@sylphrin.bsky.social has opened up commissions for janky Bob-drawn VTuber models! You too can look weirdly flat and low-res in 1080p vgen.co/sylphrin/ser...

Hi everyone I've put together a guide for generating patches for NSFW/Adult content in Ren'Py games Given current events, I'm hoping this is useful to someone Feedback/comments/thoughts greatly appreciated! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #IndieGameDev #VNDev #GameDev #RenPy

It's a day of Bob Streams! @sylphrin.bsky.social will be streaming #ZRWP today at 5:30 PM Eastern (2:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/sylphrin And PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #DaddyDatingGame today around 9:30 PM Eastern (6:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... Come join us!

Friendly reminder that PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the current progress of #DaddyDatingGame tonight at 9:30 US Eastern (6:30 US Pacific)! I'll be hanging out on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... But YouTube is also available: youtube.com/live/yZj0l2q... Hope to see you! #IndieGameDev

#DaddyDatingGame progress continues! Gabe's sprite is done, and game's at 53,975 words (4238 dialogue blocks) But some news: PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the game (at least its progress) this upcoming Friday (June 20), for Pride Month! I'll post exact time once it's known #IndieGameDev

Today's #DaddyDatingGame progress was staging the completed sprites (Ryan, Jason, Santiago, Ethan) and backgrounds into the game... Gabe will hopefully follow soon (Also got some writing done!) It's a little sad we'll no longer have scenes that look like this though 😅 #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

The amazing PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #YAGS in a little over an hour Come check him out! (Not like that... okay, maybe also like that) www.youtube.com/watch?v=706B... www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...

Oh my god After over a year, day 7 of #DaddyDatingGame is finally done being written And it is 2012 lines long (four times the length of the previous game Saturday) Jesus what I have I done to myself? Game is now 50,595 words and 3,991 dialogue blocks 😶 #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

I've been making some slow progress on #DaddyDatingGame, mostly just filling in random new scenes as they come to mind without really trying to put them in the right place(s) yet Now at 42,214 words (and on in-game day 7 😬 )

Also it's already May and I have made zero progress on my gamedev goals so far this year so... that's great 😅

It occurs to me I haven't posted a #DaddyDatingGame update in a long time The day job has been too busy to make serious progress, but I've been knocking out scenes (and scene-bits), and sprite progress has continued The game is currently 38,348 words, and here's a WIP headshot of Gabe #GameDev

No April Fool's joke from me, but I may have had a hand in this... www.twitch.tv/sylphrin (Come join us!)

There's nothing like the feelings you get when someone emails you about your games, talking about how much they loved your writing and character choices, and how upset the "bad" endings made them feel People like that are what make #IndieGameDev (or I suppose #VisualNovelDev) worth it

I've been quietly working on this game because I didn't know if I'd finish in time, but... Mother: The Distance is now available to play (as part of the Love+Attraction Jam)! Help a couple navigate difficult times and the growing distance between them bobcgames.itch.io/the-distance #IndieGameDev

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm hoping 2025 brings a lot more free time (and energy) for me to work on more games in, because I have so many ideas What are your hopes and wishes, or projects, for 2025?

Been quiet on here recently, but just wanted to thank everyone who's checked out, played, and contacted me about Mother: The Revelation! It gives me motivation (but unfortunately not the time) to keep working on other games in the series Gogo gadget middle-aged gay representation! #MTRGame

Anyone else remember Sonic Shuffle? It was one of my favorite Dreamcast games, and the second game I picked up (after Space Channel 5) when I bought a new Dreamcast last month So excited to play it again! (Streaming it this week... just saying 😉 )

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (and/or Saturday, for non-US folx) I started a Discord server for Twitch stream schedules and such... I'll also mirror gamedev updates onto there if that's a more convenient place for you to monitor Feel free to join here: discord.gg/p4SMBzRUhT

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (and/or Saturday, for non-US folx) I started a Discord server for Twitch stream schedules and such... I'll also mirror gamedev updates onto there if that's a more convenient place for you to monitor Feel free to join here: discord.gg/p4SMBzRUhT

@bobcgames.com is live on Twitch! Like right now! Playing Space Channel 5! www.twitch.tv/bobcgames Bob's streams are a great chill time! I really like lurking when I'm working on stuff, and try to join in for the more photosensitive friendly games like Plate Up! (CW for flashing lights for SC5!)

