Julia Minamata
@juliaminamata.bsky.social
Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist https://www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Chance's Lucky Escape (w/ Goloso Games), Playdate Season 2
Also Strange Scaffold artist https://www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Chance's Lucky Escape (w/ Goloso Games), Playdate Season 2
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Save 38% on AdventureX 2025 Puzzle Bundle on Steam
store.steampowered.com
The Crimson Diamond is in the AdventureX Puzzle Bundle with @clifftopgames.bsky.social's Whispers of a Machine & Common Color's Prim! Amazing savings for some lovely games! Happy Black Friday, support indie devs if you can! 🎉
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
Reposted by Julia Minamata
🎉 AdventureX is back! youtu.be/7Ujm4xkjLbM
@adventurex.bsky.social #AdvX25
Featuring @lightfootbrosgames.bsky.social
@duckmadeofwood.bsky.social
@torreznoenter.bsky.social
@daedalic.bsky.social
@jabbage.bsky.social
@adventurex.bsky.social #AdvX25
Featuring @lightfootbrosgames.bsky.social
@duckmadeofwood.bsky.social
@torreznoenter.bsky.social
@daedalic.bsky.social
@jabbage.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Crimson Diamond is in the AdventureX Puzzle Bundle with @clifftopgames.bsky.social's Whispers of a Machine & Common Color's Prim! Amazing savings for some lovely games! Happy Black Friday, support indie devs if you can! 🎉
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
Save 38% on AdventureX 2025 Puzzle Bundle on Steam
store.steampowered.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Crimson Diamond is in the AdventureX Puzzle Bundle with @clifftopgames.bsky.social's Whispers of a Machine & Common Color's Prim! Amazing savings for some lovely games! Happy Black Friday, support indie devs if you can! 🎉
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62232...
Hungry's the best! Check out her stream and support a great cause!
Join me this weekend for my 3rd annual charity stream in support of the Northern Cancer Fund! Giveaways are provided by these awesome folks: @juliaminamata.bsky.social @agentannk.bsky.social @retrobitgaming.bsky.social @figgyzofficial.bsky.social @brokestudio.bsky.social @retroware.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hungry's the best! Check out her stream and support a great cause!
Latest VODs are out! I show photos from my recent London (and #AdvX2025 trip), paint more double-wide pixels, and visit a couple new locations in Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/ldB2e8_23Mo
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... November 256, 2025
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Latest VODs are out! I show photos from my recent London (and #AdvX2025 trip), paint more double-wide pixels, and visit a couple new locations in Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/ldB2e8_23Mo
Reposted by Julia Minamata
This was such a special video to make, and I really appreciate the Consume Me team being so generous with their time and ARTIFACTS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaM...
How these indie devs turned teenage anxiety into a video game
YouTube video by Polygon
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This was such a special video to make, and I really appreciate the Consume Me team being so generous with their time and ARTIFACTS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaM...
Reposted by Julia Minamata
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is currently 50% off on GOG!
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is currently 50% off on GOG!
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
Reposted by Julia Minamata
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢
I'm super proud to share that a new Limited run @playtiles.bsky.social campaign has just started, featuring Inspector Waffles Early Days!!! 🔥
The Playtiles transforms your mobile into a gaming console: I have a lot of fun playing with it and I can only recommend it 😊
I'm super proud to share that a new Limited run @playtiles.bsky.social campaign has just started, featuring Inspector Waffles Early Days!!! 🔥
The Playtiles transforms your mobile into a gaming console: I have a lot of fun playing with it and I can only recommend it 😊
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢
I'm super proud to share that a new Limited run @playtiles.bsky.social campaign has just started, featuring Inspector Waffles Early Days!!! 🔥
The Playtiles transforms your mobile into a gaming console: I have a lot of fun playing with it and I can only recommend it 😊
I'm super proud to share that a new Limited run @playtiles.bsky.social campaign has just started, featuring Inspector Waffles Early Days!!! 🔥
The Playtiles transforms your mobile into a gaming console: I have a lot of fun playing with it and I can only recommend it 😊
Done for the night! Thanks everyone for coming out & thanks www.twitch.tv/thecourtesyf..., @disastersquad.bsky.social, @thedeivore.bsky.social, & www.twitch.tv/sakanakao for the raids! I raided @cybertruckeralpha.bsky.social, playing the gorgeous PC-86 game Ugetsu Kitan! Happy Crimson C'Tuesday!
