Andrea Blythe
@andreablythe.bsky.social
Author, poet, and game writer — lover of the fantastical, horrifying, and weird. She/her.
Poetry: TWELVE and NECESSARY POISONS (Interstellar Flight Press)
Games: MONOCHROME HEIGHTS (Steam) and WHAT LIES UNDERNEATH (Itch)
https://linktr.ee/andreablythe
Poetry: TWELVE and NECESSARY POISONS (Interstellar Flight Press)
Games: MONOCHROME HEIGHTS (Steam) and WHAT LIES UNDERNEATH (Itch)
https://linktr.ee/andreablythe
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Monochrome Heights is available today on Steam!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dp5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dp5...
Monochrome Heights - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by One Frog Games
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It’s out! I’m so thrilled to have worked on the narrative and can’t wait to see what folks think!
(The opening of this fantastic trailer is how it’s going to look when I play. lol.)
#indiegame #indiedev #games #platformers
(The opening of this fantastic trailer is how it’s going to look when I play. lol.)
#indiegame #indiedev #games #platformers
If anyone wants to spend a relaxing 20-30 minutes, Messenger by Vicente Lucendo and Michael Sungaila is a lovely browser game about exploring a tiny round world and delivering messages. messenger.abeto.co
Messenger
It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.
messenger.abeto.co
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If anyone wants to spend a relaxing 20-30 minutes, Messenger by Vicente Lucendo and Michael Sungaila is a lovely browser game about exploring a tiny round world and delivering messages. messenger.abeto.co
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
I love yellow dragon fruit, but don’t buy it often because it’s so expensive. A nice treat on this stormy day.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I love yellow dragon fruit, but don’t buy it often because it’s so expensive. A nice treat on this stormy day.
I love waking up to stormy days. This morning, I stood with my front door open while I made my coffee and just listened to the rush of the wind in the trees and the patter of the rain.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I love waking up to stormy days. This morning, I stood with my front door open while I made my coffee and just listened to the rush of the wind in the trees and the patter of the rain.
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I absolutely adored the faux-documentary Lake Mungo, so I wrote up a little something about it. No major spoilers. www.onceupontheweird.com/lake-mungo-a...
'Lake Mungo' and the Unsetting Horror of Sorrow
A grounded faux-documentary film that explores the haunting of a grieving family.
www.onceupontheweird.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I absolutely adored the faux-documentary Lake Mungo, so I wrote up a little something about it. No major spoilers. www.onceupontheweird.com/lake-mungo-a...
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If you want more events in a specific region—attend them! Spread the word. Share those posts.
If you want to see more XYZ indie games—wishlist, download and leave positive reviews!
I'm tired of everyone asking for (insert request) and then not engaging in a way that can encourage organizers...
If you want to see more XYZ indie games—wishlist, download and leave positive reviews!
I'm tired of everyone asking for (insert request) and then not engaging in a way that can encourage organizers...
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
If you want more events in a specific region—attend them! Spread the word. Share those posts.
If you want to see more XYZ indie games—wishlist, download and leave positive reviews!
I'm tired of everyone asking for (insert request) and then not engaging in a way that can encourage organizers...
If you want to see more XYZ indie games—wishlist, download and leave positive reviews!
I'm tired of everyone asking for (insert request) and then not engaging in a way that can encourage organizers...
I absolutely adored the faux-documentary Lake Mungo, so I wrote up a little something about it. No major spoilers. www.onceupontheweird.com/lake-mungo-a...
'Lake Mungo' and the Unsetting Horror of Sorrow
A grounded faux-documentary film that explores the haunting of a grieving family.
www.onceupontheweird.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I absolutely adored the faux-documentary Lake Mungo, so I wrote up a little something about it. No major spoilers. www.onceupontheweird.com/lake-mungo-a...
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Proper credits for everyone who contributed.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Proper credits for everyone who contributed.
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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Dang. Somebody wrote a really nice and thoughtful review of For Gregg on the IFDB. Thanks so much!!
ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
For Gregg
You are a manager of a team of very important business analysts. You have been given the task of working with your company's newly-purchased project management software to review the performance of yo...
ifdb.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dang. Somebody wrote a really nice and thoughtful review of For Gregg on the IFDB. Thanks so much!!
ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...
WEAPONS was wild. I don’t even fully understand, but I think I love it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
WEAPONS was wild. I don’t even fully understand, but I think I love it.
My Culture Consumption for October is up, with all the books, movies, TV, and games I loved last month. andrea-blythe.beehiiv.com/p/culture-co...
Culture Consumption: October 2025
All the books, movies, television, and games I enjoyed over the last month
andrea-blythe.beehiiv.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My Culture Consumption for October is up, with all the books, movies, TV, and games I loved last month. andrea-blythe.beehiiv.com/p/culture-co...
Woke up to rain and spent my morning by the window drinking coffee. Wrote:
rain on the sidewalk
children in slickers wander
the maze of pathways
their little feet pattering
in the damp
rain on the sidewalk
children in slickers wander
the maze of pathways
their little feet pattering
in the damp
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Woke up to rain and spent my morning by the window drinking coffee. Wrote:
rain on the sidewalk
children in slickers wander
the maze of pathways
their little feet pattering
in the damp
rain on the sidewalk
children in slickers wander
the maze of pathways
their little feet pattering
in the damp
Starting Outer Worlds 2. Got stuck on a name, and ended up calling my character Commantha. lol.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Starting Outer Worlds 2. Got stuck on a name, and ended up calling my character Commantha. lol.
