Better With Dragons

Hahah I feel him a lot 🥲

Is there a name to the art of naming things in a fictional setting? Because it's damn hard and I think it'd deserve one 😩

Facing the reality of writing about a monster hunter (⬅️ has to write about monster *hunting*)

What's up? - Summer 2025 Recap Better With Dragons published a post on Ko-fi

Hi all! These are tough times to make (and find funding for) video games, especially narrative experiences proudly standing for and defending progressive values, but hey! We're still here and keep on going 💪

You can read our latest seasonal recap below ⤵️

ko-fi.com/post/Whats-u...

#KofiSharetember

Hello there! I've been taking some time away from studio work for the summer, I'll be back in September with our summer recap 🫡

I still wanna avoid putting a spotlight on AI slop though :') But thanks!

Digital artwork. An anthropomorphic, slender creature made of branches, covered in leaves and red flower bits, with a head shaped like a dear skull and long ears, explores a cave. A ball of light lits its way.

Ever onward.

Early concept artwork for the korphedyn kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🦌🌺

You think so? :O It oozed 2000s vibes for me so I thought it was before the AI shitstorm but if you end up right then I apologize and it indeed sucks :(

Moving van with a dragon on it breathing fire on the renting company logo

A new addition to the "everything truly is better with dragons" folder

And I like to pay talented people who care about what we do and bring their own vision instead of wasting our money ond ata farms, wasting precious ecological resources, paying rich tech bros who don't care about art and steal from artists, support fellow human workers... Gen AI can burn.

It's disheartening to see publishers releasing such statements, even more so when they work on games that bear so much on their writing.

Human-made translation brings necessary nuance and artistry. No algorithm can ever replace that.

Picture of one of my Better With Dragons business cards. Below the logotype, it reads "independent video game studio crafting queer fantasy adventures".

One of my Game Camp highlights is fellow game professionals coming to me saying "omg I love the name of your studio" or "omg do you make games with dragons" and me going like "YES DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT" and them being like "YES PLEASE"

I love you all, thank you for your support! 🥰✨

Picture of Game Camp 2025 entrance

Back from Game Camp! I was able to present our projects to several people to get enthusiastic feedback, chat about funding options and share exciting words about dragon games 🐉💫

Feel free to say hi if you're coming!! 👋

Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. An anthro, blue and yellow bird-like creature with winged arm leaps into the air and prepares a plasma ball between his hands.

Doing what must be done.

Early concept artwork for the zlatel kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐦⚡️

🐉 💕 🐲 💕

Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. Anthro pachyderm-like creatures, covered with bits of natural armor, are working in a desertic camp with palm trees. One in the foreground has found a golden gem and is looking at it shine under the sunlight.

Digging up the past.

Early concept artwork for the keroton kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🦏🔨

Digital concent artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game in development at Better With Dragons. A creature akin to an anthro saber-tooth tiger is sitting against a rock while preening the tip of their tail with a tool. It looks like a desert rose made of green gem.

Self-care.

Early concept artwork for the taïgorokin kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐯💎

What's up? - Spring 2025 Better With Dragons published a post on Ko-fi

Time for a new update!

This season, my work has been focused on our VN Project, from writing to learning the ropes of Ren'Py (woah, actual game dev?!).

I'll also be at Game Camp 2025 this June, so don't hesitate to reach out if you wanna meet there! 🐲 ✨

The full recap ➡️ ko-fi.com/post/Whats-u...

Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. A large blue and orange crocodilian creature swims in blue waters.

Testing the waters.

More early concept artworks for the lorgkrator kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐊

Digital conceot artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. Two hulking, bipedal crocodilian creatures, one dark green and one beige and blue, are facing each other frowning and mouth open, in a heated conversation. The dark green is pointing at the ground with a claw and far away with their other hand. The beige one is making a hand sign with two claws out.

Conflict management.

Early concept artworks for the lorgkrator kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐊

Screenshot of a Discord message reading "Here's the BWD Weekly Recap N°69"

Nice

Digital concept artwork for The Dragon Grasp Project by Halybs. We see three silhouette of anthropomorphic wolves long long fur. Three silhouette are black and white, three busts are colored: one gray and white, one blue and white, one orange and cream.

Digital concept artwork for The Dragon Grasp Project by Halybs. We see a nude eolu from behind, surrounded by a swirl of wind, their fur ruffled and tail swishing. They open their hands like they're harnessing its elemental power.

Honor among heroes. 🐺

Early concept artworks for the eolu kind by @halybs.bsky.social !

Was cleansing our old Twitter account and realized there are plenty of concept artworks I never posted here... 🤔 Don't mind me sharing them all in the next days!

Indie video game dev-artists be like

"I must escape burnout, abuse, and deal with queer struggles while satisfying this neurodivergence"

*looks at the most complex piece of human creation*

"I will do that full-time"

Screenshot of the Ko-Fi goal gauge reaching 100%. Small ornage hearts have been added next to it.

We reached a new goal on Ko-Fi last week! 🎉 Thank you to all of our Supporters for their very valuable help 💗

You can support us to help fund Project 2's prep-production, get exclusive updates, private chatroom in our Discord, and have a chance to test our prototypes! 🐲⤵️

ko-fi.com/thedragongrasp

Finally getting time to reopen Ren'Py and write gay things!!! Exciting moment

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Amazing shots!! 👌⚡️

Happy Ace Awareness Day!!

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