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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Come join Made Marion at the NB-Coded games fest as we celebrate the upcoming release of Meissa, our non-binary love interest! (Our lead developer is non-binary, too.) #NonbinaryCodedGames store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...

Meissa: A mysterious individual from Nibiru, the nation that invaded Avalon seven years ago. Meissa lives as a simple fortune-teller in Nottingham, but they are much, much more.

When Meissa asks Marion to help them protect the people of Nottingham, she has the chance to become the lady knight she's always dreamed of. Will she choose to take risky chances or put her body on the line for the cause?

And when love enters the picture, clashing with Meissa's dangerous secret, can these two star-crossed guardians find a way to build a future together?

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Take a gander at our Meissa Route Preview! (Apologies for the recording issues we had, I fixed them up as best I could in post, but our readers are volunteers and I didn't want to make them record it all again.) youtu.be/n_m9idFO108

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Meissa Preview Stream

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Hummingbird Games ✨ @gemini-the-dev.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

ehhh, 8 is the new 5…the next time someone tells you making a game is eAsY, blow them up w/ your mind 🤨🫵🏾 #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Wanna preview our next route, the charming sage Meissa? Check out our festival preview stream, right here: steamcommunity.com/broadcast/wa...

Marion in her Lady Anne disguise, wearing a blue dress and a black and brown armored coat, wielding her sword and a shield with a blue Celtic tree design on it. Meissa is standing next to her, wearing their usual pretty purple robes. They are in front of Meissa's picturesque woodland cabin.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Join us at the Otome Games Celebration on Steam! You can find us as part of the festival as well as part of the Magic & Mystery games bundle! store.steampowered.com/developer/cr...

The Otome Games Celebration is live on Steam from May 4-11. Made Marion is part of the sale!

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We're recording the Meissa Preview Stream this morning, exciting! You'll be able to watch it during several Steam fests in May.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Artistic Process! There are so many ways, like this one, to create character poses and other reference material for game art besides generative AI. And our artist has so much more control this way!

An in-progress image in which a 3D model is crawling through a narrow 3D passage. It will be 2D art in the final game. 3D models posed by our human artist, not generative AI!

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We're headed into the Nottingham routes now, where Marion will frequently be disguised as "Lady Anne" in order to move freely around the city without being press-ganged into marriage to the Sheriff. This unique outfit for Meissa's route shows off her role as their guard.

Marion, disguised as Lady Anne, stands with Meissa in front of their cozy forest cottage. She is more voluptuous and has long blonde hair and blue eyes in this disguise. She is wearing a blue dress with an armoured coat overtop of it. Meissa is wearing their usual outfit in multiple shades of purple with gold accents and several draped scarves.

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Lawrichai / comms opened @lawrichai.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I'm trying out a new basic brush I never worked with before. ... I like it ! Art featuring Meissa of Nibiru, romanceable character from the game "Made Marion" by @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social

Digital art featuring Meissa, a character from the game Made Marion. They are resting against a tree branch, eyes closed under a beautiful night sky with a telescope in their left hand. Their long purple hair pooling down over the branch and over the water of the lake which reflect the sky above. Far in the horizon, a foggy forest and some mountains can be seen.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Femme non-binary game developer says a) no such thing and b) I don't want my creativity "augmented" by a machine, thanks. My awesome team does that with their cool ideas.

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Aikasa Collective ~ 相傘収集（あいがさこれ) @aikasacolle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🌹Red Rebellion's an adventure game about... 💘Robin Hood... but she's a woman! 🐺Red Riding Hood... but she's also the WOLF! 🧙‍♀️And with help from Grandma, they rebel! this #indiegame is part of #Myths&Legends2026! Play the free demo and wishlist now!👇 #gamedev Best, Marketer Kin🐣

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 29/01/2026

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

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Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ❄️ Made Marion is an action-adventure romance VN inspired by the Robin Hood Legends. Fight for freedom and fall in love! store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...

Marion, a pretty brunette woman wearing a green velvet dress with celtic knot accents, is speaking with her father, a stern-looking older man with greying brown hair and a beard. Her father says, "I know arranging a marriage like this is irregular, but these are trying times. And you know you're years behind your introduction to society."

Marion, a pretty young brunette woman wearing a green velvet dress with Celtic knot accents, is standing very close to Robin Hood, a charming young man with short blond hair and a green vest and cape. Robin is saying, "It's not a kidnapping. It's a rescue, milady."

Marion, a pretty young brunette woman wearing a blue and white dress trimmed with gold, is standing in a dark room with a stranger. They have very long, purple, glowing hair and are wearing an elaborate purple robe with gold trim and lavender scarves. The stranger is saying, "Clever? Mysterious? Fashionable? Or perhaps... Nibirian?"

A young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a blue and white dress trimmed with gold, is standing next to Lord Geoffrey. He's a stern-looking man with pale skin, black hair, and a neatly-trimmed beard and mustache. His outfit is all black with silver accessories. Geoffrey is saying, "I was also meant to marry, but negotiations fell through."

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

P.S. Hours spent removing genAI bloatware from our productivity software should be billable to the companies that jammed it in there without our permission.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Visual Studio Code heads-up! The latest update includes the option to use a bunch of Copilot agents. If you detest that stuff like I do, right click the "Finish Setup" box at the bottom of the window and you can "Hide Copilot Status" which I assume means you'll never actually install the damn slop.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Season's Greetings from VC Games With apologies to Arrapso for poorly messing with her sprites once again. Santa John ushers out the old year and Angel Meissa, to whom John is passing the torch, ushers in the new. Hope you all have a lovely holiday/day off and we'll be seeing you in 2026!

