Very cool but also darkly funny to me that I, someone who catastrophically burned out of maths academia, am getting new citations in academic works and courses as a writer of fiction. Guess that B in high-school English Lit wasn't for nothing :)

Home, & my weary eyes are glad to see this land on my doorstep, edited by @maddypelling.bsky.social & Emrys Jones, with an essay by me & @emnk.bsky.social about queer possibilities in games set in the eighteenth-century, from @spiralatlas.itch.io to a weird reading of Dream Daddy’s 18C daddies.

@emnk.bsky.social and I have been writing & presenting & teaching Spiral Atlas’s fascinating adaptations for years now — excited to see what the remaster adds. Polygon link below, and one of our publicly-available academic pieces is at: jasna.org/publications...

Since I forgot to do ANY hashtags on the last post lets use every one I can think of: Fellow fans of #JaneAusten and #indieGameDev, if you've ever wanted an interactive #queerGame #VisualNovel version of #NorthangerAbbey, check out "Northanger Abbey: Rewritten" spiralatlas.itch.io/northanger-a...

Announcing: "Northanger Abbey: Rewritten!" A remastered version of the original adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, with all new art and three new mini-routes. Choose your gender, your love, and your own path! spiralatlas.itch.io/northanger-a...

New tavern kitchen background by @spiralatlas.itch.io #visualnovel #indiedev #indiegame

Thirty Nineteenth Century Backgrounds, including a manor, smaller houses, interior rooms, city-scapes, and nature scenes. spiralatlas.itch.io/victorian-ba...

New tutorial: Multiple File Outputs in Blender 5.0 spiralatlas.github.io/multiple-fil... #blender3d

If you would like to be a volunteer play-tester for my visual novel adaptation of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", DM me and I'll send you a link and key.

HELLO FELLOW SQUEAKERS Winter sale is up on itchio, and guess what? Get the game for 20% off!! Use your brain to solve cool puzzles and get furniture! Incredible game to offer to friends and family, certified rat, you even get a house for free??? Unlock pride stickers and furniture?? Sign me up

Fantasy House Interior Backgrounds spiralatlas.itch.io/fantasy-hous... Made just for fun and they turned out pretty well! Includes ~spooky dark mode

Quoting to add it in plain text so it's even easier to copy paste If you're using firefox and don't want to use the AI shit, go to: about:config and paste each of these lines, one by one, and set them to false: browser.ml.enable browser.ml.chat.enabled browser.ml.chat.menu browser.ml.chat.page

Attempting to write a satisfying, in character Isabela romantic end for Northanger Abbey and Good Luck Babe starts playing in the back of my head.

trans day of rest. trans week of chill. trans year of taking a nap

I like this simple mathematical introduction to shaders bobacupcake.com/shader-basics

I'm pleased to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.5, a major release of Ren'Py. Major releases include new features, major improvements, and fixes. Some of the major changes in Ren'Py 8.5 are: * Live2D models are now supported on the Web platform. 1/5

Tree Cutouts and Tutorial: A collection of tree images and the Clip Studio Paint tools I used to create them. spiralatlas.itch.io/tree-cutouts...

I have some hard to articulate quibbles with some of this but it captures some of the reasons why I am so troubled by the simplistic and dogmatic anti-BL, anti-kink etc attitudes I see so commonly in queer game dev circles.

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

1900s English #VisualNovel Street Backgrounds, including a tutorial spiralatlas.itch.io/19th-century...

Low Res Lounge: Image, Blender, glTF. 3D render, models, and tutorial. spiralatlas.itch.io/low-res-loun...

I've been slowly improving the Northanger Sprites in advance of an eventual Steam release, this is probably the one I was least happy with and it's definitely improved! Never think it's too late to improve your art, I was in my late 30s when I drew the first lot and am still learning in my 40s.

It’s live! The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵 🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators 💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409) 🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color! 👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...

Also forgot to post the Art Deco Visual Novel GUI Template I made for o2a2 spiralatlas.itch.io/art-deco-vis...

I made some Diner VN Backgrounds! spiralatlas.itch.io/diner-backgr...

In the face of the mass censoring of adult content happening around gaming storefronts, the community run bundle @queergamesbundle.bsky.social is a reminder of how to take some of that lost autonomy back. Here’s a trailer I made for this year's edition. Support it here: itch.io/b/3062/queer...

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art. itch.io/b/3062/

Should I be blocking/reporting the Obvious Bots? They're not doing anything shady yet they're just.... obvious. Also cannot believe they've gone from Hot Girls to Angry Democrats wtf is up with this timeline. (Both kinds of people CAN obvs be real but sometimes it's Definitely A Bot)

Made: Time travel comedy puzzle VN, romantic comedy VN, picross-like, tiny mystery VN. Would like: It *was* mystery VN, so I guess a longer one? Also Farming sim though they're SO much work. I know I'm forgetting something...

Let's do something positive this International Non-Binary day If you're a non-binary game dev drop a link to a game you've made or are working on below and let's get some folks appreciating the work you're doing in the games world Videogames, TTRPGs, boardgame, anything! Sharing appreciated 💛🤍💜🖤

Cigar Room #VisualNovel Backgrounds: Pay what you want, multiple styles and angles spiralatlas.itch.io/cigar-room-b...

Poirot Investigates: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, a tiny #VisualNovel based on a short story by Agatha Christie spiralatlas.itch.io/poirot-inves... #GameDev #Poirot #VisualNovel #Mystery

Very glad to see this as @emnk.bsky.social and I prepare to nerd out about Austen games at Global Austen.

Pride or Prejudice: Web version added! spiralatlas.itch.io/pride-or-pre... #PrideandPrejudice #VisualNovel #GameDev

hoping to have good bundle news soon, but here are today's #aetaQueerGames in the meantime! please check them out and pay if you can:

here are today's #aetaQueerGames from the hopefully upcoming queer games bundle! please check these out and pay for them if you can.

Announcing the Fall Into Love: Romance VNs Festival, a Steam festival just for visual novels focusing on romance held at the end of September! 💖 We're currently looking for more Steam games to join us, as long as they're visual novels. Please sign up before July 15th. forms.gle/oBCkYx3SNqVL...

I am way too self conscious about being 'fake' and annoying to be any good at marketing. But having just replayed and edited A Hungry Heart I'd just like to say that in my entirely objective opinion, it's a pretty good story!

A Hungry Heart Version 1.07: New scene with a new "character" spiralatlas.itch.io/a-hungry-hea...

Next scene of A Hungry Heart is taking a while to finish, especially since I had a sudden Inspiration which changes some of the backstory. So in the meantime here is the first draft of a new sprite:

New tutorial: Background Description Function for @npckc.net 's Caption Tool spiralatlas.github.io/background-d...

Version 1.01 of Pride or Prejudice is out! #VisualNovel #PrideandPrejudice #GameDev spiralatlas.itch.io/pride-or-pre...

Slowly redoing my #PrideandPrejudice #VisualNovel sprites. It takes SO LONG, even being kinda half-assed about it, but does look a lot better.

I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...

if you have an itch account, go to itch.io/library/thin... & you'll see things you've interacted with on itch but haven't yet rated! you can also see stuff you've already rated here along with your rating stats: itch.io/library/rated (here's me always rating & never reviewing... 😎)

The Town of Nie BL Game Review – The True Horror is Censorship in my BL!! The Town of Nie is a supernatural fantasy boys love visual novel developed by √ZOMBILiCA and published in English by dramatic create (HuneX). In the game you play as Hisora, an apathetic part-timer who is just kind of…

Countryside Backgrounds: A pay what you want collection of painterly #VisualNovel backgrounds of countryside scenes spiralatlas.itch.io/countryside-...

New: Showing Accessibility support for your games on Steam https://steamcommunity.com/gid/[g:1:4145017]/announcements/detail/536595840131663919?utm_source=SteamDB

Today's first batch of Ren'Py dev has been a bit more accessibility work. An accessibility menu redesign to show dialogue underneath, and font kerning adjustment support.