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Ella Disenchanted

@elladisenchanted.northsky.social
478 followers 582 following 194 posts

She/Her Game developer, cat mum, juggler of too many projects (which you can play at elladisenchanted.itch.io)

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Jesse -> Goreticulture @gammagames.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Happy #SteamNextFest, Goreticulture is in! Plant seeds on a dismembered head, grow sponges for your mop, and earn piles of coins along the way 🤩 store.steampowered.com/app/3943110/... Share your demos below and I’ll try them out this week! #indiegames #GodotEngine #demo #psx #creepy #cute
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Jesse -> Goreticulture @gammagames.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Have you ever wanted to grow plants on the corpses of your enemies? You're in luck, Goreticulture is joining #SteamNextFest next week! 🎉🩸🌱🎉 store.steampowered.com/app/3943110/ #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #psx #cozy #horror
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
absolutely disgusting to shamelessly gloat about vibecoding your product as you're charging ahead to devalue an entire industry and several art forms with copious amounts of AI confetti hyperslop, depriving real artists and developers of oxygen
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Jesse -> Goreticulture @gammagames.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Do you like offbeat #simulation games? The #demo for Goreticulture is out! Turn your green thumb red as you mop, tend, and shear your way through the Reactor level now -> s.team/a/3943110/ I’d love any feedback as reviews for the demo! #steam #NextFest #indiegames #gamedev #godotengine #weirdtober
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iheartfunnyboys @iheartfunnyboys.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So excited to say that I published a new Steam page today! store.steampowered.com/app/5386820/... #gamedev #indiegame #cozy #incremental #cooking
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Gumdrop Lost in Thyme on Steam
In this cozy incremental, harvest wild plants, cook meals, befriend sheep, and buy upgrade potions to explore the magical forest labyrinth and hopefully escape.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sounds like something they would give an instant 18+ rating to down here in Australia
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CheeseOnCheese @cheeseoncheese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out our juicy new splash screen for WyrmWorm. How'd we do? ✅interactive ✅responsive ✅accessible The playtest is LIVE on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4806590/... #godot #indiedev #wyrmworm #gamedev
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 16/09/2026
Crunching in my first game dev role led me to burn out and new chronic issues that I'll most likely have to deal with for life. It didn't get me bonuses or extras, it just got me made redundant as management floated away on their golden parachutes. So excuse me as I decry crunch on social media.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 13/09/2026
Flying Spaghetti Monster, accept my offering
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sorry if you are talking about the no AI starter pack those ones are run by @eternalskies.neocities.org!
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your* (Thanks auto correct)
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey! Thank you for checking the game out and for you feedback!
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bit of both, the guard cat was confusing players on when he was guarding (so now he just does it all the time) and the perspective of the game was throwing players off a bit with cardinal and diagonal (so I've added visual queues above the affected boxes) as a couple of quick examples.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 05/09/2026
I've been working on how the game shows information to the player to help on boarding on to those mechanics. So I'm really looking to see if I've sanded off the rough edges and if there are still things to do in that area before adding more puzzle pieces (aka cats) to the mix.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you! I feel like the games mechanic (how the cats react on the board) are in a good place, I haven't really added anything new on that side since the last play test I ran on the game. 1/2
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just posted a new itch demo version of In Boxes over at elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes. Just in time for #FeedBackQuest! #gamedev #indiedev
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In Boxes by EllaDisenchanted
A puzzle game about putting cats in boxes.
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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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CheeseOnCheese @cheeseoncheese.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The public playtest for our first steam game is now live! We're trying to gather feedback on whether this is good enough for a demo. If you enjoy challenging and colorful puzzle games, give WyrmWorm a try! #godot #indiedev #puzzle store.steampowered.com/app/4806590/...
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/08/2026
(Both, its both)
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 31/08/2026
To the tune of those Maybelline ads: Maybe she's full of it, maybe its RSD
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 22/08/2026
Unity at the moment! Its mostly done, just the tedious menu navigations and catching all of the cases that make the cursor just appear for no apparent reason that are getting to me 😂
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 22/08/2026
