Ethan Clark
@ethanclark.bsky.social
Game Developer/Programmer. N Step Steve, Tauriel Teaches Typing, Bee Magic, Parallel Dungeons, & more. (they/them)
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Parallel Dungeons is now released on Steam! Fight in multiple universes at once in this deckbuilder roguelike game. #indiegame
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Save 15% on Parallel Dungeons on Steam
The deck-building roguelike where you fight in multiple universes at the same time. Choose from hundreds of items to make intelligent combos and defeat the enemy in every single universe.
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The game is finally out!
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
I got an email, apparently from a streamer, asking me for a key for Parallel Dungeons to review. It linked to a Twitch channel, so I went to it, and...
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I got an email, apparently from a streamer, asking me for a key for Parallel Dungeons to review. It linked to a Twitch channel, so I went to it, and...
Jamhouse finally got a Steam page! Let's gooooooooo!
Check it out here, and maybe leave a wishlist if you're interested!
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Jamhouse on Steam
Jamhouse is a fast paced match-three/platformer hybrid. Run, jump, and haul tasty tiles to clear waves of jams falling around you!
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February 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Jamhouse finally got a Steam page! Let's gooooooooo!
Bad news: Notepad++ was hacked for a solid period of time and there's a chance you might have an infected copy. You might want to update.
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Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++
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February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bad news: Notepad++ was hacked for a solid period of time and there's a chance you might have an infected copy. You might want to update.
notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacke...
notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacke...
Doing some organizational work for my "review one game a day" challenge. I plan on keeping this going until I run out of Steam games that I want to leave a positive review on. Which... might take a while. But I think that's a good thing!
February 1, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Doing some organizational work for my "review one game a day" challenge. I plan on keeping this going until I run out of Steam games that I want to leave a positive review on. Which... might take a while. But I think that's a good thing!
The game is finally out!
Parallel Dungeons is now released on Steam! Fight in multiple universes at once in this deckbuilder roguelike game. #indiegame
store.steampowered.com/app/4059390/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4059390/...
Save 15% on Parallel Dungeons on Steam
The deck-building roguelike where you fight in multiple universes at the same time. Choose from hundreds of items to make intelligent combos and defeat the enemy in every single universe.
store.steampowered.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The game is finally out!
New daily challenge: Writing a positive Steam review for an indie game I like.
Day 1: Gentoo Rescue by @jagriff.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
Day 1: Gentoo Rescue by @jagriff.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
New daily challenge: Writing a positive Steam review for an indie game I like.
Day 1: Gentoo Rescue by @jagriff.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
Day 1: Gentoo Rescue by @jagriff.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
I legitimately wanted to play Highguard, but I keep getting an error whenever I try to start a match.
The tutorial was pretty neat though! There's a nice, subtle painterly look to the whole thing, which *might* just be a result of my low graphics settings, but still.
The tutorial was pretty neat though! There's a nice, subtle painterly look to the whole thing, which *might* just be a result of my low graphics settings, but still.
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I legitimately wanted to play Highguard, but I keep getting an error whenever I try to start a match.
The tutorial was pretty neat though! There's a nice, subtle painterly look to the whole thing, which *might* just be a result of my low graphics settings, but still.
The tutorial was pretty neat though! There's a nice, subtle painterly look to the whole thing, which *might* just be a result of my low graphics settings, but still.
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I am proud to announce that Parallel Dungeons releases on January 30th!
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I am proud to announce that Parallel Dungeons releases on January 30th!
As a child I remember thinking "when I grow up, I'm going to make a drag-and-drop-blocks interface for otherwise text based languages so I can use them like they're Scratch."
I have long since abandoned this desire.
I have long since abandoned this desire.
the people demanded something that quickly becomes unusable as code scales up
Why have all the game engines gone for a big field of nodes like Blueprints for visual coding, rather than the so-called "spreadheet approach with folding sub-code" of smaller apps like Construct or Clickteam Fusion? It made game making easy to learn for me, and very readable.
January 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
As a child I remember thinking "when I grow up, I'm going to make a drag-and-drop-blocks interface for otherwise text based languages so I can use them like they're Scratch."
I have long since abandoned this desire.
I have long since abandoned this desire.
Thought: Fandom spaces have developed their own definition of "media literacy" that's very different from academic spaces, which concerns me. Not because I think academia is inherently above fandom, but because fandom is pulling from the aesthetics of academia without engaging with the substance.
January 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Thought: Fandom spaces have developed their own definition of "media literacy" that's very different from academic spaces, which concerns me. Not because I think academia is inherently above fandom, but because fandom is pulling from the aesthetics of academia without engaging with the substance.
The game is basically done at this point (minus the game trailer and getting a build approved) and will launch in a few weeks. But I heard (from myself) that creator/reviewer/streamers could potentially get a copy of the game early.
Are you a creator/reviewer/streamer who wants a free copy of Parallel Dungeons? Send an email to ethan (at) nuvofacto (dot) com and let me know!
And say hi to Boss Baby for me.
And say hi to Boss Baby for me.
