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anime artist, visual novel developer and card gamer. she/her #visualnovel dev at @crystalgameworks.com & marketing at @vnstudioelan.com. I read too much shounen manga and collect doujin games.

💜 my blog: https://arimiadev.com/
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arimia @arimiadev.com · Oct 19
hiya! I'm Ari, a visual novel developer, marketer & artist—a clown of many hats. I make genderqueer romance & fantasy visual novels solo and I'm the marketing lead at @vnstudioelan.bsky.social ✨

I read too much shounen & doujin VNs.

💜 my blog: arimiadev.com
❤️ my gaymes: crystalgameworks.itch.io
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we're bringing Witch You Want to Steam very soon 💖 it will be pretty much the same game but with Steam achievements and a couple fixes~
vnstudioelan.com Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · 1d
"Urgently hiring! Please apply NOW!! ✨"
On a sparkly paper, you see a witch in desperate need of an assistant—and you happen to be in between jobs. It won't hurt to apply, right...?

Witch You Want, our cute modern fantasy visual novel with a failgirl witch, is coming to Steam! s.team/a/4253760/
Witch You Want
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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learning mahjong the way the masters intended
screenshot of Touhou Unreal Mahjong
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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ajihaew.bsky.social
hello #portfolioday !

i'm i'm jihae/abi, a background artist and illustrator with experience in games and comics! looking for work that intertwines vibrant colors with storytelling!

🌱 ajihaew.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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meiri.itch.io
Hi #portfolioday! I'm Mei, an asexual Brazilian game dev making emotional narrative games about the human experience, mental health, and queer identities :D

Not only do I make cool games, I'm also open to work on new ones~

My games: meiri.itch.io
Portfolio: meiriworks.carrd.co#portfolio
January 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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4nokivn.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm shino, a yuri visual novel developer. I'm a director, scenario writer, and character artist (mostly design these days) who loves birds and cute girls!

🎮 4noki.itch.io
🎮 store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...
📧 4nokivn.beehiiv.com

#yuri #yurivn
Who is the Red Queen? main menu. I worked on it as director, scenario writer (+ basic scripting), character designer. The Final Prize is Soup introductory scene. I worked on it as director, scenario writer (+ basic scripting) for the Eleven route (outlined the whole project), sprite artist, and character designer. Consummation demo screenshot. Solo devved with the help of stock images and free music/sfx. Moon Archer Shooting Stars. Solo devved.
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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crystalgameworks.com
Otome Games Celebration is back this May on Steam! 💜✨

Join us for our festival dedicated to otome games across the world, including several highly popular Japanese otome games 💕 If you have an otome game released or upcoming on Steam, sign up now before January 28th.

forms.gle/SbWnQvVnF7vC...
Otome Games CELEBRATION!
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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me whenever someone tells me about a type of game: hold up let me see if there's any touhou versions of it
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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nxcromantik.bsky.social
retry now!
[ #vocaloid #art]
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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alexisroyce.ink
Hey there #portfolioday ! I'm Royce, and I make watercolors and visual novels. Frequently I pair them together. I'm good at and enjoy stories that seem simple from the outside, but drag you down deep the further you go.

Games: alexisroyce.itch.io
Contact info: alexisroyce.ink
A watercolor painting of Beatrice from Umineko no naku koro ni Key art from mystery game The Case of the serialized killer Lupin the third and jigen daisuke, clowning around A visual novel screenshot of a victorian or edwardian style cast, rendered in watercolor. Text: I'm holing myself up in a room until morning
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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justacarrot.bsky.social
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
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.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
arimiadev.com
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
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
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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ghostess.net
I don't think I posted the progress comparison here!
A progress shot from 2015, early 2025, and late 2025 for a similar composition: An anime girl with blue hair in front of a full moon
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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pumpkin-spike.itch.io
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Pumpkin, a digital artist currently focusing on #manga and #visualnovels. I am currently available for long term projects!

