almoghost.exe 👻
@almoghost.bsky.social
Ghostly scientist interested in communication, art, games, research and education. 👻👾📚
Academic account: @andrealmo.bsky.social
Website: andrealmo.com
Icon by me. | (PT/EN/ES/日本語) | 🇧🇷🇮🇪
Academic account: @andrealmo.bsky.social
Website: andrealmo.com
Icon by me. | (PT/EN/ES/日本語) | 🇧🇷🇮🇪
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proud of my simple Halloween costume this year 🧟♂️💀👻🎃
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
proud of my simple Halloween costume this year 🧟♂️💀👻🎃
I recently took a nighttime trip and had to wait for a connecting train for an hour. It wasn't too bad, though. It was dark and quiet; there was peace in that stillness. I wrote a cinquain, a poetic form created by Adelaide Crapsey, about it.
almoghost-exe.itch.io/train-to-tra...
almoghost-exe.itch.io/train-to-tra...
Train to Tralee by almoghost.exe
A cinquain about a train ride at night.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I recently took a nighttime trip and had to wait for a connecting train for an hour. It wasn't too bad, though. It was dark and quiet; there was peace in that stillness. I wrote a cinquain, a poetic form created by Adelaide Crapsey, about it.
almoghost-exe.itch.io/train-to-tra...
almoghost-exe.itch.io/train-to-tra...
I made a short game poem about taking a bus in Dublin. I went local with its title, '83 to Kimmage'! 🚍 ☘️
Check it out here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/83-to-kimmage
Check it out here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/83-to-kimmage
83 to Kimmage by almoghost.exe
A short bus poem.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I made a short game poem about taking a bus in Dublin. I went local with its title, '83 to Kimmage'! 🚍 ☘️
Check it out here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/83-to-kimmage
Check it out here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/83-to-kimmage
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As someone who loves gamification, productivity apps, and monster collecting, it was an honour to talk to Milton Ren, the creator of Focumon!
Focumon is a gamified tool where you collect, train and evolve creatures as you focus on your tasks. 👾
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Focumon is a gamified tool where you collect, train and evolve creatures as you focus on your tasks. 👾
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Focus, Collect, Repeat
Phantom Interviews #6
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As someone who loves gamification, productivity apps, and monster collecting, it was an honour to talk to Milton Ren, the creator of Focumon!
Focumon is a gamified tool where you collect, train and evolve creatures as you focus on your tasks. 👾
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Focumon is a gamified tool where you collect, train and evolve creatures as you focus on your tasks. 👾
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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Okay, I created another tiny thing...
'Tangent Book Club' is a short experience that tells the story of a group of friends who get together to discuss books, but their conversations always end up falling into tangents. 📚
Play it here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/tangent-book...
'Tangent Book Club' is a short experience that tells the story of a group of friends who get together to discuss books, but their conversations always end up falling into tangents. 📚
Play it here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/tangent-book...
Tangent Book Club by almoghost.exe
A short narrative game about a book club that struggles to discuss books.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
September 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Okay, I created another tiny thing...
'Tangent Book Club' is a short experience that tells the story of a group of friends who get together to discuss books, but their conversations always end up falling into tangents. 📚
Play it here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/tangent-book...
'Tangent Book Club' is a short experience that tells the story of a group of friends who get together to discuss books, but their conversations always end up falling into tangents. 📚
Play it here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/tangent-book...
We recently launched 'Greenia', a tabletop RPG where magic is connected to nature. After getting some amazing feedback, we decided to create some extra content, including unique scenarios, spells and NPCs! 🎲 🌳
🌿 Download the game for free here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
🌿 Download the game for free here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
September 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We recently launched 'Greenia', a tabletop RPG where magic is connected to nature. After getting some amazing feedback, we decided to create some extra content, including unique scenarios, spells and NPCs! 🎲 🌳
🌿 Download the game for free here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
🌿 Download the game for free here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
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the horrors persist and so do my deadlines
August 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the horrors persist and so do my deadlines
🐾 KIBBLE is out now!
A short pixel art game about the first day with your adopted dog — and how small moments turn into lifelong memories.
Built solo with GameMaker, Aseprite, and Beepbox.
🎮 Play here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/kibble
#IndieGame #PixelArt #ShortGame #KibbleGame #GameDev
A short pixel art game about the first day with your adopted dog — and how small moments turn into lifelong memories.
Built solo with GameMaker, Aseprite, and Beepbox.
