Nathalielawhead

A while ago I got an email from someone saying they found my work while looking through recent "vibe-coded and AI-built games"… And they wanted to feature my games on this AI website. You can imagine the bout of panic. Vibe-coded?? How did they jump to th

Years ago, during my second time at IndieCade, and when I was fairly new to attending video game events, there was a lot of talk about prioritizing events that focus on local community over an international crowd. The conversation being that it was more i

The name "meanderware" is based on what people used to call my first netart project. I always loved the term. It kind of encapsulates that era of internet exploration, or fascination with digital work. The joy of existing in a digital space.

I wasn't able to give up on the macOS version, so after a lot of hard work (way too much hard work… the working was HARD)… there's now a functional macOS version. Get it here: https://alienmelon.itch.io/flower Some features do not work, but this does not

I hope the Linux build will work. At least Linux is free, so I can keep trying if it doesn't!

I guess I'm going to be here to vent a little, about culture in general, because I'm doing a bunch of maintenance and have to watch status bars go up… It's been an interesting past few weeks. I think the biggest observation I have is how absolutely everyt

I just published my newest work to itch.io. It's called "she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died". A game that ended up being very relevant to the social climate right now, even though I've been working on it for over a year.

The EU game scene was always something I admired from a distance. All the quirky interesting events that you'd only hear about when you attended GDC for your once-a-year catchup with friends that flew in from all around the world... You know, when you'd f

Yesterday I gave a talk as part of Ljudmila's Kontrolerji series of events. The day before, a friend had an exhibition opening where him and another artist made an installation (a game-like playable installation) about mold. It was beautiful to see in per