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🔞 LGBTQIA+ Visual Novel featuring hot guys that turn into monsters. Romance and/or de-pants them at your discretion. Check it out on Steam > https://shorturl.at/qUmr4 Account run by cloud, they/she, lead dev + writer
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Anyway, my unsolicited advice is to always work on your communication skills, save lots of references/inspo pics, communicate often, and get comfortable writing up contracts for bigger stuff. I feel like that's really saved my bacon lmao
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And even those experiences were simply just inconvenient or the product of poor communication, I really haven't dealt with any major scandals and that Feels Good Man.
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Thinking about pre-TCM time in fandom spaces and now as an indie, I've commissioned/contracted SO many people over the years and i'm super grateful I've had like... maybe one or two shitty experiences that whole time.
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Same!! Thank you anyway for checking into it! <3
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I wasn't given a specific reason but the game does have quite a lot of drug/alcohol references, violence, and the antagonists disguise themselves as police in addition to all the sex so I'm assuming it's going to have been one of those things. Sorry, I wish I could give you the specifics orz
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Here's a handy run-down of how to check your search settings if you need to double check them! steamcommunity.com/discussions/...
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Hey there! Is it possible you're filtering out porn/adult games from your Steam searches? If not, the game is banned in both Germany and China so that could also be the issue. Let me know if that helps! ✨
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You are an angel!!!! Thanks!
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store.steampowered.com/app/2414410?...
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Eat up!!! 💜
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This is by NO means a One-Size-Fits-All piece but I have learned soooo much about reaching out to audiences and being shit-scared to do so. Hopefully my advice and experiences can help other indies with their projects too!
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And you should! (OKAY i'm done i think I got emotional bc my audience is very very kind with their feedback and I had a couple really heartfelt comments recently that kinda touched me so)
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But also I love what I do?? I love making content people see themselves in? TCM is my first big gaming adventure (I have a TTRPG project under my belt but TCM is my first video game) and hearing so many people's incredibly kind feedback makes me want to tell everyone ELSE that you too can make porn!
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I have a lot of opinions as legislation continues to come down on my passions and my livelihood and we live in a time where porn bans are a thinly veiled attack on queer voices and expression. I mean of course I do, I'm queer and I write porn for a living.
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NOW to find my next game and hopefully it's not Monster Hunter Wilds and something that already exists in my library because I DONT REALLY have 70$ to throw around. 🫠
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My second place favorite thing was the Black Materia sequence after Temple of the Ancients. The physicality of Cloud being drawn to Sephiroth, the pupil dilation, the creepily confident lines delivered by a talented and committed voice actor (I played w jpn audio) was SO delicious.
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This is something I've daydreamed about for decades and seeing relationships forged in crisis develop into friendships but also with opposition and friction was so so so special to me.
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HOLY CRAP THEY LOOK SICK AF THO!!! this is the true power of an artist!!
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I aim to please!! 😎
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These clips are so cute! Your laugh is infectious!!! Chapter 2 and 4 have CGs with nudity in them but there's no nude sprites (they look goofy just hanging out over the textbox lmao) 💜
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I think the faster I get to putting real words down the easier it is for me to stay out of the weeds. Also learning to write (esp fiction) non-linearly has helped me maintain overall vision and clarity as I get into it. If any of this makes sense lmao
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Mostly, a lot of the methods I learned in school were slow and overly structured/felt really tedious. Now I kind of go from brainstorm slop to vague grouping of ideas and just start writing from there. I do a lot of "post" editing too where I connect disparate ideas after I've written most of them.
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DELIGHTFUL ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
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The games in early access right now, most of the routes are about halfway complete if you wanna take a sneak peek 😉
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Ayyyy thanks!! 💜
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Thank you so much! I really wanted players to have more say in how the relationship moves without punishing them for holding back (or off entirely). It makes me happy to know it's appreciated! 💜💜💜
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It's something I really want to do but currently have no concrete timeline for. I have seen fan translations made for other Ren'py games, however, so that's always a possibility in the interim. 💜
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i DID run a ks a while back! Very grateful that supportive fans have helped the game get so far! 💜
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TYSM!!
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So glad you like him, he's such a sweet, passionate guy under all that drama and luxury wrapping 💜
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Awwww yiss >:3
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No voices right now but I'll keep that in mind for Future Reference!!! 💜
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Thanks!! That's super cool of you! 💜