SonderingEmily · Kwalee
Hey everyone! Ahead of today’s launch, we now have a stream on the page! You can watch me play through the game on the lily’s world XD store page 💜 See you in a few hours!
Hey everyone!
Ahead of today’s launch, we now have a stream on the page! You can watch me play through the game on the lily’s world XD store page 💜
See you in a few hours!
Hey everyone - I have some big news for you! I’m incredibly excited to announce that lily’s world XD will be releasing on September 17th! I can’t believe that I’m finally announcing the release date, and that the game will be with you so soon. Check out the new release date revea
Hey everyone - I have some big news for you!
I can’t believe that I’m finally announcing the release date, and that the game will be with you so soon. Check out the new release date reveal trailer below!
The support for lily’s world xD has genuinely been so crazy, and I can’t thank everyone enough! I’ve hit so many milestones that I dreamed of, and having the demo hit over 400 Very Positive reviews is insane to me.
If you haven’t already, you can play the lily’s world XD demo ahead of the September release to get a feel for the game!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
I can’t wait for the full release to be out in the world!
For more updates, you can join my Discord, or follow me on social media at @sonderingemily!
Hey guys! lily’s world XD is featured in Short Games Showcase - running until August 14th! I’m super excited to have my game featured in so many great showcases! If you haven’t already played it - this is the perfect time to check out the demo for lily’s world XD. You can also jo
Hey guys!
lily’s world XD is featured in Short Games Showcase - running until August 14th!
I’m super excited to have my game featured in so many great showcases! If you haven’t already played it - this is the perfect time to check out the demo for lily’s world XD.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
You can also join my Discord to talk to other lily’s world XD demo players! There is a forum where you can log bugs and feedback, and just generally talk about the game!
Follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content!
Hey, everyone! I’m excited to let you all know that the demo of lily’s world XD is featured in Nonbinary Coded Games, running until July 20th! With July 14th being International Nonbinary People's Day , this event showcases games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, and outsid
Hey, everyone!
I’m excited to let you all know that the demo of lily’s world XD is featured in Nonbinary Coded Games, running until July 20th!
With July 14th being International Nonbinary People's Day, this event showcases games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, and outside the gender binary, along with games that have nonbinary rep! Kirk, who helps program lily's world XD, is nonbinary.
I’m so happy to have lily’s world XD showcased alongside a lot of other amazing games!
Play the demo now:
Join my Discord to talk to other lily’s world XD demo players. There is a forum where you can log bugs and feedback, and just generally talk about the game!
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content!
Hey everyone! I recently released a patch for the lily’s world XD Demo covering a few fixes. Thank you all for your support on the demo so far! I had a typo on theradiantpath.com where I misspelled Seraphine. I added a dog photo to Iris's Palster profile. The game should now work
Hey everyone!
I recently released a patch for the lily’s world XD Demo covering a few fixes. Thank you all for your support on the demo so far!
Your support of the demo has been amazing, and I truly can’t thank everyone enough for all their kind words!
Join my Discord to talk to other lily’s world XD demo players! There is a forum where you can log bugs and feedback, and just generally talk about the game!
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content!
Hey guys! I’m excited to let you know that lily’s world XD is a part of Steam Next Fest, running from June 15th until June 22nd!! In case you missed it, the demo was released last week with a brand new trailer. You can check it out below! Thank you so much for your support of the
Hey guys!
I’m excited to let you know that lily’s world XD is a part of Steam Next Fest, running from June 15th until June 22nd!!
In case you missed it, the demo was released last week with a brand new trailer. You can check it out below!
Thank you so much for your support of the lily’s world XD demo so far, I appreciate all of your reviews and bug reports so much!
Join my Discord to talk to other lily’s world XD demo players. There is a forum where you can log bugs and feedback, and just generally talk about the game!
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content!
Guys!!!! It’s finally here!!! The demo for lily’s world XD is out now!! I’m so excited for you to finally get a look at how the game is coming along. It’s been such a busy year for me already, and I can’t wait to see how you enjoy the demo! To recap, lily’s world XD is a psycholo
Guys!!!! It’s finally here!!!
The demo for lily’s world XD is out now!!
I’m so excited for you to finally get a look at how the game is coming along. It’s been such a busy year for me already, and I can’t wait to see how you enjoy the demo!
