u/ArchiusDev

Hey Solo Devs,

I've been steadily making progress on my game Mancalero, based on the ancient strategy board game of Mancala but reimagined as a roguelike.

In Mancalero you sow marbles across the board, discover powerful blessings, build your collection of special marbles and synergies to defeat opponents while breaking the game for ridiculous scores. Between matches, you can visit the Bazaar to purchase new marbles, blessings, and upgrades that reshape your run and help form your engine.

I'm excited to share that I have a public Steam Playtest opening on Friday August 7, 2026.

The Playtest is planned for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Hopefully I'll stay on track for my demo in September and full release of the game in November.

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4811700/Mancalero/

Trailer:
https://youtu.be/F2Yncp_EXGs

If you're interested I'd love for you to try it out!

Mancalero, my marble deckbuilder strategy roguelike inspired by Mancala just hit 50 wishlists!

When comparing it can seem like nothing when other indies can comfortably sit at 50,000 plus upon launching their pages, but seeing the small climbs from 1 to 5, to 12 and even hitting 20 felt so impactful.

I've also learned so much in the process and have seen how each added component (capsule art, soundtrack, trailer, increased marketing and community building) have incrementally brought more awareness to the game. I never would have thought but I even found two other devs making Mancala-based roguelikes as well!

I’m currently preparing a public Steam Playtest targeted for August 7, 2026 on multiple platforms (waiting on Steam’s final approval).

You can check out my page if interested:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4811700/Mancalero/

Thanks to everyone who has wishlisted, shared, or offered any kind of feedback so far!

Hey everyone,

I’ve had the pleasure of having my musician create a complete soundtrack for my upcoming indie game (based on the strategy board game Mancala) called Mancalero. I realized I mainly had in mind my desired funk sound for a bit of energy, as well as giving some “breathing room” for strategizing mid-match.

Hope that provides a bit of context but I’d love to hear any feedback or thoughts on it as I believe my artist did a fantastic job. The tracks were designed to blend seamlessly together (similar to what was done for Balatro) and share the same track length.

I hope that you all may enjoy them as much as I do!

Mancalero Complete Original Soundtrack

My artist has done a terrific job bringing my idea of the capsule art to life, however I have a couple of different directions to go. I could use a A) darker design, B) insert a bright spot in the centre, or C) do the second option with a Mancala board given that the game is a Rogulike marble deck builder.

Alternatively I can make an edit to the design entirely and change the main text colour (not preferred) or include lighter colours into the background.

Curious to know what you all think, I also used Fuzzling's Capsule Art comparison tool and included a few of those views as well.

Hey all,

Looking for some feedback on the direction of my capsule art, done by my incredible artist (happy to share their profile if it's not too excessive). The art was originally was lighter but we've changed to make it more bold and vibrant, although there may be more competition for attention with this darker variation.

The first set are the current options, second set is the same but with an outline (will likely be a shade of blue or beige-gold) followed by an earlier draft sketch of a lighter design and some match views of the game board.

You can get a better feel for it on the Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4811700/Mancalero/

Thanks in advance, I'd greatly appreciate the feedback!

In this game you can expect the traditional momentum building in power and capabilities with rogue likes and deck builders, as well as strategies and different ways to win and defeat your opponent by either collecting the most marbles by the end, or reaching a score that eliminates them.

Currently working hard on polish, and some other changes as I prep for the official demo release, and the main release towards the end of the year.

Hey everyone, I need a bit of help understanding issues with uploading gifs to a Steam page. Apologies if this is the wrong sub for this kind of question- I'm trying to leave out what I can from describing my issue to avoid self-promotion.

I noticed that gifs from videos I recorded appear to play fine elsewhere whether played locally or uploaded on another website, and they even appear fine when developing the store page and viewing the initial preview in the description. However, once actually viewed in beta or published, they have a "blink" when the Gif loops. Other store pages don't seem to have this issue as far as I can tell.

I've troubleshooted by reducing the file size, altering my GPU acceleration in case if it was local (others could confirm they saw it too), adding an extra frame at the end to loop seamlessly, and converting to WebP among other things. I've searched on reddit if I could find similar issues and I'm not sure if there's something specific I'm missing when going through Steam's guidelines.

Thanks!