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Done for the night! Thanks everyone for coming out & thanks www.twitch.tv/thecourtesyf..., @disastersquad.bsky.social, @thedeivore.bsky.social, & www.twitch.tv/sakanakao for the raids! I raided @cybertruckeralpha.bsky.social, playing the gorgeous PC-86 game Ugetsu Kitan! Happy Crimson C'Tuesday!
Live now! It's Crimson C'Tuesday time! Let's goooo!! I'll be sharing vacation photos and pixelling some art and investigating a missing person in 1980s Japan! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Live now! It's Crimson C'Tuesday time! Let's goooo!! I'll be sharing vacation photos and pixelling some art and investigating a missing person in 1980s Japan! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
Tonight, 8pm Eastern! It's Crimson C'Tuesday, come join me for some pixel art and no mushroom photos but other kinds of photos, and more retro Japanese gaming! Hope to see you there! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tonight, 8pm Eastern! It's Crimson C'Tuesday, come join me for some pixel art and no mushroom photos but other kinds of photos, and more retro Japanese gaming! Hope to see you there! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
Reposted by Julia Minamata
Chance's Lucky Escape by @golosogames.bsky.social
& @juliaminamata.bsky.social
If you've got a playdate (I don't) this one seems like a must have! But it will also be released on pc eventually play.date/games/chance...
& @juliaminamata.bsky.social
If you've got a playdate (I don't) this one seems like a must have! But it will also be released on pc eventually play.date/games/chance...
Chance's Lucky Escape for Playdate
Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. But on the way, to his misfortune, a tire on his car bursts. Stopped in the middle of the fast lane, pursu...
play.date
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Chance's Lucky Escape by @golosogames.bsky.social
& @juliaminamata.bsky.social
If you've got a playdate (I don't) this one seems like a must have! But it will also be released on pc eventually play.date/games/chance...
& @juliaminamata.bsky.social
If you've got a playdate (I don't) this one seems like a must have! But it will also be released on pc eventually play.date/games/chance...
Yay thanks, Alex!!!
...Chance's Lucky Escape (@golosogames.bsky.social & @juliaminamata.bsky.social)
Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. Chance's Lucky Escape is a comedy point and click adventure game where luck plays an important role.
Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. Chance's Lucky Escape is a comedy point and click adventure game where luck plays an important role.
Chance's Lucky Escape for Playdate
Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. But on the way, to his misfortune, a tire on his car bursts. Stopped in the middle of the fast lane, pursu...
play.date
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yay thanks, Alex!!!
Thanks so much for playing, Adam! The Playdate is so much fun. 💛
(2/4) Chance's Lucky Escape, a really charming little adventure game by the lovely @golosogames.bsky.social and @juliaminamata.bsky.social that's making me seriously consider buying a Playdate. golosogames.com/index.php/ch...
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thanks so much for playing, Adam! The Playdate is so much fun. 💛
Ahhhh you made Nancy look so goooooood!!! You truly captured her spirit. 😭
Absolutely thrilled seeing my art displayed in #AdventureX.
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ahhhh you made Nancy look so goooooood!!! You truly captured her spirit. 😭
Yesssssss!!
Took a break from Drifter stuff to do some art for the next Telwynium game. Been nearly 2 years since I did one of these, glad it's still so fun!
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Yesssssss!!
Do you want to hear me rave about something cool? Give a listen! 👂
Ep. 6 of the Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club is out!
This month @writnelson.bsky.social, Candace and @chrisslight.bsky.social are joined by @juliaminamata.bsky.social to discuss...
Wanted: Warriors of Fate, Dimension 20, Flea Markets and Soul of Sovereignty while answering your questions!
This month @writnelson.bsky.social, Candace and @chrisslight.bsky.social are joined by @juliaminamata.bsky.social to discuss...
Wanted: Warriors of Fate, Dimension 20, Flea Markets and Soul of Sovereignty while answering your questions!