To recap, lily’s world XD is a psychological horror game. Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer…
Join my Discord to talk to other lily’s world XD demo players! There is a forum where you can log bugs and feedback, and just generally talk about the game!
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content!
Hey everyone! I’m so excited to announce that lily’s world XD will be included in the Women-Led Games showcase, airing June 4th at 4pm PT on YouTube and Twitch ! You might want to check it out to see some fun news! Women-Led Games is a yearly showcase platform built to put attent
Hey everyone!
I’m so excited to announce that lily’s world XD will be included in the Women-Led Games showcase, airing June 4th at 4pm PT on YouTube and Twitch! You might want to check it out to see some fun news!
Women-Led Games is a yearly showcase platform built to put attention where it should already be: on the women-led and majority-women studios making some of the most interesting work in the industry! I can’t wait to have lily’s world XD shown alongside some other incredible games!!
I’ve got a special gift for you all just in time for the holidays 🎁 I’ve officially opened my own Discord server! There’s a special section in my server for lily’s world XD where I’ll be sharing some exclusive dev updates and accepting suggestions for what you’d like to see in t
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
Halloween is near, so let’s celebrate with some spooky games 🎃 I’m excited to let you all know that lily’s world XD has been selected to feature in Scream Fest! Scream Fest is an event run by Steam to spotlight some awesome upcoming, early access, and fully launched horror games
Halloween is near, so let’s celebrate with some spooky games 🎃
I’m excited to let you all know that lily’s world XD has been selected to feature in Scream Fest!
Scream Fest is an event run by Steam to spotlight some awesome upcoming, early access, and fully launched horror games! It’s a great opportunity to check out some new games and support indie horror devs like me.
lily’s world XD is a psychological horror game where you investigate a young girl’s computer, so it’s a perfect fit for this event!
If you want more detailed updates on how the development of lily’s world XD is going, then don’t forget to subscribe to my free newsletter here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content.
I know you haven’t heard from me in many months, but I wanted to reassure you all that… I AM NOT DEAD. Just dead tired (but in a good way!). I’m still hard at work on lily’s world XD, so I wanted to give you all an update on what I’ve been up to and also on my development progres
I know you haven’t heard from me in many months, but I wanted to reassure you all that…
I AM NOT DEAD.
Just dead tired (but in a good way!). I’m still hard at work on lily’s world XD, so I wanted to give you all an update on what I’ve been up to and also on my development progress so far.
This summer was genuinely crazy! I was a speaker at VidCon, then I was a featured creator at Open Sauce (a nerdy content creator convention), then I went on tour for my voice acting. For those who don’t know, I play the villain One in Battle for Dream Island and Pepper in Inanimate Insanity. For the tour, we went around the US premiering our latest episodes and meeting our community.
THEN I went to London to visit my publisher Kwalee (Oh yeah, I have a publisher now!). I then went to New York for the content creator conference Publish Press NYC and then to Anime Impulse. With all of this international travel, I also got sick during this time period.
So I was essentially working on lily’s world XD in various hotel and AirBnb rooms!
This summer, I brought the lily’s world XD demo to its first and second physical event. At Open Sauce, there is a massive expo section where people can bring their projects to demo, whether that’s an engineering project, an art project, or even a game! So I had a lily’s world XD booth (see photo below).
The lily's world XD booth at Open Sauce.
I got to see peoples’ reactions to playing the build for the first time (people who are not just my friends!). Shockingly, the lily’s world XD demo did not have a single bug during this playtest, which I’m extremely proud of myself for. I was very surprised at how positive the reception was to the demo since it’s an hour long – the last thing I would expect anyone to want to do during a very busy convention is to sit down for an hour and play my niche indie game. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that many people who sat down to play also ended up finishing the whole demo!
At certain moments of horror, I was delighted to see their reaction. And I look forward to seeing your reaction when the demo publicly comes out. In fact, I’m currently planning the marketing beats for when the demo will be released, so expect that within the coming months.
I also showcased the lily’s world XD demo at Anime Impulse. Given the fact that this is an expo for anime lovers and not necessarily psychological horror games, I was surprised by the amount of people who sat down and finished the entire 1-hour-long demo. I even had a bunch of people coming up to the booth and telling me they recognised the game.
