It has been entirely too long since we last posted. (It's been months, in fact. But not without good reason, as you will see...) Read our latest public KS Update here! kickstarter.com/projects/forsythiaproductions/of-sense-and-soul-a-queer-victorian-romance-vn/posts/4308806

If you're looking for something queer and Victorian, look no further! Both Of Sense and Soul and Confluence are part of this year's Steam Visual Novel Fest! ✨😊 Wishlist Of Sense and Soul: s.team/a/2231680 Play Confluence for free: s.team/a/3378600 #indiedev #vndev #visualnovel

Delighted to announce Of Sense and Soul is back for #TheStorytellersFestival 2025! As ever, thank you to @twoandahalfstudios.com for hosting and bringing so many wonderful narrative games together! ✨💌 store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025 #VN #indiegame

As sure as the sun glaring in the sky, Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy is now on Steam! ✨🌈 Hear Hugo's tale of life and love in this short free game: store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/Confluence_An_Of_Sense_and_Soul_Soliloquy (It plays on Steam Deck as well! 🥰) #indiegame #visualnovel

天空より照り付ける太陽のように…『コンフルエンス：Of Sense and Soul エピローグ　邂逅の追憶』がSteamでリリース！🌈✨ ヒューゴの人生と愛の物語を、この短編ノベルゲームでお聴きください： store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/ConfluenceOf_Sense_and_Soul/?l=japanese #インディーゲーム #デジタルノベル #VN

📣 @forsythiaprod.bsky.social lance le kinetic novel queer Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy sur Steam. 📜 Époque victorienne. 📝 Une réflexion émotionnelle sur le développement personnel à travers l'amour et le changement. ⏱️ 8-15mn de jeu. 💰 Gratuit. 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/...

As sure as the sun glaring in the sky, Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy is now on Steam! ✨🌈 Hear Hugo's tale of life and love in this short free game: store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/Confluence_An_Of_Sense_and_Soul_Soliloquy (It plays on Steam Deck as well! 🥰) #indiegame #visualnovel

tomorrow............

With the completion of all our game sprites comes a new public Kickstarter update to round out a busy 2024! (And so do some rather nifty new screenshots!) Read our latest Backer Bulletin here 💌 #visualnovel #indiegame #cozygames

With the completion of all our game sprites comes a new public Kickstarter update to round out a busy 2024! (And so do some rather nifty new screenshots!) Read our latest Backer Bulletin here 💌 #visualnovel #indiegame #cozygames

I made the decision to scrap some art assets for a flashback sequence in OSAS yesterday, in favour of using existing assets instead, and I think it’s worked quite nicely! Here’s a bit of Seamus duking it out in past tense with his father 🫡 #vndev #renpy #indiegames

We're delighted our queer Victorian romance game is part of the Women-Led Games #TheGameAwards Edition event on Steam! @womenledgames.com 💖💪 Play the updated OSAS Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ #WLGxTGA #visualnovel #indiegame

We're delighted our queer Victorian romance game is part of the Women-Led Games #TheGameAwards Edition event on Steam! @womenledgames.com 💖💪 Play the updated OSAS Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ #WLGxTGA #visualnovel #indiegame

And now, the bloopers have hit YouTube! 😱❗ Subscribe to us there for more shorts direct to your feed: youtube.com/shorts/SDHu9...

Having live direction means there are plenty of fun outtakes. And we do mean plenty! 😄🎙️ (Much of this fun comes at Seamus’ expense, but @shaunmendum.bsky.social is both his VA and chief culprit in that!) Play the demo update in all its glory: ofsenseandsoul.com/demo 💌 #visualnovel #voiceacting

Having live direction means there are plenty of fun outtakes. And we do mean plenty! 😄🎙️ (Much of this fun comes at Seamus’ expense, but @shaunmendum.bsky.social is both his VA and chief culprit in that!) Play the demo update in all its glory: ofsenseandsoul.com/demo 💌 #visualnovel #voiceacting

A little birdie told us there was a big bug in the latest demo update; that's now been taken care of. 🐛❌ Version 4.1 of the Of Sense and Soul Extended Demo is at your service! 💌🫡 Itch: forsythiaproductions.itch.io/of-sense-and-soul Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/

A little birdie told us there was a big bug in the latest demo update; that's now been taken care of. 🐛❌ Version 4.1 of the Of Sense and Soul Extended Demo is at your service! 💌🫡 Itch: forsythiaproductions.itch.io/of-sense-and-soul Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/

I’m played around with making short form video content tonight and I keep making myself laugh, I love my game so much 😂😂 #visualnovel #indiedev

Our catch of the day? A New Demo Update, with bonus voiced scenes and a camera refresh to boot! Who's the lobster in your friend group? 🦞 Wishlist & Play store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ 💌✨ VA by @oliversmithvavo.bsky.social, @shaunmendum.bsky.social #visualnovel #indiegame

Our catch of the day? A New Demo Update, with bonus voiced scenes and a camera refresh to boot! Who's the lobster in your friend group? 🦞 Wishlist & Play store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ 💌✨ VA by @oliversmithvavo.bsky.social, @shaunmendum.bsky.social #visualnovel #indiegame

Are you looking for a game to demo and wishlist? 👀

That’s us at the very top! 😳👋 No deals just yet but the demo’s free and ~2-3 hours long! ✨ Of Sense and Soul: A Queer Victorian Romance VN by @forsythiaprod.bsky.social 💌 store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/

Hey, I worked on that one! We're one of many excellent VN demos you should definitely check out!

