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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 25/09/2026

J'ai appuyé sur le bouton qui fait plaisir aux indés. ^^ Pro tip: pour VRAIMENT faire plaisir aux indés, faut aussi appuyer sur le bouton "Follow" à côté.

Steam web page zoomed to show "on wishlist" button clicked and "follow" button highlighted.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 09/09/2026

One of the perks of having put Along the Edge for free on Steam for 24 hours last year is that we've been receiving a steady flow of reviews ever since. This one cracked me up and made my day.

Steam review for Along the Edge (auto translated by the Russian bot from Russian): This isnt a visual novel. Its "Lets see how fast can turn normal person into a chaotic goth witch" simulator. My protagonist changed her hair, outfits, and moral compass three times in 25 minutes because couldnt stop picking the chaotic dialogue options. Every choice in this game is either: 1. Drink a cup of tea. 2. Completely alter your DNA, become chaotic shadow entity, and burn down the villages economy. There is no in between. Daphnes therapist is going to need therapist after this. Love it.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 28/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

Cover of Belle and Sebastian album "If You're Feeling Sinister", released in 1995.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 14/07/2026

Triste d'apprendre le décès de Sam Neill, grand acteur et tête d'affiche d'un de mes films favoris.

Photogramme du film "Possession" (Zulawski, 1981), montrant Sam Neill et Isabelle Adjani en discussion houleuse, assis sur la même banquette de café mais à deux tables différentes.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 07/05/2026

Sans donner votre âge, postez votre film préféré sorti l'année où vous avez eu 18 ans.

Photogramme tiré du film de Julio Medem "Los amantes del Círculo Polar".

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 18/03/2026

QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 06/03/2026

Moi aussi je veux jouer ! ^^ (my9games.com)

Galerie of video game covers made on my9games.com, featuring in no particular order: Dragon's Dogma, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Dark Souls 3, Kentucky Route Zero, Fable II, Year Walk, Disco Elysium and Indika.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 02/02/2026

Les reviews Steam pour Along the Edge continuent d'arriver et ça fait super plaisir de les lire. ✨

Along the Edge est une expérience narrative qui parle de reconstruction. Du poids du passé. De la difficulté d’avancer, de grandir, sans se renier. Il ne promet pas le bonheur. Il parle d’équilibre. De la nécessité d’accepter ses peurs sans les laisser décider à notre place. On ne guérit pas en effaçant ce qui a été. On avance en choisissant, encore et encore, la personne que l’on décide de devenir.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 29/01/2026

One of the best quirks of giving away Along the Edge for free for a couple of days is that I get to read a big bunch of new reviews. Some of them are totally troll, mind you, but some are very thoughtful, like this one, which really gets what I wanted to tell with this game (and the next ones).

What truly distinguishes Along the Edge is the way it treats player agency not merely as branching paths, but as a tool for shaping identity. Decisions influence how Daphné responds to others, how she processes trauma, and how she positions herself within the small community she encounters. These choices accumulate gradually, affecting relationships, career directions, and even how Daphné carries herself visually, reinforcing the idea that personal growth or withdrawal is rarely defined by a single moment. The narrative resists simple morality, often presenting options that feel emotionally honest rather than clearly right or wrong. As a result, the player is encouraged to reflect on intent and consequence, making each playthrough feel like a distinct interpretation of the same life rather than a checklist of alternate endings.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 25/01/2026

Un extraterrestre qui ne vient ni de Star Wars ni de Star Trek

Movie frame of David Bowie in "The Man who fell to Earth", sat in a futurist blue chair with a phone in front of him and televisions stacked in the background.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 02/11/2025

Je constate avec plaisir qu'il n'y a finalement pas que moi qu'Alain Delon fait bien rigoler dans cette chanson.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 20/10/2025

Took us two years and some, but we did it. 🎉 Lesson learned: don't shadow drop your game and hope for the best. (even if it's a very low budget remake of your first game and you don't have the money to both market it properly and fund on your next title).

