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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 10/10/2026

#ScreenshotSaturday ft. our new UI! Jackie thinks Emile's blackmail material is just a little bit too convincing, but maybe you can help him talk his way out of it? store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #TheLeftEye #gamedev #vndev #indiedev

A screenshot from The Left Eye, a visual novel. A photo is being held up by a hand, and it depicts two men standing on a boat with Bedloe's island behind them. The one on the left is short and chubby with curly hair (Emile) and the one to the right is taller and thinner (Alex). Emile is leaning on Alex, eyes closed, smiling, and Alex appears to be shocked and recoiling a little.

The dialogue box takes up the lower quarter of the screen and shows the speaker is Jackie, who is offscreen. She is saying: "You look way too cozy together".

There are three dialogue choices displayed in the center of the screen:
- "What are you talking about?"
- "Good angle, right?"
- "That's the point."

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 03/10/2026

#TheLeftEye is kind of one long weird protracted date (what with Emile being a romance scammer), but this particular evening got a rare truthful reaction out of him 💙 Also still 30% off in the #steam autumn sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #vndev #lgbtq

A screenshot of a visual novel, The Left Eye. Two men, one short and chubby with curly hair, one taller and slimmer, are standing together on the balcony of the Statue of Liberty's torch. They both look awestruck.

A text box covers the lower quarter of the screen. It shows a line of narration that reads: "New York City's skyline is a bright stab into the dark horizon, refusing to cede the sky to the gleaming stars over New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean."

The whole image is monochrome with a cool blue tint.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 19/09/2026

We've a bit quiet while we've been putting ep4 together but we have lots more #ScreenshotSaturday material now 🎉 Get ready for diamonds, dates and more disasters than usual for Emile & co... #art #gamedev #vndev #steam CGs by @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com and sprites by @metonumia.bsky.social 💖

A screenshot from The Left Eye, a visual novel. The image is in monochrome but with a purple tint.

Two characters are leaning back on the pillows of a double bed. On the left is a short, chubby young man holding a cigarette. He is wearing a sports coat and sweater vest and looking annoyed. To his right is an older woman with black hair and a patch over her left eye, reclining with her head tilted up and her arms behind her head. She is wearing a coat and scarf.

The text box takes up the lower quarter of the screen and identifies the speaker as Emile, the man on the left. He is saying: “So when were you going to tell me about that bastard guard in Folsom?”

A screenshot from The Left Eye, a visual novel. The image is in monochrome but with a purple tint.

Two characters are viewed from behind, sitting on a bench in a park. They are sitting in a strongly-lit patch of sunlight filtering through the leaves of the trees. The man to the left is shorter with curly hair, and the man to the right is taller and thinner with slicked-back hair.

The text box takes up the lower quarter of the screen. A line of narration says: “I wonder if he was unhappy.”

A screenshot from The Left Eye, a visual novel. The image is in monochrome but with a purple tint.

A letterboxed vignette of an older man’s face is shown over a darkened office background. He is holding a 1920s phone receiver to his ear. A line of dialogue below the image says: “You know how it is. Business.”

A screenshot from The Left Eye, a visual novel. The image is in monochrome but with a purple tint.

A man and woman are shown in a bar. The woman stands to the left. She has her hair tied up in a bun, and is wearing a necklace, a dark dress, and white gloves. She has her hands raised as though explaining something, and has a serious expression. To the left is a man with neat, wavy hair in a suit. He is wearing glasses and looks irritable.

The text box takes up the lower quarter of the screen and identifies the speaker as Annabelle, the woman on the left. She is saying: “You’re about to buy the Rose of Florence for a song.”

