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@ironnorivn

Visual novel dev, editor/proofreader, higher ed nerd, punster extraordinaire. Admin of https://vndev.wiki/ & VN jam statistician she/her πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ ζ—₯本θͺžOK https://ironnorivn.wordpress.com/

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i have a feeling i know what this is about lmfao

05.01.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Otome Games Celebration - Steam Festival Sign Up This is a form for otome developers & publishers who want to join the 2nd otome games Steam festival from May 4-11th 2026. The event is hosted by Arimia from Crystal Game Works and you can read how th...

Otome Games Celebration, the only Steam festival just for otome games, is coming back this May! If you have an otome game released or upcoming on Steam, sign up nowβ€”submissions close January 28th.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

05.01.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Cecil
H-how many murderers do you expect us to find?

Cecil H-how many murderers do you expect us to find?

:>

31.12.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

anyway, if you're looking for devs to follow,
go.bsky.app/TQDmuak

24.12.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Two chibi-esque emotes for the DevTalk Discord server. The one on the left is the blonde server mascot, Lemon, looking dejected with a 3 mouth. The one on the right is the server owner, Stella's, vtuber avatar crying with big sad eyes.

Two chibi-esque emotes for the DevTalk Discord server. The one on the left is the blonde server mascot, Lemon, looking dejected with a 3 mouth. The one on the right is the server owner, Stella's, vtuber avatar crying with big sad eyes.

I drew a couple new emotes for the DevTalk server for funsies this week ✨
#art

26.12.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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26.12.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
He reaches forward and before I can stop him, he's lifting my fingers to his lips.

He reaches forward and before I can stop him, he's lifting my fingers to his lips.

Elm
I need... I'm sorry, I need to go. There's an appointment, and...

Elm I need... I'm sorry, I need to go. There's an appointment, and...

Ambrose
Dinner will be ready in a moment. If you all would set out the table?

Ambrose Dinner will be ready in a moment. If you all would set out the table?

Lucie
Do you have a moment before the professor arrives? I'd like to speak with you aboutβ€”

Lucie Do you have a moment before the professor arrives? I'd like to speak with you aboutβ€”

VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ✨

this is my upcoming Victorian vampire otome game with 3 love interests and a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...

26.12.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 21
Merry Christmas! 2025

Merry Christmas! 2025

Merry Christmas! Santa Lucie has arrived ✨️ I hope she brought more than just coal...

25.12.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Almost Christmas means it wasn’t Christmas

Almost Christmas means it wasn’t Christmas

Gamers. It’s time

24.12.2025 04:16 πŸ‘ 6711 πŸ” 2655 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 25
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GitHub - ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801 Contribute to ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801 development by creating an account on GitHub.

what do you mean "the near-complete source code to Princess Maker 1 and 2 was quietly uploaded to GitHub a few months ago and nobody noticed"

github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...

20.12.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 534 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
1st Anniversary!

1st Anniversary!

A year ago today, a group of actors stepped onto the stage...

Happy 1st anniversary to Canvas Menagerie! πŸ’œπŸ’™πŸŽ‰

18.12.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an email:

Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me

Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.

According to our records,

1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a β€œfinal break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the β€œUnilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members

Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterpriseβ„’ seat), as well as O365β„’, Adobe CCβ„’, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! πŸ˜­πŸ’œ

If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)

β€”-

Regards,
   ___ (πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈshe/her, UTC -5)
   Partner Infra Platform Experiences team

As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workdayβ„’

New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account!

Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a

Screenshot of an email: Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request To: me Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;; I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15. According to our records, 1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a β€œfinal break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the β€œUnilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable. 2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterpriseβ„’ seat), as well as O365β„’, Adobe CCβ„’, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! πŸ˜­πŸ’œ If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!) β€”- Regards, ___ (πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈshe/her, UTC -5) Partner Infra Platform Experiences team As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workdayβ„’ New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account! Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a

sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣

17.12.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 3539 πŸ” 1027 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 172

:yabaiplum:

16.12.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kairina "Ah, Mari!! Always a witch around the corner when you need help."

Kairina "Ah, Mari!! Always a witch around the corner when you need help."

