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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Tonight @ 11:30pm PDT I'm playing #SpooktoberVNJam entry *In Loving Memory* + talking with the devs for a bit! I hope you will join us! Download, play, and rate it at floramisu.itch.io/in-loving-me...

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In Loving Memory by Floramisu

The past holds you back

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Despite @ocreatus.riversitters.studio being in a hurricane, we're moving forward with our #stream of #SpooktoberVNJam entry *Marseille* tonight at 11:30pm PDT! We will be joined by the devs right after! I hope you will join us! Download, play, and rate it at the-riversitters.itch.io/marseille

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Marseille by Riversitters Studio

She came back for you after so long. You should've remembered to lock the door.

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Night Asobu @nightasobu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

MAJOR UPDATE FOR OUR HORROR VN - SITE BURIAL (v 1.8) added more polish & even an extras menu to SITE BURIAL! And unlock the extras menu after reaching one specific ending, hehe Have fun!! night-asobu.itch.io/site-burial #visualnovel #PsychologicalHorror #spooktobervnjam #scp

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Our phenomenal composer, Elliot Gardiner, has generously made the full Even At Star-Time OST available as a FREE download on the page--come grab it (and the game!) if you're in the mood for some moody space jams--and a dash of METAL!! butterflyrocket.itch.io/even-at-star... #soundtrack #spooktober

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Even at Star-Time by Butterfly Rocket Studios, Dillaya Art, Kayel, kay7819

For all our differences, we're still human. Right?

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ahhh, it looks STUNNING! Very excited to play this one!

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toffl @toffl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

play Cold Case and also make sure to follow the dev account for updates please and thank you 😌 #coldcasevn

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SO well deserved!! ✨ Congrats, team Cat With Knife!

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I Choose Paradise VN @ichooseparadise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thanks so much folks for making Cat With Knife the top game on itch today! We are a small team who have been making games for fun, for free, for years. This is really cool!! Thanks again 🥹

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here we gooooo! Stream up in a few more hours: we'd love to see you there!

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eldritchWawa | Wheelchair Fundraising - Goal @ 69% Please Help @eldritchwawa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Portal is open! We are playing Cat with Knife by @ichooseparadise.bsky.social! This game is a submission for Spooktober 2026 Visual Novel Game Jam!😱 Download, play, and rate the game - i-choose-paradise.itch.io/cat-with-knife 🟣 Live Now - www.twitch.tv/eldritchwawa 🐧🌠 #visualnovel #indiegame

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Cat With Knife : A Pop-Punk Mix by I Choose Paradise

You're getting the band back together! TONOIGHT!

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Sirius || Maomi [猫迷] @siriusmaomi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Riversitters back at it again!! 10/10 recommend checking out their works; everyone is always SO incredibly passionate about their games and #marseille LOOKS SO COOL!! GO TALK TO THE DOLL GIRL, EVERYONE!

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Announcing a new Spooktober game release: Even At Star-Time! butterflyrocket.itch.io/even-at-star... Had the absolute BEST time working with this team; really excited to play through other entries this year! #spooktober #visualnovel #interactivefiction #sciencefiction #indiegame

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Even at Star-Time by Butterfly Rocket Studios

For all our differences, we're still human. Right?

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hello, folks! Spooktober Jam prep is ramping up, and we have one more Voice Acting role to fill! If you are a VA, please check it out--the character is an alien and can be written to suit a range of vocal tones, so we're casting a very broad net on this one: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Casting Call - "Even At Star-Time" (Spooktober 2026)

Even At Star-Time [1 M/F/NB] NAVA AI RIDER WILL BE SIGNED. UNPAID, NON-UNION Character: A’Res,Ctiel (A’Res) (A = honorific for a commoner, ‘this one’; Res = family number, ‘of [one]’; Ctiel = role/jo...