🎮 pumpkin-spike.itch.io/jincan-under...
🗯 namicomi.com/en/org/pumpk...
💼 vgen.co/PumpkinSpike
📧 [email protected]

#animeartist #gamdev #vnlink
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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solarprotag.bsky.social
I'm Solara/Sol! I'm a Canadian illustrator and character designer who makes visual novels!
#PortfolioDay
solgallery.carrd.co
Screenshot from Bread Makes The Heart Aflutter. Shows the bakery scene, with sprites of three fairies floating in the middle of the screen, and Emile's side portrait in the bottom left. The text reads: "Emile: Hello, Snowdrop. Hello, Azalea. Hello, Magnolia. It's good to see you, too!" Cropped artwork of Eileen, the mascot of the visual novel engine RenPy, happily pulling a book out of a bookshelf. The book has the python logo on it. Cropped artwork featuring the vtubers from Holostars English. The two in frame are Banzoin Hakka — who is holding up a drink with an excited look on his face — and Josuiji Shinri — who is looking at him with a smile on his face. Just out of view are Machina X Flayon and Regis Altare. Screenshot from The Mysterious Thief Forget Me Not. It shows the museum interior, with Irina's sprite in the middle of the screen and Desirée's portrait in the bottom left. The dialogue reads: "Desirée: (It's just the two of us right now...)"
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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oretsuu.bsky.social
May I have this dance? 🎼💕
#ohshc
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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today grandma and I finally finished my GDQ t-shirt quilt, a blanket made up of previous #GamesDoneQuick t-shirts I bought during the past decade (some when I was in high school...!). here's to another decade of GDQ 🎉
photo of someone holding up a large black & multicolor t-shirt blanket photo of a large black & multicolor t-shirt blanket photo of someone holding up a large black & multicolor t-shirt blanket photo of a close up of a black & multicolor t-shirt blanket
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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mokadevs.itch.io
🕑Match Made in Time🕑

Your friends have forgotten you. Wrangle time and match-3 to make them remember.

Made by @vvenn.bsky.social, @ministarfruit.itch.io, @shynoraneko.bsky.social, @selrev.bsky.social and I for the 7th #HoloJam! #gamedev #kronillust

✨ mokadevs.itch.io/match-made-in-time
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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roodypatooti.bsky.social
Maung Thuta @CypressDahlia You really don't realize how "okay" most games are until you play true kusoge. Like most of our critique is always in a safe zone of "internet literati" style criteria. Sometimes I crack open a game from 1995 where jumping feels like being stabbed in the stomach Maung Thuta @CypressDahlia "The ludonarrative in this scene is bad" alright sure that's fair but when was the last time you played a game where just the feeling of playing it was bad
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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seeing the lads ""controversy"" in my periphery from second-hand exposure has just been wild. so much blatant homophobia from otome "fans", people who just want vanilla straight romances and refuse to let others think of characters as bi/pan or have fun at all.

otome =/= just straight characters
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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sayitinred.bsky.social
Dear Listeners,

Our new schedule is available.
Patrons, as always, are able to see our schedule all the way through July of this year - If you'd like to know where we're headed after we finish reading through Tsukihime's Arcueid and Ciel routes, please join us.

www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...
Say it in Red podcast's upcoming schedule, listing the release date and episode topic for their next 3 episodes spanning January through March of 2026 January 30th: Tsukihime Original - Arcueid Route February 27th: Tsukihime Remake ~ A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Part 2 of 2) - Ciel Route March 27th: Tsukihime Original - Ciel Route
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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thefatwizard.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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arimiadev.com
make the visual novel of your dreams in 2026 !!

if you've ever wanted to make a visual novel, do it! it's a lot easier (and harder) than you might think, but I made a guide on what they are, how to make them, and a bunch of resources to get started 💜✨

read it here: arimiadev.com/how-to-make-...
How to Make Visual Novels guide & resource list for how to make your own indie visual novels by Arimia
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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make the visual novel of your dreams in 2026 !!

if you've ever wanted to make a visual novel, do it! it's a lot easier (and harder) than you might think, but I made a guide on what they are, how to make them, and a bunch of resources to get started 💜✨

read it here: arimiadev.com/how-to-make-...
How to Make Visual Novels guide & resource list for how to make your own indie visual novels by Arimia
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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spent today cleaning and reading...
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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anjalikdayal.bsky.social
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM