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Willy Elektrix
@willyelektrix.bsky.social
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Game designer, writer, and artist. I love building crazy worlds full of aliens and mutants!
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I'm working on graphics for the character select screen in my #RPGMaker game. Looking cool, I think!

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
Pixel art character sheet with stats for a character named "Dollars."
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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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 When it came out, the Famicom had been replaced by the Super Famicom and almost no one played it...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!
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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An enemy from my #RPGMaker game.

Yeah, killer animatronic mascots are passé now, but the heart wants what it wants. #pixelart
pixel art of a damaged, animatronic aardvark with a crowbar
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine has covered LOTS #ChoiceScript games over the years...

...we put a LIST in our new issue: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...

@choiceofgames.bsky.social should pay us!

KIDDING. (They already gave exclusive discounts in EVERY ISSUE.)
"ChoiceSript Games - The List" Shows approximately 20 game names.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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More highly compelling writing from this strange gem.
Black and white Mac Classic screen with text that reads, "Page 35. Do you ever feel like you're living in a zoo or an experimental laboratory and someone unseen is studying your life?"
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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In the new ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine...

Hell Farm Calendar! An outré interactive presentation (?) from the 1990s made in glorious #hypercard.

We are DESPERATE to find its mysterious creator!

Read the article in ChoiceBeat: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
Retro computer graphics reading, "CONGRATULATIONS! You've eliminated TRUST from your consciousness. You're on your way to life of power and wealth! Good For You!"
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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In the new ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine...

Long Live the Queen by @hanakogames.bsky.social

Pleased to finally feature this classic game in the zine!!!

Maybe this isn't the LLtQ review we wanted, but is it the review we deserve? choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
Screenshot of a game. There is an anime girl with pink hair in front of a status menu.
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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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
Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. It features a humanoid lion made from a photo collage.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is now available in print for the FIRST TIME EVER.

www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...

We were once "The world's best magazine about narrative games."

Now we're shooting for "The worlds best magazine."
#indiegames #narrativegames #zine
Printed issue of ChoiceBeat sitting on a desk.
July 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Screenshots from my game! After hours of play-testing, I'm starting to get used to my own ugly graphics, and now I love them. Good job, me!
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Overhead map view form a JRPG-style game with pixel graphics. It shows 4 characters moving through a green natural environment.
July 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Battle screen from the #RPGMaker game I'm making. The Girl Scout is my favorite enemy in the game, I think. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Battle screen from a JRPG-style game. The enemies are 2 lions, 2 tigers, and a girl scout that looks like a hunter.
July 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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OM MY GOD! I once thought, "There will never be another game 428: Shibuya Scramble."

WELL, MAYBE THERE WILL BE!

I wrote a review way back in the first issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine.

choicebeat.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/c...
June 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Monster graphics for an #RPGmaker game I'm working on. I'm really into fungus creatures. #pixelart #gameart
Four pixel art monsters. They are based on different mushrooms.
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Here is the palette I'm using for the whole game! It's definitely "a look." 😜
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Title screen for the #RPGmaker game I'm working on. That bubble font is just about perfect, I think.
#pixelart #gameart
Pixel art title screen. Title says, "FUN ZONE OMEGA." There is a blue snake with a big brain in front of a tropical island. On the island is a glass dome with a crack in it.
June 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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ALTER EGO is the first "life sim" from 1986. Written by a REAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

For a "realistic" game, there are so many ways to die. As a child, I got abducted by a murderer. What game!

Review in new ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...
Screenshot reads: "One of the older kids in school takes you aside and offers you a quick way to make money by dealing drugs -- nothing too heavy or dangerous, according to him. All you would have to deal is some pot, and a few ludes. No one will suspect a girl."
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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This is haunting me: thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/adventures/

A website with 1,000+ dream-like flip phone camera pictures.

There is an article about the artists (game devs...?) in the new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine.

choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Issue 14 of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine just burst into your reality. You better hide!

It's narrative game anarchy here, so be careful!

Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...

#indiegames #zine
Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. A man in a suit with tentacles over his head reaches through a pixelated computer screen.
June 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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More enemies for my game. The guy on the right is the Mothman (coolest cryptid). #gameart #pixelart #gamedev #rpgmaker #indiedev
JRPG-style monster graphics in pixel art. 1) beetle pushing atomic bomb 2) insect orb with lots of eyes 3) shadowy winged humanoid with glowing eyes
May 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Game over screen for the game I'm making.

I don't LOVE it, but I LIKE it.
#pixelart #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #rpgmaker
Pixel art of a culture with a hat and monocle eating a decaying hand. The background is a tropical island. The text reads, "Unfortunately, your quest ended badly."
May 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#pixelart #gameart #rpgmaker
Pixel art of a rabbit whose body is made of stars.
April 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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This was supposed to be a marmoset, but then I went freestyle.

Just give him something to eat! #pixelart #gameart #rpgmaker
Pixel art of a red goblin-like creature with his tongue hanging out.
April 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Cute platypus from the game I'm making.

You gotta fight him! Too bad!
#pixelart #gameart #rpgmaker
Pixel art of platypus with many eyes.
April 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Howdy, all! Dropping off a rare post to say hi, and show you that I'm still alive and making games!

Here is a chameleon commando guy. Don't mess with him!

Peace! Talk again in 3 months! (Kidding, maybe!)
#pixelart #gameart #rpgmaker
Pixel art of a chameleon in commando gear.
April 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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You didn't read ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine, so I have to post again. ☹️

What about the quiz for interactive fiction freaks?

Test yourself and see if "Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?" is a real game or a hoax!

Zine: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/c...
Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. A goat with human arms coming out of its back is biting something. Soccer balls float in the background.
February 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM