So psyched by our progress on episode 3 of #TheLeftEye since launching into early access! The first draft script is finished, new character sprites are being drawn, and new CGs and cut- ins are well underway! And yes, we’re doubling down on our scary knife-wife content x #vn #indiegame #lgbt #art

I realised this morning that I played Yakuza Zero in May of this year. I’ve since completed Kiwami, yakuza 4, yakuza pirates in Hawaii, and I’m now playing ishin. kiwami 2 and yakuza 5 are waiting for me on steam. It’s hard to believe this life altering cataclysm only started in May. #yakuza

Evil Twinks 🙅‍♀️ FAT Evil Twink 🫂❤️🧑‍🍼 Anyway buy our game.

I’m a big believer that you can talk about big, contemporary, grounded themes in even the twistiest and turniest genre fiction yarn… if these ones resonate with you, please take a punt on The Left Eye, now in early access for less than you’d spend on a pumpkin spiced latte x

#TheLeftEye is in #earlyaccess right now and we can’t wait for you to play episodes 1 & 2! 🎉 We’ve got: ⭐️ ~20 CGs ⭐️ Achievements ⭐️ In-game codex ⭐️ Tastelessly petty theft ⭐️ Boys behaving badly on beloved landmarks ⭐️ 26000 words #indiegame #steam #vn #gamedev #lgbtq

Time for #screenshotsaturday! Jackie's trying to fence something pretty big in episode 2 of #LeftEye 👀💎 #indiedev #vndev #vn #gamedev #lgbtq

Happy Halloween from Haunted Trumpet! 👻🎺 @noel-p.bsky.social has created some seasonally-appropriate artwork of best girl Deirdre from #TheLeftEye and we absolutely love it 🧡🧡🧡 #art #illustration #halloween #indiedev #vndev #indiegame

OBSESSED with this new art of our boys ❤️❤️❤️ #shipping #queercreatives #mlm

#steamnextfest was amazing! We’re so grateful to everyone who checked out The Left Eye demo! We tripled our total wishlists and the team is having a lot of emotions about it 😭 💕 #visualnovel #vndev #indiegame #lgbtq

I 100% use tumblr to take off my industry professional mask and just yell about our game like the dweeb I am, but in this post I also yell about OTHER people’s games, in some other VN demos that I’ve loved this Next Fest #vn #visualnovel #indiedev #steamgames #indiegames

#steamnextfest starts now and we’re so excited to be part of it! We really hope you enjoy our demo of episode 1! 🖤 #visualnovel #amare #indiegame #lgbtq #gamedev

The Left Eye is part of #SteamNextFest next week! If you haven’t played our demo yet, why not give it a go? 👁️🗡️ #visualnovel #indiegame #lgbtq #demo #vndev #begaydocrime

#screenshotsaturday 🎵 we’re starting to wrap up the codependent dyke & tyke antics of episode 2 which means The Left Eye will be in early access soon! #vndev #lefteye #indiegame #indiedev

Our brilliant dev has added a browser playable version of our demo to itch! So if you hate downloading things or only use a mac, you can still play though the first chapter of #thelefteye ! Give it a play and let us know what you think 🙏 #interactivefiction #newwriting #narrativesedign #indiegame

“Don’t talk to me or my accomplice ever again.” Jackie and Emile being messily codependent as per usual. #art by our CG/concept artist, @sanorganes 🖤 #digitalart #vndev #illustration #lefteye #indiegame

Super excited by the work our lead dev has been putting into making The Left Eye more accessible!

The Left Eye Demo is OUT TODAY!!! Which means you can play through the first episode of our pacey #period #queer #crimefiction #visualnovel for absolutely free! Massive thank you to everyone who’s supported and followed the project so far, and we really hope you join us in New York! #amwriting

THREE DAYS UNTIL OUR DEMO DROPS and I am feeling NERVOUS!!! Come grab a teacup full full of bathtub booze with us from your favourite speakeasy, in this queer historical crime caper / mob romance! store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #newwriting #romance #queerlit #1920s #amwriting #illustration

👀 Our demo of The Left Eye is releasing on the 31st of July! We’re so excited and also terrified!! store.steampowered.com/news/app/381... #gamedev #vn #vndev #indiedev #demo

So so so excited to share that The Left Eye now has a steam page! If you’re into #visualnovels, #queerfiction #newwriting #lgbtqhistory #mobromance #beinggay #doingcrimes take a look and maybe give us a wishlist?

