Happy New Year, everyone! 🏵🏵 It's been a rough year for some and rougher for others, but we made it through. Now it's time for another one. ✌️ See you on the other side~

👑⚖️ "Who said becoming Empress isn't like walking on a tightrope? But a queen still wants a devoted lover, dammit." 🎮: Imperial Grace Demo by @synstoria.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 11 Dec, Thu 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #ImperialGrace #VisualNovels #Amare #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

📻🗞️ "Ahhh, yes, just what the doctor ordered—a gaggle of awful writers to whip into shape. My life as a chief editor is blessed~" 🎮: Good News by @poroos.bsky.social 🕗: 10:45pm, GMT+8 🗓: 10 Dec, Wed 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #GoodNews #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

🐰🎩 "When's our next murder-mystery escape room, darling?" "Funny you should ask~~ :>" 🎮: Unmasked Truths: Shattered Dreams by @unmaskedtruths.bsky.social 🕗: 10pm, GMT+8 🗓: 10 Dec, Wed 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #UnmaskedTruths #VisualNovels #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

Guess what we'll be doing on 10 Dec, 8PM GMT+8? :> It's time for Wholesome Snack 2025 by @wholesomegames.com, during which there will be pausing, there will be squeeing, there will be wishlisting, all while we play i-spy! 👀 🍵: twitch.tv/ricebits

💡📡 "Would you like your bizarro served now or later, miss? It does have ice-cream on the side, it might melt." 🎮: Butter Side Down by Kalle & Lachlan MacDonald 🕗: 10pm, GMT+8 🗓: 9 Dec, Tues 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #ButterSideDown #InteractiveFiction #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

🎲🔫 "You ain't seen pretty like I've seen pretty." You draw from BLAME!? You have me. Check out their pedigree, yo. 🎮: Celestial Return (Demo) by @metaphor-games.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 9 Dec, Tues 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #CelestialReturn #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

🥩🍴 "One short psychological thriller coming right up, miss, with a sprinkle of 'where's my waifu' as requested." 🎮: Livber: Smoke and Mirrors by InEv Games 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 8 Dec, Monday 🥂: twitch.tv/ricebits #Livber #VisualNovels #IndieGames #ChooseWiselyFestival

Tada~~ holiday time! \o/ So guess what? Ricebits is honoured to be a part of the #ChooseWiselyFestival made possible by @studioephua.bsky.social~ Come join her for a week full of glorious games made by incredible indie developers! (definitely not rice just messing around again. promise. :>)

107 saves later, I have finished Mass Effect 1 (Legendary Edition)! Only took me 4 years, gg. But it was such a lovely trip down memory lane. Pretty much completed everything except for a couple of minerals that were not found. Next stop! ME2~

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/... or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays before November 21th 9PM CET!

Finally able to turn off Low Battery Survival Mode and slowly catch up with everything; work and family matters totally have me beat. If I haven't responded to an email or DM, please send me another poke so that it gets brought to the top of my Inbox as I chip away at the backlog! 🛻💨 💛!

#Rectifier : In Bloom is available on Itch for only $2! Also make sure to wishlist the game so you can get the game there when it's available. flowersforjoy.itch.io/rectifier-in-b… store.steampowered.com/app/3920320/Re���

🪦🔮 Happy Halloween!~ Nothing like stepping into some 1897 mysteries set in Ireland on this fine night. 🎮: The Séance of Blake Manor by @spookydoorway.bsky.social & @blakemanorgame.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 31 Oct, Friday 🎃: twitch.tv/ricebits #RicePlays

Played ME1 before sleep to clear out all the side-quests before Virmire, iykyk. And I think it's been one of the best sleeps that I've had in months, maybe the whole year? Damn.

It's so frustrating - it's Steam Next Fest, but I'm too sick to enjoy it and check out games & demos. :\ Y'all better doing it on my behalf, yo.

