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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bad news: I just got laid off due to budget cuts. 10+ years exp Hire me for: 👥 Production 🎙️ Voice Acting 📝 Narrative 🎨 2D Art 🔆 UI Art 📱 Marketing 👨‍💻 Design 🤳 Influencer 📸 Journalism ♿️ Accessibility 🎮 QA Lead 📄 Contract 🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁 DM or email radiantgbusiness (@) gmail (.) com #IndieDev

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 09/09/2026

It's hotter than the devil's ballsack outside because people keep making ugly ass genAI food flyers I'm so annoyed ;-;

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 09/09/2026

It's hotter than the devil's ballsack outside because people keep making ugly ass genAI food flyers I'm so annoyed ;-;

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 07/09/2026

I would love to feature indie animations (upcoming or live) as part of Big Top Indies but I am less familiar with it as I am with indie games. Indie animators, studios, etc: 1) where are you 2) how can I best tell people about how cool your work is

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 07/09/2026

This is in fact the flex you think it is.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 06/09/2026

Learning about the history behind Five Guys Burgers & Fries has pushed me to unhinged idgaf-level territory. I am bringing out the confetti cannons for Big Top Indies. Just complete FYBS (F*ck You Business Strategy) mode over here at the circus.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 06/09/2026

I love when game devs send me/Big Top little emails about their games 🥺

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Avery Storm (they/them) 🔞 | 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 @averystorm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🪢💜 Submissions for the Kinky Aces Bundle are now open! 🖤🪢 You can submit via this form from now until Sunday 9/20. The bundle will run from 10/18 (the start of Ace Week) through the end of Kinktober (10/31). Freel free to drop questions below or DM me (but please read through the form first!)

black shiny bubble text reads "Kinky Aces Bundle"

white text beneath:
submissions open through 9/20
bundle on sale 10/18-31

on the left is an ace flag heart bordered with a spiked black collar; on the right is an ace flag heart bordered with red shibari rope

dark purple background with a border in the ace flag colors

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 01/09/2026

I'm tired of war-centric Vietnam media. Give me two Vietnamese women who just want to have coffee and banh mi and laugh and maybe hug

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 31/08/2026

Time to make learning fun with sandwiches & smalltalk at The Edutainment Vortex Diner! Meet ageless, immortal teachers. Get good grades or embrace your inner problem child! Be not afraid. Let's inherit a terrible burden together. Releasing FOR FREE Dec 7! store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

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Muffin 🔞 it's kinky time @voyeuristicbeast.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A little reminder that enjoying yourself is never a waste of time. Hours into a videogame isn't a waste of time. Learning something for fun isn't a waste of time. I love learning new things, I have so many I learned once and never did again. Never a waste of time.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/08/2026

More toxic yuri games pls I need more pathetic and useless women who people love anyway

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/08/2026

Just got hit with a huge amount of feelings so I cannot reiterate this enough: indie games, and indie media in general, are keeping me afloat mentally. I would be a huge puddle of sad without them atp.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 29/08/2026

Hi! I have revamped my Patreon. (: After years of opening and closing this thing, I've finally reached a state where I feel like I can keep this going long-term. The first monthly update is live and free for all members. Future monthly updates will only be for paid members.

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Hi everyone! Welcome to the first monthly update from me: Viv Pretzle! This will be more of a debrief/progress update, just to get you famil

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/08/2026

Nobody warned me about the junji ito breakfast burrito |:

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Monthly Update #1 (8/26/26) | Viv Pretzle

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first monthly update from me: Viv Pretzle! This will be more of a debrief/progress update, just to get you famil

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 26/08/2026

Still thinking about the time @epistellar.bsky.social and I had an esports conversation (when I still worked in that industry AND after I left it) and I mentioned the concept of a "third narrative" and it blew their mind. Maybe it's time I finally write an article about it...........

