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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · 6h

Are you ready for the dive into the depths of your mind?

"Symphony of the Soul", an illustrated novel about a repressed neurotic wreck navigating a world where your very imagination comes to life, is now being released on ComicFury.

#symphonyofthesoul #sots

symphonyofthesoul.the-comic.org

Symphony of the Soul

Chapter 1 - [ Premonition ] - p.1

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GlasswingGames @glasswinggames.bsky.social · 9h

Have you played The Boo-chelor yet? If not, maybe our extra terrifying extraterrestrial can convince you? She's here to win your heart... and the battle to rule the universe.

Voiced by the amazing @samanthastyduharvo.bsky.social !!

#visualnovel #Halloween #TheBoochelor #romcom

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photoBlur @photoblur.bsky.social · 5d

practicing yet another way of painting hah. this time, im inspired by pretty transluscent rocks

#animeart #ocart #ocsky

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 10d

played this tonight and enjoyed it! monstrous love interests ft... D A V E...., spooky puns, silly ad reads. check this one out! 👻

GlasswingGames @glasswinggames.bsky.social · 14d

It's official!! The Boo-chelor is live! 🎃👻 Which monster will steal your heart this Halloween?

Play now and find out!

glasswing-games.itch.io/the-boo-chelor

#visualnovel #amare #SpooktoberVNJam #TheBoochelor

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · 13d

Salem makes really cool art that promotes femme trans boy representation, a category of trans masc rep that doesn't get enough love or respect. Also, he's just a cool dude. If you can, please give him your support.

𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · 13d

god, I'm running low on money after helping my family so fucking much and I hate asking for help like this, but if you wanna help keep me afloat, my Kofi is here:

ko-fi.com/salembunner445

Support salembunner445

ko-fi.com

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 14d

Hey all, my friend @swolesome.bsky.social is trying to raise money to help Maysara and his family evacuate Gaza. Swolesome has been raising money to help if you can share or donate. chuffed.org/project/1493...

Help Maysara and his family evacuate Gaza

Hi everyone, my name is Finn and I'm fundraising from Canada to help my friend Maysara and his family leave Gaza. For nearly two years now they have been subjected to constant bombardment and impossib...

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GlasswingGames @glasswinggames.bsky.social · 14d

It's official!! The Boo-chelor is live! 🎃👻 Which monster will steal your heart this Halloween?

Play now and find out!

glasswing-games.itch.io/the-boo-chelor

#visualnovel #amare #SpooktoberVNJam #TheBoochelor

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Alexander Schmidt @serpent453.bsky.social · 14d

I did the music for this! It was a lot of fun working hard on this, especially since was my first game jam. It's currently a demo, but there's a lot more to come!

killjoyconstruct.itch.io/bent-wires

#SpooktoberVNJam
#visualnovel
#indie
#games

Bent Wires by KilljoyConstruct

Oh, come on. We both know if I cut you open there would be no blood.

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GlasswingGames @glasswinggames.bsky.social · 19d

Now the one you've all been waiting for! The host with the pumpkin spice most, Jack O'Lantern!!

He is here to help YOU find love this Halloween, or at least make excellent entertainment for The Boo-chelor!

VA: @nacreousdreams.bsky.social

#SpooktoberVNJam #vn #Halloween #TheBoochelor

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photoBlur @photoblur.bsky.social · 26d

drawing the latest Blorbo... i think im ready to get back to drawing regularly again tho

#tbhx #tbhxnice #nice

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GlasswingGames @glasswinggames.bsky.social · 27d

What's this? A new visual novel coming soon? Perfect for those who love both monsters and comedy??

Keep an eye out for updates over the next week as I introduce all the characters!

#SpooktoberVNJam #VN #VisualNovel #Halloween #TheBoochelor

Picture that reads: What is the Boo-chelor? Your facourite Halloween show is back, and it's your turn to choose between three quirky and... unique dates. Those are costumes, right? The Boo-chelor is a Halloween, comedy romance visual novel inspired by th3 classic dating shows we know and love. Ask your three suitors questions, set them challenges, and in the end, choose one to go on the best date of your life... and it very may well be your last. The Boo-chelor is sponsored by Bat2Holidays.

