Electron Dance
@electrondance.com
Words on videogames. Video essays on videogames. Ex-Thinky Games streamer-in-residence.
A place - www.electrondance.com
A place - www.electrondance.com
fml making one game that has got wildly out of control seems to be the equivalent of playing 291 itch games. Or half a Bethesda.
So I'm not playing much at all but on the upside making this thing is the most engaged I've felt in anything for YEARS
So I'm not playing much at all but on the upside making this thing is the most engaged I've felt in anything for YEARS
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
fml making one game that has got wildly out of control seems to be the equivalent of playing 291 itch games. Or half a Bethesda.
So I'm not playing much at all but on the upside making this thing is the most engaged I've felt in anything for YEARS
So I'm not playing much at all but on the upside making this thing is the most engaged I've felt in anything for YEARS
Blue Prince (2025)
beauty in mathematics is relative. i'm sure some mathematicians consider wiles's absolute dumper of a proof to fermat's last theorem to be beautiful, like building a gigantic arch of stone and steel cables to hold in place a single, simple golden ring
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Blue Prince (2025)
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Rogue Voltage is the engineering roguelike
🔌 Build your combos by wiring circuits
🎛️ Construct crazy machines
⚡️ Satisfying chain reactions
🧊 New ice biome dropping soon
94% positive in Steam Early Access - link in bio
#PitchYaGame #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
🔌 Build your combos by wiring circuits
🎛️ Construct crazy machines
⚡️ Satisfying chain reactions
🧊 New ice biome dropping soon
94% positive in Steam Early Access - link in bio
#PitchYaGame #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Rogue Voltage is the engineering roguelike
🔌 Build your combos by wiring circuits
🎛️ Construct crazy machines
⚡️ Satisfying chain reactions
🧊 New ice biome dropping soon
94% positive in Steam Early Access - link in bio
#PitchYaGame #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
🔌 Build your combos by wiring circuits
🎛️ Construct crazy machines
⚡️ Satisfying chain reactions
🧊 New ice biome dropping soon
94% positive in Steam Early Access - link in bio
#PitchYaGame #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
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Innkeep is a job-sim and retro narrative adventure about being a crafty innkeeper, where every guest you meet...
...is hand crafted. ⚒️
...has unique conversations you can eavesdrop on. 👂
...has secrets to uncover. 🤫
...and things you can steal. 💰
#pitchyourgame
youtu.be/xrB2xQMWMHc?...
...is hand crafted. ⚒️
...has unique conversations you can eavesdrop on. 👂
...has secrets to uncover. 🤫
...and things you can steal. 💰
#pitchyourgame
youtu.be/xrB2xQMWMHc?...
Innkeep Trailer - 2025
YouTube video by Boot Disk Games
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Innkeep is a job-sim and retro narrative adventure about being a crafty innkeeper, where every guest you meet...
...is hand crafted. ⚒️
...has unique conversations you can eavesdrop on. 👂
...has secrets to uncover. 🤫
...and things you can steal. 💰
#pitchyourgame
youtu.be/xrB2xQMWMHc?...
...is hand crafted. ⚒️
...has unique conversations you can eavesdrop on. 👂
...has secrets to uncover. 🤫
...and things you can steal. 💰
#pitchyourgame
youtu.be/xrB2xQMWMHc?...
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Yuha’s Nightmares is a playable nightmare
💫 Immerse yourself in a surreal mindscape
🌐 Explore the protagonist’s subconscious through the Wireframe World
👁️ Peek behind the surface of a glitching 3D reality
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1457940
#PitchYaGame #indiegames #gamedev
💫 Immerse yourself in a surreal mindscape
🌐 Explore the protagonist’s subconscious through the Wireframe World
👁️ Peek behind the surface of a glitching 3D reality
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1457940
#PitchYaGame #indiegames #gamedev
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yuha’s Nightmares is a playable nightmare
💫 Immerse yourself in a surreal mindscape
🌐 Explore the protagonist’s subconscious through the Wireframe World
👁️ Peek behind the surface of a glitching 3D reality
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1457940
#PitchYaGame #indiegames #gamedev
💫 Immerse yourself in a surreal mindscape
🌐 Explore the protagonist’s subconscious through the Wireframe World
👁️ Peek behind the surface of a glitching 3D reality
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1457940
#PitchYaGame #indiegames #gamedev
Last call for my little review of the brilliant Spooky Express, a follow up to one of my favourite puzzle games of all-time, Cosmic Express.
Words for reading are on other side of this link: www.electrondance.co...
Words for reading are on other side of this link: www.electrondance.co...
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Last call for my little review of the brilliant Spooky Express, a follow up to one of my favourite puzzle games of all-time, Cosmic Express.
Words for reading are on other side of this link: www.electrondance.co...
