Drăculești is LIVE on Kickstarter Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in this seductive romantic horror narrative game. Starring Ray Chase as Dracula. Voice/Casting direction by @jennyyokobori.bsky.social 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...

The Steam release of Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells was announced today!! This release features full voice acting, new gameplay, and tons of extras! I've been working really hard on all the new and updated art. Please give it a wishlist if you can, it'd mean the world! ⬇

Today is March 10th and an incredible day for game accessibility because today AbletoPlay.com goes public! Sign up for a private account, adjust your accessibility needs, and find games that work best for you! #a11y

The weather here is so damp and dreary, anyone have survival tips for when motivation is hard? 😲

If you're looking for something queer and Victorian, look no further! Both Of Sense and Soul and Confluence are part of this year's Steam Visual Novel Fest! ✨😊 Wishlist Of Sense and Soul: s.team/a/2231680 Play Confluence for free: s.team/a/3378600 #indiedev #vndev #visualnovel

Not sure what the point of Steam VN Fest is if there's no way to browse all the games featured. 😬 How is anyone supposed to find new VNs when the festival overrides the entire category page with no filtering available? There are a bunch of smaller games that are flat-out hidden, including my own.

I typically read my dialogue aloud and pay attention to pacing and chemistry, and whether they contribute to what the reader should feel about the conversation. This also helps me solidify characters’ voices and helps me catch any typos!

I finished Pirate Yakuza yesterday. When ambergris was mentioned, this dropout sketch was all I could think about…

📜You have one (1) unexpected quest! Introducing In Ashes, a choice-driven fantasy adventure visual novel. Step into the boots of a weary, burnt out hero, and face the life you left behind. You were a hero once, but will you be again? ✨ Wishlist now on Steam! bit.ly/3EVDuFR #InAshesGame #IndieGame

love these complementary Regency print illustrations ('The Choice of a Husband' and 'The Choice of a Wife') www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

New Otome Game - Lilacs in the Breeze! Follow Thalia, a trans woman who's left her old life behind and made a new life for herself far away—until her childhood friend shows up one day. It's a 9k word long #otome & made in 3 weeks for #TransJoyJam! Play it: crystalgameworks.itch.io/lilacs-in-th...

What a title

Very occasionally, I’ll see something and feel the urge to make it into a meme about my game at 1AM on a weeknight 🦆🪿

🗣📢GET HYPE! Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 16-19, 2025! Submissions are now OPEN for speakers, panels, & #gamedev interviews—no fees, & speakers are compensated! All participants are considered for grants of up to $25k. 🔗 Get tix, apply to speak, & learn more: gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo

First drawing of 2025 I’ve been happy with! I’ve missed drawing the OSAS boys for fun and I should do it more often… 🙈 #victorian #sketch #art

First drawing of 2025 I’ve been happy with! I’ve missed drawing the OSAS boys for fun and I should do it more often… 🙈 #victorian #sketch #art

Started Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii since I can share my brother’s copy. Still not sure what I’ve just spent 1.5h of my life on but I think it’s gonna be a banger!!

After some technical issues (the problem was mostly between the keyboard and chair 😢), the broadcast for Chronotopia's demo is now available for the duration of #TheStorytellersFestival. You can watch it from the store's page too 😀. store.steampowered.com/app/1667530/...

When I gasp “GOOD WINDOWS” at my phone screen at 1am because of the new sims gameplay trailer, that’s how you know I’m a gamer girl

Delighted to announce Of Sense and Soul is back for #TheStorytellersFestival 2025! As ever, thank you to @twoandahalfstudios.com for hosting and bringing so many wonderful narrative games together! ✨💌 store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025 #VN #indiegame

Finally, the victorianisms I keep in my back pocket have found their purpose… 🙈 🟨 🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟧🟩🟩🟩🟧 Percentile: 99.97 datcreativity.com

I’ve taken up crocheting again to help my brain rest; here’s the shawl I’m making!

