iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Drăculești 🦇 @fine-fiends.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Drăculești is LIVE on Kickstarter Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in this seductive romantic horror narrative game. Starring Ray Chase as Dracula. Voice/Casting direction by @jennyyokobori.bsky.social 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...

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theo @ CORROSIVA @theo.twofold.page · 13/03/2025

The Steam release of Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells was announced today!! This release features full voice acting, new gameplay, and tons of extras! I've been working really hard on all the new and updated art. Please give it a wishlist if you can, it'd mean the world! ⬇

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Radderss / Lauren R VO 👩‍🦽 | @radderss.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Today is March 10th and an incredible day for game accessibility because today AbletoPlay.com goes public! Sign up for a private account, adjust your accessibility needs, and find games that work best for you! #a11y

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Able To Play — The Easiest Way to Find Accessible Games

Find games that meet your personalized accessibility needs - quickly, easily, and for free!

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 06/03/2025

The weather here is so damp and dreary, anyone have survival tips for when motivation is hard? 😲

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Forsythia Productions @forsythiaprod.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If you're looking for something queer and Victorian, look no further! Both Of Sense and Soul and Confluence are part of this year's Steam Visual Novel Fest! ✨😊 Wishlist Of Sense and Soul: s.team/a/2231680 Play Confluence for free: s.team/a/3378600 #indiedev #vndev #visualnovel

Announcement image for Forsythia Productions' games in Steam Visual Novel Fest from March 3-10 2025 at 10AM Pacific Time

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 04/03/2025

Not sure what the point of Steam VN Fest is if there's no way to browse all the games featured. 😬 How is anyone supposed to find new VNs when the festival overrides the entire category page with no filtering available? There are a bunch of smaller games that are flat-out hidden, including my own.

Steam Visual Novel Fest's Browse section, showing a list of games with no filtration options.

Steam Next Fest's browsing section, with a filtration sidebar built into the games list.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 03/03/2025

I typically read my dialogue aloud and pay attention to pacing and chemistry, and whether they contribute to what the reader should feel about the conversation. This also helps me solidify characters’ voices and helps me catch any typos!

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 03/03/2025

I finished Pirate Yakuza yesterday. When ambergris was mentioned, this dropout sketch was all I could think about…

A screenshot of a Make Some Noise YouTube short reading “you smell like that sh*t whales make”

A screenshot of a Make Some Noise YouTube short reading “Ambergris, baby boy.”

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Studio Ephua 🦋 Play SOLOMANIA on Itch.io! @studioephua.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📜You have one (1) unexpected quest! Introducing In Ashes, a choice-driven fantasy adventure visual novel. Step into the boots of a weary, burnt out hero, and face the life you left behind. You were a hero once, but will you be again? ✨ Wishlist now on Steam! bit.ly/3EVDuFR #InAshesGame #IndieGame

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

love these complementary Regency print illustrations ('The Choice of a Husband' and 'The Choice of a Wife') www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

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Crystal Game Works @crystalgameworks.com · 27/02/2025

New Otome Game - Lilacs in the Breeze! Follow Thalia, a trans woman who's left her old life behind and made a new life for herself far away—until her childhood friend shows up one day. It's a 9k word long #otome & made in 3 weeks for #TransJoyJam! Play it: crystalgameworks.itch.io/lilacs-in-th...

screenshot of a visual novel. the purple textbox surrounds the screen with lilacs around the frame. a blonde woman in a white button up shirt and lilac in her hair stands beside a blonde man in a red vest, both standing in front of a building. the text at the bottom reads:
Percy
"But you've made a place for yourself here. A purpose here."

screenshot of a visual novel. the purple textbox surrounds the screen with lilacs around the frame. a blonde woman in a white button up shirt holding a laundry basket looks up at a blonde man in a plaid vest, blushing at her. the text at the bottom reads:
Thalia
"I.... Well....."

screenshot of a visual novel. the purple textbox surrounds the screen with lilacs around the frame. a blonde woman in a white button up shirt stands beside a blonde man in a red vest, both standing in building. the text at the bottom reads:
Thalia
"...It's not hard to find something interesting if you pick a direction and start walking. The locals are all rather chatty."

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Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

What a title

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 27/02/2025

Very occasionally, I’ll see something and feel the urge to make it into a meme about my game at 1AM on a weeknight 🦆🪿

An edited screenshot of a headline image from The Onion News Network that reads “Rest of Party Thanks Fucking God 2 Guys Who Like [Birds] Found Each Other” with the heads of Everett and Hugo from Of Sense and Soul edited onto the people pictured.