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 05/09/2026

Emile is DEFINITELY NOT falling for the mark, he just really enjoys his job 👀 Upcoming episode 4 CG by @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com! #TheLeftEye #ScreenshotSaturday #vndev #lgbtq #indiedev #steam

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 26/08/2026

Fun fact: you can get Emile to read out the content warnings for #TheLeftEye if you're into diegesis, or show them all at once if you'd rather see them all written out neatly! #wishlistwednesday #vndev #indiedev #gamedev #a11y #steam

A screenshot from a visual novel, The Left Eye. A short, chubby man in a tuxedo is standing in the centre of the screen with a theatre curtain behind him. The dialogue box identifies him as Emile, and he is saying: "We can get into more detail, or get back to tonight's entertainment." There are two dialogue choices in the center: "More detail" and "That's enough". A button in the top-right corner reads "show all warnings". The image is in monochrome with a slight cool pink tint.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 15/08/2026

Time for #ScreenshotSaturday! And time for a peek at the first scene of #TheLeftEye episode 4! Emile's getting close to pulling off his audacious con, and all he has to do now is broker the sale of an absurdly large and possibly cursed diamond... #vndev #indiedev #justemilethings #havinganormaltime

A title card for episode 4 of The Left Eye. The background is black, and there is a thin white border around the edge of the screen. In each corner is a stylised fishhook with a sunburst pattern around it. The text in the center reads "THE LEFT EYE / EPISODE FOUR: THE HOOK".

A screenshot from a visual novel. Three men are standing in a drawing room. From left to right: Clarence, a tall man in a dark suit, with short wavy hair and an angry expression; Emile, a shorter, chubby man with curly hair, wearing a light sports jacket, giving Clarence the side eye; and Alex, a tall man in a light suit with slicked-back hair, wearing a light suit and glaring angrily. The UI takes up the bottom quarter of the screen and identifies the speaker as Emile. He is saying "Boys, boys, settle down. What if we got a valuation from someone who isn't working for Clarence?"

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 29/07/2026

Emile is the saddest boy (but not really, he’s just hamming it up for a funeral he doesn’t really want to attend in episode 2 of #TheLeftEye) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #wishlistwednesday #art #vndev #steam #indiedev Art by our CG artist, @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com ❤️

Artwork of Emile from The Left Eye, a visual novel. He is shown from a low angle, holding a rose, with a sad expression on his face. He is depicted in monochrome over a lilac background. A stock photo of a gold trophy has been added in the corner, with the words SADDEST BOY pasted over it.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 22/07/2026

The #NonbinaryCodedGames festival is over now and we're so grateful to everyone who wishlisted or bought #TheLeftEye! And a massive thank you to @nomnomnami.com and @npckc.net for organizing, and to all the devs, players and streamers who took part 💜 #vndev #indiegame #steam #gamedev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 15/07/2026

Here's a peek at the episode 4 opening of #TheLeftEye for #WishlistWednesday! We're so grateful for all of the wishlists we've gotten during the #NonbinaryCodedGames showcase, it means the world to our tiny nonbinary team 💛🤍💜🖤 store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #vndev #indiedev #gamedev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 13/07/2026

We're super proud to be included in the #NonbinaryCodedGames showcase along with lots of other amazing games by #nonbinary developers 💛🤍💜🖤 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #steam #indiegame #vn #thelefteye

A promotional banner for the nonbinary coded games event on Steam. It has a purple background with darker purple diagonal stripes. In the left half there are illustrations of four characters: a green-haired mage, a cream-colored rabbit, a bright blue monster and a dark-haired cat person. On the right is text that reads "nonbinary coded games" and under that is the capsule art for The Left Eye. Below that are the dates of the event: july 13th to 20th 2026. The tagline at the bottom reads: "celebrating games made by nonbinary developers"

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 08/07/2026

In keeping with the whole speakeasy 1920s vibe of #thelefteye, we have a bunch of secret passwords and stuff hidden in each episode that let you change the game's color tint and/or fix the results of a card game in episode 3 👀 #wishlistwednesday #eastereggs #vndev #indiegame #gamedev

A screenshot of a visual novel. Three characters are standing in a bar. From left to right: a tall young man in a suit with a coat over it (Alex), a shorter, chubby young man in a suit (Emile) and a chubby young woman wearing work clothes (Deirdre). The dialogue box takes up the lower quarter of the screen and shows that Alex is speaking. He is saying: "Emile? You managed to find the bar without somebody tossing you onto it?". The scene has a film grain filter and a blue tint.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 27/06/2026

