Since it's still #tdov in some places: Hi, I'm Sean, a trans game dev making trans games! This seems as good a time as any to mention that Eleanor from Northanger Abbey is a trans woman, I'm never sure how to make *that* visible without being heavy handed since it's not the focus of her story.

Disabled people deserve so much love in queer spaces. We’ve always been central to liberation, social movements, and queer legacy. I love my fellow disabled queers. I love those housebound, I love those partying. I love those of us with HIV, mental illnesses, and so much more. I love us all 💜

Wishlist Northanger Abbey on Steam, or purchase on itchio! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0W_...

Congratulations to WA Game Developers as we cross over 100 WA Games curated on Steam. See this awesome West Aussie Games page, curated by Rin https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45348397-West-Aussie-Games/ Any WA developer who wants to be included, please send us an email: contact@wagic.org.au

Free Expressions for Visual Novel Sprites spiralatlas.itch.io/expressions-...

"I should really promote my #IndieGame #NorthangerAbbey now that it's on Steam. But ugh, designing marketing is hard... WAIT" store.steampowered.com/app/3855740/...

A thread of puzzle games I enjoyed with less than 1000 reviews on steam (cutoff chosen because it's a nice round number)

People have been talking about the importance of leaving comments on Steam games without many, so I got all inspired to do that and poked my library... and *now* I am inspired to play more games that aren't already super popular >.>

The Northanger Abbey page is up on Steam! A visual novel adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Choose your gender, your love, and your own path! Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3855740/... #IndieGame #VisualNovel #RegencyRomance #JaneAusten #NonBinary #QueerIndieGame #NorthangerAbbey

Obligatory Feniksdev tutorial promo: feniksdev.com/navigation/

I made this as a joke for the end of the demo, then realised it actually works as a legit if silly promotional image. So! BUY NORTHANGER ABBEY. FREE DEMO NOW AVAILABLE!! spiralatlas.itch.io/northanger-a... #VisualNovel #JaneAusten #IndieGameDev #NonBinary

These backgrounds were made for the Make Visual Novel Assets Jam 2026. Check it out if you're a VN dev, there's some great stuff: itch.io/jam/mvna2026

Scifi Backgrounds: Fourteen backgrounds, with night variants spiralatlas.itch.io/scifi-backgr...

Fantasy House Backgrounds: Two angles, with night versions and other variants spiralatlas.itch.io/fantasy-house

Calling all queer creators on itchio! The #PowerOfPride2026 Bundle is now open for submissions! Digital games, physical games, books, zines, comics, assets & tools— we're accepting them all! NSFW OK! We want to work with you to share your projects. itch.io/jam/power-of... Tell your friends too!

The first Let’s Break Games is happening soon! Play new games from local developers before anyone else.  Grab your ticket here! https://events.humanitix.com/lets-break-games-feb-2026  #IndieGame #GameDev #WAGames

Extra artist tools added to 19th Century Backgrounds: csp and psd files, and masks for plants and sky spiralatlas.itch.io/victorian-ba...

great little tip i learned - "if config.developer" is useful for stopping test menus from showing up in final builds of your game. clicking start on the main menu jumps to a scene select menu for easy testing, but if you run an exported build it will go to the introduction scene! #vndev #renpy

Added some extra backgrounds to 19th Century Backgrounds: a kitchen, bedroom, and side room. spiralatlas.itch.io/victorian-ba...

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 💛🤍💜🖤