Gaming Variety Potato (on a hiatus)

Thank you Mikey, your words mean a lot to me! 💗

This is a formal announcement for my hiatus:
gaming-variety-potato.itch.io/paradise-tha...

Thank you for your support! 💗 Take care and goodbye! 👋

A selfie of myself crouching on a wooden porch, wearing a black parody hat that says "FAG" and heart-shaped glasses.

A medical estimate for a total hysterectomy surgery, which amounts to USD$5,366.94.

Help a Disabled Trans PoC w/ Surgery! #TransCrowdfund #MutualAid

My total hysterectomy is scheduled for Oct 8, 2025 & I have my top surgery consultation on Sep 17, 2025.

Big problem: I'm poor and can't afford the hysto.
Bigger problem: I may not have insurance next year.

gofund.me/99801fcf7

How to make Halloween washi tape brush in Clip Studio. Below is an example of the brush - overlapping washi tape with little ghosts, pumpkins, bats and autumn leaves on a cream background

ask and ye shall receive. here's a how-to for a halloween washi tape brush I made today 🧵

Your Kiran is such a mood! 😎

Thank you!

3D models in Ren'Py right now seems to experimental feature and you can't really use it for anything non-static (bones and animations aren't loaded). I'm not going to reinvent the wheel with an attempt to implement it 😆, so I'll accept it that this is the most you can do with it.

Then I don't have any recommendations since I never dipped into plugins. 🤔 You can probably look up examples of similar thing you want to achieve and tweak it to your liking, I imagine there should be Youtube videos on them.

Courses tend to be too focused on how to create a particular type of game.

What do you plan with it? I did the Unity Learn courses back then, but you don't do that in one day.

It's been ages, but I remember their video tutorials being often outdated, so you look at how another person in the comments solved the issue. 😅

Humble Bundle frequently got discounted tutorials.

(Reposting this to my main feed. There's a follow-up post of the model in Ren'Py... 😂)

I'm still on a Bluesky break. The takeaway is that I won't be releasing new VNs for a long while and I rather want to practise the hobby in private. I'm working on a devlog to describe it more coherently.

The plan is to get the model in Godot to do some scenery prototyping (will model MC next). It's not really for a game, just an excuse to try out new things for once, like an art project of sorts.

Bonus: Ren'Py...

Default model expression has slightly open mouth you can't close. 🥲

Cool! Yeah, sticking to people you know is probably for the good.

His hair is still WIP... want to do the hard tasks last. 😭 I'm impressed that all of this can be tuned within Vroid itself. The nose is a bit too cutesy and not quite my style, but I don't want to think about Blender for now, haha.

...I know this reaction is super late. 🫣

This is really interesting! Is it a project where people can submit their OCs to populate your game world?

This coincides with how I was dipping into Vroid again to create a 3D model of an OC for fun. Putting them in a game felt like next step. 😆

anime style illustration of a green haired girl and a brunette man locked in a sci-fi battle. OTOME JAM 2025

Otome Jam and Josei Jam have FINISHED!! Altogether the jams have brought 100+ new games to the world in the past 2 months. Thank you everyone who entered!!

💚 See Otome Jam entries: itch.io/jam/otome-ja...
💜 And Josei Jam entries: itch.io/jam/josei-ja...

Thank you for checking out my VN, Bardic Blaze! ☺️

I haven't thoroughly tested it because I was focusing on other things, but I believe that changing the head variant also had that hair animation stay in sync. I can't say I'm fond of drawing the sprite variations, but it's been a nice practice.

Cupid's Bargain by miseri 100% Love & Passion Guaranteed! (Or Your Soul Back)

My new #otomejam game Cupid's Bargain is out! Wanna make a deal with... a devil and an angel?! Well, it's your soul for the taking (and your classmates!)

Be warned that this is very much an early build of the common route with unfinished assets! miseri-accordion.itch.io/cupids-bargain

Thank you, Usarin!

Ah, I was more excited when characters were just images, lol. It becomes stressful when they're featured in an actual VN/game and you have to write dialogue for them. 😭

I think I will finish this because I already have written more lines than what is shown in demo.

Thank you Heiden!

I had a bigger script and I don't know why I cut out this much by the end.

It's kind of saving burned food, but the cut was too excessive and nothing remained. It would ended a bit further with 1000 words more, but suddenly doubted which parts had sufficient editing.

Ah, thanks for the mention, I put the windows file as playable, but it should be fixed now. 😓

I originally wanted to make a Live2D sprite for this project, but I don't like its licensing so I didn't even start.

I discovered animation features with normal Ren'Py displayables and want to further test if looping frames remain seamless with LayeredImages attribute changes. [5]

Partially what went wrong is already mentioned on the game page.

At least the thought about needing to write the devlogs for 'the otome project' (the main VN) is finally gone, because it's semi-officially cancelled. There won't be any devlogs for anything. I needed that peace of mind. 😂 [4]

And this question comes back stronger than ever: does a work need to be shared to the world when it's made for yourself? 🤔

Might be the reason why the presentation of everything is sloppier. I'm not selling anything. I don't even want to pretend I'm a professional dev when I'm anything but. 😆[3]

Just the strange feeling with deadlines that it has the dichotomy that you were motivated a day ago and now it's really strange working on something that 'expired'.

That's probably why I wished to stick to schedule. You don't have to think about it and can move on doing other things. [2]

I submitted something for otome / josei jam. Don't even want to link it because it's clearly unfinished.

Ahaha, It's the struggle of people with extreme anxiety. 😢

I still consider it a win, because it's accepting that it exists. I'm not even feeling sad about it this time. [1]

OMG, a three course meal! 👀🍽️ Yeah, that would be super cool thematically.

Yes, your health always comes first! Hope the heatwave calms down a bit for you.

Oh, I can see the food-inspired influences in these lines and they're very poetic! ✨

Just curious: is your project also a trilogy like the others I've seen in the jam?

Pet, Love, Win! [Prototype] by OTOJANG Games, Noa Ciela, corrocerous, OmegaOst From washing paws, warming hearts, to winning it all.

🐇 OUR #otomegame ENTRY IS HEEEERREEE🐇
Now officially titled: Pet, Love, Win! 😎

It's a stat-raising romcom visual novel about a girl who moves to the city to live out her dreams.
It's still a prototype but plz do check it out!
Our MC's cute 🥺

otojang.itch.io/pet-love-win

#indiedev #visualnovel

The jam is over, the demo is out… but our mission is just starting! 👀✨

We're now focused on funding the FULLY VOICED version of the game with original music! And you can help us achieve that!

Take a look here:
honeybunny-of.itch.io/sublove-hea/...

#vndev #otomegame #otomejam #indiedev

AlwaysJMB commission artist and game developer

Alwaysjmb.carrd.co

I am offering limited commissions for character art and character concept art as well as visual novel ui design.

I desperately need the funds right now and I can't move forward with game dev until I'm stable and able.

Let's work together to make something awesome!

in heat of flames, in water's cold by Naarel second line of the Alchemist's Oath

second part of the Alchemist's Oath trilogy is out now!

ednaarel.itch.io/in-heat-of-f...

Tone Setter - Theme Of Infrahuman - RunnerGuitar · Single · 2025 · 1 songs

HEYA'LL!! My New #OriginalSong "Tone Setter" Is available now on all streaming platforms!! Rock out with me to celebrate the release!!

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#Music #OriginalMusic #MyMusic #RunnerGuitar