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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 28/09/2026

That name doesn't just apply to the game's title either! Lex is now Lexa too!

Lexa, the main character of the game, Lexa, attaching a name tag to her uniform.

Ward Games @ward-games.com · 28/09/2026

While we've been hard at work on Project Lexa, we've also been trying to answer a very important question: what's the final name of this game going to be? Well, now we have an answer — Project Lexa is now just Lexa! ward-games.com/post/project...

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Project Lexa is Now Lexa!

We're excited to announce the new name of Project Lexa!

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Dylan Ilvento @dylanilvento.com · 10/05/2026

Was working on a custom camera for a cutscene in Lexa and right now it looks like she went to a planetarium show and can't find her seat.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 20/04/2026

We want to thank everyone that stopped by to play Project Lexa at PAX East at the end of March! Our own @dylanilvento.com wrote about his experience demoing the game at the show. Take a look! ward-games.com/post/our-tim...

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Our Time at PAX East 2026

What was it like showing Project Lexa at PAX Rising? Read on to find out!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 28/03/2026

It’s PAX Day 3! We’re showing off Project Lexa all weekend at PAX Rising. Look for the hanging PAX Rising banner to find us and other great indies!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 27/03/2026

It’s now PAX East Day 2! We’ll be here at PAX Rising all weekend! Look for the Project Lexa sign!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 26/03/2026

It’s the first day of PAX East! If you want to check out Project Lexa as well as a bunch of other great indie games, come by PAX Rising — Booth 13097!

A stylized map of the PAX East expo hall showing where PAX Rising is.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 27/02/2026

We're bringing Project Lexa to PAX East as a part of PAX Rising! If you're going to PAX East in March, come by the PAX Rising booth to play our demo. Read our blog post for more info!

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Project Lexa Will Be at PAX East This March!

Come see Project Lexa and other awesome indies in Boston!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 16/02/2026

We're proud to be using @yarnspinner.dev to help drive our dialogue system in Project Lexa! Check out our game as well as tons of other great projects on the Yarn Spinner showcase! yarnspinner.dev/showcase/pro...

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Project Lexa is powered by Yarn Spinner

A sci-fi language mystery about deciphering an alien glyph language to uncover the fate of a missing colony

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FINGER GUNS 👉👉 GAMESCOM @fngrgns.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

[FEATURE] MCM COMIC CON / EGX BIRMINGHAM 2025 GAME HIGHLIGHTS PART 1 We went to MCM. We played games. We have our highlights, you can read below. GO! fingerguns.net/features/202... @observerintltd.bsky.social @avbdnd.bsky.social @ward-games.com @miamiavalon.bsky.social @sigtrapgames.bsky.social

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 26/11/2025

That's right, Project Lexa will be playable again as a part of Leftfield Collection, this time at EGX / MCM Comic Con Birmingham! It will be playable all weekend, November 28th through the 30th.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 26/11/2025

If you missed us at EGX London, we just wrote about our experience demoing Project Lexa at the show! Thanks to everyone who played the demo and for EGX and Leftfield Collection for having us! And if you missed us, don't worry, we'll be demoing again this weekend! ward-games.com/post/takeawa...

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Takeaways from Our First Public Demo of Project Lexa

Plus, Project Lexa will return to Leftfield at EGX Birmingham this week!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 01/11/2025

We just added a brand-spanking-new landing page for Project Lexa on the Ward Games site. Stop on by to get more info on the game (and get a link to wishlist it on Steam 👀). ward-games.com/project-lexa/

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Project Lexa by Ward Games

A sci-fi language mystery.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 25/10/2025

It’s Day 2 of EGX x MCM Comic Con, and we’re over at the Leftfield Collection showing off Project Lexa! If you’re looking for Leftfield, look for this logo on the outer walls of our section. 👇👇👇

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 24/10/2025

Hello EGX x MCM Comic Con! It’s Day 1 of the show and we’re over at the Leftfield Collection booth! Come play the Project Lexa demo!

A person playing Project Lexa at EGX and MCM London Comic Con.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 10/10/2025

We're excited to announce that Project Lexa will be publicly playable for the first time ever later this month at EGX London's Leftfield Collection! Come see us at the show from Friday, October 24th through Sunday, October 26th!