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 25/02/2025

🗣📢GET HYPE! Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 16-19, 2025! Submissions are now OPEN for speakers, panels, & #gamedev interviews—no fees, & speakers are compensated! All participants are considered for grants of up to $25k. 🔗 Get tix, apply to speak, & learn more: gdoc.events/m/GDoCExpo

Septmeber 16-19, 2025
GDoCExpo is coming to a device near you!
2025 Game Devs of Color Expo

"Get Hype" is in the background repeating over a multicolor background.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 24/02/2025

First drawing of 2025 I’ve been happy with! I’ve missed drawing the OSAS boys for fun and I should do it more often… 🙈 #victorian #sketch #art

A sepia toned illustration of two Victorian men; the man wearing glasses looks in surprise at the pocket watch the robed man is holding.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 24/02/2025

First drawing of 2025 I’ve been happy with! I’ve missed drawing the OSAS boys for fun and I should do it more often… 🙈 #victorian #sketch #art

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 21/02/2025

Started Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii since I can share my brother’s copy. Still not sure what I’ve just spent 1.5h of my life on but I think it’s gonna be a banger!!

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Traumendes_Madchen @traumendesmadchen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

After some technical issues (the problem was mostly between the keyboard and chair 😢), the broadcast for Chronotopia's demo is now available for the duration of #TheStorytellersFestival. You can watch it from the store's page too 😀. store.steampowered.com/app/1667530/...

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 19/02/2025

When I gasp “GOOD WINDOWS” at my phone screen at 1am because of the new sims gameplay trailer, that’s how you know I’m a gamer girl

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Forsythia Productions @forsythiaprod.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Delighted to announce Of Sense and Soul is back for #TheStorytellersFestival 2025! As ever, thank you to @twoandahalfstudios.com for hosting and bringing so many wonderful narrative games together! ✨💌 store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025 #VN #indiegame

An announcement image for Of Sense and Soul in The Storyteller's Festival on Steam, hosted by Two and a Half Studios and held from February 18th to 25th, 2025.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 13/02/2025

Finally, the victorianisms I keep in my back pocket have found their purpose… 🙈 🟨 🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟧🟩🟩🟩🟧 Percentile: 99.97 datcreativity.com

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Divergent Association Task: Fast creativity test

A quick and objective measure of verbal creativity.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 11/02/2025

I’ve taken up crocheting again to help my brain rest; here’s the shawl I’m making!

A dark blue crochet shawl in its infancy lying on a white desk.

The same blue crochet shawl, growing larger

The blue crochet shawl growing steadily larger

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 09/02/2025

If you follow the OSAS KS page you’ve probably seen this release delay announcement! www.kickstarter.com/projects/forsythiaproductions/of-sense-and-soul-a-queer-victorian-romance-vn/posts/4308050 Since deciding to delay the release window, burnout has officially hit me like a train 🫡 (1/2)

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Update 29: Release Delay Announcement · Of Sense and Soul: A Queer Victorian Romance Game

Dear Backers and Supporters,With a deep breath, I must announce that Of Sense and Soul's release window will be pushed back in order to ensure the game is of the quality we want it to be when it arriv...

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 04/02/2025

My scripting buddy today (he has been very demanding) 🥰

A picture of an elderly black and gray toy poodle bundled in a black hoodie on a bed.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 02/02/2025

Started playing Balatro after playing the mini game in Dave the Diver and I have never been so compelled to play a game I keep losing at 🤔

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 02/02/2025

📣 Just released the「Ren'Py Speech Pauses Plugin!」 Automatically add pauses after every punctuation mark, to make your #visualnovel dialogue feel more natural and alive — with no extra effort on your part! ✨ ▶️ Grab it here: kigyo.itch.io/speech-pause...

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Sarah Drew @sarah-drew.com · 27/01/2025

Totally brilliant work on deciphering #Handwriting in #C18th & #C19th from Edinburgh Uni — bitl.to/3nYn It draws mainly from #Scottish sources, but I've relied on it for transcribing an early C19th English diary. Just look at the range of examples, and the careful detailing of differences.

Image shows 9 examples of the capital letter P, with explanatory text above—

The ascender and lobe of the capital letter P were usually written separately in eighteenth-century hands. By the nineteenth century, the habit of writing them both with one pen stroke had become the norm, with the chamber often remaining open.

Images shows 9 examples of the capital letter B, from 1716-1897

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 28/01/2025

Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future! Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th! Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...

a polka dot background with text on it that says:
Trans Joy Jam
a game jam about creating a brighter future

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If you make art (any art! Not just visual), no matter how big your audience or if you think you're "successful" or "enough", you are giving people the energy to get through another day. You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on. Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 24/01/2025

Just remembered I mentioned that camerawork is quite time intensive in this post, and I feel it more and more every single day…

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 23/01/2025

Been taking a new route to my singing lessons lately and I’m obsessed with this mural of a cow with unsettling eyes and teeth on a school wall I pass by on my walk

A children’s mural painting of a bipedal cow with a big toothy grin and beady eyes wearing a hat and holding a cane.

