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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20h

#AirportReads I’m having a great time with this one. I love Quinn so much.

A person holds an iPad showing for Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare. The cover shows a scarecrow version of Frendo (similar to a crucifixion) in a cornfield.

Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The scene in Labyrinth (1986) with the goblins watching and commenting on Sarah’s actions terrified me. I had to leave the room.

A bunch of goblins with bug eyes and grey screen skin stare at the viewer.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#AirportReads I don’t know anything about this one, other than a friend recommended it.

Cover for Sky Daddy by Kate Folk, showing the nose of an airplane in the blue skies.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whenever I do one of these lists, I always realize after posting that I’ve left something out or switch something out. But this is a pretty solid list for me.

Covers for the games Inside, Fallout 2, Portal, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Disco Elysium, Alan Wake, What Remains for Edith Finch, The Last of Us, and Control.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The highlight of the night, however, was the Winchester Mystery House. The house itself is stunning, but the haunts and bars and decorations are all so well done. Would absolutely go again.

The Winchester Mystery House, an old Victorian mansion, lit up at night and decorated with pumpkins and Halloween decor.

A woman stand next to scary, animatronic pumpkins.

Statue of a Victorian woman weeping black tears. She’s lit with green lights. The house in the background is lit in red.

A tree lit with green, blue, and purple lights. One lit-up branch looks like n alien face.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went to a couple of Haunted Houses last night. First was Fear Overload, which was located in a very liminal looking mall.

Front entrance of Fear overload. The walls are super white. The windows have dark images of horror character actors.

An empty mall with closed up shops and no people.

A woman taking a selfie next to a statue of creepy woman in white.

A woman stands next to a scream actor in a pirate murderer costume. She looks in other while her raises a fake blade at her.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s been too long since I’ve worn the bowler hat.

A women in a bowler hat. She has curly red hair and wears a beaded green necklace.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Part I of my #LAConV recap, with thoughts on some of the poetry, game, and readings I attended. andrea-blythe.beehiiv.com/p/world-con-... #worldcon2026 #scifi #poetry #gameswriting

A woman with triangle shaped earrings stands in a convention center. She's holding up a con badge for the selfie, showing that she's a program participant. The badge has a beautiful illustration of a person in a space suit.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Feeling pretty good about the two panels I participated in today. I got to hang out with some lovely people and talk about stuff I love (the apocalypse and chapbooks). Now, lunch and then the ekphrasis poetry workshop in the afternoon. #LAConV

selfie of a woman in sunglasses on a bright sunny day

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So excited to attend the recital of the Hugo poetry nominees! Congrats to you all!

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dustin Aldair on “lone wolf” indie game development.

A man with a microphone stands next to a screen that reads, “Don’t quit the day job. Not kidding!!!!”

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Arrived at#LAConV today. Attended two panels thus far -— one on making indie games and one on body horror. Going to take it easy tonight.

A woman with her hair tied up in a knot holds up a badge with a spaceman on it. She stands in a convention hall.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My favorite read so far this year. Root Rot is about a large family visiting their lake side estate. It focuses on the kids and how the start to discover unsettling things in the woods as they play. I love the folkloric style of the prose and the haunting ending.

Book cover for Root Rot with a pink illustration on a a brown background. It shows a body disassembled into veins and parts like roots merging with natural objects

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Visited the farmers market this morning.

A lush bouquet of red, pink, and white flowers wrapped in white paper.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you want a fun thing to play around with, check out "Fridge Poems" by @frugalgamer.snug.moe.ap.brid.gy, which lets you play with magnet poetry in your browser. Here's my poem:

Screenshot of Fridge Poems, Make poetry in your browser! A poem formed of magnet pieces reads, "a cyber language / languid & dreamlike / ask me about the universe / about the apparatus of time / I will tongue the lie / beneath the apparatus of my life"

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Got caught in the web of the Steam Summer Sale.

Screenshot from bloody_blythe's Steam activity, showing 7 new purchases, including Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Unleaving, Road 96, Looking Up I See Only a Ceiling, Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk, Who's Lila?, and Phoenix Springs.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Steam Next Fest is happening right now, and I'm enjoying exploring the demos available. Here are some of the ones I've enjoyed thus far. #indiegames

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What I’m reading: The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern. #amreading

Cover for The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern. Bright orange with an illustration of a punk taking a baseball bat to a robotic dog.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Just finished 1000xRESIST and wow, just wow. This story has sooo many layers, to the point I wouldn't know how to describe it to other people. It's beautiful.

Art for 1000xRESIST, showing an illustration of a woman with blue hair, round glasses, and futuristic armor staring intently at the viewer. One of her eyes is gold, the other is red.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Haiku Hike, the game I worked on for the Unlikely Collaborators Jam, won first place in the jam! josepvalls.itch.io/haikuhike #indiegames

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Noticing the grays in my grown out and faded hair, and I’m kind of delighted. #365feministselfie

Selfie of Andrea, a white woman with blue eyes, Her hair is grown out with layers of faded purple and red hair dyes. Slight signs of grey can be seen in her brown roots.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Sadly my Honda was declared a total loss, and I had to say goodbye yo Carmilla, my Goth Baby. But I got myself a new ride, so say, Hello to Betty Bronco.

A dark red car in the snow next to a fallen tree.

A dark grey Ford Bronco in a parking space on a sunny day.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

11. Without a Dawn (2025) A psychological visual horror novel, with a fascinating art style that uses numbers (instead of pixels) as the basis for the images. I think I also saw this one mentioned in a video essay.

Cover image for Without a Dawn, showing an island under a cloudy sky with a pixelated art style.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

10. Battle Poet (2024) I love poetry, and I'm curious how the poetry as a combat mechanic plays out. Also, I followed the development of this one and watched it all come together, which is pretty cool.