Petty lies that Emile is willing to tell in order to [checks notes] get a refund for a train ticket? 🏳️‍🌈 he's totally straight 💍 he's definitely married 🦠 he has Spanish influenza #screenshotsaturday #visualnovel #lgbtq #indiegame #gamedev #begaydocrime #verypettycrime

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 25/06/2026

The Left Eye is in the Steam Summer Sale and it’s 25% off 🎉 But tbh The Power of Pride bundle is still going strong and you should get that instead because it includes our game and hundreds of other projects by queer creatives who you can support! #steam #vn #indegame #lgbtq Links below 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

A promotional graphic. The background is a beach scene, with sky and hills in the distance, a blue sea and a sandy beach with shells and a towel in the foreground. Text at the top reads “Steam summer sale, Jun 25 - Jul 9 at 10am PT. Below that is the capsule art for The Left Eye, and text that reads “-25%”. The old price, $4.99, is struck through, and the sale price, $3.74, is displayed.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 16/06/2026

One of the ep4 routes in #TheLeftEye takes Emile & Alex to New York Botanical Gardens so our artist-at-large @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com went there to get some shots of the Haupt Conservatory, which has been there since 1902! #nybg #gamedev #art #research #vndev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 06/06/2026

Emile is always working on the big score but he’s never above a bit of petty theft… In episode 3 of #thelefteye you may be able to relieve Clarence of his tie pin if you play your cards right 👀 #screeshotsaturday #vn #gamedev #indiegame #begaydocrime

A screenshot of The Left Eye, a visual novel. There are three characters on the screen. In the foreground and to the left is a tall man with a chiselled face and round glasses with a diamond tie pin. Next to him is a short, chubby man with curly hair, looking annoyed. In the background to the right is a young woman who is slightly out of focus, also looking annoyed. The dialogue box takes up the bottom quarter of the screen and reads: “If I just brush past him as I return my glass…”. There are two dialogue choices in the middle of the screen. The top one reads “He won’t even notice that it’s gone”, and the second reads “It’s not worth the risk”.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 03/06/2026

Hello! Thank you, Casey! 🏳️‍🌈 The Left Eye is a queer romance visual novel set in 1920s NYC, featuring scams, missing diamonds and gays behaving badly! store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye

A screenshot from The Left Eye. On the right is a young man wearing a fur over a tuxedo, and on the right is his bio:

EMILE DE LA ROCHE
AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: CALAIS, FRANCE OCCUPATION: SOCIALITE
CURRENT ABODE: THE WALDORF ASTORIA
HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY

A closeup of a woman's eyes, set over a background of a hotel room. The UI indicates that she is speaking: "You look like you got the devil on your tail".

A darkly silhouetted CG of the statue of liberty's torch, with two silhouettes standing on it. The UI indicates that the speaker's name is Emile, and he is saying: "I really do like you, Alex."

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 01/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️HAPPY PRIDE! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🩷 #TheLeftEye is part of the #PowerOfPride2026 bundle! You can support queer creatives and get tons of amazing comics, games and books for $60 (or $10 PWYC!) 🌈 #lgbtq #mutualaid #pride

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 30/05/2026

It’s #screenshotsaturday time! Anything goes at The Cadenza, Emile’s personal favorite speakeasy… #vndev #indiegame #art #queer #gamedev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 27/05/2026

We like to get in at least one title drop per episode of #thelefteye 👀 (ft. another revamped CG by @sanorganes.bsky.social) #indiegame #vn #art #writing #gamedev

A screenshot from The Simpsons. It shows Bart's classmates and teacher from his POV, all turned to look at him with enthusiastic expressions on their faces. A caption has been added to the bottom of the image that reads: "SAY THE LINE EMILE"

A screenshot of The Left Eye, a visual novel game, showing a CG of Emile (a chubby, freckly young man with short curly hair wearing a black suit and tie) holding a rose and looking conflicted. The CG is drawn from a low angle and is in monochrome with a slight cool pink filter. The UI is a text box taking up the lower part of the screen, and shows the following dialogue: "But I'm Jackie's Left Eye, not the hand that held the knife."

