Exciting news! I'm giving a talk in Vancouver alongside other AMAZING indie developers (Untitled Goose Game, Night in the Woods, Goodbye Volcano High). Please join us for a fantastic night of networking and learning ✨ Tickets 👇

Please go check out www.vileisbanned.com! @dirtlord77.bsky.social is an amazing dev and it's frankly bullshit her game was pulled from Steam. If you want to help her out as well as play an amazing horror game, please consider going to the link, downloading the game, and supporting her if you can ❤️

This is a must-play from the jam so far: it's an information game set on a social media feed. You gather usernames and hashtags so that you can respond to DMs from your less terminally online friends asking you to explain the latest thing that has happened.

Mistakes are brutal. But they teach fast. @sonderingemily.bsky.social unpacks a failed launch and what they’d do differently today. 💡 Real talk from real devs, in Unity’s Indie Survival Guide. 🔗 on.unity.com/44TZDyA #IndieSurvivalGuide #IndieDev #MadeWithUnity

What happened to GirlsGoGames? My favorite website as a kid is now filled with slop, so why? New video out now!

How Omori Perfect Psychological Horror — New video essay analyzing #Omori, watch now!

lily's world XD hit 40k wishlists! So thankful for everyone's support in my dream game 🫶

✨SonderingEmily Ask Me Anything ✨ Join us with @sonderingemily.bsky.social, an #indiegamedev, content creator, and creator of lily’s world XD, for an exclusive AMA event! RSVP on Discord: 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 28th 🕜 Time: 6:30-8pm PDT 📌 Location: discord.gg/X6QhDer3 #aapi #gaming #gamedev

My panel with @patrickklepek.bsky.social and @sonderingemily.bsky.social for #LudoNarraCon is up! Listen to our thoughts on horror, making experimental narrative games & the degradation of the internet <3 Then go check out LNC & its awesome panels & games 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-sz... #games

🎮 How do you design games players actually want? Join @sonderingemily.bsky.social (Lily’s World XD) live to talk failure, feedback & finding the fun. 🔗 on.unity.com/4jBwPA0 #LiveWithUnity #IndieDev #MadeWithUnity

lily's world XD by @sonderingemily.bsky.social isn't just a psychological horror about reliving your days as a teen in the 2000s 😅 After investigating a teen girl’s computer, you don't just find old conversations & embarrassing selfies, you find something sinister. Messages addressed to you. ✉️

catch our panel A New Age Of Storytelling In Video Games at my fave games celebration of the year: #LudoNarraCon! + while you're waiting, go follow @patrickklepek.bsky.social & @sonderingemily.bsky.social if you haven't already, two people doing thoughtful work worth paying attention to 🥰

Thank you for 30k wishlists on lily's world XD!❤️If you enjoy psychological horror, the early internet, and girlhood, this game might be for you!

Exciting news!✨lily's world XD is participating in the SUGOI Showcase happening March 27 at 10am PT. Check out lily's world XD and other awesome games during this showcase streaming on YouTube! @sugoigames.bsky.social

I'm Emily, a game dev content creator and indie dev making my first horror game, lily's world XD! If you like dark mysteries and the y2k internet, check out my game. #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

So happy to chat with Sarah about my game lily's world XD — go listen!

Theres something special about Digital Horror. A ghost in digital media telling the story from the internet. For example Lacey's Flash game by ghosttundra or SIMULACRA by @KaiganHQ Lily’s world XD by @sonderingemily.bsky.social is something akin to digital horror in computer

📢Content creators and press! Love horror games? Sign up for early access to the lily's world XD demo and a key to the full game! 👇 If you enjoy psychological horror, the early web (ie AIM, Myspace), and fourth wall breaking games, this is for you!

Thank you so much for 20k wishlists on my horror game lily's world XD! This means so much to me as an independent game dev ❤️ If you enjoy psychological horror, the early web, or old girlie flash games, please wishlist below🔽

How much of yourself do you leave on your computer? Last Seen Online is a mystery game about looking through somebody else's computer. What happened to the owners? Play now at: lastseenonline.com

@openindie.bsky.social Are you looking for guests for your podcast? I'd love to talk about my horror game lily's world XD. I'm a game dev content creator (300k+ total following) & a (mostly) solo dev. I've been featured in Forbes 30u30 & The Game Awards Future Class. Lmk how to discuss this further!

