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Spare Cat Stories

@sparecatstories.bsky.social
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Narrative designer (ex-Frontier, Elite Dangerous), published author, indie dev, currently working on cyberpunk visual novel CODE.BREACH in Ren'py Sign up for updates! spare-cat-stories-xnnswt.subscribep…

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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A voice talks to him in dreams. And that voice waits for you to join it. CODE.BREACH: a cyberpunk VN about mercenary life, dark secrets, and hard choices in a new reality. Our Steam page is now live! Wishlist & share: store.steampowered.com/app/5247670/... #gamedev #visualnovel #indiegame
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CODE.BREACH on Steam
I've been waiting for you. Beyond the high walls of London-1, millions fight to survive in the slums. Only one of them dreams of us. Guide him through a cyberpunk story of mercenary life, dark secrets...
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Me assessing the calamity that is Steam's microtrailer clipping all the least interesting bits from our game's trailer... #gamedev #indiegames #steam
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Perfect working music, give it a spin :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd7s... #gamedev #music
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1 Hour of Smooth 70s-80s Japanese Grooves | City Pop & More
YouTube video by 走走zouzoua
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey. Watcha up to? Tell us what you're working on this week. 🙃 #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel #vn #indiedev
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Currently playing Z.A.T.O. for the first time. Really enjoying it. Concept is fascinating, the visual presentation is very cool & there's some excellent writing. I feel like I'm late to the party D: But check it out if ya haven't! #visualnovel #vn #zato nopanamaman.itch.io/z-a-t-o-i-lo...
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Z. A. T. O. // I Love the World and Everything In It by Nopanamaman
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 10/08/2026
This little indie cyberpunk visual novel looks cool af Art and soundtrack shaping up nicely too #gamedev
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We've launched a CODE.BREACH preview page on Itch! Why not give it a little peek? It's pretty snazzy. :) sparecatstories.itch.io/codebreach #visualnovel #vn #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #itch
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CODE.BREACH (Demo Soon!) by sparecatstories
A cyberpunk meta-fiction visual novel about survival, hacking and the truth of reality.
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
YO WE'RE MIXING UP OUR PROFILE! Introducing Spare Cat Stories - our dev team name going forward! This is still the main source for all CODE.BREACH information! Here's some capsule art as an apology for any confusion. :) #visualnovel #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #vn
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Introducing Nolan! Crew leader of the Falcons. Former military, respected mercenary, and a fan of tactical turn-based video games... I guess the next reveal should be a Steam page, huh? :) #visualnovel #indiegames #art #indiedev #gamedev
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Eric Guenther @ericguenther.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ericguenther.bandcamp.com/album/code-b... My John carpenter / timewave zero moment… ambient/dark synth drone collection from the code breach ost. #gameaudio #musiciansky #ost #synth #electronicmusic
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Code Breach ambnt\\drone\\lo-fi, by Eric Guenther
7 track album
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Peterline6 [is on vacation 🌴] @nowplaying.cool · 22/05/2026
Ever heard of the prog metal band The Contorsionist? Well, their keyboardist @ericguenther.bsky.social is now a VGM composer! nowplaying.cool/the-keyboard...
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The keyboardist of the prog metal band The Contortionist makes his VGM debut with the soundtrack to Code Breach
It sounds like the beginning of a great story. Last month, while I was sharing my recommendation list for Bandcamp Friday on Reddit, a certain Eric Guenther stopped by to plug the link to an album he ...
