Traumendes_Madchen
@traumendesmadchen.bsky.social
Indie developer of narrative games with unusual stories 🎮. Despite the name, we’re actually French. ✨ http://traumendes-madchen.com/ ✨
Visual Novel français 🔵⚪🔴 https://www.patreon.com/Helia
Visual Novel français 🔵⚪🔴 https://www.patreon.com/Helia
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The #FallinLoveFestival hosted by @vnstudioelan.com starts now & Chronotopia has joined the party! 💕
For a full week, you can enjoy a crazy schedule with multiple lovely people playing the game on their channel. I’ll be present...for emotional support 🤭.
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
For a full week, you can enjoy a crazy schedule with multiple lovely people playing the game on their channel. I’ll be present...for emotional support 🤭.
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
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Twelve princesses 👑
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Twelve princesses 👑
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Another snow day❄️❄️❄️
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Another snow day❄️❄️❄️
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Doing some cute calligraphy
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Doing some cute calligraphy
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Placeholders are supposed to be crude MSPaint drawings made with 0 effort by a programmer! They're supposed to look like dogshit because then you know to replace them!
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Placeholders are supposed to be crude MSPaint drawings made with 0 effort by a programmer! They're supposed to look like dogshit because then you know to replace them!
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people are blogging about the game awards so it's time to link to my blog post from 2023 where I said what is still my firm opinion to this day
auratriolo.com/blog/2023/12...
auratriolo.com/blog/2023/12...
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
people are blogging about the game awards so it's time to link to my blog post from 2023 where I said what is still my firm opinion to this day
auratriolo.com/blog/2023/12...
auratriolo.com/blog/2023/12...
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A feel-good video about making indie games, if you need that.
This is, hands down, the most beautiful and inspiring video on the topic of (Solo) #gameDev I have ever seen!
Been following Tim until he disappeared from the scene, and now I couldn't be happier to learn that he's back. He really does provide the most humble, based #gameDev advice out there! 💙
Been following Tim until he disappeared from the scene, and now I couldn't be happier to learn that he's back. He really does provide the most humble, based #gameDev advice out there! 💙
Why you should make a video game (even if nobody plays it)
YouTube video by Tim Ruswick
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A feel-good video about making indie games, if you need that.
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Matt's Hidden Cats Demo: A scavenger-hunt adventure!
kupo-games.itch.io/matts-hidden... by @kupogames.bsky.social
kupo-games.itch.io/matts-hidden... by @kupogames.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Matt's Hidden Cats Demo: A scavenger-hunt adventure!
kupo-games.itch.io/matts-hidden... by @kupogames.bsky.social
kupo-games.itch.io/matts-hidden... by @kupogames.bsky.social
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Incidentally, we are still looking for folks for the following roles:
❄️ CG artist(s)
❄️ UI designer
❄️ Logo designer
If you're interested, please DM me either here or on Discord (4noki) with some samples of your work!
❄️ CG artist(s)
❄️ UI designer
❄️ Logo designer
If you're interested, please DM me either here or on Discord (4noki) with some samples of your work!
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Incidentally, we are still looking for folks for the following roles:
❄️ CG artist(s)
❄️ UI designer
❄️ Logo designer
If you're interested, please DM me either here or on Discord (4noki) with some samples of your work!
❄️ CG artist(s)
❄️ UI designer
❄️ Logo designer
If you're interested, please DM me either here or on Discord (4noki) with some samples of your work!
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Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
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looked up the etymology of "doujin" and it literally means "same-person", as in denoting shared interests amongst people, while "indie" is short for independence, for solitude and iconoclasm.... really makes you think (smokes bubble pipe)
You know what lets let the studios have "indie", it's time to make doujin games
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
looked up the etymology of "doujin" and it literally means "same-person", as in denoting shared interests amongst people, while "indie" is short for independence, for solitude and iconoclasm.... really makes you think (smokes bubble pipe)
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A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!
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I painted something new! medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I painted something new! medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
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🌠NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT🌠
Play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by shadows in Pelikeeper, a tower defense and base-building comfort strategy game!
🏚️Build up the settlement around your lighthouse
🐀Rescue lost animal neighbors
🌌Return constellations to the cosmos
💛WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM💛
Play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by shadows in Pelikeeper, a tower defense and base-building comfort strategy game!
🏚️Build up the settlement around your lighthouse
🐀Rescue lost animal neighbors
🌌Return constellations to the cosmos
💛WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM💛
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🌠NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT🌠
Play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by shadows in Pelikeeper, a tower defense and base-building comfort strategy game!
