Hear ye, hear ye! All Lemurs to the auditorium! Drowned Lake has found our new student Council President! (Our highest tier in the Kickstarter!) and we're absolutely over the moon about it. It's an amazing level of support for us and it genuinely brings tears of joy to our little lemur eyes!

A huge thank you to everyone who is sharing around our Kickstarter trailer. We're really excited and can't even begin to express how grateful we are for the support of all you rad lemurs!

Lemurs! Lemurs! Listen up! It's here! Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... ! Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!

We're continuing to unveil some of the NPCs for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. While the reveal will be up elsewhere tomorrow, as a little treat to our Bluesky Lemurs (who have been incredibly supportive throughout our dev process) we're posting it up here first! So enjoy this sneaky peek!

There's a lot of darkness out there right now folks. And it's scary. But we have each other, and so long as we raise each other up, we're gonna hold on. Keep creating. Keep being awesome. Keep being good to each other. Keep finding joy.

Hey all you wonderful Lemurs! We just wanted to say that we're really grateful to all of you that follow us. Your encouragement, kind words and interest in our projects really makes the hard work worth it, and makes our day! From the very bottom of our fluffy hearts, we adore you all!

Hey all you fancy Lemurs! Our newest trailer for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake has just gone live! Check it out on youtube at youtu.be/rROTfe8cQfo !

Hey all you lovely Lemurs! (Also Raccoons, Marmosets, and at least one Marsupial.) As our Kickstarter approaches, we wanted to introduce you all to some of the NPCs of Drowned Lake. The town holds many secrets, and so too do the residents. You'll need their help to unravel the mysteries.

Hear ye, hear ye! Calling all Lemurs! Today we bring forth the Queen, long may they reign. Will they do so with benevolence, boosting those around them and making them truly better? Or will they rule with intrigue, gossip and tyranny? Only the Queen can know for sure.

Hey all you rad Lemurs! Our feature of moves comes to an end, and as a final reveal we have something special! Introducing Reveal the Abyss a new move we've added for WTDL. We wanted players to have a move that explores voluntarily exposing their monstrosity to others during contested choices.

Hey all you rad Lemurs! Today we're boosting something a little different. We pretty clearly enjoy queer indie projects, but rather than a game, we've got a rad queer queer comic on Kickstarter! We love outside art and fiction, and this is definitely worth checking out if you too like those things!

Hey all you lemurs! We're continuing our series on moves with Dark Moves this week. Today we're featuring Gaze Into the Abyss, move all about looking deep into yourself and discovering what lies in the places you hide even from yourself.

Hello all you spooksome lemurs! It's time for another skin! Today we're featuring the Mortal. Often, the real monster is man, and this is no exception. Codependent and obsessive, the mortal's monstrosity is both more subtle and more insidious than one might expect. Be wary of their love.

Our series on Moves from the upcoming Monsterhearts: Welcome to drowned lake continues! Earlier this week, we featured fight, now we're featuring flight with Run Away. Glamorous? Rarely. Wise? Often. Likely to result in exciting chase sequences? Absolutely.

Dropping the veil a little bit today as I work on the preview for the Monsterhearts skin teaser for this week. Spoiler for you cool Bluesky Lemurs, it's gonna be the Mortal. Honestly, of all the monsters in the game, the Mortal scares me the most. Trying to convey why is an interesting challenge.

The Centre for Digital Media has been nominated for the Technology Trailblazer award at the 2025 MAPLE Awards! Ludic Lemur was an Innovation Partner with the CDM, and we're so thrilled they've been nominated. Take a minute to support this great local org! magnetnetworklive.ca/2025-award/

This is so weird and wonderful that we had to repost it. There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't ruin your wedding.

The lemurs did an interview for Rascal News! www.rascal.news/the-monsterh... It's a fun read and goes into a lot. The article is paywalled but you can read the first third or so for free to get a taste. Rascal is an independent game news outlet, so if you're able to support them, please do!

Hey all you lovely lemurs! This week, we're featuring Volatile moves. Gritty, messy and violent, these moves are often physical in nature, and have appropriate messy consequences. Today we're showing off Lash Out Physically. For when words fail and you need to let your fists do the talking.

Stop! Lemur Time! This week, we're featuring COLD moves, all about putting pesky emotions like fear or empathy on the back burner and letting steely logic and detached apathy take the wheel. Today, we're focused on Keep Your Cool, a move all about staying calm under often intense pressure.

Lemurs! Lend me your ears and your tiny artistic paws for #Wipwednesday is here! Today we've got a different sort of update, showing off the process of how the art we will be featuring in our game is made via a tutorial with our CEO and artist! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9xb... Check it out!

My fellow lemurs (and also other assorted primate species!) it's time to make some monstrous moves! Today we're featuring Manipulate them, a move about getting your way, consequences be damned. Whereas Turn them on focuses on building bonds, Manipulate Them weaponizes those bonds for your own ends.

Lemurs rejoice! #Wipwednesday is here! Previously, we've shared glimpses into the foundations of developing several core systems. Today, we're showing off where those systems are at now! While there's still tons of work and polish to do, we're really excited to share this progress with you all!

Hello Lemurs, monsters, and monstrous Lemurs! Part of translating Monsterhearts from a TTRPG into a video game is making sure we stay true to the integral systems at its core, like moves! This week we're going to be featuring HOT moves that let your emotions run wild, starting with 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐎𝐧!

