Strawberry Dagger Studio 💔’s Tweets

Mar 13, 2021

❤️ANNOUNCEMENT❤️ How Not To Love is a Drama/Slice of Life #visualnovel that explores various friend, family, & romantic relationships. Choose between 6 playable characters & attend the biggest party of the year. | #HTNL #vnlink #vndev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #unity3D |

1:50

901 views

Support Queer Art. After 6 months of organizing, it's the final 24 hours! We tried our best to make the dream of no more starving devs a reality for as many queer devs as we could. This is the last chance make a difference: itch.io/b/1404 itch.io/b/1405

195

162

Only about 48 hours left to support the Queer Games Bundle! This is your last chance to get over 500 Games while providing desperately needed income to Queer Artists. Please help us survive so we can keep making art. itch.io/b/1404 PYC: itch.io/b/1405

315

235

Retweeted

Jun 20, 2021

Happy Father's Day!! 💙💜 If you're looking for a sweet, wholesome, and free game about two dads who love each other -- you should play Make It Last! Download: sbds.itch.io/makeitlast | #vndev #visualnovel #b3d #bnpr #boyslove #bl #blgame #yaoi #Pride2021 #MakeItLastVN |

Today we want to celebrate the visual novel studio Strawberry Dagger

! They've created visual novels Destiny Fails Us: A New Life, Make It Last, and many more! sbds.itch.io #VisualNovel | #Pride | #GameDev | #IndieGame | #VideoGames

sbds.itch.io

Jun 10

I am so very excited to share the news that

@iainthemusic

is joining our dev team as the musician! He'll be creating the music for How Not To Love, as well as a song that Samson sings in-game!! 🎶✨ Iain is awesome and I am so stoked to work with him. #vndev #visualnovel #hntl

a drawing of Samson, a character from strawberry dagger studio's games, holding a stuffed animal version of iain's purple owl twitch emote.

read image description

ALT

iain asio

The Queer Games Bundle 2022 is officially live on itch! Purchase the bundle of over 500 games/zines and support over 400 queer artists during Pride Month - this is a completely grassroots project, so please spread the word now and throughout the month! itch.io/b/1404/queer-g

2,150

2,302

May 31

Just a quick tweet to let you all know that I'm still around! My computer died and I had to build a new one to replace it, but I am back and working on How Not To Love! There's some exciting stuff happening and I can't wait to talk about it.

5 Year Anniversary Sale | Happy Valentine's Day!

Feb 14

Destiny Fails Us: A New Life has been out for 5 years as of today, which is wild to me because time is weird and the last few years are a blur. If you wanna play it, you can pick it up - it's on sale for 70% off right now. It's on sale through Friday.

itch.io

A bundle by Strawberry Dagger Studio, $5.00 for Destiny Fails Us: A New Life, The Music of Destiny Fails Us: A New Life, Destiny Fails Us: A New Life for Android

Jan 9

It's my birthday today, and I've been quietly working hard on How Not To Love 💔 I don't have anything to share at the moment, so please enjoy this drawing of Idril that I made last night.

Nov 25, 2021

I know I haven't been on Twitter much lately, I was taking a break for my own health, but I wanted to say that I'm thankful to be to able to work on How Not To Love. I can't wait to share more of it with everyone! You are all awesome 💕

Nov 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it today! ✨ And for everyone else, I hope you have a great day today as well!! 😊

Oct 31, 2021

Not necessarily Halloween related, and more of a practice drawing I made for myself this morning, but I hope you all have a great day today!

Oct 19, 2021

How Not To Love's user interface has been a lot of fun to design! ☺️ There's still some aspects I'm working on here and there, but I love how it looks -- especially the title screen animation! ❤️💔 | #AmareTeaBreak #AmareDev #vndev #visualnovel #HNTL |

The Title Screen for How Not To Love. It has the title words over top of a broken heart. Six shadow people are in the background.

read image description

ALT

The Options Menu.

Display: Windowed, Fullscreen, Borderless Window
Resolution: The chosen option is 1920x1080
Graphics: Unfinished/Work In Progress
Fast Forward: Skip Everything, Skip Seen Before
Font: Standard, Open Dyslexic
Speed: Text, Autoplay

There are two red cups at the top of the screen. One is tipped over and the drink is spilled.

