I've noticed this growing trend of Let's Players recording games on mute so they can play music from other games in the edit. To be honest, this pisses me off. Music is an important part of game design. It's intentional. Playing a song from a completely different game feels so disrespectful.

You wake up, dead, with no memories. But somehow with a... job? The A Date with Death 2 demo arrives April 14 💀✨ 🦉 Create your very own Grim Reaper 🐧 Explore the Underworld & meet a cast of side characters 🦉 Flirt with your coworkers (HR who?) ⤵️

Any use of genAI always reads to me like: “We just used a little bit of shit in our cake because we couldn’t afford chocolate.”

🚨 8 Hours Left For Creator Day 🚨 We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!

Dragons Frolic! is now released on steam! 🩷 If you get it, please consider leaving a review, as it helps a lot! Thank you! I hope everyone is having a lovely week. I'm now going to drink a choccy milk to celebrate! #indiegame | #cozygame | #pixelart

My queer horror game 'Sofia?' is 50% off until the 20th November for trans awareness week :) hatoge.itch.io/sofia #indiedev #rpgmaker #queergames

idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple

Hello #portfolioday 👋 I make gay rpgmaker horror games. If you're looking for any free queer horror games to play during halloween season, come on by 👀

Switching over to playing Kana.exe by @hatoge.itch.io ! A Y2K mystery horror game inspired by Yume Nikki and DDLC? Sounds like my dream game! www.twitch.tv/starrybunnie... 🎨glace08

🔴LIVE🔴 There are few things in this world I fear... but busses? THAT'S real horror! Join me tonight for a shorter stream as I voice act and play through @hatoge.itch.io's Line 88 for the very first time! The game's art seems super pretty, and I'll always adore a good indie title~! (LINK BELOW)

uploaded a video! End Date by @hatoge.itch.io youtu.be/CqbivXS0bvw?...

not the download for fairy nook being completely broken for a week.... definitely downloading my games at least once to make sure they didnt get messed up in the zipping process from now on 😭

My newest game Fairy Nook, a mixed media interactive book nook, is out right now! hatoge.itch.io/fairy-nook When fairies struggle to survive in human society, what led them to this place and how does it shape their identity? A story about self discovery #visualnovel #indiedev #rpgmaker #transrepjam

I know this is a terrible sales tactic, which is why I'm making a seperate post, but please don't expect a super deep or polished story from Fairy nook. This was a uni assignment that was originally more of an art installation than an actual game; but I thought people might still want to play it

My newest game Fairy Nook, a mixed media interactive book nook, is out right now! hatoge.itch.io/fairy-nook When fairies struggle to survive in human society, what led them to this place and how does it shape their identity? A story about self discovery #visualnovel #indiedev #rpgmaker #transrepjam

See you on Sunday :) (or Monday, if I find more (unintentional) bugs on Sunday.) More info in replies! #indiedev #transrepjam

made a tutorial for u

We've passed $62,000 for queer artists. Get over 600 projects from more than 300 creators for just $60 (or $10+): itch.io/b/3062

Misfiction has been delisted. Because of a kidnapping and stalking content warning (I'm guessing). There's no sexual content in it, hell, it hardly even classifies as a horror game, that's how tame it is. Meanwhile I have listed games with torture and cannibalism in them. (Which is mentioned in CW)

i feel in love with mistrick every since the game's release, and while it stuck with me the longest, all of hatoge's works have greatly inspired me as an artist for the past few years, as it's become pretty much an yearly tradition for me to draw john and chase.

after such a long time without posting, i wanted to share some fanart i did some weeks ago for mistrick, by @hatoge.itch.io! i'm a huge fan of his games, so i really recommend checking all of them out. ＼(^o^)／

The Steam page for #deepinside is LIVE! 🔥 The game will be (hopefully) published on Sept 1st! Please wishlist it, it'd be very appreciated and it'd help a lot ❤️ In the first comment the link to the devlog for this update... stay tuned! #rpghorror #rpgmakerhorror #horrorgame #indiedev #indiegame

#VideoGames #queer #LGBTQA+ Played Reouija Sleepover by @hatoge.itch.io hatoge.itch.io/reouija-slee... I LOVE this game. A mysterious apartment complex, an ever-changing landscape, ghosts, timed puzzles, AND trans representation!​ It also looks gorgeous and scared me at a couple points.

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue Stripe feeling the pressure ACLU put out a statement CBC covered all this What you are doing is WORKING You are getting RESULTS KEEP CALLING KEEP WRITING WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

As you may have heard, thousands of NSFW games have been removed without warning from multiple platforms over the past few days. This sets a troubling precedent for the future of games. If you want more information on why this is happening and how to help, read more here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

The RPG Maker 2025 Game Jam results are out, and my entry kana.exe won in the category of Most Innovative Gameplay! We also got runner up for Best Narrative and 7th place in the public ranking 🥳 Thank you so much to the judges for all of their hard work and everyone else who left ratings on the jam!

