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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 04/09/2026

She just sat there, with her tongue out staring at me like this for 5 minutes

A close up of Neeps the tabby cat's face while she is blepping. There are no thoughts going on in that head of hers.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 01/08/2026

1000x Resist asking the hard questions. (I know I'm late, but my backlog is lorge)

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/07/2026

With In Boxes chapters only being 9 puzzles I wanted a way to add some of the extra harder puzzles that pop up when designing them and a way to tie in the cats on the level select with the game a bit more. So I've added an optional 10th level to each that ticks both those boxes! #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sometimes I look back at previous decisions I made while deving and think why? Why would I do that? Sure its cute to have pat pat pat to spawn around the cats when you are patting them, but now I have to localize my particles...

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 24/06/2026

Neeps trying her best to pretend the camera doesn't exist

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 20/06/2026

My economy is in shambles, my fleet power is crashing and I'm at war with multiple nations. But the tech of the ships I'm getting is so much better than anything the early game empires have I'm clearing them with fleets of 7 power.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 20/06/2026

My 1st playthrough in the #Stellaris nomads expansion. Picked the origin that lets you work to become the great khan mid-game crisis. Somehow became the Khan 1.5 years into the game after unknown empire destroyed unknown empire.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 13/06/2026

Have been stared at like this for the past 15 minutes because my partner won't give up her chair. Yes there are other chairs in the office specifically set up to be warm and comfy.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 04/06/2026

Umm real helpful suggestion there pycharm...

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 27/05/2026

Hi new followers from the no AI starter pack! Just a quick intro post since I haven't posted a lot of game related stuff of late. I'm Ella a Melbourne game dev working on In Boxes, a puzzle game about putting cats in boxes.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 30/04/2026

A spell to summon a booty demon? In Diablo 4? More likely than you think!

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 12/03/2026

Oh GCD already where does the time go? Hi #whatagamedevlookslike I'm Ella a game dev from Melbourne who has somehow found her way from kids educational games into back-end on live services?

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 07/03/2026

One of the big bits of feedback from the last playtest was that the cats should be more expressive. So have some more expressive cats! #screenshotsaturday (Does a gif count?) #gamdev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 21/02/2026

The cats do look a little creepy without eyes, not going to lie

Cats sprites from In Boxes with their eyes removed

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 21/02/2026

Today in weird code things gamedev makes you write; the Eye Provider.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 10/02/2026

Figured since the cats were no longer cards the pointer to place them felt out of place. So why not just drag and drop? #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 22/01/2026

🚨POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC🚨 Neeps and Levi both think it was very rude of me to interrupt window time with the black rectangle that sometimes makes a blinding light.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 30/12/2025

The cats being cards was starting to feel a little out of place. So I just let the cats be cats. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 14/12/2025

Really helpful comment from past me... it doesn't even seem that bad a solution...

A C# code comment above a method called ForcePointerUpdate. The comment itself is Eww

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 15/11/2025

Took a couple of days off normal dev work to join the Thinkycon Jam after being inspired by a couple of the talks. Made a little word game inspired by a mobile game my partner and I used to play together. elladisenchanted.itch.io/word-break #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 04/11/2025

She is so judgy for someone who shouldn't be sitting on a computer tower

Neeps a grey tabby cat sits on a pc tower looking judgingly at me as I take the photo

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 24/10/2025

Been working on an update to the presentation of puzzles in In Boxes. Splitting the puzzles up into discrete chapters of 9 puzzles each with their own theme and look. Here's an early preview of the new level select screen and the transition between chapters. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 16/10/2025

Been doing some much needed spaghetti code fixes for the data side of In Boxes, which made it super easy to make some tools that will speed up puzzle creation. Maybe I can pretty them up a bit for some puzzle creation for players? #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 08/10/2025

Especially when they do this, I adore Chef RPG but cmon now all of your chest moving by itself then the rest?

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 01/10/2025

I've been seeing a fair bit of "you should make an incremental game" advice, so I did (well a short prototype anyway). It's about patting cats and you can play it here: elladisenchanted.itch.io/patcremental #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 14/09/2025

In Boxes update 4 is now up on itch! 2 more cat varieties have shown up wanting boxes of their own bringing with them 8 new puzzles to solve. Full update info over at: elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes/dev... And play the game here: elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 13/09/2025

Didn't quite finish all I wanted to for In Boxes Update 4 in time for #screenshotsaturday. So here's an early preview of 1 of the 2 new cats! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 08/09/2025

In Boxes Update 3 brings 3 new puzzles, a new cat and few bug fixes. elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 05/09/2025

Update 2 for In Boxes is now up on itch.io. It adds 2 new cats, 4 new puzzles and a overhauled onboarding flow. Play it here: elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 04/09/2025

No more infinite baps, but there are some visual updates!

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 03/09/2025

I've programmed a few infinite for and while loops but this is definitely my 1st infinite bap loop. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/08/2025

First In Boxes update has just been uploaded, adding an early version of the Cat O Log and other QoL features that players have been suggesting. Play it over at elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/08/2025

If you see this, quote post your cat art 😻 (not really an artist, but still happy with these little guys from In Boxes)

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 26/08/2025

In Boxes lead voice actor is really getting into the spirit of the game.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 23/08/2025

Working on some In Boxes QoL updates thanks to feedback from the wonderful people taking part in #feedbackquest. Should have a new build up soon! #gamedev #solodev #screenshotsaturday

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 11/08/2025

Completely missed how grumpy the carrot from Minute Farms is.

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 09/08/2025

Super happy with Minute Farms' reception in the #gmtk jam. Enjoyment was the main metric I was focusing on and to have the game rank in the top 300 of 9600 entries feels like a big win!

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 03/08/2025

Wrapping up the last few things on Minute Farms, my entry for the #GMTK game jam. My goal for the jam was to scope something properly and seeing as the last few hours I've just been adding extra little upgrades for the end of the loop, feels like a success! #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/07/2025

Taking part in the GMTK game jam and making a time loop farming roguelike! #gmtk #gamedev #gamejam

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 25/07/2025

Making some progress on my little side project about putting #cats in boxes. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 10/07/2025

Playing around with a little side project about putting cats in boxes. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 06/07/2025

In Goblin Gourmet you'll find moments where you can modify the recipes you produce for the rest of the run, not only changing how much joy they give, but altering their effects! Here's a super powered Hot Snak that not only adds a bunch of extra Joy and Spice, but also freezes the customer.

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