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Literally just had a visit from the FBI over these drawings. I wasn’t home, but they talked to my ex-wife, said they were there because of my “social media drawings”.
This is a fascist government.
This is a fascist government.
Drawing takes my mind off the news, and helps me envision are more just and beautiful world. Wish fulfillment, I know, but the good thing about wishing is that sometimes...it leads to action and reality.
This is pen and ink and then toned quick and dirty in photoshop.
This is pen and ink and then toned quick and dirty in photoshop.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Literally just had a visit from the FBI over these drawings. I wasn’t home, but they talked to my ex-wife, said they were there because of my “social media drawings”.
This is a fascist government.
This is a fascist government.
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They got all 105 subs, but you should STILL GO AND SUB
WE ARE SO FREAKING CLOSE, can we find 105 people to subscribe to The Flytrap until the end of the day so we can get to work to create feminist journalism for y'all for another year? the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
They got all 105 subs, but you should STILL GO AND SUB
It's weird how the brain doesn't always immediately catch up to physical reality. I'm fully moved into my new apartment, but it doesn't feel real. Some part of me keeps thinking, "Oh, nice vacation, but when am I going home?"
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's weird how the brain doesn't always immediately catch up to physical reality. I'm fully moved into my new apartment, but it doesn't feel real. Some part of me keeps thinking, "Oh, nice vacation, but when am I going home?"
Not a baseball fan, but DAMN that was a hell of a game.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Not a baseball fan, but DAMN that was a hell of a game.
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@gamegrin.com reviewed Monochrome Heights! In particular we love this quote, "Monochrome Heights is an incredibly challenging game that I really like, but damn it makes me angry."
www.gamegrin.com/reviews/mono...
www.gamegrin.com/reviews/mono...
Monochrome Heights Review | GameGrin
Past wars have devastated the world in Monochrome Heights, and once again, it is being threatened by a dangerous enemy...
www.gamegrin.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@gamegrin.com reviewed Monochrome Heights! In particular we love this quote, "Monochrome Heights is an incredibly challenging game that I really like, but damn it makes me angry."
www.gamegrin.com/reviews/mono...
www.gamegrin.com/reviews/mono...
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Finished IMMORTALITY. Barlow and his team's method of allowing the player to shape the narrative through discovery is truely fascinating. I genuinely can't think of any other games like Her Story or Immortality in the way things are pieced together through fragements.
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Finished IMMORTALITY. Barlow and his team's method of allowing the player to shape the narrative through discovery is truely fascinating. I genuinely can't think of any other games like Her Story or Immortality in the way things are pieced together through fragements.
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Threshold, Who's Lila?, *and* Mouthwashing? It's a steal just for those three!
Brilliant horror bundle here. Shame I'd have to play with no sound for like two months www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-... (IYKYK - www.eurogamer.net/please-tell-...)
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
www.humblebundle.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Threshold, Who's Lila?, *and* Mouthwashing? It's a steal just for those three!
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Great 🧵on the current state of game industry. As I've said before: things were better before investors in general discovered that you could make money making games.
A lot of the business failures of the games industry are really rooted in this desire to create a product that dominates the market. The recent Amazon thing really highlights that: they wanted to create a product that outperformed Steam, but they didn't understand Steam or what the audience wanted.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Great 🧵on the current state of game industry. As I've said before: things were better before investors in general discovered that you could make money making games.
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There’s a sudden influx of people asking what Sweet Baby Inc *do*. So here I am, a Sweet Baby Inc employee, to tell you: we are writers & narrative designers! We write and help create stories, all with the enthusiastic consent of the studios who hire us!
Great thread about that here! \/\/
Great thread about that here! \/\/
I am summoned
Yeah, hugely disappointed by Shesez here. Sweet Baby Inc was not "designed to consult and steer more inclusion" into games. They are brought on purposefully as a second opinion on narrative by large studios. They're script doctors. There's no pressure campaign to hire them.
Yeah, hugely disappointed by Shesez here. Sweet Baby Inc was not "designed to consult and steer more inclusion" into games. They are brought on purposefully as a second opinion on narrative by large studios. They're script doctors. There's no pressure campaign to hire them.
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
There’s a sudden influx of people asking what Sweet Baby Inc *do*. So here I am, a Sweet Baby Inc employee, to tell you: we are writers & narrative designers! We write and help create stories, all with the enthusiastic consent of the studios who hire us!
Great thread about that here! \/\/
Great thread about that here! \/\/
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Re-reposting this to urge you to read it, and to support Alyssa’s incredible journalism however you can.
I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.
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[Exclusive] The White House Responds To Its Use of Halo Imagery: 'Yet Another War Ended Under President Trump's Watch' | Alyssa Mercante - Video Games, Internet Culture & More
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October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Re-reposting this to urge you to read it, and to support Alyssa’s incredible journalism however you can.