We're thrilled to say Of Sense and Soul is featured in this year's Season of Pride Steam Sale! 🌈✨ Come celebrate over 130 #QueerGames with us at bit.ly/seasonofprid... 💖 A huge thanks to @midboss.bsky.social, @igda.org, and @gaymingmag.bsky.social for highlighting us all! #GameDev #IndieGames

We're thrilled to say Of Sense and Soul is featured in this year's Season of Pride Steam Sale! 🌈✨ Come celebrate over 130 #QueerGames with us at bit.ly/seasonofprid... 💖 A huge thanks to @midboss.bsky.social, @igda.org, and @gaymingmag.bsky.social for highlighting us all! #GameDev #IndieGames

This game would not exist if not for Hugo's complete obliviousness to his own gay thoughts. No, we didn't set out to make a slow-burn romance. Yes, he really is just that dense...🙈 Wishlist and play our demo! 💌 store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/... #VisualNovel #GayGame #OC #HistoricalRomance

This game would not exist if not for Hugo's complete obliviousness to his own gay thoughts. No, we didn't set out to make a slow-burn romance. Yes, he really is just that dense...🙈 Wishlist and play our demo! 💌 store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/... #VisualNovel #GayGame #OC #HistoricalRomance

It's November 15th, meaning today marks Seamus' 174th Birthday! Hopefully, he can bring himself to cut into that cake, as cute as it is... 🎂🥰 (Forgot to bring his gift? Wishlist Of Sense and Soul on Steam instead!)

It's November 15th, meaning today marks Seamus' 174th Birthday! Hopefully, he can bring himself to cut into that cake, as cute as it is... 🎂🥰 (Forgot to bring his gift? Wishlist Of Sense and Soul on Steam instead!)

This is a great frame if you ignore that their crotches are right there 🙈 (I can’t promise the rest of the game will be quite so risqué, but check out @forsythiaprod.bsky.social for more where this came from!)

Another month means another bulletin for our beloved Kickstarter backers! This time, we have a voice blooper reel to share as the cherry on top. 🍒 Read our latest backers-only bulletin here!

Another month means another bulletin for our beloved Kickstarter backers! This time, we have a voice blooper reel to share as the cherry on top. 🍒 Read our latest backers-only bulletin here!

Now, poets can be tricky with words, but it's hard to read "My life is perfectly wonderful—there is nothing to be concerned with in the least!" as anything but a cry for help. 🤔 Get Hugo's next letter in your inbox at ofsenseandsoul.com/newsletter! 💌 #visualnovel #historicalfiction #indiegame

Now, poets can be tricky with words, but it's hard to read "My life is perfectly wonderful—there is nothing to be concerned with in the least!" as anything but a cry for help. 🤔 Get Hugo's next letter in your inbox at ofsenseandsoul.com/newsletter! 💌 #visualnovel #historicalfiction #indiegame

Gained quite a few followers the past few days 😳 Just to make sure you know what you’re getting yourselves into, you should know I have a wax seal stamp of the @forsythiaprod.bsky.social logo and I’m not afraid to use it ✨

Is a soft, slow burn queer Victorian romance game your cup of tea? ☕️✨ We're making one called Of Sense and Soul! 👋 Wishlist our game and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ 💌 #indiedev #bara #gay #visualnovel #gamedev

💌 Show off your visual novel in 4 screenshots! 💌 Of Sense and Soul is our soft, slow burn queer Victorian romance VN about personal growth and belonging in 1870s London. 🌈✨ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ Newsletter: ofsenseandsoul.com/newsletter

It’s unfair that you can’t just step into your screen and into these rooms, really. Totally cruel and unjust. Technology has not gone far enough!! 😤 #backgroundart #visualnovel #victorian

Sometimes, before it gets better…it has to get worse…

Look at them again. 💖

Love this, but I always forget to save scripting bloopers! aaa. Here's a few for art -- 2D art modesty layers is still fun if you make it fun, right? 3D modeling CAN be very helpful, right? lol Luckily the main character is verrrry modest in-game (in most routes), and I'm learning poses fast! 😂

all unused assets, the first assets i ever made. i used to make dumb little comics with them while i was learning how to make games! #renpy #vn #visualnovel #vndev #indiedev

I had a learning curve with my first visual novel...

The image not showing up so running it and seeing this little placeholder girl burning in hell and getting tortured was possibly the funniest thing ever.

OMG this reminds me of one of our early game glitches where we couldn't see the character heads XD Best part was a commenter who said, quote "I don't mind the view" FJGHSJFGSJFGF #renpy #visualnovel #vndev #indiedev

Abnormally short Keeper still lives in my Ren'py screenshots (I actually don't know why I have so many screenshots of her being this short)

Hey VN Devs! Making games is hard sometimes, so let's share some of our scripting bloopers! 🎬 We'll start: I don't think this is what people mean when they say they like size differences in romance... (Or is it??🤔) #renpy #visualnovel #vndev #indiedev

Is a soft, slow burn queer Victorian romance game your cup of tea? ☕️✨ We're making one called Of Sense and Soul! 👋 Wishlist our game and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/2231680/Of_Sense_and_Soul/ 💌 #indiedev #bara #gay #visualnovel #gamedev

No, Of Sense and Soul isn't suddenly a noir mystery visual novel—but backers can learn more about these new artwork tests for Seamus' backstory in our latest exclusive bulletin! 🔍✨ Read here: kickstarter.com/projects/forsythiaproductions/of-sense-and-soul-a-queer-victorian-romance-vn/posts/4060215