drive. fall. sink. dream

Soft announcement. My next ::ephemera game will be highway::ephemera where you will traverse a vast network of roads. Will feature original atmospheric soundscape by Greg Nunn (Glacial Anatomy) who provided music for ocean::ephemera

1 WEEK TO GO! 🎮✨ CTRL ALT RESIST opens Fri 8/22 @ The Supermarket a 3-day exhibition of games as protest, resistance & radical imagination. Come play, reflect & resist. 📅 8/22–8/24

RESIST RESIST RESIST will be part of this exhibit. Please check it out if you are in the area.

Would you support a patreon? It would include regular updates, thoughts, design notes, exclusive games, first access, prototypes, and credits. But also we are scared of the damage money does to creativity and the pressure to deliver.

Interactive Noise 007 available. Read and subscribe: bit.ly/4m7pw3X The Light of our Yearning by @infinitetears.bsky.social Welcome to the Science Club by @hanwenxumame.bsky.social Systemelegy by strawberrycongee The Surface by Local Wizard Lethal Dose by @aberdevine.bsky.social

New release! 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 Designed and Developed by @farfama.bsky.social Written by Sivani "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘺 𝘦 𝘢 𝘳 𝘯 𝘪 𝘯 𝘨 𝘧 𝘰 𝘳 𝘴 𝘢 𝘭 𝘷 𝘢 𝘵 𝘪 𝘰 𝘯 - 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦"

New release! 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 Designed and Developed by @farfama.bsky.social Written by Sivani "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘺 𝘦 𝘢 𝘳 𝘯 𝘪 𝘯 𝘨 𝘧 𝘰 𝘳 𝘴 𝘢 𝘭 𝘷 𝘢 𝘵 𝘪 𝘰 𝘯 - 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦"

a cosmic yearning

Next week I release The Light Of Our Yearning. I've seen a few people play it on stream after finding it on the @hauntedps1.bsky.social demo disk as the hidden game. But I have yet to see someone discover the full experience. Sivani, my partner and collaborator, did some excellent writing on this.

𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫

"ocean::ephemera . . . is a surrealist sea of sound. It captures that feeling of awe when you look at something you can’t quite make out, but it’s all so grand. The movement of waves, coupled with sound that fills up a vast unknowable space, enveloping you as you journey through… something."

ocean::ephemera will be part of the open screens program at A MAZE. / Berlin 2025. ⏰ Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00CEST 📍Betonhalle [Silent Green] youtu.be/NVx8TlG0in4

Moved by these comments. This is why we do what we do. Thank you.

I'm in a physical newspaper! So cool. And a communist one, even cooler! This is my second print media mention this year. I need to get a copy of this!

Today in my Margini videoludici (At videogame margins) column for Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto: @farfama.bsky.social's ocean::ephemera (and the previous city::ephemera).

Interactive Noise 5 available noisy #indiegames and #altgames. Read/subscribe: bit.ly/41g7C7g Welcoming Oblivion by @rtwarner.bsky.social The Children of Clay by @balazsronyai.bsky.social Doom: The Gallery Experience by @bobatealee.com ocean:ephemera by @infinitetears.bsky.social And much more!

ocean::ephemera (@infinitetears.bsky.social, @farfama.bsky.social, Greg Nunn, Sivani) "Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera. The experience will end after 7 minutes::43 seconds." PWYC - Windows: warpdoor.com/2025/02/10/ocean-ephemera/

@infinitetears.bsky.social just released a brief vignette that flashes frames of memories stored in undulating contours of infinite waters. Tangible reflections being swallowed by the waters of Time. Not lost, but mingling between salted light and shade. A lovely little virtual experience.

New release! Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera Designed and developed by Farfama Music and additional sound design by Greg Nunn Writing and testing by Sivani infinitetears.itch.io/oceanephemera

This week I'll be releasing ocean::ephemera. The second in a series of games I call ::ephemera. I will define this genre and the framework I created for them in a blog post. For now, please experience city::ephemera here. infinitetears.itch.io/cityephemera

The long road looms. Walk as the sun still blooms in the sky A silent stroll Eternal. Unmarked. Walk past midnight, before dawn The trees tremble And an unearthly serenade stutters to life. In place of the sun, a cosmic being— It beckons. infinitetears.itch.io/i-promise

Drowning in an infinite ocean that I can't stop floating in

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔠𝔥-𝔥𝔞𝔴𝔨𝔰

𝔒𝔲𝔯 𝔟𝔦𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫

𝔉𝔬𝔯 ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴: ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔡

𝔅𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱-𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫 𝔴𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔯𝔰

𝔏𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔰𝔞𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱

𝔚𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔰 𝔪𝔢

𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔦𝔱, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔦𝔱, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔦𝔱

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