ellis dex 🌟
@ellisdex.itch.io
✭ gamedev of many faces
✭ indie dev + writer + QA @ glowmade
✭ LITHOBREAKERS member
✭ hopeful ghost, agender menace, curiosity machine. excited for everything!!!
✭ https://ellisdex.itch.io
✭ indie dev + writer + QA @ glowmade
✭ LITHOBREAKERS member
✭ hopeful ghost, agender menace, curiosity machine. excited for everything!!!
✭ https://ellisdex.itch.io
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ellis dex 🌟
@ellisdex.itch.io
· Oct 20
okkkk hello new bluesky people!! i'm ellis [they/any] - indie dev + writer + bearer of multiple hats. i'm currently working as QA at glowmade, and i make lots of queer indie narrative games about having friends + feelings + maybe agency 👀 you can find me at ellisdex.itch.io or ellisdex.carrd.co 🌟
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Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-31 hosted by W.H. Arthur & Rook and Role. An analogue game jam in 48 words This game jam is for 48-words RPGs, open to game designers of all experience level. The...
itch.io
January 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
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🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
@dukelaw.bsky.social
More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
@dukelaw.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
@dukelaw.bsky.social
More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
@dukelaw.bsky.social
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In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
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December 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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gathering / winding / echoing / wearing / turning / anchoring - forgot i never posted the full set of prints from my residency this past summer. you can see them on my site: formyths.com/promises
5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)
5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
gathering / winding / echoing / wearing / turning / anchoring - forgot i never posted the full set of prints from my residency this past summer. you can see them on my site: formyths.com/promises
5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)
5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)
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Christmas In July, July 19 2008, I think at the Shadow Lounge
August 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Christmas In July, July 19 2008, I think at the Shadow Lounge
turns out the pitt is as good as everyone says it is
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
turns out the pitt is as good as everyone says it is
i love 2 write game poetry :3 lithobreakers.itch.io/marrow
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
i love 2 write game poetry :3 lithobreakers.itch.io/marrow
we got fridge poetry :3
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
we got fridge poetry :3
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What's actually involved in getting a human voice actor to record lines for a game, and how does that compare to an AI replacement?
@maddie-b-a.bsky.social speaks to actors and audio engineers like @selmaleh.bsky.social and @jeffvandyck.com to try and demystify what goes into giving games a voice.
@maddie-b-a.bsky.social speaks to actors and audio engineers like @selmaleh.bsky.social and @jeffvandyck.com to try and demystify what goes into giving games a voice.
How the Cost and Effort of Human Voice Actors Compares to Generative AI
“A well-trained actor will save production in the end because you know the better trained you are, the quicker you can do the job and get what you need”
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What's actually involved in getting a human voice actor to record lines for a game, and how does that compare to an AI replacement?
@maddie-b-a.bsky.social speaks to actors and audio engineers like @selmaleh.bsky.social and @jeffvandyck.com to try and demystify what goes into giving games a voice.
@maddie-b-a.bsky.social speaks to actors and audio engineers like @selmaleh.bsky.social and @jeffvandyck.com to try and demystify what goes into giving games a voice.
are there any more expansive lists of autobiographical games? the wikipedia page is severely lacking + so many are too small for wikipedia
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
are there any more expansive lists of autobiographical games? the wikipedia page is severely lacking + so many are too small for wikipedia
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game good www.avclub.com/saltsea-chro...
December 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
game good www.avclub.com/saltsea-chro...
"show don't tell" - turns out if you try to show someone a horror story, you get a restraining order? probably better to tell it to them instead ://
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"show don't tell" - turns out if you try to show someone a horror story, you get a restraining order? probably better to tell it to them instead ://
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are there any #databending #glitchart methods that work in modern OSs anymore? i rmb getting really into databending in 2010s/windows7 era where you could edit image files by manipulating the data with text or audio editors and getting really funky results, but it was impossible to do so in w10 +
December 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
are there any #databending #glitchart methods that work in modern OSs anymore? i rmb getting really into databending in 2010s/windows7 era where you could edit image files by manipulating the data with text or audio editors and getting really funky results, but it was impossible to do so in w10 +
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Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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All of my games and comics are on sale on my itch page as part of the Itchio Winter Sale.
