DAWN CHORUS key art: two characters facing away from each other. the title is overlaid on top of them.

a central column with text in it. on each sides, placed diagonally from each other, lines of dialogue. there's a portrait of one of the characters on top of a background that shows a view of skyscrapers from street level.

a screen that has a lot of minimalistic browser-like interface windows open in a lot of different colours and writing styles.

a screen that looks like a screenplay with multiple dialogue choices. there's an image of the setting the scene is in, a river under two merging overpasses

DAWN CHORUS -- demo out now!

an interactive fiction story about two losers trying to make music and stay friends as the world is ending around them.

after years of secrecy/procrastination i am proud to reveal the demo for my esoteric pre-apocalypse story :)

PLAY → haraiva.itch.io/dawn-chorus-...

Just heard Boronia station is being redeveloped. How will this affect Spider Land’s legacy

Screenshot from my current project. A line up of various dishes, all pub style, in high contrast black and white. Very low detail. Highlights include a bowl of chips, a steak, some trout, the most dubious Caesar salad ever, and four nondescript pizzas.

Pub classics

Screenshot from my current project. A line up of various dishes, all pub style, in high contrast black and white. Very low detail. Highlights include a bowl of chips, a steak, some trout, the most dubious Caesar salad ever, and four nondescript pizzas.

Pub classics

Same scene as previous post, from a different angle. Player is now in the kitchen, looking down at the sink. In it is three glasses and a frying pan (implied to be dirty).

Unwashed pan in the sink, for authenticity

Screenshot from my current project. Player is looking at a small (or large, depends on the suburb) rectangular apartment. On the back wall is the kitchen, with stools lined up behind a bench. In the middle of the room is a lounge, with a couch, glass coffee table and TV. In the corner to the right is a bookshelf, filled with nondescript novels. Whole scene is extremely stylised in high contrast black and white, almost entirely solid colours, with very little detail.

Myki inspectors turning to dust after realising they can’t harass uni students for the entirety of April

Comparison image of the MC from my current project. On the left is the normal character model, showing a woman with a solemn expression, very minimal, intentionally stylised. The subtitle states this is without DLSS 5. The image to the right is the same, but the facial features have been replaced with the smug Roblox face. The subtitle says this is with DLSS 5. In case it wasn't obvious, this is satire.

Looks good

More pub

WIZARD PUNKS!!! is OUT RIGHT NOW!

Go play it!

store.steampowered.com/app/3332770/...

#wizardpunks #indiedev #gamedev

Pub scene from my current project. Low angle shot from the back corner of a big open area with tables and chairs, an empty bar, and a staircase leading up to some doors. Scene is high contrast black and white (mostly white). Slightly unfinished and sparse for detail, as it is WIP.

Makin a pub

All it’s missing are TVs on every wall showing a horse race in some regional town you’ve never heard of

Pub scene from my current project. Low angle shot from the back corner of a big open area with tables and chairs, an empty bar, and a staircase leading up to some doors. Scene is high contrast black and white (mostly white). Slightly unfinished and sparse for detail, as it is WIP.

Makin a pub

My new steam deck, sitting on my desk. On the screen is the opening scene of Trail of the Wretched, a visual novel I made a few years ago.

Trail of the wretched steam deck verified btw

Steam deck has arrived. This will seriously elevate the Sitting in Bed experience

No clouds to photograph so I’m pivoting to birds

Cockatoo sitting in a bunch of leaves and small branches extruding from a tree to the right of frame. Clear blue sky in the background.

White cockatoo sitting on a branch, slightly obscured by leaves. Clear blue sky in background.

Magpie sits atop a street light, middle of the day, clear blue sky in the background.

There are also many websites on the world wide web where you can watch it for free. Little known fact

I like da new game of thrones show. It’s grounded and funny and sincere and not overwhelmingly miserable for a change

Some thin, patchy clouds with the sun shining through. Picture a dark blue table with icing sugar dumped on it.

Info board at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the Short-Faced Kangaroo (the header reads Short-Faced Kings). The body text reads “Short-faced kangaroos, or sthenurines, were a diverse group of kangaroos with distinctive short, deep snouts compared to modern kangaroos. With powerful jaws and specialised teeth, they were adapted for browsing on tough leaves and shrubs. Several may have walked upright on two legs, as their large build, rigid spine, and ankle and heel shape were more suited to walking than hopping.”

This one goes out to all the

Corsair, by Boards of Canada from the album Geogaddi

See also:

Postscript, by Bowery Electric from the album Beat

Music to sit in a dark room and ruminate to

(I’m nowhere near the fires, do not fear)

A very very very smoky sky, tinted orange. Imagine the cover art for In On the Kill Taker by Fugazi, but replace the Washington Monument with some leafy trees.

Is this good

I’m annoyed I didn’t play this sooner because it gave me a really good idea, what if the main character in Spider Land had a model train diorama in his bungalow…

Noticed Sim City on Jerry’s shelf while watching Seinfeld yesterday, and it sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole that has culminated in me discovering and promptly getting addicted to Transport Tycoon Deluxe

In case you missed it…