Jaylus / Julia

1-bit view of a person in a room with lots of writing on the walls

collage of photos of someone on a trail

a ball of moss climbing up a wall. Bubbles fill the room

person with shotgun shooting at green blob monster

It's Friday night so here are a bunch of recent indie games to read about on my blog

virtualmoose.org/2026/03/13/i...

Always love reading your indie game highlights; thanks for sharing! :)

I love this, how adorable!! Funny timing because I've also been working on a Picrew-like similar to this but to make flower bouquets... feeling inspired by what you've created :)

It's you, but frog!

🐸 Create your froggy portrait in your browser
🎭 Chose the colors and features of your frog to best represent your mood
🍃 Enjoy a calm nature ambiance and quirky sound effects

Play now: mibyle.itch.io/u-but-frog
(and feel free to share your frog w/ me, I'd love to see them!)

A wax seal on an envelope with a hyacinth design

I designed my own wax seal stamp (a hyacinth of course) and it came this past week from the manufacturer! 👀💌

that makes total sense!! I will just keep an eye out for shipping to go back to normal then 🙏 thank you for explaining!

Okay I think this is probably the final iteration looks-wise, at least for the basic procedural animations

ahhhhhH how cool!!!

Painting of clouds and stars with a bird flying in the background. The text says "Directionless, a solo journaling game, by Junk Food Games"

Absolutely blown away by this print that just arrived from @romanhyacinths.bsky.social !

this is getting framed ASAP!

thanks so much Chris! 😊

not the entire client base 😭 would you consider putting up digital files that folks could buy for personal use? I have an art printer and precision cutting machine, so stickers and prints are things I could print out at home. totally understand if it's not something you'd consider though!

your entire collection is adorable, wow!! 🤩

I really loved this game, one of my favorites from 2025! Played it with my friend's 7-year-old and we both had a blast 🌞

An envelope that says "Special Collections" and a piece of custom vellum paper inspired by a mural in Ancient Pompeii

An envelope's contents of art and writing, including a postcard, recipe card, sticker sheet, and fictional field note, all related to Ancient Pompeii

A holographic sticker sheet featuring different kinds of food that people in Ancient Pompeii ate

The back of the postcard, with the writing: "Pompeii, 78 CE: There was a thriving industry of fast food restaurants, called 'thermopolia,' in many ancient Roman cities. Pompeii had 89 at the time Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. One of the most complete examples we have of a thermopolium was owned by a woman named Asellina."

made some themed #snailmail inspired by Ancient Pompeii!

custom vellum paper, a fictional field note, a holographic sticker sheet w/ food items from Pompeii, a recipe card featuring Ancient Roman sourdough bread, and an illustrated postcard of a "thermopolium," or Ancient Roman fast food joint 🌞📫

ahh too bad, I'm sorry to hear that, sounds frustrating!!

such gorgeous colors and textures, wow! do you have any idea when your higher tiers might be avail for US folks?

A picture of a hand holding together a sticker, an art print and a painting. The sticker is die cut and features a drawing of a yellow moth with bright red furry body and dark blue green patterns on the wings. The art print features an illustration of a flower vase of poppies, daisies and lily of the valley. On the vase, there is a pattern of entertaining hands of different colors wearing different types of jewelry and adorned with different kinds of tattoos. The piece is framed with a patterned blue, yellow and orange frame with tiny illustrations on it: the ones visible are of gardening gloves, a wheelbarrow, a birdhouse, a watering can. The painting is also of a moth, framed with tiny twigs full of leaves. The colors in the painting are very warm oranges, pinks and reds, the moth is very furry and the patterns on its wings and the fur are rendered with soft colored pencil.

A picture of some stickers, art prints and paintings surrounded by various art supplies and stationery. The stickers are die cut and feature a snail eating a leaf, while the art prints, for what’s visible, feature a toad sitting on a rock in a pond surrounded by vegetation like cattails and bellflowers. The paintings are of decorated flower vases full of very round and colorful flowers.

A closeup of the image before where the colors of the art can be better appreciated. Both the art print and the snail sticker have the same yellowish-greens, emerald green, a bit of maroon and the same digitally rendered pencil texture. From up close you can also appreciate the texture of the watercolor paper used for the painting, and the contrasting violet - salmon pink - bright hot pink palette used for the flowers.

My two favorite snail mails I’ve sent this year ✨ April & November!
patreon.com/thesunxix

#snailmail #art #humanart #illustration

making a lot of art on my week off of work! just illustrated this holographic sticker sheet for a penpal with a fish tank 🐡🫧

A zine titled "directionless" with a pink bird on front, and a painting next to the zine with a pink bird flying above clouds

Finished up some WIPs from 2025 this week, including the painting to the right, inspired by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social's wonderful solo journaling game "directionless" to the left!

Photo of the 1-page game As Long as the Cicadas Sing

Photo of an illustration of a flowers with faces around a spider hanging from a web. The text says Wither & Grow, a solo journaling game. Illustration by Roman Hyacinths.

May

I reworked As Long as the Cicadas Sing into a 1-page game. This was for a project we did with the local Designed in the DMV collective (more to come in the June post).

I also got a lovely piece of art inspired by Wither & Grow from @romanhyacinths.bsky.social !

thanks so much for the kind words Ami!! and HAHA no worries, I totally get it, I love illustrated frames as well!!

Thank you!!

illustration of a yellow crowned night heron

illustrated a yellow crowned night heron over lunch 🪶🌲

I saw those! So cool!

I didn't go for a show, but I always really enjoy the MFA's Ancient Greek and Korea collections, and really enjoyed their recent street photography exhibit. I'm not typically super interested in photography, but I really enjoyed how diverse and evocative the collection was!

How great; love this art! Any favorite sections in the MFA? Was just there a few weeks ago!

Front of the bookmark

Designed and printed my first #TTRPG — a 1-2 player game set in the Wild West — for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social's TTRPG Bookmark Jam!

You can download and play it for free here: roman-hyacinths.itch.io/a-western-de...

NULL_SPACE prelaunch by Binary Star Games Coming soon, Zine Month 2026

I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵

NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...

Starting UI integration with dialogues and interactions 💬

icymi

it's no longer my birthday, but my games are still on sale all week

a mirror selfie

in NYC visiting friends for the week — and will be co-working at GUMBO a couple days! mutuals, feel free to message if you want to cross paths while I'm here 🤭