Screenshot of the Steam page of the game "Echoes" by Nova-box, showing that 100% of the 10 reviews are positive.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 08/10/2025

Crate digging across Europe for rare records is also an acceptable answer and a great way to spend some time off, if you ask me. ^^

Illustration from the game Across the Grooves, where Alice, the protagonist, is going through a crate of vinyl records in a music shop.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 03/10/2025

Dear bsky friends, it's "Bandcamp Friday", which means artists get to keep over 90% of revenues from their sales on @bandcamp.com and we happen to have the soundtracks of our games available over there and very fairly priced (IMO). nova-box.bandcamp.com #BandcampFriday

Cover art for Across the Grooves OST, depicting sirens soaring in the sky.

Cover art for Seers Isle OST, depicting the protagonist, Rowan, a dark haired woman with antlers looking haunted in a highland field of menhirs.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 15/08/2025

Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you. (I guess I can leave with that: it shows my love for narrative games and my weakness for cosmetic micro-transactions. ^^)

Screenshot of my first five purchases on Steam, dated in 2012 : Dear Esther, The Walking Dead, The Secret World, Wallet Credit for 10€ and in game money for Secret World Legends.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 20/07/2025

Hé, dites, ça vous dirait pas qu'on en fasse une pour la taxe Zuchman ou la reconnaissance de l'état de Palestine, histoire qu'on ait au moins un débat parlementaire sur ces questions ?

Capture d'écran du site des pétitions de l'assemblée nationale, montrant le nombre actuel de signataires contre la loi écocidaire dite "Duplomb" (715 589 signataires / 500 000).

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 25/06/2025

what actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

Isabelle Adjani looking painfully at the camera in the movie Possession (Zulawski).

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 15/05/2025

Share the last 4 games you've played and expose your gaming habits.

Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon video game key art

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree video game key art

Lost Records: Bloom and Rage video game key art

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 05/05/2025

What are your four favourite films of the decade so far? (I always have a hard not forgetting something very relevant in these kind of memory exercice, but here's what come to mind right now).

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 31/03/2025

Reposte avec un film dont tu connais tous les dialogues.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 27/03/2025

Imagine you're being summoned. What gif represents that?

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 11/03/2025

Getting a new Steam review never misses to make my day.

Positive Steam review for Nova-box's Game Echoes. Text of the review:

"I have no idea why this title is so obscure! It's a very good lovecraftian mystery novel from a wonderful Novabox! You never know... Anyway, it's very captivating, the music is chill as usual, the story is full of twists, the graphics very basic but nevertheless stylish (apart from the main character having 6 fingers sometimes, but who says it's not an effect of his special condition though, hmmm).
It would benefit from more manageble saves system and the tree of endings to check if you gathered them all, but even without it, it's a very solid story - and this is precisely what we're looking for in visual novels."

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 19/02/2025

I had the good surprise to find an invite for the "prelude" of the upcoming game Soulframe in my mailbox earlier tonight, and must say, I'm positively bedazzled by the magnificence of the proposition. I hoped for something special when it was announced, and let me tell you I am not disappointed.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 20/12/2024

Dear Bsky friends, here comes the obligatory Steam Winter Sale post. 2024 hasn't been very kind to us (to most of us in the video game industry, TBH), so if you fancy reading a well-crafted page turner in the form of an interactive novel, they're all on sale: store.steampowered.com/developer/no...

Composite picture of multiple Nova-box games key art, showing the four protagonists of these games

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 19/12/2024

Not sure why "Fox" 🦊 showed up, but this looks totally legit otherwise.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 18/12/2024

Et voici le top de Julien : popnotes.canalblog.com/2024/12/top-...

Illustration of a vampire, with the mention of the TOP 5 artists of 2024 for Julien in the top right corner.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 18/12/2024

Tous les ans avec mon très cher poto Julien Praud (illustrateur, comme vous pouvez le constater avec la jolie aquarelle ci-dessous), on publie un TOP 5 de nos morceaux de musique préférés de l'année sur un vénérable blog "canal blog". Voici l'édition 2024 : popnotes.canalblog.com/2024/12/top-...

