going to be so real, the room where my dev computer not being constantly freezing now we're getting out of winter is making me a lot more enthusiastic about locking in for gamedev

getting stuck into my second draft of Maxime's first scene tonight - with the towering figure of the default placeholder sprite representing the shitheel podcaster Orion and Maxime will be dealing with lmao wishlist Slipstream Daydreams 👇

i've spent so long working on steam store assets, i finally made my first github commit in months tonight and it feels great 😭 i got sketches for maxime's sprites in, ready for me to test with the first draft of their first scene's script 🦈

wrote some misc thoughts about selling visual novels on steam in 2026 and what sorts of vns tend to sell better than others based on trends i've seen with my last few releases www.patreon.com/posts/some-t...

🐬 SLIPSTREAM DAYDREAMS STEAM PAGE IS LIVE! check out the trailer for my y2k-inspired queer romance about anti-gravity racing, and chuck us a wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/4243110/... #visualnovel #oelvn #gayme

He's not like that. 📣 The first episode of WHODUNNIT, "Hitting Singles", will release soon in Steam and Itch for free! Stay tuned for more information, and make sure to wishlist the game to be notified when it releases! store.steampowered.com/app/3851280/... #fvn #furry #indiegame #whodunnitvn

a steam festival that suits SSDD cropped up and I was already working on my steam page... so this week I've been sprinting for the finish line so I can hopefully get it up in time to apply..!!!!!

suuper excited to reveal the key art for my visual novel Slipstream Daydreams! this was a real labour of love but i'm so pleased with how it came out 🩵🐬 #vndev #ocsky #capsuleart ‼️ join the mailing list to be the first to hear when the steam page goes live! slipstream-daydreams.kit.com

Slipstream Daydreams is a funny and action-packed romance visual novel set in the high-speed y2k-futiristic world of antigravity racing! 🐬 #TeaseYaGame #VisualNovel 📢 Hear the latest on our mailing list: slipstream-daydreams.kit.com

🐬 Orion Cruz (they/them) is the star of my super queer visual novel set in the y2k futuristic world of anti-gravity racing! 🏁 Sign up to the mailing list to be the first to hear when my demo launches early next year! (and avoid social media lol) slipstream-daydreams.kit.com #visualnovel #ocsky

the game awards never feature anything close to visual novels so I'm going to recommend 20 indie visual novels

i've been thumbnailing my key art for use as a steam capsule! thumbnailing for a big piece is always a lot of work for very slow messy results, but now i've got it nailed down (i'm using the last one) i can jump into the full illustration and it's downhill from here! #vndev #indiedev #ocsky

WD: above all else, complete and release Slipstream Daydreams!!!!! but i also have two smaller (read: better scoped..!) projects in mind that I'd really love to start at least one of if SSDD doesn't consume another year of development 😰

it's so wintery and dark outside my mana resources after work in the evenings are in the shitter. wishing for power to overcome this for myself and all the other solodevs out there... lets crawl through winter together...........😴❄️

If you've ever wanted a definitive Ren'Py screens tutorial that starts from zero, I'm going to make you regret that /jk Part 1-3 are already out. This is going to take a while... cuteshadow.itch.io/renpy-blank-...

Slipstream Daydreams' logo has a tighter look! I was bothered by the previous version looking a little plain when juxtaposed with the super bright and gummy game art, so now it's got some extra detail and polish 🐬 #vndev #indiedev

Our short magical delivery dating sim releases on December 8th! Play as a witch returning home and reuniting with old friends while making deliveries. There's 3 love interests, room customization, and lots of side characters to befriend 💖 ✨ Wishlist it: store.steampowered.com/app/3563380/...

Slipstream Daydreams is a visual novel about a nonbinary anti-gravity racer reminiscing about their romances as they tackle the crucial final race of the season. Please subscribe to the mailing list to keep up with development - steam page coming soon, demo early 2026! slipstream-daydreams.kit.com

october's task was implementing sound and music throughout SSDD! the trickiest part of it was getting the timers to play a ticking sound - did you know vboxes dont pass "show" events? 💀 thanks to a couple folk's help in the devtalk server i got it working though ✌️ #vndev #renpy

Slipstream Daydreams isn't just about steamy romance off the track - in between Orion's flashbacks you'll need to navigate a high-speed race! 🚀 #vndev #indiedev

just for the record if you interact with me and you're giddily posting about using genAI i will just block you.

never make the mistake of asking the rich guy what to order 🫠 #screenshotsaturday #vndev

Orion's sprite is nearly there, which means I get to play dolls in engine ☺️ seeing the character and background art together is so fulfilling 🌈🐬 #vndev #ocsky

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

i LOVE indie physicals!!!

