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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Last day of the sale! Get it now or you'll miss this classic!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sale ends tomorrow! If you're not convinced, here's a message seen on Discord yesterday that I'm still thinking about 😳

"the game was so peak that near the end of the game my friend asked me to vc and I didn't want to stop playing so I started to stream the game in vc. We played for like an hour and the first thing he said about the game was "I don't know shit about this game but why is the writing so good?" "

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Sale ends in one week! If you're a Danganronpa, Zero Escape or Ace Attorney fan, please give it a look! store.steampowered.com/app/2551380/...

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy pride month! Trans rights are human rights! LGBT rights are constantly under attack all over the world, so we need to keep fighting back with our voices. I considered myself an ally for the longest time, even if I couldn't do much, but now I can proudly say I'm aroace!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Saw another one of these and couldn't help myself... A few controversial picks, an obvious bias, and one big joke (if you know, you know). Also, I barely play multiplayer games, so I went with some...classics?

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Bonus meme based on one of the MANY comparisons I've heard about this character lol

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We added DLSS 5 to BRRR and...! No, go back, GO BACK!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

9 games that made me who I am! 🤙 my9games.com Not all my favorites, but the ones that shaped my genre tastes the most, though there's plenty missing. Remade it 3 times, and if I don't post this right now I'll do it a fourth... Rambling on alt text!

Metroid Prime 3: First metroidvania, my top genre. Even if it's not as beloved as other Metroids, and I prefer 2, I still have a lot of love for it.

Cave Story: What got me into indie games and my favorite indie for a long time. Taught me that a single person can actually make a whole game and be great.

Jak 1: My first game period, at least I'm pretty sure. Still love platformers thanks to it, though I prefer Jak 3.

Ever17: The definition of visual novel can be very subjective, but I consider it my first pure VN and the one that made me fall in love with the genre.

Ace Attorney 1: Long story short, I would NOT be who I am today without it.

Shadow of the colossus: In a way, this was my Ocarina of Time.

Bloodborne: First soulslike. Made me appreciate difficulty in games more.

Dicey dungeons: First roguelike. Slay the spire was what really got me addicted to this drug, but this was the first step and I still played it a lot.

Kingdom Hearts 2: The first RPG that I really loved and that made me interested in Final Fantasy, which then lead to Dissidia, which I would've included if there was more space.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Got one more! So I'll use it to FINALLY include a game from my favorite genre gameplay-wise: metroidvanias. I love Metroid, especially the Primes and Fusion, but SOTN is a classic for a reason. Pure fun with iconic music. Inverting the whole map was mindblowing both in concept and execution.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Finally read Fata Morgana's mini sequel story. Read the original+prequel soon after they released, but hadn't gotten around to this one yet. Unlike those two, it's not a masterpiece, but it's a good epilogue. If you haven't played Fata yet, do it! It's peak suffering (positive)

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The other day I finally played The Red Strings Club (great short game, highly recommend it) after our game's co-creator told me about it many years ago, and uh...I think there was some subconscious influence when he came up with Cocktail, especially cause he did his OG sketch lol

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

¡Hola a todos los que me han seguido por la lista de devs hispanos! Hasta ahora solo he usado esta cuenta para promocionar mi novela visual, pero estoy pensando en ampliar un poco. Estoy empezando a preparar mi segundo juego, así que todo apoyo es bienvenido. ¡Lime, saluda también!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I love AA, but this is Shu Takumi's best work. The presentation did inspire me to use spotlights in my game, but I'm still adding it because that's a minor detail. Story, visuals, music, unique gameplay... It basically has it all. Special shoutouts to the insane animations for a DS game.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Portal 1 is the perfect tutorial and if 2 didn't exist, that would've been more than enough. But 2 does exist and it's somehow better. Great puzzles, great comedy, great atmosphere and setting... And of course, GLaDOS and Wheatley will always be up there in best villains in gaming for sure.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Playing this one the Wii was like a religious experience. To be honest, Xenoblade 3 is more or less tied to it for me and I can barely decide which one I like more, but nostalgia wins despite 3 having much better combat. I could gush about it, but character limit, so... THIS IS THE MONADO'S POWER!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Yakuza 0 is so close to perfection than it convinced me to play an entire series full of really long games. Going back to 3 was painful, but I had to do it for the dragon of Dojima. A perfect example of amazing gameplay with a 11/10 story AND many memorable substories on top of it.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Kinda tying back to what I was saying, while normally my favorite games either balance both great story and gameplay or are just 90-100% story, Bloodborne might be the one exception. The lore is cool, but every single aspect other than story is so perfect that I adore it.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

