Albie

Hello! I'm Albie. | they/them | writer of Zorlok, Mousetrap, Creating Goncharov, and System Processing | pfp by @doubledeadstudio

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Games by Albie

Hello there! ☺️ I'm Albie (they/xe). I'm a passionate writer and self-taught coder. (carrd)

These are some of my personal projects:

Zorlok - a bizarre, dark comedy about monsters, found family, personal identity, and the nature of good & evil

About Zorlok | Play Zorlok

Mousetrap - a surreal survival horror story where theme park employees are forced to compete in a deadly game

About Mousetrap | Play Mousetrap

System Processing - a short solarpunk story about Ov, a digital caretaker rapidly approaching retirement

About System Processing | Play System Processing

And a few others mentioned here.

Coding/writing resources:

A Quick Guide to Character Pages - a short, quick guide to creating simple character pages using Twine Sugarcube (with a short silly story) - Download Here

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This poll is for Ally Beardsley

Torsewell

Maxbell

Voting ended onSep 26, 2025

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A visual representation of the "Love Triangle" that appeared to me after that exchange

[gamesbyalbie]

This poll is for Ally Beardsley

Torsewell

Maxbell

Voting ended onSep 26, 2025

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No, dude, who is "God"? I believe in the one true Gotch.

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As a general rule: if it's causing may/hem, it's probably they/them

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Currently watching A Fraught Forge in Zern. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if we learn that Ludmila isn't just the Queen of Zern, she's also Sid from Toy Story.

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I just have to say, the core mechanic/conceit of this battle is so cool. The crew isn't fighting to get somewhere or escape, they're fighting to remain in one place just long enough to discover pieces and assemble a new ship. That's absolutely brilliant on so many levels. I love it.

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Bells in Zern, apparently:

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Brennan's energy tonight

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🎶 Chestnuts roasting on a Zernian pyre..... 🎶

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The Wealwell ground katana reveal: 10/10

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Bert's little mini. Ahh, I'm crying! I love him ❤️

(Also, that briefcase is definitely filled with aioli, right?)

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ungentlemanly times

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the difference between high fantasy and steampunk is that in high fantasy time is quangled while in steampunk it is befrumpled

[cricothyrotomy]

I wanted that golden heart more than anything, but I suppose that I wanted it with this heart.

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Me, thinking about how poignantly and poetically the beliefs, stories, and history of Scrapsylvania apply to Marya and Ludmila:

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Zern being an empire that follows Scrapsylvanian beliefs in the power and inherent value of trash while also completely bastardizing them hurts my feelings so much!!! In the best way!!! The queen built her empire out of the souls of the dead of her people! She creates purpose for those whose lives have ended - but she herself is the cause of their death! The harvest of Zernians is not a continuation or reverence or endurance, it is theft!

And Ludmila waited. Out of love (not hope, because hope lies very still in a Scrapsylvanian gutter beneath the shroud of endurance), she waited by the door that she was able to ascend to because of love. Because of the very thing she feels was betrayed.

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Exactly! The queen's entire empire, her physical body, her relationship with Marya, everything. It's all built upon the very thing Scrapsylvania was made to oppose: Wasted potential.

And they're supposed to be stewards of the lost and discarded. Wanton destruction in pursuit of evolution and domination is antithetical to everything Scrapsylvania stands for. The queen's empire is no better than either of the warring kingdoms that created Scrapsylvania. Invention and innovation are important because they allow people to preserve and revive, not consume and corrupt.

Even though Ludmila was taken by Straka, I bet she feels a kinship with it because she feels like scrap that Marya betrayed. She was filled with life and still she was discarded by the one person who was supposed to love and support her more than anyone else.

The queen wants vengeance in the same way Straka is made to avenge. She has no idea how Marya was physically prevented from saving Ludmila, or at least suffering/dying alongside her. She doesn't know that Marya has dedicated her life to righting what she sees as the wrong of her own survival. Marya's never given up on Ludmila and, even now, refuses to see her as a lost cause no matter how corrupted and broken the queen may appear as to everyone else. There's still life in Ludmila, there's still potential, and I think Marya will sooner perish than give up on that hope (because I think there is a secret hope that lies buried deep beneath the heart of everything she stands for and believes). Everything is redeemable in the eyes of a Scrapsylvanian, especially the person you love.

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Spoiler warning for people who haven't caught up to the most recent episodes of Cloudward, Ho:

Why do you think Ludmila's photo/energy isn't connected to one of the planes/shows up as a dead spot in the MechLeod's readings (rather than being tied to Zern or something)?

Is it because of the crystal frequencies/reflective properties of a person's likeness?

Is it something to do with whatever her connection is to the Corrodi Primarchs?

I'm really intrigued and hope it isn't something as simple as "we didn't want it to be obvious too quickly that she's got ties to Zern" (but also, if that is it, fair).