Julia Mascetti
@juliamascetti.bsky.social
Writer, game dev, founder of Studio Wife. Probably the first person to use the phrase “proper reem” in a game. Wishlist I Write Games Not Tragedies on Steam!
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I Write Games Not Tragedies is OUT NOW!
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
ATTENTION the game is out THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
Was so nice returning to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social , the birthplace of IWGNT, for Good Game Dev fest. So many game dev friends around and kind players, felt like coming home 🥹
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Was so nice returning to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social , the birthplace of IWGNT, for Good Game Dev fest. So many game dev friends around and kind players, felt like coming home 🥹
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It's official, Behind the Hydra's Eyes is out now on Steam 🤯
For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread!
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...
#indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam
For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread!
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...
#indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam
Behind the Hydra's Eyes on Steam
Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale...
store.steampowered.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It's official, Behind the Hydra's Eyes is out now on Steam 🤯
For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread!
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...
#indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam
For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread!
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...
#indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam
PSA I Write Games Not Tragedies: The Gig is approaching capacity! If you want to come on Sunday please book, and if you want to come but no longer can please cancel so someone else can book 🙏🙏 So psyched for this tbh!!
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
PSA I Write Games Not Tragedies: The Gig is approaching capacity! If you want to come on Sunday please book, and if you want to come but no longer can please cancel so someone else can book 🙏🙏 So psyched for this tbh!!
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great to have you @juliamascetti.bsky.social and best of luck with the event this weekend !!!
Matthew and Cameron: "Hey! Come on our podcast, you can talk about your game 🙂"
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
To Put it Bluntly #34 - I Hate Tomorrow, Listen to This..
YouTube video by To Put It Bluntly Podcast
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
great to have you @juliamascetti.bsky.social and best of luck with the event this weekend !!!
Matthew and Cameron: "Hey! Come on our podcast, you can talk about your game 🙂"
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
To Put it Bluntly #34 - I Hate Tomorrow, Listen to This..
YouTube video by To Put It Bluntly Podcast
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Matthew and Cameron: "Hey! Come on our podcast, you can talk about your game 🙂"
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
Me: "Thanks lads, how about I rant for 20 mins straight about why the #gamedev novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" sucks?" 🙈
Thanks much to @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for having me on!
youtu.be/hIPNs_40jP0?...
Reposted by Julia Mascetti
To Put it Bluntly #34 - I Hate Tomorrow, Listen to This..
YouTube video by To Put It Bluntly Podcast
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh dear I recorded this podcast very sleep deprived post release and post Slush. The guys are super nice but I’m kinda scared to find out what I said 🙈
Double helping of @thewobblygamer.bsky.social and @ckeywood.bsky.social.
Already out is a November Extra time special while later today from 4pm sees the guys chat to @juliamascetti.bsky.social on releasing a game and problems with a popular book. check episode desc for details on a upcoming gig
Already out is a November Extra time special while later today from 4pm sees the guys chat to @juliamascetti.bsky.social on releasing a game and problems with a popular book. check episode desc for details on a upcoming gig
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oh dear I recorded this podcast very sleep deprived post release and post Slush. The guys are super nice but I’m kinda scared to find out what I said 🙈
What’s interesting about this is when I went to write what I wanted to say (yes I’m reading from a script lol), I realised I can no longer type in Japanese on a computer. I’ve lost the muscle memory. I used my phone and I was SLOW. Interesting what stays and what goes! #japanese #languagelearning
一つの夢が叶いました🥹 私たちのゲーム「I Write Games Not Tragedies」の日本語版と中国語版がリリースされました！
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What’s interesting about this is when I went to write what I wanted to say (yes I’m reading from a script lol), I realised I can no longer type in Japanese on a computer. I’ve lost the muscle memory. I used my phone and I was SLOW. Interesting what stays and what goes! #japanese #languagelearning
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I'm glad you had a great time! 🥰
I had an exceptional time! Such a roller coaster of emotions and a story well told with very important messages!