We Lemurs are pro messy queer storytelling (hence why we're making our own messy queer storytelling game)! Today we're boosting the Kickstarter for Princess of World's end. If you like queer stories with nuance and complex themes and/or just want to support rad indie devs, check them out!

You know what little piece of polish can make a game really shine? Item art. If you're an indie dev and you've finished the "make it work first" part of the process and are struggling with the "make it look good" bit, check this out and consider adding some hand drawn assets to your game.

You know what's rad? Indie gaming. Want to see more indie games in the world? Support their development! This is is one such awesome project you can support right now. Supporting each other's projects is how we become the rising tide that raises all boats, so go check it out!

Built for a purpose not your own. Forced to exist against your will. Alive, but not born. Introducing the Hollow.

More rad Monster art! We love seeing what Monsterhearts inspires folks to create, with bonus nostalgia!

Today, we're boosting something very cool that might fly under the radar. Rad art by a monsterhearts player of their character! There's something so cool about folks making art for something they love, and Lemurs are pro art!

Brainstorming ideas on how to get folks excited for our upcoming game and to encourage them to join our Discord. Having mostly exhausted the good ideas, such as dev interviews and teasers, I am now working on less intuitive ideas. Like bribery in the form of pictures of my dog. She's very cute.

Hello all you lovely Lemurs! Something we take seriously is trying to make our dev process transparent and interesting, so in the spirit of that, what sort of art do YOU want to see from us? We know what interests us, but we want to know what excites YOU about 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠: 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒

Today, we Lemurs are boosting the signal for Crucible, who...made some choices about the date of launch date relative to Gencon. Share it around to help get more eyes on there and help them make rad art!

Leaping Lemurs, is it #wipwednesday already? Today, we're pulling the curtain back and showing a bit of not just the creative process, but also some of the tools we're using to build 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠: 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒's branching storylines. Full version at www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZA...

Today we're boosting the signal for more queer creators! Lemurs love TTRPGs (it's why we're adapting Monsterhearts and powered by the apocalypse into a video game) and there's a ton of awesome queer creatives out there making rad art. Go check them out!

Games are for everyone, and seeing everyone in them helps bring us closer together! Representation matters, not just because it's nice to see ourselves in games, but because it can help us understand each other better. Disability representation is incredibly important, for all the reasons above.

Hey, so this might seem like an odd question...but have any other queer creators recently had accounts banned on other platforms with no explanation? Overzealous moderation or direct censorship? Maybe. But we're not going anywhere. #Monsterhearts #IndieGames #QueerGames #BannedOnTikTok #QueerDev

Today we're sharing something for you grown up lemurs. With the recent (valid) fears regarding censorship on game distribution platforms, we're boosting Slasher U today. Indie, weird, and queer, this is important art and it's future is uncertain. Go check it out.

Yesterday I was tearing myself up trying to work out if my queer games & community journalism had a future with *gestures at everything* But it's more important than ever to be speaking up. With our art, our platforms, our shared spaces We will make things better, it's just not an easy fight 🔥

Patient, subtle, coy. Introducing the Witch. Today we're introducing another of the playable skins for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Follow us for more updates and tell us about your favourite witches in the comments below! #MonsterheartsGame #GameDev #TTRPGAdaptation #IndieGameDev

WIP Wednesday is here! Today we're featuring the early stages of creating a narrative through multiple choice buttons and dialogue boxes. Check out the full video on our youtube at youtu.be/LXlkfCtVfFc and tell us what updates YOU want to see! #MonsterheartsRPG #PlayerChoiceMatters #EarlyDevBuild

Lemur's love games! Times are tight for folks right now, and games are often one of the first luxuries we have to give up. Knowing where to look when you're on a budget can be tough, so check these guys out. You might even find a game you've been eyeballing for a while at a price you can afford.

Pe Metawe is a friendly, local-to-me, Indigenous-owned, queer-affirming game store. They're my absolute favourite -- great curation, welcoming staff, and a genuine interest in community. Them giving up table space for me without thinking twice? That's consistently the kind of place @pemetawe is.

Hey folks! Today we wanted to show you all some of the work we're doing for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned lake. Check it out and let us know what YOU want to see in a future dev update! Full video can be found at www.facebook.com/ludiclemur/v... #Monsterhearts #EarlyFootage #IndieDev

It's time to embrace your inner monster! The mysteries of Drowned Lake run deep. Your only hope to uncover them is to take hold of the darkness within, but beware, lest it consume you. #ttrpg #indiegamedev #queergames #monsterdesign #tabletoprpg #devlog #indiegame #gamedev #lgbtgames #blueskygames

As one illustration of just how sloppy and chaotic today's mass Xbox layoff has been, some employees at Zenimax Online Studios are now watching their Slack accounts abruptly get locked out. No message from HR, no word on whether they still have a job, just an ominous Slack deactivation

Thinking about everyone affected by the Microsoft layoffs, but particularly our peers in their gaming divisions. When profits are up 18% and you're cutting staff, something is broken in the system.

While working on Calm the Storm, we wanted to check out other games that are accessible. How do other developers take into account different player abilities and make a great game that works for everyone? A Blind Legend is on my to-play list for this week. Has anyone played it? What did you think?

Thanks to @cheapretrogaming.bsky.social for featuring Calm the Storm on his Free Friday roundup last week! cheapretrogaming.com/2025/06/20/f...

Grave Seasons is a cozy farming sim about cows and corn and, wait a second, is that blood?!