Our latest otome game, Mari's Magical Deliveries, is still on launch discount! Grab it while it's on sale for our cute romance visual novel with 3 love interests to choose from πŸ’–

Play it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3563380/...

15.12.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i am standing…!

16.12.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NarraScope 2026 | A Hybrid Conference on Interactive Narrative NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

The 2026 Narrascope website is live!
narrascope.org

09.12.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Happy Mari's Magical Deliveries release day!

Crystal Game Works reached out to put it and Forget Me Not into a bundle, so you can get both of our Magical Daily Life games for a discount over on Steam!

08.12.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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[Artist Interest Form] - Meiri Games [SFW & NSFW] Hello! This is a 'permanent' form for artists interested in illustrating for Meiri Games' projects. It will always be open as I often look for new talented artists to collaborate with. Meiri Games de...

I've opened a permanent artist interest form for Meiri Games. If you're an artist interested in illustrating for visual novels in the future, fill it out! πŸ’

Shares appreciated. I want to find talented folks to work with!

forms.gle/PaubzgH7U112...

#VNDev #indiedev #gamedev

09.12.2025 00:08 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Sealed With A Kiss Jam 2026 A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels. Second Theme Available via Fundraising! For our second year, we're opening up to the possibility of a second theme for thi...

Sealed With a Kiss jam is returning in 2026! This year we have two themes you can pick from or combine to make your own magical kissing visual novel!

Aren't Plum and Lemon cute together?

itch.io/jam/swakjam-...

07.12.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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godspeed, Kanata. You were the best

02.12.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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solarProtag (@solarProtag) Check out solarProtag's commissions and portfolio! | Hi I'm Sol/Solara! I'm an english speaking illustrator from Canada who especially loves drawing OCs and kemonos! Contact email: solarprotag@gmail....

Starting today and going to the 12th I have my commissions on an end-of-year discount over on vgen! They'll be closing after this, so if you were looking to comm something from me then this is your last chance! vgen.co/solarProtag

01.12.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a girl with pink hair is making a funny face ALT: a girl with pink hair is making a funny face

Instead of watanare we should have shorthanded it as muriyuri

01.09.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!

The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!

30.11.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 910 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9
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Hi everyone!!
This is an account to track the Endpaper site's updates for #UpwardsRain !

the website is updatedπŸ€we have new homepage chibis & formatting to include the upcoming DLC information!

(also hey you should leave a message in the guestbook)

#endpaperupdate ← (tag to follow!)

01.12.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Velox Turbo 3 A game jam from 2025-12-19 to 2026-01-06 hosted by robobarbie. - ABOUT - Velox Turbo is a challenge edition of Velox Fabula (or

our next velox jam starts in a little under 3 weeks! I forgot to put the page up til today so. LOL

join here: itch.io/jam/velox-tu...
submit themes here: forms.gle/mbvgiqgE1cz7...

come make a visual novel in 4 days! we got a cool little community here! #VeloxTurbo3

01.12.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Submissions to Novejam 2025

I participated in a #NoveJamID2025 in November. It's an internal game jam for Indonesian #vndev.

This year, all the entries are in English. You can check the entries out here:
itch.io/jam/novejam2...

Some entries are still unindexed, so plays/downloads are appreciated! Thank you!

#indiegamedev

01.12.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Frankly, we couldn't have done it without you Cody.

Together, we saw 65 voice actors (and a dog(yes, really)) as characters across over 20 visual novels. I think this may have been our community's biggest push for the advancement for creating opportunities for VNDevs and voice actors.

01.12.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submissions to Raise Your Voice Jam 2025

It's been so awesome seeing submissions for Raise Your Voice Jam roll in! Devs are breathing new life into their previous jam games by adding VO. It's the first jam I've helped run, and it went surprisingly smooth

itch.io/jam/raise-20...

If you took part, tag me so I can re-updoot it here!

01.12.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read

26.11.2025 00:29 πŸ‘ 6567 πŸ” 1952 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 39

hold my hand. I as an ace person give you permission to be ace, to be sex repulsed, to think porn games are icky and yet still believe games with sexual content should exist. it's okay. you're not invalidating yourself by supporting porn games & the people who make them. it's all forms of expression

26.11.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2