Kemonomimi jam is coming! It allows projects you're already working on, even if all you do is retroactively give all your characters **animal ears**! Narrative games like visual novels and RPGs are allowed. It's the year of the horse so yeah... itch.io/jam/kmnmm-ja...

A fluffy monster girl nanoreno visual novel is out!! Absolutely no doom here. I was like "oooh rpgmaker games look so cool what if I made one in renpy..." (is in the process of adding voice acting) cuteshadow.itch.io/i-want-to-we...

MVNA jam submission 2/2 This is now Version 3 of this idea. This one is especially for the sprites where all the different parts of the face are separated. V3 integrates into the Interactive Director which means no loading times. Instant script edits. Speeeeeed. cuteshadow.itch.io/layeredimage...

MVNA Jam submission 1/2 This one came about from be being so lazy I couldn't be bothered to write the at left, at right, etc. code in Ren'Py. cuteshadow.itch.io/lazy-positio...

For SWAK Jam 2026 we worked on a musical/MV style visual novel. Later we'll update it with vocals so for now it's just karaoke. It's a short story about an angel and a demon, told through song. It has multiple endings. I also animated the entire thing in Ren'Py. aiainaine.itch.io/the-sin-of-f...

Still getting the last voice lines in but this is our winter jam game pretty much finished! cuteshadow.itch.io/those-stars-...

True!

Going to finish winter jam project soon that was started last year

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-...

THANK YOU to everyone who played, enjoyed, rated, and/or mulled over the lore of Tokidoki Tactical Squad so far! So excited our game could be in the top 25 fan ratings on itch, with judge honorable mention, and two award nominations! ✨ #spooktoberVNjam #gamedev #yuriVN

This is truly a "fine, I'll do it myself" moment". Here's an easy audio mixing guide for Ren'Py dummies (me). cuteshadow.itch.io/tokidoki-tac...

VOD and Thumbnail for Tokidoki Tactical Squad is on youtube now :) youtu.be/h_mc2suswOs #Vtuber #ENVTuber #SpooktoberVNJam

Spooktober devlog is out! Apparently, this is only Part 1 lol. cuteshadow.itch.io/tokidoki-tac...

The VN I did VA as Eureka for is out!!! You should all play it and support the devs!!! The art is amazing!!!

Our Yuri Visual Novel for #SpooktoberVNJam is officially released!!! Boot up a retro military simulation and take on the role of Iris, a squad leader battling to keep her friends alive in a world decimated by a ruthless viral infection. cuteshadow.itch.io/tokidoki-tac...

i have been spooktobering... can't wait to see the final game in action! keep an eye out for tokidoki tactical squad 👁️

💥 Role Announcement 💥 I’m excited to announce that I voice the mysterious Eureka in Tokidoki Tactical Squad, a retro yuri vn for #SpooktoberJam2025!

KABOOOM!! I’m the voice of Nova in Tokidoki Tactical Squad, a retro military yuri VN for #SpooktoberJam2025! Catch her blowing up zombies soon 🧟‍♀️💥 Huge thanks to @krhodesva.bsky.social for entrusting me with this gremlin ❤️

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

Four girls against the zombie apocalypse. Look at this amazing fanart our CG artist Soren did!!! Tokidoki Tactical Squad is a Retro Military Anime style yuri visual novel being made for #spooktoberVNjam

#spooktoberVNjam No zombies for lunch

this is starting to look crazy #spooktoberVNjam no, you're crazy i was crazy once

I thought doing pixel art rotation for this UI was going to be hell but aseprite knows how to do it properly I'm new to this so this is all news to me

It's time for Spooktober.

NOW LIVE 🔴 We are continuing UnderHolo by @cuteshadow.itch.io - lets see what happens, shit was hitting the fan last time twitch.tv/captainspacey_

So did you know you can just straight-up record ATL using Photo Mode in Ren'Py? No, seriously it's that easy. If you've ever wanted to use the camera but thought it was too complicated then now is your chance. #renpy #vndev cuteshadow.itch.io/photo-mode-i...

