(This was great! I laughed out loud at “it may not even be the correct bag”)

I have lots of favourite noises, maybe this is one…

Extra exciting because it’s not even just the sprites! You can see the difference in the UI design, the background processing, and probably more stuff I haven’t noticed! Lovely reminder of how far we’ve come :>

Speaking of glow ups… ✨✨✨ I love these moments of seeing how far we’ve come!!!

#indiedev #vndev #narrativedesign #wip #visualnovel #gamedev #interactivefiction

(Not pictured: me trying and failing multiple times to explain to our dev how Texas Hold’em works)

Is this a glow up? I’m in my notebook outlining episodes 4-6 of the left eye, and found these extremely early sketches of potential screen layout, narrative branching, and questionable probabilities for ep3’s poker game scene!

#narrativedesign #interactivefiction #gamewriting #penandpaper #noai

working on some subtle lil animations for #thelefteye episode 4

this one is of alex about to make a daring escape out of a window, as you do

#art #animation #indiegame

🩵🩷🤍 Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🤍🩷🩵

We are a (tiny) majority trans studio and we love making our queer trans visual novel and all of our dear trans friends 🏳️‍⚧️

#tdov #lgbtq #transdayofvisibility

I can’t take credit for how sick the visual direction of this poker game is (@sanorganes.bsky.social and our programmer played a blinder there!) but figuring out the logic and branching of the game was a really fun challenge, and I think let us do something really cool and new in this chapter!

Emile has one job: pull off a straightforward romance scam. He tried to stick to the plan, but he’s somehow managed to end up playing high-stakes poker with mobsters…

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#visualnovel #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #thelefteye #vndev

The Left Eye by Haunted Trumpet A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes con story with a romantic heart.

If you enjoy being gay and doing crime, you can do both of those things in #thelefteye, which is also discounted on itch.io to celebrate the release of episode 3 🎉🎉🎉

You might even say... it's a steal! (sorry)

#indiegame #vn #lgbtq #gamedev

DIAMOND MAGNATES! TEMPER TANTRUMS! THE THREE CARD MONTE! Our Episode 3 update has SO MUCH story and art and shiny UI improvements packed into it, I’m
super proud of everyone’s work on it!

Whooooooo! Episode 3 dropping tomorrow!!!!

this was one of my fav CGs to work on for episode 3! here’s a #wip sketch of it :)
#art #vndev #indiegame

Episode 3 is coming soon!!!! With more scams! More narrative branches! More fantastic artwork by @noel-p.bsky.social and @sanorganes.bsky.social !!! More original music by @kymberleyc.bsky.social !!! More more more!!!!

The Left Eye Episode 3 Teaser YouTube video by Haunted Trumpet

Is it still #screenshotsaturday if it's a trailer with screenshots in it? 🤔 Either way, our teaser for ep 3 of #thelefteye is here!

(tw for blood, guns and mild suggestive moment)

#art by @noel-p.bsky.social and @sanorganes.bsky.social
#music by @kymberleyc.bsky.social

#vndev #indiegame #vn

(And let the record show: it does loop.)

@kymberleyc.bsky.social is not only a great voice actor, but has so far written four jazz tracks for The Left Eye!

In a glimpse into her creative process, you see all the passion and experience for storytelling that she brings to her music!

#vndev #indiedev #gamemusic #voiceactor #visualnovel

Valentine’s Day post from Haunted Trumpet, just in case we haven’t been mask off enough about our desire for Jackie to step on us.

#queerart #queercreatives #lgbtqart #vndev #visualnovel #writing #interactivefiction

a page of a sketchbook with a drawing of a hand, a cat looking up, and a cat in profile. they are all drawn in orange and red pencil. there is a piece of packing tape reading “east end press” at the bottom of the page

mostly drawing cats & hands
#art #sketchbook #cat #doodle

the #wip continues to p

#art #gameart #thelefteye #procreate

But am I not a good monster? Don’t I speak English beautifully? Aren’t I so pleasant and calm? Don’t I tell good stories, just the same as the rest of you?

Wrote a thing for the Neruromyths Zine, supported by the Royal Society of Literature! My entry is The Eel, a mermaid/sea monster story that’s sat in my thoughts for 10+ years. It’s close to my heart, and to my understanding of who I am.

Grab a copy of the zine at cephalopodical.itch.io/neuromyths

neuromyths by cephalopodical A collection of creative writing and art exploring the theme of neurodivergent mythology

cephalopodical.itch.io/neuromyths

My short story: CHANGELINGS is available to read for free alongside many other amazing creative contributions in this brand new zine! Download it for free from Itch today and let me know what you think!

#zine #fiction #shortstory #neurodiverse #lgbt

Obsessed with this art of our #knifewife

Me trying to explain poker

This was very very fun to write, but an absolute nightmare to try and explain using our usual branching dialogue scripts, there were just too many pieces in the air! Getting it mapped out in twine helped massively!

#narrativedesign #twine #branchingnarrative #writing #visualnovel

Getting handsy in our latest #screenshotsaturday CG x

They need to glitch into existence and drop on you from the sky at the worst possible moment for the real yakuza 5 experience

Evidence of my ongoing yakuza problem that I looked at this beautiful project and was instantly like: JUST LIKE HUNTING BEARS IN THE SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS IN YAKUZA 5!!!

(I suspect bug game will be much cozier and involve less fighting for your life)

Here’s looking at u kid 👁️👄👁️