@theartofgaming.bsky.social and I will be spending MAY 16TH giving a talk on Naninovel and Unity about visual novel development!
We're cooking up some weird and interesting stuff, so please be excited and get your ticket for VNDN's Speaker Series today, okay?
Here's my go at the prompt. For some reason I decided that even though the given canvas size was 48x48, that I would use like a third of it lol #myart #pixelart
Played some of my old games today. Turns out, they weren't the awful embarrassments I convinced myself they were. All had good bits and one of them I actually just *like*. So uh dig up those old games you're ashamed of and give em a play. You might be pleasantly surprised.
#gamedev
Lowkey thinking about buying tomodachi life and using it for art/writing inspo
The Last Winter Knight Available on Steam May 11th 2026
Return as a ghost. Haunt a suit of armour. Find the truth.
The Last Winter Knight, my gothic mystery visual novel, releases on May 11th! ❄️
Add it to your wishlist to be notified on release: store.steampowered.com/app/2768420/...
The Black State of the Games Industry Survey is up! It'll be open till May 6th, 2026 and should take 20 minutes maximum of your time. Only requirements are that you're a Black Game Developer over the age of 18! 🎮🎮🎮
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Got told shaders were hard and scary forever. Went to a talk, made a list of ideas and just went for it. Now I have two mediocre shaders! And it was super fun! From now on, I'm just doing it anyway!
This so cool! Awesome work!
Three pencil sketches of a pirate woman with long wavy hair posing
Wanted to share these sketches I'm still really happy with. #myart #ocart #7s&s
I think I ended up fixing the issue actually but I will keep that in mind if it reverts again for some reason! Thanks again for making this!
This is so close to being perfect on popos, the dropdowns not appearing correctly/disappearing is my only issue. Thank you so much for this!
This was a great video! Also happy to see LMMS talked about even if briefly
Otome Games Celebration is back this May with even more otome games from across the globe! If you're a streamer, reviewer, or content creator and want to cover the event, we have press sign ups open 💖
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Me: excitedly telling my therapist about ripping the CD I bought
My therapist: Why are we going back to the 2000's
Me: I'm not!
CD I bought: Evanescence - Fallen
No way I have such good memories of seeing everyone spread out in the gardens :(
This is genius! I would love this game
I feel that so much! I have to force myself to take extra time for character designs cuz they used to only count as progress when they were done
I used to use this font too! I had a friend change the colors of their IDE to make it nether themed
A playdate cover, play date console, and play date pin laid out on a desk
Got my #playdate yesterday! Been loving the games so far (Echo Drop is so well designed!) I have plans to make some games for it as well!
Happy Black History Month.
It's a good time to remind you about Jerry Lawson's influence in the video game industry.
BLACK GAME DEVELOPERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AT LARGE I NEED YOU TO BE LOUD THIS MONTH*. I NEED YOU TO SHARE YOUR WORK LIKE YOU WILL DIE OTHERWISE, DO NOT BE PRECIOUS ABOUT ABOUT IT
*This message also applies to every other month of the year, but the extra attention should be leveraged
@gameengines.bsky.social
I would like Unity, Godot, and Unreal labels please!
The vertical promo image for the game Our Wonderland featuring all five characters in intense contrast and shaded in their character colors.
The promo image for the game My Vampire Boyfriend Smokes Lucky Strikes featuring a close-up toothy shot of Genzou Ichihara.
The promo image for the game Where the Day Springs Red showing all five main characters posing fearfully and dramatically as they await the horrors to come.
A cozy sweet digitally colored drawing of Iggy Maxwell and Genzou Ichihara from the game Our Wonderland snuggled up and sleeping surrounded by blankets and bathed in soft warm lamp light.
Hey #PortfolioDay I'm Carrot, an artist and game dev making queer games and art (mostly overdramatic and sometimes horror-stained mlm and mlnb). I recently lost my job as an editor, so it'd mean a lot if you'd check out my work as I try to figure out what the heck I'm gonna do!
justacarrot.itch.io
Anime style illustration of 4 Victorian dressed characters surrounded by rose petals on a red background
Anime style illustration of a blonde girl in a purple witch costume smiling and holding a lollipop with candy falling behind her and chibis on either side
Anime style illustration of 4 characters mid-battle in a snowy, dark landscape
Photo of a Steam Deck surrounded by anime merch and pink and red flowers
I'm Arimia, a visual novel developer & anime artist making fantasy gaymes 💜 I like blogging about game dev & indie games and run lots of game dev events like Steam festivals and game jams ✨️
#PortfolioDay
My games: store.steampowered.com/developer/cr...
My blog: arimiadev.com
Take some time in your communities today. Connect with others, get to know your neighbors, have a face to face conversation. In these times we need to band together and be able to support one another. If you want to spread awareness, talking to someone in person is often a great way to do so.
Low poly model of a black girl with green helix shaped hair in a green dress with a white blouse underneath. The blouse's sleeves resemble rocket ships "crashing" into the shoulders which are purple planets. On the front of the skirt of the dress, there is an alien face with three eyes and a curved smile.
A photo of a sketchbook full of quick sketches done at a life drawing session. The biggest sketches are focusing on different parts of the model such as her face, hand and shoes.
Two women drinking out of each others chalice. They stare are each other, the better dressed one with a smug glare and the other with a determined gaze. The girl one the right is dressed partially in a knights uniform.
Low poly cardinal render with blurred leaves painted in the foreground to give the idea that a photographer peeked through leaves to take the shot
I've barely posted any of my art on here so in celebration of all the new people, have a little art dump #art
The secret to a healthy creative career is hyping up your buds and knowing they'll hype you in kind!
Ok it's out! Can you survive a night with a vampire? Keep Iggy from getting blood-sucked by his charming suitor!
With
🦇1 short gay (very thirsty) vampire
🐇1 cute awkward nerd
A darkly comedic romp that can hopefully make you laugh (and feel things) #visualnovel
justacarrot.itch.io/my-vampire-b...
Developer Interview Crafting a Killer Lawyer in of the Devil with Nth Circle
It takes a lot to make a visual novel—especially one with as killer a style as @nthcircle.bsky.social 's of the Devil. This month I interviewed some of the team to talk about their game dev process, how they approach designing visual novels & more!
Read it here: arimiadev.com/developer-in...
We're excited to announce that we're publishing
@azurextwilight.itch.io's newest horror visual novel "Onigashima" on Steam!
If you're a fan of visceral meaty horror and stories set in medieval Japan, check out Onigashima here: store.steampowered.com/app/4101510/...