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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 29/08/2026

Haven’t had the time/energy to make progress on Tartlets the past few days - but I did make progress on my Sorbet Games tapestry! Gonna hang it up in my office so I don’t forget about my dreams (it happens, I have adhd) 🍒🧶

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 26/08/2026

We! Have! A! Functioning! Oven!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🍰✨💖 #cozygame #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/08/2026

Welcome to the Tartlets Bakery! We seem to be missing some ovens...... but you know what they say, you can't edit a blank page! (Don't worry, ovens are up next! 🍰) #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 23/08/2026

We're movin and groovin!!!!!!!!! Starting over from scratch (which isn't a lot lol) and working once again on getting a playable demo out! Also - this project now has a name - Tartlets! 🍰💕 #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 22/08/2026

Guess who opened Godot for the first time in like 7 months

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 14/02/2026

I’m a plant mama again 🥰🌿

Two plants sitting on a shelf, left is a peperomia marble and right is a hoya mathilde splash

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 08/01/2026

yesterday i finished up making some sprite sheets, including our first customer! she's based on my poodle, Lace 💕🍰🐩 taking a break today to take care of myself, my family, and write to my representatives. my timeline for this project did not account for world events happening in my city 👿

A small bakery with a line of apricot colored poodles waiting in line for tarts and a girl carrying a tray of tarts above her head

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 06/01/2026

More art progress today!! I think it's starting to look pretty cute 🍰🥺 #cozygame #indiedev #gamedev

a tiny illustrated bakery with several tarts on display as well as indicators of different stages of tarts (shell, filling, toppings) being ready and a player character holding a tray of tarts

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 05/01/2026

first workday of the year! my goal is to get a little demo of my bakery game out by February 🍰 Today I reworked the layout of the bakery (more food truck-esque) and it’s no longer floating in a void! Working on getting the v1 assets done this week 💕 #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame

A little bakery in a green space with outdoor seating off to the right

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 02/01/2026

made tweaks to our little baker and started mocking up ideas for the new bakery layout! 🍰 also made some decisions about the gameplay that gave me a bit of a headache 😵‍💫 #gamedev #cozygame #indiegamedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 01/01/2026

game update! 🍰 i've decided on the more handrawn/illustration style - mostly because it's closer to my own art style (which seems obvious now lol) so today i did some character sketches, polished one of them up, and made this little breathing/idle animation! #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

Today's focus is art direction and planning ahead! I want to do some irl baking for new year's so I'm keeping things light(er). I'm torn between pixel art and a more hand-drawn vibe... so I'm going to try both! I'm going to try out making little cakes in both styles and see what makes more sense.

a vision board broken up into three sections, from left to right: general visual inspiration with photos of petit fours and other mini cakes, a first idea for art direction with clean and simple pixel art, and a second art direction with more hand-drawn art with thick outlines.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

here's how far we got today! the ui is Not Cute but i'm still trying to focus on figuring out godot. now that i've got the bones, i am bursting with ideas to make it actually fun! i'm pretty proud of it so far for my first non-tutorial game! 🍰 #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #madewithgodot

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 30/12/2025

🥧 progress today: CUSTOMERS!!!! they walk in, find a pie, take a pie, and leave! (or walk in and wander around for a bit if there are no pies available) #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithgodot

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 29/12/2025

I've figured out how to change the color of the character sprite to make customers (I didn't want to find another sprite and it was a learning opportunity!) and have customers spawning in!! Next, I need customers to walk towards the displays and buy the pies!

Screenshot of a pixel art bakery game with a little white cat (the player) in the center of the screen and a little pink cat (a customer) standing in the entryway

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 28/12/2025

I wanted to try getting as far as I had previously in Gamemaker with making a simple bakery game in Godot - and I actually got a little further! Oven bakes pie, player can pick up pie, and player can set pie on a display for customers to pick up! (Art is placeholder from asset packs)

A screenshot of a pixel art game taking place in a bakery, featuring a little white cat carrying a pie on their head. Three pie displays are shown, with two of them having pies on them.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/12/2025

merry christmas!!! i made cinnamon swirl bread and turned it into french toast 🖤

French toast made using the handmade cinnamon swirl bread

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 23/12/2025

I wasn't lying when I said I was back in my game dev era - I am going to be doing a visual novel game jam in January! But until then, I'm making this tiny tiny game to learn the ropes of Ren'Py. I've been playing with the UI today ☺️ (I have NOT made the art for this)

A screenshot of a visual novel game featuring a blue haired woman named Livi and a text box that says "Welcome to my first Ren'Py game!"

