Willy Elektrix
@willyelektrix.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, and artist. I love building crazy worlds full of aliens and mutants!
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Willy Elektrix
@willyelektrix.bsky.social
· Oct 29
The new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is out!
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
The whole time I've been making this game, I've been dreaming of putting this awesome monster chart together.
From my game, Fun Zone Omega: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev
From my game, Fun Zone Omega: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The whole time I've been making this game, I've been dreaming of putting this awesome monster chart together.
From my game, Fun Zone Omega: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev
From my game, Fun Zone Omega: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev
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i'm planning my next remote interactive fiction workshop, and i would love some feedback on what times of day work for normal people!
i've been unemployed for six months and i have no idea what a normal schedule is like
help me out by filling out this quick survey!
i've been unemployed for six months and i have no idea what a normal schedule is like
help me out by filling out this quick survey!
Interactive Fiction workshop survey
Please fill this out to help me plan my next workshop! Filling it out isn't a commitment to anything – it just gives me helpful data! Thanks.
forms.gle
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
i'm planning my next remote interactive fiction workshop, and i would love some feedback on what times of day work for normal people!
i've been unemployed for six months and i have no idea what a normal schedule is like
help me out by filling out this quick survey!
i've been unemployed for six months and i have no idea what a normal schedule is like
help me out by filling out this quick survey!
This monthly game recommendation list is always informative reading.
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This monthly game recommendation list is always informative reading.
Kaiju Big Battel is pretty incredible. Great sense of humor combined with interesting RPG systems and amazing pixel art. The concept of kaiju wrestlers is cool.
Walthros: Renewal is so original in so many ways. Characters, systems, art...
Walthros: Renewal is so original in so many ways. Characters, systems, art...
My birthday is coming up and I've got bills to pay and don't have a job! Now's the perfect time to buy some of the games I've made. They're all on Computer, Kaiju Big Battel is on consoles as well. Also most of them are free and you can play those too. Thanks I love you 🐌
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superwalrusland.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Kaiju Big Battel is pretty incredible. Great sense of humor combined with interesting RPG systems and amazing pixel art. The concept of kaiju wrestlers is cool.
Walthros: Renewal is so original in so many ways. Characters, systems, art...
Walthros: Renewal is so original in so many ways. Characters, systems, art...
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Welcome to Laugh Track, a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else!
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Welcome to Laugh Track, a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else!
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
New game by the developer of Arcade Spirits and Penny Larceny comes out tomorrow. #visualnovel #interactivefiction
I love @fictionfactorygames.com
Going to be playing Laugh Track Today!
It will be going on FREE Tomorrow!
I am so excited! Come check me out at 4pm EST!
But more importantly go check out LAUGH TRACK and give it a shot when it comes out tomorrow!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Going to be playing Laugh Track Today!
It will be going on FREE Tomorrow!
I am so excited! Come check me out at 4pm EST!
But more importantly go check out LAUGH TRACK and give it a shot when it comes out tomorrow!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Laugh Track on Steam
You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...
store.steampowered.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
New game by the developer of Arcade Spirits and Penny Larceny comes out tomorrow. #visualnovel #interactivefiction
After using RPG Maker for 2 years, I feel ready to say... I like OHRRPGCE better.
It's way more flexible and easy to add custom stuff to.
It's way more flexible and easy to add custom stuff to.
New OHRRPGCE release just dropped! Thank you @jamespaige.bsky.social and Ralph for all you do. You're the real heroes.
bob-the-hamster.itch.io/ohrrpgce/dev...
bob-the-hamster.itch.io/ohrrpgce/dev...
OHRRPGCE Lexiphanic Stable Release
Ahoy, folks! This stable release has a respectable assortment of bug-fixes and minor new features. Does it have a big killer new feature? Not as such, but hey! Sometimes that is okay! Sometimes you wa...
bob-the-hamster.itch.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
After using RPG Maker for 2 years, I feel ready to say... I like OHRRPGCE better.
It's way more flexible and easy to add custom stuff to.
It's way more flexible and easy to add custom stuff to.
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Once again asking for people to make neat little 88x31 pixel art buttons so I can add them to my site
virtualmoose.org/favorite-blo...
virtualmoose.org/favorite-blo...
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Once again asking for people to make neat little 88x31 pixel art buttons so I can add them to my site
virtualmoose.org/favorite-blo...
virtualmoose.org/favorite-blo...
My upcoming RPG Maker game now has a trailer --- !!!WITH SO MANY MUTANTS!!!
youtu.be/vE99dxN8xyI
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart
youtu.be/vE99dxN8xyI
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart
Fun Zone Omega Trailer
YouTube video by Willy Elektrix
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
My upcoming RPG Maker game now has a trailer --- !!!WITH SO MANY MUTANTS!!!
youtu.be/vE99dxN8xyI
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart
youtu.be/vE99dxN8xyI
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart
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Every week I post about new indie games that I think are really cool, often experimental and not on Steam. Maybe you'll discover a new game that you'll love.
virtualmoose.org/2026/01/09/i...
virtualmoose.org/2026/01/09/i...
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Every week I post about new indie games that I think are really cool, often experimental and not on Steam. Maybe you'll discover a new game that you'll love.
virtualmoose.org/2026/01/09/i...
virtualmoose.org/2026/01/09/i...
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Oh, this look amazing!
store.steampowered.com/app/4285930/...