Aquarelle portrait illustration of woman looking hauntingly in the distance, with the title "Top 5 2024" written at the bottom.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 15/12/2024

If you want to bless a gamedev with a good day, just type "cool" and press enter. 🥰 Takes you about 10 seconds, results 100% guaranteed.

Discord post from the "Steamy" bot, showing a notification for a new positive game recommendation on Steam.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 15/12/2024

Gamedevs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.

Screenshot of the game "Partouche Poker Tour" on Nindendo DS, showing a stylised poker table.

Screenshot from remake of Echoes, a visual novel by Nova-box, showing Gianna Walter, a sheriff in a police station office. On the left side of the screen, there is a list of potential destinations for the player to chose from.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 24/11/2024

People of BlueSky! Let’s get to know each other better. What is your all-time favorite TV Show? Quote share your answer in gif form.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 20/11/2024

Four narrative games I've written (or co-written, in the case of "Echoes").

Key art of the game Across the Grooves, showing a woman (Alice, the protagonist) listening to music on headphones, superimposed on a vinyl turntable.

Key art of the game Along the Edge, showing a woman (Daphné, the protagonist) standing in a circle of stones in a pool of freezing water in the forest, with a pale Winter sun setting behind her.

Key art of the game Seers Isle showing a woman in a medieval dress with long black hair, grey tinted skin and hart wood on the head hauntingly watching towards the viewer in a cromlech at dawn.

Key art of the game Echoes, showing a backlit group of four people looking at an American rural town, in distressed orange and grey scale colors.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 16/11/2024

People of BlueSky! Quote a favourite film using gifs only. New folx, please participate. Join the rest of BlueSky in a little fun!

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 15/11/2024

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.

Picture of Geoffroy Vincens at the Spawn festival in Angoulême

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 23/10/2024

Some of the inspiration behind the (unannounced) indie game I'm making. It may or may not be loosely related with what we did on Along the Edge and Across the Grooves.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 21/10/2024

Hello to you, dear bsky friends, I'm a writer and a musician. I work at Nova-box, a tiny independent video game studio based in Bordeaux, France. We make interactive graphic novels, such as Across the Grooves, Seers Isle, or End of Lines. More details on our website: www.nova-box.com

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 20/09/2024

We're very happy to be part of the alumni section of the Six One Indie Showcase! Check out the Steam event here below for a great selection of upcoming titles: store.steampowered.com/curator/451194

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #867,719!

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 04/09/2024

J'ai remplacé une corde de guitare dans une cave voûtée à Prague, accroupi sur des bancs de jardin, alors que le public avait arraché les luminaires et que la pièce nageait dans ~1cm de bière uniforme et que le propriétaire gueulait parce qu'il venait d'arriver et qu'il avait loupé les 3/4 du set.

A smiley red ball in water with the text:
"Tell us a true, one-sentence story from your life that absolutely opens more questions than it answers and demands further context."

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 06/10/2023

I've long suspected Nico secretly sneaked a dog in End of Lines just to please me. He succeeded.

Illustration from End of Lines video game, where Sam is petting a scruffy dog.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 25/09/2023

Not a Music top, because it's impossible for me to choose, but here's 25 records I enjoy very much, in no particular order.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 25/09/2023

Let's do the thing. Here's my top 10 movies

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 23/09/2023

Nico et moi sommes sur le festival Hypermondes à la Médiathèque de Mérignac ce weekend. Si vous êtes dans les parages, n'hésitez pas à passer nous faire coucou et essayer les jeux du studio (en plus, c'est gratuit, y'a de super conférences et des auteurs en dédicace).

Vue de salle informatique de la médiathèque de Mérignac, avec les jeux Nova-box installés sur un ordinateur.

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Geoffroy Vincens @geoffroy.nova-box.com · 16/09/2023

Nous serons sur Hypermondes le weekend prochain, venez nous faire coucou si vous êtes dans les parages. Il y aura probablement End of Lines à tester et on vous montrera peut-être le truc encore secret sur lequel on bosse en ce moment si vous êtes sages. 23-24/09 Mérignac - hypermondes.fr

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