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 13/05/2026

@sanorganes.bsky.social is reworking a few of #thelefteye episode 1 CGs, including this ✨very special moment✨ where Alex decides to ruin Emile's life: #vndev #indiegame #vn #lgbtq #art

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 06/05/2026

We got an absolutely lovely review on Steam and it is making us Feel Stuff 💖💖💖 If you think you might enjoy The Left Eye too, you can find us on Itch or Steam! hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #wishlistwednesday #vn #indiegame #thankyou

A screenshot of a positive steam review for The Left Eye. The date stamp indicates that it was originally posted on the 16th of April. The text of the review reads: "I LOVE this visual novel! The characters are all really compelling, and the intersecting plot points are fascinating. The humor is great, and the serious moments feel very sincere. The main romantic storyline has me in an absolute CHOKEHOLD. I'm really looking forward to more episodes coming out!!! (pleasepleaseplease I need more)"

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 20/04/2026

The Left Eye is going to be in the Power of Pride bundle 2026!!! 🌈🌈🌈 #PoP2026 #lgbtq #pride #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel

A square pride flag with an image of a sleeping cat surrounded by a game controller, a piece of paper, a musical note, a pencil, a six sided dice, a book and a raised fist. Beneath this is text reading: “Congrats, you’re in!”

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 09/04/2026

Found some ancient screenshots of #thelefteye so it's #throwbackthursday! We originally jammed out a super rough version of #thelefteye in one month, so here's what things looked like before @metonumia.bsky.social made us tons of beautiful sprites 🖤 #vndev #indiegame #art #sprite #vn

A screenshot from a very early build of a visual novel. Two characters are posed in front of a drawing room background. They are indistinct and sketchy with their names written on their chests. The character to the left is male with 'Alex' written on him, and the character to the right is a woman with an eyepatch with 'Jackie' written across her chest, but backwards due to the sprite being flipped. The text box indicates that she is speaking, and she is saying: "No. We've all seen dead bodies. Some of us have even made a few ourselves". The whole image is monochrome.

A screenshot from a more recent build of a visual novel. Two characters are posed in front of a drawing room background. They are lined and colored. The character to the left is a young man in a suit with a dubious expression, and the character to the right is a woman with an eyepatch, who is speaking. The text box gives her name as Jackie, and she is saying: "No. We've all seen dead bodies. Some of us have even made a few ourselves". The whole image is monochrome, with a half-tone effect on the background and a film grain effect.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 28/03/2026

Emile has one job: pull off a straightforward romance scam. He tried to stick to the plan, but he’s somehow managed to end up playing high-stakes poker with mobsters… store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #visualnovel #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #thelefteye #vndev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 19/03/2026

Episode 3 of #TheLeftEye is OUT NOW! 🎉 We got: ⭐️ ~19k new words ⭐️ CGs! Achievements! ⭐️ High-stakes poker (emotionally, not financially) ⭐️ A gun introduced in the first act that may go off in the second ⭐️ Sybaritic socialites slumming it in speakeasies ⭐️ 25% off! #vn #indiegame

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 18/03/2026

It's #wishlistwednesday again! Episode 3 of #thelefteye is out TOMORROW on #steam and #itch, and we'll have a 25% discount for the #steamspringsale 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye #indiegame #vn

A screenshot of a visual novel. the screen is split in two horizontally, with a sprite of a young man triumphantly pulling a fur coat on over a tuxedo on the left, and a UI panel with his biography on the right. The text reads: EMILE DE LA ROCHE, AGE: 25, BIRTHPLACE: CALAIS, FRANCE, OCCUPATION: SOCIALITE, CURRENT ABODE: THE WALDORF ASTORIA, NEW YORK CITY

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 19/02/2026

@kymberleyc.bsky.social is not only a great voice actor, but has so far written four jazz tracks for The Left Eye! In a glimpse into her creative process, you see all the passion and experience for storytelling that she brings to her music! #vndev #indiedev #gamemusic #voiceactor #visualnovel