Get them for 40-50% off until the end of the year!
itch.io/s/175955/emo...
Get them for 40-50% off until the end of the year!
itch.io/s/175955/emo...
Emo Sludge Winter Sale 2025 by Zach Hazard Vaupen // Emo Sludge
A bundle by Zach Hazard Vaupen // Emo Sludge, $40.00 for 6 games
itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
All of my games and comics are on sale on my itch page as part of the Itchio Winter Sale.
Get them for 40-50% off until the end of the year!
itch.io/s/175955/emo...
Get them for 40-50% off until the end of the year!
itch.io/s/175955/emo...
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61% of UK adults believe it should no longer be a crime for two or more sex workers to work together.
And 53% of us agree that consensual sex work should be fully decriminalised.
Sex work exists because poverty exists.
Sex work must be decriminalised NOW.
And 53% of us agree that consensual sex work should be fully decriminalised.
Sex work exists because poverty exists.
Sex work must be decriminalised NOW.
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
61% of UK adults believe it should no longer be a crime for two or more sex workers to work together.
And 53% of us agree that consensual sex work should be fully decriminalised.
Sex work exists because poverty exists.
Sex work must be decriminalised NOW.
And 53% of us agree that consensual sex work should be fully decriminalised.
Sex work exists because poverty exists.
Sex work must be decriminalised NOW.
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I published a hopefully helpful tool for you if you're working with Ink and dialogue lines.
It uses Ink + some extra markup and helps with production stats, recording scripts, localisation, line statuses and those bits and pieces of production.
wildwinter.medium.com/dink-a-dialo...
It uses Ink + some extra markup and helps with production stats, recording scripts, localisation, line statuses and those bits and pieces of production.
wildwinter.medium.com/dink-a-dialo...
Dink: A Dialogue Pipeline for Ink
One way to use Inkle’s narrative engine for a voice-over production pipeline.
wildwinter.medium.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I published a hopefully helpful tool for you if you're working with Ink and dialogue lines.
It uses Ink + some extra markup and helps with production stats, recording scripts, localisation, line statuses and those bits and pieces of production.
wildwinter.medium.com/dink-a-dialo...
It uses Ink + some extra markup and helps with production stats, recording scripts, localisation, line statuses and those bits and pieces of production.
wildwinter.medium.com/dink-a-dialo...
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Union busting has consequences! UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the government will look into @rockstargames.com's dismissal of 31 union members.
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Union busting has consequences! UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the government will look into @rockstargames.com's dismissal of 31 union members.
good morning from the moon
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
good morning from the moon
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It's our final dev update of 2025 for Crescent County! And it's a BIIIG one! We've been:
🔨 assembling the island & locations
🚦 setting up a new road system with intersections & roundabouts
🧹 building a broom customisation system
🎨 more concepts, more broom pieces, more UI!
So proud of our team! 💖
🔨 assembling the island & locations
🚦 setting up a new road system with intersections & roundabouts
🧹 building a broom customisation system
🎨 more concepts, more broom pieces, more UI!
So proud of our team! 💖
Update 17: Our final dev update of 2025! Custom brooms, smooooth roads, and breaking new ground! · Crescent County - a witch-tech delivery adventure
✨ It's the FINAL dev update of 2025! ✨It feels like just five or six months ago that we were scrambling to run an entire Kickstarter campaign but I guess time flies when you're making video games*.…
www.kickstarter.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's our final dev update of 2025 for Crescent County! And it's a BIIIG one! We've been:
🔨 assembling the island & locations
🚦 setting up a new road system with intersections & roundabouts
🧹 building a broom customisation system
🎨 more concepts, more broom pieces, more UI!
So proud of our team! 💖
🔨 assembling the island & locations
🚦 setting up a new road system with intersections & roundabouts
🧹 building a broom customisation system
🎨 more concepts, more broom pieces, more UI!
So proud of our team! 💖
teehee designing narrative systems teehee teehee
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
teehee designing narrative systems teehee teehee