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 25/08/2026

Jumping back into Our Wonderland (@justacarrot.bsky.social) again after so long (TL;DR caught up to Orlam/Gidget's route YEARS ago before Life got in the way) and OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED

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Aspective Media @aspective.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

💜💚 HELLO, BLUESKY! 🤍🖤 We are Aspective Media, a social space dedicated to showcasing asexual, aromantic, and aspec creatives, with a focus on indie works. Follow us on IG: www.instagram.com/aspectivemed... Join our Discord: discord.gg/wyb3qqZWmm

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 21/08/2026

Question for game devs: Do you enjoy watching full playthroughs of your game on YouTube? Or do you prefer watching shorter videos that show highlights of your game?

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 20/08/2026

Hi! I'm Viv Pretzle. (They/She) I share my love for indie media (games, films, books, music, etc) & indie creatives through writing and social media. Outlets: 🎪 @bigtopindies.com (Main vertical) 🍋 @citrusea.bsky.social (Southeast Asian vertical) 👓 @aspective.bsky.social (Ace/Aro/Aspec vertical)

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 19/08/2026

this is for all indie creatives but since a majority of people in my network here are game devs I'm going to tailor it to you all: please keep your games alive. If you need to take a break for health reasons, please do. But please do not give up on your games. You never know who you'll reach.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 18/08/2026

Any game directed by Mei (@meiri.itch.io) is a GOTY banger. Possibly even GOTM (game of the month). Most certainly GOTD (game of the day) (the day is whenever the game gets released)

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 12/08/2026

I have a voice! and I made a VA reel with it! You need a quirky voice for your silly little character? A touch of ✨ dramatique ✨ for your thriller? Perhaps you just want to hear me yap about my favourite pizza toppings? Das me. I'm the clown for the job. (:

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

Some thoughts:
When using GenAi as a mood board you don't get sources. This means you deprive yourself from knowledge.
You generated a location? You deprived yourself of knowing more about the interesting parts of the world and why things came to be.
Generate an armor or costume? You deprived yourself on real world techniques, function, form and history.
You generated art inspirations? You deprive yourself of learning about artists from history or lock out living ones from potentially being hired.
Ethical issues of using GenAi models aside, one ends up making visuals mood boards devoid of reality and history. With it one deprives themselves from learning about our world and who is living in it, inadvertently making your work weaker, because of how detached it is from our shared human reality and history.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/07/2026

The best way I can describe the goal of Big Top Indies is "the digital equivalent of an old-timey pizza/ramen shop with one item only and it's just one old woman who makes every order by hand and delivers it to you directly from her flame-resistant palms"

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/07/2026

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain from @fictionfactorygames.com is worth every full-priced penny. A true work of art. I get more happy the more I play it.

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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · 24/07/2026

🎮 Released: PLEASE NOTICE WHEN I'M GONE 🎮 A timed esoteric experience. You have 45 minutes. Solve puzzles, investigate documents, draw, and remember the hurt. 💝Free, playable in-browser. 💝Original artwork 💝Interactive page PLAY: meirigames.com.br/downloads/ga... #VNDev #indiedev #gamedev #game

Screenshot of the game's hub, showing the girl, the menu, and the timer.

An example of a crossword puzzle in the game.

The game's gallery page, showing various unlockable drawings

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 29/07/2026

I guess while I'm on here I might as well do some word vomit, and if it reaches even one of you I'll be content. Bluntly speaking, I started Big Top Indies because I want to be a reason (if not THE reason) a creative doesn't give up on their work before they get the Big Spotlight.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 29/07/2026

Hope everyone's been doing well 💖 I'm still staying mostly offline, investing in myself (personal projects and overall health), and taking things slow. I still think of the dear friends I have here. You know who you are. Thanks for being here. You make a positive difference in this world. 😊

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New stuff on my shop! priro.bigcartel.com Wallets, pencil cases, and BIG OL' sales on some shoulder jackets I'm looking to get outta my stockpile!! Head on over to my shop for clothes, bags, stickers, and physical indie games! ♥️

an assortment of card wallet bags made by me. in the middle is a vampire themed pouch with roses, above that is a pink sakura pouch, next to that is a black mushroom themed pouch, under that is a pouch with little blowfish on it, and next to that is a pouch with yellow mimosa flowers.

