Elissa
@elissablack.com
Makes games, shoots photos, does other stuff, etc. 🏳️🌈🧛🏻♀️ she/her
Currently: Death by Scrolling (Out October 28th on PC!), Deck & Conn, Dungeons of Freeport.
The lesbian roadkill of the information superhighway.
Currently: Death by Scrolling (Out October 28th on PC!), Deck & Conn, Dungeons of Freeport.
The lesbian roadkill of the information superhighway.
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Elissa
@elissablack.com
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Save 10% on Death by Scrolling on Steam
Welcome to Purgatory, inc. now under new management! Death by Scrolling is a rogue-like vertically scrolling RPG where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Reaper long enough to pay the Ferry...
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Death by Scrolling, my game with @grumpygamer.com, is out! It’s a vertically scrolling arcade roguelite with a sense of humour. Grab it on PC now - with console coming soon!
Added a critical feature to Dungeons of Freeport this morning. #DungeonsOfFreeport #Roguelike #GameDev #IndieDev
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Added a critical feature to Dungeons of Freeport this morning. #DungeonsOfFreeport #Roguelike #GameDev #IndieDev
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No, it's real simple. When you take over an enemy hex, any resources and hex improvements automatically become yours. So you get the oil and it's immediately added to your Strategic Resource counter and you can build a new battleship in 5 turns.
Do people just not realize how big a mess Venezuelan oil would be to deal with? It's full of impurities, profoundly dirty, the infrastructure is a mess. I don't see how any of this would work unless you have boots on the ground for a decade.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
No, it's real simple. When you take over an enemy hex, any resources and hex improvements automatically become yours. So you get the oil and it's immediately added to your Strategic Resource counter and you can build a new battleship in 5 turns.
Sometimes I think the internet would be better if it wasn't.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sometimes I think the internet would be better if it wasn't.
Blog post: On how playing games as an experience is often different now - and a reminder that you can change it.
Games as Experiences
We live in a time where we have access to a true embarrassment of riches when it comes to media access. By that I mean, we have truly enormous number of movies, TV shows and video games are accessible...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Blog post: On how playing games as an experience is often different now - and a reminder that you can change it.
When I was young, my gaming was in arcades. Then an IBM in green-hued monochrome. It wasn't until 2005 when I fell in love with console gaming.
It was the Xbox 360, still one of the greatest consoles ever made.
This unboxing for its 20 year anniversary is giving me the warm 'n fuzzies.
It was the Xbox 360, still one of the greatest consoles ever made.
This unboxing for its 20 year anniversary is giving me the warm 'n fuzzies.
DF Retro: Xbox 360 20th Anniversary - Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
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November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
When I was young, my gaming was in arcades. Then an IBM in green-hued monochrome. It wasn't until 2005 when I fell in love with console gaming.
It was the Xbox 360, still one of the greatest consoles ever made.
This unboxing for its 20 year anniversary is giving me the warm 'n fuzzies.
It was the Xbox 360, still one of the greatest consoles ever made.
This unboxing for its 20 year anniversary is giving me the warm 'n fuzzies.
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Set blasters to stun!... Wait. I meant set BLASTER to A220 I5 D1.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Set blasters to stun!... Wait. I meant set BLASTER to A220 I5 D1.
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That's just my D&D group.
Currently putting together the invite list for my birthday party!
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
That's just my D&D group.
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This Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking of our trans neighbors whose lives were stolen by hate & prejudice.
Folks like Rita Hester, a Black trans woman and beloved community member who was killed in the #MA7, and whose murder sparked this important day of recognition.
Folks like Rita Hester, a Black trans woman and beloved community member who was killed in the #MA7, and whose murder sparked this important day of recognition.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking of our trans neighbors whose lives were stolen by hate & prejudice.
Folks like Rita Hester, a Black trans woman and beloved community member who was killed in the #MA7, and whose murder sparked this important day of recognition.
Folks like Rita Hester, a Black trans woman and beloved community member who was killed in the #MA7, and whose murder sparked this important day of recognition.
Me, definitely the furthest thing from an actual spy, watching a spy movie: “Wow this character’s tradecraft is awful.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Me, definitely the furthest thing from an actual spy, watching a spy movie: “Wow this character’s tradecraft is awful.”
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Floor art by Almond. Mixed media, 2020.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Floor art by Almond. Mixed media, 2020.
It's wild to think that operating systems used to not suck.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's wild to think that operating systems used to not suck.
TIL that some of the storm plates shot for Master & Commander's rounding the cape scene were shot aboard the HMB Endeavour replica at the Maritime Museum here in Sydney.