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𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · Sep 13

lil Hitch doodle Abt black/African diaspora

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Sep 13

Symphony of the Soul - Asher's Private Logs
Date: 2017, September 4th

This is the start of a series I'm doing called "Symphony of the Soul", which will have a more formal release alongside informal side-works. This is one such side work.

I hope you enjoy. This is the start of something big.

So today, I was pacing around the band room and working on composing a piece for the upcoming spring concert at my high school, right? And when I do that, you know, I tend to verbalize the music in my head. So if I'm tinging on the cymbal, I go *tss*tss*tss*. If I'm imagining a snare hit, I go Chh chh. Bass drum? Doom doom. Or maybe a Buuuuuu if it's, like, a really hard hit. Put that together and it sounds like:

doom *tss*ch doom-ch *tss*ch
doom *tss*ch doom-ch *tss*ch

Pretty straight forward, right? But I decided to try and do it in the band room, and a student caught me doing it and asked me what I was doing. (I forget her name, I just know she was wearing this flower top, and I've seen her around the band room from time to time.)

Now, I tend not to do this around other people, cause I'm worried they'll think I'm weird. Hey, surprise! She said she thought it was weird! But I explained it to her and she didn't get it. She just asked me why I didn't keep it in my head. But even when I told her that saying it out loud helps me think, she just kept getting on me about it.

It reminds me of that time I was playing as a kid, and some other kid asked me to stop making sound effects while we were playing. Like, at least she was honest about it.

Ugh... what a pain. It put me into an annoying daydream, and before you know it, I'm in Phantasia with a demon on my shoulder (to use an antiquated expression). A land of imagination is a great place to compose music, fantastic even! I've always got my head in the clouds, y'know? But if you lose a fight in there, your mental state is wrecked for the afternoon! Yeah, no, I'd like to not be shoved in the mind prison today, if that's quite alright.

People already make fun of me as it is. I know they do, Naomi told me once. And you know what? I don't really mind. I'm weird, I know it. My dad's called me eccentric since I was a kid (lovingly, of course). Those people aren't the type of people I'd want to be friends with anyway.

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you! I watched a lot of CN back in the day, so it makes sense it'd have an influence on my art, kehehe

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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · Sep 8

Always happy to see this get some love, I'm glad it has resonated with folks! May no one have to go through the pain I felt while writing my own GDD ever again 🙏

Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · Jul 11

Was told this helped someone out, so...

Here's an editable Game Design Document template for narrative games, intended for visual novels, interactive fiction, etc

Includes some bonus sections for pitching a game too

meiri.itch.io/game-design-...

#VNDev #indiedev #gamedev #interactivefiction

Game Design Document Template [For Narrative Games] by Meiri

A GDD template designed specifically for narrative-heavy games with branching choices and routes.

meiri.itch.io

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Explorer, from my in-works projects.

Made with alcohol markers and colored pencil.

#ink #coloredpencil #ohuhu #alcoholmarkers #microns #cartoon #thehuesoflife #symphonyofthesoul

A lanky cartoon figure dressed in pale purple and vivid blue, leaping in the air in front of clouds shaded with colored pencil. The character, named "The Explorer", has bright golden hair (that I'll probably revise to be blue in the future), and wears a long silver scarf like a stratus cloud. Afront their hand is a blue orb, held almost telekinetically in place just before their raised right palm.

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Alexander Schmidt @serpent453.bsky.social · Sep 7

Corrosin

Dark ambient electronic piece

Coming 09/14/2025 on various streaming services

Be prepared

#electronic
#ambient
#music
#dark
#composition
#static
#minimal

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photoBlur @photoblur.bsky.social · Sep 1

#art #digitalart #animeart #oc #ocsky

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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · Aug 30

Can you help my queer game about the different forms of love reach 200 wishlists? 🥹👉👈

It has both platonic and romantic love routes and an asexual character! I want to make a game about how impactful and important friendships can be and that romance isn't everything!