a vampire themed pencil case. it has a coffin zipper pull charm. there's a portrait of a blonde vampire with bloody claws and blood dripping from his mouth.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 22/07/2026

Playing Cook Serve Forever from @chubigans.bsky.social and as a big Cook Serve fan who played all the CSDs, I absolutely love this game. the voice acting is wonderful and the new gameplay style is refreshing.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 03/07/2026

Got back into Fields of Mistria again and I still love it. And Valen. I still love the lady doctor. ❤️

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 25/06/2026

Reminder for my artist friends that your art is NOT WORTH LESS because it takes you more time to complete a piece compared to your peers.

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autumn rain @slitherpunk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

the thing about "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding" is that these games exist and are out there and you have to make the conscious choice to seek them out instead of just expecting the big companies to deliver this

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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

People love citing Orientalism when they are complaining about the repeated pattern of westerners in fandom portraying "asians" as inherently sexual. The deeper theme is that Asians are sexualized in order to become props for westerners, not that sensuality / sexuality is disgusting

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 18/05/2026

"Learn how to write prompts for AI" How about learn how to talk like a decent human being first

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Seth🌙 @feverfiction.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

OUR BAD ENDING is now on Steam! 💔 Explore a girl’s dark, romantic desire for her best friend and the spiral of pursuing a doomed love. Play now at: store.steampowered.com/app/4585000/... #visualnovel #indiegame

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Big Top Indies @bigtopindies.com · 12/04/2026

🔒 VISUAL NOVEL VAULT 1: UNLOCKED 🗝️ We have a tremendous love for VNs here at the Big Top Indies circus, so we've dedicated a column just for our favourites! Tantalizing artwork, tear-jerking storylines, fantastical characters (and foes!) - we love them all! Here's our first batch of games. Enjoy!

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Visual Novel Vault #1: pretty art

Because we always eat good food with our eyes first.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 24/04/2026

I'm still writing, but I've also been working a lot and trying my best to get stuff done without burning myself out. Apologies for the delay on the articles, and thank you all for being patient. ❤️

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 12/04/2026

NEW BIG TOP ARTICLE IS UP! 🎪 This column is dedicated to my fellow game devs who take their silly little ideas in their heads and serve it to us on the silver platter that is the visual novel genre. Love you all. 🥰💕

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 12/04/2026

Psychological Horror ✅️ Meiri Games Game ✅️ 🏳️‍🌈 ✅️ I am SOLD

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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · 10/04/2026

[ANNOUNCEMENT] My angsty BL game about dating your dead boyfriend's ghost, One Last Goodbye, is now out for FREE! ✨Psychological horror/romance(?) ✨Queer cast, NB demisexual protag 🏳️‍🌈 ✨Choices, multiple endings ✨Ghost Yaoi!!!!! meiri.itch.io/one-last-goo... #VNDev #yaoi #boyslove #queer

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One Last Goodbye by Meiri

My boyfriend is a ghost. A queer psychological 'love' story. Ghost Yaoi?

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 08/04/2026

Gonna release the new Big Top article later today because evening is the new morning. The circus follows no one.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 06/04/2026

Took time away from online for a bit but thank you all for the positive response on Big Top Indies. It means a lot. ❤️

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 02/04/2026

"You don't need to be praised every time you contribute to a project." Actually, yes I do and I should be. At the very least, acknowledged. There are lots of well-deserving people don't get promotions or opportunities because people around them don't advocate for them, even if not intentionally.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 01/04/2026

IT'S BIG TOP DAY!! 🎪 Who better to experience the grand opening with than one of my dearest friends, Mei 💖 Enjoy your time at the circus! 🤡

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 01/04/2026

IT'S BIG TOP DAY!! 🎪 Who better to experience the grand opening with than one of my dearest friends, Mei 💖 Enjoy your time at the circus! 🤡

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