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 13/03/2025

Today I added the ability to pick up a frosted cake, added a functioning compost bin, cleaned up some code… and found a new issue where the right-most oven is triggered when using the frosting station 🤪 Once that’s fixed - time to add customers!!! 🎉🍰 #gamedev #cozygame #indiedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 11/03/2025

Cake can now be: - picked up from the oven - dropped off to be frosted 🍰🥰 #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 10/03/2025

We have officially graduated from illustrator file to something interactive!!! Featuring Lacey sleep twitches 🥺

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 01/03/2025

finally working on a game prototype!!! first - placeholder art!! 💕

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/01/2025

Baby’s first DTIYS entry! I’m really proud of how this came out 🥹💕✨ #tlblonde_dtiys #illustration #art

An illustration of a pink haired space girl - in my style

The original illustration for the “draw this in your style” challenge, a pink haired space girl

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/01/2025

Spending the day drawing pouty ladies 👿✨

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/01/2025

So proud of how this girlie came out! I might make her into stickers? Maybe? 👀✨

An illustration of a green sea monster lady with four eyes, fin shaped ears, slicked back pink hair, and a set of 4 horns.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/01/2025

Excited to show this one off tomorrow ✨💧👀

A work in progress illustration on an iPad of a green monster lady with a sleeping poodle out of focus in the background

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 15/01/2025

I made my own color palette for procreate and recolored an illustration to fit ✨💕

An illustration of a pink skinned elf with pink and lavender hair and a black background

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 14/01/2025

Brain is being rude so I’m drawing my wife 🖤

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 12/01/2025

I bought elf ears and a bunch of cheap earrings ages ago Finally combined them to make these cuties!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 11/01/2025

Since this is the only good place now you’re going to get more dog posts from me I started picking Lace’s service dog training back up this week and she seems happy about it 💕🐩✨

An apricot poodle in a white sweater and black “in training” vest appearing to smile while sitting

An apricot poodle sitting with a content face, eyes closed

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 16/12/2024

First day of unemployment has been just napping with my dog and crocheting 😌🩷

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 15/12/2024

Started a Pinterest board of cute games/gaming things to help get me inspired while I have some time off 💕✨ Still hoping to get my first (tiny baby) game out this month 🤞🏻

A screenshot of a Pinterest board featuring cute DS games, cozy indie games, and aesthetic gaming setups.

A screenshot of a Pinterest board featuring old Barbie flash games, pink gaming consoles, and screenshots of various cute games.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/11/2024

Hello new friends! I'm Olivia (or Livi) and I'm an illustrator and baby game dev making cozy, cute games! ✨ sr designer at a marketing agency by day ✨ working on my first lil game, a flappy bird clone, will be out in December! ✨ next projects are a tiny tarot game and a cafe management sim ☕🔮

Selfie of Olivia, a white woman with blue eyes, arm tattoos, a septum ring, and a pink bob

Screenshot of Critter Cafe, a cute cafe management sim inspired by Diner Dash and Animal Crossing.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/11/2024

Would love to be added if there’s space!! 💕 I’m a baby game dev who makes cozy cute games ✨

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 17/11/2024

i’m a baby game dev making cozy games who would love to be added 🥰✨

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 17/11/2024

adding more features to my first ever game!! keeping it easy with a cute flappy bird clone. my goal is to learn as much as i can through November 🐣✨ today i’m gonna make a start screen/main menu!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 16/11/2024

finishing veilguard tonight!!! and probably dying my hair pink this weekend to match my Rook

dragon age: the veilguard screenshot of a pink haired, pale skinned elven woman in a dark setting

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 15/11/2024

Tonight I figured out - on my own!!!! - how to change the character sprite for death and for flying! #gamedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 14/11/2024

I made a Flappy Bird clone in an evening!!! I wanna do a few additional things to make it a little less "baby's first video game" and then I'll post it to itch 😊 (s/o @gamemakerstoolkit.com for making Unity a little less scary)

a game screenshot of a round blue bird flying between sets of two logs above and below them

a game screenshot of a game over screen with a round blue bird falling off screen

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 12/11/2024

70+ hours in, still in Act 2 🖤✨

a screenshot of Dragon Age The Veilguard of a pale elven woman with long, pastel pink hair wearing a blue feather-y coat with a serious expression

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 28/10/2024

DRAGON AGE WEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!

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