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Project Lexa is Going to Be at EGX in London, UK!

Come see Project Lexa as part of EGX's Leftfield Collection, October 24th through 26th!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 26/08/2025

This August marks a pretty big milestone for us: it's been five years since we started development on Project Lexa! 🎉 With this milestone, we have a new dev blog talking about how far we've come and how excited we are for where we're going!

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Reflecting on Five Years of Project Lexa Development

by Dylan Ilvento

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Dylan Ilvento @dylanilvento.com · 20/07/2025

Took some screenshots of our latest build of Project Lexa for A Thing, and thought I should share them here!

Two of Project Lexa's characters, Lex and Jansky, running across the ship's bridge, past the escape pods.

A scene from Project Lexa taking place on the ship's bridge. Several characters are standing around a table projecting a holographic sphere with documents in it. The robot character, MARC, is saying, "Hello, Engineer Jansky and [Name Not Registered]!"

A screenshot of Project Lexa, showing the in-game translator tablet. The tablet is currently displaying an email conversation between the characters Jansky and Boltzmann.

The message reads as follows:

"From: Jansky

Boltzmann, I know you have trouble remembering your passwords, but you've gotta stop sending them to me. First oof, it's a massive security risk, and second, it's really annoying.

-Clarke Jansky

From: Boltzmann

Gun cabinet password is 'Up Left Left Down Right...'"

The rest of the message is cut off.

A screenshot of Project Lexa, showing the in-game translator tablet. The tablet is currently displaying a password entry screen with an array of four glyph buttons, an enter button, and a delete button.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 20/05/2025

Project Lexa is a game all about translating an alien language, but how do you actually do that? With the help of your handy-dandy translator, of course! Our latest blog post is all about the game's most important piece of UI and how it has evolved during development.

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Finding Project Lexa's Translator

We go over our iterative process to create the most important piece of user interface for ‘Project Lexa'.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 02/05/2025

With Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed and out of the way, we can finally announce that… we still don’t have a release date for Project Lexa. Or even a name, for that matter.

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Nick Nazzaro is Looking 4 Work @thenazzaro.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Little lighting test for a sci-fi game in the works. Stay tuned!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 22/02/2025

More good hologram tables submitted by members of our Discord:

A good hologram table in Warhammer 40K: Darktide.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 22/02/2025

If you have a spaceship in your game and it *doesn't* have a cool hologram table on the ship's bridge, then what are you even doing?

The bridge of the Sanctuary III in Borderlands 3 with a hologram table!

The bridge of the Normandy in Mass Effect 1 with a hologram table!

The bridge of the Chanticleer in Project Lexa with a hologram table!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 12/12/2024

Have you ever wanted to express yourself with the faces of a plucky starship crew? Well now you can! We just added Project Lexa crew member emojis to our Discord! Join our server to get access to them today! buff.ly/3DnWEmH

A set of five emoji of the faces of characters from Project Lexa: Babbitt, Jansky, Lex, MARC, and Boltzmann. Emoji art by John Wilinski. Background art by Nick Nazzaro.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

Yesterday we talked to you about the crew working on Project Lexa. Today, we’re talking about the crew *inside* Project Lexa! ward-games.com/post/meet-cr...

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Meet the Crew of Project Lexa

Say hello to the madcap cast of characters that will be joining you in 'Project Lexa'!

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WowJohnWow @wowjohnwow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Read up on the characters of Project Lexa! I did the promo art for this post.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

And rounding out the crew is the ship’s assigned M.A.R.C. unit. M.A.R.C. — or the Multitool Armament for Robotic Consultation — is a helpful, but chatty, robot that has just as much chance to help the crew as get in their way!

An illustration of M.A.R.C. or "Marc," the ship's robotic assistant. It's a robot with a shiny metal frame, a phosphorescent green screen for a face, two treads for legs, and two noodley arms that it's holding up above it's head. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

Leading the team is Captain Billon “Bill” Maddox! Seasoned yet not so sure of himself, Maddox has been tasked with captaining this small crew on a low pressure reconnaissance mission. Surely nothing bad will happen!