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 14/02/2026

❤️ Happy Valentine's Day and happy #screenshotsaturday! We've been adding fancy little borders to our intertitles, and also more detailed CGs of Jackie's boots 👀 #gamedev #vndev #indiedev #art #gameart #thelefteye

A screenshot of a game showing a title card in the style of silent movies. There are art deco diamond designs in each corner. The text in the centre reads: "THE LEFT EYE EPISODE THREE: PAS DE CHANCE"

A screenshot of a visual novel. A pair of boots, viewed from behind, dangle down. The text printer UI takes up the bottom third of the screen, and the narration reads: "Her legs swing over the edge of the bunk, and I see a flash of truth: army boots, bare legs." The image is in monochrome with a slight dreamy blur/chromatic aberration effect.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 20/01/2026

@conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social has been using #twine to help diagram the more fiddly branching in #lefteye episode 3 This part is for a poker game that Emile manages to attend by mistake 🫠 #if #interactivefiction #vndev #indiedev #writing

A screenshot of the Twine editor with a large number of connected nodes indicating a branching narrative structure. The text on the nodes is largely too small to read but pertains to the flow of a poker game: different actions can be taken in different rounds.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 03/01/2026

First #screenshotsaturday of 2026! 🎉 Alex has a proposition for Emile in episode two of The Left Eye... (CG by @sanorganes.bsky.social) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #art #illustration #indiegame #vndev #gamedev #lgbtq

A monochrome screenshot of two men sitting on the balcony of the statue of liberty's torch. A text box covers the lower portion of the image, which identifies the speaker as Alex, the man sitting on the left. The text reads: "...Truth is, I like you. And I need your help."

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 17/12/2025

🎺👻 It’s #wishlistwednesday once again and you can wishlist The Left Eye on #steam! (you can also play episodes 1 & 2 if you want to!!) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #indiedev #vn #lgbtq #gamedev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 11/12/2025

So psyched by our progress on episode 3 of #TheLeftEye since launching into early access! The first draft script is finished, new character sprites are being drawn, and new CGs and cut- ins are well underway! And yes, we’re doubling down on our scary knife-wife content x #vn #indiegame #lgbt #art

A black and white illustration of a woman, cut so that only her eyes and nose are visible. She has thick, dark hair, and a white bandage over her left eye. She is glaring out of the frame, slightly above the viewer, nostrils flared with rage, menace in her one remaining eye.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 03/12/2025

Casually reposting @conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social’s insta story for #wishlistwednesday because they have a real way with words lol If you like these things maybe you will also like #TheLeftEye??? store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #gamedev #vn #indiegame #lgbtq

Art of Emile and Jackie, two characters from The Left Eye, titled “if ya like:”, with various pink captions placed haphazardly over the image. They read “con artists”, “queer history”, “scary butches”, “stealing”, “codependent dyke/tyke friendships”, “chubby sociopathic twinks”, and “queer art by queer artists”.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 24/11/2025

Just sharing some words from our beloved lead writer @conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social about their work on #TheLeftEye 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #indiegame #lgbtq #queerart #queerhistory #writing

Text over a monochrome image of two silhouettes standing on the balcony of the Statue of Liberty's torch. The text reads:
"The Left Eye is set in the 1920s, but it's about the 2020s.
It's about queer folks inventing themselves.
It's about code switching and going stealth.
It's an homage to Anna Delvey.
It's about a moment in time of queer visibility and joy, right before a vicious backlash in the 1930s."