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Do you want to hear me rave about something cool? Give a listen! 👂
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
More adventures games for Playdate, and everywhere! Let's gooo!
AdventureX (@adventurex.bsky.social) IS THIS WEEK🥳
I haven't got through as many adventures as I'd hoped...but if you tell me there's an adventure game for the @play.date!?
That's definitely one to try 💛🖤
I played Chance's Lucky Escape 🏃
@golosogames.bsky.social @juliaminamata.bsky.social
(1/4)
I haven't got through as many adventures as I'd hoped...but if you tell me there's an adventure game for the @play.date!?
That's definitely one to try 💛🖤
I played Chance's Lucky Escape 🏃
@golosogames.bsky.social @juliaminamata.bsky.social
(1/4)
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
More adventures games for Playdate, and everywhere! Let's gooo!
It's almost the weekend in my neck of the woods! If you're looking for a cute way to spend approximately 15 minutes of your weekend, check out my tiny Over the Garden Wall adventure game 🍂🍎 -- FREE to play in-browser on my itchio page below! Now with a walkthrough available! 👇 Happy weekend! 🎉
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's almost the weekend in my neck of the woods! If you're looking for a cute way to spend approximately 15 minutes of your weekend, check out my tiny Over the Garden Wall adventure game 🍂🍎 -- FREE to play in-browser on my itchio page below! Now with a walkthrough available! 👇 Happy weekend! 🎉
Latest VODs up! I show a bit of my tiny Over the Garden Wall game & talk about its development, add flowers to some low-res EGA wallpaper, and play more Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/ApDbwsC8PWY
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... November 11, 2025
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Latest VODs up! I show a bit of my tiny Over the Garden Wall game & talk about its development, add flowers to some low-res EGA wallpaper, and play more Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/ApDbwsC8PWY
November's Crimson Gazette is out now! I made an Over the Garden Wall game & you can play it NOW, for ✨✨FREE!✨✨ The evolution of a ruthless space crab 🦀, courtesy of @strangescaffold.bsky.social, a new Let's Play, & Japanese copper! Read all about it! www.thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazet... #otgw
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
November's Crimson Gazette is out now! I made an Over the Garden Wall game & you can play it NOW, for ✨✨FREE!✨✨ The evolution of a ruthless space crab 🦀, courtesy of @strangescaffold.bsky.social, a new Let's Play, & Japanese copper! Read all about it! www.thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazet... #otgw
Thanks so much for the great chat!
Had a wonderful conversation with the always charming @juliaminamata.bsky.social about creating adventure games and the timeless appeal of "Over The Garden Wall"!
youtube.com/live/rStytuu...
youtube.com/live/rStytuu...
Let's Chat with Julia Minamata about The Round-about Orchard (Over the Garden Wall)
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thanks so much for the great chat!
Reposted by Julia Minamata
Hey, Monkey Island hivemind!
One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.
(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.
(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hey, Monkey Island hivemind!
One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.
(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.
(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
Ooh thanks for playing and streaming my tiny game!!
So the plans for today's #stream at 7 pm GMT:
Starting with @juliaminamata.bsky.social's Over The Garden Wall fangame "The Round About Orchard"
Then we'll be playing @zeitglas.bsky.social's Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator, having been given a key and no more embargo!
twitch.tv/musicgeekery
Starting with @juliaminamata.bsky.social's Over The Garden Wall fangame "The Round About Orchard"
Then we'll be playing @zeitglas.bsky.social's Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator, having been given a key and no more embargo!
twitch.tv/musicgeekery
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ooh thanks for playing and streaming my tiny game!!
Done for the night! I showed some Over the Garden Wall game, wallpapered some pixels & explored Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Thanks @lemmingruns.bsky.social, @rat707.bsky.social, and @martydotzone.bsky.social for the raids! I raided @robotspacer.online playing 7th Guest! Happy Crimson C'Tuesday!
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Done for the night! I showed some Over the Garden Wall game, wallpapered some pixels & explored Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Thanks @lemmingruns.bsky.social, @rat707.bsky.social, and @martydotzone.bsky.social for the raids! I raided @robotspacer.online playing 7th Guest! Happy Crimson C'Tuesday!