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Esbi (Patience is a Virtue OUT NOW!)

@esbi-vndev.bsky.social

He/him | 20 | DMs open if you wanna talk :D Visual novel creator, composer, artist, and prog nerd! Itch: https://esbi.itch.io/ Bandcamp (for the OSTs!): https://esbi.bandcamp.com/

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Think its stupid that VISA and Mastercard think something as innocent as Cat Ear accessories are a bannable offense?

Then heres something you can do about it. Complain to visa and MC, call your representatives.

Advocate for porn, whole heartedly.

10.09.2025 03:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3081    ๐Ÿ” 2932    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

10.09.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9741    ๐Ÿ” 8695    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148    ๐Ÿ“Œ 168

I am sincerely hands and knees begging people to do this.

The existential threat is getting pretty immense and it's not slowing down, not with the gov't *openly stating* that "consensual porn" is in the crosshairs.

*Please* call. Please write physical letters. Please keep the pressure on.

10.09.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2005    ๐Ÿ” 1627    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I simply cannot stress it enough.

You cannot sit this out.

They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised.

Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

10.09.2025 03:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6795    ๐Ÿ” 5761    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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Remember if phone calls are too much for you, or if you need a break, mailing physical letters is another great vector to contact paypros or your representatives!

10.09.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1046    ๐Ÿ” 1020    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Daily check in 08/25/2025

So things got a little crazy today. MasterCard refused to create a new complaint for me since my phone number already has 10 on them. Visa went back to its old script both times I called. PayPal however, lost its mind. -

26.08.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey this is really fucking dire! Keep calling Stripe. This aligns with nothing they've previously told us

20.08.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4264    ๐Ÿ” 3364    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Just a reminder, banning porn doesn't just mean going after OnlyFans or Pornhub. It also means banning written erotica. Smutty voice audios. Video games with sexual content. Your favorite romantasy novels. Fetish photography. Erotic art.

It's never just about pornographic films.

26.08.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3715    ๐Ÿ” 2651    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

YOUR VOICE MATTERS. They have spent billions and billions and years and years convincing us that what we have to say as common folk is worthless because of not paying for their degrees or programs.

Our existence is enough. Our comfort is enough.

25.08.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 353    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Want some variety in what you call Visa and Mastercard for? Pick a movie with any sort of violent or sexual theme and say you want to buy it, but make sure to tell them about the themes their TOS doesn't allow. Ask them if it's ok bc their own rules sure don't say so and oh man it's just such a mess

24.08.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1415    ๐Ÿ” 745    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Daily Check in 08/24/2025

Got to the calls late today, but they were certainly interesting. When I asked PayPal why it was censoring games they told me the government was making them. When I asked which government, they said they didn't have to tell me.

Yet another weird excuse from PayPal. -

25.08.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Non-consensual mutilation of a person or body part?? that's any piece of media at or above a PG

this applies to fucking Home Alone, for god's sake, it's just a confusing list so they can justify censoring anything

keep calling

24.08.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It would be REALLY funny if Visa suddenly got tips from thousands of people reporting every store that has ever carried an official Star Wars movie.

Those are just jam-packed with 'non-consentual mutilation of a person or body part', which is apparently against the rules to distribute.

25.08.2025 05:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1790    ๐Ÿ” 1274    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Talking to indie devs, these things shock them most about adult games:

* Adult games are *manually* reviewed by someone at Valve, and this can take weeks

* Valve has no clear guidelines on acceptable adult content

* Rejections never come with a solid explanation

* There is no appeals process

16.08.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 191    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Esbi Hi! I'm Esbi, a French visual novel developper, writer, artist and composer! This is the place to find my various soundtracks, hope you enjoy them! ^^

and with that, ALL OF MY OSTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON BANDCAMP!!!
If anyone wants to listen, feel free! ^^
esbi.bandcamp.com

16.08.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love You To Bits (Original Soundtrack), by Esbi 24 track album

esbi.bandcamp.com/album/love-y...

