Benn {Moth Flamist} Ends

🏇i wrote a vodka/scarlet fanfic!🏇

it's got a mess of longing and repressed homosexuality at summer camp

my love letter to these two homos🖤

archiveofourown.org/works/68979591

yeah while its good to test your own boundaries every now and then, everyone's got their comfort line. i think as long as you're not hollering at the devs over it then you're golden

Whether you 'like' it or if it its Too Much is value neutral—something indefinable and personal. But a lot of meaning can be gleaned by picking apart why it affected you as it did. Its a good way to come to a deeper understanding of your own aesthetic sensibilities. An experience to be cherished imo

impossible to say, but i don't think you like people enough for it

I'm betting it inspires a pretty major conversation on the impending moon archive ep on the jam though lmao so look forward for me unpacking my thoughts in a lot more detail then lmao

this one's totally on me. if the page is even remotely compelling then ignore me and go play it. I'm having a specific problem where its so raw and personal and yet difficult for me to relate to because of a lack of shared ground that i found it more "interesting" than resonant

LONER_DOG://Snuff Puppy Carnage Society by Snek RK the air reeks of dead dogs

Loner Dog - This is a funny case of a game that I think is highly executed on all fronts and hits every marker of deeply personal relationships between fleshed out characters that I've been asking for..... that I still find myself a a pretty hard remove from
snekofspice.itch.io/loner-dog

true loneliness is not even being able to get a creep in your dms to harrass you

the reveal genuinely made my stomach turn lmao

thats so long... i can't imagine writing that much for a jam unless I had like a whole team doing that art for me... good luck finishing though!

incen(diary) by CD-RR0M 💿, VioletBooks simulated_consent()

Incen(diary) - A scifi archive crawl worth playing for the novel presentation alone. More of a puzzlebox than a groundbreaking narrative but I do love a puzzlebox. I did have to restart it 4 or 5 times to get through because of some sort of file loading issue tho
rombuffer.itch.io/diary

Juliet's Sol by skelaxo

Juliet's Sol - I like a theatrical girl so I had fun with this one. A solid and consistant aesthetic that carries through all aspects of the work. Didn't totally capture my heart, but I'm sure you'll have fun as long as you like a girl who craves for attention
skelaxo.itch.io/juliets-sol

Junk Mail DEMO by nic ​Otome game but its yuri

Junk Mail (Demo) - solid character designs and presentation and all that... but not much else right now. Seems the dev got caught up polishing and didn't have nearly enough time for the ambitions. Still, if looks are anything to go by it has potential when finished xxep.itch.io/junk-mail-demo

Lay Down Misére by sarlianna A desperate girl tries to cheat at a mob-run casino, and instead gets dragged into organized crime.

Lay Down Misére - This is one of those games that longs to be a 120 chapter manga but is instead limited to a relatively short jam game. All the pieces are good, but it doesn't really have enough meat on the bone for the effect its going for imo. Still, interesting! sarlianna.itch.io/lay-down-mis...

paper texture pack by Soren Häxan 10 scanned papers for digital art, design & assets

i have a beautiful new release on itch... yes... it's a paper textures pack! 10 papers from my horde scanned in high res for your digital art, graphic design & game making needs. t-hornapple.itch.io/paper-textur...

oh this is da good stuff

media club plus read kitakawa

lmao some of those itch thumbnails too spicy for bsky to let pass without a label huh. i forget that seeing a boob when you don't have time to mentally prepare yourself can make your eyeballs explode

LET'S GO TO HEAVEN by ruin two scientists kill themselves to become a god (in space)

Lets Go To Heaven - Interesting mythic scifi about trying to break out of the ennui of an unceasing life. has some surprising resonance with Sunflower Sanctuary, though I liked the setup/payoff for that a bit more. Does a lot with relatively few assets. pretty fun!
ruinzero.itch.io/lets-go-to-h...

Lilith Complex (prototype) by bottomless//beach (18+) Girls choosing sex over love in the throes of the dead internet.

Lilith Complex (Prototype) - Not enough there to give it a fair read, so if you're interested, I recommend hitting it when its finished. Not positive that the gameboy limitations are contributing much, but sometimes its fun to do that stuff for the challenge
bottomlessbeach.itch.io/lilith-complex

yes this is about the catboy joke(?) ending. i read enough of it to decide that the particular sense of meta humor wasn't going to do much for me but put me off of the whole thing. no shade, just not my bag

love you as i am by mimebi there are no happy endings. (unless you like being alone)

love you as i am - another one i have conflicted feelings about. the art is striking, but the text is physically hard to read. the writing is floaty in a pleasing way, but at points flips into a style that really didn't do anything for me. one to form your own opinions about
mimebi.itch.io/lyaia

Maybe Next Year... by pltn Two college students suffer through trauma during the last day of finals.

Maybe Next Year - Despite the cover art's edgy bend, this one's mostly about the anxiety of desiring/fearing a career in art while under an enormous amount of pressure to become self-sustaining asap. I think the writing could stand to bake a bit longer, but overall I enjoyed!
pltn.itch.io/maybe

milk puzzle by margo even though you have all the pieces, you don't get the point

Milk Puzzle - A good followup to Mice since it features a similar type of pathetic, yet simmering with something vile protaganist. Both of the MCs are v charming, and not only is the penultimate scene tense and gripping, the actual end is similarly strong
margogaming.itch.io/milk-puzzle

hey. have you been sitting out on calling payment processors? i get it. phone calls are annoying and difficult for a lot of people. maybe you’ve been putting it off until now. well, i have good news: now is actually a PERFECT time for you to START calling. you are Wave 2!

i wanna work on visual novels so bad I could yell ahhh

The Romance of the Moth and the Flame by Crying Rules Actually, FenTheFox, Benn {DoomGender} Ends MOTH X FLAME

People are calling it "a steller performance", "breathtaking", "a heartbreaking story of jealousy, pining, and the desire to be free", and "too real". Play Moth x Flame today
cryingrulesactually.itch.io/mothxflame

thats all a fancy way of saying that when I read April saying that God told her in a dream the secret method to becoming the patron saint of mice, i felt like I had to jump up and run around the room for a bit

Both Piers and Mice have some interesting resonance in the highly specific natures of the fantasies their main characters. this is like catnip for me—I want to see characters who have deeply personal beliefs and delusions that i could never have painted myself. something that feels unknown yet human

No Mice in Heaven by 23noko The patron saint of mice is born

No Mice in Heaven - Easily one of my favs in the jam so far. The mc is the exact kind of weirdo that I can't stop thinking about. Makes strong use of it's christian themes to paint a vivid picture of the hollow space created in the heart by a divergent and lonely faith
23noko.itch.io/no-mice-in-h...