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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · 9d

The first morning of Out of Water is quiet.

A swim with your little brother.
Warm bread.
The smell of damp leaves and smoke.

Your sister asks if you’ll play tomorrow.

You say yes...

🎮 Free demo out now: store.steampowered.com/app/3911100/...

#VisualNovel #IndieGame #SteamDemo #RenPy

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · 12d

Three men. Three beliefs.

🧱 Harik - quiet strength, warm hands, honest eyes
🏹 Ansgar - proud hunter, quick wit, reckless heart
🪬 Basi - wandering scholar, charming mind, sharp tongue

🎮 Out of Water demo is live on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3911100/...

#VisualNovel #SteamDemo #IndieGame

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · 21d

Steam sale has started and all my games are 35% off!
Wether you wanna be whisked away to a dark fantasy world, spam your mouse button shooting at hades' minions or take a break with a whimsical little adventure story: NOW IS THE TIME 💗
#steamsale #indiegames #retrogames #visualnovel #steamautumnsale

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Sep 16

Wanna play a comfy but also spooky VN with tons of mythology?

OUT OF WATER demo out now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3911100/...

#visualnovel #indiegames #gamedemo

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something is wrong in Watarholt.
The days grow shorter and the river no longer returns what it takes.

🛞 Out of Water is a slow-burn folk horror visual novel set in 1 CE.
🛞 Optional romance. Heavy choices.

store.steampowered.com/app/3907840/...

#visualnovel #folkhorror #renpy #SteamDemo

lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 19

Me, just trying to release the demo for my dark folkloric VN...
Steam: “Please include more detail about how to access the mature content…”
👁️👄👁️

PSA: Demos and full games need separate content ratings... whoops.

Anyway: store.steampowered.com/app/3911100/...

#indiedev #visualnovel #SteamDemo

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 17

:D no-one needs sleep ;)

Bin writing for this one for quite a while already

lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 16

🧿 The Out of Water demo is now LIVE on Steam!

Enter a myth-soaked world of grief, folklore, and ancient spirits.

🌿 Visual novel
🩸 Mythology
❤️ Romance is optional
💀 Death isn’t

▶️ Play the free demo
💙 Wishlist if it haunts you

store.steampowered.com/app/3911100/...

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

store.steampowered.com/app/3907840/...

another little speed drawing for the second act of OUT OF WATER 🥰
This is Harik 😘
#speeddrawing #characterdesign #vndesign

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's soooo hot over here q_q
So making this birch forest background was a real blessing in disguise even though it took 7 ages to draw this :D

store.steampowered.com/app/3907840/...

#visualnovelart #digitalart #vnartist

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 7

Turns out making a visual novel in 1 CE means studying burial rites and river ecology...
Out of Water is built on obsession. And a LOT of tabs.
📚💀
Wishlist it on Steam - Demo coming soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/3907840/...
#gamedev #visualnovel #indiegame #folkhorror #germanic #wishlistit

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧿 Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3907840/...

A slow-burn visual novel of folkloric horror, grief, and impossible choices set in a northern Germanic village in 1 CE.

#VisualNovel #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday #Folkhorror #RenPy

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jul 16

I can't know if people will like my game and I still hit the publish button... And then this.
Thank you to each and everyone who has played my little VN!!! 😍😭😍

store.steampowered.com/app/2926910/...

#SteamSale #VisualNovel #NarrativeGame #BanishingYou #QueerGames

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Banishing You is 50% off - only one more day.
A ghost story about love, betrayal, and the lies we tell ourselves.

If you're going to break someone’s heart…
At least make it count.

👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2926910/...

#SteamSale #VisualNovel #NarrativeGame #IndieDev #BanishingYou

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jul 8

💔 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 is 50% off during the #SteamSale.
store.steampowered.com/app/2926910/...
🐰 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 just launched.
store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

If you like heartbreak, haunted houses, or training a bunny to survive rogue events…
There’s a Lapys Game waiting for you.

#IndieGame

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 26

My boys are feeling unusually colourful today.
Because it's summer sale time obviously!!!

Get Banishing You 50% off and get some summer fling going (or save the world and give them the cold shoulder :D )
store.steampowered.com/app/2926910/...

#steamsummersale #steamsale #visualnovel #banishingyou

lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 24

Strength, Intelligence, or Charm - What SHOULD you have chosen??

Tenfold Tales is out now on steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

#indiegamedev #narrative

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 19

I trusted him - and he broke everything.
Choices matter in Banishing You.

store.steampowered.com/app/2926910/...

#visualnovel #indiegamedev

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 17

Every run is a new map. Explore 100 tiles of cozy chaos in Tenfold Tales 🐰✨

#roguelite #indiegames

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 13

🟡 Tenfold Tales is OUT NOW!
A tile-based bunny roguelite filled with cozy chaos, strange encounters, and hard choices.
Explore 100 shuffled tiles. Train your stats. Survive the weird. 🐰

store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

💸 Launch discount active!

#TenfoldTales #indiegame #gamerelease

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 12

Launch tomorrow. I’m proud. I’m terrified. I can’t wait.

store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

#launchcountdown #indiegames #tenfoldtales

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 11

FINALLY!!!

This was such a rollercoaster! But Steam approved and I can finally FOR SURE say:

TENFOLD TALES IS RELEASING ON THE 31th!!!
🎉🎊🥳🎊🎉

store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

#wishlistwednesday #indiegames #cozygame

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 10

Choose wisely! Your choice might be rewarded - or lead to failure.

store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

#roguelite #narrativegame #choicebasedgame #tenfoldtales

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 9

For today's proof I've become a little weird i present:

store.steampowered.com/app/3640130/...

#gamedev #devhumour #pixelbeats

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lapys games @lapysgames.bsky.social · Jun 8

Lapin’s got one brain cell and four stats
🥕🐇🥕

💪Strength
💕Charm
🧠Logic
🫀Endurance

Which one are you maxing first?

#TenfoldTales #gamedevhumor #cozyroguelite