16.08.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy 2 years + OST release!! yeah i literally released my 2 first visual novels on the same day exactly one year apart lmao (completely intentional btw) Love You To Bits saw me experiment a bit more: it's my only kinetic VN (O2A2...

the curse of releasing 2 projects on the same day lol HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY LOVE YOU TO BITS!!!

Soundtrack release in the replies, devpost of me thinking on the game here!

esbi.itch.io/love-you-to-...

16.08.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Never A Matter Of Time (Original Soundtrack), by Esbi 14 track album

esbi.bandcamp.com/album/never-...

16.08.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 years of NAMOT + Soundtrack out!! Damn, 3 years since I started my VN dev journey, huh? Never A Matter Of Time will always be a bit special to me as the first game I ever finished and released. I don't think I even said that story bef...

Happy 3 years of Never A Matter Of Time!!!

It's been THREE YEARS since I released my first VN, holy shit lol, das crazy :0

Anyway, you know the drill, retrospective here and soundtrack link in replies!!

esbi.itch.io/never-a-matt...

16.08.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ฏNo exaggeration this is HANDS DOWN, the BEST, ABSOLUTE BEST talk/video/coverage of the censorship issue I HAVE EVER SEEN. 5 minutes in I knew it was going to be amazing, and EVERY point she made had me going 'YES, THIS EXACTLY!' Please watch this, share it everywhere, & send it to everyone you know

15.08.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 671    ๐Ÿ” 354    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Daily check in 08/14/2025

Visa has dropped it's script! Not sure if this was a work form on high because it simply wasn't working, or they've just gotten tired of it, but they're now just accepting the complaints. They're not actually filing them, but they've stopped arguing. Which means-

14.08.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content.

bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

points that need addressing are: [cont]

14.08.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8187    ๐Ÿ” 7104    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 172    ๐Ÿ“Œ 442
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Hey, friends! Iโ€™m only 10 followers away from 13000!

Want to support an openly ๐ŸŒˆqueer ๐ŸŽฎindie game dev, ๐ŸŽ™๏ธvoice actor, ๐ŸŽจartist, and ๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธwriter?

Give me a follow and help me reach my next milestone! ๐Ÿฆ‹

๐Ÿ” RTs Appreciated! ๐Ÿ”
#IndieDev #VNDev #PromoSky

12.08.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.

Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded

And KEEP CALLING

12.08.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8038    ๐Ÿ” 6636    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment.

If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.

Please continue making censorship unprofitable.

12.08.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4854    ๐Ÿ” 3718    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Scale of Survival, a giantess game

Scale of Survival, a giantess game

Like Seafoam, not appearing

Like Seafoam, not appearing

Not my experience. Here's a small, little-known giantess game that didn't get hit with a search suggestion ban -- compared to one of Krispykat's SFW yuri games. I think their whole account was labeled for search suggestion ban, which is quite overreaching

13.08.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.

12.08.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8106    ๐Ÿ” 4051    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 178
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#SaveSpeech

Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.

Tell em to say NO to:

SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA

www.congress.gov/members/find...

CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

11.08.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4203    ๐Ÿ” 4100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65

VISA CAN'T HANG UP ON YOU UNTIL YOU STOP TALKING. YAPPERS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE.

Talk in circles! Loop back to the same points! Take a minute to "remember" a word! Your goal isn't to change their minds, it's to keep talking for as long as possible to waste their money and clog call centers.

11.08.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3785    ๐Ÿ” 3123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
The meme with the guy watching an other girl than his girlfriend, but the thing that interested him is the customer support of Paypal Visa stripe and mastercard to complant about their policy.

The meme with the guy watching an other girl than his girlfriend, but the thing that interested him is the customer support of Paypal Visa stripe and mastercard to complant about their policy.

Don't stop complaining ! @voiddebris.bsky.social
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co

10.08.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2692    ๐Ÿ” 1873    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

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