Words for reading are on other side of this link: www.electrondance.co...
Guess what I've written about this week?
"I’ve played Spooky Express for nearly 20 hours because the hard puzzles are *hard*."
The rest can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
"I’ve played Spooky Express for nearly 20 hours because the hard puzzles are *hard*."
The rest can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Guess what I've written about this week?
"I’ve played Spooky Express for nearly 20 hours because the hard puzzles are *hard*."
The rest can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
"I’ve played Spooky Express for nearly 20 hours because the hard puzzles are *hard*."
The rest can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
"While Spooky Express is an algorithm-building game, it gives off the vibes of a puzzle roguelike."
I put down some words about the latest from the Draknek & Friends stable: www.electrondance.co...
I put down some words about the latest from the Draknek & Friends stable: www.electrondance.co...
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"While Spooky Express is an algorithm-building game, it gives off the vibes of a puzzle roguelike."
I put down some words about the latest from the Draknek & Friends stable: www.electrondance.co...
I put down some words about the latest from the Draknek & Friends stable: www.electrondance.co...
"This isn’t just Cosmic Express returning with a cool, black cape."
I wrote about Spooky Express from the team at @draknek.bsky.social: www.electrondance.co...
I wrote about Spooky Express from the team at @draknek.bsky.social: www.electrondance.co...
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"This isn’t just Cosmic Express returning with a cool, black cape."
I wrote about Spooky Express from the team at @draknek.bsky.social: www.electrondance.co...
I wrote about Spooky Express from the team at @draknek.bsky.social: www.electrondance.co...
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TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
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November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I, Claudius is just 👌
started watching I, Claudius and it's weird to remember that Brian Blessed can actually act, and isn't just able to do a Brian Blessed parody.
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I, Claudius is just 👌
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Our two most recent games, both at their deepest discount ever. 90%+ positive Steam reviews, 80+ Metacritic. store.steampowered.com/developer/sa...
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our two most recent games, both at their deepest discount ever. 90%+ positive Steam reviews, 80+ Metacritic. store.steampowered.com/developer/sa...
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Tomorrow
Evil Egg comes October 30.
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tomorrow
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Coming in Spring 2026: Oeuf, a 3D physics platformer where U egg. Wishlist innit. store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/...
Oeuf on Steam
3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.
store.steampowered.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Coming in Spring 2026: Oeuf, a 3D physics platformer where U egg. Wishlist innit. store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/...
We always put such books at the bottom of the pile
A lot of fantasy has potions you ingest to gain powers, but there doesn't seem to be much suppository magic does there?
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We always put such books at the bottom of the pile
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I was putting together a little curator list of Brutalist Megastructure Games on Steam... only to notice that someone else did all the work. There's more than I expected!
Steam Curator: Megastructure Games
Here we explore games set inside megastructures, games featuring megastructures and games that have megastructure vibes.
store.steampowered.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I was putting together a little curator list of Brutalist Megastructure Games on Steam... only to notice that someone else did all the work. There's more than I expected!
Susan Goodwin
Apr 11, 1945 - Oct 22, 2025
Her suffering is over
Apr 11, 1945 - Oct 22, 2025
Her suffering is over
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Susan Goodwin
Apr 11, 1945 - Oct 22, 2025
Her suffering is over
Apr 11, 1945 - Oct 22, 2025
Her suffering is over
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This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
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The TEN++ celebrations continue with ten (natch) new Featured Levels, hand-picked by the intrepid community curation team from over a hundred thousand (!!!) userlevels made over the last decade.
Hear about these amazing levels here: metanetsoftware.tumblr.com/post/7975845...
And then go play them!
Hear about these amazing levels here: metanetsoftware.tumblr.com/post/7975845...
And then go play them!
N++
It's here, the 10th Anniversary of N++! To celebrate, we've updated the game (on Steam, consoles coming soon) with new super secret super hard Solo levels and some very hard multiplayer levels as...
metanetsoftware.tumblr.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The TEN++ celebrations continue with ten (natch) new Featured Levels, hand-picked by the intrepid community curation team from over a hundred thousand (!!!) userlevels made over the last decade.
Hear about these amazing levels here: metanetsoftware.tumblr.com/post/7975845...
And then go play them!
Hear about these amazing levels here: metanetsoftware.tumblr.com/post/7975845...
And then go play them!
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We are very excited to announce:
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We are very excited to announce:
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!
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so, the core of the dark object system is that every "game object" is made up of a bunch of properties and links. properties are just tables of data keyed by object id, more or less like all ecs systems have now.
but links are the really cool bit.
but links are the really cool bit.
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
so, the core of the dark object system is that every "game object" is made up of a bunch of properties and links. properties are just tables of data keyed by object id, more or less like all ecs systems have now.
but links are the really cool bit.
but links are the really cool bit.