The Sidebar Navigation hast he following selections: Resume, Options, Save, Load, Extras, Title, Quit

read image description

ALT

Emma is raising an eyebrow and grinning at Robyn.
Robyn says: You can wipe that grin right off your face, Emma. I'm not going to do that.

read image description

ALT

Nathan is sitting on a porch looking over his shoulder at the building behind him.
He's thinking: Was that Samson's voice? What's he doing here?

read image description

ALT

Quote Tweet

Jul 6, 2021

0:08

I added a scale animation to the heart when it appears on the title screen, and I think it looks nice.

(Sorry for the low frame rate! This was just a very quick screen recording I made to share with someone.) | #vndev #visualnovel #HNTL |

Oct 17, 2021

Hey Awesome People! 🍓

@iainthemusic

is currently streaming & raising money for Guitars4Grrrls 🎸✨ It's pretty awesome and I'm having a fun time listening to the music he's making, so you should swing by if you have the chance. twitch.tv/iainthemusic

Quote Tweet

Ame

@An0fficialLoser

Oct 17, 2021

Today is @iainthemusic's 1 year anniversary on twitch & I made this drawing to celebrate. He's gonna be streaming around 1:30pm EDT/ 10:30am PDT and will also be raising money for a local cause in his area. It's gonna be awesome!!

twitch.tv/iainthemusic

A drawing of Iain, wearing a purple shirt covered in owls. He's holding a sword and facing off against a dragon with black skin and purple eyes.

read image description

ALT

Oct 16, 2021

Charlotte Hastings records a video of her sons' room to share with their grandma ✨ This was a quick wip video of the room, and I still have a couple of things to work on and fix with it. | #AmareDev #AmareGame #screenshotsaturday #vndev #HNTL |

0:29

61 views

Oct 15, 2021

I'm back today with another fun fact! ✨ Brian was on a hockey team when he was 10 years old with some other kids, but his dad made him quit. Brian hasn't played since, but he still likes ice skating ⛸️❄️ | #amaregame #amaredev #vndev #visualnovel #HNTL |

read image description

ALT

read image description

ALT

YO NEW SONG open.spotify.com/track/0POjvQiF

Oct 15, 2021

I took today off from game dev stuff for personal reasons - but the serious highlight of my day has been hearing

@iainthemusic

's new song. It's coming out at midnight and I definitely recommend everyone go give it a listen when they can. It was so good!!

Oct 13, 2021

You know what? I like sharing fun facts about my characters, and I have a lot of them... So I figured why not make a thread and post some for a few days. James spends a lot of his free time wprking in the garage on his dad's car 🚗🔧 | #vndev #amaredev #amaregame #HNTL |

A red mustang (1968 or 1969) sitting in a garage being worked on.

read image description

ALT

Oct 12, 2021

It's time for #AmareTeaBreak, and I got a fun fact about Samson from How Not To Love 💔 Samson started playing guitar when he was 9 years old, after his brother bought a guitar to impress his girlfriend & almost immediately gave up on learning how to play it 🎸✨ #vndev #HNTL

TI is today, I'm distracted af.

@TheCrystalStory

@bredfrown

begins the tale of a small girl and a shadow. Make It Last by

PEGBRJE: Crystal Story: Awakening and Make It Last.

tells a sweet tale of how two guys made it work together over the years.

link.medium.com

Emotions EVERYWHERE.

Oct 5, 2021

I am getting very close to finishing the writing needed for Samson and Nathan's route! 😊✨ Also, here's a wip look at the character model for Samson's school uniform in How Not To Love 💔 | #AmareTeaBreak #AmareGame #HNTL |

0:11

80 views

Best Link in Bio Tool for Creators | Beacons

hello! new song! out october 15th! pre-save here! beacons.page/iainthemusic i think you'll like it!

beacons.ai

Beacons is a free forever link in bio tool and mobile website builder. Over a million creators are finding success with Beacons. Sign up today!

Sep 28, 2021

This week's #AmareTeaBreak prompt is sharing a book inspiration for your amare game. I've been drawing a blank on anything for How Not To Love, specifically, but I do feel inspired as a writer and creator when I read books by

@MistreKirin

, TJ Klune, & Adam Silvera.