Not only it's a RPG set in modern-day India, exploring their folklore & myths, it's also made by a team of Indians who have a channel of animated videos on Asian history: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ...
store.steampowered.com/app/4285930/...
Not only it's a RPG set in modern-day India, exploring their folklore & myths, it's also made by a team of Indians who have a channel of animated videos on Asian history: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ...
Rakshasa on Steam
Rakshasa is a first-person, narrative-driven RPG set in modern India, where a hidden world of Tantrik spellcasters and ancient mythological horrors operate on the margins of society. Rakshasa blends b...
store.steampowered.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Oh, this look amazing!
store.steampowered.com/app/4285930/...
Not only it's a RPG set in modern-day India, exploring their folklore & myths, it's also made by a team of Indians who have a channel of animated videos on Asian history: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ...
store.steampowered.com/app/4285930/...
Not only it's a RPG set in modern-day India, exploring their folklore & myths, it's also made by a team of Indians who have a channel of animated videos on Asian history: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ...
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the last Terrordrome Dispatch of 2025 goes out this week! subscribe if you don't want to miss it!
Dispatches from the Terrordrome
Monthly updates from Anna Anthropy. All the finest Anna-related news, snippets from projects, and meanderings on games and play from your favorite [citation needed] fat gay cripple.
buttondown.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the last Terrordrome Dispatch of 2025 goes out this week! subscribe if you don't want to miss it!
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what do you mean "the near-complete source code to Princess Maker 1 and 2 was quietly uploaded to GitHub a few months ago and nobody noticed"
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
GitHub - ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801
Contribute to ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
what do you mean "the near-complete source code to Princess Maker 1 and 2 was quietly uploaded to GitHub a few months ago and nobody noticed"
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
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New #blog post! We had the pleasure of speaking with @kinmoku.bsky.social about their incredibly nostalgic visual novel #VIDEOVERSE, which got a Japanese translation! Interview available in English and Japanese 👀 Please check it out!!
indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1...
#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev
indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1...
#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev
🎤 Interview with Kinmoku
We had the pleasure of speaking with Kinmoku about their incredibly nostalgic visual novel VIDEOVERSE, which recently got a Japanese translation! We spoke about the nostalgia of 90s and early 2000s In...
indietsushin.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New #blog post! We had the pleasure of speaking with @kinmoku.bsky.social about their incredibly nostalgic visual novel #VIDEOVERSE, which got a Japanese translation! Interview available in English and Japanese 👀 Please check it out!!
indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1...
#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev
indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1...
#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev
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I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
Subscribing to this newsletter has exposed me to games I wouldn't see anywhere else.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Subscribing to this newsletter has exposed me to games I wouldn't see anywhere else.
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SOUP ROOMS is a collaborative minimalist art-game featuring over 100 ROOMS created by cool and talented indie devs from around the world.
Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
LINKS BELOW!
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
LINKS BELOW!
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
SOUP ROOMS is a collaborative minimalist art-game featuring over 100 ROOMS created by cool and talented indie devs from around the world.
Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
LINKS BELOW!
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
LINKS BELOW!
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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Right on.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Right on.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
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My strategy game, MORSE released this week!
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My strategy game, MORSE released this week!
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
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did you know❓ you can order 🔡 an on-demand 🔜 print 🐾 version of ... choicebeat ↕️🪘 !!
here 👂🏼: www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...
or if you wanna just...
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
itch.io page: willyelektrix.itch.io/choicebeat-i...
here 👂🏼: www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...
or if you wanna just...
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
itch.io page: willyelektrix.itch.io/choicebeat-i...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
did you know❓ you can order 🔡 an on-demand 🔜 print 🐾 version of ... choicebeat ↕️🪘 !!
here 👂🏼: www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...
or if you wanna just...
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
itch.io page: willyelektrix.itch.io/choicebeat-i...
here 👂🏼: www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...
or if you wanna just...
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
itch.io page: willyelektrix.itch.io/choicebeat-i...
The new Secret Boss podcast episode is about Metal Slader Glory! secretboss.neocities.org
This incredibly sophisticated Famicom #VisualNovel took four years to make! When it came out, the Famicom had been replaced by the Super Famicom and almost no one played it... but it sure looks amazing!
This incredibly sophisticated Famicom #VisualNovel took four years to make! When it came out, the Famicom had been replaced by the Super Famicom and almost no one played it... but it sure looks amazing!
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The new Secret Boss podcast episode is about Metal Slader Glory! secretboss.neocities.org
This incredibly sophisticated Famicom #VisualNovel took four years to make! When it came out, the Famicom had been replaced by the Super Famicom and almost no one played it... but it sure looks amazing!
This incredibly sophisticated Famicom #VisualNovel took four years to make! When it came out, the Famicom had been replaced by the Super Famicom and almost no one played it... but it sure looks amazing!
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Want to write about games and developers in Indiepocalypse? (and get paid $200 for it?)
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
Indiepocalypse Feature Pitch Form
This is the quick pitch form for those interested in pitching written features about games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse.
The goal is to better highlight the individual creators that have...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Want to write about games and developers in Indiepocalypse? (and get paid $200 for it?)
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
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An eternal (and monthly) championing of the underground game scene, it's Indiepocalypse #70!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An eternal (and monthly) championing of the underground game scene, it's Indiepocalypse #70!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70