🎮 Play here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/kibble
#IndieGame #PixelArt #ShortGame #KibbleGame #GameDev
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🐾 KIBBLE is out now!
A short pixel art game about the first day with your adopted dog — and how small moments turn into lifelong memories.
Built solo with GameMaker, Aseprite, and Beepbox.
🎮 Play here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/kibble
#IndieGame #PixelArt #ShortGame #KibbleGame #GameDev
A short pixel art game about the first day with your adopted dog — and how small moments turn into lifelong memories.
Built solo with GameMaker, Aseprite, and Beepbox.
🎮 Play here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/kibble
#IndieGame #PixelArt #ShortGame #KibbleGame #GameDev
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Games can educate, challenge, and open conversations — even around topics we often avoid.
I spoke with @square2mom.bsky.social about her award-winning game (val)iant, sex ed, emotional pacing, and care through play.
📰 Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#GameDev #SexEd
I spoke with @square2mom.bsky.social about her award-winning game (val)iant, sex ed, emotional pacing, and care through play.
📰 Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#GameDev #SexEd
Empowerment Through Interaction
Phantom Interviews #5
open.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Games can educate, challenge, and open conversations — even around topics we often avoid.
I spoke with @square2mom.bsky.social about her award-winning game (val)iant, sex ed, emotional pacing, and care through play.
📰 Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#GameDev #SexEd
I spoke with @square2mom.bsky.social about her award-winning game (val)iant, sex ed, emotional pacing, and care through play.
📰 Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#GameDev #SexEd
🌿 In Greenia, nature = magic.
✨ Created for the One-Page RPG Jam 2025, this short game lets players fight pollution, restore ecosystems and rebuild community while strengthening the land's magic.
A tiny RPG with a green heart. 💚
🔗 almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
#TTRPG
✨ Created for the One-Page RPG Jam 2025, this short game lets players fight pollution, restore ecosystems and rebuild community while strengthening the land's magic.
A tiny RPG with a green heart. 💚
🔗 almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
#TTRPG
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🌿 In Greenia, nature = magic.
✨ Created for the One-Page RPG Jam 2025, this short game lets players fight pollution, restore ecosystems and rebuild community while strengthening the land's magic.
A tiny RPG with a green heart. 💚
🔗 almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
#TTRPG
✨ Created for the One-Page RPG Jam 2025, this short game lets players fight pollution, restore ecosystems and rebuild community while strengthening the land's magic.
A tiny RPG with a green heart. 💚
🔗 almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
#TTRPG
I have created a fictional bakery website muahahaha
pay a virtual visit to the Swamp Bakery!! 🥖✨🐸
this was supposed to be a simple web development exercise, but I just couldn't resist and ended up illustrating all characters and menu items...
www.codedex.io/us3sQYJhIPB2...
pay a virtual visit to the Swamp Bakery!! 🥖✨🐸
this was supposed to be a simple web development exercise, but I just couldn't resist and ended up illustrating all characters and menu items...
www.codedex.io/us3sQYJhIPB2...
Builds
Swamp Bakery by almoghost
www.codedex.io
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I have created a fictional bakery website muahahaha
pay a virtual visit to the Swamp Bakery!! 🥖✨🐸
this was supposed to be a simple web development exercise, but I just couldn't resist and ended up illustrating all characters and menu items...
www.codedex.io/us3sQYJhIPB2...
pay a virtual visit to the Swamp Bakery!! 🥖✨🐸
this was supposed to be a simple web development exercise, but I just couldn't resist and ended up illustrating all characters and menu items...
www.codedex.io/us3sQYJhIPB2...
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Just published an interview with comfiedev (Samuli Pietikäinen) on experimental game design, spoken word pacing, and building digital split EPs.
We talked about his recent game releases and what it means to make small, strange games.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
We talked about his recent game releases and what it means to make small, strange games.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
A-Side / B-Side: On Games as Split EPs and Slam Poems
Phantom Interviews #4
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just published an interview with comfiedev (Samuli Pietikäinen) on experimental game design, spoken word pacing, and building digital split EPs.
We talked about his recent game releases and what it means to make small, strange games.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
We talked about his recent game releases and what it means to make small, strange games.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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After being introduced to the concept of game poems, I've been neck deep in this small, niche space. I've recently had a conversation with Brendan Allen, writer and game developer, discussing his work and how constrained engines can bring out creativity.