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The game is basically done at this point (minus the game trailer and getting a build approved) and will launch in a few weeks. But I heard (from myself) that creator/reviewer/streamers could potentially get a copy of the game early.
Apple: We need to gatekeep what you can and cannot install on your phones in order to make sure that only high quality apps can be on your phone.
Also Apple:
Also Apple:
oh god. yeah, we did not make this. please report this
or, well, put a better way: we did, because the app is just a very bad, semi-functional port of the demo's arcade mode
behold original game do not steal:
RHYTHM BEAT [arcade mode]
or, well, put a better way: we did, because the app is just a very bad, semi-functional port of the demo's arcade mode
behold original game do not steal:
RHYTHM BEAT [arcade mode]
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Apple: We need to gatekeep what you can and cannot install on your phones in order to make sure that only high quality apps can be on your phone.
Also Apple:
Also Apple:
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Let me be clear.. EVERYBODY who has admin or mod privileges in ANY discord server that is even remotely adjacent to gamedev needs to @ everyone about what's going on, and they need to do it YESTERDAY. More ppl got caught up in this, coulda been avoided. Dont click links from ANYONE w/o interrogation
@rittzler.bsky.social (creator of Pseudoregalia), has had their Discord and email hacked and is linking to a virus in disguise. If you see anything linking to a game called "Furfall", DO NOT engage with it. It's not made by Rittz and isn't a real game (it's a Remote Access Trojan) DO NOT CLICK IT.
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Let me be clear.. EVERYBODY who has admin or mod privileges in ANY discord server that is even remotely adjacent to gamedev needs to @ everyone about what's going on, and they need to do it YESTERDAY. More ppl got caught up in this, coulda been avoided. Dont click links from ANYONE w/o interrogation
@dcellgames.com This is going to sound passive aggressive or whatever but I promise this is a genuine compliment: The overworld movement system in Unbeatable is *just* janky enough to be extremely funny. Truly the punk rock of movement systems.
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@dcellgames.com This is going to sound passive aggressive or whatever but I promise this is a genuine compliment: The overworld movement system in Unbeatable is *just* janky enough to be extremely funny. Truly the punk rock of movement systems.
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The thing about how "pixel art was designed for CRTs" always kind of annoys me because: Pokemon wasn't. Pokemon was released on the Game Boy, which used a liquid crystal display. Nobody ever seems to think to bring this up. Drives me mad!!!
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The thing about how "pixel art was designed for CRTs" always kind of annoys me because: Pokemon wasn't. Pokemon was released on the Game Boy, which used a liquid crystal display. Nobody ever seems to think to bring this up. Drives me mad!!!
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📢 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📢 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
New blog post. I talk about how and why I added item (card) removal to my roguelike.
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Monthly Blog Post: November 2025
Welcome to yet another web log. This time, I’ll focus on a design problem I solved in my soon to be released game.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
New blog post. I talk about how and why I added item (card) removal to my roguelike.
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I've barely posted on this kind of social media anywhere but I have a reason to now. I made a game!!
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I've barely posted on this kind of social media anywhere but I have a reason to now. I made a game!!
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
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Developer of Bee Magic and N Step Steve, Ethan Clark, gave a multipurpose talk about making multipurpose puzzles!
@ethanclark.bsky.social
@ethanclark.bsky.social
Making Multi Purpose Puzzles - Ethan Clark (ThinkyCon 2025)
Ethan Clark joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Making Multi Purpose Puzzles"
Talk description: It's hard enough making a puzzle that does one thing. How do you design a puzzle that does multiple things? We'll talk about puzzles with multiple solutions, puzzles with multiple emotional
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November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Developer of Bee Magic and N Step Steve, Ethan Clark, gave a multipurpose talk about making multipurpose puzzles!
@ethanclark.bsky.social
@ethanclark.bsky.social
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
The demo for Parallel Dungeons is out! Even if you have roguelike fatigue (I know I do,) I promise this game brings something unique to the table. So please give it a try.
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Fight in multiple universes at the same time in the new Parallel Dungeons demo, out now for free!
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Parallel Dungeons Demo by Ethan Clark (EPICPIKAGUY)
The parallel universe roguelike
epicpikaguy.itch.io
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The demo for Parallel Dungeons is out! Even if you have roguelike fatigue (I know I do,) I promise this game brings something unique to the table. So please give it a try.
bsky.app/profile/nuvo...
bsky.app/profile/nuvo...
How it feels when you're doing last minute work on your demo and you discover that using bool(value) to cast to a bool basically crashes the game but ONLY on web builds and ONLY in Chromium.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How it feels when you're doing last minute work on your demo and you discover that using bool(value) to cast to a bool basically crashes the game but ONLY on web builds and ONLY in Chromium.
Realizing that I never put out a monthly blog post, so let's just do a quick mini-thread on what I've been busy with.
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Realizing that I never put out a monthly blog post, so let's just do a quick mini-thread on what I've been busy with.
I playtested this game and can confirm: it is at least twice as good as Cosmic Express. Perhaps thrice as good, even.
Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW!
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I playtested this game and can confirm: it is at least twice as good as Cosmic Express. Perhaps thrice as good, even.