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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

POV: you said something easily disprovable within earshot of Maxi (48x48, was going for something like "animated mystery dungeon portrait" :> )

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nature Hike, ¡disponible por fin en español castellano de la mano de un servidor! ¡Corred que os quedan 4 horitas para llevároslo a un 10% de descuento! ¡2 leureles, más barato que el café con churros! store.steampowered.com/app/5095310/...

Un edit gracioso de la portada de Nature Hike, en la que sale el tanuki protagonista, Tendou, con un sombrero cordobés, un plato de olivas y una paella sobre una bandera de España con dos sevillanas. El título lee "NEITUR JAIC"

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't usually share my poetry but I feel this one never fails to resonate with me

A screenshot of a poem called "Unmeasured"

Please love me
At a distance
Where it's cozy

Take me into your arms
But don't talk
Don't breathe
Don't touch me

I'm scared
I'll bite you
Please love me

Extreme,
Excessive,
Stop me

I'm alright
Let me go
But hold me

I'm two people,
or three,
or fourteen
I'm lonely

Love all of me
Me only

Maxi Molina, 21st December 2023

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't like the salmon in your steakhouse, mayhaps next time you'll open up a successful fish restaurant if thou art smart and heed my advice

A screenshot from steam. Redacted author says:

"Yeah, yeah, I guess I'm the only one who's not a fan of bara. And just my luck, most furry visual novels are built around those unnatural mountains of muscle... Hardly anyone makes VNs with twinks or just, like, normal body types.

Anyway, regardless of my personal preferences, Tendou's head is way too small for that massive body. It's unnatural and just looks ugly.
I'm not saying this to insult the game dev, though. But maybe next time he'll take this into account. "

A screenshot from steam. Maxi replies: No, I don't think I'll take your body preferences into account over my own.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I need to make pixel art more often, the little chibis I made for the credits of Nature Hike are super duper cute :>

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You had no idea Tendou had feelings for you, and you barely knew you had feelings for Tendou... but you're looking forward to finding out where the trail leads! 🌳🦝🌳Nature Hike, a short and sweet fully voice-acted visual novel— available on Steam & itch io!🌳🦝🌳 store.steampowered.com/app/5095310/...

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The background I painted vs the picture I took in Nikko last year :> Go wishlist Nature Hike!! It's coming out in just 3 days! store.steampowered.com/app/5095310/...

An screenshot from Nature Hike. An anthropomorphic tanuki stands on a dark forest staircase under the scarce lamp light.

The text reads "Tendou is making these cute and really hilarious deep-in-thought faces as we climb, and I really wish I had the mental capacity to appreciate them right now."

The same staircase, but now it's a RL picture I took in Nikko.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's 00:42 am and I don't know what a key is but we all know that's not going to stop me (I hope someone actually makes this but good because it's a great tweet)

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Are you REALLY an Autist?" "You don't look Autistic to me." "Haha we're all a little bit in the spectrum." I always say I seem very "normal" until I stop looking normal all of a sudden. I have some very unsightly meltdowns, often described as me seemingly turning into an animal. Just vent art.

A quick sketched biographic comic.

In the first panel, a normal, cute looking Maxi drawing looks somewhat alarmed, with little lines coming out of his head. "Oh SHIT. Sorry. Meltdown incoming? Uhhh. I'm feeling okay though? Maybe I can tank it."

2 MINUTES LATER

The drawing now looks like a hulking mass of twitching taut tendons. The face muscles are pulled painfully into a snarl, with wide open eyes fixed in a thousand yard stare behind messy bangs. The body is positioned into such a way it looks like it could be an ape.

White speech on a black background to signify a distorted monotone: "This is a lot less concerning than it looks like." All the while a cry of AAAAUUUUGHHH appears behind the character.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've not said it in a while, play The Hayseed Knight! Fully voice acted charismatic characters that will have you laughing your lungs out one moment and crying the next! All in this unique picaresque Visual Novel made by one trans guy with 7 years to spare! store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Me trying to get through a single unimportant decision in my day to day

A screenshot of the council screen in Dragon Commander, picturing a skeleton, an elf, a dwarf, a lizard of some sort and a goblin. You're supposed to balance out decisions to keep them allied with you

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

(5-6) Thank you for reading this far.

Page 5. The background's been completely abstracted. There's grey under green and black and pink. In the first panel, the drawing of me has become a distorted horror-like face with only one visible eye.

Him: That's right. She's just trying not to break a family apart.
Me: She's made her choice, then.

The drawing of me turns into a skeleton.

Me: And I will really end up killing myself if she pretends to be my family again.

Page 6

Exactly the same shot as page 1, except the silhouette of me remains that of a skeleton.

Him: Oh, hey, they've changed that shop.
Me: Oh, yeah.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

(cw discussion of incest, CSA and suicide) Thank you, dad. For the ride and nothing else. A very short real horror conversation that I needed to leave proof of in this world. (1-2, 6)

Title: Thank you, dad. Dad is written in a different style.

