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Indie developer of narrative games with unusual stories 🎮. Despite the name, we’re actually French. ✨ http://traumendes-madchen.com/ ✨ Visual Novel français 🔵⚪🔴 https://www.patreon.com/Helia

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Traumendes_Madchen @traumendesmadchen.bsky.social · 21d

The #FallinLoveFestival hosted by @vnstudioelan.com starts now & Chronotopia has joined the party! 💕

For a full week, you can enjoy a crazy schedule with multiple lovely people playing the game on their channel. I’ll be present...for emotional support 🤭.

store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

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itch.io @itch.io · 6h

Peaches Interplanetary: A story about growing fruit in space

clover-snail.itch.io/peaches-inte...

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 4h

Stereotypes of Japan as a land of vague meaning and blunted expression are just straight-up Orientalism and obscure a complex reality. Here's why blanket statements about Japanese being a "subtle language" need to be taken with a grain of salt.

The Myth of Japanese Indirectness and "Subtlety" - Unseen Japan

Stereotypes of Japan as a land of vague meaning and blunted expression are just straight up Orientalism that obscure a complex reality.

buff.ly

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boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 1d

reminder that free speech is a privilege and not a right—those in power will challenge your right to free speech at every turn if you do not stand up for yourself and those around you

make your calls!! in the US, KOSA is back on the floor. use the 5calls app to contact your state reps!

boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · Aug 5

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵

how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org

info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

drawing of a man laying on bed with an old school phone in hand. he has a speech bubble that says "I'm so confused~ is what i'm buying illegal?" the text on the page says "keep calling and writing until payment processor censorship is reversed. one call a day makes a difference! mastercard and visa's statements aren't good enough. let's keep up the pressure together!"

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Theo @ Upwards, Rain! releases July 1st! @theo.twofold.page · 3h

HOWDY! 🎉
Come join us for a fun game dev stream where we celebrate Twofold's birthday by making a visual novel! 🖥📝

⬇ More details below!

Yeehaw! We're celebrating Twofold's second birthday! Join us October 27th, 6:30pm PDT for a stream we we make an O2A2-style Twofold game... with a wild west twist!

Come say howdy! https://twitch.tv/minyate

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Mekanek @mekanekpuppy.bsky.social · 21h

Got this from the husband today. I truly love him more than I can express.

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Rnna @rnna.bsky.social · 18h

Would you… love me?

#va11halla

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faraf fan club (2025-2025) @seneschel.bsky.social · 17h

remembered this Uoto interview I really like

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Altila @altilaaa.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for 500 plays on [Moonlit Wizardry]! To commemorate this milestone, here is a happier Nova because he has no CG in-game.

If you haven't played it, here is the link:
altila.itch.io/moonlit-wiza...

#SpooktoberVNJam #vndev

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Matthieu / Marsheleene @marsheleene.bsky.social · 21h

Donc mi novembre, Magelis organise sur un week-end une "creative jam" dans les locaux de l'ENJMIN, au plateau projet, qui demande aux M2 de libérer ledit plateau et leurs pc de travail dès le vendredi... Et la jam c'est réaliser un court métrage d'animation full IA.
Je suis super en colère. 1/5

Inédit à Angoulême !
On en parle beaucoup...mais l'avez-vous expérimentée ?
L'IA dans l'animation :
révolution créative, accélérateur de projet ou mirage ?
Rendez-vous du samedi 15 (matin) au dimanche 16 novembre (soir) pour une Jam sur l'Intelligence Artificielle Générative !
Une Quoi ?
Deux jours d’expérimentation et de collaboration où vous pourrez mélanger techniques traditionnelles et outils IAG, en équipe. L’occasion de tester, apprendre et réfléchir aux usages possibles de ces technologies dans nos métiers.
L'objectif n’est pas de promouvoir l’IA à tout prix, mais de créer un espace pour expérimenter avec recul, partager les pratiques, et surtout questionner collectivement les transformations en cours dans les métiers créatifs.
Pour Qui ?
Créatives et créatifs, étudiantes et étudiants, professionnels de l’animation, des VFX et du jeu vidéo, passionnés de nouvelles technologies ou simplement curieux… Cette Jam est ouverte à tous celles et ceux qui souhaitent expérimenter et partager autour de l’IAG appliquée à la création.
L'Objectif ?
Créer un film d'animation (de format très court) en 48h avec l'aide de l'IA, par équipe de 4 (3 professionnels de l'animation + 1 étudiant ou 4 professionnels en fonction du nombre d'inscriptions)
Pour les pros, la Jam permet d'expérimenter avec les différentes IA (en SaaS), tester ses usages et s’y confronter de façon concrète.
L’objectif, pour les étudiants, est de découvrir/explorer diverses utilisations de l’intelligence artificielle de manière encadrée, expérimenter et tester avec des mentors, travailler au contact de professionnels de l’animation et tisser du lien avec le milieu professionnel et les participants issus des autres écoles, se forger une opinion.
Des ateliers et conférences rythmeront ces deux jours de Jam qui sera par ailleurs encadrée par des professionnels du secteur expérimentés.

