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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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arimia @arimiadev.com · 5h

alrighty, new blog post time. give me a list of questions you have about marketing visual novels. can be anything, as long as it's not as vague as "how do I do it".

(if you've never seen my articles, I run a blog on visual novel marketing & development: arimiadev.com )

arimia - my various projects and thoughts

my various projects and thoughts

arimiadev.com

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 6h

introspective lucie

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ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · 16h

Happy 👻 spooky month 🕯️ portfolio day! My name is Eli and I make art and visual novels with Gothic themes. 🖤

🕯️ endysis.itch.io
🕯️ store.steampowered.com/developer/en...

A black and white portrait of a woman in a fancy dress. The portrait is in a fancy frame. The top corner is covered in shadow and blood stains.

A young woman holds a candle while looking up at a multi-eyed, toothy creature. She gently pets it.

Screenshot from The Last Winter Knight. A knight is slumped forward in front of a stone wall. Light shines on their back.

Illustration of The Ghost from Draculesti lifting the helmet off of the Nameless Knight from The Last Winter Knight. Red flower petals swirl around them and fall out of the knight's helmet.

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anne @tetheredwitch.bsky.social · 7d

"this is not a place of honor" yuri

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 17h

who saved this post. just go wishlist it on steam so you can play it next time it goes on sale
store.steampowered.com/app/3139260/...

arimia @arimiadev.com · 17h

yep, there's 2 storylines with 3 endings each and a couple of bad endings!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

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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arimia @arimiadev.com · 1d

yes I'm going to write a timeloop horror romance harlequinade, yes the flowchart is going to get even worse from here

photo of a long paper with lots of orange and pink sticky notes taped to it with various diagram notes

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 1d

"mc killed the li but it's more a melancholic slice of life about personalities and trauma responses and it's basically a psychological horror for the mc but a dark romcom for the li"

it's funny though how the premise of the mc killing the li is the *least* questionable part of the pitch

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 1d

I do think cult yaoi is my best written visual novel, even if the pitch can be awkward— "ok yeah it is cult yaoi but it's not like you're in a cult, you've disbanded the cult, and yeah the leader is your love interest but he's not like the founder, he was just born in it, and yeah he killed ppl but"

Hazel "Just being in here gives me the creeps. I'll be glad when we leave."
Cyrus "That bad, huh?"
Hazel "It's a place of worship that they don't care to use anymore, but the iconography is still plastered everywhere. All of it for no one to see."
Cyrus "No one but us."
Hazel "We're only here because everywhere else is boarded up..."
Cyrus "Maybe it's fate, then? Or the work of a higher power?"
Hazel "You don't believe in that kind of stuff."
Cyrus "Maybe I'm a changed man."
Hazel "Maybe you're a liar."
Cyrus "Hahah, maybe I'm both!"

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brian "kyoni" || Nth Circle @briannthcircle.bsky.social · 1d

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willow @witchfuneral.quest · 1d

is anyone else getting tired of the victorian / middle earth aesthetic discord has been using? guilds were fine but this is a little excessive

discord context menu that lists

"send to the gallows
enroll as royal guard
stop the tomfoolery
behead postehaste
seize this user
inform of a malicious plot"

as available options

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Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · 1d

Please Be Happy, our comfy yuri visual novel set in a modern fantasy version of Wellington, is currently the lowest it's ever been on Nintendo Switch at 45% off!

Get peak yuri on your Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

photo of a lavender cased Nintendo Switch playing Please Be Happy surrounded by merch for the game as well as pink and white flowers on a pink backdrop

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Crystal Game Works @crystalgameworks.com · 1d

Both of our upcoming otome games are taking part in Steam Next Fest this week! If you want some fantasy romance, try them out 💖

🦇 Victorian vampires: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
🧹 Cute delivery dating sim: store.steampowered.com/app/3563380/...

NEXT FEST
Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon
CRYSTAL GAME WORKS
CHECK OUT OUR GAME DEMO DURING STEAM NEXT FEST
OCT 13 - 20 AT 10 AM PT

NEXT FEST
Mari's Magical Deliveries
CRYSTAL GAME WORKS
CHECK OUT OUR GAME DEMO DURING STEAM NEXT FEST
OCT 13 - 20 AT 10 AM PT

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 2d

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Anime style illustration of a blonde girl in a purple witch costume smiling and holding a lollipop while 2 small chibis in circus costumes float beside her. The background is a purple to blue gradient with Halloween candy and icons on it

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白浜鴎 @shirahamakamome.bsky.social · 2d

👻 ハロウィンイラスト再掲🎃
#Δ帽子
#とんがり帽子のアトリエ
#witchhatatelier
#atelierofwitchhat
#happyhalloween

ハロウィンの仮装をして集合写真風に集まっているとんがり帽子のアトリエのキャラクターたち。キーフリーはマッドサイエンティスト、オルーギオはマミー、イースヒースは鬼、ハイハートはヘルメス、クスタスはヴァンパイア、タータは狼男、ユイニィはフランケンシュタイン。イラスト上部には「Happy Halloween!」の文字。

ハロウィンの仮装をして集合写真風に集まっているとんがり帽子のアトリエのキャラクターたち。ココはお稲荷さま、アガットは悪魔娘、テティアはユニコーン、リチェはキョンシー、ジュジーは海賊。医療士の格好をしたアライラが、隣にいるシノーシアの魔女のコスプレに慌てている(魔女らしいつばのあるとんがり帽子をかぶっているため)。イラスト上部には「Happy Halloween!」の文字

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 2d

in more light hearted news, marketing in Memphis is a joke. just saw a sign that said "even the king had a crown" with an image of a tooth and Elvis' hair on it

arimia @arimiadev.com · 2d

despite being a perfect day out, there's practically no one on riverside now that Memphis is occupied. I've seen it be 95F+ and it packed—but today, just a few stragglers. it's disquieting

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Didules @didules.bsky.social · 2d

Animated #umineko watercolor !

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 4d

RYUKISHI DREW THE WATATABE EP 2 END CARD ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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Night Asobu @nightasobu.bsky.social · 3d

👹We have an exciting new collaboration in store 🔪

We teamed up with talented devs to bring more intriguing horror to you!
Look forward to our next announcement!