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Colette. Freelance writer/editor/producer. She/her

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For #O2A2VNJam, get lost in a hedge maze searching for your lover. Also, someone is trying to kill you. 1 sprite, 1 BG, <1k words. On Windows/Mac/Linux! cygni.itch.io/hedge-maze-hoo

A person with an annoyed expression wears a waistcoat and cravat inside a hedge maze at dusk. Game title "Hedge Maze Hoodwink" in script.

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The same person with a bored expression in the hedge maze at night. A textbox labeled "Myself" says "Listen here, I don't have time for your foolish antics! I'm trying to find the love of my life!"

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The same person with an angry expression inside the hedge maze at night. A textbox labeled "Stranger" says "Do you always bathe in a pigsty before meeting your lovers?"

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It's #AceWeek, which means I get to show once more a character from Drink of Choice! Meet Valeria, a creative young woman and a sapphic ace. You can get to know her in this visual novel, and help her resolve something that's troubling her!

A chibi of Valeria, character from Drink of Choice, peeking from behind a glass filled with a yellow and purple drink, with a slice of lemon and two ice cubes.

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A screenshot from the visual novel "Drink of Choice". The narration says: "She looks down at her ring before extending her hand so I could have a closer look. It was a plain black band."

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A screenshot from the visual novel "Drink of Choice". Valeria says: "Do you know what this means?"

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We're so close to our $1000 goal! On Patreon we're at $923!!🎉 If you've enjoyed our content, consider becoming a Patreon member to fund our site!

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seeing a lot of people RTing this guy's threads lately, and can we not, please? 10 minutes on his profile makes clear he's another of the tedious fascist-adjacent trads and his threads are full of gross dogwhistles about nationalism. always another one of these guys popping up

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The Case Of The Golden Idol is a gripping detective game with echoes of Obra Dinn. A mystery well worth solving! Our review - rockpapershotgun.com/the-case-of-th

A curious journalist by day, author by night, investigates the inexplicable case of a vanished scientist. Uncovering the truth about his very own family history, he has to face the awakening of an ancient being. maricu.itch.io/madness - A lovecraftian horror visual novel 👁️

We (my partner,

and I) submitted our #SpooktoberVNJam game! (Official post is coming tomorrow 💦) maricu.itch.io/madness

We still have our hands full working on the game (release is next week!), so posting updates has been difficult 💦 But here's one of the backgrounds as a little sneak of the style we're using in the game 👀 #SpooktoberVNJam

It's finally time! Tomorrow we will start working on our #SpooktoberVNJam project! Get ready for some mysterious lovecraftian horror 🐙 Project working title is "The Madness of [Redacted]" I will try and post as many updates during the month as I can! ✨ #IndieDevHour

Yesterday I wrote a devlog about what historical/film/tv characters inspired the look of the Stranger in Hedge Maze Hoodwink! Read it on itch: cygni.itch.io/hedge-maze-hoo #O2A2VNJam

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Visual Inspiration for the Stranger

I knew I wanted Hedge Maze Hoodwink to be set in a historical time period, but I didn't initially know which one to choose. Given that it takes place outdoors, the only indication of it is the lack...

Tomorrow's the VN Game Den weekly Twitch Stream where we'll be playing a ton of O2A2 jam visual novels! Join us at 6 PM ET as we play through a bunch of O2A2 entries that were submitted to us! #VisualNovel | #GameJam | #O2A2VNJam | #VideoGames | #TwitchStream

I created the sprite for Hedge Maze Hoodwink by

@cygni_a

! A very short VN made for O2A2. Why don't you go see just why this handsome stranger keeps trying to kill you at every turn? cygni.itch.io/hedge-maze-hoo #visualnovel #o2a2vnjam

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Cerise @ Spooktober 'Vivica's Heart'

@CeriseMakes

Jul 31

After taking a break due to illness, I'm diving back into game-making with a submission to #O2A2VNJam this year! Thank you so much to the hosts and my teammates @CatLinklater,

@Jennymhulla

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@cygni_a

, it was a great way to get back to making again!🪐

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Solar Flare [mini VN] by Cerise Makes

A tiny sci-fi VN with mystery, trust and churros. Play in your browser

I ended up changing the cover art, so (hopefully) it looks a lot better now. cygni.itch.io/hedge-maze-hoo

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Wishlist "Bitter Silver" on Steam!

@LookoutDrGames

Jul 25

Did you know there's a Bitter Silver newsletter? You can sign up right now to get early demo access, HQ wallpapers, art updates, & more! We just sent out our first update! Check it out! - mailchi.mp/e43153e8aa2f/b #scifi #visualnovel #newsletter

Looking forward to #O2A2VNJam !! I found a couple artists for my team and I've been working on my design doc this week, so I should be good to go tomorrow🤞

ChoiceBeat is looking for unreleased indie visual novels and interactive fiction games to hype in our September issue. To qualify, your game cannot release before Sept. 2022. The article will include a brief summary and screenshots of 10 or so games. 1/2

DevTalk is seeking partners and sponsorships for this year's Spooktober VN Jam! If you are an organization or service provider who publishes visual novels, makes software for creatives or developers, or a service provider for VN Devs, we're looking for you!