Thank you so much & best of luck with this amazing release! A lot of love has gobe into this- you can tell! ❤️
I had an exceptional time! Such a roller coaster of emotions and a story well told with very important messages!
Thank you so much & best of luck with this amazing release! A lot of love has gobe into this- you can tell! ❤️
Casually traumatising our players in _that_ scene ☺️ Thanks so much to @thedementedraven.bsky.social for playing our game, watching this stream brought me such joy 🥹
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm glad you had a great time! 🥰
I had an exceptional time! Such a roller coaster of emotions and a story well told with very important messages!
Thank you so much & best of luck with this amazing release! A lot of love has gobe into this- you can tell! ❤️
I had an exceptional time! Such a roller coaster of emotions and a story well told with very important messages!
Thank you so much & best of luck with this amazing release! A lot of love has gobe into this- you can tell! ❤️
Casually traumatising our players in _that_ scene ☺️ Thanks so much to @thedementedraven.bsky.social for playing our game, watching this stream brought me such joy 🥹
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Casually traumatising our players in _that_ scene ☺️ Thanks so much to @thedementedraven.bsky.social for playing our game, watching this stream brought me such joy 🥹
一つの夢が叶いました🥹 私たちのゲーム「I Write Games Not Tragedies」の日本語版と中国語版がリリースされました！
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
一つの夢が叶いました🥹 私たちのゲーム「I Write Games Not Tragedies」の日本語版と中国語版がリリースされました！
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
@yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ありがとう！😭🙏
#インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #エモ #青春
I forgot my Twitch passport so I can't get into chat but they're doing so good with the game 😭😭 Tune in rn!!
🦇 LIVE NOW with Emo Shenanigans!~ 🦇
Massive Thank you to @juliamascetti.bsky.social for the key!
twitch.tv/thedementedraven
Massive Thank you to @juliamascetti.bsky.social for the key!
twitch.tv/thedementedraven
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I forgot my Twitch passport so I can't get into chat but they're doing so good with the game 😭😭 Tune in rn!!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Dressing up?! Hype! Tune into @thedementedraven.bsky.social 's stream of "I Write Games Not Tragedies" on Tuesday at 7pm! 🖤 #indiegamedev #streaming #emo
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Dressing up?! Hype! Tune into @thedementedraven.bsky.social 's stream of "I Write Games Not Tragedies" on Tuesday at 7pm! 🖤 #indiegamedev #streaming #emo
So true, bestie.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So true, bestie.
We're being impersonated in the other place, but i don't think anyone will fall for it because clearly nobody involved with this game would do anything so gauche as being located in the United States.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're being impersonated in the other place, but i don't think anyone will fall for it because clearly nobody involved with this game would do anything so gauche as being located in the United States.
Announcing I Write Games Not Tragedies: The Gig!
We are putting on a gig in Camden to celebrate IWGNT featuring musicians from the game because of COURSE we are. 😈 30 Nov, The Dublin Castle. Tickets here! Come rock out with us 🤘
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-write-ga...
We are putting on a gig in Camden to celebrate IWGNT featuring musicians from the game because of COURSE we are. 😈 30 Nov, The Dublin Castle. Tickets here! Come rock out with us 🤘
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-write-ga...
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Announcing I Write Games Not Tragedies: The Gig!
We are putting on a gig in Camden to celebrate IWGNT featuring musicians from the game because of COURSE we are. 😈 30 Nov, The Dublin Castle. Tickets here! Come rock out with us 🤘
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-write-ga...
We are putting on a gig in Camden to celebrate IWGNT featuring musicians from the game because of COURSE we are. 😈 30 Nov, The Dublin Castle. Tickets here! Come rock out with us 🤘
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-write-ga...
"If you've ever listened to My Chemical Romance and you grew up in some nowhere British town you probably owe it to yourself to give it a go."🤣 This piece from Rock Paper Shotgun made me chuckle, well done to writer Oisin Kuhnke!
