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Els White

@elskwhite.bsky.social

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I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ he/him

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · Aug 21

So! Guess who has to move! Again!! And needs to make a deposit! Again!!!
... I'm offering Game Maker tutorial commissions via Ko-fi! Use code MOVINGSALE for 40% off. ko-fi.com/spiderlilyst...
You can find examples of my tutorials at spiderlilystudios.medium.com. I specialise in VN-type mechanics!

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 3d

my dnd stuff fell out of my bag at some point so I'm going to introduce my little bugs to the wonderful world of Honey Heist

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 3d

True, I draw the distinction mostly as a format thing, but it's more like "VN is a type of IF". Hope you find something that works for you!

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 3d

The media here being "interactive fiction", should probably clarify lol

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Depends what you mean by "simpler", but I like Twine a lot for making stuff without needing to think too hard about it.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 3d

i knew lmm was on the new mountain goats album but i still got jumpscared by him in the chorus of cold at night

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Oh my god i take it all back hades 2 is a perfect game actually

[POST ENDGAME SPOILERS]

i just got the fourth scylla song

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 4d

bought a keyboard to impress a guy with a ponytail. have mastered the intro to black parade. im unstoppable.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 6d

[HADES 2 ENDGAME SPOILERS]

i still dont feel satisfied with the ending (not quite at the epilogue yet) but i do kinda fw zagreus sparing cronos, not because he Believes In Family(tm), but specifically because he just distrusts hades *that much*.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 8d

oh i know the girls are fighting over who gets the freya/claire pas de deux in act 3

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 8d

ok so i do need a "making of" doco for this trailer and im going to need it at your earliest convenience tia /jk

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 8d

i just logged on what the Fuck is happening

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 8d

now im just imagining video games being adapted into ballet instead of prestige tv/shitty movies. might be onto something. ooh video game panto could go crazy actually

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Aw hell yeah. Do you have discord? I'm mycelia on there; i will be unavailable the next 48 hours, but after that if you're willing to be a sounding board/guinea pig for said VN plugin i am willing to give programming help in exchange. Someone did it for me once, so I'm paying it forward!

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 9d

(Looking up from packing) yes hello what is the situation

I am actually supposed to be making a gamemaker plugin for a jam this month so.......👀

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 9d

watching swan lake but its gay. still feel the same thrill as 16/y/o els first watching RENT and seeing angel and collins. maybe even more so, now.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Nov 17

in case you've never seen it, here is the original reddit thread where a dude posts looking for legal advice bc he thinks his landlord is breaking in and leaving post it notes everywhere, and someone in the comments saves his life by correctly diagnosing him with carbon monoxide poisoning

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 11d

SALE ALERT: you can now get cucked for 13 bucks

store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 12d

I only know one of their songs but i do like that song a lot even tho its kinda cheesy (its lgfuad)

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 12d

And i hate that! I can see how much love and care went into it and i want to love it back i just feel like. Hades 1 just nailed that weird complicated family dynamic, and this one feels like it almost went there but they got scared.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 12d

[SPOILERS for anyone scrolling past]

it feels like all the things I found interesting in the early access (prommy, mel's relationship with hecate vs the olympians, olympus being assholes) have been left on the table. Maybe the True End will be more satisfying but rn i feel a lil disappointed

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 12d

Feeling some type of way about Hades 2. I can tell I'm not done w the story but I'm past the credits drop and...hm.
Don't get me wrong! It's a really enjoyable experience! I'm having a lot of fun! Just...hm.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 16d

Im literally nice why can't people be nice back!!!!!

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 16d

state of things here at the moment. staring at the clock waiting for hades hour to tick over

Undertale text box. * No one is happy with this.

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 16d

absolutely terrible information thank you i will be investigating

Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 16d

account labels are halfway to red text if you think about it