One thing that was unexpected for me was that a lot of people who came up to the booth didn’t recognise me as a content creator but recognised the game from various showcases and the general buzz about it! I really appreciated that because I’ve always considered myself a game developer first and a content creator second, so it was really gratifying to be recognised more for my game than for my online following.
The lily's world XD booth at Anime Impulse.
Recently, I’ve been a bit burnt out from content creation and from all of my travelling. When it comes to my content creation, I only started making videos to promote the games I was working on. I never saw myself as a creator. In fact, I never thought I could even be a creator.
With content creation, your success depends on whether random people on the Internet like you or feel entertained by you. My first video on Instagram got over 2 million views, so I’m someone who fell into this rather than someone who’s dreamed about it. I’m so incredibly grateful for the audience I have. Without content creation, I don’t think I would have been able to pursue being a full-time game developer.
Not only that, but reading peoples’ comments about how excited they are for lily’s world XD genuinely makes my day. It gives me a purpose in life and this game has saved me from a deep depression. However, sometimes content creation feels like a never-ending hamster wheel, where you’re constantly comparing yourself to others and needing to constantly grow. You feel more like you’re fighting with the algorithm rather than making content for your community.
Weirdly enough, in my mental crisis, working on lily’s world XD has been my rock. For most indie game developers, their game is the source of stress in their lives, but for me it’s what calms me down after a long day of balancing the other aspects of my life.
With social media, there’s this instant feedback loop or gratification from posting a video and seeing how well it does. Seeing how many likes it gets, what people comment on it, what people think about the video. However, with my game, I don’t feel pressured in the moment of development to please anyone but myself. I can focus on telling the story that I’m deeply passionate about.
The vast majority of my videos are also about game development and not really who I am as a human being. For some reason, I’ve recently been feeling self-conscious about whether anyone actually cares about me. I realised that I want to do more than just make videos about game development. I want to build a community of like-minded people, those of you who are artists, developers, and writers. I want this to feel more like a community, rather than just making viral videos. If you’re reading this, I’d love for you to share a project you’re working on that gives you purpose in life. Let’s uplift each other as creatives!
I can’t lie, I will be incredibly nervous when the demo and the game launches! But, in those quiet moments at my desk, I can focus on what I truly love: telling a story that resonates deeply in my heart.
My last announcement is that I’ve started streaming on Twitch! You can find my channel here:
twitch.tv/sonderingem
I will be streaming Mondays and Wednesdays at 8pm Pacific Time, and I’ll be streaming art, development of lily’s world XD, and indie game playthroughs. I would absolutely love it if you stopped by and shared something about yourself, whether that’s a project you’re working on, your favorite game, or your most recent hyperfixation!
I’m hoping that, through streaming on Twitch, there can be more of an open dialogue between us, rather than just creator and consumer.
Thank you for reading this update and I can’t wait to share more with you soon!
First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been following my development journey so far! I really appreciate all of your support and I can’t wait to share more with you. I’m excited to tell you all that I’m officially partnering with UK-based publisher Kwale
First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been following my development journey so far! I really appreciate all of your support and I can’t wait to share more with you.
I’m excited to tell you all that I’m officially partnering with UK-based publisher Kwalee to launch lily’s world XD!
If you want more detailed updates on how the development of lily’s world XD is going, then don’t forget to subscribe to my free newsletter here.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/
You can also follow me on YouTube or Instagram at @sonderingemily for even more indie game dev content.
Hey everyone! I'm so excited to see the support for lily's world XD. I've gotten some questions about whether the game will have a demo, and the answer is yes! I finished a build, got some feedback, and now I'm iterating for the second round of playtesting. I'm not sure exactly w
Hey everyone!
I'm so excited to see the support for lily's world XD. I've gotten some questions about whether the game will have a demo, and the answer is yes! I finished a build, got some feedback, and now I'm iterating for the second round of playtesting. I'm not sure exactly when I will launch the demo but sometime in 2025.
Here's a sneak peek of the demo, a dress up game! I was inspired by the girlie flash games I played as a kid, so I made my own version.
For those who are interested in a more intimate look into my development process, I have a free newsletter where I send updates every month. If you're interested in playtesting, I will have a sign up form and details in my next email! Join here.
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More exciting updates to come!