Made Marion characters Meissa and John stand in the Nottingham Great Hall, which has been festively decorated for a feast. Meissa's sprite has been color swapped so they have bright white robes and glowing yellow hair. John is wearing a red shirt and is wrapped in tinsel.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

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Lawrichai / comms opened @lawrichai.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I'm opening up three slots for commissions =^.^= Check out my kofi for full price range and add-on options! ko-fi.com/lawrichai

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A friend reports that she is playing Made Marion on high difficulty. How do you do that? This is how.

A black cat is sitting in front of a computer monitor, blocking the view of the screen. Made Marion is playing on the computer. A glass of alcohol is sitting next to the cat, which is impressive because in my house that glass would be on the floor.

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HeartSync is recovering (semi-hiatus) @hsp-emtalks.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

@velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social Hello!! I am your Secret Santa!! I ended up drawing Meissa from Made Marion! I really enjoyed what I saw of them so far! I hope you enjoy! #VNSS2025

A digital painting of the character Meissa from the visual novel "Made Marion." It shows a person with long purple hair, purple clothes, and pale skin. They're set against a green background that is blurry and appears to be like leaves. Green light washes over them.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Seeing discussions of why it's completely unnecessary to use genAI for placeholder art. And even dangerous, because like what happened to Sandfall, you can miss that it was a placeholder. There was a 0% chance that I could miss my own placeholder art for our tarot deck.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wanna avoid a huge PR blowup for your game company? GenAI: Just Don't Use It.

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Lawrichai / comms opened @lawrichai.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Watercolour Wednesday Alanna of Nottingham. Watercolour on Moleskine Pad Alanna is a romanceable character from the game "Made Marion" from Velvet Cupcake Games. @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

John's Route is Live on Itch now! Little John, now DRM-free! ;) velvet-cupcake-games.itch.io/made-marion

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Made Marion by Velvet Cupcake Games

A romantic visual novel inspired by the legends of Robin Hood.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

John Releases DEC 7! Just a quick note from late evening December 6. John's route will release TOMORROW, Dec 7! However, I need to do a bit more QA and polish. So it will probably release later in the day rather at 12:01am or 10am PST like our usual releases. I will announce once it is out!

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

For how popular that "one guy slow-claps and then everyone else joins in" trope is, it's rather difficult to find that sound effect. Had to kinda queue it up myself.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It's with my sincere apologies that I have to announce that John's release date has been delayed by a week due to chronic illness flare-up. John will release on December 7. We're trying to keep a sense of humour about it!

An altered version of the famous "Myth of Consensual Sex" meme. It says, "The Myth of Consensual Release Dates." The players and the dev consent, but they forgot to ask Long Covid, which does not consent. Sigh.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We've just uploaded John Chapter 3 onto the beta test server, so we're on the last stretch of our release. John's route will come out on November 30!

John, a gorgeous Black man with long locs, wearing a practical tunic and trousers, is consoling a crying young Marion, a white noblewoman with long brown hair and a green velvet dress who has just taken a dunk in the river.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Online spellcheck is increasingly region-specific, which is nice except that I (located in Canada) write my games in American English. Have had the word "favorite" underlined so many times that it gaslit me into checking online to make sure I wasn't nuts.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We've just uploaded John Chapter 3 onto the beta test server, so we're on the last stretch of our release. John's route will come out on November 30!

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery @lisettetitre.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

1/3 of all gamers quit playing games all together because of toxic communities What would happen to a restaurant if 30% of their customer revenue walked out the door and never came back? Grand Closing!! We literally can’t afford to allow bad players to terrorize our communities.

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Lawrichai / comms opened @lawrichai.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Made Marion Monday Redrawing a character from a different angle isn't my favorite thing... but you gotta do what you gotta do. @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social #gamedev #indiedev #amaregame You can find Made Marion's demo on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

If you ever want straight-up unfiltered truth about your game, have your sibling beta test it. 😅

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

You know it's a good gamedev day when you're downloading "quality_bone_popping.mp3" from Pixabay. (Pixabay is pretty awesome, btw. Although it technically allows AI stuff, the rules for such are pretty strict, it must be labeled, and it's not highly promoted on the site.)

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

In case anybody wonders when it comes out, the small ode to Lucanis Dellamorte in John's route is absolutely purposeful. After all, you don't need a literal inner demon to have inner demons.

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Lawrichai / comms opened @lawrichai.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Watercolour Wednesday Will Scarlet, from the game "Made Marion" by Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It's important to support the many indie devs who are staunchly anti-genAI and believe first and foremost in collaborative development. My dev friends don't use genAI, that's for sure.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Micro-indie "process.": Me word-vomiting Ren'py gobbletygook at my spouse for three full minutes until I figured out what I needed to do with my coding issue. Me: OK, figured it out, don't worry if you weren't listening. Spouse: I wasn't. Me: That's what I thought.

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Velvet Cupcake Games @velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

John's route adds several new achievements to our roster, including the achievement "Big Flirt." Can you earn it? (It's not difficult, you'll see.)

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a cartoon bunny says hey there big boy with a pink heart

Alt: A cartoon bunny says "hey there big boy," with a pink heart

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