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 14/11/2025

Our 1920s #visualnovel The Left Eye is going into #EarlyAccess on the 21st of November!! Episodes 1 & 2 are included, and 3 to 6 will be released as content updates as soon as they’re ready 🖤 Have a look and maybe wishlist us if you’d like! buff.ly/eXnWVQQ #indiegame #lgbt #gamedev #steam

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from Haunted Trumpet! 👻🎺 @noel-p.bsky.social has created some seasonally-appropriate artwork of best girl Deirdre from #TheLeftEye and we absolutely love it 🧡🧡🧡 #art #illustration #halloween #indiedev #vndev #indiegame

A young Black woman with bobbed hair placing a lit candle into a jack o' lantern. She is wearing a short white dress with scalloped edges. The image is coloured with a limited palette of warm purple, black, gray, and bright orange highlights. A hand-written caption reads "Happy Halloween from Haunted Trumpet"

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 24/10/2025

“I’ll be gone before they serve breakfast.” Emile comes on a bit strong for not-at-all suspicious reasons 👀 #LeftEye concept art by @sanorganes.bsky.social! #art #illustration #vndev #lgbtq #queerart #visualnovel #indiegame

A picture of Emile, a short young man with curly hair, tilting his head up towards Alex, a taller young man with slicked-back hair. They are both wearing suits. The background is a red theatre curtain. The image is contained in a border with two small diamond patterns in the upper corners.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 09/10/2025

The Left Eye is part of #SteamNextFest next week! If you haven’t played our demo yet, why not give it a go? 👁️🗡️ #visualnovel #indiegame #lgbtq #demo #vndev #begaydocrime

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 04/10/2025

#screenshotsaturday 🎵 we’re starting to wrap up the codependent dyke & tyke antics of episode 2 which means The Left Eye will be in early access soon! #vndev #lefteye #indiegame #indiedev

A screenshot of a visual novel, all in monochrome. The background is a 1920s diner. A young, chubby man is positioned in a diner booth and a dark haired woman is in the booth behind him, facing away. The text box indicates that the speaker is the woman, Jacqueline, and her dialogue reads: “Because I take care of you.”

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 02/09/2025

“Don’t talk to me or my accomplice ever again.” Jackie and Emile being messily codependent as per usual. #art by our CG/concept artist, @sanorganes 🖤 #digitalart #vndev #illustration #lefteye #indiegame

A woman with an eyepatch over her left eye and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth (Jackie) glares angrily. She is possessively holding a considerably shorter young man (Emile) who is looking back over his shoulder at the viewer with a smug facial expression. The whole image is monochrome, with a brick wall background and a border with art deco inspired motifs.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 30/08/2025

Deirdre’s back in episode 2 for #screenshotsaturday and she’s got some questions for Emile… #vndev #art #indiedev #gamedev

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 21/08/2025

Our #demo’s been out for 3 weeks now and we’ve been working on new features for #TheLeftEye’s early access, focusing on accessibility: 🔈Audio description mode 🔔 Notification options for unlocks ⌨️ Keyboard/gamepad controls ⚠️ More detailed content warnings #gamedev #vndev #indiegame #a11y

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 09/08/2025

It’s #screenshotsaturday time! Here’s a sneaky preview of episode 2 of The Left Eye 👁️ Liberty’s torch was closed even back in 1926, so Alex and Emile are doing a bit of trespassing… #art #illustration #gamedev #vndev #indiegame

A monochrome image from a visual novel game. The background image is the statue of Liberty’s torch against a darkening sky. The flame of the torch is the older glass panelled version, and is lit from within. Two characters, one taller than the other, are silhouetted as they stand on the torch’s balcony. There is a text box over the lower quarter of the screen, containing text that reads: “We emerge into the cold night air, bathed in amber light from the glass panels of Liberty’s torch”.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 29/07/2025

We dug up this old set of sketches we put together when we were planning Emile’s sprites! He has far too many outfits and ended up with 15+ expressions 🫠 P.S. you can see him all polished up in our demo which is coming out on Thursday! 🎉🎉🎉 #gamedev #indiedev #vndev #art #sprite #conceptart

Four rough drawings of a short, slightly chubby young man (the main character of The Left Eye: Emile de la Roche) showing him in a variety of outfits , including a fur coat, casual suit and tuxedo, in order to clarify his design for in-game sprites.

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👻 Extremely Haunted Trumpet 🎺 @team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 23/07/2025

Love the black and white marbling! We have a few ghosts too (but not as tasteful lol)

Three colourful model ghosts on a bookshelf

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