Pitch and trailer for #TheLeftEye are up! Demo coming so so so soon! #queerlit #indiedev #queerdev #newwriting #interactivefiction #indiegame #amwriting #caberet #scriptwriting #gamedev #queerart #lgbtqart

New blog post! About the tools I brought from TV Writing to working on our visual novel [email protected], and the lessons from working on the demo! #writers #screenwriting #narrativedesign #interactivefiction #writingcommunity #amwriting conway.weblog.lol/2025/05/adap...

Deirdre isn't going to be singing in speakeasies forever. Just until she lands a better gig, or a manager, or a patron... but for now she's enchanting everybody at The Cadenza's Pansy Night. #vndev #art #indiegame #lefteye #conceptart #sprite #writing

Just bigging up some killer promo art in progress from @noel-p.bsky.social ✨✨✨

This week our in game character introductions have had a UI overhaul! Here’s a little clip for #screenshotsaturday, so meet the singer and the MC ✨✨✨ #vn #visualnovel #caberet #1920s #indiedev #art #queerart #characterbio #writing #interactivefiction #lgbtq #vndev

Aaaaaaa!! Absolutely obsessed with the logo for The Left Eye! Every day we are creeping closer to releasing our demo, and I’m angled buzzing!!! #visualnovel #writing #interractivefiction #scriptwriting #indiedev #indieauthors #lgbtq #queerfiction #vn

@hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social forgetting the #knifewife and #steponme tags for this art dump of our favourite character! #lesbianvisibilityday #lgbtq #queerart #conceptart #indiedevs

Another character bio from the trumpet crew! 🎺🎺🎺

Me remembering the halcyon days when our trello board only had three columns and all fit onto one screenshot... #vn #visualnovel #indiedev #gamedev #projectmanagement

Fun fact about me: I actually hate self promotion so much that I was writing these blog posts to record our process, while refusing to actually post them anywhere, but it’s really neat to look back and see how far we’ve come since then! #writing #narrativedesign #interactivefiction #diy #gamedev

Am I just using Bluesky to repost every bit of art that we drop from left eye? Yes and I’m not sorry the art is so good 🙏🙏🙏

#knifewife ❤️❤️❤️🗡️

New blog alert! 🎺🎺🎺 We grabbed our sprite artist Noël for a micro interview on their process, experience of working on Left Eye and inspirations, along with a few sneaky shots of in-progress sprites! conway.weblog.lol/2025/03/left... #vn #vndev #art #sprite #indiedev #lefteye #visualnovel

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A fancy little bio for our main character, Emile - now with concept art and a couple of shots of him in-game! #vndev #indiegame #art #sprite #gamedev #writing #conceptart

Obsessssssed with the work of our sprite artist and our developer on show here ❤️❤️❤️

It’s #screenshotsaturday and we’ve been adding sprites to our build! It’s Emile’s last night in New York and he’s ready to go out in style. But of course, nothing’s going to go entirely to plan after this evening… #vndev #indiegame #wip #lgbtq #art #lefteye #visualnovel

We’re on itch.io now 🎉 You can play our prologue Harmless Types there! hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/harmless-types #vndev #interactivefiction #indiedev #writing #inkle

Lovely bit of character concept art from one of our brilliant team ✨❤️

Having a great time just reposting all my fun times at Yorkshire games festival between accounts!

I typed this with such confidence that everyone feels like this and now I’m like: “or am I just telling on myself for having an anxiety disorder?”

Such an amazing first day of talks at #yorkshiregamesfestival - coming from tv/film and stage writing, @dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social ‘s character design workshop was so useful for thinking about writing characters in a way that uses the specific mechanics of games to tell you who they are x

So happy to see this character who I originally created for a tv spec script slowly come to life in our visual novel ✨❤️ more chubby, flawed queers please 🙏

But will my poorly needle felted disco elysium patch be done in time????? Only time will tell!!!

Just booked my tickets to attend the talks at Yorkshire Games Festival next week! Looks like an absolutely incredible lineup of speakers!

Our filler assets are still flapping their wings on the New York pansy scene this #ScreenshotSaturday, while we've spent the week drafting and redrafting new character sprites! #vndev #visualnovel #vn #wip

It’s #ShowcaseThursday! We’re working on CGs for The Left Eye! You can read our prologue at www.the-left-eye.com 🎺 #vndev #art #wip #indiedev

I am still so shy about sharing my stuff, but - I wrote a quick blog on the progress of the visual novel that I’m working on, with my tiny queer interactive fiction collective, Haunted Trumpet! It’s been a fantastic first year, and I’m really excited to start sharing more of what we’ve had cooking!

Delighted to see @bearhugz54.bsky.social and GRIN theatre company still making cheeky and important LGBTQ+ theatre in Liverpool! Grab a ticket if you can!