Eve

@evegoldenwoods

Award-winning writer, game designer (both video and ttrpg). evelorien.itch.io One half of @makingheyer.bsky.social Former writer/producer for Dreamfeel. Worked on If Found. Was part of the Voltage Organised Writers strike, still proud of that. She/her.

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Eve@evegoldenwoods· 7d

A red flame in Barad-dûr, based on the conversation in the most recent shelved by genre episode. I wanted the city to look both industrial and unsettling, so I tried to use a real mix of building styles, and avoid too many curves/natural shapes.

A scan of a pen and ink drawing of Barad-dûr, inspired by the conversation in the most recent shelved by genre episode. It shows the moment when Frodo, on Mount Doom, looks towards Barad-dûr and as the clouds part sees a red flame in the highest tower, the only image of Sauron the books give us. The drawing depicts barad-dûr in dense, hatched pen, full of narrow, crowded streets and industrial buildings, shrouded in darkness and cloud. A red pen has been used to mark the flame, the only colour in the drawing.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· 16d

It's been over a week since I submitted Romantasy Klondike to #1prpgjam, so here's some thoughts about the design. It started with a kind of flash of insight, which was that one of my boredom solutions as a child, if I didn't have a game to play or a book to read, was dealing rounds of solitaire.

Part one of the rules for Romantasty Klondike. They are way too long to copy into alt text, but you can find a pdf at https://evelorien.itch.io/romantasy-klondike

Part two of the rules, which you can also find here https://evelorien.itch.io/romantasy-klondike

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 29

What if I got a full back tattoo of the chi rho page...

A photograph of the chi rho page from the book of Kells. It depicts three Greek letters huge and stylised, filled and surrounded by exhaustive intricate knotwork depicting abstract shapes and spirals, human figures and animals

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 18

Pps. Wait I forgot one last amaze thing! I didn't get to as many talks and workshops as I would have liked, but I nabbed a place at let's make a game manual for a game that doesn't exist, led by @hatimb00.itch.io It was a wonderfully creative and playful experience, and the finished manual! gorgeous

A photo of the finished pages of the manual pinned to a board

A photo of some of the finished pages including one in the bottom left that wasn't there in the previous photo. (it's a bad crop because I accidentally took a pic of someone's hands in the full image)

A close up of one of the pages I worked on, the "world" page. We collaged a lot of maps and interesting images for the background.

A close up of the other page I worked on. I wrote the character descriptions on the right!

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 17

Ps. Posting this I realised I forgot to mention dome king cabbage, a charming visual novel whose art is so absurdly impressive that I had multiple conversations wondering how they achieved it

A photo of dome king cabbage showing an image inside an image

A photo of dome king cabbage doing a cool collage effect

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 17

Finally, a little showcase of things I collected over the days there, hanging out with my travel alligator

A photo showing various pieces of treasure - an indiepocalypse tape, a mini mini golf golf card, a loopscroll printout, a leaflet for Panthalassa, my name lanyard, a sticker, a climate zine, and a dome king cabbage zine

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 17

I only played a little bit of Panthalassa but that was all I needed to be totally won over. Another game doing thrilling things with its UI and interfaces.

A photo of Panthalassa, a game that starts by looking like an old Windows interface and gets cooler and weirder from there.

A photo of the information card for panthalassa

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 17

I didn't get to play Season 31 but only because there was always someone there absolutely locked in whenever I walked past. I am getting it as soon as I get home. (also why there's no gameplay photo)

A photo of the information card for season 31

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 17

I played the demo for beware the cartographer, which shows immense promise as a puzzle game I will sink a million hours into. The map making tools feel really really good

A photo of beware the cartographer showing the cute art style

A photo of beware the cartographer showing two characters talking

A photo of the information card for beware the cartographer by tohu bohu

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 16

I was lucky enough to meet the devs of The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish at a workshop, and they were absolutely lovely - their game is also very cool. Another one that I look forward to sitting down and taking my time with, but immediately visually splendid and playful

The information board for the wide open sky is running out of Catfish by zipit games

A photograph of the game showing a notebook filled with cute pencil drawings and notes

A photo of the game showing the camera function and a photo taken in game

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 15

Loopscroll is such a beautiful object. I wish I'd had more time to get a sense of the gameplay, which I found a little shallow in the time I had with it, but its tactile pleasure cannot be overstated.

A photo of the loopscroll arcade cabinet, showing the screen, the adornment, and the two interactable elements (a button and a pull switch)

A close up of the loopscroll cabinet that reveals the adornment to be cast/carved images of memes

A photo of the information card for loopscroll.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 15

I'm biased because it's by a mutual (shoutout @computerjames.bsky.social) but Stealth Crossword was wonderful. It starts charming and funny, then does something delightfully unexpected, and then something even MORE delightfully unexpected. It's GOOD good.

A screenshot of Stealth Crossword. It's a terrible screenshot because it shows off nothing of the gameplay, but it's the one I've got.

A photo of the information panel for stealth crossword

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 15

I was immediately drawn to the marvellous and startling interface of Ruminant 4444. The gameplay is beautifully opaque, and the text teases at the emotions seething under the alien surface. I would like to play more at home where I could really luxuriate in it

A screenshot of the information card for Ruminant 4444, which contains the title, the maker (Mirubu) and a summary of the game's premise.

