Relatively Painless Games

It's been a while since I moved to making my own engine, but back around 2018 I made an AGS prototype by running the editor with wine. I remember it working reasonably well.

Happy Birthday!

AdventureX 2025 – Panel: "Finding the Funny" YouTube video by AdventureX

You can now watch the @adventurex.bsky.social panel "Finding the Funny" on YouTube!

I was so pleased to be on this panel alongside @misterabk.bsky.social @davetheallthing.bsky.social @supernorn.bsky.social and chaired by @tallstorygames.bsky.social
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Uncle Lee’s Cookbook is almost ready to burn your kitchen down this year.

Five episodes. Countless disasters.

Wishlist on Steam 👉

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#screenshotSaturday #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame

Already fixed it!

It was at the very beginning, the scene where Ines notices she's missing her suitcase was supposed to happen inside the house, and the player shouldn't have access to the outside until they spoke with the trinity. Luckily you went inside immediately anyway so nothing bad happened!

Thanks for streaming our game, by the way! I'm very glad I watched the recording because you found a huge bug (that luckily didn't affect your playthrough) that I need to fix right away!

Thanks! We're so happy you liked it 😄 We're working hard on it and we should be able to announce the release date soon!

Uncle Lee is perfectly capable of causing mayhem when he's off-screen. Even more so, as he can get into all sort of shenanigans and no one has to animate them. Ask the firefighters.

The demo for Uncle Lee's Cookbook is now also on @itch.io! It's playable straight in the browser—that's right, you can start it right now with *exactly* two clicks, no accounts needed. You have no more excuses.

Play it here ➡️ apicici.itch.io/uncle-lees-c...
Trailer ➡️ youtu.be/ozNS3nSIJlc

In case you're wondering, it took a while to get it on itch because we had to make a browser port of the engine. It turned out to be surprisingly easy, but we didn't know that!

The demo for Uncle Lee's Cookbook is now also on @itch.io! It's playable straight in the browser—that's right, you can start it right now with *exactly* two clicks, no accounts needed. You have no more excuses.

Play it here ➡️ apicici.itch.io/uncle-lees-c...
Trailer ➡️ youtu.be/ozNS3nSIJlc

We noticed, thank you so much 🙂

BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Sally Beaumont "I have all this weird, disparate experience: like I did commedia dell'arte"

Fabulous interview by @lewispackwood.bsky.social about my BAFTA Breakthrough place, and what it means for me as a professional!

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Congratulations!

I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!

I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!

As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!

www.bafta.org/stories/brea...

Uncle Lee’s Cookbook is coming soon! Here’s a taster of what to expect:

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Voiceover resume of work wot I have done including video games, TV, ads, corporate, audiobooks and whatnot. And me smiling. Sometimes I do.

Spent all afternoon teaching myself how to make a semi-respectable (you may disagree) #voiceover resume and now my eyes are bleeding. Anyhoo, here it is. I hope you like it 🙂

Here’s four upcoming adventure games to add to your wishlist

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Adventure Jampilation on Steam An ever-growing compilation of all the short adventure games made by Gugames during various game jams

The Steam store page is live!

If you liked my jam games, you'll be happy to know that I'm putting them all on Steam FOR FREE, all in one place, for your convenience. And I'll be expanding it every time I join a new jam!

Wishlist here:
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Uncle Lee’s Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster on Steam Uncle Lee has done it again. It’s up to you to pick up the pieces. Join rebellious teen Ines as she deals with the fallout of her uncle Lee’s experiments/inventions/cooking, in a modern point & cl...

Uncle Lee's Cookbook: 5 Recipes for Disaster by @relativelypainlessgames.com is shaping up to be a solid point and click adventure for fans store.steampowered.com/app/3777930/...

It's #PointNClickFriday AND #Halloween, the perfect day to try the demo of Uncle Lee's Cookbook. It includes (part of) one of the episodes from the full game, the spooky comedy "The founders of [redacted]". Ghosts and city councils—can't get spookier that that.

store.steampowered.com/app/3777930

🎉 Proud to announce that we will be co-developing and publishing Red Moon Kingdom by @davidpuerta.bsky.social

A classic point and click at heart with gorgeous 4K graphics and an optional card battle system!

👉https://store.steampowered.com/app/3261520

#PointNClickFriday #indieGameDev #CardBattler

The demo for Uncle Lee's Cookbook is OUT NOW, and has a new trailer! With a song! 🎙️🎶

Explore the town of [redacted], where it's spooky season all year round. Fully voiced, featuring @magandamarie.bsky.social, @nicholascamm.bsky.social, @sallybeaumont.bsky.social.

store.steampowered.com/app/3777930

Uncle Lee's Cookbook has reached 1000 wishlists! 🎉🥳

The Next Fest is over, but our #demo is still available! Explore the ghost-infested town of [redacted], where it's spooky season all year round—it's the perfect time to give it a try and hear our fantastic cast!

store.steampowered.com/app/3777930

Uncle Lee's Cookbook has reached 1000 wishlists! 🎉🥳

The Next Fest is over, but our #demo is still available! Explore the ghost-infested town of [redacted], where it's spooky season all year round—it's the perfect time to give it a try and hear our fantastic cast!

store.steampowered.com/app/3777930

A casting announcement notice: The Seance of Blake Manor, Olivia D'Arcy, "an English writer with a sharp personality", Voiced by Sally Beaumont

ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT!

I play the waspish Olivia D'Arcy in The Seance of Blake Manor!

Delighted to be working with @spookydoorway.bsky.social and @livsmithvavo.bsky.social on this incredibly stylish detective game!

Launching 27th October, Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...

Intern's First Day by Steven Don for $109 Adventure Game Challenge Just a normal day at the Lab Lab, the new intern is mistaken for Dr. D.N. Turn

The jam is over, and the winner of the $109 Adventure Game Challenge is...a tie!

Intern's First Day by @shdon.com
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Eulogy for Nonno by @gugames.eu
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Congratulazions! We weren't able to participate this year as we had the demo to finish, but we'll see you at the next one!

Hey #screenshotsaturday!

Our game happens in a panoramic apartment. 🎞️

RT if you like and follow us! ❤️

Add our #Cyberpunk #Hitman #Thriller to your wishlist in Steam!

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