Celia
@celia-14.bsky.social
👩💻 Hobbyist gamedev at https://celia14.itch.io/
💜 Big fan of thinky, narrative, and cute games
🔎 Talk to me about the narrative deduction genre
🏷️ She/her
💜 Big fan of thinky, narrative, and cute games
🔎 Talk to me about the narrative deduction genre
🏷️ She/her
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Celia
@celia-14.bsky.social
· Aug 15
jamwitch
jamwitch.itch.io
Some Jamwitch Games highlights from me and @rosekeller.bsky.social:
💙Nothing to Say is a sweet letter-unlocking dating sim
💜The Case of the Dungeon Descent is a non-linear mystery like Her Story
🩷Interstellar Connection is a puzzle game with an unfolding story
jamwitch.itch.io
#gamedev #indiedev
💙Nothing to Say is a sweet letter-unlocking dating sim
💜The Case of the Dungeon Descent is a non-linear mystery like Her Story
🩷Interstellar Connection is a puzzle game with an unfolding story
jamwitch.itch.io
#gamedev #indiedev
Finally had time to start Kinophobia tonight!! The gameplay so far as been me standing in a haunted reception area for an hour reading letterboxd reviews on my phone - which as a huge fan of fictional fiction, I am loving! Excited to get deeper into it.
My Ectocomp game, KINOPHOBIA, has been updated with various bug fixes and improvements; if you haven't played it, this is a final-polish version. Now that the jam is over, I've also set it to pay what you want, so you're welcome to pay me... if you want...
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Finally had time to start Kinophobia tonight!! The gameplay so far as been me standing in a haunted reception area for an hour reading letterboxd reviews on my phone - which as a huge fan of fictional fiction, I am loving! Excited to get deeper into it.
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Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of the past year in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
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I wrote a Post Mortem article about my first cozy game Magical Greenhouse, don't hesitate to check it if you're curious about the backstage! ✨🌸🎮 medium.com/@celia.margo...
#indiegames #indiegamedevs #cozygames #gameart
#indiegames #indiegamedevs #cozygames #gameart
Launching our first cozy game, learning & thoughts
Magical Greenhouse Post Mortem
medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I wrote a Post Mortem article about my first cozy game Magical Greenhouse, don't hesitate to check it if you're curious about the backstage! ✨🌸🎮 medium.com/@celia.margo...
#indiegames #indiegamedevs #cozygames #gameart
#indiegames #indiegamedevs #cozygames #gameart
Recently got time to play A Case of Fraud by @hesperusgames.bsky.social! What a delightful several hours of evidence-poring-over and blank-filling-in. The office drama was relatable and entertaining, the pet angle charming, the end of the game nice and challenging. Highly recommended!
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Recently got time to play A Case of Fraud by @hesperusgames.bsky.social! What a delightful several hours of evidence-poring-over and blank-filling-in. The office drama was relatable and entertaining, the pet angle charming, the end of the game nice and challenging. Highly recommended!
Some additional updates to my pokemon-inspired narrative deduction game, My Friends the Monster Trainers, today - I added sound and music, saving progress to local storage, and various smaller fixes.
I'm going to write a devlog about it too! Tomorrow.
I'm going to write a devlog about it too! Tomorrow.
This #LudumDare 's narrative deduction game: stuck at home while your friends go catch monsters and battle trainers, can you complete your Monster Tracker with deduction alone? Follow the story and search for tricky clues in your friends' letters.
celia14.itch.io/my-friends-t...
#ld58 #gamedev
celia14.itch.io/my-friends-t...
#ld58 #gamedev
My Friends the Monster Trainers by Celia, jamwitch
Gotta deduce 'em all!
celia14.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Some additional updates to my pokemon-inspired narrative deduction game, My Friends the Monster Trainers, today - I added sound and music, saving progress to local storage, and various smaller fixes.
I'm going to write a devlog about it too! Tomorrow.
I'm going to write a devlog about it too! Tomorrow.
Final small The Daily Spell update before a busy holiday weekend - I added some extra pages peeking out to give a bit more visual balance to the newspaper heading. Laying the game out has been a little tricky because of how wide the puzzles are! I'll keep playing with it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Final small The Daily Spell update before a busy holiday weekend - I added some extra pages peeking out to give a bit more visual balance to the newspaper heading. Laying the game out has been a little tricky because of how wide the puzzles are! I'll keep playing with it.
I added an archive page to my daily puzzle The Daily Spell! 🪄
My goal is that each week is its own chapter, so solving the whole archive isn't required - you can jump in any time.
This week's story just started if you want to try it!
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
#gamedev #puzzlegame #indiedev
My goal is that each week is its own chapter, so solving the whole archive isn't required - you can jump in any time.
This week's story just started if you want to try it!
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
#gamedev #puzzlegame #indiedev
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I added an archive page to my daily puzzle The Daily Spell! 🪄
My goal is that each week is its own chapter, so solving the whole archive isn't required - you can jump in any time.
This week's story just started if you want to try it!
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
#gamedev #puzzlegame #indiedev
My goal is that each week is its own chapter, so solving the whole archive isn't required - you can jump in any time.
This week's story just started if you want to try it!
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
#gamedev #puzzlegame #indiedev
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If you enjoyed The Roottrees are Dead, please consider nominating us for a Steam Award: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you enjoyed The Roottrees are Dead, please consider nominating us for a Steam Award: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Good thing to do if you're a terrible procrastinator: set short deadlines with external accountability.
Bad thing to do: set a recurring daily deadline for a small, hard task, so that you can suffer every single night. 🫠
Writing next week's puzzles for The Daily Spell is going fine, though!!
Bad thing to do: set a recurring daily deadline for a small, hard task, so that you can suffer every single night. 🫠
Writing next week's puzzles for The Daily Spell is going fine, though!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Good thing to do if you're a terrible procrastinator: set short deadlines with external accountability.
Bad thing to do: set a recurring daily deadline for a small, hard task, so that you can suffer every single night. 🫠
Writing next week's puzzles for The Daily Spell is going fine, though!!
Bad thing to do: set a recurring daily deadline for a small, hard task, so that you can suffer every single night. 🫠
Writing next week's puzzles for The Daily Spell is going fine, though!!
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Really enjoying @celia-14.bsky.social 's new game The Daily Spell - jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp... - it's a daily drop quote game that expands the lore of a magical world.
The Daily Spell by jamwitch, Celia
Drop letters into place to unscramble today's magical headline. ✨ New puzzle and story daily!
jamwitch.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Really enjoying @celia-14.bsky.social 's new game The Daily Spell - jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp... - it's a daily drop quote game that expands the lore of a magical world.
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I’ve been so busy with my game I haven’t gotten to try any of the other entries yet! Lots of intriguing ones!
The ThinkyCon jam is over, which means a whole bunch of new puzzle games to try out! We’ve rounded up a few highlights!
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
1/14
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
1/14
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ve been so busy with my game I haven’t gotten to try any of the other entries yet! Lots of intriguing ones!
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Another daily word game is Daily Spell! The goal is to spell a headline and reveal the newspaper story. It’s by jamwitch, who have made a couple other cute, free puzzle games featured in our database!
@jamwitch-games.bsky.social
jamwitch.itch.io/the...
8/14
@jamwitch-games.bsky.social
jamwitch.itch.io/the...
8/14
The Daily Spell by jamwitch, Celia
Drop letters into place to unscramble today's magical headline. ✨ New puzzle and story daily! Play in your browser
jamwitch.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Another daily word game is Daily Spell! The goal is to spell a headline and reveal the newspaper story. It’s by jamwitch, who have made a couple other cute, free puzzle games featured in our database!
@jamwitch-games.bsky.social
jamwitch.itch.io/the...
8/14
@jamwitch-games.bsky.social
jamwitch.itch.io/the...
8/14
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Mind Diver goes on its first sale!
20% off as part of the amazing AdventureX festival. Tons of other incredible narrative games are also featured!
Get Mind Diver here: store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/...
Check out AdvX here:
store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...
#gamedev #gaming
20% off as part of the amazing AdventureX festival. Tons of other incredible narrative games are also featured!
Get Mind Diver here: store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/...
Check out AdvX here:
store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...
#gamedev #gaming
Mind Diver on Steam
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the vict...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mind Diver goes on its first sale!
20% off as part of the amazing AdventureX festival. Tons of other incredible narrative games are also featured!
Get Mind Diver here: store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/...
Check out AdvX here:
store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...
#gamedev #gaming
20% off as part of the amazing AdventureX festival. Tons of other incredible narrative games are also featured!
Get Mind Diver here: store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/...
Check out AdvX here:
store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...
#gamedev #gaming
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As of this morning, PSI is Puzzle Complete: Every puzzle is fully coded, in-game with final art, and has all working hints. There's still PLENTY to do, including puzzle testing (especially for the one we just finished) & story and art, but this is a big milestone! 🎉
#puzzleGame #indieGame #gameDev
#puzzleGame #indieGame #gameDev
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As of this morning, PSI is Puzzle Complete: Every puzzle is fully coded, in-game with final art, and has all working hints. There's still PLENTY to do, including puzzle testing (especially for the one we just finished) & story and art, but this is a big milestone! 🎉
#puzzleGame #indieGame #gameDev
#puzzleGame #indieGame #gameDev
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40 games were submitted to the ThinkyCon jam! There's word games, sokobans, rule-discovery games, and a bunch more which you can find here!
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
40 games were submitted to the ThinkyCon jam! There's word games, sokobans, rule-discovery games, and a bunch more which you can find here!
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
Besides the remaining pieces I need to build for The Daily Spell, I put myself on the hook to write a bunch more puzzles/story. Then I want to loop back on My Friends the Monster Trainers and make a couple finishing tweaks. And devlogs for both.