Page 1. A shot inside the unlit back of a car, from the back seats. My father, on the left, sits on the driver's seat. I, on the passenger's.
Me: So what were y'all doing up there?
My father: Seeing your cousin's new kid.
Me: Fuck that guy too.
Him: Why?

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You had no idea Tendou had feelings for you, and you barely knew you had feelings for Tendou... but you're looking forward to finding out where the trail leads. ✨Wishlist Nature Hike, a short and sweet fully voice-acted visual novel, on Steam!✨ store.steampowered.com/app/5095310/...

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Smoking is cool again! Look! All your favorite queer and queer-adjacent popstars are doing it! Look how badass they look!" I'm so done with this bullshit

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is what we call an accurate read

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Happy Monday! Today's patreon reward is an exclusive first look at #NatureHike , the short and sweet VN I'm currently developing! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! Art by @/jeibon.bsky.social www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Any musicians around would like to work together on a small furry game? I'm looking for a few chill (lo-fi? maybe a little bit of country pop?) looping tracks that bring nature to mind, nothing grand or orchestral. I'm looking for 5-6 tracks, limited budget! (Art by @jeibon.bsky.social !)

A well-built anthro tanuki in hiking gear extends out his hand towards the viewer, in a forest bg

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy Maxi-forgot-Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive illustration is the finished version of a little fanart for the one and only @stanrenart.bsky.social ! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

A rounded yet muscular white anthro lion with blue-black hair smiles at the camera while flexing.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Artists, show me the first ever picture of an OC and the most recent. Cheating because it's not the latest picture of Sep or the very earliest one most likely, but two I really like regardless :> 13 years later, somehow. My little witch became a manipulative bi—

One of the first few pictures of Sep, an innocent-looking little witch girl with big eyes and big cat ears on her face. Her hands are hidden in her sleeves under a shawl, because I refused to draw hands whenever possible

Sep, now as a large anthro gazelle with long, curved horns, red luscious hair, and quite a lot more heft to her body. She looks anything but innocent.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Me: why does my back hurt so much every day :( Also me, 17 hours a day:

A very basic mouse-drawn picture of me sitting in front of my PC, with essentially every limb twisted in a bad way

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is the finished version of a very heartfelt April 2021 Ader sketch. Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

An image preview. Ader, a young anthromorphic deer wearing a helmet, looks down wistfully over desaturated pastel colors

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is the finished version of a very cute March 2023 human! Sep + Ader sketch! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

A preview of a patreon reward. A girl with tan skin, red hair and blue-tinted sunglasses (Sep) looks off to the side while gently placing her lips on a straw. She looks curious, or interested.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Secret of Monkey Island prepared me for Bluesky conversations

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My boss called to say he was going to be an hour late and I couldn't miss a beat to pick up my pen and go full rantsona mode Happy belated pride! There is no punchline, just a reminder for all the people who cannot comprehend that Queerness can exist outside romantic and sexual orientation

A tall anthro deer (Ader) stands with folded arms next to a sitting anthro gazelle (Sep) and a weird canine anthro who just stands there awkwardly, nodding.

Ader: "Queer ain't a thing you DO, it's somethin' you ARE!"
Sep: "That is to say: Queerness is not an itemized list, or how many Queers you're doing."
(Cont) "Your very existence is Queer in this society if you don't conform to its idea of love, sexual appetite and gender."

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Anyway given the amount of girlxgirl to character ratio in The Hayseed Knight and Ader's intrinsic sussiness, this is a yuri game no matter what

A 2023 picture showing Ader (a tall, one-eyed male anthro deer) and Djao (a short female anthro goat with large horns) standing side by side. Ader is wearing a shirt that says "lesbian". Djao's wearing one that says "I'm with the lesbian"

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is a remake of a cute 2018 beach illustration I'd been meaning to try for a while :> Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

Close-up on an anthro red deer with large horns and a bucket on his head, buried up to his neck, next to a shovel someone's sinking in the sand

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'm sorry, I had to (Song Peter Bengtsson - 90s EuroDance)

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Play The Hayseed Knight (now 50% off!) store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

The "whoa" going over head meme. A large anthropomorphic gazelle (Sep) stands on the left side. The text reads "We are blind to our own privilege for as long as we do not question it. Wealth and power are only secondary to the perception others have of us and this superficial influence is only conditional to what the oppressing ruling class considers non-threatening, pitting the masses against each other in an effort to distract them from the introspection required to understand power dynamics and become better allies to each other's plight"

Response "WOW! BIG GAZELLE BUTT!"

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'd need like 7 of this to get you the recommendations of the games I want you to play, but for now I've focused on very to relatively obscure narrative games I think everyone needs to play 9games.pages.dev

Academagia
7 Grand Steps
Roadwarden
Elsinore
Perfect Tides
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
Cryptmaster
Golden Treasure The Great Green
Moon RPG

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Play The Hayseed Knight store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's Patreon-exclusive #thehayseedknight reward is a very explicit 18+ Ader x Eina x Sep short story set after Ending 2, "Involved", which took a long time to make because Eina wasn't cooperating inside or outside the story, haha! Enjoy! www.patreon.com/MaxiMJdev/po...