Let ME help YOU market YOUR #renpy #visualnovel. Out of any other genre, don't you think visual novels (which are about 50% visual) should have a Photo Mode?! Are you saying your game wouldn't be instantly better in every way by adding Photo Mode to it? (Do it.) cuteshadow.itch.io/photo-mode-i...

This is me quickly dropping Photo Mode into the #renpy 'The Question' demo.

SOON

Stream offline ⚫ We had a great time playing UnderHolo! The story is amazing so far and one we will definitely return to! And thank you so so much @cuteshadow.itch.io for stopping by! We ended by raiding @lunadaydream.bsky.social

NOW LIVE 🔴 Playing UnderHolo by @cuteshadow.itch.io Im excited to check this game out! twitch.tv/captainspacey_

Hi #renpy peeps. I have made an updated timed choice menu. You can now stop using that outdated Cookbook example :) You only have to add this: menu(time=5, timeout="too_slow"): Includes a video tutorial as well: cuteshadow.itch.io/renpy-timed-... (Photo Mode coming soon:tm:)

hehehaha

Oh wow look I remembered my account's password 😅 Quick update: Our winter jam game is going to be delayed to 2025. In the meantime I will be doing a Visual Novel Conference talk on Ren'Py's 3D stage so if that or any of the other talks sounds fun then get your tickets now!

I'm going to have to eventually name all these songs... (and also replace the music room programmer art with an actual UI)

From now until Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST, I will match contributions made to the Smart Barks pack, up to $800, out of pocket. If we reach the goal $1000(for a total of $1,800) we'll be able to afford a live speaker event in Summer 2025! makevisualnovels.itch.io/smart-barks

Let me just casually produce some of the most impressive cinematics you'll ever see in a visual novel in the span of a month. We're escaping the PowerPoint allegations with this one!

Whoa! There's 977 downloads on the first VN I wrote for! So close to 1k, how awesome!! If anyone wants to try managing their own VTuber agency while making wholesome friendships, give it a whirl: cuteshadow.itch.io/underholo Careful though, things may be rigged…

Yeah, our Yuri Winter Jam visual novel is going to have a fully animated frame-by-frame sequence. Why? Because it's important and @pumpkin-spike.itch.io was willing to hear me out 😅

I'm working on an animated scene in @cuteshadow.itch.io 's Winter Jam project! It has been a fun learning experience and really pushing the limits of what I know how to do! 🌠🌃Look forward to Starlight Meets the City Lights in January 2025! #yuri #CutieSaturday #vndev #indiedev

Okay so Starlight Meets the City Lights (the winter yuri visual novel) officially has 6 Event CG artists working on it with one of them being a frame-by-frame animated sequence 😭

📢 ISO OF VISUAL NOVEL DEVELOPERS & STUDIOS 📢 I made a VN dev starter pack! 🗣️ If you make Visual Novels or are a studio that does, reply here with what you do (credits, steam/itch, website, etc.) 🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁 #visualnovel #vndev #vn #renpy #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #datingsim #inkle

the 'Audio' in Audio/Visual Novel is silent

Born to shitpost. Forced to lock-in visual novel dev.

I have funny numbers on itch.

Repost your game's logline! 1. Protagonist 2. Their Goal 3. Inciting Incident 4. Central Conflict "When a wide-eyed alien crash-lands in New York City, she teams up with a reluctant orphan to repair her ship, exploring the city together while evading a cop intent on sending them to an orphanage."

Let me give a lore recap to all the newcomers! (1.) I am making a Winter Yuri Visual Novel (duh) about an alien's trip to NYC. (2.) Because I am too good at Ren'Py I keep adding extra QOL features. (3.) *Somebody* mentioned photo mode. (4.) I just did it,lol? (5.) It also records Transforms now

Lots of new people today! Please check out this starter pack I made for Ren'Py developers: go.bsky.app/AtyBmj4

Lots of new people joining! Check out our two visual novel developers starter packs! ⭐ ✨PART 1: go.bsky.app/PPrAvXo ✨PART 2: go.bsky.app/AuSX9bu #VNDev #indiedev #gamedev