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Iron
@ironnorivn.bsky.social
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Visual novel dev, editor/proofreader, higher ed nerd, punster extraordinaire. Admin of https://vndev.wiki/ & VN jam statistician she/her 🏳️‍🌈 日本語OK https://ironnorivn.wordpress.com/
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · Apr 8
Lots of new followers lately, so hello! I'm Iron (she/her). I'm a visual novel editor/developer with a passion for stories that touch on the fundamentals of what it means to be human. I'm an admin for vndev.wiki, where I curate & create resources for VN developers!

See my latest/current projects ⬇️
Key art for visual novel "Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon" from Crystal Game Works. A woman with long, red-blonde hair is standing in a green field of grass and flowers, arms crossed and eyes peacefully closed. She's wearing a red Victorian dress with white sleeves. Around her are three men, the love interests from the visual novel. They are each wearing formal Victorian clothes - one in blue, one in green, and one in purple. They all have brown hair in various shades & styles. Logo for the visual novel "Spring in Her Step". Green bubble letters are on a pick background with white polka dots. The dot on the letter i in the word "Spring" is a small pink flower. A green leaf sits outside the background on the left, as though it's resting up against the rest of the logo. A screenshot of a CG from "Spring in her Step". A brunette woman with medium skin tone is excitedly twirling in an olive green dress, while a man stands behind her, giving a thumbs up and a goofy grin. He is wearing a dark blue collared shirt, and has medium-short red hair and freckles. The textbox reads: "Ty: Every cute girl needs a cute prom dress! What d'you think!?" The VNDev Wiki logo. One of the DevTalk mascots, Cherry, smiles in front of a library background. Next to her is white text that reads "VN Dev Wiki". Cherry has dark red hair, blue eyes, light skin, a purple shirt, and jack-o-lantern earrings.
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · 1h
Can’t wait!
vndev.bsky.social Lemon @ DevTalk @vndev.bsky.social · 3h
The Spooktober Awards Show is this weekend! Don't miss the culmination of DevTalk's biggest event of the year!

Join us as we reveal the winners of this year's competition - and award $3,000 USD in prizes!

Live with @chizukoyote.itch.io Sunday at 8pm Eastern: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgk...
Spooktober Visual Novel Jam 2025 Awards Show
YouTube video by Chizu Koyote 🧭 V雑
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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · 2d
Doce Fim's demo is out!

Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this emotional visual novel. Will you open yourself to trust?

FEATURING:
⭐ A queer cast
⭐ Mental health themes
⭐ Voice acting
⭐ Cinematic camerawork
⭐ 4 hours of content

s.team/a/3808270

#VNDev #indiedev #gamedev
Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~ on Steam
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 4d
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"
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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d
she truly is a queen
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SHARE MY PINNED 📌 @pavlovforgoths.com · 3d
here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
Avatar whatacartouchebag Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image.Badge image. 5d Crawling out of my hole to remind people that with this current update to Firefox (version 144) they've gone and dumped in their lot with a buncha lil AI tools, namely Perplexity as a new search engine. So if the sound of that leaves your mouth tasting of tar, here's what you want to do: In the url bar, type in about:config It'll give you a big scary warning page that you might poke holes in your browser. Good. You want to do that. Click continue. One by one, you're going to need to put each of these into the search bar in the page, not up top: browser.ml.enable browser.ml.chat.enabled extensions.ml.enabled browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled Each of these are gonna have a lil toggle icon on the right hand side that looks like a funky double-ended arrow. Click that and the value next to it should change to false. It all auto saves as you go. Some of these might already be set to false by default and that's peachy. The next best thing you can do for yourself is to set your default search engine to udm14 or Qwant, but for now, we're just tidying the garden a lil bit.
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OffKai Expo | VTuber Convention @offkaiexpo.com · 4d
Surprise 🎉
#OffKaiGen5 will be July 24-26, 2026 at the San Jose Convention Center! ✨

Save the date and come celebrate with us! 🎡🎪
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
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Crystal Game Works @crystalgameworks.com · 6d
🦇 new devlog 💕

Today we're taking a look at the progress on Day 5 in Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon! Lucie has a Very Normal lunch with Elm and Cecil...

Read it here: crystalgameworks.com/october-2025...
OCTOBER 2025 DEVLOG Day 5 Progress & Festivals
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · 5d
Discord screenshot. aine: “anime girls with volcanos on their heads playing uno?” Iron: “yes aine. and they’re giving me an existential crisis”
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arimia @arimiadev.com · 7d
my friend is running her own Steam festival and is searching for streamers & press to help cover the event! if you enjoyed Fall in Love Festival & Otome Games Celebration, you'll love hers as it's focused on choice-driven narrative games (esp visual novels)💖

sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Choose Wisely Press / Content Creator Form 2025
This is a form for streamers, content creators, and press interested in covering the 2025 edition of the Choose Wisely Festival. The Choose Wisely Festival is a choice-based narrative games celebrati...
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5d
Do not interact. Do not contribute. This is not Twitter. We do not get baited here, we block here. You hated Twitter, so stop trying to recreate it.

Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.

bsky.app/profile/eva....
eva.computer eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 6d
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 6d
Playing Legends ZA and Naveen just blindsided me with those he/him pronouns

It's cool though, it's about time we got some he/him lesbian representation
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Theo @ Upwards, Rain! releases July 1st! @theo.twofold.page · 7d
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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arimia @arimiadev.com · 8d
you should play the demo for my woke otome game about Victorian vampires
store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
capsule image of Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon. underneath it says: NOT RECOMMENDED Woke content.
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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 10d
if you want to make a positive impact towards our indigenous communities in the US today, please donate or share the Western Alaska Disaster Relief fund. every single dollar goes to helping the displaced families following the devastating impacts of typhoon halong.
adriftalchemist.bsky.social CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 11d
Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · 11d
😰
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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 11d
This is all the serotonin I need for the rest of the year.. like wow.. things are really good sometimes
sailorrooscout.bsky.social Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11d
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12d
It’s not too late to wear a mask.

It’s not too late to protect your health.

It’s not too late to show you care about the health of those around you.

It’s not too late to do your part to make public spaces inclusive & accessible.

It’s radical kindness & community care.
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · 11d
careful of the tips, they can be pokey
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RJAIN // seinobyte 🔞 @rjain.bsky.social · 12d
Notice to anyone using Linktree (especially if you're paying for it), you should probably stop.

The paid features just went from $10 to $16 a month. That's more than some phone plans and streaming services. For a page. With some links on it.

Why? So they could add more AI features we didn't want.
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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 11d
GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.
thevoidencore.bsky.social Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 17d
The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
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OffKai Expo | VTuber Convention @offkaiexpo.com · 14d
The time is nigh! 💫🐴

The Twilight Reverie Lounge is almost here! Remember to get your admission before it is too late- #OffKaiFest2025 will be LIVE at Music Box in San Diego, CA on Oct. 18th.

Join us, for a night worth dreaming about!

👇
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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 14d
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Iron @ironnorivn.bsky.social · 14d
congrats!!
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Boo 🎀 @crystallizedboo.bsky.social · 17d
kitashuva long bacon season

#umamusume #ウマ娘
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