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last but not least EXCURSIO ETERNUM comes both with a traditional game manual and an ASCII version!! also a very extensive text file including all sources used which is very appreciated thesaltedslug.itch.io/excursio-ete... by @saltedslug.net

Teeth Fairy probably has the most convincing screenshots i've seen so far im very impressed.. reminds me of a @imissmywisdomteeth.bsky.social game knarniapop.itch.io/teeth-fairy by Karina Popp

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kimberly from Kimberly Saves Her Good For Nothing Town! sounds totally rad.. i would chill with them! it's too bad the manual gives so much away tho, i'd recommend playing the game first tbh.. mariopartygod.itch.io/game-manual-... by @marioparty.blog

MOONSHELL - Fragments of the Heart sounds pretty complex to run.. but i'm sure i can figure it out cabbageheadgames.itch.io/moonshell-fr... by @brainlettuce.bsky.social

in ←Diagram表世界オンline VII the characters' memories and relationships with each other is rebooted and reshaped each time a new family tree is generated 🤯the control scheme by text messages tickles me jyolyu.itch.io/diagram-worl... by @jyolyu.bsky.social

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Old School is a hip-hop rhythm game where you compose your own music. you can also meet rappers who can perform with you... cool! robertvinluan.itch.io/old-school-m... by @robertvinluan.bsky.social

Lacuna: Shattered Dreams has 2 sides (and so does its manual!) it also has clippings from gamefaqs taped to this copy from blockbuster... skullschemes.itch.io/lacuna-shatt... by @skullschemes.bsky.social

hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 27/12/2025

working on a new title screen for @coalescent-tr.bsky.social with my own cursive font #screenshotsaturday

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 13/12/2025

covered song of healing from majora's mask in our swimming/sex game #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #tloz

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the concept art from Dragon Planner look totally legit, serious jrpg realness.. (also cool that they used picocad for the envs. in the screenshots, very resourceful) hellpug.itch.io/dragonplanne... by @hellpug.bsky.social

Hyperlink Dreamer DX reminds me of @okaykellyk.bsky.social and @droqen.bsky.social 's Q1: Void manual, they're both manuals for fake games about dreaming :o alcex.itch.io/hyperlink-dr... by @alcex.bsky.social

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the nyckelharpa X=TREME: sAHLSTROM Model Controller is a very complex artifact but the help of this manual's guidelines will help me master it victorioria.itch.io/nyckelharpa by victorioria & amptomp !

this is what it's like when i use letterboxd

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(🤨 @ the mature label above) Hippocampus Rex is a printable/foldable manual for a game for your brain! sick.. florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/hippocampus-... by @florencesn.bsky.social

in termite game, everyone needs you <3 some cool crunchy drawings in this one llammergeiier.itch.io/termite-game by @llammergeiier.bsky.social

thankfully, Bursting Attic has a forgiveness mode if you don't have any coins 🙏 too bad we could only find one page of the manual.. pixlotl.itch.io/bursting-att... by @pixlotl.bsky.social & P

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Underworld Chick is about a chick in the underworld (but it's actually an apartment building's basement) 🐤 rasca0027.itch.io/underworld-c... by @cozybear830.bsky.social

Dreamer's Ball has a cool gravitational-based concept.. i'd like to get my hands on it, the controllers are cute also radnan.itch.io/db-manual by @radnan (yes im continuing these)

i made this one :) it's a plundercore hatimb00.itch.io/hymen-opal-b...

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The Coral Line's book is truly an instruction manual, i appreciate all the attention to details and minutious technicalities of using the nintendo ds..! (also love the itch url secret title) by Coral Nulla aka nullaboxes nullaboxes.itch.io/shovelwhere

Five Games for Aliens will hopefully last 70 yrs ("[the author doesn't] want to see the end of our civilization before [they] die"), so the manual will be covered in engraved platinum. exciting, i think i played some of these b4.. by @hanwenxumame.bsky.social hanwenxumame.itch.io/games-for-al...

Tales of the Dreamer King 3: Latgale might be our most elaborate submission so far..! gorgeous art and love the descriptions for mundane things like the definition of torture here by MAD_ABOUT_MUSHROOMS mad-about-mushrooms.itch.io/latgale

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 28/11/2025

yeah yeah i put rouge the bat in my plundercore. what else is new

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Jesse Slides Down Jesse's Face seems really cool! you scan your face then use it as a level for a little character to slide on. but this game's also lost? starting to see a pattern.. by @deimosly.itch.io deimosly.itch.io/slide

hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 28/11/2025

in escalate-words, there's a lot of toilets... nice.. by UmUin umuin.itch.io/escalate

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 27/11/2025

Auto-da-fé: Grand Race of Brotherhood's manual is all torn-up :( just as i was getting to the truths :( by uctuviun aka @eightworks.bsky.social uctuviun.itch.io/auto-da-f-gr...

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 26/11/2025

Little Guy's Big Adventure's manual is fan-made by Lily_13. The original is considered lost media. Too bad! from browsing the author's page it also seems to maybe be part of a larger "little guy" universe/media franchise? interesting.. 🤔 by @ednaarel.itch.io ednaarel.itch.io/lgba

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 26/11/2025

this manual teaches you how to read other manuals (finally!) and moroccan football player hakimi is mentioned?!! ( @jyolyu.bsky.social said it's chinese internet slang for cat) by FayLee faylee.itch.io/how-to-read-...

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 26/11/2025

There Used to Be a Game doesn't exist! it uses a template by soully on itch for game boy-style instruction manual, cool that it exists by Script and Solstice Studios scriptandsolsticestudios.itch.io/there-used-t...

hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 25/11/2025

Eternal Darkness: Hot Dogs Revenge (aka Smoker's Revenger)! this one was collectively made by attendees at the in-person workshop at @boshis.place last week :) super happy with it boshisplace.itch.io/eternal-dark...

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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 25/11/2025

peDestrianZ's manual is mostly just character descriptions. no idea what the game is. it rocks by MindApe mindape.itch.io/pedestrianz

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i appreciate the commitment to the bit on this gamefaqs-walkthrough-style guide for Farbkrieger, including totally uncalled for opinions about the game and calling the devs names by StudioGuma studioguma.itch.io/farbkrieger-...

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apparently the manual for CheeseSporker is supposed to have a raised surface?? pretty cool, never seen that before, too bad there's no irl photo.. the upside down txt is also cool, i hope we can find out more about this studio one day by mtpenguinmonster mtpenguinmonster.itch.io/bizarre-manual

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really interested in problem dog from Pirates of Refuse II... i feel like i need to know about their story but the manual says i don't? :( by @robertinks.bsky.social lazersaurus.itch.io/pirates-of-r...

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