An illustration of Billon Maddox, the ship's captain, as he rubs his chin and sports a somewhat blank expression. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

Making sure the crew stays safe and healthy is serious business! That’s why they’re happy to have onboard Mo Babbitt, the ship’s no-nonsense medical officer.

An illustration of Mo Babbitt, the ship's medical officer, looking quizzical off to one side while holding up a medical syringe with red liquid. The syringe is spurting out some droplets. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

Need someone who knows everything about weapons and armaments? Seric Boltzmann’s your guy. The crew’s weapons officer is a seasoned vet that isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty — or even crack a joke every once in a while!

An illustration of Seric Boltzmann, looking self-serious and readying his pistol. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

One of your crewmates is engineer Clarke Jansky. Extremely talented but always nervous, Jansky handles all things technological. He even built his own prosthetic arm!

Illustration of character Clark Jansky, nervously wringing his hands, one of which is a robotic pincer attached to a robotic, prosthetic arm. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

You’ll be playing as Lex Kelza, an “interface specialist” in the world of Project Lexa. Interface specialists handle all things communication — managing comms devices, conducting diplomatic missions, and translating languages! We think that last one will be pretty important during the game...

Illustration of Project Lexa's player character Lex Kelza, currently furrowing her brow at the tablet computer she has in her hands. Art by John Wilinski.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 05/12/2024

Yesterday we talked to you about the crew working on Project Lexa. Today, we’re talking about the crew *inside* Project Lexa! ward-games.com/post/meet-cr...

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Meet the Crew of Project Lexa

Say hello to the madcap cast of characters that will be joining you in 'Project Lexa'!

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Chris Lucca @flipluka.com · 05/12/2024

It’s been amazing getting to work with the team at Ward Games, and I’m super excited to see how this project continues to develop! 🤘❤️🤘

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WowJohnWow @wowjohnwow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I've really been enjoying contributing to Project Lexa, and I think this portrait Nick made is great!

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Nick Nazzaro is Looking 4 Work @thenazzaro.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Check out this thread for a cool sci-fi video game project I'm art directing!

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

Without any audio, our game would be as quiet as the vacuum of space! That’s why we have our incredible composer, Chris Lucca (@flipluka.bsky.social), who’s helping give Project Lexa an awesome soundscape and soundtrack!

An illustrated rendition of Chris Lucca in a spacesuit. Art by Nick Nazzaro.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

Project Lexa is also joined by John Wilinski (@wowjohnwow.bsky.social), helping us out with animations and 2D art! Having worked previously in both video games and animation, John’s skills are a huge help in bringing the game to life!

An illustrated rendition of John Wilinski in a spacesuit. Art by Nick Nazzaro.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

The third member of our Project Lexa crew is Kate Gray (@hownottodraw.bsky.social), narrative designer extraordinaire! Kate’s been helping with telling Project Lexa’s story and giving each member of the game’s cast a voice, and we’re so lucky to have her helping us out!

An illustrated rendition of Kate Gray in a spacesuit. Art by Nick Nazzaro.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

Next we have Nick Nazzaro (@thenazzaro.bsky.social) joining us as Project Lexa’s art director! With years of experience in both tabletop and animation, Nick’s virtuosity in visuals helps create the world of Project Lexa! Be sure to check out the above post for some awesome concept art by him!

An illustrated rendition of Nick Nazzaro in a spacesuit. Art by himself.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

First we have our lead programmer and game director for the project: Dylan Ilvento (@dylanilvento.bsky.social)! You may know Dylan as the person who’s been running things over here at Ward Games, and he’s also leading the team for Project Lexa.

An illustrated rendition of Dylan Ilvento in a spacesuit. Art by Nick Nazzaro.

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

But a game is nothing without the great folks that help make it! So here’s a thread of all the awesome people currently working on Project Lexa. 🧵

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Ward Games @ward-games.com · 04/12/2024

Hey Bluesky! It’s Ward Games, your favorite indie game studio. If you’re following us elsewhere across the ‘Net, you know we’re working on a pretty cool game: Project Lexa, a sci-fi mystery where you explore a planet where everything is written in an alien language! ward-games.com/post/what-th...

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What the Heck Have We Been Working On?

A surprise update!

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