🕵️‍♀️🚂 Totally not AWOL this weekend because I was kidnapped by a hottie spy or two. 😳🫣 🎮: Love & Country by @guhuhugames.com 🕗: 9pm, GMT+8 🗓: 11 Oct, Saturday 🔎: twitch.tv/ricebits #LoveAndCountry #VisualNovels #Otome #IndieGames #RicePlays

This is such a throwback. One day I'll find my hat again. I promise it wasn't because it shrunk in the wash. >.<

In honour of World Mental Health Day, we played a cosy little game that was a lovely way to end off the evening and begin the weekend. Totally worth the current coffee price. 🫶 to everyone! 🎮: Hello Goodboy by @rollinggloryjam.bsky.social #WorldMentalHealthDay #HelloGoodboy #RicePlays

Finishing #PreOdyssey yesterday was such a wholesome treat, my heart still feels warm from the experience. I love how Penelope's ducks were such staunch and dedicated shippers of the two, nnngh. Even without a sale, this little VN has my solid recommendation. 🫶🫶

🦢👑 Needed something a little light-hearted to cap off the week after yesterday's thrills. All for the sweet price of a cup of coffee~ 🎮: Pre-Odyssey by @neoclassicgames.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 3 Oct, Friday 🌾: twitch.tv/ricebits #PreOdyssey #VisualNovels #Otome #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

🎊 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎊 The winner of the giveaway is @cortesxe.bsky.social. You've been contacted via DM, so please do respond to me so that I can send you your key. :)

😎🌹 Time for me to find my hubby's murderer. +_+ Kickstarter out now~! 🎮: Lover's Enigma by @flncrnbry.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 2 Oct, Thursday ㊙️: twitch.tv/ricebits #LoversEnigma #KoibitoNoNazo #恋人の謎 #VisualNovels #IndieGames #RicePlays

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😱🌳 The final rays of @vnstudioelan.com's #FallinLoveFestival will fall on a demo set in a dystopian solarpunk world. May these stories never end. 💛 🎮: Rottenroots by Klabautermann Games 🕗: 9:30pm, GMT+8 🗓: 1 Oct, Wednesday 🌇: twitch.tv/ricebits #Rottenroots #VisualNovel #IndieGames #RicePlays

💜🎲 As we wrap up #FallInLoveFestival, here's a reminder that falling in love comes in many different forms and ways. 🏳️‍🌈 🎮: Pivot of Hearts by @dragonroll-studio.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 1 Oct, Wednesday 📍: twitch.tv/ricebits #PivotOfHearts #VisualNovels #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

It's hard to believe that #FallInLoveFestival is already drawing to a close.. there are still so many VNs I want to experience. It's been a blast falling in love with VNs all over again; I'm looking forward to finishing the ones we couldn't. Tysm to the devs who extended invitations for games! 🫶

🎤✨ Every time I see a VN dedicated to superheroes, you have me by the hand. How high can I fly~? 🎮: Starbright Agency by @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social 🕗: 10pm, GMT+8 🗓: 30 Sept, Tuesday 🌠: twitch.tv/ricebits #StarbrightAgency #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

🦖🧢 Between Dinoboy, Faegirl, and Bigfoot, how will I ever choose? @_@ 🎮: Raptor Boyfriend by @rocketadrift.bsky.social 🕗: 8:30pm, GMT+8 🗓: 30 Sept, Tuesday 🔥: twitch.tv/ricebits #RaptorBoyfriend #FallInLoveFestival #DatingSim #IndieGames #RicePlays

akua-kourin.itch.io/onigashima Our #SpooktoberVNJam entry is released Play as the nameable great Oni Slayer and protect your friends from the upcoming Red Moon! #visualnovel #horror #indiehorror #visualnovel #gamejam #indiegame

🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉 Because you can never have too much love, tysm to @nightasobu.bsky.social has given us a giveaway key for Fearbonding! The winner will be drawn after the #FallInLoveFestival on Steam ends. 🌠 gleam.io/1tO4e/fearbonding-giveaway #Fearbonding #VisualNovels #Yandere #BL

🐯💕🐺 Can you resist a slow-burn romance with a white tiger yokai god in a hot spring inn? Did you think I could? #InnkeeperGoals 🎮: Ookami Okami by @mushroomallow.bsky.social 🕗: 9:30pm, GMT+8 🗓: 29 Sept, Monday 🍵: twitch.tv/ricebits #OokamiOkami #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #Otome #RicePlays

🍰🫵 Demon + #Yandere + #BL = a perfect recipe for that delicious, delicious tension. I can't wait to share it with you later~ Giveaway, Y/N? 🎮: Fearbonding by @nightasobu.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 29 Sept, Monday 🌀: twitch.tv/ricebits #Fearbonding #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovels #RicePlays

