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Sophie Houlden

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Game development Mobile / iOS / Android

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Posts: 345 from 5 Aug 2007 to 23 Apr 2026
Posting: now and then (1 in the last year)
Kind: personal blog
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2026 1

23 AprSophie’s Grids

2025 2

17 OctDice the Demiurge
10 SepAbout Updates for Sophies Dice on iOS

2024 2

2021 187

26 OctSophie’s Safecracking Simulator v1.22
26 OctExtra Stuff Video Update – September 21
26 OctSophie’s Dice v1.5
26 OctWritingFantasy 1.1.0 and Gordian Book
26 OctExtra Stuff Video Update – August 21
26 OctMarble Train – Week 2
26 OctMarble Train – Week 1
26 OctWhat’s up with inverted colliders in my dice app, + v1.43 update tour
26 OctI’m moving away from Unity
26 OctHow Dice Expressions work in Sophie’s Dice
26 OctMonthly Build 2018/09 – Normal Bowling VR
26 OctMonthly Build 2018/08 – TR Thing
26 OctOne Year of Patreon!
26 OctMonthly Build 2018/02 – Swift÷Swap
26 OctTutorial – Slope Collision
26 OctHow I made Prince Snow
26 OctMonthly Build 2018/01 – Fell Tracer
26 OctMixed Concept Art
20 AugSophie’s Dice v0.5
20 AugSophie’s Dice v0.4
20 AugMarble Dice Shader
20 AugMarble Dice Shader
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/03 – Dreamsent: The Hunger of Bekg
20 AugSophie’s Dice released!
20 AugMonthly Stream – August 2020
20 AugExtra Stuff Patron Stream – Saturday
20 AugSophie’s Dice 1.2999999…
20 AugDreamSent v0.0.011
20 AugMonthly Video – July 2020
20 AugMystic Ball RPG System 🎱
20 AugMonthly Video – June 2020
20 AugDivination with Polyhedral Dice
20 AugAdventure Gamebook Stuff
20 AugDice Work and new RPG stuff
20 AugNormal Bowling
20 AugSpooktober 7th – Early dialogue, whiteboxing!
20 AugHD Art of Dealings in Dungeons
20 AugDealings in Dungeons (7DRL 2021)
20 AugSophie’s Dice v1.42
20 AugGeneral Update
20 AugExtra Stuff Video Update – February 21
20 AugExtra Stuff Video Update – July 21
20 AugCool Dice
20 AugExtra Stuff Video Update – June 21
20 AugExtra Stuff Video Update (January 2021)
20 AugBoons & Banes Dice System
20 AugSophie’s Safecracking Simulator v1.21
20 AugSkill vs Difficulty Dice System (v0.1)
20 AugDrakes & Daggers GDD
20 AugSophie’s Dice v1.41
20 AugSophie’s Safecracking Simulator v1.2
20 AugGrapBall Prototype
20 AugExtra Stuff Video Update – May 21
20 AugWhat do you want for October’s monthly build?
20 AugSophie’s Dice v1.4 (2-year Anniversary!)
20 AugS•I•T•C•O•M (4-page RPG) (Updated!)
20 AugSophie’s Safecracking Simulator v1.1
20 AugThe Chamber (One Page RPG)
20 AugVampire Queen of Evenmere – Week 4
20 AugSophie’s Safecracking Simulator
20 AugSales tax on patreon heads-up
20 AugVampire Queen of Evenmere – week 3
20 AugDealings in Dungeons – Complete!
20 AugPalutte
20 AugMonthly Video – May 2020 (+latest Dreamsent PDF)
20 AugChecking in, Dreamsent update
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/07 – Sarah’s Run
20 AugSpooktober 5th – it’s a point & click adventure game!
20 AugWriting Fantasy
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/11 – The Necromancer’s Tower
20 AugSpooktober 3rd – I’m very tired!
20 AugProcedural role-playing adventure book thing notes
20 AugEndless Library
20 AugVampire Queen of Evenmere – Week 2
20 AugWaitress For Zombies – Happy Halloween!
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/10 – Dice Update Release Candidate
20 AugSleepy Game Jam – Daydream Prompt generator
20 AugHappy New Year! Miserable New Game!
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/09 – Dicey stuff!
20 AugVampire Queen of Evenmere – Week 1
20 AugTalkthrough of my Dice Project
20 AugWriting Fantasy 1.0.7
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/08 – New dice stuff!
20 AugGhost Dice
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/07 – Pico-8 RPG Again!
20 AugDream Fishing
20 AugMonthly Build 2017/12 – Dead End
20 AugSophie’s Dice 1.3 Release
20 AugDice v1.3 Release Candidate
20 AugSeptember Update (Dice + Candy Night)