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Wishlist "Monster Con" @monsterprom.bsky.social · 10h

GAME IDEA: LONG LIVE THE BRAND

We're often exploring ideas for new games.
We'll be sharing them here & in other social media.

The idea is to check if they get likes, comments & hype to help us choose what to prioritize.

Wanna know more about this one? Here 🧵

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itch.io @itch.io · 9h

The site should be accessible again. Unfortunately our host's DDOS "protection" is to just turn off our site. They were unable to do anything to restore our services during the ongoing DDOS attack so we did an emergency migration. Tell us if you see something wrong

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itch.io @itch.io · 15h

🚧 Sorry everyone, it appears we're currently under a DDOS attack and our host, Linode, put a networking restriction on our main web server, meaning it isn't publicly available. We've reached out to them for more information. Hope to have an update soon.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 9h

meme text: 'me trying not to interrupt someone when they get a minor fact wrong in my hyper-focused area of expertise' (line drawing of an awkward looking thing)

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itch.io @itch.io · 2d

Consume Me: BEING A TEENAGER SUCKS. So, we made a videogame about it.

hexecutable.itch.io/consume-me

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 8d

I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items

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Lucy Blundell @kinmoku.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Exciting news! 📢

VIDEOVERSE will be coming to consoles on...

✨November 14th✨

The port includes all post-PC launch updates plus new Japanese localisation 🇯🇵

Please share! ❤️

#indiegame #visualnovel #gaming

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 1d

I was a young Republican as a kid. Preacher's (Deacon's, whatever) kid, etc etc, thank the gods I ended up queer, anyways:

Yes, young Republicans have always been like this. It was just masked in a polite racism kinda way. My grandparents turned turbo racist as they aged and those filters came off.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 1d

Hi hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨✨

I'm Requinoesis, someone who loves the ocean! I'm dedicated to creating a new insight into the imagery of sharks under pastel colors! 🌊🦈✨

You can see more of my art stuff here, if you want: linktr.ee/requinoesis

Roberto, the great hammerhead shark, explores the ruins of an ancient museum destroyed by Typhon's storm. He holds a flashlight and carries a mysterious human spirit in his backpack, who accompanies him in silence.

The place, shrouded by the phenomenon called “cursed salt mist”, is covered in a permanent fog. Salt crystals sprout everywhere and a supernatural presence seem to lurk among the rubble.

The spirit that accompanies Roberto is liquid and translucent. Sometimes little tropical fish of extinct species float around him, as if attracted by his presence.

The museum's architecture is full of organic curves and ornate tiles. Decorated columns show a crab with a human face holding the moon between its pincers, an ancient symbol of a historical figure revered by the sharkfolk.

A cozy little shark bistro nestled among lots of plants.

A little harbor village of Gourdlets among a cozy grove of trees, carrying out various cooperative activities related to fishing and recreation, there are little colorful fish and a shark swimming peacefully in the sea.

An allegory of the "Jaws" movie poster that caused damage and negative stereotypes to the image of sharks that persist to this day (I'm glad it's slowly changing, but it's still too slow to be considered forgivable). Now with a reversal of roles, with the human victim replaced by a simple wild shark and the terrible stereotyped shark replaced by a monstrous human skull seeming to want to devour the shark (this is the reality, we kill thousands of sharks every year, many of them killed for irrational reasons, who is the real cruel killer?)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

You won't believe me, but we've had a new government in France for 24 hours, the fourth in a year and the second in a week, and they've already found a way to insult me. 😂

"We're not autistic, we can see that this reform isn't going down well.” - our brand-new Minister of Labor and Solidarity

That's me if I were an outraged droid with a tape between my legs

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 2d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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⚜️ Lys 🦋 @momoiro-lys.bsky.social · 2d

Hi #PortfolioDay ! 💜 I’m Lys, a French freelance illustrator who loves drawing fairies, my lesbian ocs and anything a little magical I guess!
I took some time off of social medias because of an elbow injury but I’m slowly getting back in the game 💥💕

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céli 🍉 @pianta.bsky.social · Apr 8

hi #portfolioday ! i'm céli and i'm trying my best 🩷

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keke_094 @porosneustein094.bsky.social · 1d

Popolocrois Monogatari PS1 is such a love letter for Sakuga fans.

many veteran animator who were involved in the cutscene animation: Hitoshi Haga, Katsumi Matsuda, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Kenji Mizuhata, Mitsuo Iso, Satoru Utsunomiya, Yasunori Miyazawa, and Yoshio Mizumura.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social · 12d

I wish I knew how to Marketing™ better.

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