I am mentorship-pilled and I am social practice-pilled. I think it should be the responsibility of any artist who has “made it” in their respective fields/scenes to provide some sort of window into what makes them tick for the sake of benefitting those that are eager to learn.

✨Alaris Early Access Out NOW!!!!!!✨ You've waited all this time. And our cast is finally ready for you. Enter a world of magic—of Fae and Dragon. Itch: bit.ly/46ePxcx Steam: bit.ly/4pvwMZK

CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship! IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email! CAN www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... AUS www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

My bubble tools are out! This includes a #Renpy toolbar to help you configure your bubbles, save and apply presets for bubbles, and a script to help you apply IDs to keep your bubbles from popping back to the default when you edit lines! Check it! makevisualnovels.itch.io/mvn-speech-b...

While updating my earlier #Ren'Py tools, why not add in compatibility options? Coming soon: an update to the Color Picker tool which adds a few QoL additions, a new example, + a special controller-friendly version (requires my free Controller Support Expansion)! feniksdev.itch.io/color-picker...

If you have any questions for someone, ask! :) You will get an answer to your question faster and even save time 💙

i’m just going to boost this again instead of 🤦 at how ignorant people are. any website that hosts your games FOR FREE, that doesn’t sell your data, or force exorbitant amounts off ads, is a public service & operates at a loss. you are hurting the wrong people by setting revenue to them to 0.

Patreon has released a new survey on AI. If you use patreon, please fill this out and tell them you think AI is terrible: patreon.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment. If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business. Please continue making censorship unprofitable.

this is what I've been up late doing this past week lmfao @feniksdev.com has saved my life

reminder that the "credit card companies denying the sale of anything that could be considered pornographic" fact and the "platforms/government trying to define anything remotely queer as pornography" fact should get filed in the same section of your brain

I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money. Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

An update for Achievements for #Ren'Py is out! I did a roundup to ensure it's working on 8.4 + added some features and QoL additions I'd had on the back burner. Enjoy achievement sets, new properties, extra examples, and a new demo label. Also available on GitHub. feniksdev.itch.io/achievements...

I called visa, here was the strat/flow I used to get through the call and feign ignorance: tl;dr When you make your complaint, you should mention specifically that law enforcement should enact policy to stop illegal things, not a payment processor. Anyway, little thread:

Decided to circle back to released tools & make sure they're working for 8.4 + add fixes or features I left out. Today I added sets to achievements, so endings.add_set_progress("bad_end") auto-declares an internal set + tracks the size, which protects from double-counting and rollback. Coming soon!

it's the final week of the Drăculești Kickstarter campaign! we're at the funny number, which is Nice, but you know what would be even nicer? reaching 100% 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/1712125696/draculesti

Valve breaking silence on this is huge, they really dont do this. Companies, at this scale, dont -do this-. Visa, mastercard, stripe and paypal are feeling the pressure. They are making mistakes under pressure. Keep it up

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard. These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

Oh my god the PayPal call was SO FUNNY. The guy on the phone was like "We don't allow processing payments for explicit material." So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?" I think it clicked for him then.

I have very few people who I genuinely considered heroic for the creative fields, but Kevin MacLeod was one of them. To learn that the "free varied music for whatever you want it for" guy stopped composing and started prompt engineering AI slop for almost a year is the most depressing twist.

It’s important to remember that this is not going to be fixed in 24 hours. We might have to do activist work on this for a hot minute. But, if we all stay focused and support each other, we can keep this going for a really long time. Longer than any of these companies have the patience for.

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

Good morning. Did you call your local censorious payment processor and let them know you’re upset with their bullying of Steam and itchio? No time better than the present yellat.money

I reuploaded my two articles on why and how to make small games on Patreon 🤏🎮 Links below ⬇️ #gamedev #indiedev

✨ALARIS EA BETA OUT NOW ✨ Can't believe I'm saying this.... but... the Alaris EA beta build is up and ready to be played on Patreon!! Play ALL FOUR Central routes NOW, featuring: ✨~240k words, ✨4 routes, ✨38 CGs, and most importantly, ✨My blood, sweat, and TEARS!!!

A lot of people come into the games industry and pretty soon develop a cynical attitude that the industry is largely run by business guys who don't know a thing about video games. It's only after a few years and some seniority that you realize that those guys don't know shit about business either.