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AliceQuinnArt | Wishlist Heather's Haunted House Party on Steam @alicequinnart.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wishlist my psychological horror visual novel "Heather's Haunted House Party" on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/4195890/... #indiegame #indiedev #visualnovel #vndev #horrorvn #horrorgames #horror #psychologicalhorror #solodev #wishlistonsteam #steam #vn #hhhp

Black and white drawing of two girls, with a pink/purple background. The dark haired one has her back to the viewer with a finger to her lips, while ghostly hands grasp the blonde girl's mouth as she looks afraid. Text says Heather's Haunted House Party

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AliceQuinnArt | Wishlist Heather's Haunted House Party on Steam @alicequinnart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My three-ish hour live2D rigging I did for the chibi Heather from my game Heather's Haunted House Party. It's very cartoony and needs a bit more polish, but she's a decent temporary vtube avatar for my streams. #live2d #vtuber #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #visualnovel #vndev #horrorgame

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We've found programmers, so that role is filled! ✨ Still seeking an audio engineer!

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✿ Joy ✿ @flowersforjoy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hiya folks! For this year's #UnderwaterJam2026, my friends and I are making a yaoi monster fish romance VN 🎣 We need of 1 sprite artist, 1 BG artist, and 1 GUI artist! This is an unpaid jam project. More info below ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Fish Yaoi 2026 Volunteer Recruitment

[Open] Underwater Jam2026 Volunteer Recruitment We are Fishfood Games, a new studio run by four sweetiepies who really needed to do something other than play FFXIV in between deadlines. And we’re...

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hi, Friends! Looking to round out our #Spooktober team with a few remaining roles: programmer(s), an audio engineer, and (soon) one more VA! Story centers a misfit crew of castoffs in space. I can be reached on Discord (widdershins_writes) or brightoakgame@gmail.com. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Recruitment Pitch for Spook26

Hello! I’m Widdershins of Butterfly Rocket Studios, and I’m looking to round out our Spooktober team! This will be my fourth year participating, I previously worked on Burdock, Tell It Slant, and If O...

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toffl @toffl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

open roles: Music, Sound Design, Programming (Naninovel), Editing/Proofreading, Project Mgmt, Marketing, Art Assistance More about the project: docs.google.com/document/d/1... If interested, please DM me here or on discord (toffl_) (it might take me a few days to reply)

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v2 Spooktober COLD CASE team recruitment

COLD CASE: Spooktober Visual Novel Jam the jam page: https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-2026 jam duration: entire month of September competitive submission, judge pass already purchased The game will be...

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toffl @toffl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

👻 Recruiting team members for COLD CASE, a paranormal mystery visual novel for #SpooktoberVNJam! After an accidental death in a vacant house, there have been reports of poltergeist activity. Explore the house & interrogate its ghostly inhabitants to eventually find the cause of the haunting.

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 04/08/2026

Are you a streamer or game reviewer wanting to play romance visual novels this September? My next Steam festival dedicated to romance visual novels (otome, yuri, yaoi and more) is accepting creators to cover the games in the festival from September 1-9th! 💖 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Fall in Love Romance Festival 2026 Streamer + Press Form

This is a form for streamers & content creators interested in covering the upcoming Fall in Love Romance Visual Novel Festival, a Steam festival running from September 1-9th for the wide variety of ro...

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's for the best. He wouldn't stand for being ignored.✨ In fact, he probably DOES view it as an actual crime, hahaha

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

THE PRINCELING IN ALL HIS GLORY! Dillaya, thank you for bringing him to colorful (and gorgeous!!) life!! It has been such a treat working with you!

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh my gosh, these tickled me so much! Thank you again Elles--all of these are such a treat!! ❤️

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Tonight @11:30p PDT I'll be playing @skywritestudios.bsky.social Otome/Josei VN Jam entry **Even Lovers Drown**! Midway through we'll break for a Q&A with some of the developers! Download the game at skywritestudios.itch.io/even-lovers-... I hope you'll join me for this very special #stream!