20 AugApril Update
20 AugSpooktober 2nd – Enid is in unity!
20 AugDusk Child HD!
20 AugPatron download link for CUBES <3
20 AugMonthly Video – March 2020
20 AugHappy Holidays! Here’s a game for you!
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #9
20 AugCurse of Greed Ultimate – Talkthrough
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #8
20 Aug$5+ patron stream – (Cancelled, sorry!)
20 AugEarly Build: Sophie’s Cubes
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #7
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #6
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #5
20 Aug7DRL over, I didn’t finish a game!
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #4
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #3
20 AugMonthly Video – February 2020
20 AugCurse of Greed Ultimate!
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #2
20 AugSophie’s Screenshot Saturday #1
20 AugHey, want a Pumpking map?
20 AugNew Project Announcement!
20 AugMonthly Build 2017/11 – Robin Platformer!
20 Aug7DRL over, I didn’t finish a game!
20 AugAll the stuff!
20 AugSpooktober 1st – Character Concepts
20 AugHey, wanna hear about my November?
20 Aug$300 Goal Met! Halloween Dev!
20 AugMonthly Build 2017/9 – More Roguelike!
20 AugDreamsent (Early RPG designs)
20 AugDreamsent (Early RPG designs)
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/02 – Dusk Child 2
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/01 – The Island Dreamer
20 AugTic Tac Toe Tactics
20 AugThe Hero and The Hound
20 AugThe Hero and The Hound
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/12 – There Shall Be Lancing
20 AugMore Dice!
20 AugMore Dice!
20 AugStairs 2: Stair Harder
20 AugDANGEROUS DUELS
20 AugHappy New Year!
20 AugMaps! (They don’t love you like I love you!)
20 AugDice
20 AugDigging!
20 AugMonthly Build 2020/01 – Phantasmal
20 AugI’m finshed with Sophie’s Dice!
20 AugNew Gamebook Character Classes
20 AugWaitress for Zombies – Improved!
20 AugAssault on the Frozen Fortress
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/12 – Assault on the Frozen Fortress
20 AugChoose your monthly build #2
20 AugSpooktober 31st – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
20 AugRoguelike stairssssssss!
20 AugAnatomy of a Pico-8 RPG
20 AugGood News, I failed to write a light novel!
20 AugGood News, I failed to write a light novel!
20 AugSpooktober 26th – It’s not a Halloween game anymore
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/06 – Pico-8 RPG
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/11 – Maze
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/11 – Maze
20 AugI Got Burned Out From Making Games And Now I’m Committing To Not Doing Any Game Development This Month, Instead Focusing On Making Light Novels For The Light Novelber Jam???
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/05 – Leaper
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/10 – Linear Gear
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/10 – Linear Gear
20 AugSophie’s Dice v1.0
20 AugEvan the Lost and his Tale of Shadow
20 AugSophie’s Dice v0.8 (RC2)
20 AugMonthly Build 2019/04 – Lottie’s Dungeon
20 AugSpooktober 19th – Backgrounds
20 AugSophie’s Dice v0.7 (RC1)
20 AugSophie’s Dice v0.6
20 AugMore Roguelike interface stuff
20 AugRoguelike mouse control
20 AugRoguelike Action Card work
20 AugScripted Scenes in Dead End
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/06 – Dead End
20 AugSinput Update
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/05 – SeRo:Space
20 AugSinput
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/04 – sxo4857q
20 AugMega Star Ball
20 AugDucksnaker PRO
20 AugPumpking HD
20 AugSaturday Work Stream
20 AugPumpking HD
20 AugI’m quitting videogames
20 AugMonthly Build 2018/03 – Epochal
20 AugStreamBall!
20 AugRoguelike Origins
20 AugFroggi!
20 AugMonthly Build 2017/8 – Roguelike thingy!
20 AugChessy Things
20 AugSpooktober 15th – Vlogs!
20 AugMonthly Build 2017/10 – Phone Phantom!
20 AugBOXGAME – it’s 8 years old!?