Three book covers.
The first one is The Fabulous Gays by M. Kirin.
The second one is How To Be A Normal Person by TJ Klune.
And the last one is They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera.

read image description

ALT

Sep 21, 2021

I can't help it - I have a soft spot for childhood friend relationships, whether it's platonic or romantic. Here's some work in progress images of ten year old Nathan and Samson + some of Samson's drawings! ✨ | #AmareTeaBreak #AmareDev #AmareGame #HNTL #Unity #visualnovel |

Sep 15, 2021

Just what I want to see when I hit save.

An error pop-up, Blender has stopped working. The button "close the program" is highlighted. In the background there's a finished body of a 3D model.

read image description

ALT

Sep 14, 2021

How Not To Love is a 3D visual novel with animation that explores various friend, family, & romantic relationships. Choose from 6 playable characters & your decisions will either make or break their night as they attend the biggest party of the year ✨ #AmareTeaBreak #AmareGame

1:50

508 views

I was playing Tales of Arise earlier and ran into an NPC named Wonder Bard who is basically Fantasy One-Hit-Wonder Boy. It made me laugh so hard when talking to him.

Sep 7, 2021

This #AmareTeaBreak is about movie inspirations. For How Not To Love, it's feels kinda obvious that High School Party movies are a bit of inspiration, but the Gilmore Girls episode with Kyle's party in Season 3 definitely gets me in the right mindset to work on #HNTL💔

GIF

Aug 31, 2021

"Hey, dude. Look at me." Here's a couple of work in progress screenshots for a small moment in How Not To Love that I really like. It's also one of the first scenes I wrote for the game. 😊✨ | #AmareTeaBreak #AmareGame #AmareDev #visualnovel #vndev #HNTL |

Nathan: Hey dude. Look at me.
Image: Nathan is grabbing Samson's face and physically moving Samson to make eye contact with him. Samson looks nervous as he's pulled, and his arm hands in the air off to the side.

read image description

ALT

Nathan: Stop talking like that.
Image: Same visual as the last screenshot.

read image description

ALT

I'll just top off this thread with that announcement trailer that I also animated for How Not To Love. It felt great to finally be able to post my updated art style and share what I'd been working on.

Quote Tweet

Mar 13, 2021

ANNOUNCEMENT

How Not To Love is a Drama/Slice of Life #visualnovel that explores various friend, family, & romantic relationships. Choose between 6 playable characters & attend the biggest party of the year. | #HTNL #vnlink #vndev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #unity3D |

1:50

901 views

And one of my favorite things about HNTL has been creating character animations. 😊 | #HNTL #bnpr #b3d #AmareGame #AmareDev |

0:11

169 views

Being able to add small animations to the environments makes me happy. Like the TV lighting up Nathan's bedroom in this clip. 📺✨ | #HNTL #unity3d #AmareGame #AmareDev |

0:44

41 views

How Not To Love 💔 is a 3D visual novel with animation. I love how my 3D art has grown since I first started making games years ago and I'm excited to see how I continue to improve. I'm posting some animations in the replies ⬇️ I #AmareTeaBreak #AmareGame #AmareDev #HNTL |

For me #AmareGame has been all about making room for all those marginalized devs who don't really get to fit in atm. And I think this new infographic really illustrates that inclusivity, and what Amare means to me #AmareDev #VisualNovel

Amare
From the Latin 'to love'

* Centres diversity and inclusivity
* Room for all relationships

Is my game Amare?
Yes! If you want it to be.

If you, or your game needs a home, and there's not another tag that fits, or the current tags don't let you fit.
If you think the concept of 'Amare' works.
If you just like the tag and want to use it.
Then YES, you belong here. Use the tag.

#AmareDev #AmareGame #AmareTeaBreak

read image description

ALT

Retweeted

Samperson (Crime Arc)

@SamNChiet

Aug 17, 2021

HEY YOU SMALL ARTIST/GAMEDEV/COSMIC PRESENCE I'm granting *$150-$200* cash to 6 creators based on need (zero strings attached) Simply DM me what you'd use the money for to enter! Submissions open 'til 11:59pm PST Wednesday! Sharing doesn't decrease your chance!

188

257

Aug 17, 2021

How Not To Love 💔 has a special place in my heart and I'm genuinely super excited about sharing it with others. #AmareGame #AmareTeaBreak #HNTL