iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 18h

What did she mean by this???

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Truth Scrapper 📚 Demo out now! @truthscrapper.bsky.social · 4h

A new devlog for romance/mystery visual novel Truth Scrapper has been posted! In this one, the developer talks about the newly added dream sequences in the game! 😴💤💭 store.steampowered.com/news/app/323...

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Truth Scrapper - Devlog #16 📚 Dream Sequences - Steam News

Dreams?? In my video game??

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 8h

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...

"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look

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Anna Krasner | Wishlist Uncanyon @slothysunday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're looking for publishers to help our broke asses finish Skinscribing. Featuring words by lovely @nadiashammas.bsky.social,art by incomparable @valkwise.bsky.social, music by majestic @davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social and code by me. Wishlists help! store.steampowered.com/app/4462890/...

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Skinscribing on Steam

SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation...

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Privaty Business @wanwanattack.qtbrewer.moe · 28/09/2026

Genuinely, this completely rules

－Recently, the game has been going viral on X for its beautiful undressing animations. I’ve even read in one of your previous interviews that the development team practiced stripping themselves as reference for the undressing animations. What was the process behind making the animations actually like?

Matsui:

I’d love to know how far that story has spread. It’s true.

First, we write a plot for each undressing scene, then draw storyboards, exactly as the original team did. Then the real work begins, because the animation is essentially all keyed by hand. A designer moves the clothing’s 3D model, frame by frame, manually. It really is pretty much like the claymation method I mentioned.

We did try automating it with physics simulation first, but it was a total failure. The cloth moved in a physically correct way, but had absolutely no allure. We learned a profound lesson: accuracy and sensuality are two unrelated properties. In the end, we accepted that humans would have to do all of it.

Then VR adds its own weight. In a normal game, if something becomes awkward, you can cut away or swap models between scenes. In VR, the player can look from any angle at any time, so none of those tricks are available. The same model has to undress convincingly no matter where you’re standing. When I described this to a designer at another studio, he said, “I would never do that.” I’ve chosen to take it as a compliment.

And then, yes, the part you’ve read about. The undressing motions themselves use motion capture, but the deeper problem was that nobody actually knew the correct rhythm and order in which a person takes off clothes. So, the directors gathered and undressed themselves as reference. “That zipper is coming down too fast.” “She’d pause once before slipping her shoulder out.” These were serious, sober discussions. For compliance reasons, the Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns team works in a walled-off section of our office – and that was the moment those walls truly earned their keep.

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Ashitaka's story emphasizes the importance of having two girlfriends, one who is nice but evil and one who is mean but good, and you have to spend all of your time doing stuff for them

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 27/09/2026

This is the only thing that's managed to pull me away from Fire Emblem since it released and oh my GOD I'm so in love. Levels of sicko technology I'm only used to seeing in extremely granular survival games. Just completely smitten with it store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...

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Save 10% on Dressmaker on Steam

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 26/09/2026

I forgot to mention the perfect Camp Miasma pre-show experience: sitting in front of a group of queer zoomers who were arguing about if they could say faggot in public or not

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さば缶 @sabakan6.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

充電中

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 26/09/2026

ME: I dunno man. the world is just spiraling down the drain and me worst of all. what's even the point any more THE GHOST OF FRIEDRICH ENGELS: You must persist, my friend: of the Devil - Episode 3 is releasing in Fall of 2026. ME: You're right ... I'll hold on ... I have to hold on ... !!

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 26/09/2026

Yeah sure I'll do some grids. This is why I'm like this. Lots of games I couldn't include - or even like more! - but I think these have made the biggest tangible impacts on my life directly or on my sensibilities as an artist my9games.com/en/s/fb8cafc...

