@johnwilliamevelyn.bsky.social
Quietly making things. Games, music, illustration, stories. Created "The Collage Atlas" Next "The Wings of Sycamore" http://johnevelyn.com 🍃
An image containing the text: I'm going to GaMaYo 13.11.25 WX Wakefield
We’re going to Gamayo!
And what’s even better is we’re showing a demo of A Line Held Tight. If you’re going and you recognise us please come say hi! This will be our first time showing a game publicly in a very long time, and we’ll be excited and nervous in varying measures.
See you there!
Rough.
31.10.2025 17:37 — 👍 130 🔁 40 💬 0 📌 1I've been working with Geometry Nodes in Blender to make a system for authoring patchwork meadows for my game The Wings of Sycamore
#blender
i don’t exactly blame devs for signing bad deals with publishers. in a lot of cases i imagine they feel it’s the only way their game will ever get made and they probably right
20.10.2025 09:16 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0i often see people say “you don’t need a publisher” etc as if most developers don’t understand that. but games do require labour and labour requires payment
20.10.2025 09:11 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0So our game is about remote control human beings #IndieGameDev
15.10.2025 18:01 — 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!
Illustration of a bus stop near a road, a wide pavement, a giant shadow of a whale is looming over that same bus stop.
Thrilled to share the illustration I created for my friend's play, "Kill the Dinosaur", currently being performed in London!
03.10.2025 10:18 — 👍 106 🔁 17 💬 3 📌 1Get ready to hear me rant about start up culture bleeding into indie dev, and why we should be making our dream games! 👀
16.09.2025 14:27 — 👍 32 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0
This French language channel did a very lovely playthrough video of my game 'The Collage Atlas'.
It was really heartening to see it really connect with someone. youtu.be/I8X6Xn6_hak?...
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice and Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Why You Absolutely Should Ignore the Advice & Make Your Platformer / Solo MMORPG / Sims-Like Dream Game First
Sam Scaife - Indie Developer
In this talk I’ll share lessons from my experiences making & releasing my first game & make a case for you to start on your dream game!
We’re excited to share some news: the demo for our new project, A Line Held Tight, is available today! You can get access by joining our aptly named ‘Demo Access’ tier on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/demo-a...
We've been working on our game's story recently. And in the process have created a very normal, 100% not weird, timeline!
#indiegamedev
Currently busy doing huge amounts of landscaping and world design for The Wings of Sycamore.
There's something weirdly deflating about working flat-out and then committing to repo and seeing the file has grown by...only 200kb
Pretty horrifying Resident Evil trailer: trainers on the bed.
19.08.2025 22:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's happened, I've started naming files for my game "_final". That's surely gotta do something, right??
13.08.2025 09:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Working on some mountain region terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
You can see more of my dev progress on insta: www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
Thanks Tom!
11.07.2025 15:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A little test-flight through some block-out terrain for 'The Wings of Sycamore'
See more on
www.instagram.com/johnwilliame...
www.tiktok.com/@johnwilliam...
A PC setup with a collection of stickers.
we are in the indie showcase in the develop expo all day today, come and get some sweet stickers
10.07.2025 08:54 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Highly recommend giving this a look, it's really very cool.
07.07.2025 18:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New dev update for The Wings of Sycamore over on TikTok...
All about hand-crafting my little game world.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdfs5r9B/
Breath of the Mario Kart is extremely good.
05.06.2025 19:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My entirely pen & ink, actually-was-drawn-on-paper, first-person adventure is 50% off this weekend (Steam, PC).
lose yourself in a peaceful, meditative, picture-book world.
Reviews are greatly appreciated - good, bad, or indifferent 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
New Patreon exclusive post and video on our approach to world building 🌍
www.patreon.com/c/humblegrove
After about 2 years my strange
clockwork-cosmic-horror-narrative-card/boardgame
Is released! Proud of this one, hope it does well enough for me to keep exploring this unique and exciting avenue of game dev.
A plague doctor stands before a ruined mansion, she looks determined. The Text in the image reads, The Horror At Highrook - The Doors Open On 1st May 2025
Barely 2 days left now! Just working up some new assets to spruce up the steam page on launch.
Anyway, if you aren't already aware.
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card-crafting RPG full of
🕯️Secrets 💧sadness 🌀Madness and 👹Demons
Still time to Wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/...
More low-poly modeling for my next game 'The Wings of Sycamore'
24.04.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A little progress update on my upcoming aviation adventure 'The Wings of Sycamore'
23.04.2025 19:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0To mark the 1st anniversary of my pen & ink adventure releasing on Steam (PC), it's on sale this weekend - 50% off.
Biggest discount I've offered to date, so if you've been tempted to give it a look before, now might be a good time to give it a try 🖤
store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...
