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Gamedev currently working on The Dreams in the Peacock House, a classic text adventure game with elements of point & click and visual novels. Itch page: harlequindiver.itch.io Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/harlequindiver

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Currently reading this one and it's so good!

07.08.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From my experience, it seems pretty random. I only got one game jam game on the front page of itch.io for a few days and had way more traffic than my other games. But yeah, games outside game jams can be quite harder to have visibility.

07.08.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats!! Can't wait to play it !

07.08.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MakeRoom Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Wholesome Games MakeRoom Launch Trailer

MakeRoom is out now! โœจ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZ5...

07.08.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Making a video game is like making an omelette, it's always better with cheese in it! I think Socrates said that once.

#gamedev #philosophy #wisdom

07.08.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you arenโ€™t part of the previous starter packs, feel free to leave a comment and join the wonderful gamedev community starter pack here! ๐Ÿ˜„โœจ

(Iโ€™ll like your comment once youโ€™ve been added!) ๐Ÿ‘

Latest pack (4th):
go.bsky.app/NLKVhoK

#gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #videogame #Bluesky

03.08.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I would love to join it. Thanks for making these!

03.08.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At sunrise, the monkeys will fly and leave me with pennies in my eyes.

01.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Une nintendo DS sur fond sombre affichant en japonais le titre du jeu "Nanashi no Game". Par-dessus la console est dessinรฉ un large point d'interrogation.

Une nintendo DS sur fond sombre affichant en japonais le titre du jeu "Nanashi no Game". Par-dessus la console est dessinรฉ un large point d'interrogation.

Nouvelle vidรฉo, ft. @exaheva.bsky.social ! ๐Ÿ“ผ

Trois cassettes mystรฉrieuses, deux jeux maudits enfermรฉs l'un dans l'autre, et un seul nom pour les dรฉsigner: ใƒŠใƒŠใ‚ทใƒŽใ‚ฒใ‚จใƒ . Autrement dit: โ€œLe jeu sans nomโ€.

PLAY: youtu.be/-a9X67Yp_LY

15.07.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Our album is OUT NOW! We went to the legendary actionrecords and saw our vinyl and cd for the first time!! It was such a nice experience to physically hold what weโ€™ve been working on so hard this past year!!๐Ÿ–ค

11.07.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Edge Of The Abyss - ALBUM, by Calva Louise 11 track album

Can't stop listening to this album since yesterday. If you like heavy music, you need to listen to this! I discovered Calva Louise earlier this year and they are amazing!

calvalouise.bandcamp.com/album/edge-o...

#music

12.07.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's something I don't like when I see comments of devs saying how other indie games are "competition". Just make the games you want to make and be yourself doing it. Be creative, stand out in your own way and make something only you can make.

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

09.07.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats!! It's such an amazing game!

07.07.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
cover for indiepocalypse #66 showing a lunging person in a large brimmed hat

cover for indiepocalypse #66 showing a lunging person in a large brimmed hat

screen for Star Crash showing the game's title

screen for Star Crash showing the game's title

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Celebrate the thriving world of independent games with this month's Indiepocalypse #66!

-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social

-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social

pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66

04.07.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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I like adding a few references of my previous games in my current one!

Play the demo of The Dreams in The Peacock House here: harlequindiver.itch.io/the-dreams-i...

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker #retro #point&click #videogame

06.07.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, even after months of work on it, I have that feeling of starting all over again haha, thinking I could do certain things a lot better now. But I'm still pretty much satisfied of it when I look back on it.

03.07.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sometimes, I feel that for every hour working on a game (or any orther art project), there's half of that time where you have the impression that what you're working on is terrible and you have no idea what you're doing. Until you start working on it again and stop caring about all that #gamedev

03.07.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Decker Fantasy Camp 2025 A game jam from 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-01 hosted by Internet Janitor. Summer is upon us. The weather is hot, but pixels are cooler than ever. Pack your bags with swim trunks, mosquito repellent, animat...

Later today Decker Fantasy Camp officially starts. It's a "make anything in Decker this month" jam. If you haven't tried Decker before it's a cool time to give it a go! itch.io/jam/decker-f...

30.06.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 51% on A Butterfly on Steam The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner. A Butterfly is part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender

Hey!!~ A Butterfly is 50% off on Steam right now.
meaning you can grab it for a whole 49cents: store.steampowered.com/app/3439300/...
half a dollar for a poetic surrealist experience, with good high quality existential despair vibes.

29.06.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Working on the game again, after releasing the demo earlier this week!

Demo: harlequindiver.itch.io/the-dreams-i...

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #indiedev #decker

28.06.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks to everyone who played the demo so far! If you haven't yet, here the link to try the game and I'd love to know what you think about it!

harlequindiver.itch.io/the-dreams-i...

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker #retro #point&click #videogame #visualnovels

25.06.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That looks amazing!!

25.06.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love the art style!

25.06.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support Harlequin Diver Support Harlequin Diver

Here's also a link to my Ko-fi, if you'd like to help. Every contribution, even a small one, is greatly appreciated and would help a lot for a few things: ko-fi.com/harlequindiver

25.06.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks to everyone who played the demo so far! If you haven't yet, here the link to try the game and I'd love to know what you think about it!

harlequindiver.itch.io/the-dreams-i...

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker #retro #point&click #videogame #visualnovels

25.06.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Completely agree! I like to make games I'd want to play, even if they're niche or experimental. I'm making a game that is mostly old school text adventure and point & click, but I'm really proud of what I've done so far. Being passionate about what I do is more important than anything else.

24.06.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After months of work, it's time to release the demo of my current game, The Dreams in the Peacock House. Play a classic text avdventure game that blend elements of Point & Click games and visual novels:
harlequindiver.itch.io/the-dreams-i...

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #decker

23.06.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working hard on my game lately. It's around 80% done right now and planning to release it this summer! Steam page coming soon.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker #retro #point&click #videogame

08.06.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working hard on my game lately. It's around 80% done right now and planning to release it this summer! Steam page coming soon.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker #retro #point&click #videogame

08.06.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I worked a lot on the game lately and it is now more than halfway done! Here's a small gif of a section I made this week.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #decker

09.05.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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