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
How are we liking the new dialogue box? :D THOSE CANNED BEANS THO #visualnovel #indiedev #art #gamedev #indiegames
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Check out a slice of CODE.BREACH's original OST, courtesy of @ericguenther.bsky.social 😎 #indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #soundtrack
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
HI! Double whammy celebration today: the first start-to-end draft of CODE.BREACH was completed! Over 180k words. I am happy & tired. :) ALSO! Our composer, Eric Guenther, has published the code.breach OST. You can check it out here: youtu.be/PZgOTxkBpPY?... #visualnovel #indiedev #soundtrack
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Eric Guenther - Code Breach OST Vol1 [Full Album]
YouTube video by Eric Guenther
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Eric Guenther @ericguenther.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZgO... my latest release, an ost ffo french electronic and j-fusion #ost #soundtrack #electronic #synthwave #m83 #Indiegames #musiciansky #gameaudio
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Eric Guenther - Code Breach OST Vol1 [Full Album]
YouTube video by Eric Guenther
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Nothing bad ever happens around here at night... Right? #visualnovel #art #indiegames #gamedev
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Pose check. #visualnovel #art #indiegames #gamedev
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Say hello to Aiden! This smart-mouth street kid gets real fizzy when people share posts he's in... (hint hint!) #visualnovel #gamedev #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I did some placeholder CG art! (This is why I hired artists, if you couldn't tell... 🫣) #visualnovel #gamedev #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Hey! It's been a while - code.breach is chugging along nicely. We've reworked our art flow a little .... Can we interest you in a concept sketch for now? :) #visualnovel #gamedev #cyberpunk #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New addition to our character reveal roster - D-V8! Some might say she's a little artificial, though... #visualnovel #gamedev #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Character A: "It's over." Character B: "No, it's only just begun." Then, after a pause, you hold down the delete key with a gentle smile. Not today, old friend. Not today. #writing
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Writing dialogue with this furball sleeping on my foot. Not a bad afternoon. #gamedev #cat
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
What's this? Character reveals? With more to come in the next few weeks?👀 Sure would be wild if people shared this news...! #visualnovel #gamedev #art #codebreachgame
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Cor, game development takes a while, don't it? The team is still plugging away, but it's gonna be a while before we have working scenes to share. For now, have an early look at one of our original background pieces from Sebastian :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Yo! Apologies for the radio silence while code.breach has been spinning up early development. Here's a very early character concept sketch to make up for it. :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New year also means new team member! We've brought Sebastiana onto the code.breach project as our background artist. :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art www.artstation.com/sebastiancha...
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Sebastián Chacín
freelance illustrator and concept artist
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy New Year from the code.breach team! We're really excited to crack on with the project in 2025, and will bring plenty of preview content to you over the coming months :) #gamedev #visualnovel
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Second announcement of the week! 🥳 We're also overjoyed to welcome Angel to the code.breach team as our CG artist. You can see some of their work here: www.artstation.com/angeldesenha #gamedev #visualnovel #art
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Angélica Juliane
Fantasy Illustrator
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We have a couple of exciting announcements this week! First up: We're delighted to welcome Crayon to the code.breach team as our character artist. Check out some of their artwork here: cara.app/crayonling/all #gamedev #visualnovel #art
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Crayonling (@crayonling) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Crayonlingart@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CrayonlingArt https://www.instagram.com/crayonling/
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The application window for artists interested in working on code.breach is now closed! We received over 250 submissions, which is absolutely wild.🤩 It's gonna take a couple of days to go through them all, so please bear with us - We'll begin contacting people with updates soon.
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The #Arcane Season 2 soundtrack would be amazing if it didn't risk making me cry every god-damned track.
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
As well as updates on code.breach's development, this feed will also include regular images of my cat interrupting me while I work. He especially loves grabbing my sleeve mid-type. #gamedev #cats
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We're getting some amazing applications by artists to work on code.breach - I wasn't expecting such an amazing response by so many talented people! 🤩 #visualnovel #art #gamedev
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
YO IMMA TRY THIS TOO - Visual novels! - Comics! - Arcane! (god S2 is brutal) - DokiDoki! - Anime! - Game dev! - Cyberpunk! (game & genre) - Persona! - Edgerunners! (don't play THE SONG) - Excessively long lists! CODE.BREACH is a visual novel project - follow to join the fun from the start :)
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Spare Cat Stories @sparecatstories.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Obligatory first post of a new account. Visual novels are SO in fashion this season, so why not follow the development of CODE.BREACH from the start? :)
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