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Crystal Game Works @crystalgameworks.com · 22/01/2025

Announcing... the first ever Otome Games Celebration, a Steam festival just for otome games! 💖 We're happy to announce we've been approved for an otome-oriented festival on Steam in May. Developer sign-ups are open until March 7th! More info: crystalgameworks.com/otome-games-... #otome #otomegame

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I released chapter 4 of The Hayseed Knight back in February 1st 2023 and this scene only got more and more relevant with every month since #thehayseedknight

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

planning on staying off social media today? consider checking out some indie visual novels. all under 2 hours, mostly by queer creators, many free. priro.pro/tealengthvn #indiedev #indiegames #videogames #vn #visualnovel #vndev #queer #trans #lgbtq

priro.pro's tea length visual novels list. short visual novels to enjoy in an afternoon

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Studio Ephua 🦋 Play SOLOMANIA on Itch.io! @studioephua.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hello Bluesky! 💙 This is Studio Ephua, the micro-studio dedicated to creating immersive tales. We believe stories are a universal truth, and humans are at the heart of it. Can you guess what our stories will be about? #gaming #vndev #otome #otomesky #gamedev #indiedev #interactivefiction

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Yamino @yamino.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Here's a sneaky peek at some of the many, many more illustrations I am working on for the full version of this game! The full game is still far from complete, but if you liked the demo you're going to be blown out of the water by what our team is putting together! #POTBRR

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Forsythia Productions @forsythiaprod.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

As sure as the sun glaring in the sky, Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy is now on Steam! ✨🌈 Hear Hugo's tale of life and love in this short free game: store.steampowered.com/app/3378600/Confluence_An_Of_Sense_and_Soul_Soliloquy (It plays on Steam Deck as well! 🥰) #indiegame #visualnovel

A Steam Deck console showing the title screen of "Confluence: An Of Sense and Soul Soliloquy" surrounded by victorian paraphernalia and flowers.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 18/01/2025

Today I went to a restaurant l’ve only ever ordered food from (fairly frequently) and had such an odd feeling of nostalgia for a place I’d never been because I had a phase last year where I ate Vietnamese food several times a week…

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Aspective Media @aspective.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We're thinking of creating a digital zine for ace/aro/aspec indie games and game devs...does that perhaps...spark interest? 👀

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 16/01/2025

If we can take one thing from the way lynch talks about art I think it should be to never again dilute your vision and don't put off any art you want to make because it all dies with you, there's no other way, there's no one else

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 16/01/2025

Post a pic YOU took (no explanation) to bring some zen to the timeline

A leaf covered walking path through a forest.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 15/01/2025

I nearly forgot about steam achievements 😱

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

🎙️ VOICE ACTOR PSA 🎙️ Alex Hanback has set up a program providing equipment to VAs whose setups were destroyed by the LA Fires. He asked me to share his effort on Bluesky, so if you need new equipment or want to donate equipment, use the link below 🔁 RT to Spread Awareness 🔁 #VoiceActing #MutualAid

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Voice Actors for LA | Linktree

Providing recording equipment to voice actors in need.

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 10/01/2025

Still getting my bearings with film but here are some from Hong Kong!

An upward view at overlapping roofs at a hong kong street market

A person with glasses and a cap standing by a wall looking over the ocean with a chinese shrine and flag to the left.

Buildings peeking over the tops of coastal rocks and little fishing boats.

A sliver of a building peeking through a shaded hillside stairway and trees.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 08/01/2025

"If a woman fancies that she looks better or feels better in men's clothes, there is no reason why she may not indulge in so harmless a fancy." The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866. archive.org/details/illu...

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 08/01/2025

I’ve had a wonderful but very hectic holiday season and will hopefully be back to business very soon! Here are some photos in the meantime:

A table with two cups of coffee bracketing a caramel pudding cup and a set of tamagotchis.

A market alleyway in Little India, Singapore

A film photo of a neon lit street in Hong Kong

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ゆうたONE / YutaONEfont™︎ @yutaone.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year!! As our first gift for the year 2025, I bring you 45 fonts released in 2024. To DL the files, please visit the URL in my Bio. Follow & Repost required!!

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ingthing @ingthing.dev · 28/12/2024

I’m having an end of the year holiday with my bf visiting but I’d like you all to know I’ve become a new parent of a tamagotchi 🥳

A tamagotchi uni social media post showing a “fave view” of an old man tamagotchi on the street.

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 22/12/2024

✨ new article ✨ starting a new game project is hard, but how do you actually finish and release one? is that even possible? has the video game industry gaslit us this entire time?? how to finish your indie visual novel: arimiadev.com/how-to-finis... #visualnovel #vndev

social media graphic image of a blue hair anime-style boy smiling to the viewer on the left. the text on the right reads:
How to Finish
Your Indie
Visual Novel
starting is hard but finishing development on a game is even harder

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