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Mykhailo Halkind

@halkind.bsky.social

why is bro afraid for real

#art #digitalart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #horror #horrorart #sketch #drawing #painting #krita #anime #manga #comics #pencil #pencilart

October 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Wishlist "Dating & Dragons - A Love Quest" now!

@twistedtwenty.bsky.social

Got a question for you!

In Dating & Dragons, we'll keep the steamy scenes non-explicit. But, we'd love to include sexy illustrations like these. Would you like that, or would you prefer the game to remain in the cozy SFW genre?

#indiegame #dnd #datingsim #gamedev #visualnovel #screenshotsaturday

October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Viridian Software

@viridiansoftware.bsky.social

Gloom and Doom💀 is available for 50% off in the US #PlayStation store during the Player's Choice Sale!

Check it out here!
✨ buff.ly/RcR53YF

#PlayStation #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel

October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM Everybody can reply

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Romance Club

@romanceclubgame.bsky.social

Hey peeps, guess what? It's 💎Diamond Rush💎 time!

Our in-game event will start soon, and all diamond choices will be FREE for 72 hours! What are you playing first?

Download #RomanceClub now: linktr.ee/ysiromance...

#visualnovel #mobilegaming #pcgaming

October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM Everybody can reply

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GlasswingGames

@glasswinggames.bsky.social

Our Ghostie Boo-chelor likes to ask the most important questions so they'll know exactly who to take on that all important date!

Now, would you love your favourite OC if they were a death worm?

Play here: glasswing-games.itch.io/the-boo-chelor

#screenshotsaturday #visualnovel #TheBoochelor

October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Studio Rally

@vnstudiorally.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iePA...

Why Not Both? features music by Two Scents, a talented chillhop artist. Be sure to follow him on Instagram!

www.instagram.com/twoscentsmus...

Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3424130/...

#yuri #visualnovel #polyamory

Why Not Both? - Two Scents

YouTube video by Studio Rally

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October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM Everybody can reply

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Raven DelaCrux

@ravendelacrux.bsky.social

Tokyo Afterschool Summoners EP 8 -- Vigilancia bajo Azazel youtu.be/LehEKzcHwX0?... #tas #tokyoafterschoolsummoners #bara #furry #gay #vn #visualnovel

Tokyo Afterschool Summoners EP 8 -- Vigilancia bajo Azazel

YouTube video by Raven DelaCrux

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October 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Colora Games | Hibridya está disponível! Jogue agora! 👀💚

@coloragames.bsky.social

Progresso dessa semana do Colora Games! 💖

🌿 Jogue o prólogo de Hibridya pela Steam ou Itch.io: linktr.ee/colora_games
🅰️ Apoia.se: apoia.se/coloragames

#visualnovel #otomegame #jogosindie #gamedev #otome

October 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Altila

@altilaaa.bsky.social

Who is this person that Nova kept remembering?

You can play/download for free. Find out here:
altila.itch.io/moonlit-wiza...

From my #spooktobervnjam entry, a BL #kineticnovel [Moonlit Wizardry]. Rating is appreciated!

#screenshotsaturday #visualnovel #vndev #indiedev

October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM Everybody can reply

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Sunrise City

@sunrisecityteam.bsky.social

Which one is your favorite cover? 😉

Want to try Sunrise City for free?
=> sunrisecity.itch.io/sunrise-city
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#gamedev #visualnovel #vndev #vn #indiedev #nsfwart #adult #adultgame #hentai #datingsim #indiegame #vnlink #screenshotsaturday

October 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM Everybody can reply

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🚄 The Next Stop | WISHLIST NOW

@paranoiddelusion.bsky.social

🚇✨ It's #ScreenshotSaturday!

We're beyond excited to reveal the new key art for The Next Stop.

A dark and emotional journey through mystery, guilt... and the ghosts of our own past.

Every stop brings you closer to the truth. 🖤

#indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel #keyart

October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM Everybody can reply

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Kaizz♱

@hikaizz.bsky.social

Seung-min Kim fanart! 🍽
#mysweethousemate #visualnovel

October 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM Everybody can reply

AlexisTGF

@alexistgf.bsky.social

Le doute dans la voix de Franziska... Est-ce que Benjamin arrivera à les dissiper ? Réponse dans Ace Attorney Investigations 2 en live !

-- liens en dessous --

#aceattorney #twitchstreamer #frenchstreamer #visualnovel

October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM Everybody can reply

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☁️Hourly🤖Breezing💨

@hourlybreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 60min):
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
💨x164 - 1﹐582
💨x1* - gaza 🔓
💨x1* - democracy 🔓
💨x73 - 淀川
💨x73 - スズ
💨x42 - ダンツ
💨x41 - マジカル
💨x40 - 10/18/2025
💨x35 - レイサ
*🔓 = Unlocked Emergency Words (see img)

#йобанарусня 🇺🇦

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Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): ukraine*, 1﹐582, gaza*, democracy*, 淀川, スズ, ダンツ, マジカル, 10/18/2025, レイサ, 2025-10-18, 宇沢, 2025/10/18, 18/10/2025, gw8, calgie, tikka, ohtani, commuted, commutes, rauch, カラスバ, santos, アビドス, g2, blg, aroca, shohei, millwall, schall, margalit, eliyahu, 着目, hooliganism, caicedo, blocklists, 醸造, トリニティ, シミコ, weekendu, appendino, 35/35, 18-oct-2025, 10/18/25, 爆豪, 大谷, ココナ, オヤブン, primtal, ogier, kebabs, hermanastra, dhanteras, clapton, brekelmans, 10/18, 自警, ømi, yinglet, quicksand, provocateurs, m5s, laub, labuha, kings, fawkes, curries, commutation, cacareo, 18/10, 花火, 山海, マジカルスズミ, ダンツフレーム, イェラグ, zarah, warszawa, upton, schräg, ohtani's, katos, evangelist, dumper, dimette, curran, brum, berna, barnaby, awoniyi, @whitehouse-47.bsky.social, @pencatala.bsky.social, 閃光, 猫背, 江ノ島, 本塁打, 故人, 押井, 怨念, リバリバ, マチエール, ブルワーズ, デデンネ, ディーン・フジオカ, セリカ, キョンシー, カノ, アブ, χαριλάου, τρικούπη, suzumi, stanning, sigfrido, septembra, sedembolestnej, recensione, pracovného, pokoja, pendleton, pardons, panny, ndiaye, natured, márie, moisturizing, minibús, menopausia, mamografía, iaea, homers, fehmi, drachten, benched, anneleri, 2﹐700, 콜라보, 차단, 記事の要約, 脅さ, 伊丹, レイジョ, メールでご連絡ください。ありがとうございます, ミニスカート, マジカルレイサ, ポケモンレジェンズ, ペンドラー, フォッコ, ファミリーコンピュータ, パラディン, セラフ, キサキ, ガイアフォース, るり, むやみ, なにわ, शनिवार, которое, ύποπτο, ème, zrušením, yc, ujala, u18, toro's, tomahawks, this-the, terraces, taiwo, sviatku, sunwell, sp#ブルアカらいぶ紅葉sp, shabakat, sadanews, probst, piyush, perugia, pardoned, olağan, odete, nokings, nieves, midland, marcie, manuela, manovra, läkare, lealtad, kaamelott, jaya, https.//maligneb.fr/interruption-du-rer-b-entre-chatelet-les-halles-et-aeroport-charles-de-gaulle-2-tgv-mitry-claye/[4/4, haaland, guido, goyal, globoplay, enzo, emiru, eauditor
, dňa, défiler, dočasným, borneo

Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): nokings, caturday, fpl, blueskyartshow, nokingsday, vertical, ウマ, stadtbild, deliberatorium, screenshotsaturday, autumn, ウマ娘6th秋d1, 860, animation, merz, pokemonlegendsza, gw8, ブル, android, valetudo, wochenendohrwuermer, mindfulness, fplcommunity, aew, scs, nffc, donaldtrump, black, worldmenopauseday, vinyl, usgp, resilience, ブルアカ, worlds2025, tdgr, saturday, parkrun, furryartist, もるもっとすごい配信, もる, zelensky, weekendsingles, nfoche, mvcvakl, hwcafe, gayai, cfc, camdentown, buddhaquotes, 1381, werder, visualnovel, vgen, verkiezingen, sitges2025, personalgrowth, notyrants, dcfcfans, blueskyrelay, accessory, 594, 자영, 音楽, 外食, ガールズアワード, アイドル, vvd, volleyball, uaapseason88, tomahawk, roblox, nostalgia, natural, muscles, innerpeace, hugecock, home, gadgets, exhibitionist, bluearchive, betze, amsterdam, aivideo, 지인능욕, 乃木坂46, tokyo, suomi, spa, sora, softcocksaturday, selflove, krita, kleinekunstklasse, hotguys, horrorart, happiness, hamradio, greensat, gposer, eroticart, dcfc, 関西, ポケモンレジェンズ, イマソラ, みなさん, zenlesszonezero, wisdom, wirtschaft, warszawa, vrchatphotography, volcánpoás, turkiye, thetwen2ie5, rerb, ps, protests, prince, poás, pokemonza, plottアニメ, plott, piss, pervwel, pencil, ovsicori, nhl, mustread, musclemen, mindset, mhhsbd, lifelessons, legendsza, koszykówka, kingkongdong, kingkongballs, ios, hotmen, gundem, godot, gayaiart, fungi, foreskin, florida, faschismus, esmo25, drachten, democrats, daysai, dark, daan, covidisnotover, catlovers, buddha, alaska, 465, 1582, 지인, 마스터, 구인, 青空写真部, 青横雑談, 透明, 箱根山, 推し活, 推し, 坂道グループ, ブルスコ, ステーショナリー, ゆい, いま, winter, whentaken, vinylrecords, ukwildlife, ukgifthour, ukgiftam, stucblackworkers25, sportowawarszawa, sora2, softiesaturday, socks, smalldick, slots, selfpromosaturday, scpdsc, scotus, santos, sanrio, rome, randomgamesaturday, qpr, peaceofmind, patience, palestinian, npb, northumberland, nokingsprotest, nokingsdayoct18th, nevernotrunning, mymelody

Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🪔, 👈🏼, 🧯, 🧢, 🦔, 🙋🏼, 🏦, 🪚, 🧻, 🧟‍♀️, 🧚‍♀️, 🧎‍♂️, 🦸, 🥅, 🚣‍♂️, 🚈, 🗯️, 📥, 👍🏿, 👉🏼, 🎆, 🇬🇭, ⛲, ☝🏽, 🫰🏼, 🫑, 🫎, 🫁, 🪺, 🪧, 🪛, 🪑, 🩳, 🧿, 🧰, 🧦, 🧟‍♂️, 🧞‍♂️, 🧝, 🧜‍♀️, 🧙‍♀️, 🧎🏻‍♀️, 🧃, 🦹, 🦥, 🦣, 🦏, 🥭, 🥦, 🥊, 🤾‍♂️, 🤷🏾, 🤛🏼, 🤙🏽, 🤌🏻, 🛬, 🛞, 🚿, 🚾, 🚫, 🚅, 🙌🏿, 🙋🏾‍♀️, 🗽, 🗝, 🖕🏼, 🖍, 🕵️‍♂️, 🕳, 🕤, 🕠, 🔮, 🔛, 🔄, 🔀, 📶, 📯, 📮, 📓, 📂, 💃🏼, 💁🏼‍♀️, 💁‍♀️, 👱, 👯‍♀️, 👨🏻‍🚒, 👜, 👒, 👑, 👊🏼, 👈🏻, 👆🏾, 👆🏻, 🐸, 🐆, 🏮, 🏜️, 🏌️‍♂️, 🏋️‍♂️, 🎎, 🍄, 🌘, 🈂️, 🇺🇲, 🇲🇹, 🇧🇻, 🇦🇫, 🆚, 🅰️, ➰, ❣️, ❇, ✌🏽, ⛴, ⚱️, ♦, ♑, ☮, ☃, ◀, ⏸, ↩️, ↙️, ↙, ©️, 9⃣

Emoji Legend
💨x# | "Increased Trending Rate" for a Word (meaningful value; "💨x8 - burger" will mean "burger" is trending at 8 times its own normal rate for this time of day)
🔓 | "Unlocked" Ongoing Emergency Word (such words are not weighted down by their own previous usage; their *ongoing* increased usage--weeks, months, years--would otherwise move them down the list.)