Cover art for Battle Poet, showing a sun shining through ethereal mountains. A figure stands in silhouette at the center.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

9. Repose (2025) A point and click puzzle adventure. It's another one I was drawn to for the art. (Guess I'm a sucker for black and white imagery.

Black and white cover art for Repose, showing a dark figure down a surreally distorted hallway.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

8. Hellkind (2025) Drawn in by the art, and purchased for what looks like an interesting stealth horror with puzzles. It looks like a game I might struggle with..., but I won't know until I try.

Black and white cover art for Hellkind, showing floating eyes in the dark.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

7. The Ouroboros Express (2024) A very cool visual novel made by a group of fellow alums from The Narrative Department's Game Writing Masterclass. I love the idea of an fantastical train experience.

Cover art for The Ouroboros Express, showing illustrations of several interesting characters, including a train usher, a celestial being, a cthulu in a fedora, and a lizard person.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Moonbase Lambda (2025) I honestly don't know much about this one, except that I was for sure drawn in by the monochrome art style.

Cover art for Moonbase Lambda with dot matrix art, showing a person in a space suit staring down a long corridor.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk (2020) In my head, this is a classic indie horror game, because I've seen it show up on a number of folks' lists as being a favorite.

Cover art for Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk. The text and close up image of pixel-art eyes are both hot pink against a black background.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Wreck (2023) I played a demo of this visual novel at GDC a couple years back, and I thought the art was lovely and the story of a woman balancing on the before and after of a car wreck was so interesting. I really need to play this one.

Cover art for The Wreck. The head, neck and shoulders, of a woman are formed with flowers and electronics, giving a sense of the self being lost.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Paratopic (2018) I picked it up, because Johanna Kasurinen at Wrong Organ listed Paratopic as one of the games that inspired Mouthwashing. And I'm curious to see how it might have acted as an inspiration.

Cover image for Paratopic, showing woman looking back at the camera. She's a low-poly version and the whole image is sickly green.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Rogue Labyrinth (2025) A friend worked on this cool looking action RPG, and I just haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.

Cover art for Rogue Labyrinth, showing anime-style art of a young fantasy person with blue hair and a little humanoid fantasy plant creature beside them.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Papers, Please (2013) I bought it for a video game discussion club I’m part of, and then realized I couldn’t make the discussion meeting, so I never got around to playing it.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Jumping in on the fun. I don’t have that much on Steam, so I’ll include Playstation titles too, if I run out.

Text reads, Get to know my (crossed out the word “shame”) Steam backlog. 1 like equals 1 game I own but have never played.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It finally arrived! The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope is a collection of more than 100 essays from games writers across the spectrum. I’m so grateful to have my essay included among so many luminaries. Thank you to Jon Ingold at @inkle.co for his fantastic work collating this collection. #gameswriting

A hand holds up a copy of The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, collated by Jon Ingold. Cover art shows geometric images arranged like a kaleidoscopic display.

Photograph of the first page of the essay, “Drawing Inspiration from Form to Enhance Your Game Narrative” by Andrea Blythe (Monochrome Heights, What Lies Underneath)

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Post some of your favorite female video game characters for international women’s day

Jessie is at the center of this illustrated cover for Control. Below Jessie’s serious face staring straight at the viewer is an image of Jessie standing against ares room.

Black and white illustration of a very innocent looking princess. From Slay the Princess.

Ellie from The Last of Us Part II. She stares back with a determined look. A small speck of blood splattered on her face.

Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn. She’s a woman with her red hair tied back with twists and braids. She’s wearing armor and has a concerned look on her face.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Recommending “The Walking Dead” because I watched “Bridgerton” is just… the wildest of leaps.

Photo is a TV screen showing a Netflix recommendation. Below the phrase “Because you watched Bridgerton” is a cover image for The Walking Dead.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Update on the car. Rear window broken, some snow and dampness inside the car, busted side mirror, several dents, and lots of scratches (some that probably can’t be seen). Maybe fixable, and I’ve contacted my insurance.

A car in the snow next to a fallen tree.

A car in the snow with a busted rear window.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Sending you the sunny side. Hope your day gets better.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So this happened last night. You can barely see my car under the branches and snow, but the main trunk missed it by inches. It also missed the house and my sister's car.

A fallen tree in the snow. A text box that reads "My car" points to a lump of snow under the branches. A text box that reads "The tree that just barely missed it when it fell last night" points to the main trunk of the tree.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Literary Tarot has item cards for its lower arcana.

Six cards, each with a simple illustration on a cream background. Cards include Tree, Snail, Skull, Eel, Wall, and Milk.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Just started SORRY WE’RE CLOSED. Love the neon classical punk vibe the artwork and the retail workers just trying to get through their day vibes. Im still getting used to the fixed camera angle and optional first person perspective. Digging it thus far. #indiegames

Screenshot from a video game showing a pixelated character behind a counter with pale blue hair and a bright pick coat. Best to a more detailed illustration is the option to say either “£5.45 please” or “I can, actually “

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I've joined Infinite Backlog (in addition to keeping a spreadsheet of all the #games I play). Here's what I'm currently playing, and if you're also there, then this is my profile: infinitebacklog.net/users/bloody...

My Currently Playing list, showing four game covers. 1. Sorry We're Closed, showing a punk demon woman with blonde hair, purple hair, a long red tongue, and a "Baby" necklace. 2. Stray, showing a cute orange cat wearing a backback. 3. Soma, showing a glitchy, feminine-looking face. 4. Fallout, showing the head of person in mechanical armor.

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm a game writer and narrative designer, who has worked on the recently released Monochrome Heights, as well as several solo projects like What Lies Underneath and Bluebeard: An Interactive Tale, among others. andreablythe-games.com