For people wanting #amare recs that play like #indieotome but feat. gender selection/MC customization, I made an evergrowing list! Trouble Comes Twice (male/female MC) Arcade Spirits (MC cust) First Bite Bewitching Sinners Royal Alchemist Our Life When the Night Comes Obscura (MC cust) (cont.)

Almost done with the Rewards System for #JPDE2 's Dating Sim mechanics! Huge shoutout to @feniksdev.com for their Zoom Viewport plugin, which means I can put in @ahhgik.bsky.social's images fully size and in the original format :D #vndev #RWBY

Drăculești is LIVE on Kickstarter Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in this seductive romantic horror narrative game. Starring Ray Chase as Dracula. Voice/Casting direction by @jennyyokobori.bsky.social 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...

New pack! The EZ-RGB Remap for #Renpy This lets you supply a color map to remap the colors in whatever graphics you have in RenPy at various strengths. It includes 14 premade color remaps and a template for your own. Super easy to use, too. Check it out: makevisualnovels.itch.io/ezrgb

I was happily using my new tool and realized, you know what I would like is if it could adjust the line spacing too, since one of the fonts I use has much wider spacing. So, behold, the fastest feature update I've put out 😂 Only update if you want the line_spacing feature! Plus extra explanations.

I've released a new tool, Truncated Text for #Ren'Py! Dynamically shrink and/or cut off text to make it fit the available space. Use it for message previews, adjusting UI for fonts/sizes/translations, search results, and more! feniksdev.itch.io/truncated-te... #vndev #visualnovel #renpy

Me, fumbling around for my scope shovel just before I go to sleep last night: what if it could also shrink the text down to fit before truncating it

Me: this truncated text displayable I made a while back will be easy to clean up for a release Also me: oh it needs to account for text tags and escaped characters and screen variables and ruby text And bonus, I found a #renpy engine bug with hyperlink styles while I was at it 😂

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

We've added support for the new accessibility categories on 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.

[New Tool] Dynamic Menu Choices For Ren'Py by aura-wave A library that let's you configure choice menus individually. Check it out on itch.io @[email protected] #renpy #vndev #indiedev

Added support for texture uniforms to Ren'Py 8.4 today. You'll now be able to do: transform effect: shader "myeffect" u_effect_texture "effect.png"

If you find something you think is a “hidden gem”, the single best thing you can do for its creator is to help make it less hidden

Finished the styling on this bad boy!!!🔥 Granular audio options is something I want in every game I play, so I am THRILLED to bring this feature to my game and #renpy as a whole! Huge thanks to @feniksdev.com for the collab on this very robust #accessibility code. Link below!✨ #vndev #indiegamedev

THE BIG SURPRISE IS HERE!!! Our #NaNoRenO2025 game will feature Character Customization! 💇‍♀️💇‍♂️ 👀 Any feature yall excited about? Any features to suggest? Thank you SO much to the "ColorizeTool" by Feniks Art by our wonderful Karamelow. 🔖 #vndev #cozyvn #cozygame #visualnovel #screenshotsaturday 🔖

Steam has never been a friend to Visual Novels, to the point it took them getting yelled at to change their banner to admit that, yes, VNs are games I'm glad they fixed it, but the original is clear evidence they think VNs are lesser. Which I consider insulting AF as both a VN dev and enjoyer

I have released a new Food Asset Pack for MVNA Jam! It's free for a limited time, so be sure to get it if you want to add scrumptious-looking food to your games! 🍪 floramisu.itch.io/food-asset-p... #vndev #indiedev

released my next pack of cut-in action CGs for visual novels, RPGs, etc., they're free to use in free & commercial games. over 70 different images / variations in it! check them out: arimia.itch.io/free-to-use-... #visualnovel #vndev

renpy devs checking the submissions page for MVNA like @[email protected] #renpy #mvna #MakeVisulNovelAssetsJam #vndev #indiedev

Annoyed by repetitive sounds in games? Sick of having to mute ALL audio just to mute a single sound?🎶 @feniksdev.com and I released a greatly improved version of my audio tool to let players choose what they hear! It also does captions for full context!✨ #accessibility #renpy #vndev #indiegamedev