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Even Lovers Drown by Skywrite Studios, kay7819, Butterfly Rocket Studios

A 1920s romance of myths and magic, sirens and selkies

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Dillaya💖Art @dillaya.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Here's the game itself 😌✨ Please, read the description before playing and rate it 5 stars if you enjoyed! 💜 Voiced by @tylermva.bsky.social ____ #dillayaart #thewishkeeper #indiegamedev #cosmicdeity #itchgamejam #o2a2jam2026 #o2a2jam #amare #otome #maleloveinterest dillayaart.itch.io/wishkeepers-...

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Wishkeeper's Visit by Dillaya Art

Kiss first. Questions after.

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crescence @crescence-studio.itch.io · 08/07/2026

was a good little dev and wrote up a formal post on alaris's full release, including what the transition from Early Access to Full Release will look like ✨ ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT!! THE COUNTDOWN HAS ENTERED SINGLE DIGITS!! check it out here! crescence-studio.itch.io/alaris/devlo...

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Alaris Full Release Information

THE COUNTDOWN HAS ENTERED SINGLE DIGITS DID YOU HEAR? Alaris is releasing July 17, 2026 . That's in NINE (COUNT 'EM NINE) DAYS. To get ready for release, I thought I'd give a whole rundown of the tran...

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Ran @Marseille @rananculus.riversitters.studio · 07/06/2026

Hello hello everyone!! Friendly reminder that 'Stars in a Bottle' is included in a big bundle with so many other talented creators!! If you'd want to support me and so many others, please consider buying the bundle!! itch.io/b/3728/summe... | #Comics #artbundle #itchbundle #mermaybundle |

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Summer of Mermaids Bundle by Blushinmoon and 30 others

Summer of Mermaids Bundle: 32 items for $30.00

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Wanderlust Games @wanderlustgames.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

✨Eleven Games. Eleven new temptations to explore.✨ Will you uncover love that redefines devotion? All July, we are teaming up with ten other developers to encourage YOU to #EmbraceTheUnknown. Stay tuned through the month of July to find out more about each game!

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azureXtwilight @azurextwilight.itch.io · 02/07/2026

GUYS GUYS THANK U A LOT FOR PLAYING PRINCESS PROTOCOL I HAVEN'T POSTED ABOUT IT BUT WE'RE ALREADY AT 1K PLAYS OMFG??? Complex customization, your appearance actually makes a difference!, and two love interest in this sci-fi otome~ #otome #gamedev #indiegame chattercap.itch.io/princess-pro...

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Princess Protocol by Chattercap, azureXtwilight, CyborgNekoSica, OTOJANG Games

Get over your depressing divorce - by joining a dating show!

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Dillaya💖Art @dillaya.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My latest demo for Otome/Josei game jams!🌙 D&D inspired dark romantasy with visible female protagonist and 2 male li's ❤️ #otomedev #otomegames #otomevisualnovel #femalprotagonist #dnd #drow #darkfantasy #romantasy #visualnovels #otomegamejam #otomejam #dillayaart dillayaart.itch.io/bless-me-dar...

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Bless Me, Dark Maiden (~demo~) by dillayaart

D&D inspired dark romantasy with visible MC.

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Skywrite Studios @skywritestudios.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Starfallen:Strength is out RIGHT NOW meant-to-bee-studios.itch.io/starfallen-s... !!!

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

...I decided I wasn't yet done with the deep sea after Other Spheres, and have been working on MerJam with @skywritestudios.bsky.social! More info to come, but here's a glimpse of the talented @dillaya.bsky.social's INCREDIBLE work on an absolutely gorgeous bucket of fish (with a big strong tail)!

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy Father's Day! Flying out of town at the end of this week & won't be back until TUES 6/30. Because of this & the 7/4 holiday there will only be two streams per week this week & next. The regular 3-streams-per-week #schedule will resume the week of 7/6 I hope you are all well and safe!

