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Cara Ellison

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I’m from Scotland, live in Scotland, and write and design the stories for videogames. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison

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Rainbow Connections Counseling | Support Your Journey Today Rainbow Connections Counseling offers LGBTQ-affirming therapy in Charlotte, NC, supporting queer adults, teens, and families through self-discovery and coming out. Accepting virtual and in-person clie...

My dear friend Zoe has set up her therapy practice to support queer folks coming out (including supporting families who are trying but clueless). If you know a US teen or family she might be helpful to, pass it on! www.rainbowconnectionscounseling.com

05.03.2026 21:15 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

crevices is a word

05.03.2026 21:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Design Better Games (ft. Cara Ellison) | Little Victories by AndresPlays
Design Better Games (ft. Cara Ellison) | Little Victories by AndresPlays YouTube video by AndresPlays

This morning I made time to listed to @andresplays.bsky.social podcast @littlevictoriesap.bsky.social. It was great to hear him interview @caraellison.bsky.social a whole lotta good stuff.

Give it a listen if you're into #gamedev and #indiegame stuff

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyaE...

05.03.2026 14:31 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

I always start sentences to Leon like “Girl,”

04.03.2026 18:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

uk airports deserve better than coffee that tastes of boak

04.03.2026 18:11 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Cant you get a goddamn world class bakery in here we are teaching the world how to bake and you are putting in another burger king

04.03.2026 18:09 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

seems weird that as food in the uk gets better the food in our airport continues to nosedive. please can we have more than just a shitty costa coffee with bad chocolate baked goods in it

04.03.2026 18:08 👍 42 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0

Jane you are the Comm Shepard in every place you work

04.03.2026 10:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

lol they clipped the part where I said us writers should stfu

03.03.2026 17:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of the things that Matt told me he wanted was the ability for the stories to continue if you stood still with no controller input for this reason

03.03.2026 11:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The side quests are the best. I think my favourite thing to do was just boat around

03.03.2026 11:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

thanks karrie!!! you are an extremely thoughtful interviewer

02.03.2026 22:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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looked at this today and thought wow thanks I will never top this with anything else I am part of. weird to even think I helped

02.03.2026 22:14 👍 46 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Karrie interviewed me about my work for @official-aias.bsky.social !

02.03.2026 21:51 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Watch the full episode now on YouTube or listen on your favorite #podcast app!
Support the show and get all of our episodes early/ad-free on Apple Podcasts: www.interactive.org/Interviews/t...

02.03.2026 21:41 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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This week on the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @karriebear.bsky.social chats with @caraellison.bsky.social about her path from television to games, the global dev scene, her desire to bring local culture to the global stage, and her work on @fireproofgames.com's #DICEAwards winning game, Ghost Town!

02.03.2026 21:40 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 4

he got ejected from STARS for taking ten years to get a clip in

02.03.2026 21:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think it was meta

02.03.2026 19:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

idk maybe Leon really sucked at reloading in STARS school

02.03.2026 18:52 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah honestly I was very surprised by how uninterested in economy it is

02.03.2026 18:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The State of Games Writing with Writer & Narrative Director Cara Ellison | Game Maker's Notebook
The State of Games Writing with Writer & Narrative Director Cara Ellison | Game Maker's Notebook YouTube video by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

After making Ghost Town with @fireproofgames.com @karriebear.bsky.social contacted me to interview me about my strange career. I go into the ups and downs of designing stories for games via her expert questions here m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb9P...

02.03.2026 18:46 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

thanks. the first time jack played it for us I assume that’s what he thought

02.03.2026 18:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

that’s today’s learnings

02.03.2026 18:34 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I played the RE4 VR version today and the coolest thing about it was your hands look like Leon’s hands. Everything else kind of sucked but that. I couldn’t reload so I died in the village immediately

02.03.2026 18:34 👍 25 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

they are dry af. I wonder if they’d do good in a humid air fryer

02.03.2026 18:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I try!! But also, I think this interview has shaved years of jadedness from me somehow

02.03.2026 18:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I mean, even the shittiest dudes can be right once.

02.03.2026 18:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I promise you i have used every tool and I know all the ins and outs and I can tell you what works for which genre immediately and who to negotiate with who is already making it

02.03.2026 17:56 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you are someone at Epic who would like to box some narrative tools with your engine and revolutionise the industry get @ me I’ll consult for free if my fellow designers can benefit from it

02.03.2026 17:52 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

wait or did I say ‘disgusting’

both

02.03.2026 17:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0