Ed

Incredible aura on my my most recent roll of film.

Kodak Ultramax 400, Olympus XA.

feat. @mairispaceship.com and @edsibley.bsky.social

Occlude OST, by Vortigan King 4 track album

Last year, I had the dark and haunted pleasure of making the soundtrack for Occlude by @tributarygames.bsky.social. If you would like to use it to soundtrack your next occult ritual, you can now listen to it via this bandcamp link:

vortiganking.bandcamp.com/album/occlud...

Use it responsibly.

who is this mysterious wizard

WE ARE EXCITED

Playtesting this game has been a blast. Laurence has made something here with a rare coherence and strength of vision. If you're into horror, cinema, or the bleeding edge of TTRPG mechanical design, this is certainly worth a look.

Getting ready for the IGDA festive party!

And you might be thinking, Ed, buddy, calm down. If you eliminate those topics then what is there even left to talk about? Be cool. The answer is "lots of things". For example not three slides later we have this image:

I simply do not want to talk about any of this stuff

Ooh! Now there's a thought. I'll look into it 👀

Good Game Dev Club - London Meetup Work in the games industry? Or trying to break in? Come meet some good people, have some good drinks and play some games. Sound good?

Looking forward to giving a talk at Thursday's Good Game Dev Club on narrative design for non-story games. There will be Venn diagrams and audience participation and I promise I won't rant about punctuation for more than about 2 minutes.

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Save 10% on Occlude on Steam Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplaye...

OCCLUDE is now OCCL-OUT -- grab this game if you enjoy mind-bending puzzles within a mind-bending narrative!

Featuring a jigsaw-puzzle plot by yours truly with shades of David Lynch, the SCP archives, and This Is How You Lose The Time War. Don't miss out!

store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...

A door opens and you approach a table in a dark room, strewn with peculiar objects. In the middle of the table is a box which opens to show a pack of cards.

Occlude is out! It's been a blast working on this game. Not only is it my first credit as a composer, but it's also been amazing watching this ingenious game come together to such a high degree of polish in such a short time. Incredible craft.

Go buy it!

store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...

IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS

WE

BREAK

THE WORLD

I was well pleased with myself solving the very last ritual on the playtest build. But ever since then, there's a door in my house that wasn't here before? And I'm afraid to open it? Is that normal?

Steam :: Occlude :: The Autopsy of [REDACTED] New Evidence in the Investigation Emerges.

It’s TWO DAYS until our occult solitaire game Occlude hits Steam.

Why not pass the time with a spot of sleuthing?

New evidence has dropped in the accompanying Seven Cards, Seven Entities ARG.

The investigation into Occlude continues…

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one of these days someone is gonna slap me on the wrist and tell me I'm taking this whole "diy music" thing too far

I gotta point one of these at you some time, bud

Well well well! I hereby challenge you to a keytar duel!

Haha I don't know why I look so mean in this one!

A man in a stoic, shining metallic mask stands barely illuminated in front of a projected image of a knight with a horseshoe moustache. This is DISGUSTING CATHEDRAL.

An angelic looking woman with dark hair and face piercings plays the harp on a darkened stage. This is ARTEMISIA NAHAIR.

Between the heads and through the fog you see a tattooed woman in a rodent skull mask, glaring from the stage. This is VERMIN HALLS.

A woman wails ethereal on an electric guitar, shattering the space around her. This is ARDENTE.

Here's photos of the other four acts that night.
DISGUSTING CATHEDRAL.
ARTEMISIA NAHAIR.
VERMIN HALLS.
ARDENTE.

Literally the best pictures anyone's ever taken of me

Just a little keytar. A simple midi controller on a sling. Just imagine how much fun you could have with such a thing.

A man wearing a ragged burlap hood, obscuring most of his face, reaches out towards an arcane synth module.

Close up of the burlap hooded man's hands, performing precise adjustments to a tangled nest of cables plugged into the arcane synth.

His hands now rest atop a simpler instrument, an electronic piano.

The burlap hooded man is now wearing a crown and brandishing an electronic keytar. Unimaginable damage has been done.

Went to my friend @edsibley.bsky.social's live debut as dungeon synth act VORTIGAN KING. I cranked my camera's ISO up to maximum and took some real nasty photos of the whole absurd and beautiful thing.

vortiganking.bandcamp.com/album/vortig...

normalise eating jam straight from the jar with a tiny spoon 🥄

Like so much of writing, the more specific you make it, the better.

Is it a cryptic crossword clue?

Occlude is an occult game of solitaire - but not as you know it. Piece together the rules even as they resist your attempts to decipher them.

Take your seat at the table from Monday…

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#screenshotsaturday #steamnextfest #indiegames

HARRY

Unconscionable