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Verse, Code, and Constraint: Game Design as Poetic Practice
Phantom Interviews #3
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
After being introduced to the concept of game poems, I've been neck deep in this small, niche space. I've recently had a conversation with Brendan Allen, writer and game developer, discussing his work and how constrained engines can bring out creativity.
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
June 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Was a pleasure to be interviewed! Thank you for the opportunity!
mobOS isn’t just a game — it’s a full-blown operating system that brings that early 2000s internet back: desktop pets, dodgy downloads, and a programming language you can use to build games inside the game.
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
A World Inside an Old PC: A Look at mobOS
Phantom Interviews #2
open.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Was a pleasure to be interviewed! Thank you for the opportunity!
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mobOS isn’t just a game — it’s a full-blown operating system that brings that early 2000s internet back: desktop pets, dodgy downloads, and a programming language you can use to build games inside the game.
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
A World Inside an Old PC: A Look at mobOS
Phantom Interviews #2
open.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
mobOS isn’t just a game — it’s a full-blown operating system that brings that early 2000s internet back: desktop pets, dodgy downloads, and a programming language you can use to build games inside the game.
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Read my full interview with @palmonds.dev: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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I’ve played games all my life, studied them in my PhD, and always thought about how many possibilities there were in game design — and Jordan Magnuson’s concept of "game poems" makes that range even greater.
Full piece here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Full piece here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Playable Poetry: Exploring the Concept of "Game Poems"
Phantom Interviews #1
open.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ve played games all my life, studied them in my PhD, and always thought about how many possibilities there were in game design — and Jordan Magnuson’s concept of "game poems" makes that range even greater.
Full piece here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Full piece here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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Phasmophobia is a superb game, and a few years ago, I went digital ghost hunting with two friends. We were a good team – a coward, a daredevil, and a runner. But one of us didn't make it. 👻
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
The Van, The Brave, and The Doomed
Tales from the Crypt #8
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Phasmophobia is a superb game, and a few years ago, I went digital ghost hunting with two friends. We were a good team – a coward, a daredevil, and a runner. But one of us didn't make it. 👻
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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Before the days of digital subscription services, the best way to get access to movies and games was paying a visit to your local video rental store. 🕹 🎮
I've wrote about my experiences during this short moment in history in this week's 'LudoSpectre': open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
I've wrote about my experiences during this short moment in history in this week's 'LudoSpectre': open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Temporary Treasures: Game Rent Nostalgia
Tales from the Crypt #7
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Before the days of digital subscription services, the best way to get access to movies and games was paying a visit to your local video rental store. 🕹 🎮
I've wrote about my experiences during this short moment in history in this week's 'LudoSpectre': open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
I've wrote about my experiences during this short moment in history in this week's 'LudoSpectre': open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
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I grew up being obsessed with Tamagotchi, Digimon, and Mega Man (maybe this all led me to a PhD in Computer Science).
Looking back now more than ever, these stories offered more than nostalgia. Check my full piece about these fictional digital companions: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Looking back now more than ever, these stories offered more than nostalgia. Check my full piece about these fictional digital companions: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Living Code: Digital Beings and the Real World
Cultural Séances #4
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I grew up being obsessed with Tamagotchi, Digimon, and Mega Man (maybe this all led me to a PhD in Computer Science).
Looking back now more than ever, these stories offered more than nostalgia. Check my full piece about these fictional digital companions: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Looking back now more than ever, these stories offered more than nostalgia. Check my full piece about these fictional digital companions: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Reposted by almoghost.exe 👻
Stardew Valley is a cosy farming sim, but why does Pelican Town rely so much on one farmer’s generosity?
In LudoSpectre’s first guest post, Vladimir Pedro explores the game’s hidden economic themes!
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#StardewValley #GameAnalysis #LudoSpectre #IndieGames
In LudoSpectre’s first guest post, Vladimir Pedro explores the game’s hidden economic themes!
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#StardewValley #GameAnalysis #LudoSpectre #IndieGames
King of the Valley — Money and private funding in Stardew Valley
Cultural Séances #3
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Stardew Valley is a cosy farming sim, but why does Pelican Town rely so much on one farmer’s generosity?
In LudoSpectre’s first guest post, Vladimir Pedro explores the game’s hidden economic themes!
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#StardewValley #GameAnalysis #LudoSpectre #IndieGames
In LudoSpectre’s first guest post, Vladimir Pedro explores the game’s hidden economic themes!
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
#StardewValley #GameAnalysis #LudoSpectre #IndieGames