#VNDev #queer #asexual

Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · Aug 12

Doce Fim's page is live!

This is a game I've poured my heart and soul into. It's been my reason to live for 10 years.

Featuring queer romantic and platonic love routes, a neurodivergent protag, and nearly 30 hours of gameplay.

Pls wishlist!💝

s.team/a/3808270

#VNDev #jogosbr #indiedev #gamedev

Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~ on Steam

Young creatives unravel the end of the world. An emotional visual novel about connecting over art. Featuring queer romantic and platonic love routes.

s.team

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photoBlur @photoblur.bsky.social · Aug 31

made this for @linagur.bsky.social ! these are their lovely oc's, Luci and Asher

i hope you like it!

#art #digitalart #anime #animeart

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can relate to the passion behind such a project‒ I'm looking forward to seeing what Doce Fim has in store!

Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · Aug 12

Doce Fim's page is live!

This is a game I've poured my heart and soul into. It's been my reason to live for 10 years.

Featuring queer romantic and platonic love routes, a neurodivergent protag, and nearly 30 hours of gameplay.

Pls wishlist!💝

s.team/a/3808270

#VNDev #jogosbr #indiedev #gamedev

Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~ on Steam

Young creatives unravel the end of the world. An emotional visual novel about connecting over art. Featuring queer romantic and platonic love routes.

s.team

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Aug 30

Synesthesia Project - Fancy Meat Computer 5 (Redraw)

Remade part of an old college project using physical media rather than its original vector art form. Not the most successful, but it's still quite evocative regardless.

#ink #vectorart #ohuhu #alcoholmarkers #surreal #redraw #psychedelic

A psychedelic image of a mountain, or perhaps a road, stretching forward and upward toward a spiral. The spiral is glowing a pale lavender tone against the darkness. Waves stretch across the jagged edges of this road-mountain, warbling like guitar twangs as they stretch onward down the lane. Sharp triangles hover about, pointing toward parts of the track as if signifying a sharp tone. There are circles and triangles in the background, obscured int he darkness.

(Inspiration is Fancy Meat Computer, from Hylics 2.)

This image is the same concept as the other, except drawn as vector art instead of alcohol marker. This is how the piece was originally made, as the fifth page of an 8-page comic inspired by the final boss music of Hylics 2. Which, by the way, CHECK OUT THAT PIECE OF MUSIC YESTERDAY, IT IS SO GOD DAMN GOOD.

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Aug 28

[ Aether ]
-- the blood of the soul

Made using colored pencil and sharpie on mixed media.
#art #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sharpie #artistsofbluesky #illustratednovel #symphonyofthesoul #sots

A plume of cyan aether. It appears in a plume of smoke, a bit like a liquid and a bit like a gas. It branches out like a tree from a thin crevasse, with some branches curling into large swirls. Other branches stretch out like ghosts, each with a mourning, wailing face.

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photoBlur @photoblur.bsky.social · Aug 27

finished the catboy!

#anime #animeart

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nacreousDreams @nacreousdreams.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mindwave fanart I made a while ago! This game is one of the few that was cool enough that it made me want to make fanart, and I'm really proud with the result.

Made with microns and Ohuhu alcohol markers.

#mindwave #traditionalart #alcoholmarker #pen #ink #microns #fanart

Mindwave fanart. Pandora's normally stoic grin is replaced by a shocked, electric expression, her left eye bulging erratically as she's being sucked into the game terminal. You can see the jack swirl around her as it's plugged into the back of her neck. Behind her, the violet Mindscape Tower reaches to the heavens. You can see the figures of Smalls, Abbie, Dom, Iris, Kat, Ethan, Alex, and Roxy cast as silhouettes in the yellow-lit windows. The screen at the top of the tower features a bulging eye staring down with a black O iris, and its antenna glows like a star against a warped red-and-blue sky.

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