Ethan Clark
@ethanclark.bsky.social
Game Developer/Programmer. N Step Steve, Tauriel Teaches Typing, Bee Magic, and more. (they/them)
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Let me be clear.. EVERYBODY who has admin or mod privileges in ANY discord server that is even remotely adjacent to gamedev needs to @ everyone about what's going on, and they need to do it YESTERDAY. More ppl got caught up in this, coulda been avoided. Dont click links from ANYONE w/o interrogation
@rittzler.bsky.social (creator of Pseudoregalia), has had their Discord and email hacked and is linking to a virus in disguise. If you see anything linking to a game called "Furfall", DO NOT engage with it. It's not made by Rittz and isn't a real game (it's a Remote Access Trojan) DO NOT CLICK IT.
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Let me be clear.. EVERYBODY who has admin or mod privileges in ANY discord server that is even remotely adjacent to gamedev needs to @ everyone about what's going on, and they need to do it YESTERDAY. More ppl got caught up in this, coulda been avoided. Dont click links from ANYONE w/o interrogation
@dcellgames.com This is going to sound passive aggressive or whatever but I promise this is a genuine compliment: The overworld movement system in Unbeatable is *just* janky enough to be extremely funny. Truly the punk rock of movement systems.
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@dcellgames.com This is going to sound passive aggressive or whatever but I promise this is a genuine compliment: The overworld movement system in Unbeatable is *just* janky enough to be extremely funny. Truly the punk rock of movement systems.
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The thing about how "pixel art was designed for CRTs" always kind of annoys me because: Pokemon wasn't. Pokemon was released on the Game Boy, which used a liquid crystal display. Nobody ever seems to think to bring this up. Drives me mad!!!
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The thing about how "pixel art was designed for CRTs" always kind of annoys me because: Pokemon wasn't. Pokemon was released on the Game Boy, which used a liquid crystal display. Nobody ever seems to think to bring this up. Drives me mad!!!
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📢 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📢 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
What's the Password? is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles! Coming 2026.
🔎 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4095490
New blog post. I talk about how and why I added item (card) removal to my roguelike.
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Monthly Blog Post: November 2025
Welcome to yet another web log. This time, I’ll focus on a design problem I solved in my soon to be released game.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
New blog post. I talk about how and why I added item (card) removal to my roguelike.
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I've barely posted on this kind of social media anywhere but I have a reason to now. I made a game!!
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I've barely posted on this kind of social media anywhere but I have a reason to now. I made a game!!
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
It's called nuworm and you can play it for free in the browser.
I worked on it over three years, it might take you three hours to experience. cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm
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Developer of Bee Magic and N Step Steve, Ethan Clark, gave a multipurpose talk about making multipurpose puzzles!
@ethanclark.bsky.social
@ethanclark.bsky.social
Making Multi Purpose Puzzles - Ethan Clark (ThinkyCon 2025)
Ethan Clark joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Making Multi Purpose Puzzles"
Talk description: It's hard enough making a puzzle that does one thing. How do you design a puzzle that does multiple things? We'll talk about puzzles with multiple solutions, puzzles with multiple emotional
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November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Developer of Bee Magic and N Step Steve, Ethan Clark, gave a multipurpose talk about making multipurpose puzzles!
@ethanclark.bsky.social
@ethanclark.bsky.social
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
The demo for Parallel Dungeons is out! Even if you have roguelike fatigue (I know I do,) I promise this game brings something unique to the table. So please give it a try.
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Fight in multiple universes at the same time in the new Parallel Dungeons demo, out now for free!
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Parallel Dungeons Demo by Ethan Clark (EPICPIKAGUY)
The parallel universe roguelike
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November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The demo for Parallel Dungeons is out! Even if you have roguelike fatigue (I know I do,) I promise this game brings something unique to the table. So please give it a try.
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How it feels when you're doing last minute work on your demo and you discover that using bool(value) to cast to a bool basically crashes the game but ONLY on web builds and ONLY in Chromium.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How it feels when you're doing last minute work on your demo and you discover that using bool(value) to cast to a bool basically crashes the game but ONLY on web builds and ONLY in Chromium.
Realizing that I never put out a monthly blog post, so let's just do a quick mini-thread on what I've been busy with.
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Realizing that I never put out a monthly blog post, so let's just do a quick mini-thread on what I've been busy with.
I playtested this game and can confirm: it is at least twice as good as Cosmic Express. Perhaps thrice as good, even.
Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW!
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I playtested this game and can confirm: it is at least twice as good as Cosmic Express. Perhaps thrice as good, even.
In an effort to stay relevant with the kids, I have made a brand new N Step Steve level based on current trends. Level code in alt text if you want to play it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
In an effort to stay relevant with the kids, I have made a brand new N Step Steve level based on current trends. Level code in alt text if you want to play it.
Part 5 in my "How to make a game engine for WebAssembly" blog post is out. We *finally* get write gameplay code!
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How to make a game engine for WebAssembly: Part 5
(Table of contents)
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October 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Part 5 in my "How to make a game engine for WebAssembly" blog post is out. We *finally* get write gameplay code!
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In which I showcase the new character art that @lumsel.bsky.social made for Parallel Dungeons:
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Monthly Blog Post: August 2025
Parallel Dungeons has character art now
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September 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In which I showcase the new character art that @lumsel.bsky.social made for Parallel Dungeons:
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New blog post! I show you the prototypes for Sea Magic.
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Monthly Blog Post: July 2025
Sea Magic’s Puzzlescript prototype and more.
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August 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
New blog post! I show you the prototypes for Sea Magic.
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I think my copy of the new Homestuck trailer is broken.
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I think my copy of the new Homestuck trailer is broken.
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It's absurd and dystopian that payment processors get to decide what we can and can't see on the internet.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
July 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's absurd and dystopian that payment processors get to decide what we can and can't see on the internet.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
New blog post! I talk about the design process for Bee Magic.
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Monthly Blog Post: June 2025
Welcome back to the monthly blog post where I detail what happened last month.
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July 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
New blog post! I talk about the design process for Bee Magic.
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Corru Observer is still one of the coolest (free!) things you can experience in your web browser.
A wildly creative genre-hopping xenofiction mystery adventure about hacking into an alien biocomputer to discover why a visiting species cut off contact with humanity.
Huge recommendation from me.
A wildly creative genre-hopping xenofiction mystery adventure about hacking into an alien biocomputer to discover why a visiting species cut off contact with humanity.
Huge recommendation from me.
happy corruversary my friends! three years of corru.observer. thank you all for playing in and enjoying the world we've created!
years ago, I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to share it in a meaningful way that would really connect with people... if only I knew!!
years ago, I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to share it in a meaningful way that would really connect with people... if only I knew!!
July 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Corru Observer is still one of the coolest (free!) things you can experience in your web browser.
A wildly creative genre-hopping xenofiction mystery adventure about hacking into an alien biocomputer to discover why a visiting species cut off contact with humanity.
Huge recommendation from me.
A wildly creative genre-hopping xenofiction mystery adventure about hacking into an alien biocomputer to discover why a visiting species cut off contact with humanity.
Huge recommendation from me.
Part 4 in my "How to make a game engine for WebAssembly" blog post is out!
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How to make a game engine for WebAssembly: Part 4
(Table of contents)
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July 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Part 4 in my "How to make a game engine for WebAssembly" blog post is out!
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Out TODAY!! Leaving Home, my point-and-click adventure filled with quirky puzzles and moody tunes 💛
Free on mobile
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/leaving-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Premium experience on pc
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3726770/...
Itch: bartbonte.itch.io/leaving-home
Free on mobile
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/leaving-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Premium experience on pc
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3726770/...
Itch: bartbonte.itch.io/leaving-home
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Out TODAY!! Leaving Home, my point-and-click adventure filled with quirky puzzles and moody tunes 💛
Free on mobile
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/leaving-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Premium experience on pc
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3726770/...
Itch: bartbonte.itch.io/leaving-home
Free on mobile
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/leaving-...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Premium experience on pc
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3726770/...
Itch: bartbonte.itch.io/leaving-home
"The game only exists in the player's mind" is a decent design philosophy. Lots of very good results come from that mode of thinking, which is why it's adopted by approximately 99% of the industry.
But I don't think it should be treated like a universal truth.
But I don't think it should be treated like a universal truth.
June 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"The game only exists in the player's mind" is a decent design philosophy. Lots of very good results come from that mode of thinking, which is why it's adopted by approximately 99% of the industry.
But I don't think it should be treated like a universal truth.
But I don't think it should be treated like a universal truth.
New blog post in which I detail an exciting new milestone for The Words in your Mouth:
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Monthly Blog Post: May 2025
It’s pride month. You know what that means: time for May’s blog post.
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June 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
New blog post in which I detail an exciting new milestone for The Words in your Mouth:
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