John William Evelyn
@johnwilliamevelyn.bsky.social
Quietly making things. Games, music, illustration, stories.
Created "The Collage Atlas"
Next "The Wings of Sycamore"
http://johnevelyn.com 🍃
Created "The Collage Atlas"
Next "The Wings of Sycamore"
http://johnevelyn.com 🍃
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We’re going to Gamayo!
And what’s even better is we’re showing a demo of A Line Held Tight. If you’re going and you recognise us please come say hi! This will be our first time showing a game publicly in a very long time, and we’ll be excited and nervous in varying measures.
See you there!
And what’s even better is we’re showing a demo of A Line Held Tight. If you’re going and you recognise us please come say hi! This will be our first time showing a game publicly in a very long time, and we’ll be excited and nervous in varying measures.
See you there!
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We’re going to Gamayo!
And what’s even better is we’re showing a demo of A Line Held Tight. If you’re going and you recognise us please come say hi! This will be our first time showing a game publicly in a very long time, and we’ll be excited and nervous in varying measures.
See you there!
And what’s even better is we’re showing a demo of A Line Held Tight. If you’re going and you recognise us please come say hi! This will be our first time showing a game publicly in a very long time, and we’ll be excited and nervous in varying measures.
See you there!
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I've been working with Geometry Nodes in Blender to make a system for authoring patchwork meadows for my game The Wings of Sycamore
#blender
#blender
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I've been working with Geometry Nodes in Blender to make a system for authoring patchwork meadows for my game The Wings of Sycamore
#blender
#blender
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i don’t exactly blame devs for signing bad deals with publishers. in a lot of cases i imagine they feel it’s the only way their game will ever get made and they probably right
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
i don’t exactly blame devs for signing bad deals with publishers. in a lot of cases i imagine they feel it’s the only way their game will ever get made and they probably right
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i often see people say “you don’t need a publisher” etc as if most developers don’t understand that. but games do require labour and labour requires payment
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
i often see people say “you don’t need a publisher” etc as if most developers don’t understand that. but games do require labour and labour requires payment
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So our game is about remote control human beings #IndieGameDev
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So our game is about remote control human beings #IndieGameDev
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Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
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Thrilled to share the illustration I created for my friend's play, "Kill the Dinosaur", currently being performed in London!
October 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thrilled to share the illustration I created for my friend's play, "Kill the Dinosaur", currently being performed in London!
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Get ready to hear me rant about start up culture bleeding into indie dev, and why we should be making our dream games! 👀
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
September 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Get ready to hear me rant about start up culture bleeding into indie dev, and why we should be making our dream games! 👀
This French language channel did a very lovely playthrough video of my game 'The Collage Atlas'.
It was really heartening to see it really connect with someone. youtu.be/I8X6Xn6_hak?...
It was really heartening to see it really connect with someone. youtu.be/I8X6Xn6_hak?...
Un jeu vidéo peut-il nous aider à guérir ? (The Collage Atlas)
YouTube video by MARKHO
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This French language channel did a very lovely playthrough video of my game 'The Collage Atlas'.
It was really heartening to see it really connect with someone. youtu.be/I8X6Xn6_hak?...
It was really heartening to see it really connect with someone. youtu.be/I8X6Xn6_hak?...
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
September 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
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We’re excited to share some news: the demo for our new project, A Line Held Tight, is available today! You can get access by joining our aptly named ‘Demo Access’ tier on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/demo-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/demo-a...
A Demo Arrives | humble grove
Get more from humble grove on Patreon
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September 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We’re excited to share some news: the demo for our new project, A Line Held Tight, is available today! You can get access by joining our aptly named ‘Demo Access’ tier on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/demo-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/demo-a...
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We've been working on our game's story recently. And in the process have created a very normal, 100% not weird, timeline!
#indiegamedev
#indiegamedev
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've been working on our game's story recently. And in the process have created a very normal, 100% not weird, timeline!
#indiegamedev
#indiegamedev
Currently busy doing huge amounts of landscaping and world design for The Wings of Sycamore.
There's something weirdly deflating about working flat-out and then committing to repo and seeing the file has grown by...only 200kb
There's something weirdly deflating about working flat-out and then committing to repo and seeing the file has grown by...only 200kb
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Currently busy doing huge amounts of landscaping and world design for The Wings of Sycamore.
There's something weirdly deflating about working flat-out and then committing to repo and seeing the file has grown by...only 200kb
There's something weirdly deflating about working flat-out and then committing to repo and seeing the file has grown by...only 200kb
Pretty horrifying Resident Evil trailer: trainers on the bed.
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Pretty horrifying Resident Evil trailer: trainers on the bed.
It's happened, I've started naming files for my game "_final". That's surely gotta do something, right??
August 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's happened, I've started naming files for my game "_final". That's surely gotta do something, right??
Working on some mountain region terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
You can see more of my dev progress on insta: www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
You can see more of my dev progress on insta: www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
July 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Working on some mountain region terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
You can see more of my dev progress on insta: www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
You can see more of my dev progress on insta: www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
A little test-flight through some block-out terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
See more on
www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
www.tiktok.com/@johnwilliam...
See more on
www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
www.tiktok.com/@johnwilliam...
July 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A little test-flight through some block-out terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
See more on
www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
www.tiktok.com/@johnwilliam...
See more on
www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
www.tiktok.com/@johnwilliam...
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we are in the indie showcase in the develop expo all day today, come and get some sweet stickers
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
we are in the indie showcase in the develop expo all day today, come and get some sweet stickers
Highly recommend giving this a look, it's really very cool.
If you're at Develop this week, we will be showing our new thing in the Indie Showcase, so come say hi!
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Highly recommend giving this a look, it's really very cool.
New dev update for The Wings of Sycamore over on TikTok...
All about hand-crafting my little game world.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdfs5r9B/
All about hand-crafting my little game world.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdfs5r9B/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New dev update for The Wings of Sycamore over on TikTok...
All about hand-crafting my little game world.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdfs5r9B/
All about hand-crafting my little game world.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdfs5r9B/
Breath of the Mario Kart is extremely good.
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Breath of the Mario Kart is extremely good.
My entirely pen & ink, actually-was-drawn-on-paper, first-person adventure is 50% off this weekend (Steam, PC).
lose yourself in a peaceful, meditative, picture-book world.
Reviews are greatly appreciated - good, bad, or indifferent 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
lose yourself in a peaceful, meditative, picture-book world.
Reviews are greatly appreciated - good, bad, or indifferent 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
May 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My entirely pen & ink, actually-was-drawn-on-paper, first-person adventure is 50% off this weekend (Steam, PC).
lose yourself in a peaceful, meditative, picture-book world.
Reviews are greatly appreciated - good, bad, or indifferent 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
lose yourself in a peaceful, meditative, picture-book world.
Reviews are greatly appreciated - good, bad, or indifferent 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
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New Patreon exclusive post and video on our approach to world building 🌍
www.patreon.com/c/humblegrove
www.patreon.com/c/humblegrove
May 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New Patreon exclusive post and video on our approach to world building 🌍
www.patreon.com/c/humblegrove
www.patreon.com/c/humblegrove
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After about 2 years my strange
clockwork-cosmic-horror-narrative-card/boardgame
Is released! Proud of this one, hope it does well enough for me to keep exploring this unique and exciting avenue of game dev.
clockwork-cosmic-horror-narrative-card/boardgame
Is released! Proud of this one, hope it does well enough for me to keep exploring this unique and exciting avenue of game dev.
🌜The House is finally open 🌛
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card-crafting RPG
🕯️Uncover the dark secrets of Highrook Manor
🌙Manage your team of investigators
🔥Summon Ancient Demons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjG...
store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/...
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card-crafting RPG
🕯️Uncover the dark secrets of Highrook Manor
🌙Manage your team of investigators
🔥Summon Ancient Demons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjG...
store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/...
The Horror At Highrook - Release Trailer
YouTube video by tomnullpointer
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
After about 2 years my strange
clockwork-cosmic-horror-narrative-card/boardgame
Is released! Proud of this one, hope it does well enough for me to keep exploring this unique and exciting avenue of game dev.
clockwork-cosmic-horror-narrative-card/boardgame
Is released! Proud of this one, hope it does well enough for me to keep exploring this unique and exciting avenue of game dev.