Involved (A short semi-canon +18 Ader x Sep x Eina story)

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Had a special moment with my boss's boss for my internship a couple of days ago that I thought deserved to be drawn

A comic in green and white.

In the first panel, a random burly construction worker says to a short, my boss's boss, a stern-looking man "She's your intern? Damn! I want an intern (female symbol) too!" while I look from the back.

Second panel: my boss's boss says "he". The first man replies "h-huh?" so my boss's boss insists "He's our new intern (male symbol)"

Third panel: a copy of the first, with colors inverted. The construction worked looks confused, while I look thankful

Fourth panel: My boss's boss turns around and screams "Now get back to work, FAG-OTS"

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is the last preview for the sticker sheet I'm yet to sell online - featuring Djao! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/posts/emotio...

A cute, round-faced and round-eyed anthro goat pumps her fists while looking at the camera, as if encouraging the viewer.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is the preview for an Eka sticker from the sticker sheet I'm yet to sell online! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/posts/bon-ap...

A preview of an Eka sticker: an anthro wolf wipes some blood off her smirk.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Sorry, there aren't any women left in furry visual novels because I put them all in The Hayseed Knight Short, tall, buff, chubby, young, old, Queer, Queer, Queer (But seriously, the misogyny is super real from cis gay men saying my game is not Queer because it doesn't focus on a mlm relationship)

Lin, a short orange and brown anthro gazelle with an intense expression asks an obscured character "...If Ader and Gyof had had an unlikely yet alluring brief intense romantic involvement how would it have been called? Gyder? Adef?"

Djao, an imposing-looking anthro ibex with dark brown fur and big grey horns tells Eina, a strong, albino ambiguous character with green hair "The Sun shines upon you too, even if it's just barely. But you are scared of it."

Sep, a very angry orange anthro gazelle with red hair and long dark horns tells Ader, a very scared yellow anthro deer "Ader-sind son of Gerfaz, I would strangle you with my own hands if I wasn't so convinced that your brain hasn't received any oxygen in A DECADE."

A crowd shot featuring all sorts of anthro gazelle and antelope characters of all ages and genders, all distinct-looking

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Way ahead of you on drawing my characters for Eid al-Adha (from 2020 I think??) (Please excuse the wonky Arabic)

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is a really silly callback to my time working for DC comics :> Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/posts/haysee...

Ader, but dressed up as batman, inked and colored in a manner reminiscent of batman comics as well

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Happy Sunday! Today's patreon-exclusive #TheHayseedKnight illustration is the preview for an Elbar sticker from the sticker sheet I'm yet to sell online! Become a patron for $5 a month and get access to exclusive finished illustrations, dev stories and more! www.patreon.com/posts/mr-gal...

A preview for this week's patreon reward. A burly Fallow deer smirks in a smug fashion while flipping his hair back.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Took me just about 10 minutes to pick my first lock without any previous experience. Oh no.

A picked transparent lock, with the lockpick still attached

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Hayseed Knight is back for #thestorytellersfestival 2026! Come for the comedy, stay for the romance in the most famous picaresque visual novel no one's ever played— 50% off this week! store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

A promotional picture of The Hayseed Knight's participation in the Storyteller's festival, featuring Ader looking at Sep anxiously while she flirts on a similarly terrified Eina

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Aight, 10 comments later I'm done with this one, it's not funny anymore. Call 'im goalkeep the way he kept movin' all the goalposts

Summary: this reviewer could have left a negative review with their opinion on the story and moved on, but no—Their hand was forced by the game's "veeery progressive devs"' hypocrisy, as apparently the reason for Ader's Southern accent is that he's... "dumb".

Not that he's a farm hand from a foreign province. Not that I'm from the countryside myself and have written him with a rural accent in Spanish too. No; Ader's accent is a malicious act from "you bubble people" to comment on the political leanings on Southern US folk, apparently.

Never before has a German fought so bravely for an American accent, much less one they themselves admit they never cared about.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My sense of style was non-existent; I just colored in whatever way the artist wanted me to. This led to me basically never developing a process, and thus having to relearn how to color from scratch every time. The reviews always mentioned my coloring; but it was never something uniquely me

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I started working for Blizzard by the time I was 20. At 21, on March 2017, I messed up my wrist and quit comics; I did continue to take on occasional Blizzard projects for a couple more years, they paid well. By this point, I constantly felt like I'd forgotten how to color altogether

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Also colored this other print of his when I was 15. Looking at it 14 years later, I'm absolutely besotted with it, like "yeah, no wonder I became a professional colorist by the time I was 17". I was working for DC comics at 19, I wonder if there were any younger colorists than me at the time.

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I actually had a contract with both Marvel and DC comics, but for whatever reason I never actually ended up working for Marvel. I'd always wanted to work coloring on Spiderman. I colored this one Jorge Jimenez print when I was 15 with his advice, and I was sad at the time we never did work together

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