Sorry for the lack of updates, but my #BaraJam game #MTRGame has been released! It's a short game following a married couple navigating a new friendship and polyamory Grab it here for free! Part one of a new middle-aged gays series bobcgames.itch.io/the-revelation #IndieGameDev

Tentative stream schedule for this week (all times US Eastern) Monday 11/25 @ 9:30 PM - An RPG (which depends on whether a game arrives in time) Tuesday 11/26 @ 9:30 PM - Space Channel 5! Wednesday 11/27 @ 7 PM - More of Monday's RPG www.twitch.tv/bobcgames #Twitch #Streamer

Feeling super blessed today Thanks to @16bityeti.bsky.social and @mondaymoon.bsky.social and @jshbet8.bsky.social and @sylphrin.bsky.social and PatchrickPlayer1 and GamerBeeb and everyone else who's been in my streams and collabed🥰 (Obligatory link: www.twitch.tv/bobcgames ) #streamer #twitch

We're on for Plate Up tonight with @jshbet8.bsky.social l and PatchrickPlayer1 ! Tonight (11/23) @ 7 PM US Eastern @ www.twitch.tv/bobcgames Come hang out with us!

🌱 Gamer since: 1995 🌱 First system: Genesis 🌱 Last: PS4 🌱 Main: PS4 (or PC) 🌱 Fav: Dreamcast 🌱 Fav. dev: Sonic Team 🌱 First game: Sonic 2 🌱 Fav. game: Space Channel 5 🌱 Least fav. game: Any FPS 🌱 Graphics or frames: Don't care

Something of a Twitch streaming schedule, maybe? (All times US Eastern) Today (11/21) @ 7 PM, Skies of Arcadia Legends! Tomorrow (11/22) @ 7 PM, Finishing up SoAL if we don't finish tonight Saturday (11/23) @ 7 PM, Plate Up with @jshbet8.bsky.social and PatchrickPlayer1 www.twitch.tv/bobcgames

Friendly heads-up to all #GameDev #IndieGameDev on itch.io: There's a new generative AI disclosure field on game pages! It's not filled out for existing games (which makes sense), but as the help document notes: Failure to tag your asset page may result in delisting.

Sorry I've been so quiet on here, everyone! There will be some more gamedev updates soon (my #BaraJam game is waiting on its last piece of art and it'll be done!) but I've also recently been streaming Skies of Arcadia on Twitch! Follow me there: www.twitch.tv/bobcgames Streams... as they happen 😅

ZAGS: The Role We Play, a queer combat-focused RPG, is part of this bundle! You can pick it up, along with a ton of other great games, for another couple of days

We love Syl go follow her if you enjoy watching streamers 😍

If you could erase one game from your memory and experience it all over again, what would it be?

Post a random game in your collection, here on Saturday

The "Fires randomly start" card in the Halloween Plate Up event is *brutal* 😅

I have a joke about game development: There o The rest of the joke will be available as paid DLC in the coming months

I couldn't find one of these so I made it myself. Starter pack of 📖 Narrative Game Devs 📖 Follow these amazing storytellers making lifechanging games. (also let me know if I missed anyone) go.bsky.app/G7uvZ4W

What got you into #GameDev I played and loved Coming Out On Top, but wanted a game that was more serious and specifically explored coming out (rather than treating it as a throwaway joke) 8 years later... 😅

💌 Show off your visual novel in 4 screenshots! 💌 Yearning: A Gay Story (AKA #YAGS ) is a VN about being gay, coming out, and making friends in college... also maybe a bit of dating 🏳️‍🌈🎓👨‍❤️‍👨 It's free on Steam, itch, and Google Play! yags.bobcgames.com

And tonight in #MTRGame updates, I have finished staging the sprite (easy because it's a single sprite with only varying expressions), staged the music, and gotten the website mostly set up and ready Counting that progress as a win for today #BaraJam #IndieGameDev #GameDev

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Explain your username: I'm Bob Conway, and I'm a gamedev

Sure, why not?

Some more #MTRGame progress today... got the main menu worked out, exported the final sprite into the game, and set up a bunch of the other menus Tomorrow(-ish): A logo, maybe getting some game music in...? And then sprite staging and such #BaraJam #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Feeling weirdly unmotivated this weekend, but I've gotten at least the text message NVL-mode screens done (including the choice menu) Again, not my greatest UI work, but counting progress as a win at this point 😅 Next: The menu GUIs #MTRGame #BaraJam #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Indie dev follow thread Let's GOOOOOOOOOO! Comment below 👇 if you're an indie developer or content creator covering indie games and follow other cool people who have commented let's get a bit of a follow train going 🚂💨 I want to see lots of cool arty stuff in my feed :D

Seeking all game workers! Please share! 👋 Devs, artists, marketers, publishers, QA, influencers, press - rebuilding a network here is hard! Reply here and let's follow each other. Trying to escape the bird app. 🦋 I'll start 👇

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Hi Bluesky. Meet my game! 🏳️‍🌈🎓👨‍❤️‍👨

Explain your wip badly: Gays gonna be slutty

Hey Reyes is spectacular! They're on hiatus at the moment, but go check out their backlog of (primarily queer visual novel) LPs!

Okay, I made a starter pack for visual novel developers on Bluesky! Let's find each other and share our games. If you want to be added reply below and I'll get you in =) go.bsky.app/PPrAvXo #gamedev #visualnovel #VNDev #indiedev