdue progress reportA Ruthless World While work with the game ARW has been intense, the progress reports have been lacking. It seems the last report was posted back in October 2023! ARW has not been dead, after doing a another game in a ga…Event4 changesGameplayMaps23 Aug 2024
April 2024
A Ruthless World StreamA daily stream running while I'm working on A Ruthless World. Aiming for a release at the end of the year, but not set in stone.Announcement30 Apr 2024

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