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Draculesti Kickstarter campaign header: it's at 90% and now has 10 days to go

Overtime Mode activated!

Since we were on the knife edge between making it or not, Kickstarter have extended our campaign by a week to help us hit 100%!

Thanks for all your support so far. With that little bit of extra time, and a little bit of extra effort, we can make it!

🚄Release Date Announcement! 🎊

We're thrilled to announce that Spirit City: All Aboard! is arriving at the station on Monday, August 25, 2025.

That's right, only 20 days before you can travel in style on Spirit Railways!

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

We're back! Purchasing the Queer Games Bundle for $60 (or $10+) is a direct action that you can take right now to support queer people in a life-changing way, and in exchange, you get over 600 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games and artworks.

itch.io/b/3062/

Can't wait to properly start production and share more about it🤩

Little update on my unannounced project:

✅ Title & logo are locked in
✅ Started working on the copy for the Steam page
✅ Good progress on the ♀️ route of the game (she is a certified hater™️and I love her to bits)
✅ Also getting some character art that I will soon share with my newsletter subscribers

The most problematic ship? Censorship

The Mystery of Witchhaven - A 5e Solo Adventure (PDF + Epub) The Mystery of Witchhaven is a story of occult sorcery, superstition, and vengeful mischief. Pick your own path. Play your own 5e character. No DM, maps, or minis required.

Back to TTRPGs, my partner & I have been playing a chapter an evening of Witchhaven. Really digging it so far, it's very atmospheric. It's also kicking the ass of our rogue, Lilliput (but it was our fault for playing him at lvl 2).

gogh: Focus with Your Avatar on Steam gogh: Focus with Your Avatar is more than a focus tool – it’s a cozy blend of avatar creation, room design, and virtual pet game. Build your perfect space, vibe with Lofi beats, and let your cute avat...

I have also been enjoying Gogh while working (productivity apps are my n. 1 weakness). I really love how you can attach your own pictures to posters or screens! The space I recreated has all the framed art I could never afford IRL :P

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I also got a Tamagotchi Paradise (the Blue Water version) 🌊

It's SO cute. The perfect desktop buddy! I love seeing my lil blob hop on the merry-go-round or chase balloons.

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Embark on a fantastic adventure set in dark Arthurian lore and legends.

I haven't done a 'what have I been playing?' thread in a while, since I've mostly been gaming offline to escape the dread beyond the screen 😅

My usual group is tackling the final expansion of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. It's been months and we still love the game!

itch.io/t/5149036/re...

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

We've posted an addendum FAQ to our original blog post about NSFW content. You can read it here: itch.io/updates/upda...

Thank you for your patience as we navigate through this. We're upset too. We're doing what we can but there are still many unknowns at this point.

The fact that itchio is looking into alternate payment options and talking about all this like an ongoing situation instead of being like "these are the new rules and always will be, fuck off" says a lot about how much they care about this. I know you want to yell at them but they're working hard

A rant + the making of 『Song of Stars』 The current mess with payment processors is extremely upsetting ( here 's a summary with actionable points to hopefully get them to reassess their policies). Itchio's recently updated guidelines for a...

I wanted to write a little devlog about my latest jam game, but couldn't avoid including a little rant about the current censorship situation.

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

As you may have heard, thousands of NSFW games have been removed without warning from multiple platforms over the past few days. This sets a troubling precedent for the future of games.

If you want more information on why this is happening and how to help, read more here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

A rant + the making of 『Song of Stars』 The current mess with payment processors is extremely upsetting ( here 's a summary with actionable points to hopefully get them to reassess their policies). Itchio's recently updated guidelines for a...

I wanted to write a little devlog about my latest jam game, but couldn't avoid including a little rant about the current censorship situation.

I truly, truly hope that the situation will generate enough pushback to force payment processors to reassess their policies. Would be even better if they didn't have a say in the sort of content hosted on independent platforms!
Until then, itchio's hands are sadly tied :/

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Visa • +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US) • 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) • List of phone numbers by region • 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance Hotline) • askvisa@visa.com

PayPal Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far : • 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social Follow the number below doesnt work, as Stripe has changed their number, and is demanding a $2.99 fee to even tell you what it is. however, this number DOES still work and will let you leave a message: (877) 887-7815

Welcome to the weekend! You made it sailor. Which censorious payment processor would you like to call first? Thanks to my moot @dieselbrain.bsky.social for the Stripe number, can confirm it works

stop-paypros.neocities.org

And mark the account as unavailable for payouts. That's the cherry on top 😵‍💫

These guidelines are so absurdly vague and encompassing that the chances of my WIP project going on itchio have just plummeted. Sigh.

Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI

Thank youuuu ✨

this entire thing with Itch is so depressing beyond even the baseline infuriating thing with NSFW works. Itch has become a big source of revenue for a lot of indie writers, devs, etc. and whether you make NSFW or not, people will turn away from Itch (understandably) and hurt everybody

Even if you don't purchase smut, it should be common sense that the right for anyone else to obtain it shouldn't be completely up to modern day crusaders and credit card payment processors.

Primary Lights Trilogy and Delisting

download Primary Lights Trilogy and read all related devlogs on this mess of a site
ednaarel.neocities.org/statement

christian fundamentalists going after legitimate marketplaces selling nsfw but not really giving a shit about the hundreds and hundreds of site that steal and share that shit for free is making me see red. it's not about this stuff existing it's just making sure we cant make a fuckin living

Limitation of who can make or sell art is fascist.
This isn't about morality, which has nothing to do with artistic production or consumption.
This is about the dominant cultural group pushing puritanical values on everyone else.
This is about controlling speech, thought, and expression.
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Payment Processors should never, ever be able to blackmail their customers and affiliates this way.

Their job is to handle the cash, thats it.

Sex work is real work. Sex work is important work. Sex work is just as legitimate as any other kind.
Fuck anyone who says otherwise.

When I read about the blanket ban on the 'incest' tag on itchio I immediately thought of TDOTS :/ so sorry it happened!

What a shitty situation. Hoping it doesn't escalate further...