But I'm dying to play Kinophobia!! Hopefully soon...
But I'm dying to play Kinophobia!! Hopefully soon...
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Besides the remaining pieces I need to build for The Daily Spell, I put myself on the hook to write a bunch more puzzles/story. Then I want to loop back on My Friends the Monster Trainers and make a couple finishing tweaks. And devlogs for both.
But I'm dying to play Kinophobia!! Hopefully soon...
But I'm dying to play Kinophobia!! Hopefully soon...
For @thinkygames.com's #ThinkyCon jam, I made The Daily Spell, a daily puzzle with an ongoing narrative. ✨
My goal was to combine satisfying word puzzling with a story you'll be excited to see unfold. Try it and let me know what you think!
#gamedev #puzzlegames
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
My goal was to combine satisfying word puzzling with a story you'll be excited to see unfold. Try it and let me know what you think!
#gamedev #puzzlegames
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
The Daily Spell by jamwitch, Celia
Drop letters into place to unscramble today's magical headline. ✨ New puzzle and story daily!
jamwitch.itch.io
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For @thinkygames.com's #ThinkyCon jam, I made The Daily Spell, a daily puzzle with an ongoing narrative. ✨
My goal was to combine satisfying word puzzling with a story you'll be excited to see unfold. Try it and let me know what you think!
#gamedev #puzzlegames
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
My goal was to combine satisfying word puzzling with a story you'll be excited to see unfold. Try it and let me know what you think!
#gamedev #puzzlegames
jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-sp...
One thing I've been thinking about is that database games are not purely an exercise in applying your understanding to unlock more info - I also really enjoy the element of serendipity, where you can stumble on a search result that you had no idea existed, that gives you all new things to look into.
new blog post: I also wrote about "metroidbranias". Surely if enough of us write about how we dislike a term, people will stop using it? That's how it works, right? blog.vbuckenham.com/database-gam...
Database games
Bruno Dias recently posted this (good) blog post:
Against ‘Metroidbrania’: a Landscape of Knowledge GamesWhat are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and whi...
blog.vbuckenham.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One thing I've been thinking about is that database games are not purely an exercise in applying your understanding to unlock more info - I also really enjoy the element of serendipity, where you can stumble on a search result that you had no idea existed, that gives you all new things to look into.
Reposted by Celia
new blog post: I also wrote about "metroidbranias". Surely if enough of us write about how we dislike a term, people will stop using it? That's how it works, right? blog.vbuckenham.com/database-gam...
Database games
Bruno Dias recently posted this (good) blog post:
Against ‘Metroidbrania’: a Landscape of Knowledge GamesWhat are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and whi...
blog.vbuckenham.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
new blog post: I also wrote about "metroidbranias". Surely if enough of us write about how we dislike a term, people will stop using it? That's how it works, right? blog.vbuckenham.com/database-gam...
Reposted by Celia
Wow! The Roottrees are Dead has been nominated for Best Narrative Game at the Indie Game Awards!
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wow! The Roottrees are Dead has been nominated for Best Narrative Game at the Indie Game Awards!
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Andrew Plotkin's interactive fiction games are known for their mind-expanding metapuzzling. Appropriate, then, that his talk about designing them was equally mind-expanding!
Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out - Andrew Plotkin (ThinkyCon 2025)
Andrew Plotkin joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out"
Talk description: What does it mean to take a puzzle to the next level? In Hadean Lands (parser IF, 2014) I designed a game where every solved puzzle "collapses" to become a sing
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Andrew Plotkin's interactive fiction games are known for their mind-expanding metapuzzling. Appropriate, then, that his talk about designing them was equally mind-expanding!
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Are real languages too complex to design a game around? Daria Jerjomina talks about the challenges involved in designing The Land Forgotten!
Designing Puzzles Based on Real Languages - Daria Jerjomina (ThinkyCon 2025)
@dariamakesgames joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Designing Puzzles Based on Real Languages"
Talk description: I've adopted the concepts of linguistic puzzles for my game The Land Forgotten. I would love to share the challenges that came with that and how we've overcome them.
Use
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are real languages too complex to design a game around? Daria Jerjomina talks about the challenges involved in designing The Land Forgotten!
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Anyway if you like knowledge and deduction games may I point you towards KINOPHOBIA, my exorcist-detective game about ghosts, movies, and movie stars that are ghosts?
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Anyway if you like knowledge and deduction games may I point you towards KINOPHOBIA, my exorcist-detective game about ghosts, movies, and movie stars that are ghosts?
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
A beautiful genre chart! 🤩 I definitely think grouping by features is more useful than a simple in or out, and this gives a lot to interesting classifications to ponder. Great stuff for fans of these areas!
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A beautiful genre chart! 🤩 I definitely think grouping by features is more useful than a simple in or out, and this gives a lot to interesting classifications to ponder. Great stuff for fans of these areas!