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Hobbyist Indie Game Developer You can find my work at http://gaming-variety-potato.itch.io Interested in visual novels, narrative design, and general game programming. Nickname: Potato
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In case you missed the news yesterday... We’ve got BIG updates!!! πŸ‘€πŸ’₯ Our #OtomeJam game this year is… πŸ’Œ A FULL demo of the NEW Subject: Love!!! πŸ’–βœ¨ Yep, it’s happening!!! And we can’t wait to show you more!! 😭🫢

πŸ“£ New devlog: itch.io/blog/936991/... I'm working on a new VN and I won't be posting on Bluesky during the jam period. Quietly crawling back to my cave. πŸ¦€πŸš I follow back fellow devs if you follow me on itch. It's easier to see your new releases/updates from that feed. Take care and goodbye! πŸ’—πŸ‘‹

Our Dev Starter Pack reached maximumβ€”meaning we have a total of 150 indie Otome/shoujosei Devs on Bsky now! The Otome/Shoujosei Dev list is still open btw!! For those who didn't manage to get in the pack, if there is enough devs coming together, a second one gets made πŸ’– Pack: go.bsky.app/VQ9vWVN

Here's a thread of some of the gofundme campaigns set up for some of the folks who were hurt or killed yesterday at the Lapulapu festival. Please consider supporting these folks and share these links around your networks!

hi folks! We've had a couple people in our orbit experience itchio payout delays. Thank you BaiYu for sharing that it can be an issue with your tax information -- it expires at some point and does not alert you. Please check on this if you're waiting on a payout at any point.

our beautiful #shortcircuitvnjam starts TODAY!!! as I promised, here's my emotional speech: Β« let's goooo gamers!!! boys (gender neutral) be ambitious!! Β» I'm glad we already have submissions and I'm excited for all the others that will come :') join us and have fun!!: itch.io/jam/short-ci...

VIDEOVERSE is taking part in the #LudoNarraCon sale! πŸ₯³ Enjoy 40% off and check out the fantastic collection of narrative games! Cheers to @fellowtraveller.games for hosting! πŸ‘‰ store.steampowered.com/app/2079180/...

may is my birth month and for some reason I've made it otome month as well! otome jam has begun & in less than 3 weeks I'll be hosting the first otome steam festival πŸ’œ lets make visual novels bigger and better than ever!!! jam: itch.io/jam/otome-ja... festival: crystalgameworks.com/otome-games-...

Still looking for BG, UI artists and another programmer for scripting the dialogue!

It's May 1 somewhere. The demo for Your Blade, My Heart is out! Train under Grand Knight Ramon Dayore, and open the door to his heart! Features βš”οΈ Option to self-insert or play a canon protagonist πŸ’œ 17k words βš”οΈPartial VA πŸ’œAn original soundtrack PLAY NOW: husbandogoddess.itch.io/your-blade-m...

And the trailer is out! youtu.be/hZJKfMbpNCU

Submissions will close in about 34 hours! itch.io/jam/queer-ga...

GOOD MORNING The Crips for eSims for Gaza Itch Bundle is live! itch.io/b/2965/crips... 200+ video games, TTRPGs, zines, comics, & more $16+ to support Palestinians surviving occupation! On sale April 28-May 20 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈβœŠβ€οΈ SPREAD THE WORD!

It's the last 3 days of the Kickstarter campaign for our magical girl yuri visual novel, Lock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery! We've already hit our goal but with your help we can unlock full voice acting ✨ Pledge now to get some of the Kickstarter exclusive merch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/vns...

I made a sad vent game for #VeloxFormido2 about becoming awful like the awful people who raised you norbez.itch.io/but-you-are I'm the first game submitted which is nice I guess

#VeloxFormido2 has been completed! Aliferous; those with wings is a 6k otome game ft a dress up mini game. It follows Juniper, who sees people's potential as 'wings' and the toymaker Io who she ropes into joining her for their college art competition! heartsyncproductions.itch.io/aliferous-th...

the page is still a bit of a mess but. here's my #VeloxFormido2 entry, "take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die" or just "...the lakes..." if you want. ednaarel.itch.io/the-lakes

I was against posting this because I would not mention projects until they're published. Can you spot which one is new? 🧐 OK, I wanted to share a cursed revelation with you allπŸ’€... that the dude has almost identical colour palette as my logo. πŸ₯”πŸ˜‘ Wow, it took me more than a year to notice! 🐌 [1]

Nearly delirious with sleepinessbut I got it finished! πŸ’— tuffmallow.itch.io/a-simple-twi...

Reminder: This Saturday is the second meetup for #OtomeJam / #JoseiJam, and it is on @vndev.bsky.social! Link to their server: discord.gg/devtalk

I totally didn't forget to post this heh Finally, after months!! Here is the collab of Subject:Love ( @honeybunnyof.bsky.social ) and Potion Pleasing ( @prikarin.itch.io ) And with those faces, I don't want to know what they are creating πŸ˜‚

[New Tool] Dynamic Menu Choices For Ren'Py by aura-wave A library that let's you configure choice menus individually. Check it out on itch.io @[email protected] #RenPy #VNDev #IndieDev

Hello! An Intersex Jam (focused on works about characters living with the real-life medical variants between dyadic male and female) has been published, and will be beginning at the end of May. More information is provided through the link: itch.io/jam/an-inter... #itch #gamejam #intersexjam2025

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ show me your trans characters! ftm, mtf, nonbinary, genderfluid, I wanna see them ALL!! πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ spread a little joy in these trying times, make it a mini #artshare!

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆLGBTQ+ Pack ListπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Queer Indie Devs go.bsky.app/C8TLbcZ Queer VAs go.bsky.app/8pNR1oU PoC/Queer GMs go.bsky.app/ApiRRC4 Queer Fantasy Art go.bsky.app/PJkDKDu Queer VN Devs go.bsky.app/AUFAXy7 Trans Game Devs go.bsky.app/8ujZNLu Trans Art go.bsky.app/Ch5bEkU Ace Creatives go.bsky.app/ADYdXyL

Submissions to QGB2025 are open now.

Happy Birthday, Carrot!! πŸ₯³ @justacarrot.bsky.social Genzou looks so cool in that scene in "Broomtail", which inspired me to redraw these panels. πŸœοΈπŸ”«πŸ€  Excuse me for some creative liberties with Jerry's shotgun and eh... Genzou's shirt button somehow randomly popped. πŸΎπŸ™„ #30DaysofOW

πŸŒ• The Night Of Goodbye πŸŒ• A new CG #illustration for #SOBSgame! Ignato and Anastasya have a very difficult heart to heart. Will their bonds remain strong? #IndieGame #indieDev #GameDev #IndieVN #VisualNovel #OCsky

Today's my birthday so I'll draw whatever I dang well please.

Down Memory Lane, our visual novel about an unlikely duo on an emotional cross-country road trip, is now out! A story about finding home in unexpected places, moving on from the past, surviving, and most of all - remembering who you are. meiri.itch.io/down-memory-... #VNDev #indiedev #gamedev