Hah yeah I just tend to forget how bad it is there with everytime I log in I'm like "oh... nevermind bye🚶‍➡️"

Just shared the news on LinkedIn and very irked by the "Rewrite with AI" button they forced under every text box 🫠

If you have any question on this topic, you can ask them below in the comments, or in our Discord server! 😊

Thank you for your time reading this and for your support 🧡

The Better With Dragons logotype

Hi all!

An update regarding our organization: I am moving from a company to a simpler, more manageable freelance status ✌️

Good news: our projects continue, under the same name!

It's a big change behind-the-scenes, so I figured I'd take some time to share more about it ➡️ ko-fi.com/post/Change-...

Hello everyone! I hope you're doing alright in these trying times.

On my end, for the past couple of weeks, I've been pretty busy with an organizational structure rearrangement. (In short, lots of paperwork.) I will share more news about this change in the coming days!

Take care 🧡

Digital artwork. We see the size comparison between an anthropomorphic silhouette and a horned monster. The anthro is running away from the monster.

...and here's a glimpse at the monster for everyone 👀

🎨 by @samsantala.bsky.social !

Monthly supporters have been continuously, incredibly helpful. I wanted to reward them with this exclusive! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, your involved support means a lot 🧡

#AppreciateADragonDay (2/2)

Appreciate A Dragon Day 2026 ❄ - Click to view on Ko-fi Follow Better With Dragons on Ko-fi

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay ! 🐲❄️

This year, monthly Ko-fi supporters gain access to 2 creature concept artworks that haven't been revealed publicly yet. Featuring one cold-hearted hunter... ⛰️

🎨 by the amazing @samsantala.bsky.social !

Get access to them here ➡️ ko-fi.com/i/IJ3J11SEE1N (1/2)

Digital artwork. A big dragon-like monster is shown in an expansive cave lit by blue crystals and glowing water. The creature has a long, thick tail, six legs, with their two front arms bigger than the others, and a pair of wing-like members above their shoulders. Their dark body is covered with blue crystals.

Digital artwork. We see the big dragon-like monster on the side, standing on four legs. There are two versions: one with their crystals colored in a gradient of blue, and one with their crystals colored in a gradient of orange, with a plume of smoke escaping their snout. In the background, there is a black and white sketch of the monster seen from behind, raising its two front arms, roaring and swaying their tail.

Who knows what lies deep underground…?

Here are new monster concept artworks for The Dragon Grasp Project 🐲💎

🎨 by the great @halybs.bsky.social !

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay 🎉

Digital artwork. Reference sheet of Ukurendal, a large black and silver western dragon, shown right next to the player-character. They're posed on a grid, seen from 3/4 above, to simulate the view in-game.

“What feels like a good size difference?” is a very important question I’m happy to ask myself often now

Here’s what we recently settled on for Ukurendal, the main dragon character of The Dragon Grasp Project! Player-character for scale 🐯

🎨 by @halybs.bsky.social !

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay 🐲✨

Digital concept illustration by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project. The artwork depicts a Lorgkrator exercising and seemingly annoyed by a cheeky Sylvan Drake, a Kerotondreko and a Korphedyn playing cards, two Eolu cooking, and a Taïgorokin with a scaly hand resting, laying against a High Dragon who’s chatting with another Taïgorokin. They’re camping together under a starry sky, all settled around a large cauldron under which burns a warm fire.

Another day trying to change the world.
Another evening of well-deserved rest.

Discover a new concept illustration by @halybs.bsky.social 🎨

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay everyone! 🐲🌈

Realizing it's Appeciate A Dragon Day next week..............

What's up? - Fall 2025 Recap Better With Dragons published a post on Ko-fi

Oi! As winter arrives, it's time for a new seasonal recap 🍂

I share what I've been up to on our VN project, and why I've asked everyone in our team to *not* use mass market GenAI softwares, including in their working processes.

You can read it below ⤵️

ko-fi.com/post/Whats-u...

Recently finished the choice tree for our VN project! I'm trying to keep the number of branches to a manageable minimum, but have them lead to actually different scenarios. It is indeed quite the balancing work, but hopefully I'll be able to follow that plan when I tackle production in 2026 🫡

Exactly the way I feel towards the people who support me on Ko-fi. Every dollar/euro really counts! Thank you again all so much for your tips and support 🙏

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.

As long as I live our games won't use gen AI because we actually care about the people who make them and their craft so, yeah, no.

Hahah I feel him a lot 🥲

Is there a name to the art of naming things in a fictional setting? Because it's damn hard and I think it'd deserve one 😩

Facing the reality of writing about a monster hunter (⬅️ has to write about monster *hunting*)

What's up? - Summer 2025 Recap Better With Dragons published a post on Ko-fi

Hi all! These are tough times to make (and find funding for) video games, especially narrative experiences proudly standing for and defending progressive values, but hey! We're still here and keep on going 💪

You can read our latest seasonal recap below ⤵️

ko-fi.com/post/Whats-u...

#KofiSharetember

Hello there! I've been taking some time away from studio work for the summer, I'll be back in September with our summer recap 🫡

I still wanna avoid putting a spotlight on AI slop though :') But thanks!

Digital artwork. An anthropomorphic, slender creature made of branches, covered in leaves and red flower bits, with a head shaped like a dear skull and long ears, explores a cave. A ball of light lits its way.

Ever onward.

Early concept artwork for the korphedyn kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🦌🌺

You think so? :O It oozed 2000s vibes for me so I thought it was before the AI shitstorm but if you end up right then I apologize and it indeed sucks :(

And I like to pay talented people who care about what we do and bring their own vision instead of wasting our money ond ata farms, wasting precious ecological resources, paying rich tech bros who don't care about art and steal from artists, support fellow human workers... Gen AI can burn.

It's disheartening to see publishers releasing such statements, even more so when they work on games that bear so much on their writing.

Human-made translation brings necessary nuance and artistry. No algorithm can ever replace that.

Picture of one of my Better With Dragons business cards. Below the logotype, it reads "independent video game studio crafting queer fantasy adventures".

One of my Game Camp highlights is fellow game professionals coming to me saying "omg I love the name of your studio" or "omg do you make games with dragons" and me going like "YES DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT" and them being like "YES PLEASE"

I love you all, thank you for your support! 🥰✨

Picture of Game Camp 2025 entrance

Back from Game Camp! I was able to present our projects to several people to get enthusiastic feedback, chat about funding options and share exciting words about dragon games 🐉💫

Feel free to say hi if you're coming!! 👋

Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. An anthro, blue and yellow bird-like creature with winged arm leaps into the air and prepares a plasma ball between his hands.

Doing what must be done.

Early concept artwork for the zlatel kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐦⚡️