Xalavier Nelson Jr.
@writnelson.bsky.social
Running @StrangeScaffold. Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, Hypnospace Outlaw & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
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The big news of the day is—Strange Scaffold got a front page spot on Steam! It’s our first-ever publisher sale!!
You can get EVERY GAME we’ve ever made for 60 bucks and I did a bunch of work on the gradients and colors to make it all look pretty!!! Ahhh!!!!
store.steampowered.com/sale/strange...
You can get EVERY GAME we’ve ever made for 60 bucks and I did a bunch of work on the gradients and colors to make it all look pretty!!! Ahhh!!!!
store.steampowered.com/sale/strange...
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Goodnight Universe is out tomorrow! Last call for codes!
🌙Goodnight Universe, the follow-up to Before Your Eyes, comes out in a mere two weeks!
👶Play as Isaac, a 6 months-old baby developing mysterious psychic powers. Move things with your mind (your 👀 and face really) on PC using your camera!
Sign up for a code: forms.gle/WQwuMdfdSW2v...
👶Play as Isaac, a 6 months-old baby developing mysterious psychic powers. Move things with your mind (your 👀 and face really) on PC using your camera!
Sign up for a code: forms.gle/WQwuMdfdSW2v...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Goodnight Universe is out tomorrow! Last call for codes!
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Ambrosia Sky is $12.74 on Steam (15% off launch discount) buff.ly/VdKGmN9
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ambrosia Sky is $12.74 on Steam (15% off launch discount) buff.ly/VdKGmN9
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Presented to you with all the context I needed when finding it on our internal Discord server.
Development on Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! is such a joy to watch. 🚚
Development on Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! is such a joy to watch. 🚚
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Presented to you with all the context I needed when finding it on our internal Discord server.
Development on Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! is such a joy to watch. 🚚
Development on Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! is such a joy to watch. 🚚
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
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new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
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*cries in Unity*
My level editor for Unreal Engine called Scythe just got a new major update! Here's what's in it: 🧵 (1/)
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
*cries in Unity*
NETFLIX
GIVE ME EIGHT MORE SEASONS OF THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
GIVE ME EIGHT MORE SEASONS OF THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NETFLIX
GIVE ME EIGHT MORE SEASONS OF THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
GIVE ME EIGHT MORE SEASONS OF THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
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48. Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1: Re-Raptored
A delightful sequel/prequel to CRDM3. Much shorter, but still plenty delightful, with some VERY fun boss music. Here's hoping we get even more of these in the future! They're always so much fun. Definitely recommend both, but start with 3!
A delightful sequel/prequel to CRDM3. Much shorter, but still plenty delightful, with some VERY fun boss music. Here's hoping we get even more of these in the future! They're always so much fun. Definitely recommend both, but start with 3!
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
48. Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1: Re-Raptored
A delightful sequel/prequel to CRDM3. Much shorter, but still plenty delightful, with some VERY fun boss music. Here's hoping we get even more of these in the future! They're always so much fun. Definitely recommend both, but start with 3!
A delightful sequel/prequel to CRDM3. Much shorter, but still plenty delightful, with some VERY fun boss music. Here's hoping we get even more of these in the future! They're always so much fun. Definitely recommend both, but start with 3!
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I see people talking about what they consider their GOTY titles would be... Idk about GOTY, but my GOAT of comedy for the year is Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III.
I need more people to play it because the dev humour is peak.
@strangescaffold.bsky.social
I need more people to play it because the dev humour is peak.
@strangescaffold.bsky.social
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 on Steam
MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know ...
store.steampowered.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I see people talking about what they consider their GOTY titles would be... Idk about GOTY, but my GOAT of comedy for the year is Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III.
I need more people to play it because the dev humour is peak.
@strangescaffold.bsky.social
I need more people to play it because the dev humour is peak.
@strangescaffold.bsky.social
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Yo #indigisky any cartography in the house?
Do I know any Indigenous folks who make maps? Got a request for a paid design/cartography job and it'd be rad if I could connect you with them.
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yo #indigisky any cartography in the house?
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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You'd think a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game wouldn't be a sicko pick... but it's a wildly undersold, highly experimental turn-based scrolling brawler by Stange Scaffold, makers of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.
It manages to feel shockingly like TMNT arcade despite the genre shift.
It manages to feel shockingly like TMNT arcade despite the genre shift.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown on Steam
Splinter and Shredder are dead. Help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tackle deadly new threats and the approach of adulthood in this fast-paced turn-based beat-em-up!
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
You'd think a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game wouldn't be a sicko pick... but it's a wildly undersold, highly experimental turn-based scrolling brawler by Stange Scaffold, makers of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.
It manages to feel shockingly like TMNT arcade despite the genre shift.
It manages to feel shockingly like TMNT arcade despite the genre shift.
The strongest endorsement I can give for Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is that it feels like the kind of PS2 game that, after you play it, you are haunted by it forever.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The strongest endorsement I can give for Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is that it feels like the kind of PS2 game that, after you play it, you are haunted by it forever.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
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I'm going to do this again today at ~noon pacific, if you're a game dev nerd and want to join us... or just make fun of my voice acting, I guess? valid
I streamed a tiny bit of my actual work process on our Discord (discord.com/invite/TyzEj...), this week - at least the part that anyone can hear.
I think ... I liked it. Uh oh
I think ... I liked it. Uh oh
a bald man wearing glasses and a tie is sitting at a desk with his arms crossed .
ALT: a bald man wearing glasses and a tie is sitting at a desk with his arms crossed .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm going to do this again today at ~noon pacific, if you're a game dev nerd and want to join us... or just make fun of my voice acting, I guess? valid
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ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
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Hey guess what game that launched today we're in a bundle with 👀
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Hey guess what game that launched today we're in a bundle with 👀
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This is so insightful about game design but it's also hilarious because it's about the (spiritual?) successor to Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is so insightful about game design but it's also hilarious because it's about the (spiritual?) successor to Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
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Taking this baby and running with it.
...
I MEAN THE ADVICE ABOUT BUILDING NARRATIVE SYSTEMS, I SWEAR I MEAN THE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS.
...
I MEAN THE ADVICE ABOUT BUILDING NARRATIVE SYSTEMS, I SWEAR I MEAN THE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS.
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Taking this baby and running with it.
...
I MEAN THE ADVICE ABOUT BUILDING NARRATIVE SYSTEMS, I SWEAR I MEAN THE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS.
...
I MEAN THE ADVICE ABOUT BUILDING NARRATIVE SYSTEMS, I SWEAR I MEAN THE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS.
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
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Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
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TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
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Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!
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anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
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"one of the first experiences you should drop a friend into so they can understand what's possible in mixed reality"
Thanks to UploadVR for this great early access review of Laser Dance!
Thanks to UploadVR for this great early access review of Laser Dance!
Laser Dance in early access is the first essential mixed reality game.
Our full review: www.uploadvr.com/laser-dance-...
Our full review: www.uploadvr.com/laser-dance-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"one of the first experiences you should drop a friend into so they can understand what's possible in mixed reality"
Thanks to UploadVR for this great early access review of Laser Dance!
Thanks to UploadVR for this great early access review of Laser Dance!