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S Williams
@livingworlds.bsky.social
I like video games, but especially making them.

@Cloudyeller (Twitch)
8-10AM Pac Mon,Tues,Wed,Sat
8-10PM Pac Sat
Black Friday shopping has gotten pretty intense this year...
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One scene down... this is exhausting!
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lately I've been writing little vignettes from history or science, and having them be narrated by Burt Reynolds. As hobbies go, this one sure seems to use all my skillset...
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A bit niche, but you may want to join my #twitch stream tomorrow morning at 9AM Pacific, ending our long play of #Satisfactory. We'll have original music (including "Sixteen Nodes", the song I wrote for the game), and PRIZES?
At 9AM Pac we will ~~Save The Day~~
... and then ask "now what?
July 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I was asked if I had enough material to do Cloudyells on my #Twitch #Streams. Yeah... I think I have enough material.

I call these "Carlins." Come join me on my channel to see these fired into the void...
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I was diagnosed with advanced Type 1 #Narcolepsy. A serious neurological condition that is not about being tired or sleepy at all! Watch for 30 seconds: I shut off like a light switch and turn on again. This is what narcolepsy is, not sleep but a light switch. Weird watching from outside! #notsleepy
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Train delayed due to rocket launch" is easily the coolest thing I've encountered in years, 19th century tech and 21st mixing it up...

Rocket launched, wall of sound hit us, and then back on the train to LA.
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Photo bombed by a #hummingbird #bird while I was taking a much less interesting pic of a garden decoration. We have a baby over our front door, so maybe that is mom out for a quick snack before dark...
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Now created 13 genre versions of my stream theme song "Genre Hero." They range from Glam Rock to Medieval to Psychedelic to Opera to Bossa Nova and Hyphy.

The genres I love (glam rock, psychedelic) are really hard to work with. For, say, hyphy it's easier to say "done" than some desert rock...
May 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a bigger mystery than anything going on in #Expedition33 ... I don't even get to know WHO is earning these things.
April 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Spot the deadly predator...
April 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Alright chums, I hate to do this, but my march to 50 followers for #Twitch Affiliate status has reached a very exciting endgame! If any of you got the juices, I'd love to have you follow my action over at the linked twitch, and maybe take in a bit of #streaming!
twitch.tv/cloudyeller
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The best thing for streaming a co-op game? A bingo card! Come join me on #Twitch Saturdays, Tuesdays, and every morning!*

* No Bingo rewards offered. I am 8 followers from Affiliate status where I can do real Bingo. HINT HINT.
(that's www.twitch.tv/cloudyeller for your follower needs!)
April 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Sometimes I look at what I choose to do to be a better game designer and I wonder just how much medical and psychological research is "too much..."

I can sum up the paper and point at its cites, but I ain't a doctor or even play one on TV.
March 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Would you like a grilled cheese?" Yes!
What I get...
Bread, Butter, Cheese, Dried Onions, Hot Honey.
This is... a meal, and a beautiful thing to behold!
#grilledcheese #bestlunch
March 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's a weird thing to see this in your save folder.
March 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Nooobody is wearing masks this year at #GDC. This isn't pandemic nonsense... Haven't these people heard of Con Crud? If you see me, put me on an ice floe. I've been to too many conventions...

(Come say hi if that fits your vibe)
March 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I love it when my newsreader pops up with "WBFG: Meteorites Land in northern Washington county." That is simultaneously a ton of info and none at all!
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I feel like I live in an alternate universe because no one played this game as a kid but me...
(Agent USA)
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"Every day in every way I become a better streamer"... but last night this was not true! Took a while but we got going, discussing #love in psychological terms and comparing it to how the Sims 4 uses its #simulation to make this seem "real" -- a pile of numbers into a pleasing sim... #gamedesign
February 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tonight's #twitchstream is "Love is Just a Number" and I'll be playing the Sims 4 while we discuss this. The bad voice acting is in #Simlish, and as always we'll be using a China Mieville book for an analogy. Hosted by PieTrap Studios, check my bio for where to go! #gamedev #gamedesign #indie
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vote Steve for deity.
February 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Tonight is a dry run of my Thursday scripted show: #Sims4 is the game, and "Love is Just a Number" is the topic. We're going to look under the hood on how we quantify emotions, discuss a bit of the complexities, and watch a lot of Sims behaving badly. 8-10p Pac at twitch.tv/cloudyeller #gamedesign
February 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Lessons from Saturday's rambleplay: Sims 4 does not have an easy aspect ratio for ultrawide, and made it a struggle. It ended up pinched, which is bad and will be fixed by Tuesday.

Being on camera led to a lot of good feedback to make me prettier and less "Steve."

Topic was fun, and I had fun.
February 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I will be picking up 2 more discussion #stream sessions per week! Tuesdays and Saturdays (tonight!) 8-10pm Pac. Each session I play a different game and provide thoughts on #gamedesign and #gametheory using the game.

My primary stream is still Thursdays 7-9pm, at PieTrap Studios.
February 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM