A young woman in the embrace of a man. The text reads "I missed our chance, but it didn't feel right to tell you..."

A young woman looks at the viewer over the shoulder of a man in shadow. The text reads "... after all, wasn't it already too late to matter?"

The main difference between my #visualnovels Asher and Tell a Demon is that in Asher, the main character, Tetrine, rarely gets away with lying, whereas in Tell a Demon, Tell is often rewarded for it. #indiedev
Asher: sunlabyrinth.com/asher.php
Tell a Demon: store.steampowered.com/app/679230/T...

Thank you!! :)

A woman sits at the bank of a creek or river. She appears to be struggling. The text reads: "When you couldn't make me beg like a dog..."

An unnaturally pale young woman with a vampire bite, black eyes to the sclera, stands in front of a bronze statue on a marble pedestal. The text reads "...you found an easier victim."

Kalevel, a protagonist in a few of my narrative games, is on a mission to save her sister, who became the game's main villain because of the Immortal Empress' greed and jealousy, in my #visualnovel, Tell a Demon:
store.steampowered.com/app/679230/T...
#indiegame #gamedev #interactivefiction

A young woman lying in the snow. The text reads: You thought everything I did was about you. But the truth is that the same kind of people, the same kind of horrors, happened to me over and over. In the end you were like all the rest. I forgot your face. I forgot everything between us. I forgot you. I only remembered because you forced me to.

Tetrine, a protagonist in many of my narrative games, grows a lot when it comes to love.

Asher: sunlabyrinth.com/asher.php
Drown the Bride: store.steampowered.com/app/3894260/...
Winter's Trumpet: store.steampowered.com/app/1342910/...
#indiedev #gamedev #narrativegame #visualnovel #pointandclick

Popochiu 2.1.0 Hear ye, hear ye! 🎉 Popochiu 2.1 is out!!! 🎉 After more than 13 months of work , we’re incredibly happy to finally release Popochiu 2.1 ! This is a big update with 46+ improvements across the...

Popochiu, a point-n-click game addon for #Godot that I sometimes contribute to, has released version 2.1.

carenalga.itch.io/popochiu/dev...

My interactive tween guide for Godot is out !

If you have trouble using tweens, adding "Juice" or picking the right transition, it should hopefully help!

The guide is free and will always be 🩵

qaqelol.itch.io/tweens

#Godot #GameDev #Animation #Tutorial #Guide #Tweens

Text: The Empress of Aeser. Dialogue Text: You had the gall to make all these promises, to make me believe them, then you disappeared. When I shot the dying animal that was our relationship, only then were you shaken. And yet, you still won't face me. Are you the man you think you are, or have you given up entirely? Image of a character sprite of a young woman in vintage clothing on the left, text on the right

Working on Tetrine's sprite art for my dark fantasy noir #visualnovel Empress of Aeser.
#indiegame #otome
Learn more about Tetrine here: www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...

Big website update~~ getting back into the swing of things after a long (unplanned) break. I make narrative games & visual novels. 👍
sunlabyrinth.com
#gamedev #indiedev

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

Demo release! sunlabyrinth.itch.io/this-dream-o...

This Dream of Hours is a cozy mystery #otome #visualnovel set in a magical small town. Stop the witch society from ruining Winter Apple Fair, find romance AND the missing Cinderella all before it's too late. #gamedev #indiedev #WinterVNJam

An array of 2D characters in a visual novel game screenshot that appear to be dressed up for a masquerade ball: a 1920s ghost, three women dressed in Victorian costume, a woman in Rococo clothing, and a man with a skeleton face. The game UI is winter themed with three large snowflakes framing the dialogue.

Some sprites for a new #visualnovel I'm working on which doesn't have a title yet~
Six done, four more to go. 🙃

#indiedev #vndev #gamedev #renpy

The next part of the Wizard and the Potter's Daughter is out, and you can vote for the next twenty-four hours on what happens next 🙂 (because it's not the end yet, even though I thought it would be).
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting

Almost at the end of this fairy tale. Voting is available for the next twenty-four hours 🙂
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting

Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll 💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 5 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, Part II · See part I here. Read to the end to vote on the next part of the story. :-) --- The potter's daughter, you might imagine, was ver…

A few hours left to vote on what happens next in this fairy tale~
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #amwriting #shortstory

Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, Part II · See part I here. Read to the end to vote on the next part of the story. :-) --- The potter's daughter, you might imagine, was ver…

The next part of this fairy tale is out, and you can vote for the next twenty-four hours on what happens next 🙂
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting

Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll 💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 6 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, a Fairy Tale ·  A little experiment here. There's a poll at the end to help choose the next part of the story. --- There was once a wizard…

Last day to vote on what happens next in this fairy tale~
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting

Lots of options - I can make larger figure sculptures or doll heads, etc. :)

Thanks! 🙂 Maybe some of them, actually. I started this project so I could sculpt faces over the skulls, but they became more detailed and the project became more involved than I originally planned.

Sculptures of a cat, sculls and planar heads made of a light material.

Casting a sculpture of a cat I originally made in monster clay. Going to clean it up and paint next
#caturday #handmade #art

Thank you!! 🙂

Four casts of miniature skulls, one held up by a hand

Learning how to make copies of my skull sculpture continues~
Happy Halloween! 💀💀💀
#sculpture #art #paperclay

Halloween Sale 2025 by Sun Labyrinth A bundle by Sun Labyrinth, $4.99 for Tell a Demon, Winter's Trumpet, Drown the Bride

My interactive narrative games are on sale for Halloween 🎃
Outsmart a demon or save your best friend from a bad beau -- and choices matter. #pointnclick #visualnovel #gamedev
itch.io/s/163820/hal...

Image of a skull sculpture on a paper mache surface

Learning to make molds of my sculptures. This is the first attempt casting with paper clay 💀💀🎃
#sculpture #halloween #art

'Tis the season for skull studies~ 💀🎃
#monsterclay #sculpt #claysculpture

Drown the Bride is on sale for one more day on Itch!
itch.io/s/159384/dro...

A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered...
#indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #visualnovel

This was innovative! What I like about VNs and P&C adventure games in one title?! Mad sorcery, says I!

Yay~ it's always nice when someone notices. I wanted to make a point and click with more visual novel features, because I like how adventure games feel like an interactive storybook and thought it paired well.
From my game, Drown the Bride
sunlabyrinth.itch.io/drown-the-br...
#indiegame

Please check out this lovely point-and-click VN from @sunlabyrinth.itch.io--out today on Steam!

Save 20% on Drown the Bride on Steam A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

Hi! I've released Drown the Bride, a short #adventuregame with #visualnovel branching that I developed solo.

It's about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/3894260/...

#pixelart #indiegame #pointandclick

A scene on a beach with pixel art graphics. It depicts two characters speaking on the right hand side of the screen in front of a cabin. On the left hand side of the screen are two portraits: both young women, one with light brown hair and a sad expression, the other blond and with a confident poise.

Drown the Bride comes out today~

It is a short #pointandclick with #visualnovel style branching about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

#indiedev

I want to make games faster but not with AI. I enjoy optimising my processes, and learning to make better decisions. So that I improve as a game dev.