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
'Tis Christmas and I offer a Crashbook to read. Twenty-seven games I spotted but have not played. Are they good or are they not so good? That is the question Shakespeare once mused. The unplayed games are here: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Oeuf, Prophet Margin, Katanaut, Keeper.
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Oeuf, Prophet Margin, Katanaut, Keeper.
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
'Tis Christmas and I offer a Crashbook to read. Twenty-seven games I spotted but have not played. Are they good or are they not so good? That is the question Shakespeare once mused. The unplayed games are here: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Oeuf, Prophet Margin, Katanaut, Keeper.
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Oeuf, Prophet Margin, Katanaut, Keeper.
Another day, another Crashbook. This is a joke, of course, as I haven't posted a new Crashbook for months. But here it is: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Cadence, Caput Mortum, Denshattack!, Horsess
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Cadence, Caput Mortum, Denshattack!, Horsess
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another day, another Crashbook. This is a joke, of course, as I haven't posted a new Crashbook for months. But here it is: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Cadence, Caput Mortum, Denshattack!, Horsess
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Cadence, Caput Mortum, Denshattack!, Horsess
A week ago I posted the latest Crashbook containing 27 games I haven't played. Today, I actually post about it on social media. Find them all on the site here: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: 9 Kings, Apparatus Examinus, Archrebel Tactics, Blippo+
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: 9 Kings, Apparatus Examinus, Archrebel Tactics, Blippo+
December 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A week ago I posted the latest Crashbook containing 27 games I haven't played. Today, I actually post about it on social media. Find them all on the site here: www.electrondance.co...
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: 9 Kings, Apparatus Examinus, Archrebel Tactics, Blippo+
SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: 9 Kings, Apparatus Examinus, Archrebel Tactics, Blippo+
This Christmas I made a short twine that needed my two children to coordinate a search for infrastructure id codes eg. lamp post, a bridge. The reward was the final Xmas present (the board game Diatoms).
It worked great, was fun watching live video feed of my daughter running around the streets 😂
It worked great, was fun watching live video feed of my daughter running around the streets 😂
December 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This Christmas I made a short twine that needed my two children to coordinate a search for infrastructure id codes eg. lamp post, a bridge. The reward was the final Xmas present (the board game Diatoms).
It worked great, was fun watching live video feed of my daughter running around the streets 😂
It worked great, was fun watching live video feed of my daughter running around the streets 😂
Grudge match with @vfig.bsky.social #DavesWordGame
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Grudge match with @vfig.bsky.social #DavesWordGame
Awesome - Woodworm has been released commercially! The original free version was an ingenious little thing and much harder than you'd expect. store.steampowered.com/app/3404590/...
Save 10% on Woodworm on Steam
Woodworm is a grid-based puzzle game about carving bite-sized wooden sculptures. Chomp your way through blocks of wood to create new shapes, while managing gravity and tricky geometry!
store.steampowered.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Awesome - Woodworm has been released commercially! The original free version was an ingenious little thing and much harder than you'd expect. store.steampowered.com/app/3404590/...
Last reminder that I wrote a short post on the bite-sized DAVE'S WORD GAME. "So far I’ve never scored a full board, but I have scored a board minus one. This is the way."
In fact, I have scored a full board since posting the article. HA.
Read: www.electrondance.co...
In fact, I have scored a full board since posting the article. HA.
Read: www.electrondance.co...
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Last reminder that I wrote a short post on the bite-sized DAVE'S WORD GAME. "So far I’ve never scored a full board, but I have scored a board minus one. This is the way."
In fact, I have scored a full board since posting the article. HA.
Read: www.electrondance.co...
In fact, I have scored a full board since posting the article. HA.
Read: www.electrondance.co...
Joel's words on DAVE'S WORD GAME. "Five minutes of picking out words you like morphs into fifteen minutes of headshotting critical targets with laser precision because you give the FULLEST of fucks, plotting not just the next move, but the next move beyond."
Read here: www.electrondance.co...
Read here: www.electrondance.co...
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Joel's words on DAVE'S WORD GAME. "Five minutes of picking out words you like morphs into fifteen minutes of headshotting critical targets with laser precision because you give the FULLEST of fucks, plotting not just the next move, but the next move beyond."
Read here: www.electrondance.co...
Read here: www.electrondance.co...
On Dave's Word Game from @bearwaves.com: "There’s nothing like miscalculating and finishing a row, seeing your hard work at assembling a 4×4 strike vandalised with renewed letters, like so much GRAFFITI."
A few more words on the subject can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
A few more words on the subject can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On Dave's Word Game from @bearwaves.com: "There’s nothing like miscalculating and finishing a row, seeing your hard work at assembling a 4×4 strike vandalised with renewed letters, like so much GRAFFITI."
A few more words on the subject can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
A few more words on the subject can be found here: www.electrondance.co...
After seeing discussions about the game's dictionary today, I fear I might have just mistyped. It's not the first time I got the proportionally think I's in the wrong place
A very nicely written review as always, with the flavour I always expect!