SOTC is art. Videogames are art and this is the game that convinced me of it as a kid. I generally only truly love games that excel at both story and gameplay the most, even putting more weight on story, which is why I like VNs so much. I'm gonna need several posts to do my TED talk, hold on...

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Starting with my favorite thing, my obsession. This one did actually have plenty of influence in Beyond R, but I only said I wouldn't include the obvious ones. I could talk forever about my love for Fate, but I'll sum it up: Shirou Emiya is the goat, UBW is peak, and Rin Tohsaka is best girl.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Not including any obvious ones that inspired my game like Ace Attorney or Danganronpa, to make it more interesting. Let's see how many I get!

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

You will like our indie game if you played these games: 🚪 Zero Escape 🐻 Danganronpa 👉 Ace Attorney ♾ Ever17

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Entendible. Hay un buen ejemplo muy cerca del final de la demo, pero es muy larga (8-10 horas), así que dejo un clip. Aviso de spoilers, obviamente. Contexto: El protagonista intentando salvar a alguien muriendo por veneno dándole el antídoto, que es la copa izquierda sobre la caja de texto

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

VN devs, let's share our works together! Quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it! Beyond R: Rule Ripper is a death game set in a bar where each death changes the game's rules, but you must fight back against it. store.steampowered.com/app/2551380/...

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Important announcement! The #soundtrack will be out tomorrow at 12PM! 30 great songs in high quality FLAC format. You can buy it to support us, but you'll also be able to listen to it for free on composer @sonosvitae.bsky.social Youtube channel! #jazz #ost #indiegame #visualnovel

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Lime meets Apple! You can now play the (death) game and demo on Mac (Apple Silicon), link to Steam page in bio! Windows and Linux available too, of course. #visualnovel #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

One week since launch! A lot of bugs have been fixed since, plus some improvement thanks to your feedback, so now is a great time to enter the Golden Jack and rip the rules of its death game! store.steampowered.com/app/2551380/... #indiegame #visualnovel #evn #gamedev #steam

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Final day of the 10% discount on the game! Steam link in bio. A shocking amount of people have told me it's become their favorite death game #visualnovel. As a longtime fan of the genre, it's an honor. Here's fan favorite Lime showing my surprise! (Art by RavEN) #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who's played the game so far! We passed 100 players and a surprising number of people already finished it! That's how much they liked it. Remember that the 10% discount ends on Friday. Link to Steam in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame #zeroescape #danganronpa

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

"Day 2 in the Golden Jack. The death game is going fine, all things considered, but I have a bad feeling..." Launch went well, but we can go way higher! Steam link to the game in bio! You can check out the demo for 10 hours of free mystery #visualnovel goodness! #indiegame #vn

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

THE GAME IS OUT! Link to Steam in bio. RT for support! If you're a fan of #zeroescape, #danganronpa, #aceattorney, or any other mystery/death game #visualnovel, please give it a chance! The demo is still up, but every purchase will help me make more games in the future. #indiegame #brrr

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

TWO days left for release! Today I have another sneak peek. LIGHT SPOILER WARNING. Besides the all-out discussion gameplay, there's a few other things, like this puzzle! Can you put the information together and identify someone's secret identity? #visualnovel #indiegame #steam