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seosamh dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SUPERPOSE ink sketches, 2018-2019

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 26/09/2026

girlfriend told me "you have a Pixar mom ass" this morning so my day is off to an excellent start

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Tipper Guro @adamsandler.click · 25/09/2026

im at a showing of Primetime booing every time chris hansen is on screen and cheering every time a pedophile is on screen just so there's a difference of opinion in the crowd and it's easier to start a dialogue #biden2028

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mouette @mouette.moe · 21/09/2026

almost every success and good thing that's happened to me through art has come from working together with other people and putting faith in communities of mutual cooperation and creation. in contrast basically nothing useful has come from any kind of weird pursuit of aloof influencer status.

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 25/09/2026

saw Primetime last night and I'm gonna sit on it a bit bc I know I'm prone to recency bias but I think that might be one of my favorite movies of all time, jesus christ

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 24/09/2026

Resident Evil was so fun. I can't wait to see one hundred drawings of that guy getting railed by monsters

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Alexis Royce @alexisroyce.ink · 21/09/2026

NonPlatonic Forms: A theologically spicy visual novel about a trans man loving the artistic process a little too literally. As the lines between reality and the fantastical begin to blur, they reveal a world he'll have to fight to remain alive in. store.steampowered.com/app/3035800

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 20/09/2026

of course the year I realize I can't afford to go to GDC (even with badge compensation) is the year a talk I'm on gets accepted lmao 🫠 maybe I'll write a blog post instead

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 20/09/2026

(guy who has only ever seen Camp Miasma, walking out of Resident Evil) a lot less fingering in this one

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The Price of Reason @priceofreason.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

OKAY FINE YOU CAN HAVE A CHURU

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max banshees @maxbanshees.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

new post is up! this one is sort of an intro to watercolor. it build up to a 6 color secondary palette, but also gives advice along the way on setups, non-paint supplies, and exercises that can make painting with watercolors easier. maxbanshees.com/blog/post/20...

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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hey, it’s me, your childhood friend from your idyllic hometown in this RPG. Let’s do some tutorial missions together. No, I’m not in any of the official art, but that probably doesn’t mean anything.

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Ram Lightly @ramlightly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Young and prideful Sir Valentine has come a long way to duel the infamous errant knight, Malady the Mad Dog. While the two knights are ready to fight to the death, Malady's clever lover, Lapis, has other plans. Make love, not war! BUY IT NOW ramlightly.itch.io/the-duel

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the kind of thing I want to log on and hear about. Finally a post I want to look at

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 17/09/2026

Every time I feel down about my work I remember the gaggle of Québécois zoomers flipping through a copy of The Vow at MCAF and murmuring "C'est so peak" to each other back and forth and I feel unstoppable

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 17/09/2026

An excellent and thoughtful piece on failure in RPGs, which I got to contribute some words to: "I'm putting you through failure in order to give you something that I think you will enjoy. I try to earn that trust from the player."

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The most exhausting part of making a game is definitely the part where you have to make the game

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026

A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago

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MinaSheep (Wishlist Sealed Fortress on Steam) @minasheep.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

MY DRPG SEALED FORTRESS IS COMING TO STEAM (and Itchio) SOON! If you could wishlist the game it would make my day 🥰 store.steampowered.com/app/5210640/...

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Sealed Fortress on Steam

A dungeon-crawling, turn-based RPG in which you take a party of 3 through the treacherous halls of a castle corrupted by wild magic.

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 15/09/2026

struggling to stay on task helping my gf move into her new place because I'm watching my beautiful butches carry heavy boxes and build furniture and it's got me acting up

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 10/09/2026

I played the first story this game presents you with (by @aaronareed.bsky.social, as it turns out) and it's nuts all of the reactivity and intricate narrative systems going on here, a real storylet sicko game

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Kala Paint @kalapaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly!

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

no one should have sex with anyone at valve until they quit delisting indie games for the mildest depictions of sexuality

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vesta z | play angel diaclasis 🪽 @godaughtr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

hello have you played @pepperbloom.bsky.social and i's 38k word visual novel about being in love normal-style? you should. it's free. take a biiiiiig sip of water first, tho. pepperbloom.itch.io/angel-diacla...