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Ran @Marseille @rananculus.riversitters.studio · 01/06/2026

Hey gang, @ocreatus.bsky.social and I made a micro demo for our Kemonomimi jam entry Miraneko!! Go check it out on itch!! (You don't even need to download it...) the-riversitters.itch.io/miraneko | #gamejam #kemonomimijam #vngame #catthey #artsky #vndev #visualnovel |

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Hummingbird Games ✨ @gemini-the-dev.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#BlackWomensHistoryMonth but I tell you to check out one of my games + implore you to look into Black women who were super instrumental to video games then AND now 😁

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Text “20 and some change” above a brown hand with chipped nail polish flicking coins in the air

6 high school teens posing for a photo on the school bleachers

Graphic of pink background with a vinyl in the middle; text reads “tracks from the visual novel Oh, Boy”. a QR code and a barcode sit on opposite corners

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Diana Chan @thingsbydiana.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍🌈💗💙🤍

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

1k Follower Celebration #stream tonight/SAT 3/28 @11:30p PDT! We'll be talking with ~17 people from the community and going through a content retrospective (clips/YT videos). Song requests will be active! I'm so looking forward to celebrating this milestone with you and speaking with you all!

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Time to boycott Mega Man: Dual Override. In fact, it would be nice if people would pull back from all Capcom properties until they make it clear that they won't use generative AI in their games--especially not as a replacement for real actors.

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I have been fully onboard the struggle bus all month trying to get this done, BUT! NOW! IT IS DONE! (please play Other Spheres, if you have not yet! I'm so proud of our team's work!!) youtu.be/tOdrj9lZzgA

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Other Spheres Trailer

YouTube video by B.L.M.

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I mean every word! Working with you is a privilege, and @mistershins.bsky.social can vouch that I can't shut up about how great you are, and how much fun I have on the recording sessions I'm able to join! I fully plan to keep writing with your voice in mind for as long as you'll take the roles ❤️

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It looks great! ✨ Gina brings SO much to the table, both as a talent and as a collaborator: she's warm and intuitive, with uncannily good instincts for characterization, elevating every role I've seen her take on. ❤️ Her voice is an absolute joy to write for, and she's an absolute joy to work with!

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Tonight @10pm Pacific I'll be #streaming #SealedWithAKiss #VN #Jam entry *It Starts With A Summon* and talking with the devs right after! I hope you will join us for this very special stream! Download, play, and rate the game at share.google/FYQWQ2VVuc3E... #SWAK

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It Starts with a Summon by Apriscent

You tried to summon a dragon but got a human instead.

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AliceQuinnArt | Wishlist Heather's Haunted House Party on Steam @alicequinnart.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day! I didn't do any art specific for the last few holidays, but since my WIP VN horror game Heather's Haunted House Party has a few kisses in it, I decided to pop some of my WIP CGs in the game so I could share it with you. #valentine #indiegame #visualnovel #WIP #gamedev

A blonde girl kisses a guy that is leaning back on a table.

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eldritchWawa | Wheelchair Fundraising - Goal @ 69% Please Help @eldritchwawa.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Portal is open! Playing #SealedWithAKiss Jam entry: Thy Lyin' Eyes Be Damned! azurextwilight.itch.io/thy-lyin-eye... Join us in the Astral Sea to hangout! Lurkers much appreciated! 🐧🌠 ➡️ www.twitch.tv/eldritchwawa ⬅️ #vtuber #disabled #envtuber #goinglive #SWAK #SWAKJam2026 #indiedev #visualnovel

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Thy Lyin' Eyes Be Damned! by azureXtwilight, CyborgNekoSica, OTOJANG Games, skai2blue4u, phantom thief elizabeth

Looks Can be Deceivin'

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@mistershins.bsky.social will be streaming the second half of *Other Spheres* tonight at 10pm Pacific, followed by Q&A with some of our team--we'd love to see you there!

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