Urgh who decided that game-pad implementation had to be such a chore
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/08/2026
Every dollar billionaire JK Rowling makes is a dollar she will spend on destroying the lives of trans people - a scapegoating driven by Epstein-class billionaires to distract us from the ultra-rich draining our wealth, killing our planet, sabotaging social cohesion, and destroying dissent.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 20/08/2026
I love making games and I'm lucky enough to do it for a living, still definitely feels like work🤣
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Jil 💚 making OrbOrbMagi @jil-hue.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pins and Pegs Festival Thread 🪩🎉🔮 Please check out these amazing games! 👇 Repost, whishlist, do what you can for fellow indie devs 😘 If you want me to add a game, please let me know! #indieGameDev #pinball #pachinko
Steams Pins and Pegs Festival Banner showing my Games Capsule: Orb Orb Magi.
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 15/08/2026
I'm not being very productive, which could be due to sleep or thyroid. But what I can do is dick around on social media. So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity. Here you go: go.bsky.app/6DRdowf go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7 go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 13/08/2026
Grand Theft Auto. Just never clicked with the entire vibe, especially the deliberately vulgar "humor". Couple that with my aversion to media where deliberate car crashing is encouraged (unresolved trauma) and nope not for me.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 11/08/2026
i say this respectfully and complementary Gamma, gross
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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
(Also URGH to the gif compression)
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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 · 17/07/2026
I guess I fall in "neurodivergent professional" not sure on the professional part though Using these tools has been terrible they constantly hallucinate, perform actions that you have said no to and output code that is so bloated its not funny And that's not even touching on the environment impact
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Joe Baxter-Webb @indiegameclinic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
if you wishlist my game I promise never to tell anyone what you did with that yoghurt store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/...
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Golem Gourmet on Steam
A gastronomical adventure sizzling with culinary chaos! Build a bizarre bistro from an ever-shifting array of rooms, amass heaps of treasure, and earn enough critical acclaim to became the ultimate Go...
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 05/07/2026
Ah the eternal struggle of ooo thats a cool sounding game jam vs just finish your damn game
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 29/06/2026
ME: Sets up git repo to make sure all line endings are LF. Git: Cool done! Random Docker entrypoint shell script: but I like CRLF and will sneakily change back when you least expect it!
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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 · 21/06/2026
Not my kitchen but one I worked in. Bumped from behind while carrying a lye solution (pretzel making), luckily it splashed away from me after falling... Did take out a 6 burner stove for a couple of days trying to clean it so it would stop emitting caustic fumes.
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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 · 11/06/2026
Programming is such a dumb profession. Make a change to permissions in a CDK template, redeploy, everything fails of course in a totally different part of the stack. Add some print statements to get some more info, redeploy, everything fine Well I guess they are now load bearing print statements
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 10/06/2026
Have to admit I read that as "Its all cute and fluffy Indie devs" and honestly that sounds like a personal goal to shoot for lol
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 10/06/2026
Getting your reddit feed to just cats feels pretty freeing 😂
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 08/06/2026
With Sega (my former beloved) now jumping on the AI slop train, I'm seeing people say well everyone usea AI now at least for code! No, they don't. And here are 3 starter packs of game devs who don't use ANY AI The slop is not inevitable go.bsky.app/6DRdowf go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7 go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 07/06/2026
Thank you Jil, and I'm sorry that you know the feeling as well 💜
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 07/06/2026
Oh hey its this fun cycle again, too mentally drained from *gestures vaguely at the world* to create so end up frustrated trying, but have the sads from not creating.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 04/06/2026
Umm real helpful suggestion there pycharm...
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werdnalt @werdnalt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ball Wizard's Steam page is live! Give it a wishlist and stay tuned for a Steam demo later in June! store.steampowered.com/app/4632320/... #gamedev #indiedev #incremental #steam
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Ball Wizard on Steam
A short incremental pachinko-like where you battle waves of enemies with your Balls! Gather resources to train new magical powers in a unique upgrade tree.
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Ella Disenchanted @elladisenchanted.northsky.social · 28/05/2026
Vegemite is vile, Australia is wrong.
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