🛠 My Twine to Ren'Py tool now supports converting variables and if statements! If you're working on a simple #renpy game but enjoy the visual outlining of Twine, you can write your game in Twine and convert it into rpy files! ✨ Download here:

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Twine to Ren'Py Tool by ludowoods

Write simple Ren'Py games with the visual outlining of Twine

2022 is 50% complete.

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Andrew丨BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE

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Jul 1

The 2nd Annual Indiepocalypse Pledge Drive kickoff stream has begun! Get the today-only PWYW ($1 min) bundle of commissioned games! 5 lucky pledgers will win a LIFETIME subscription to Indiepocalypse! Support it: indiepocalypse.com/pledge Watch it: indiepocalypse.com/stream

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It had to happen sometime... The new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is here! Please spread the word by tenderly touching that retweet button. Read online: flipsnack.com/choicebeat/cho Download: willyelektrix.itch.io/choicebeat-iss #vndev #vnlink #indiegames

DEATH OPENS DOORS. PERHAPS SOME SHOULD STAY CLOSED. RESURRECTION GATE is an in-development interactive novella about loss, liches, and what lingers at the edge of existence. 🕯🪞 #PitchYaGame #gamedev #indiedev 👁 Check out the latest trailer! 👁

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For today's #FeatureFriday we have Drink of Choice by

@Floramisuu

! Drink of Choice was created for NaNoRenO 2022, where sharing a drink tells a lot about a person! Check it out on itch: florisam.itch.io/drink-of-choice #VisualNovel | #IndieGame | #GameJam | #VideoGames | #GameDev

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Drink of Choice by Florisam, JuleSan jk, Hermetic Imp, cygni

They say your drink of choice can tell someone a lot about you, for MC that seems to be literal. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux

don't want to be a dick but all i got from yesterday is that indie games are amazing and instead of making last of us 1 for the third time in a decade maybe put those tens of millions of dollars into indie games

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The schedule of talks for NarraScope 2022 is live! You can see the full complement of talks, and when they'll occur, at narrascope.org/pages/schedule.

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Schedule

NarraScope 2022 took place online on Saturday, July 30 to Sunday, July 31. See the schedule in grid form. All times are shown in US Eastern time.

Our Gather.town platform will feature an exhibition hall! Want to set up a booth with information on your game/project, a URL, a trailer? Want to be able to present your game to fellow attendees? All the details are here:

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Announcing the NarraScope 2022 Games Showcase!

Do you have a narrative game that you'd like to show at NarraScope 2022? We have a limited number of spaces available in our virtual conference hall for developers, designers, hobbyists and anybody...

Proud to be the 728th 😎 on

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for I Just Want to be Single!! - Anti-Dating Sim Visual Novel. Thanks

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Check out I Just Want to be Single!! - Anti-Dating Sim Visual Novel on BackerKit!

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Reuters Pitchbot (Satire)

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BREAKING: World's biggest clown purchases world's largest circus

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It's been a while, so let us introduce ourselves again 🙂 Narrascope is a conference about narrative games; the 2022 edition will be held online July 30-31st! Take a peek at the 2020 talks: m.youtube.com/playlist?list= Submit your proposal until April 22nd! narrascope.org/pages/call.html

Drink of Choice gets its first DELICIOUS update after the NaNoRenO release! What's new? -Beautiful bar ambience by

@TheStorysinger

-Delicious drinks! Courtesy of Sasha Ines! -Bar Background Upgraded! -Ending Screens! Check it out: florisam.itch.io/drink-of-choice #NaNoRenO2022

A short Rpgmaker game where you're the witch getting rid of these intruders in your damn house. Made for #NaNoRenO2022! 🌱Playable in browser here: puchidesign.itch.io/symbiosis

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I’ve done more renpy gui programming in the last 30 hours than I have in the past year. On one hand, AHHHHHH, but on the other, it’s…? functional?? so 🤷

Developing another rpgmaker game for #NaNoRenO2022! Crossing fingers I get everything done by next week

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Issue 3 of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is out! From ChoiceBot, our robotic overlord/editor, thanks to all the contributors!

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ChoiceBeat: Issue 3 by Willy Elektrix

The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine

Finally ready to show off the finished sprite of one of the characters of the #Nanoreno2022 visual novel I'm working on: The bartender! I'm sooo happy with how he came out! #vndev #visualnovel

NarraScope returns in 2022! This year's event runs from July 30-31. Details on the event and talk submission guidelines are available on the blog:

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NarraScope 2022: a conference celebrating narrative games

Greetings to you, narrative games fanatics! Over the past months as the pandemic has raged, we have received many questions and requests for updates about NarraScope. When will NarraScope return?...

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Naja B. | Can't spell Blerdy without BL

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Thrifty Gaming #103! Ballin' on a budget? Check out this week's thrifty game buys: ⭐Asterism by

@CrystalGameWork

⭐Amelie by

@TwoHalfStudios

⭐From that Moment She Neglected the World by

Thrifty Gaming: Games That Won’t Blow Your Budget #103 | Blerdy Otome

It’s Thrifty Thursday, check this week's thrifty game buys!

Anyone have a contact at

@Steamworks

that can hook me up with a Steam Deck Dev Kit? I'd like to add support for it, but they're apparently only giving them to people with published games, and I don't have one.