Julia Minamata

A brick cabin on a beach with several old boxes and barrels around it. In the background is a lighthouse.

So I’ve been working on my next adventure game. This is the first background image I’m sharing.

I figured I might as well earn the inevitable comparison to Monkey Island 😈

Neither is Pixem! 👓🍦

I actually haven't seen it! 😅 Should I?

Pixem the ice-cream-cone-headed-alien may or may not have been inspired by Michael Douglas' performance in Falling Down. 😀

Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

It should depend on continent!

Vote now for Caves of Qud in the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Indie Game.

Caves of Qud has been nominated for Best Indie Game at the 2025 Golden Joysticks!

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Heh awesome!!

The wizard gildor, sitting in a stone throne, gazing into a crystal ball as electricity comes out of it.

A forest scene with a massive skull cavern, in greens and greys.

A comfy interior of a home, with a large wall fireplace and hearth; a fire burns cheerfully within it. In front of the fire sleeps a tan dog, alongside a human skull. Around the room, torches burn.

A waterfall flows quickly along a river, spilling its water onto the rocks below. The forest around it is full of gnarly, friendly trees.

today's software preservation task

one of the great crimes of the 21st century was that Mark Jones' (Core Design) Darkmere - an isometric adventure-RPG for the amiga - was poorly visually documented by the usual places like lemonamiga/mobygames/etc.

perhaps for […]

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Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards

YouTube video by Julia Minamata Let's Play The Twilight Zone... in EGA! (Gigabit Systems, Inc., 1988). Part 2

The Let's Play portion of the evening! I further explore the different zones of The Twilight Zone and encounter the Grim Reaper! youtu.be/NdHYoReHVao

YouTube video by Julia Minamata Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... September 30, 2025

Latest VODs! More EGA Single Dragon, more mushroom photos, more artwork and more The Twilight Zone! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/i4aKzv8ZHQg

Yay! Thanks for playing, and thanks for this video!! 😄

Games influencer press relationship query I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...

Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!

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If you're planning to play the Famicom survival horror game Sweet Home, I've made a complete transcription of its original Japanese manual, with scans and an English translation. #SweetHome

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Ooh I forgot to mention — Happy anniversary!! 🥳

Yessss gorgeous EGA! 🤩

Po Boy! A working class part time thief loitering in a crumped down alley.

A scene from a date in a calm opening in the woods. A floating woman meets a young romantic. It went horribly.

An office building turned revolutionary headquarters. This corridor is VERY pink!

A desert scene with cactoids in the foreground. A vast plain opens behind them and mountains rise in the distance slightly faded by atmosphere.

Today is a special day! Melon Head turns exactly 1 year old! ONE year since release, whoopee!! 🎉📣😅🎉

Melon Head is a certified underground classic of modern #retro #pointandclick games! 😋

I'm hosting a SALE on itch to celebrate! 🔽
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#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame

Screenshot of my livestream. Work in progress of a Mini-Maple Mystery background, EGA colours, double-wide pixel. Shows a two story building with a facade, wooden siding painted white, on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. That's all in a speech bubble, being said by me. "Happy Crimson C'Tuesday" is handwritten along the bottom and a screenshot of Sierra's game "Gold Rush" is in the background.

Done for the night! Thanks so much for joining me. Got good work done and good progress in The Twilight Zone! Raided @robotspacer.online who is playing a Nancy Drew mystery. Happy Crimson C'Tuesday! :D

a_maplemystery - Twitch The Crimson Diamond Live!

Live now, it's Crimson C'Tuesday! Let's gooooo! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery

For your enjoyment: An 1896 art nouveau guide to using flowers as decorative elements.

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Thanks so much! I would say I'm a mushroom enthusiast, hah! Recently grew these beauties (blue oyster mushrooms) from a kit. They were delicious.

😊

Image of The Crimson Diamond logo, reading "Making The Crimson Diamond: Live! Painting Pixels with Julia".

Work in progress of a Mini-Maple Mystery background, EGA colours, double-wide pixel. Shows a two story building with a facade, wooden siding painted white, on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Screenshot of the EGA DOS version of The Twilight Zone game title screen. Showing a pocket watch, an open door, shapes, and mysterious mist.

Chicken of the Woods(?) mushrooms I saw in a park this past weekend.

Happy Crimson C'Tuesday! Join me at 8pm Eastern for pixel art and more The Twilight Zone, all in EGA! Plus new mushroom photos! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery

Aw, thanks so much! I'm happy you enjoyed it!!

Sunset Visitor logo on the right with the 1000xRESIST dialogue textbox on the left, with a black background behind. The dialogue box text says, in white: "Sunset Visitor: We're hiring!"

We’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists!

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💠 Health benefits plan
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Job listing ⬇️
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A Golden Wake - 80% off Lamplight City - 40% off Rosewater - 20% off

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Get three point & click adventures for less than $30!
🌞Explore sunny Miami in the 1920s
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Hello! I'm a pixel artist who makes Shadowgate-style games. I made the games, Infested, and Spectacle on itch(.)io.

I also worked on #BeyondShadowgate (2024), the official sequel to the #NES cult classic, #Shadowgate, and I'm currently working on #TheUninvited2, the official sequel to #TheUninvited

Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...

Steam's Autumn Sale has begun! 🍃🍂🍁 This is the perfect time to get cozy with a Canadian mystery. 🔎🫖 store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/...