if you want to support a lesbian, you can read my visual novel about a girl who runs to a facility in the middle of nowhere to deal with her mental illness. there’s a robot, bunnies, a bit of tom lehrer, and some other fun things. do heed the content warnings.
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It's been a long time since we've introduced the characters. So here is a re-introduction for the folks new to my otome visual novel!
Meet Aldrias, the gentle nerdy childhood best friend! He's smart as hell, but maybe a little scatterbrained and naive. Will your lifelong friendship finally blossom into something more romantic after all these years? 👀
My timeloop RPG In Stars and Time is done! Which means I can clear all my ISAT gamedev related bookmarks. But I figured I would show them here, in case they can be useful to someone. These range from "useful to write a story/characters/world" to "these are SUPER rpgmaker focused and will help with the terrible math that comes with making a game".
This is what I used to make my RPG game, but it could be useful for writers, game devs of all genres, DMs, artists, what have you. YIPPEE
Writing (Names)
Behind The Name - Why don't you have this bookmarked already. Search for names and their meanings from all over the world!
Medieval Names Archive - Medieval names. Useful. For ME
City and Town Name Generator - Create "fake" names for cities, generated from datasets from any country you desire! I used those for the couple city names in ISAT. I say "fake" in quotes because some of them do end up being actual city names, especially for french generated ones. Don't forget to double check you're not 1. just taking a real city name or 2. using a word that's like, Very Bad, especially if you don't know the country you're taking inspiration from! Don't want to end up with Poopaville, USA
Writing (Words)
Onym - A website full of websites that are full of words. And by that I mean dictionaries, thesauruses, translators, glossaries, ways to mix up words, and way more. HIGHLY recommend checking this website out!!!
Moby Thesaurus - My thesaurus of choice!
Rhyme Zone - Find words that rhyme with others. Perfect for poets, lyricists, punmasters.
In Different Languages - Search for a word, have it translated in MANY different languages in one page.
ASSETS
In general, I will say: just look up what you want on itch.io. There are SO MANY assets for you to buy on itch.io. You want a font? You want a background? You want a sound effect? You want a plugin? A pixel base? An attack animation? A cool UI?!?!?! JUST GO ON ITCH.IO!!!!!!
Visual Assets (General)
Creative Market - Shop for all kinds of assets, from fonts to mockups to templates to brushes to WHATEVER YOU WANT
Velvetyne - Cool and weird fonts
Chevy Ray's Pixel Fonts - They're good fonts.
Contrast Checker - Stop making your text white when your background is lime green no one can read that shit babe!!!!!!
Visual Assets (Game Focused)
Interface In Game - Screenshots of UI (User Interfaces) from SO MANY GAMES. Shows you everything and you can just look at what every single menu in a game looks like. You can also sort them by game genre! GREAT reference!
Game UI Database - Same as above!
Sound Assets
Zapsplat, Freesound - There are many sound effect websites out there but those are the ones I saved. Royalty free!
Shapeforms - Paid packs for music and sounds and stuff.
Other
CloudConvert - Convert files into other files. MAKE THAT .AVI A .MOV
EZGifs - Make those gifs bigger. Smaller. Optimize them. Take a video and make it a gif. The Sky Is The Limit
Marketing
Press Kitty - Did not end up needing this- this will help with creating a press kit! Useful for ANY indie dev. Yes, even if you're making a tiny game, you should have a press kit. You never know!!!
presskit() - Same as above, but a different one.
Itch.io Page Image Guide and Templates - Make your project pages on itch.io look nice.
MOOMANiBE's IGF post - If you're making indie games, you might wanna try and submit your game to the Independent Game Festival at some point. Here are some tips on how, and why you should.
Game Design (General)
An insightful thread where game developers discuss hidden mechanics designed to make games feel more interesting - Title says it all. Check those comments too.
Game Design (RPGs)
Yanfly "Let's Make a Game" Comics - INCREDIBLY useful tips on how to make RPGs, going from dungeons to towns to enemy stats!!!!
Attack Patterns - A nice post on enemy attack patterns, and what attacks you should give your enemies to make them challenging (but not TOO challenging!) A very good starting point.
How To Balance An RPG - Twitter thread on how to balance player stats VS enemy stats.
Nobody Cares About It But It’s The Only Thing That Matters: Pacing And Level Design In JRPGs - a Good Post.
Game Design (Visual Novels)
Feniks Renpy Tutorials - They're good tutorials.
I played over 100 visual novels in one month and here’s my advice to devs. - General VN advice. Also highly recommend this whole blog for help on marketing your games.
I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye
Threads of You: Beyond the Bay demo available to play on Steam and Itch now!
1 broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet.
Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?