However, I regret that I have to inform my favourite games writer Joel Goodwin that he was wrong about TANTALISE being missing from the word list
I think it might have been a case of a typo ;) (hopefully not a bug 😬)
However, I regret that I have to inform my favourite games writer Joel Goodwin that he was wrong about TANTALISE being missing from the word list
I think it might have been a case of a typo ;) (hopefully not a bug 😬)
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After seeing discussions about the game's dictionary today, I fear I might have just mistyped. It's not the first time I got the proportionally think I's in the wrong place
"You got the six-letter word HOUSES? Nice, have six points. You got the six-letter word ZYGOTE? Nice, have six points. Oh, you sweated over it? Nice, have six points. You think you deserve more? Nice, have six points." I wrote about my current daily crush, DAVE'S WORD GAME: www.electrondance.co...
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"You got the six-letter word HOUSES? Nice, have six points. You got the six-letter word ZYGOTE? Nice, have six points. Oh, you sweated over it? Nice, have six points. You think you deserve more? Nice, have six points." I wrote about my current daily crush, DAVE'S WORD GAME: www.electrondance.co...
Reposted by Electron Dance
Ok this is pretty fun
Tempted to add this to the Lexispell lol
Tempted to add this to the Lexispell lol
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ok this is pretty fun
Tempted to add this to the Lexispell lol
Tempted to add this to the Lexispell lol
Reposted by Electron Dance
I made myself a Cinco Paus shirt. Fifty magic sigils 🤘🤘
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I made myself a Cinco Paus shirt. Fifty magic sigils 🤘🤘
Yup, 255 passages now, almost at the magic number of 16²
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yup, 255 passages now, almost at the magic number of 16²
Well @vfig.bsky.social I guess this is how it's going to be going forward, forever trumping my WISDOM with your OBSTINATE words
December 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Well @vfig.bsky.social I guess this is how it's going to be going forward, forever trumping my WISDOM with your OBSTINATE words
So I finally finally cleared the board in Dave's Word Game and I've managed to achieve a score worse than yesterday's towering 200, this is unfair and I demand emotional reparations
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
So I finally finally cleared the board in Dave's Word Game and I've managed to achieve a score worse than yesterday's towering 200, this is unfair and I demand emotional reparations
I was quite proud of the work I did here today. Best score I've ever pulled off in Dave's Word Game.
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I was quite proud of the work I did here today. Best score I've ever pulled off in Dave's Word Game.
Just like that old IT adage: you should always eat your own crabfood
Hmmmm I wonder why I played so much of this in 2025
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just like that old IT adage: you should always eat your own crabfood
Reposted by Electron Dance
I originally pitched the title
"Dave's Word Game Best Word Game Fun Relaxing Puzzle Brain Training With Friends 2025"
But the guys turned it down for being "obvious SEO bait", "bad for our brand" and "makes me want to vomit"
Too late to change it now Playdwg.com
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
"Dave's Word Game Best Word Game Fun Relaxing Puzzle Brain Training With Friends 2025"
But the guys turned it down for being "obvious SEO bait", "bad for our brand" and "makes me want to vomit"
Too late to change it now Playdwg.com
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
Dave's Word Game
A new daily word game. Find words, clear squares, and aim for the top score.
Playdwg.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I originally pitched the title
"Dave's Word Game Best Word Game Fun Relaxing Puzzle Brain Training With Friends 2025"
But the guys turned it down for being "obvious SEO bait", "bad for our brand" and "makes me want to vomit"
Too late to change it now Playdwg.com
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
"Dave's Word Game Best Word Game Fun Relaxing Puzzle Brain Training With Friends 2025"
But the guys turned it down for being "obvious SEO bait", "bad for our brand" and "makes me want to vomit"
Too late to change it now Playdwg.com
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
Reposted by Electron Dance
Random reminder that the last game I released is free - I teamed up with @1neila1.bsky.social and also @agaitcheson.bsky.social did a cool thing in it, and you can download it! It's golf meets platformer meets... shenanigans?
Xenosphere by Nifflas
A golf-like platformer with adaptive music
nifflas.itch.io
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Random reminder that the last game I released is free - I teamed up with @1neila1.bsky.social and also @agaitcheson.bsky.social did a cool thing in it, and you can download it! It's golf meets platformer meets... shenanigans?
can they be in the same bedroom
you should all play more indie games made by 1 to 4 gay people in their bedrooms
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
can they be in the same bedroom
To be fair, London does feel like it exists in its own private timezone
not saying I've gone abroad too often this year but I'm currently writing while on a train to Oxford and just looked at the time then reminded myself that I had to account for the......time difference? with London?
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To be fair, London does feel like it exists in its own private timezone
Reposted by Electron Dance
not saying I've gone abroad too often this year but I'm currently writing while on a train to Oxford and just looked at the time then reminded myself that I had to account for the......time difference? with London?
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
not saying I've gone abroad too often this year but I'm currently writing while on a train to Oxford and just looked at the time then reminded myself that I had to account for the......time difference? with London?
Reposted by Electron Dance
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposted by Electron Dance