An attempt at a photograph of Ruminant 4444. The game is so saturated and neon that my phone camera struggles to pick it up. There is a dense UI interface on either side of the screen, with faces and bodies and objects and a stomach in a fascinating configuration.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 15

My personal favourite game so far, the one I am a complete sicko for, is A Permanent Echo by @threemoreyears.bsky.social. It's stylish, brilliantly written, thematically fascinating, visually dense. Having seen this I can't wait to give their previous game a try

A photograph of A Permanent Echo. A split screen with dense visuals and text

A second photograph of A Permanent Echo, showing the player dragging a screen element across the game interface. The object is called Second Injection, and the player is dragging it from Hope to Catharsis. A small piece of text indicates that this will "start injection"

A screenshot of later in the game. A feminine figure made of light sits in a chair, with bright lights shining on her. On the left hand side of the screen text says "Your name is Masha. Formerly Masha Neumann. Is this correct?" On the righthand side of the screen text says "we will now begin the pre procedure interview".

Eve@evegoldenwoods· May 7

The boats flocking out at sea.

A photo of dun laoghaire, looking out at sea. There are many white sailed sailboats out at sea.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 27

Reading some mesopotamian proverbs and I love how they swing between immediately intuitive and nearly indecipherable

1.3

3. You should not cut the throat of that which has already had its throat cut.

1.4

4. You should not say to Ninĝišzida: "Let me live!"

1.5

5. Do not make me pass through the gate!

1.6

6. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 265 l. 1) What has submitted will exhibit resistance.

1.7

7. (cf. 6.2.5: YBC 4677 ll. 6-7) What has been destroyed belongs to a god. No one is able to take it away.

1.8

8-9. "Though I still have bread left over, I will eat your bread!" Will this endear a man to the household of his friend?

1.9

10-11. (cf. 6.1.22: ll. 140-145, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 239, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 320, 6.2.3: UET 6/2 339 + UET 6/3 235 Seg. B l. 2) If bread is left over, the mongoose eats it. If I have any bread left over, then a stranger will eat it.

1.10

12. My things changed things.

1.11

13-14. You don't speak of that which you have found. You talk only about what you have lost.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 24

I wasn't expecting one award, let alone two, but deeply honoured by the recognition from my peers, and thrilled to see @imirt.bsky.social recognising the power and potential of ttrpgs. (this award is shared with @deptofmeteors.bsky.social, a wonderful editor)

Two awards in their boxes. The first is the award for best analog game, the second is best debut game. Both were given to the creation of wonder.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 21

Looking forward to being a @limitbreak.co.uk mentor this year. Feels like a nice continuation of my teaching work, and a lovely chance to get to know new people

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 16

Some beautiful skies today

A photo of just sea and sky. The sky is a flat, muted grey and the sea is dull green.

A scrap of pale, watery sunlight slipping through the clouds

Howth in the distance, sea fog banked around its feet

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 16

If you're interested in strange games about making things and being destroyed by them, or you just want a good engine to tell a simple and compelling drama, come purvey my wares at evelorien.itch.io

The cover of The Creation of Wonder, which shows the title of the game in an insular art style

The cover for Set your Teeth at the Throat of the World, showing the title in between two sets of sharp teeth, with stars and planets in the background and a crossed sword and gun in the foreground.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 3

Across the country today, other kinds of sea

A dark grey beach and a pale sea beneath a cloudy sky. The sun sits like a drop of molten glass veiled by cloud. In the foreground is a black dog wearing a cone.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 2

Could not be more of a contrast between today and yesterday but a world of washed out greens is also very beautiful

A photo of Howth taken from dun laoghaire pier, with rocks and seaweed in the foreground and a green sea in the midground. Everything is washed out by rain and cloud

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Apr 1

One of my favourite colours of sea today

Dun laoghaire pier, looking at the sea. The sea and sky are a deep rich blue, made darker and greener by the sun being hidden by clouds

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Mar 24

Did I get caught in a big rainstorm? Yes. Was it worth it to get a pic like this? Also yes.

A very heavy cloud sitting over dun laoghaire and a teal sea. A scrap of sunset to the right and an arc from the street lamp to the left frame the blues and greys with yellow.

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Feb 16

I didn't come up with this very good name but I know how to wedge my own agenda in

A screenshot of me being a menace on discord. The message says "But Dan if you're giving me permission to build a name table generator 🥹" and one of the other devs has reacted Y E S

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Feb 13

Look I very much a "you can never have too many pods queued" kind of girl, but this is A Lot it has to be said

A screenshot of my pocket casts showing shelved by genre (2:38), amca (4:13), media club plus (41 mins remaining), the shrieking shack (1:30), realis (1:06), perpetua (1:11), just king things bonusode (1:36) and just king things (29 mins remaining), for a total queued up listen time of 13 and a half hours

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Jan 2

My last Clare post: a walk on trácht beach

The pier glowing yellow against blue and grey

One thin strip of golden land between grey sea and grey sky

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Jan 2

It never hurt that the burren landscapes made it so easy to play at being in tolkein's world (and he visited the burren himself, so it's at least possible the inspiration was mutual)

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Jan 1

New years day walk on the rine

The light touching the crown of abbey hill

Eve@evegoldenwoods· Dec 31

Part 3