⸺ FEATURES ⸺
🏖️ Short & simple:
Dive into an engaging narrative that spans an approximate 50-minute reading experience with 14,000+ words and replayability for different dialogue!
🏖️ Character Customisation:
Shape the main character according to your own preferences, crafting a truly unique identity and experience through customisable sprite appearance, pronouns, physical traits, and a personalised backstory. Truly make them your own!
🏖️ Room Customisation:
Transform your lodging in Brine Bay into a reflection of your taste and style!
🏖️ 7 potential love interests:
Immerse yourself in romance and friendship as you cross paths with 7 potential love interests, seamlessly woven together into interconnected storylines that promise to keep you entangled in the intricate threads of love and destiny!
🏖️ Special illustrations:
Indulge in 7 special and semi-animated CGs (and 1 mini CG!), specially drawn to enhance the experience with each of the love interests!
🏖️ Partial voice acting:
Get fully immersed in Brine Bay where characters come to life with distinct and captivating vocal performances by our truly talented voice actors!
🏖️ Your choices matter:
Navigate through a narrative where your decisions leave an important mark on both characters and story. Each choice you make may potentially alter their life paths and relationships with others!
🏖️ Special musical tracks:
Enjoy our specially crafted soundtrack, with uniquely tailored tracks to portray each 7 characters and their different personalities!
Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?
Christmas has come to Wayhaven, and you and Unit Bravo have been thrown into another mystery with a little more sparkle than usual!
Upside-down Christmas trees, toys springing to life, and an army of waddling plastic Santas are just some of the magical festive pranks being cast on townsfolk and places alike.
To find whoever is casting these supernatural antics, you and the team of vampires are sent chasing around town in search of the merry Christmas culprit before magic is revealed to everyone in Wayhaven.
But the festive spirit brings with it a dreamy air that makes all too easy to get distracted by just how romantic Christmas can be with a vampire at your side…
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Grab it on Itch.io, or join our Patreon Community for exclusive epilogues* and goodies and enjoy this short, novella-style interactive side-story set within the world of Wayhaven, where you are the main character! It’s a Christmas tale filled with cozy festive fun and plenty of fluffy romantic moments.
(This game can be played as a Stand-Alone story away from the main series of The Wayhaven Chronicles. But it should be noted that it does involve characters and relationships that have developed already during the main games, but extra explanation is provided throughout where needed to help you enjoy it to the fullest!)
*Holiday Magic will be part of the Crow Quill tier and up and the Epilogues are available on the Swan Quill tier and up.
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I wrote a fairy visual novel with character art done by the amazingly talented @gwygle!
Please check it out. It's free!
I don't know how to make it work on the itch.io app, so it has to be downloaded. I'm so sorry about this. I am profoundly bad at being a game developer, it's not even funny. I do still think this is a pretty neat wee game though.
Round 2 of the love interests re-introduction: meet the second love interest, Lord Kierdan Waven!
As the eldest son of the House of Waven and a high-ranked officer of the Authority, Kierdan is nothing short of intimidating to most people. His commanding presence and stand-offish aura do not help matters either.
But is there more than meets the eye beneath the earl's icy mask?
Coming soon: Holiday Magic: A Wayhaven Christmas Story!
We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this delightful tale. Our gratitude goes out to Mishka's amazing Patrons for their unwavering support, which has made this project, as well as The Wayhaven Chronicles as a whole, possible. This special gift is our way of expressing our heartfelt appreciation as it will be free to all $5+ Patrons.
But this festive, romantic side story will also be available to purchase for windows PC (and hopefully MAC) through Itch.io.
Stay tuned and get ready to immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Wayhaven this holiday season!
Me and my GF released a toxic-yuri horror visual novel: Absolutely Perfect Specimen!
"Absolutely Perfect Specimen is a horror-yuri visual novel about the android maid Pan and her master Dr. Amy G Dala. Follow Pan over the course of a year as she struggles with insatiable hunger and bizarre dysphoria, all while discovering her past and grappling with her dark future."
I put so damn much of myself into this story. Everything in my life surrounding love and sex and gender has culminated in writing this story with my beloved partner @ruinedpowers.
We made it together over the course of 3 months for the 2023 VN Cup. It's about a lot of things I think the average queer person has dealt with, but also really personal shit pulled straight from my struggle with gender dysphoria and the way it can leave you confused, scared and depersonalized.
It's pay-what-you-want, about an hour long read silently, has a shit ton of art in it, and a haunting, perfect score by my girlfriend @ruinedpowers. I really hope you give a shot.
you’re left staring at a stranger whom you’ve invited into the safety of your home for the final countdown. is the end of the world even worth crying about? surely not? but her tears keep telling you otherwise
kinetic visual novel, 11k words
content warnings; heavy atmosphere, sadomasochism, violent lesbian sex, delusions, despair and existential crisis