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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 17/03/2026

shout out iain asio for playing do you like italian food on stream the other day www.twitch.tv/iainthemusic... #dylifvn

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 15/03/2026

Do You Like Italian Food? is a short, slice-of-life, romantic visual novel about a shy college student, a coffee shop crush, and finding the nerve to ask for a date. sbds.itch.io/dylif-vn #vndev #visualnovel #AmareGame #AmareGames #AmareGamesFestival #AmareDev #dylifvn

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Do You Like Italian Food? by Strawberry Dagger Studio

Coffee. Banter. Pasta. Can Jared ask her out and survive the first date?

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 15/03/2026

The game is free and was made as a gift for my best friend, @absolutegoblinmode.bsky.social It feels good to make things again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZU...

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Do You Like Italian Food? | Visual Novel

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 15/03/2026

Jared is only supposed to be stopping by for caffeine. Instead, he keeps finding himself drawn back by a smile, a little conversation, and the hope that maybe this could become more than part of his routine.

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 15/03/2026

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Do You Like Italian Food? by Strawberry Dagger Studio

Coffee. Banter. Pasta. Can Jared ask her out and survive the first date?

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Ame 🍓 @awesomeame.art · 07/03/2026

i did a very loose rough doodle of Jared as a 14 year old at 2am last night. he's 21 in Do You Like Italian Food? but i thought it would be fun to sketch him at a different age. #vndev #visualnovel #AmareGame #AmareGames #AmareDev #dylifvn #art #illustration

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 23/02/2026

Fun Fact: Jared's cat, Conway Kitty, was one of my Grandma's cats when I was growing up.

A screenshot of Jared in his apartment saying "Hey, buddy." to his orange cat, Conway Kitty.

#vndev #visualnovel #AmareGame #AmareGames #AmareDev #dylifvn #art #illustration

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 19/02/2026

okay, i think the CGs are done feeling good about what I've achieved even while balancing going to work on top of it

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 14/02/2026

went to look at the old DFU trailer to look at what Alex looked like in DFU and to see if it fits. and i'm happy with it. pre-blue hair-era alex finally makes an appearance in something.

Alex with dyed blue hair from Destiny Fails Us, standing with his arms crossed and wearing a gray jacket and patterned scarf.

His younger brother Samson appears beside him because the image could not be cropped further.

Close-up of Alex with natural orange hair, brown eyes, and a casual smile, wearing a blue plaid shirt over a star T-shirt. This is his college look before he dyes his hair.

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 14/02/2026

Alex from DFU is a side character in Do You Like Italian Food? with his real hair color.

Character Sprite showing both a full-body and portrait view of Alex, a college student with messy orange hair, brown eyes, and slight dark circles under his eyes. He stands casually with one hand on his hip, wearing a blue plaid overshirt, a light blue T-shirt with a star design, ripped jeans, and sneakers.

#vndev #visualnovel #AmareGame #AmareGames #AmareDev #dylifvn #art #illustration

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 13/02/2026

last night i hung out with shin again. i watched her play more clair obscur while i worked on backgrounds. i think i finally pinned down what the backgrounds look like in the game and i like how the ones i worked on turned out. now i can finish the rest of them.

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 12/02/2026

now that i have a few days off before i'm back at work, i'm coming up with a plan of what i wanna tackle on Do You Like Italian Food? next.

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 11/02/2026

yesterday i had a particularly tiring day at work, but i still wanted to make something for the game. i ended up drawing this right before going to sleep.

Jared runs a hand through his hair as he looks over nervously. He's blushing from the tips of his ears to his chest.

#vndev #amare #amaregame #visualnovel #dylifvn #art

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 08/02/2026

talking to shin over discord while working on things today and watching her play clair obscur expedition 33. i sketched liz and jared and i think i'll use it for something in Do You Like Italian Food?

Liz holds Jared's hand while he blushes.

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 05/02/2026

years ago, shin commissioned me to draw her characters reading and discussing a romance book together. as an easter egg for her, i drew Jared and Liz on the cover of the book the characters were reading. however Do You Like Italian Food? is a meet cute and first date vn than a full romance novel

four stages (sketch, lineart, flat colors, final) of a game book cover i made in a commission that features the main characters in do you like Italian food

Liz and Jared are embraced in a romance cover pose.

#art #vndev #amaregame #amare #visualnovel #dylifvn

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 04/02/2026

I woke up around 3am unable to fall back asleep so I decided to messily sketch Jared drinking coffee from a coffee pot

a man with messy hair and dark circles under his eyes drinking coffee from a coffee pot.

#art #dylifvn #vndev #amaregame #visualnovel #amare

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 02/02/2026

Jared was a side character in Destiny Fails Us, and my friend Shin absolutely latched onto him, despite him only being in like 2 scenes. Now as a belated birthday present for Shin, he gets to be a main character in this game. #amaregame #vndev #visualnovel #dylifvn

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Strawberry Dagger Studio 🍓🗡️ @strawberrydaggerstudio.dev · 02/02/2026

I haven't used this account since I made it. I wasn't sure what to post, or what to say, or what to do with it. I've been relatively offline for a while in terms of social media, so it feels kinda strange. Especially when I was kinda burnt out on so many things in life that I didn't create much.

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