Reasons to back Snowkissed Romance, our ‘90s dating sim, a thread 🧵 🩷 Fall in Love YOUR Way: Choose gender, appearance, zodiac + personality! ⛷️ Dreamy Setting: It’s winter break of 1994-1995 🌌 Nostalgic Romance: Your childhood friends are back and now they’re HOT? (1/3)

Not sure how to do this. My partner and light of 19 years, @mitzistarkweather.bsky.social has been diagnosed with metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer. We are hopeful that modern treatment can give her many more years of changing the world. If you’re able, we could use your help. gofund.me/99a35bf2

The Trans Representation Jam 2025 has officially started! Submit your games from now until August 31st 11:59 pm CEST! Make sure to use the #transrepjam hashtag if you share any progress on bluesky. Happy jamming everyone! ☺️ itch.io/jam/trans-re... #transrepjam #indiedev #gamejam

TODAY IS NATIONAL PIGEON DAY!! Please take a second to appreciate all that pigeons have done for humans in the past and how we domesticated them only to leave them to the city streets 🐦🌻

📅✨This weekend! It's the return of Drawfee Variety Hour! We'll be raising money for Trans Lifeline, June 7th 2pm ET-8 on Twitch!

A YEAR OF SPRINGS is on sale for pride on steam, itch & google play! (sorry the length of the sale varies for every platform so just check the platform of your choice! 💦) 🎮 ayearofsprings.npckc.net

Pride Month starts tomorrow. I'm going to post this once again.

I made a drawing of Chase Colt from Mistrick! Actually, whenever I hear Malice Mizer's song "Baroque" I think of him, and I think he would wear Visual Kei accessories, So I made some redesigns on his clothes, I really liked it ＼⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠)⁠／ (Game by @hatoge.itch.io)

Only 2 more weeks until #Transrepjam returns again this year! The optional theme this time is found family ☺️ Come join our low stakes, beginner friendly 2 month long jam all about trans representation in video games, ttrpgs, comics and more! itch.io/jam/trans-re...

💥 JUMP THE TRACK - is OUT NOW 💥 🏃 Save your life 🤝 Rally forces ✊ Overthrow the system Seed by Seed is a game dev cooperative, and we're self-publishing this game, so we truly need your help 💖 youtu.be/ce8VkKx4SVM

I sometimes get comments like "Why is this gay??? Stop making everything gay!" and I find those comments very funny because I imagine the little homophobe being all excited and pumped to play my game & then recoil in shock and horror, when they realize they've accidentally consumed the gay. 😂

More on this btw. Potential way to kick it from your servers. The ID is 1153984868804468756 Remember, never believe an AI bot's claims that they won't train your stuff without permission. They will. #Discord

You killed your former guild leader when he betrayed you for a cult. Now, a man claiming to be his doppelganger asks for your help. Will you make the same mistakes, or will things be different this time? Our dark boys love visual novel Asphodelium releases in 1 month! 🔪 Wishlist: s.team/a/3139260/

I keep getting this same spam comment over and over on one of my games on @itch.io . I keep banning them, but they just come back with a new account. Anyone else experiencing this? It's really annoying D:

The Trans Representation Jam is returning again this year, running from June 14th to August 31rd! Hope to see you there! itch.io/jam/trans-re... #gamejam #indiedev #transgaming #transrepjam

Come join my non-competetive game jam about creating more trans representation! 💪 (and please ignore the typo I am very tired)

The nonprofit Japanese Game Preservation Society (JGPS) is running out of money and will have to shut down soon if they can't find a way to raise money. They have been critical in preserving Japanese games. www.timeextension.com/features/we-...

finished 95%of chat pages

The 1.1 version is now live! Please download this version if you want to play the game 🙏 I fixed a lot of major bugs and improved overall performance. hatoge.itch.io/kanaexe/devl...

A g-drive link to the bug fixed version will be coming in the next few days, so hopefully the game will be more playable afterwards :') but man, I wish I could just update the actual itch file instead of this workaround... that's what I get for focusing too much on visual polish instead of testing 😭

So I found a new bug... 😂 Honestly scarier than the original, maybe I should leave it in /j

oh my god, I just found the reason that caused the main bug people have been getting in kana... I feel so stupid orz also dont understand how it never happened to me during testing, then I could have fixed it 😭 man

For anyone who's missed it, I released a new game! It's a yume nikki inspired 4th wall breaking game 👀 hatoge.itch.io/kanaexe Also big thank you to anyone leaving a rating 🙏 (It doesn't help within the contest, I just like to see number go up 🥺)