CYRIS - "You seem a little queasy."
AQAT - "No."
CYRIS - "I know it isn't pleasant. If you aren't careful, it will be your
future, too."
AQAT - "Can I touch you?"

I tugged at the petal of foreskin between my teeth. My tongue curled over its lip to explore its delicate underside, to squeeze in against the supple head.
Psello tasted like salt, like the water he'd bathed in, like skin and sweat.

We hadn't touched, not since that night, and it was beginning to feel like I'd imagined it.
Its roundness bumped up against my pelvis, so close to my own heart.
It hadn't emptied itself in two days. I'd been checking the water level in the balcony vases.
AQAT -"You feel nice."
It shifted against me.
CYRIS - "That's no good. You're not supposed to say that to a demon."

His eyelashes were longer than I thought they were.
AQAT - "I want to talk to you again."
There were beads of golden rheum at the corner of each eye.
AQAT - "I miss you."
His breath came soft and stale. I breathed it in so I could hold him.
AQAT - "I love you."

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 12/09/2026

I've been in Ohio for a Wacca tournament this weekend and it's been a wonderful experience for a lot of reasons, but I can't lie that a pretty big part of it is how zoomers react with total disbelief when I tell them I'm almost 35 years old

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 11/09/2026

That's my fuckin senator

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Llewellyn @llewellynrose.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i'm going to be at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social this weekend with @ayshaufarah.bsky.social !! we're at table B11B! come say hi!

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i can't explain it but this feels like mika is being held in place to sit trial during lockdown while all court handlings were done thru zoom

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · 10/09/2026

a new funniest photo of Mika has been taken

An extremely low angle close-up shot of my round and plump cat Mika. He is being gripped like a chicken. He has a gormless expression on his face and his mouth is open just a tiny bit

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 09/09/2026

It's DAY 2 of Nintendo news and we launched a beautifully thrilling narrative game in the middle of it! Thank you to everyone who has already played. Please leave us a Steam review so we can reach the narrative sickos! store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

Encounter screen from Thousand Hells: The Underworldd Heists.

Where Exactly?

Up On Himor
Talk to Plague Victims
Talk to a Gossip

Dialogue in Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists.

The part is at camp, discussing the murdered princes by the hand of their uncle.

"He's not going to be very happy when they show up again."

"I believe the queen is thinking as a mother, not a power player."

Three-headed spirit of a white haired woman expressing anger, fear and pain.

A slight blue cave surrounded by mushrooms. A grey hairy beast with wing stands at the front.

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RailgunRabbit @railgunrabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm pleased to announce I'll be co-hosting the Denpa Narratives Jam in November and December. It's a casual jam with no awards, encouraging works that pay homage to the psychological horror sub-genre #vn #denpanarratives itch.io/jam/denpa-na...

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DENPA NARRATIVES JAM

A game jam from 2026-10-31 to 2027-01-12 hosted by 麒麟蝙蝠, uraalice & RailgunRabbit. ~ le fond de le 電波 est rouge ~ Denpa Narratives is an unranked denpa narrative jam, featuring stories that pay homage...

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 08/09/2026

Four heroes risk their body and mind as they descend into the underworlds. But will this be their last trip? Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists is OUT NOW! A new tactical narrative storybook from @radiofreelunch.bsky.social 😈 Buy on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

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I'm EYEGUYS🇵🇸🇮🇹 @eyeguys.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ranxerox sharing this song me and my friend Melli have been creating during summer, for late summer. a prayer born from a piano melody of mine that ended up obsessing both of us, reinterpreted through several variations on Ale’s electric guitar. Free on bandcamp eyeguys.bandcamp.com/track/ranxerox

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Ranxerox, by EYEGUYS (feat. Melli)

track by EYEGUYS (feat. Melli)

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

*nintendo direct narrator voice* most police officers carry guns. try grabbing one to see what happens!

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