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lily valeen
@itsmelilyv.bsky.social
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~ game dev, pixel artist, lesbian devil ~ i made BOSSGAME: The Final Boss is My Heart ~ she & they ~ https://itsmelilyv.com ~ #gamedev #pixelart
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · Oct 18
heyo! i'm Lily, and i make pixelly video games about boss fights and lesbians getting into trouble.

my recent games are "BOSSGAME",
"Touhou: Lonely Lovely Bonfire",
and
"don't sing me the blues, please, sing me a Bright Red Song of Love"

i hope you'll enjoy my work!

itsmelilyv.com/games
Promo image for BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart, showing Sophie and Anna holding hands and ready to fight some devils title screen of TOUHOU LONELY LOVELY BONFIRE, showing Marisa Kirisame standing scared and lost in a bamboo forest, with a shadow of Mokou in the background pixel gif in purples, shows two women holding hands in front of a small fire while surrounded by shadow. They're leaning on each other, quietly resting. The title says "BRIGHT RED SONG OF LOVE"
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
HONESTLY it's genuinely cool to crack open a game and see all the pieces, i did that a ton back in the day too
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
it's true!! i wouldn't be here making what i do without it
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
true!! it worked at least once or twice already?
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
ahahah god, that's the only risk, though i would love to see sony send me their list of bugs to fix as i prepare to send them the exact same build
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
yea..! there are *some* tricks to obfuscate stuff like that but it'd be a lot of extra work and not totally perfect
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
hmm, you can probably get away with a lot of IP theft if only .001% of your players see it
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
yea!! craze is very chill & cool ✨
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 17h
OLD HAT: secret 1/256 variable hidden in an obvious .ini file with a suspicious name like "SIN" that unlocks glitch events

ALL THAT: untraceable 1/100,000 chance for the main character to flip out, transform into hatsune miku, shoot the screen with a gun and delete the player's save
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 18h
i think it's funny when game developers add a backdoor to their game and use it to mess with streamers. i want them to create unique events that exactly two people see, and take the secret to their grave. this is the only method human society has to recreate the Mew Truck phenomenon in the year 2025
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 18h
my game design process? simple, i copy everything from my favorite independent RPG, Wine & Roses (2012), and then start twisting it until it turns into something barely recognizable
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
hehehe thank you mina!! i'm pretty happy with how it turned out ~ learning low/mid res pixel art stuff has been so satisfying, i can't wait to put it in a game...
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
a bunch of kinds tbh!! i just made some sunomono, the kind of the pickled cucumbers that you'd get at a japanese restaurant, they're nice and flavorful... but i really like slightly hot pickled zucchini and bell peppers for snacks, and pickled onions to put on sandwiches ~
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DoricDream DUNGEON GALS @ STEAM NEXTFEST! @doricdream.bsky.social · 1d
The DUNGEON GALS #NextFest demo has LAUNCHED!

Play as a cute throuple and save a civilization in the sky from disaster!

store.steampowered.com/app/2864880/...
Dungeon Gals on Steam
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredibl...
store.steampowered.com
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
aaw thank you safron!! i'm pretty darn happy about it, ahaha... but honestly it can be hard to see the difference sometimes, so hearing that from you means a lot :)
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
yea, at least it looks easy enough that you can prep it pretty quick in the afternoon and have it for dinner / dessert ✨

i didn't realize that braiding was how bread always got that nice soft lump shape, either!
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
oh, this looks ridiculously easy... i might have to try this today...
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
it looks sooooo fluffy...................
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 1d
it could be...
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
sick of all this dialogue in my rpg :3
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
ahh, thanks kavi!! it's funny when i can actually look back & see the changes, like... ah, i guess years of practice will actually help, huh?
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
ahaha thank you, crescendo ~ i'm trying, eheh... i wanna be able to do nicer game & cutscene art for my games!!
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 4d
i am doing my best, i am doing my best, i am doing my best
#pixelart
pixel art in blues and purples. shows a nervous automata woman looking to the side, with a halo and a ring choker, in front of a dark background with a grid
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
it is the much harder part unfortunately
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
pretty good, i'm doodlin'
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 2d
hell yeaaa they look cute!!

i've been wanting to cut mine recently but i keep putting it off cuz i'm worried i'll butcher em lol
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