John Ayliff (Space Goblin Games)
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John Ayliff (Space Goblin Games)
@spacegoblingames.com
Indie text game developer, creator of Seedship and Beyond the Chiron Gate. Now working on a pulp sci-fi adventure narrated by the villain!

Website: https://www.spacegoblingames.com/
Blog: https://write.as/johnayliff/

Header and avatar by Tom Morley
Is the eyeball monster *meant* to be a comedic sub-plot? Because I had a lot of trouble taking that thing seriously.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I just watched Alien: Earth and I'm not 100% it made sense but I enjoyed the ride.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
After the original trilogy, the best Star Wars movie is Rogue One. It doesn't feel quite as strong re-watching it after Andor, but it's still *good*.

The best Star Wars in any medium is Andor.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One of the ways the original Star Wars trilogy is great is there's so much wonderful mysterious stuff hinted at in the backstory and off-screen. If you see RotJ first before you see the first two, even more so!
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Like, Flash Gordon's villain is a Chinese-coded alien, but Buck Rogers' enemies are literally evil Chinese people.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hope it works for you!
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The current Lego Space range is actually really nice -- it's got the same general aesthetic as the 80s-90s space Lego, but incorporates the advancements in Lego design since then.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My plan is for this to live on my desk so when I'm distracted from writing I can add a few pieces rather than doomscrolling on the internet.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All these images look great so far. I'm excited to get a better look at that spaceship in the background on the right!
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"But placeholder assets ought to look bad!" - you do not know just how bad I am at drawing.
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I used this emoji mashup thing to combine the alien face 👽 with different expression emojis

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🔀 Emoji Mashup | Emoji Combiner
The Emoji Mashup Bot was originally a Twitter bot created by French developer Louan Bengmah. The bot's original Twemoji-based mashup experience is preserved...
emojipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM