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Mythology VN Jam!

Hello, hello everyone! This year I'm running a chill mythology-based visual novel/interactive fiction jam with @chimeriquement, @butter-blanc, and lenlen403! It runs from June 14th to September 15th!

The rules are very relaxed - if you have any ideas relating to mythology, be it a retelling, a meta-story, or a story about your own mythologies, it's allowed! See the link for more details!

If you're interested, please check it out! We'd love to have you!

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sad baby 😢

#my art #visual novel #the half-demon project #vndev #mahiro

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Wiping a bloody sword with your sleeve might not be the most sanitary thing ever but damn if it doesn't look fucking cool 🫠

(guess you could say this is rōnin Kyū because it's inspired by my rise of the rōnin character kldgkdlkdld)

#my art #visual novel #(in spe) #q #rise of the ronin #technically ig

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IT IS HERE. HUZZAH.

The finale to my big massive queer horror game is now released. Which means that, after 2 years and 8 months, the game is now complete. (And I am now officially spent.)

The finale features:

🖼️109 CGs

🔚4 epilogues (1 neutral and 3 LI-focused)

🌳3 cutscenes

⁉️A lot of answers

💦A lot of tears

💕A lot of heart

If you're new to this school, Our Wonderland is a super cool and definitely not traumatic horror-fantasy visual novel following a passel of childhood pals returning to the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Or, as I also like to describe it, "five 30-year-olds tackling the traumas of a cis- het- allonormative world in a land where all their (darkest) dreams come true."

It stars an awkward biro-ace guy who may or may not get some gay kisses as he struggles to figure himself out (and keep from dying). YEAHHHHHHH.

The full game features:

283k words (around 20-25 hours)

520 CGs (because I'm severely unhinged)

96 unique sprites (+ countless variations)

7 animatic-style semi-animated cutscenes

12 optional deaths (+4 non-optional deaths)

1 heart (my own)

Please to be enjoying the finale to my magnum opus!!!

Read the launch devlog here! (contains extra details on the launch plus about 2k words of my unfettered ramblings)

OR jump ssssstraight to the main game page to download! (IT'S FREE)

#reblog #our wonderland #IT'S HERE #PLAY IT PLAY IT PLAY IT #YOU WILL LOVE IT I PROMISE

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SCREAMING BECAUSE @hiro-sama MADE THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND HE'S SO CUTE I'M OPENLY WEEPING 😭💕

look at how ridiculousLY sweet he is i'm gonna be sick /pos LKDJFALSDKFAD his ears and nose...😭💕 i took some pictures to show off the antics he's already getting up to (iggy being iggy he's already gaming, you know) 🤭

thank you so much, i will love him forever! 😍

#reblog #our wonderland #look at the little guy #not to toot my own horn but he turned out cute kfslkfsldfs

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I'm still on a break from vn dev but I'm THINKING about the half-demon project so have this decadent Mairō as a teaser. 😇

#my art #half demon project #visual novel #(in spe) #mairo

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drew a cheesy shot of the boys because they deserve some happiness 🥺💕 (btw, it seems that the S ending is pretty popular despite being the hardest to get, i wonder why ^^)

#my art #quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #bl game #vndev #q #t

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Have you met Albie yet? 📚🦉🌙 He's the Society's archivist and has a special ability that makes him perfect for this job. 😇

Find out more in my free visual novel Quaint which got its final update last week!

#my art #quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #vndev #tw: eye contact

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Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024

Showcase your Game!

The Interactive Fiction Showcase is a year-long "jam" meant to collect and showcase Interactive Fiction games completed in 2024, and show how diverse the Interactive Fiction scene is! And maybe: build more bridges between the community, help people finding their new favourite game/author...

Whether it is long or short, an easy adventure or a complicated puzzle, a strange experiment, a quick creation, or a years-in-the-making game, come show off what you've made!

Are you more of a player? Then, come check this page regularly for new submissions! Maybe leave a rating or a comment too :)

This is an unranked event.

Rules:

The Showcase is open to IF games in all of its forms: kinetic, choice-based, hyperlinks, parser, visual novels... As long as it is Interactive Fiction (there is interactivity and the focus of the game is on the text), the entry will be accepted.

The Showcase is open to IF games in any language.

Entries must be playable and in its complete form when submitted. Completed games in 2024, whose demo was previously public, are welcome. Games submitted to other events (jams/competitions) are welcome.

Entries can include NSFW content, as long as it is indicated in the submission.

Entries should not include any generated AI content - or it will be removed.

Spam or hateful content will be removed.