#indiegames #gamesjournalism #review
#indiegames #gamesjournalism #review
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"If you've ever listened to My Chemical Romance and you grew up in some nowhere British town you probably owe it to yourself to give it a go."🤣 This piece from Rock Paper Shotgun made me chuckle, well done to writer Oisin Kuhnke!
#indiegames #gamesjournalism #review
#indiegames #gamesjournalism #review
Funny, people assume it's my autobiography too 😉
I Write Games Not Tragedies is, I'm pretty sure, my friends will assume is my unofficial biography. And they... aren't entirely wrong. Anyways!
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/I_Wr…
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/I_Wr…
I Write Games Not Tragedies on Steam
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Funny, people assume it's my autobiography too 😉
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Congratulations to @juliamascetti.bsky.social, @cornmandog.bsky.social and @yotsubainteractive.bsky.social on releasing I Write Games Not Tragedies as a thing you can add to your Steam cart RIGHT NOW.
I look forward to screaming into my laptop and whilst helping Ash make terrible choices. 🎤⬛
I look forward to screaming into my laptop and whilst helping Ash make terrible choices. 🎤⬛
I Write Games Not Tragedies is OUT NOW!
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Congratulations to @juliamascetti.bsky.social, @cornmandog.bsky.social and @yotsubainteractive.bsky.social on releasing I Write Games Not Tragedies as a thing you can add to your Steam cart RIGHT NOW.
I look forward to screaming into my laptop and whilst helping Ash make terrible choices. 🎤⬛
I look forward to screaming into my laptop and whilst helping Ash make terrible choices. 🎤⬛
ATTENTION the game is out THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
I Write Games Not Tragedies is OUT NOW!
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
🤘Witty, self-deprecating coming of age story
🤘Scream for the high score in our rhythm game
🤘 Art that's sketchy and messy, just like our souls
store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ATTENTION the game is out THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
This is one of the hardest things I've done in m life but right not the exhaustion has been replaced by joy 😭
Localisation coming very soon, wait for me my loves 💜
Reposted by Julia Mascetti
That fire title + "emo visual novel x rhythm game" -- I've seen enough. Immediate wishlist.
I Write Games Not Tragedies Launches November 14
I Write Games Not Tragedies Launches November 14
Studio Wife, Cornmandog and Yotsuba Interactive have announced "emo visual novel x rhythm game" I Write Games Not Tragedies launches on November 14 for PC via Steam. A free demo for I Write Games Not Tragedies is available now on Steam. Lastly, here's an overview of the game, via Steam: “Sometimes I wish all of my pain was fake…
finalweapon.net
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
That fire title + "emo visual novel x rhythm game" -- I've seen enough. Immediate wishlist.
Reposted by Julia Mascetti
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
Excited to return to the birthplace of "I Write Games Not Tragedies" for Good Game Dev Fest '25! It's at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social where @cornmandog.bsky.social and I met 🥹 There's an indie game showcase, talks, and a video game chamber quintet! 🎶 29 November, tickets here: luma.com/GGDF25
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to return to the birthplace of "I Write Games Not Tragedies" for Good Game Dev Fest '25! It's at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social where @cornmandog.bsky.social and I met 🥹 There's an indie game showcase, talks, and a video game chamber quintet! 🎶 29 November, tickets here: luma.com/GGDF25
Niche posting, but I just integrated Dialogue System for Unity by @pixelcrushers.bsky.social & voice acting using @fmodstudio.bsky.social Programmer Instruments by registering a custom Lua function so it comes up in the drop down menu in the dialogue nodes. I feel like a GOD. #indiegamedev #FMOD
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Niche posting, but I just integrated Dialogue System for Unity by @pixelcrushers.bsky.social & voice acting using @fmodstudio.bsky.social Programmer Instruments by registering a custom Lua function so it comes up in the drop down menu in the dialogue nodes. I feel like a GOD. #indiegamedev #FMOD