"We make games for the same reason we play them. To make sense of our complicated lives, to create characters we wish we had growing up, to remind ourselves what's truly important... I make games to connect with people who feel their stories are underrepresented." ▶https://youtu.be/UK9eM6uRBo4

The dark truth behind my horror game, lily's world XD....is that it's actually really hard to make and I'm having daily life crises over its development. In my latest newsletter, I share a more intimate, honest look into how development is going. Read for free! 👇

Unlock an exclusive sneak peek of lily's world XD ✨ I have a free newsletter where I share a more intimate look into the development of lily's world XD. The latest email has a never before seen screenshot that will only be shown there! Join 👇

I turned my childhood into a horror game. New YouTube video out now documenting the development of my horror game, lily's world XD! 👇

lily's world XD is in the OTK Games Expo starting NOW! I'll be on stage around 1:30pm PT and there will be a vote at the end for best game to win a developer grant! PLEASE WATCH UNTIL THE END AND VOTE FOR ME 🥺🥺🥺

it's creator day on itch, which means devs get 100% of what you spend! and slay the princess and scarlet hollow are on sale there RIGHT NOW just under $30 if you get the bundle two overwhelmingly positive dark romance games for one, still-less-than-half-a-AAA-game price itch.io/s/139865/aut...

You find this old computer in the dumpster. Curiosity gets the best of you, and you snoop through her old photos, AIM convos, and social media. That is, until you find messages addressed to you... Investigate the mystery yourself in my #horrorgame lily's world XD! #indiegame 👇

Looking for a long form YouTube editor for dev logs of my horror game, lily's world XD! Must be 18+, have a portfolio, be able to edit in Davinci Resolve, and understand YouTube retention/edit in a fast-paced style. Apply here: forms.gle/BCYrTDLTJYgS...

So, bad news. The studio I just joined, Thought Pennies, has run into some major trouble and laid off most of the staff. That includes me! I am laid off again! Truly, very bad luck. I was only there two weeks before stuff went down.

Any horror game devs here who want to submit a panel with me to LudoNarraCon, a Steam festival for narrative games? I would love to host a panel about storytelling in horror games. If so, please email me [email protected] with a little bit about yourself and the games you've made!

After chatting with @sonderingemily.bsky.social, I decided to try Twine and created this cozy game 🌿😊 I’m not a programmer, but I wanted to practice storytelling and atmosphere ✨ My first Twine game is out with a devlog! Thanks for checking it out! 🙏💬 #twine #gamedev #cozygame

Looking to hire a game design consultant to look over my game design doc for lily's world XD! This will be a one time 2-3 hour job. I want someone who is familiar with narrative puzzles and horror games. More info 👇

As I'm making a psychological horror game, I've been playing a ton as well! Does anyone have recs? Some games that have really inspired me are DDLC, KinitoPET, Slay the Princess, Omori, Inscryption, and Mouthwashing. Love emotional horror + 4th wall breaks + unique mechanics + ARG elements!

Kinda astounding that this is my first time drawing Kaizenix art??! For ORV Gotcha for Gaza!! 🪞👑⚔️ #orv #omniscientreadersviewpoint #전독시 #yoohankim

Do you miss when the internet was a simpler place? When glitter text, animated cursors, and AIM ruled supreme? Relive your y2k nostalgia in my horror game, lily's world XD! Wishlist now 💻 store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/... #indiegamedev #horrorgame #indiegame

Wishlist lily’s world XD! A #horrorgame where you investigate a young girl’s computer. Channel your inner 2000s teen as you read her old convos, customize her blog, and browse cringey selfies. That is, until you find messages addressed to you. Wishlist: tinyurl.com/4h63w8u6 #indiegamedev #indiegame

sara chidouin be upon ye #yttd #キミガシネ

My friend Emily published the Steam page for her debut solo game: lily's world XD. You find a young girl's laptop and must search through files, read diary entries, and receive eerie messages from an unknown sender as you try to solve the mystery of what happened to Lily. Wishlist it now! #indiedev

hello algorithm 👋 I enjoy: - indie games - psychological horror games - game dev / indie dev - digital art - y2k nostalgia - visual novels - learning Chinese - Omori, Inscryption, Venba, Before Your Eyes, Night in the Woods, Pony Island, Minami Lane, Spiritfarer, Doki Doki Literature club