Made a buncha new fakemon sprites

they're fated to be together in every universe 🙏✨ #yuelposting

*kabedons you* hey. you don't need to draw to make a visual novel. just join a game jam and get to it. you are stuck in the labyrinth of perceived genre conventions. go read slime feet and snowcorpse necromancy. just make a visual novel you need no skills for it only time. just do it. do it scared

💬🍵 We've all had that old friend that we've lost touch with, but the memories are still there. 🎮: Irene. The Window by @therightwordsgames.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 27 Sept, Saturday 📍: twitch.tv/ricebits #IreneTheWindow #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #IndieGames #RicePlays

⚓🏴‍☠️ This game caught my eye months ago, and now I'm here to bring it into your pockets under the #FallInLoveFestival banner. +_+ 🎮: Sigh of the Abyss by @rdevworks.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 26 Sept, Friday 🌊: twitch.tv/ricebits #SighOfTheAbyss #VisualNovels #Amare #Otome #IndieGames #RicePlays

📢Our game #TaishoRomanceTheater is deindexed on itch, and having traffic from outside itch helps push it up in the review queue. 🆘Please rt & click on our game link, help us get this resolved sooner!💖Thanks! sweetsomestudio.itch.io/taisho-roman... #indiedev #visualnovel #devlog #indiegame #gamedev

🎎🎴 This game is intriguing on so many levels, can't wait to check it out tonight! Taisho era romance here we go~ 🎮: Taishō Romance Theater by @sweetsomestudio.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 25 Sept, Thursday 🌺: twitch.tv/ricebits #TaishoRomanceTheatre #VisualNovels #FallInLoveFestival #RicePlays

Fall in love with over 200 romance-themed visual novels in our Steam festival—starting now! 💖 We've collaborated with 100+ other visual novel devs to bring you a week full of celebrating visual novels, from streams to games on sale to new demos and more~ store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

🦋💀🦋 Yesterday we investigated prison breaks, today we catch faerie killers! Bzzt bzzt~? 🎮: Death & Faeology by @mushroomallow.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 24 Sept, Wednesday ✨: twitch.tv/ricebits #DeathAndFaeology #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovels #MurderMystery #Faerie #RicePlays

🏰📖🕯️ Epic music, check. Gorgeous graphics, check. Swoon-worthy lovers, CHECK! It's time for magic detective hats tonight! 🎮: Spell Candle by Bottled Monster Ink. 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 23 Sept, Tuesday ✨: twitch.tv/ricebits #SpellCandle #VisualNovels #Otome #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

💞💞 Gearing up for almost two weeks of only visual novels. Can my heart take the line-up though? THIS WEEK: 🌾 Threads of the Bay Demo 🌾 Spell Candle Demo 🌾 Death & Faeology Demo 🌾 Taishō Romance Theater Demo 🌾 Sigh of the Abyss 🌾 SoulSet #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovels #Otome #Amare #BL 1/2

🌊⛱️ Yo, super excited to get early access to the new Threads of You demo! >.< Missed it the first time around & I was so bummed. 🎮: Threads of You: Beyond the Bay by @lavendeerstudios.bsky.social 🕗: 8pm GMT+8 🗓: 22 Sept, Monday 📍: twitch.tv/ricebits #ToYBTB #Otome #Amare #VisualNovels #RicePlays

YaoiGameJam 2025 has officially ended!🎉 Congratulations to everyone that submitted a game this year. We are breaking the record with a total of 64 brand new games! 🎉 The previous record was 41 games back in 2022. Check them all out here: buff.ly/3xEB3XE

Our 1st Steam festival, Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival, begins in just 1 week! What does this mean for you? You'll be able to browse through our Steam page from over 100+ developers for different types of romance-themed visual novels with some games on sale, having new demos, and more 💖

🗝🗝 If a game reminds me of the Nonary games it's impossible to turn it down. :> May games like 999 never fade away. 🫰 🎮: Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo by Dank Hearts 🕗: 8pm, GMT+8 🗓: 18 Sept, Thursday 📍: twitch.tv/ricebits #雑音系少年少 #TypeNOISEShonenShojo #IndieGames #VisualNovels #EscapeRoom #RicePlays

OTOME NEWS! Homura: The Crimson Warriors Launches on Nintendo Switch in 2026! Will the Crimson Warriors fend off the Ura Yagyu once and for all? We are excited to announce that the original PlayStation Vita Japanese release of the otome visual novel, Homura: The Crimson Warriors will be launching…