Creating Interactive Fiction:

Interactive Fiction is a text-based narrative medium, where players can interact with the story in some fashion (input commands, click a link/button, press key). There are many different ways of creating IF, and many different programs to do so. You can find some mentioned below:

Primarily HyperText/Choice-Based: Twine,  Ink, ChoiceScript, Dendry

Primarily Parser/Input: Inform 6, Inform 7, PunyInform, Adventuron, ADRIFT

Other: Bitsy, Binksi, Ren'Py

and many more can be found listed in the IF Wiki.

If you are looking for other Interactive Fiction Events, discuss general IF, or ask question, you can visit the IntFiction Forum. (we also have monthly IF events over at @neointeractives)

Interactive Fiction Database and Archive:

IFDB

The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. The database is a community project, updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your game, please consider making one!

IF Archive

The IF Archive is an archive of Interactive Fiction games, and IF-related elements (walkthroughs, interpreters, articles, collections...). The Archive’s mission is to preserve the history and practice of interactive fiction and make it freely available to the public. If you wish to, you can upload a copy of your game to the IFArchive, through the IFDB listing of your game (recommended) or directly to the archive.

The IFDB and IFArchive, as well as the IntFiction Forum and Twine, are managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. These programs are funded through individual donations.

Visual Novel Database

The VNDB, or Visual Novel Database, is a community project that strives to be a comprehensive database for information about visual novels. The database is updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your visual novel, please consider making one!

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I drew a little something for my friend's game that just got the FINAL PART RELEASED ON ITCH YEAHHHHHHHHHH

it's a fantastic game and i love the characters so much!! 💕

you can play it here!

#reblog #please look at carrot's wonderful drawing of q and milo #im literally shaking #i love it so much

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This is it! Part Three is out and with it, the game is finally complete! ✨

Attend the grand Masquerade, make the big confession (or don’t), and help end the conflict between the Organization and the Society.

Get it here (for FREE): https://takanohiro.itch.io/quaint

The new update includes:

about 80k+ words across three routes 🏰

30+ new CGs to unlock 🖌

5 main endings and 2 new bad endings (+ an endings gallery to keep track of them) 💀

5 new minigames 🎮

3 new spells ✨

a bunch of difficult decisions and a few secrets to uncover ⏳

And more! But rather than writing it all out, I’ll let you discover stuff for yourselves. 😇

#visual novel #bl game #amare game #interactive fiction #indie game #vndev #quaint vn

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Happy V-Day 💕

(because it's not really a triangle but a V-kinda-thing with Q in the middle)

#my art #quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #milo #q #t #valentines day

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One more week until the final release! 😵

It's also my birthday soon and that always makes me feel so old 🫠 So have older Q and Milo, still happily together 😇

#my art #quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #vndev #q #milo

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"Remember!" said the witch. "Once you have taken a human form, you can never be a mermaid again. You can never come back through the waters to your sisters, or to your father's palace. And if you do not win the love of the Prince so completely that for your sake he forgets his father and mother, cleaves to you with his every thought and his whole heart, and lets the priest join your hands in marriage, then you will win no immortal soul. If he marries someone else, your heart will break on the very next morning, and you will become foam of the sea."

(The demo for the Deepwater Witch is available now on itch or for wishlist on Steam! It's free to play!)

#reblog #visual novel

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Get ready for confessions of love and guilt, tragic reunions, and heartbreaking goodbyes. 💔 The final part of Quaint releases February 16th.

And in the meantime, play the first two parts here (for free): https://takanohiro.itch.io/quaint

#quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #interactive fiction #amare game #vndev

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🦋🦋🦋

#my art #quaint vn #visual novel #indie game #milo

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The Deepwater Witch is OUT!

The demo for The Deepwater Witch is officially OUT! It's an animated romance visual novel that retells the Little Mermaid in a post-apocalyptic future.

Synopsis:

In a world ruined by pollution, the oceans have swallowed the lands. Ramil is a scavenger, a lowlife who digs through the trash littering his once idyllic hometown. One day he finds a mysterious girl on the beach. She can't speak, and she says that she doesn't remember where she came from. When Ramil meets her, he is dragged into a surreal dreamscape...but are they dreams or delusions?

As the mysteries surrounding the girl's identity unravel, Ramil is forced to answer a question: What price is he willing to pay to be happy? 

Features:

💃Fully animated! 📖25k words (~2 hours playtime) 🐟5 unlockable CGs! ✨A sweet, slow-burn romance ☁️Fairytale references 🗑️Too much talk about the environment for a romance game

Characters:

#reblog #visual novel