[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️💨# | "Trend Strength Rating"
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane]
💬# | 10min Post Count
🆎# | 10min Word Count
🙂# | 10min Emoji Count

October 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM Everybody can reply

Viridian Software

@viridiansoftware.bsky.social

Dex took a nap during a PlayStation sale??!

Pirated Code: Admin Edition by @hollowmend.itch.io is 50% off in the Players Choice sale on the #PlayStation Store!

✨https://buff.ly/VeHvrgD

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel

October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM Everybody can reply

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Mykhailo Halkind

@halkind.bsky.social

DONEEENENENE ✔️✔️✔️😲✔️

#art #digitalart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #horror #horrorart #sketch #drawing #painting #comics #manga #anime #krita #pencil #pencilart #background #sprite #character

October 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Mykhailo Halkind

@halkind.bsky.social

almost done 😍✔️

#art #digitalart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #horror #horrorart #sketch #drawing #painting #comics #anime #manga #pencil #painting

October 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM Everybody can reply

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Gamer Shame

@gamershame.bsky.social

Mutual Harrow: A dark and intense psychological visual novel about the romance between two characters, Mina and Rex, as they journey through the abandoned and forbidden city known as "Section 56".

#IndieGame #VisualNovel
store.steampowered.com/app/3858510/...

Save 20% on Mutual Harrow on Steam

Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity. Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate through decisions that ...

store.steampowered.com

October 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM Everybody can reply

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Mykhailo Halkind

@halkind.bsky.social

okay... now it has some shades for real

#art #digitalart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #horror #horrorart #sketch #krita #painting #drawing #pencil #pencilart #anime #manga #comics

October 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM Everybody can reply

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☁️Now🤖Breezing💨

@nowbreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 10min):
💨x1* - democracy 🔓
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
💨x24 - 1﹐582
💨x1* - gaza 🔓
💨x18 - santos
💨x12 - enzo
💨x10 - ダンツ
💨x9 - kings
💨x9 - caicedo
💨x8 - ココナ
*🔓 = Unlocked Emergency Words (see img)

#FreePalestine 🇵🇸

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Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): democracy*, ukraine*, 1﹐582, gaza*, santos, enzo, ダンツ, kings, caicedo, ココナ, 2025-10-18, pardoned, maccabi, calgie, 淀川, レイジョ, ミッション, キサキ, ultras, shohei, ohtani, mulla, kultur, kings's, 10/18, 刺し, ニコ, tomahawks, ssd, résistance, platner, pierde, physique, orbán, nás, norman, nixon, megas, koskaan, invertir, huesca, hideous, fernandez, elves, edgy, demonstrating, d'aller, crane, courant, counties, centrale, carreras, ants, 18/10, 벌써, 귀여워, 電源, 開か, 野生, 都度, 都会, 花火, 自主, 置か, 私服, 生放送, 洒落, 戦略, 店内, 帰れる, 山本, 守ら, 使お, 予選, リベンジ, ユニット, ポケモン, ピース, トースト, セリカ, スパーク, コメダ, キャリア, カノ, イェラグ, おやすみ, おいおい, いぶ, буде, člověk, älskar, zelensky, viruses, viennent, vakantie, usted, underestimate, trades, tortura, tomahawk, tennessee, tavern, talkshows, sábado, sumar, suivant, stal, stadtbild, soucis, sofia, smug, sms, ski, seltene, scouting, scheinbar, ruiz, royals, rewarding, resonates, refait, ramírez, rakuten, quicksand, qualifying, quais, pulp, protesting, photographers, perth, personagem, persistence, pb, octopus, nottingham, nonce, nominee, naturel, mosquée, moody, monarch, mills, mikey, marjorie, letztes, leavitt, l'ordre, kira, katos, karoline, joyful, interacting, insists, höhere, hermanastra, helft, hazardous, hawks, hatch, groter, greene, gesprek, g2, formato, flop, fishermen, femboy, feathers, fea, faltan, exemplo, espresso, enviado, efectivamente, duke, doha, dodgers, docu, diwali, defiant, davantage, dados, cura, crowdfunding, cpb, contain, commuted, caturday, cartels, candid, bussen, brat, boeren, baseline, autora, articulate, andare, amelia, accidente, @ec.europa.eu

$Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): nokings, caturday, eastcoastkin, blueskyartshow, peace, animation, 능욕, ウマ娘6th秋d1, ウマ, wildlife, vertical, scs, nokingsday, fpl, autumn, sissy, nfoche, 860, ポケモン, wwe, worldofwarcraft, wildlifephotography, vinyl, usgp, screenshotsaturday, resilience, releasetheepsteinfiles, movies, mindfulness, investing, gw8, diy, deliberatorium, cute, black, birdoftheday, architecture, amsterdam, aew, 지인능욕, wrestlesky, wordle1582, vvd, visualnovel, stadtbild, sensual, protest, productivity, parkrun, pakistan, october_coverartchallenge, nowwatching, nokings{yourcity, nintendoswitch, nhl, nffc, leadership, freedom, ff14ss, democracy, cfc, booth_pm, alaska, afd, 0ctober_coverartchallenge, 커플, 지인박제, 지인, 자영, 와이프, 부커, 부부, 멜섭, 게친소, 頭にえへへwを付けると何でも許される, 関西, 日向坂46, 学習, 大阪, 外食, 名言, 創作bl, 刑事, メイド, ブル, カフェ, ウマ娘, もるもっとすごい配信, もる, worlds2025, wordpress, weightloss, weekendsingles, weekend, warcraft, walking, volleyball, vinylsky, vinylrecords, vinyladdict, videogames, united_states, union, uaapseason88, tree, transsexual, transgirl, tokyo, thickcock, thicc, theatre, tgirl, swans, supergt, suffolk, streaming, steeplesaturday, stardom, sports, spicy, softiesaturday, softcocksaturday, soccer, sleep, sketches, sitges2025, seo, senryu, selflove, scotus, sciart, rome, romance, rassismus, qpr, ps, privacy, portraitphotography, political, pokemonlegendsza, photooftheday, photography#photography, petite, paris, painquotes, openai, nudism, nudes, nowlistening, notyrants, noking, nikon, nichtmeinkanzler, nice, nba, naturist, naturism, natural, muscles, mtg, moviesky, montpellier, metal, meditation, livmun, lingerie, lff, lemot, legendsza, kawaii, infosec, incompetence, illustration#illustration, iceland, hung, hotwife, hessen, harz, harleyquinn, happydiwali, handinhand, hamburg, halloween2025, greensat, gpose, ghostofyotei, gamingcommunity, fursuitfriday, fulars, fucking, fotografie, forbesinspiration, flower, festivaloflights, fedibird#fedibird, fcbayern, exhibitionist, dw, doctorwho, diwaliwithcare$

Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🆚, 🇺🇲, ✏, 🪔, 🦔, 🦍, 🥗, 🤌🏻, 🕳, 🕘, 🔄, 🐸, 🐞, 🍮, 🌥️, 🌇, 🈂️, 🇮🇳, ⛓️, ⛅, ⚠, ♠️, 🫑, 🪓, 🪇, 🩶, 🩲, 🧿, 🧟, 🧊, 🧁, 🧀, 🦴, 🦭, 🦚, 🦊, 🥦, 🤷🏼‍♂️, 🤦🏽‍♀️, 🛡, 🚬, 🚢, 🚇, 🚆, 🚃, 🙌🏾, 🗽, 🖕🏼, 🖋️, 🕠, 🔆, 📼, 👣, 👍🏻, 👊🏼, 👉🏻, 👈🏻, 👃, 👂, 🐳, 🐮, 🐦, 🐤, 🐜, 🐘, 🐗, 🐏, 🐄, 🏟️, 🏟, 🎆, 🍶, 🍴, 🍛, 🍄, 🌵, 🌜, 🌛, 🌘, 🌆, 🇵🇹, 🇵🇭, 🇲🇦, 🇫🇮, 🇧🇪, 🇦🇺, 🇦🇷, 🆘, 🅰️, ⭕, ⬆️, ➰, ❤️‍🩹, ❇️, ❄, ✊🏾, ✊🏽, ☑️, ☄️, ☁, ⌛

October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM Everybody can reply

Marry Me Jester Productions ✨Wishlist Ballad of the Midnight Man

@marrymejester.bsky.social

Did you know that the antagonist in my game, Ballad of the Midnight Man, is based on an urban legend called the Midnight Game? 🕯️

#indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedeveloper #visualnovel