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Romance Visual Novels Steam Festival Sign-up Form This is a form for developers & publishers wanting to join a romance visual novels Steam festival in the fall of 2025 during the last week of September, held by Studio Élan. Submissions will close Jul...

Announcing the Fall Into Love: Romance VNs Festival, a Steam festival just for visual novels focusing on romance held at the end of September! 💖

We're currently looking for more Steam games to join us, as long as they're visual novels. Please sign up before July 15th.

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I also have no idea how tagging on this site works, so adding @hanakogames.bsky.social just in case.

I don't have a good idea of the current layout of the land, but last I saw it started at $5000 from an indie studio for frame-by-frame. No idea on Live2D assets and rigging-style animation.

👉 Name's Morgan Lea — queer, nonbinary voice actor based in the DFW area with fully remote capabilities.

📧 morgan.lea@morglea.com
📄 www.morglea.com

#voiceactor

If you're a voice actor, you have a little over a week to sign up for my roster!

I am looking to work with more talented folks for my upcoming visual novel projects, especially those who are LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC. 💕

Great #indiegames on offer! 🕵️‍♂️🎮

Check out the #mystery #detective bundle from @1564studio.bsky.social, HiSv Studio, @winterwolves.bsky.social, @sakevisual.bsky.social, Whose Clues and @hitheryongames.bsky.social now.

➡️ itch.io/b/2726/march...

‼️ Friendly reminder to my fellow #NaNoRenO2025 participants to start backing up your work!! ‼️

Not saying this from, uh, a close call I just had or anything ahahaha... 😅💦

Mystery genre fans are in luck this month! Pick up a bundle on sale with a bunch of detective games from @sakevisual.bsky.social, @winterwolves.bsky.social @hisv-studio.bsky.social, @1564studio.bsky.social, Whose Clues, and myself.
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Screencap from itch.io of the game jam NaNoRenO. The thumbnail reads "465 joined" and underneath, "Featured."

And we're off! #NaNoRenO2025, Day 1 of the visual novel game jam! Who's participating this year?

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Looking for some good mysteries to solve? Check out the new March Murders & Mysteries bundle with games from @hitheryongames.bsky.social, @winterwolves.bsky.social, @sakevisual.bsky.social, @hisv-studio.bsky.social, Whose Clues and @1564studio.bsky.social, of course!

🕵️ itch.io/b/2726/march...

Several of my games are in a mystery-genre bundle this month along with @winterwolves.bsky.social , @sakevisual.bsky.social , @HiSv_Studio, 1564 Studio and Whose Clues. Pick up a bunch of whodunits and other goodies for 50% discount!
itch.io/b/2726/march...

TOMORROW! The NaNoRenO game jam starts March 1st! Make a visual novel in a month! Do it alone, or find a team! Beginners very very welcome! Let's goooo!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

#NaNoRenO2025 #GameJam #VisualNovel #GameDev #IndieGameDev

I just made the first prerelease of Ren'Py 8.3.5, a fix release of Ren'Py intended to support everyone working on NaNoRenO 2025 projects.


You can grab the prerelease from https://www.renpy.org/release/8.3.5, and if you do let me know how it's working.

TWO DAYS BEFORE NANORENO BEGINS! Make a visual novel in a month! Yes, you!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

#NaNoRenO2025 #GameJam #VisualNovels

ONE WEEK until the #NaNoRenO2025 game jam begins! If you've never made a visual novel before, but you've always wanted to, now's your chance! Plenty of resources and community help for beginners and experts alike!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

Screencap: The NaNoRenO game jam landing page. A timer states "Starts in 10 days."

Make a visual novel in a month? 100 people have already signed on. Will you be the next one? #NaNoRenO2025 starts in TEN DAYS!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

Absolutely exhausting.

Screencap: The NaNoRenO game jam landing page. A timer states "Starts in 10 days."

Make a visual novel in a month? 100 people have already signed on. Will you be the next one? #NaNoRenO2025 starts in TEN DAYS!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

Illustration: Ren from NaNoRenO, a youth with a determined look, carrying a large digital pencil. The title reads NaNoRenO 2025.

Did somebody say... NaNoRenO!? The community-run game jam is back! Make a visual novel from scratch in the span of a single month! Sign-ups are open now!

itch.io/jam/nanoreno...

#GameJam #VisualNovel #GameDev #NaNoRenO2025

Each iteration has had lettering on the headphones, but this is the first time the design's looked like this!

Cropped illustration: A tight shot of a character's eye. To the side, you can see they are wearing headphones that say "REN."

SOON

logo that reads "Otome Games Celebration!" on top of a pink and purple outlined heart. balloons and party banners surround it.

Announcing... the first ever Otome Games Celebration, a Steam festival just for otome games! 💖

We're happy to announce we've been approved for an otome-oriented festival on Steam in May. Developer sign-ups are open until March 7th!

More info: crystalgameworks.com/otome-games-...

#otome #otomegame

I am once again looking for artists! Especially people making assets for visual novels. Sprites, CGs, backgrounds, GUIs, all of it. Please. I am a person who commissions art! I want to find yooouuuuu!

#ArtistsOnBluesky #AnimeArt

Otome Games Steam Festival Interest Form This is a form to see who is interested in potentially joining an otome games Steam festival in the late spring-early summer of 2025. Please only answer if you would like to join (if the festival get...

I want to host an Otome Games Steam festival but need at least a few games confirmed before I can pitch it to valve (their requirements, to show people are interested)!

if you have an #otome on Steam—regardless if it's released or not—and you're interested, submit it here:
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Visual Novel Writer: Oh, that content's on a different route.

For any creatives interested in hiring voice actors, and want the whole studio experience for your show/game~🎙️

Texas has several recording studios that are remote-friendly and open to working on Union projects. Check out the following:

Sound Cadence
LazuArts
Okratron5000
Studio Nano