2019 1

17 JunSophie’s Dice

2018 1

15 DecSupport me on Patreon!

2015 2

2014 6

19 JunLet’s think about videos of gameplay
17 MarHuh? Whose footprints are these? – an Essay
5 MarSome words on some problematic stuff
28 JanA machine to be another?
17 JanHow Open is “Open”?
10 JanThe Transsexual Character

2013 10

2012 44

21 DecDevelopers: Let’s do digital distribution right.
13 DecLeaper★ prequel comic: Resisting the Nechrim
30 NovCan Art be Games?
26 NovWhat steam should do
15 NovSwift☆Stitch 1.1, Phone Phantom, Swift÷Swap, Leaper★ and NaNoWriMo
31 OctIndie Buskers the 2nd!
18 OctLeaper★ Update Time!
9 SepMega Popoidz
5 SepFuck steam.
12 AugArea – description/rules
23 JulSuper-fast input in Unity!
17 JulWhat July is about: Leaper!
5 JulSWIFT☆STITCH is now available for iOS!
2 JulSWIFT☆STITCH on Desura
30 JunSPLAT DEATH SALAD blog post, SPECIAL MAKING-OF EDITION!
15 JunStop being such an asshole to people who don’t start from scratch
12 JunHang on a bit, I’m busy right now…
15 AprRose and Time
2 AprBounceicles
2 AprCrumpet Vs the Tunnel
2 AprShout n’ Dodge
2 Aprthe.domestic
2 AprPlatform Lemmings
2 AprForesight Concept
2 AprViviscape
2 AprA Fishing Adventure
2 AprZAGIZIGI
1 AprAdventures in teaching wordpress tricks
1 AprZIP QUEST
1 AprBunnies of Fury!
1 AprMegaSuper:TIMEWARP
1 AprMegaSuper:EXTREME
1 AprTowlr Podge
1 AprRamuh-Shmoo
1 AprULTIMATE VENGANCE POWER 4: The Lemon of Justice!
1 AprPinapple22
1 AprThe Linear RPG
1 AprBOXGAME
1 AprCAVERN0048
1 AprNOODLE FURY!
1 AprDinosaurs Didnt have keyboards…
1 MarPirate Kart, hacked site, pixexix for mac and more!
16 JanResults of the Swift*Stitch 'pay when you want' sale!
10 JanSWIFT*STITCH post-mortem

2011 5

6 DecSwift☆Stitch launches on Friday
19 OctHere's What's Up!
10 OctFell Tracer
27 SepI need a new laptop, but I need money.
6 JanI don't like advertising.

2010 18

31 OctHalloween exchange with Dock
27 OctUnity Tutorials, BCS talk at Glasgow Caledonian
25 OctSophie’s Witch Game is now Lottie’s Dungeon
21 OctWitch Wednesday 1
18 OctSophie’s Witch Game
1 SepIndie Kombat
14 JulMaking Games is EASY, and I won apparently
15 JunSarah's Run
21 MarTook a week away from the internet,
1 Marcan space art blag posts well?
21 FebDinosaurs didn’t have keyboards
17 FebInactive? depends on your definition…
3 Feblivestreaming
1 FebI can still draw!
1 FebI actually made a new game!
1 FebThe ZagiZigi progress blog post… thing
22 JanBeen a while since I posted,
13 JanKliche醒来之后感到非常的湿，这一切不过是一场梦，一场春梦。

2009 58

31 DecVampire and vampire yuri
27 DecBaking, and Knights from the future
23 DecEvil Sophie
17 DecDONT CRY WP-GAL!
14 DecPast, present and a robot fighting ninja based future
14 DecLudum dares, timelapses and general updateyness
9 DecFirst post of december?
30 NovHey rebels, my droid happened to have these plans on it…
29 NovNormals practice, Unity embedding
28 NovMonster time
27 NovDay 27, copy/pasta on this scale is almost painful D:
26 NovDay 26, I win at NaNoWriMo :D
25 NovDay 25, finished… the story!
24 NovDay 24, much better :)
23 NovDay 23, uuuuuugh -_-
22 NovDay 22, lotsa writing and lotsa drawing
21 NovDay 21, playing catchup
19 NovDay 19, just illustrations
15 Novmore miniLD, also a Fair sketch
14 NovminiLD#14 is it a comedy or a tradgedy?
13 NovDay 13, thats it for the weekend I think
12 NovDay 12, epic fights and Yuri!
12 NovD chan
11 NovDay 11, != OTL, 3 milestones passed plus art!
10 NovDay 10, OTL
10 NovDay 9, 25k mark reached!
9 NovDay 8, Magical Girl Comic
6 NovDay 6, Act one complete, new cover
5 NovNaNoWriMo day 5
3 NovRiding the Glyph
2 NovDoll and samurai in the chess house
1 NovITS OVER NINE THOUSAAAAND!
31 OctVisit the grave
28 OctUnity is free now guys
26 Octmore Arrowa yurified!
26 OctA couple of dreams about independence
23 Octbeen having a few days like this lately
22 Octphantasmal baddies + faces
19 OctArrow Girl Sketches
19 OctIn hiding
18 OctTumbledrop Star papercraft
18 OctTentacle Happy Time
17 OctPapercrafty
17 OctStay classy, but if you dont want to…
17 OctFIRST!
6 OctIndieVault.it interview
17 SepForesight ‘game’ and other stuff
31 AugMade a game this weekend
7 Augthe origin of BOXGAME
7 AugBOXGAME
22 JunWhat Phantasmal is all about
17 JunA Phantasmal Announcemant
25 MayMegaSuper:TIMEWARP
28 MarNevermore 3 released, new project underway
23 MarUnity
1 MarGames Page updated, stuff happening
26 FebEdward
20 FebGeneral Thoughts

2008 4

2007 4