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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 8h

Today I showed the designers that you can name cells in spreadsheets and use the names in formulas (i.e. "=PLAYER_LEVEL" instead of "=C12"). You can then use the Name Manager to track or rename them. I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess not, so sharing that tidbit here.

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 1d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

Note that the story slowly sneaks up and surprises you halfway in, and doesn't take control until the last 1/3-1/4 of the game. Most people seem to stop before it becomes properly weird.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

it's the most unhinged story I've ever encountered in a video game (that still has a logical plot), there's no world in which you can guess where it will go

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

I keep thinking how they could one-up themselves and really just settled for the possibility we might powerwash hell or somehow end up in space, possibly both

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about the time I told a friend who is a film/tv/games writer that the story in Powerwash Simulator was "brave" so she picked it up, and got so mad at me once the story started to unfold, and yet now has more hours in the game than I do

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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 9d

The wait is over. Learn all about what it takes to be a member of the crew during next week's STARSEEKER Direct gameplay reveal livestream. 🚀📺

📅 October 7th - 10AM PT

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

I need to know how unhinged the narrative is compared to the first game.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

I might actually take the day off of work for this

PowerWash Simulator 💦 @powerwashsimulator.co.uk · 1d

Get ready to suit up, Washers 💦

You'll be able to collect your keys and get busting grime October 23rd!

Coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

mostly hidden by the fact that it's the same color as the frond from the pan-fried chicken that's also in the sauce

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

a whole article just to say four words "go to Format -> Rotation" 😢

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 1d

They are better than in excel too, which always struggles a bit with the first/last angled columns and sometimes messes up the font placement

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

These were from when I started to go to other solar systems and moved toward automating building all-the-things. But the game really makes it hard to have a perfect organized setup and does really lean into messy-but-functional.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

It’s delicious, only tried it when I made it and realized I had no rice. It’s already a butter and tomato sauce so mixing with pasta ended up a natural fit.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

gotta try it a few more times before it becomes a new canon in this household the way "butter chicken and spaghetti" and "japanese curry meat pies" are

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

so I made pasta for lunch and put some soy sauce in my bechamel which I should probably not admit to but it's turning out quite inspired

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

I never did spreadsheets for Satisfactory, I used a miro board for that instead.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 2d

for no reason (other than I misclicked in my google drive and it pulled this up), here's some satisfying spreadsheets I made when I was playing Dyson Sphere Program

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 4d

Watched Cure tonight and I have clearly seen it before, always remembering a scene just as it was happening but could not recall anything after, which is really on theme for a horror film about hypnotism and amnesia.

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 5d

having a reaping / sowing moment right now

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 5d

I bought a bag of white chocolate truffles this morning but the only evidence of that fact is this empty bag of white chocolate truffles I found six hours later.

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 6d

I am happy for your success and also thinking very existentially about games lately

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 7d

time to finally renew my expired US passport, I am sure there is no reason to think the government might have delays in processing any kind of paperwork right now

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 8d

Finished my latest embroidery project. I’m not really into florals but I am following along with a book to learn some techniques. Next one is a sassy looking bird, but for fun I’m also going to sneak in a small junji ito project.

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