I am once again showing off how cool the physical copies of my game are. And I am once again reminding you that I have a free zine about how to make your own physical copies here: priro.itch.io/holdingthebaby

really excited to share my first complete character sprite 🗣️ Capital has six expressions with two eyes and three mouths each, for ace attorney style mouth flaps and blinks! this was a lot of work (more than i anticipated💦) but i think the resulting polish is well worth it #vndev #ocsky

i'm working on Capital's sprites - i haven't replaced the sketch version of his blink asset yet, so currently his eyebrows flash red to ward away predators 😭

making vn is easy you just write a book and then you read back each line from that book and think what facial expression are they making and then you draw each expression and then line by line you add a tag for the face they are making. the best part is you only have to do this a few thousand times

the thing about setting my visual novel in a y2k future is i get to parody mascots from the era with my protagonist orion :D groovy chick was EVERYWHERE in the uk back then!! style icon!! 🌼🩷 #y2k #oc

hop on visual novels NOW !! I've gathered 200+ romance-themed visual novels from 100+ developers across the globe and categorized them by romance type, genre, mechanics, amount of love interests, and more. NO EXCUSES TO NOT PLAY ROMANCE VNS ANYMORE!!! store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

It's so retro anime aesthetic that it makes life in a military base amid a zombie apocalypse look comfy. #screenshotsaturday Tokidoki Tactical Squad is a yuri visual novel featuring retro military girls #spooktoberVNjam

another background for my vn! it was fun coming up with clutter for this kitschy interview set 🛼🐬🚀 for this one i modelled the shelves in blender and traced them - work smarter not harder 😘 (empty shelves will be covered by sprites, dont worry) #vndev

this week's update - sketch for a racetrack background! showing the part where the hardlight track joins a road 🐬🏁

i was struggling for ages on what i wanted to do for my background art - i did PAGES of various ways of editing photobashes to try and cut corners, but none of them had the look i wanted. these are experiments from way back in september and october last year #vndev

ok i absolutely fell off the development horse for two straight months due to Life and Being Busy and Making A Costume Taking Up All My Free Time but im back and i have a big to-do list and a goal for the end of the month lets get it as the kids say

Maxime on the brain this week 🐊... ive known how Maxime's route ends for ages but im only just working out how we get there! their route is very different in tone from Capital's

my first goal for this month was to design the logo! y2k inspired graphic design is a huge part of Slipstream Daydreams's visual identity, so I really wanted to nail this one! ☁️ #vndev

dev work on SSDD has been quiet as I took a month off development after pushing through to finish my closed alpha. it was a good idea! im back excited to work on it again 🐬

like an IDIOT i wrote half my scenes with my characters standing up and half with them sitting down and now thumbnailing me has to work out how to cover up their legs and make the standing sprite poses look like theyre sitting 😭

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

beyond proud to say yesterday i finished my entire first draft script for the common route + capital romance scenes! the game has a long way to go but this was my biggest goal for my alpha playtest 🏁🚀 #vndev

Another before ➡️ after #indiegamedev #horrorgame #visualnovel #vn

OFFICIALish LAUNCH... OF THE YURI EVN WEBRING ~⭐ /what is it?/ my masterplan of forcing people to make websites and collecting MORE YURI GAMES... is finally complete! all it needs is YOUR GAMES!! if youve an evn you think fits please apply!! ^w^ yuri makes the world go 'round~⭐

slipstream daydreams now has sprite expressions for both Capital and Orion added in every scene I've written! now it actually feels like a visual novel 😅

during testing i discovered the only two times i messed up typing my expression names, they generated two perfect memes describing each character 😭 my bimbo and tsundere... #vndev

ive got sprite flags for Orion in every scene now, but it has made me realise i need to tweak some narration to avoid actions i can't show with sprites 🤦‍♂️ it's starting to feel a lot more like a visual novel finally and not just a folder of text files

look. sometimes you try to draw a cute flirty expression and export it with full confidence and then you look at it in game and realise it looks like they've had five or eight shots of vodka instead.

its devlog time!! this one covers: 🐬 my inspirations and process in designing Slipstream Daydreams's UI 🏁 some brand new screenshots of the game in action 🦾 discussion of how I added accessibility features even with a small scope read it on itchio below! ⬇️ itch.io/blog/895918/... #vndev #devlog