If you follow the OSAS KS page you’ve probably seen this release delay announcement! www.kickstarter.com/projects/forsythiaproductions/of-sense-and-soul-a-queer-victorian-romance-vn/posts/4308050 Since deciding to delay the release window, burnout has officially hit me like a train 🫡 (1/2)

My scripting buddy today (he has been very demanding) 🥰

Started playing Balatro after playing the mini game in Dave the Diver and I have never been so compelled to play a game I keep losing at 🤔

📣 Just released the「Ren'Py Speech Pauses Plugin!」 Automatically add pauses after every punctuation mark, to make your #visualnovel dialogue feel more natural and alive — with no extra effort on your part! ✨ ▶️ Grab it here: kigyo.itch.io/speech-pause...

Totally brilliant work on deciphering #Handwriting in #C18th & #C19th from Edinburgh Uni — bitl.to/3nYn It draws mainly from #Scottish sources, but I've relied on it for transcribing an early C19th English diary. Just look at the range of examples, and the careful detailing of differences.

Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future! Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th! Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...

If you make art (any art! Not just visual), no matter how big your audience or if you think you're "successful" or "enough", you are giving people the energy to get through another day. You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on. Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!

Just remembered I mentioned that camerawork is quite time intensive in this post, and I feel it more and more every single day…

Been taking a new route to my singing lessons lately and I’m obsessed with this mural of a cow with unsettling eyes and teeth on a school wall I pass by on my walk

Announcing... the first ever Otome Games Celebration, a Steam festival just for otome games! 💖 We're happy to announce we've been approved for an otome-oriented festival on Steam in May. Developer sign-ups are open until March 7th! More info: crystalgameworks.com/otome-games-... #otome #otomegame

I released chapter 4 of The Hayseed Knight back in February 1st 2023 and this scene only got more and more relevant with every month since #thehayseedknight

planning on staying off social media today? consider checking out some indie visual novels. all under 2 hours, mostly by queer creators, many free. priro.pro/tealengthvn #indiedev #indiegames #videogames #vn #visualnovel #vndev #queer #trans #lgbtq

Hello Bluesky! 💙 This is Studio Ephua, the micro-studio dedicated to creating immersive tales. We believe stories are a universal truth, and humans are at the heart of it. Can you guess what our stories will be about? #gaming #vndev #otome #otomesky #gamedev #indiedev #interactivefiction

Here's a sneaky peek at some of the many, many more illustrations I am working on for the full version of this game! The full game is still far from complete, but if you liked the demo you're going to be blown out of the water by what our team is putting together! #POTBRR

As sure as the sun glaring in the sky, Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy is now on Steam! ✨🌈 Hear Hugo's tale of life and love in this short free game: store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/Confluence_An_Of_Sense_and_Soul_Soliloquy (It plays on Steam Deck as well! 🥰) #indiegame #visualnovel

Today I went to a restaurant l’ve only ever ordered food from (fairly frequently) and had such an odd feeling of nostalgia for a place I’d never been because I had a phase last year where I ate Vietnamese food several times a week…

We're thinking of creating a digital zine for ace/aro/aspec indie games and game devs...does that perhaps...spark interest? 👀

If we can take one thing from the way lynch talks about art I think it should be to never again dilute your vision and don't put off any art you want to make because it all dies with you, there's no other way, there's no one else

Post a pic YOU took (no explanation) to bring some zen to the timeline

I nearly forgot about steam achievements 😱

🎙️ VOICE ACTOR PSA 🎙️ Alex Hanback has set up a program providing equipment to VAs whose setups were destroyed by the LA Fires. He asked me to share his effort on Bluesky, so if you need new equipment or want to donate equipment, use the link below 🔁 RT to Spread Awareness 🔁 #VoiceActing #MutualAid

Still getting my bearings with film but here are some from Hong Kong!

"If a woman fancies that she looks better or feels better in men's clothes, there is no reason why she may not indulge in so harmless a fancy." The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866. archive.org/details/illu...

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

I’ve had a wonderful but very hectic holiday season and will hopefully be back to business very soon! Here are some photos in the meantime:

Happy New Year!! As our first gift for the year 2025, I bring you 45 fonts released in 2024. To DL the files, please visit the URL in my Bio. Follow & Repost required!!

I’m having an end of the year holiday with my bf visiting but I’d like you all to know I’ve become a new parent of a tamagotchi 🥳

✨ new article ✨ starting a new game project is hard, but how do you actually finish and release one? is that even possible? has the video game industry gaslit us this entire time?? how to finish your indie visual novel: arimiadev.com/how-to-finis... #visualnovel #vndev