🏚️Build up the settlement around your lighthouse
🐀Rescue lost animal neighbors
🌌Return constellations to the cosmos
💛WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM💛
Play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by shadows in Pelikeeper, a tower defense and base-building comfort strategy game!
🏚️Build up the settlement around your lighthouse
🐀Rescue lost animal neighbors
🌌Return constellations to the cosmos
💛WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM💛
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I'd like to announce that we will be making "Olga Doesn't Die" for SWAK Jam 2026!
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. As the "witch" is violently exiled, the gears of revolution turn toward blood.
—A historical drama yuri visual novel
#yuri | #vndev | #indiedev
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. As the "witch" is violently exiled, the gears of revolution turn toward blood.
—A historical drama yuri visual novel
#yuri | #vndev | #indiedev
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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@gretelandhansel.bsky.social's Gretel and Hansel is GOTY because it is hand painted with watercolours, took 15 years to make as a labour of love, and lets you dress up as a shark. #indiedev
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
@gretelandhansel.bsky.social's Gretel and Hansel is GOTY because it is hand painted with watercolours, took 15 years to make as a labour of love, and lets you dress up as a shark. #indiedev
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Stoats (Mustela erminea) undergo a molt twice a year, changing from brown to snow-white to blend in the snow.
They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents.
Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).
They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents.
Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).
a small white animal standing in the snow looking at the camera
Alt: a small white stoat standing in the snow looking at the camera, then hopping away in giant strides.
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Stoats (Mustela erminea) undergo a molt twice a year, changing from brown to snow-white to blend in the snow.
They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents.
Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).
They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents.
Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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I yearn to make a VN again but ain't nobody got the energy rn so please replay romancing Ceph for the dawning, thank you 🙏 #amaregame #indieotome #otomegame
Speaking of THE DAWNING... did u know I made a dawning-themed visual novel last year where you bake cookies with Ceph w/ Eva's 1st-gen oven?
You can flirt with or befriend him!
short 'n cozy 15-20 min game & IT'S FREE
play in browser or dwnload: hamiltonhour.itch.io/the-cookie-p...
#destiny2art
You can flirt with or befriend him!
short 'n cozy 15-20 min game & IT'S FREE
play in browser or dwnload: hamiltonhour.itch.io/the-cookie-p...
#destiny2art
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I yearn to make a VN again but ain't nobody got the energy rn so please replay romancing Ceph for the dawning, thank you 🙏 #amaregame #indieotome #otomegame
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the kickstarter for "your crown is mine" has launched!
it's a fantasy life sim with a free demo on steam. rule a kingdom, balance your stats, and romance 4 love interests! #otomegames #otomeisekai
it's a fantasy life sim with a free demo on steam. rule a kingdom, balance your stats, and romance 4 love interests! #otomegames #otomeisekai
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
the kickstarter for "your crown is mine" has launched!
it's a fantasy life sim with a free demo on steam. rule a kingdom, balance your stats, and romance 4 love interests! #otomegames #otomeisekai
it's a fantasy life sim with a free demo on steam. rule a kingdom, balance your stats, and romance 4 love interests! #otomegames #otomeisekai
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thing about graphical realism is that a lot of the games that cynically chase after it don't care enough about the visual language of film they are trying to copy to make the realism actually interesting let alone work in games. something as basic as colour palette and scene framing is a good one
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
thing about graphical realism is that a lot of the games that cynically chase after it don't care enough about the visual language of film they are trying to copy to make the realism actually interesting let alone work in games. something as basic as colour palette and scene framing is a good one
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I wish more game journalists would ask the Clair Obscur team how much AI they used and on what, because I definitely get the feeling it wasn’t just that one placeholder asset..
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wish more game journalists would ask the Clair Obscur team how much AI they used and on what, because I definitely get the feeling it wasn’t just that one placeholder asset..
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We really need to double down on outwardly stating our work does not contain AI.
We're seeing it in movie credits and books, we have to start putting it on things we make and pressuring others to label their work as human made, and normalize that as much as we can, I think.
stuff like this maybe
We're seeing it in movie credits and books, we have to start putting it on things we make and pressuring others to label their work as human made, and normalize that as much as we can, I think.
stuff like this maybe
Anti-A.I. stamps!
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We really need to double down on outwardly stating our work does not contain AI.
We're seeing it in movie credits and books, we have to start putting it on things we make and pressuring others to label their work as human made, and normalize that as much as we can, I think.
stuff like this maybe
We're seeing it in movie credits and books, we have to start putting it on things we make and pressuring others to label their work as human made, and normalize that as much as we can, I think.
stuff like this maybe