Looking for a fun escapist fantasy in these dark times? Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! and our other games are on sale for the Humble Store Mega Sale! www.humblebundle.com/store/help-i... #trans #genderbender #tgtf #transformation #mermaids #lgbt

Because I'm insane, I'm making a city builder in Ren'Py for my next visual novel. It's actually working, but I have to do a lot of coding to make all the building types work. It'll run in the background during free time sections, so you'll come back to see supply chain shortages in between dates.

The DRM free version of HITIAM is now available on The Humble Store! www.humblebundle.com/store/help-i...

Steam Community Items are now live on Steam! Play the game, earn trading cards, and unlock cute emojis that don't display well on social media sites!

We have a new trailer for HITIAM! youtu.be/skX5iXPTILo?...

Hey! I finally wrote my review for Help! I'm Turning into a Mermaid! Sorry it took a bit, I've been hella distracted by... the rest of the series. Hope everyone enjoys! emifairy.substack.com/p/help-im-tu...

Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! tells a serious and topical story about real issues such as the cost of living crisis, fascism, political corruption, sexy catgirls and the ever growing threat of war. It also has silly tentacle artwork. #HITIAM #mermaids #gamedev #tentacles #trans #genderbender

We're at 41 reviews on Steam, and a 95% positive rating! If we get 9 more we'll hit the threshold for Very Positive! If you enjoyed the game, it would really help us out if you could chuck up a quick review, as it makes a big difference to discoverability. Thanks if you already have!

www.digitallydownloaded.net/2026/01/revi... We just had an awesome review by Matt at DigitallyDownloaded.net ! Thanks for covering the game mate!

hitiam drawings eating a burger is sexy and eating some fries are cute

I animated a bunch of motion comics for Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! It's not something I've done before but I think they turned out pretty well! youtu.be/LONJLHazigo?...

Only 2 more days to grab HITIAM at it's launch discount! Don't miss out on mermaid madness! store.steampowered.com/app/4115180/...

So i found this game completely by accident. This game was amazing, the characters are amazing, the story was phenomenal and got me really invested in the world of Axon city. If your a fan of gender bend shenanigans and yuri you'll probably like this visual novel. Highly recommended!

We're verified on Steam Deck!

First YouTube playthrough! This one is by OmegaGoku, who played Max 1, 2 and are working through AnB. youtu.be/QYk86ym__8A?... Check em out!

Finished the game, and ngl, this is probably the best game I've played in a while. There's some minor graphical bugs here and there, but girl, Hunter might just be one of my new all time faves. I won't spoil it, but the twists and turns the game makes are so exciting. Definitely need to play more.

I was on CNN! For 10 seconds! And it was a new pc releases segment. But it still counts! edition.cnn.com/2026/01/09/e...

Please play this game! It's so SO GOOD It even has a cute affirming fairy! (Not to be confused with me.)

We've hit the New and Trending page on Steam! In the 12 years I've been doing this I've never had this happen before. Super cool milestone to hit.

Here's one of the first CGs from the game:

Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid is available now!

We have a release date! Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid releases January 5th 2026!

Can this happen to me pls...

You can now play the demo for Hitiam in your browser on Newgrounds! www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

While you wait for HITIAM to release, check out all of our other games on sale! store.steampowered.com/curator/4390... It's looking like early Jan for Hitiam, I will do a proper post once its all locked in

We've just broken 800 wishlists on Steam, woohoo! Check out the demo for our ridiculous Mermaid gender bender adventure game here! store.steampowered.com/app/4115180/...

I posted some screenshots of the Coffee Shrine minigame here a few months ago, here's what everything looks like once it's all put together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gelD...

The demo for Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid?!? is available now! The demo contains the complete Chapter 1 of the game, and saves from the demo transfer over to the full game. It's about 2hrs long, and it's free! #gamedev, #adventuregame, #mermaids #lifesim, #australia, #anime

Here's a trailer for my new game, Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-s... We're releasing the game soon!

Our new game Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! has manga style cutscenes, which was a lot of fun to implement! In the game itself these have a motion comic effect, but here's a preview of the first comic scene in the game.

Here's the title screen art for Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid!, a brand new gender bender adventure game from the creator of Max's Big Bust! If you missed it please add the game to your Steam Wishlist, it really helps us out! Link below! #indie #lgbt #lifesim #anime

Behold, a blurry photo of me getting my game working on steam deck. Always very satisfying to do this part of testing

I've got a new game coming out later this year! Wish list Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! here store.steampowered.com/app/4115180/...

All of our games on itch.io now have Steam keys available for redemption, if you buy the game on itch you get a steam key too.

Spent this week coding a wardrobe system for my upcoming VN! There's different unlockable outfits, and characters in the free time/romance sections will comment on what you're wearing. There's even stat boosts, dialogue will change depending on how cute/sexy your outfit is. #gamedev #anime

Is #screenshotsaturday still a thing? The Coffee Shrine minigame from Hitiam has progressed a lot since my last screenshot, all of the features are in and now I'm bugtesting/tweaking. It's been a bit more work than I initially thought to get this working, but I'm really happy with this so far.

I'm working on developing this Coffee Store management minigame for my upcoming VN! I've got the animations for characters working now, but I still need to tweak the arm layer and replace some placeholder assets. Making good progress though! Really happy with this one. #gamedev #vn #anime

One of my old videos keeps going 'viral' in the YouTube algorithm and I'm not entirely sure why. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyYp... Every single comment is like 'What anime is this' and 'What is this from' even though it's clearly there in the description! I don't understand.

Here are some chibi sprites from a minigame from the mermaid life sim I'm developing!

I'm really happy with this minigame, you work a trade-in counter at an EB Games equivalent (Zara's Games) and have to spot fake games and offer people the right amount of money for their games (which usually isn't very much). #gamedev #visualnovel #lachedupgames

And this is where things start to get fancy! I'm using Ren'Py, but I've coded a few minigames such as this cooking game. It looks better in motion (and there are placeholder assets here too), but in this minigame you have to rapidly cook food orders for customers. #game-dev #renpy #australia

And here's a screenshot of the puzzle system! There are some placeholder assets here (namely the inventory window), but at multiple points in the game you'll start an investigation and walk around, look for and combine and talk to people similar to something like Monkey Island. #gamedev

Alright, wanted to throw up some screenshots from the visual novel I'm working on, 'Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid!' Here's a dialogue screenshot, it's all very basic at the moment. I'll be adding a custom text box later in development. #mermaids #gamedev #gender-bender #visualnovels

All of our PC games are available on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/curator/4390... and they're also available on itch here: lachedupgames.itch.io We've also got an official Discord! discord.gg/eM8RK8mQuv

Hello! I'm an Aussie Gamedev and I plan to talk about my games here! If you've got any questions on making RPGs or Visual Novels just let me know!