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Just 3 days left to release! Still adding the final touches, including one final #ost that was finished today! We decided the game needed it, and @sonosvitae.bsky.social delivered something amazing really fast. Here's a little spoiler-free peek! #visualnovel #indiegame #gamedev #soundtrack

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

4 days to release! Almost here! After every ending, you'll unlock a new extra in the game's gallery. Some come from the Kickstarter campaign, others from our assistant artist RavEN, or some other place. #visualnovel #steam #itchio #gamedev #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

5 days to release! Here's a little secret: the game has 26 endings, but if that isn't enough, you can see beyond some of those endings after you beat the game and learn information not present in the main story...and in new ways. #visualnovel #indiegame #steam #itchio

Spooky man behind the counter explains Dead Ends. How nice of him.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

6 days to release! #aceattorney was my first visual novel and a huge influence, so while this is a death game VN, the legacy is still there in some of the writing, especially the sense of humor. #indiegame #steam #phoenixwright

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

One week from launch, just 7 days! Specifically, at 12PM EST. Thanks to everyone who has supported the game. It's taken more years than I expected, but it's finally complete. Testers have really enjoyed it, so I'm pretty confident in it! #visualnovel #indiegame #steam #brrr

7 days to BRRR! The demo is still available, if you missed it.
And yes, the acronym is BRRR.

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

8 days left! I'd say it's about time to give some new release info. The price will be $24.99, with a 10% discount for the first week! Not bad for a 30-40 hour game. The first 10 of them are still free in the demo, check it out if you haven't! #visualnovel #indiegame #steam

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

our indie game: -death game suspense drama inspired by Zero Escape and Danganronpa -3D backgrounds -Death Parade-like bar setting -jazzy soundtrack -first 10 hours for free in the demo, available now! -releasing November 14 store.steampowered.com/app/2551380/...

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

#steamnextfest is over, but the game comes out November 14, so don't go too far! Daily posts will come back next week. Here's a taste for what's next. Full version coming soon! Or, you can go listen to it now in the demo. Link in bio. #visualnovel #indiegame #soundtrack #ost #jazz #danganronpa

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The #steamnextfest is reaching its end. Thank you to all players for your support! See you on November 14. The demo isn't going anywhere, so check it out if you haven't yet! There was a new update today with a ton of small improvements. Link in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Meet Cigar! She really needs a break, so this cozy bar is perfect! ...Or it would be, if it wasn't for the death game. Will she fall apart? Find out in the Steam demo, link in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame #steamnextfest

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Meet Poker, a hotheaded player yearning for a good game...but maybe not a deadly one. That's what's he's getting, though. Meet him and the other players in the Steam demo, link in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame #steamnextfest

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Final two #steamnextfest days! We made it past 1000 wishlists, but can we get to 1500 or higher? Fans of #zeroescape, #danganronpa, and #aceattorney, check out our huge demo (link in bio) and wishlist this death game VN if you like what you see! #visualnovel #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Every death game needs a mascot, right? ...Right? Well, she's taking the job anyways. This is Lime! Meet her (if you dare) in the Steam demo, link in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame #steamnextfest

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A dangerous cult of personality is growing stronger... I'm talking about the cult of Lime. Many players of my #visualnovel have been getting attached to her in record time, as can be seen in this meme. You can join them by playing the demo, link in bio! #steamnextfest #indiegame

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

No time to stay still when your life is on a countdown! Choose where and with who to spend your time with and explore the Golden Jack for clues. This and more in the Steam demo! Link in bio. #visualnovel #indiegame #steamnextfest

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Tohriv (Beyond R: Rule Ripper on Steam!) @beyondr.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A seeker of the truth or its keeper? Meet Darts, the shadiest player in this death game VN. Face him in the Steam demo, link in bio! #visualnovel #indiegame #steamnextfest

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