The idea of THAT ship (which is a collier, so not ideally shaped for such things) hit a storm like that is pretty horrifying.
The idea of THAT ship (which is a collier, so not ideally shaped for such things) hit a storm like that is pretty horrifying.
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
TIL that some of the storm plates shot for Master & Commander's rounding the cape scene were shot aboard the HMB Endeavour replica at the Maritime Museum here in Sydney.
The idea of THAT ship (which is a collier, so not ideally shaped for such things) hit a storm like that is pretty horrifying.
The idea of THAT ship (which is a collier, so not ideally shaped for such things) hit a storm like that is pretty horrifying.
I got Michael Bay's classic** film "Pearl Harbor" on bluray for a buck from a local thrift store. I am going to watch it for the first time in decades while I debug some stuff today, and once it's done, I will review it with his simple question: "Is Pearl Harbor worth $1 AUD?"
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I got Michael Bay's classic** film "Pearl Harbor" on bluray for a buck from a local thrift store. I am going to watch it for the first time in decades while I debug some stuff today, and once it's done, I will review it with his simple question: "Is Pearl Harbor worth $1 AUD?"
Thought I was coming down with a cold, which made me sad as I have a TON of stuff on this weekend but... I woke up feeling fine?
I will take this as a sign from the Gods.
I mean the sign probably reads "cycle path only" or "bathroom down this hall" but eh... I'll take anything at this point.
I will take this as a sign from the Gods.
I mean the sign probably reads "cycle path only" or "bathroom down this hall" but eh... I'll take anything at this point.
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thought I was coming down with a cold, which made me sad as I have a TON of stuff on this weekend but... I woke up feeling fine?
I will take this as a sign from the Gods.
I mean the sign probably reads "cycle path only" or "bathroom down this hall" but eh... I'll take anything at this point.
I will take this as a sign from the Gods.
I mean the sign probably reads "cycle path only" or "bathroom down this hall" but eh... I'll take anything at this point.
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Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
I cannot wait to cry my eyes out at this in a cinema.
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I cannot wait to cry my eyes out at this in a cinema.
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Working in the game industry
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Working in the game industry
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leave it up to trans people for preserving game history properly www.videogamer.com/news/fallout...
Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 source code isn't actually lost, reveals former Interplay founder, despite orders to destroy all assets
The source Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 is not lost as former Interplay founder Rebecca Heineman reveals she kept all backups for the game.
www.videogamer.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
leave it up to trans people for preserving game history properly www.videogamer.com/news/fallout...
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Seeing as I'm now unable to stop thinking about another project I want to make in this form & style, y'all might as well go play the hour-and-a-bit-long sapphic vampire thriller interactive fiction I made.
Play it in any browser! Or just boost it.
Play it in any browser! Or just boost it.
"So, About Last Night..." by Elissa Black
An interactive vampire hangover story.
expectproblems.itch.io
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Seeing as I'm now unable to stop thinking about another project I want to make in this form & style, y'all might as well go play the hour-and-a-bit-long sapphic vampire thriller interactive fiction I made.
Play it in any browser! Or just boost it.
Play it in any browser! Or just boost it.
Okay. I think I finally came up with a successor story to “So, About Last Night…”
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Okay. I think I finally came up with a successor story to “So, About Last Night…”
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Finally got to watching the 4k bluray of The Lost Boys I got ages back.
For anyone who was concerned that The Lost Boys might not kick ass the way you remember it kicking ass? Fear not, it fucking kicks ass.
This would make a BANGER of a double-feature with Near Dark.
For anyone who was concerned that The Lost Boys might not kick ass the way you remember it kicking ass? Fear not, it fucking kicks ass.
This would make a BANGER of a double-feature with Near Dark.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Finally got to watching the 4k bluray of The Lost Boys I got ages back.
For anyone who was concerned that The Lost Boys might not kick ass the way you remember it kicking ass? Fear not, it fucking kicks ass.
This would make a BANGER of a double-feature with Near Dark.
For anyone who was concerned that The Lost Boys might not kick ass the way you remember it kicking ass? Fear not, it fucking kicks ass.
This would make a BANGER of a double-feature with Near Dark.
My favourite kind of cinematic lair for anyone is an abandoned subway station.
Just the inclusion of such a thing is so good it's enough to redeem basically any film except The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.
Just the inclusion of such a thing is so good it's enough to redeem basically any film except The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My favourite kind of cinematic lair for anyone is an abandoned subway station.
Just the inclusion of such a thing is so good it's enough to redeem basically any film except The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.
Just the inclusion of such a thing is so good it's enough to redeem basically any film except The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.
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This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail