Spicy Bread Productions

Digital art of the colorful interior of a tavern with a music stage and plants in barrels. Two characters stand in the middle, a woman with a bright apron posing and a man opening a bottle.

Digital art of the colorful interior of a tavern with a wooden bar and tables and chairs.

We're designing a tavern setting for our mystery visual novel. What would your tavern have?

Moodboard 3 by 3 grid of impressionist landscape paintings. On top of the grid is a digital drawn character portrait of a blonde woman with a veil, white cloak and serious expression.

Play as six different characters in our upcoming game Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow. The vibe of each character's chapter shapes the style for the background art.

This is the moodboard for Etisia's background art 🎨

Planning the introduction to our mystery visual novel Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow. Play as 6 characters with their own stories to solve one central mystery. Does it look intriguing?

#indiegame #indiedev #interactivefiction

Background art from indie mystery visual novel game Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow. Scene is outside a red brick factory during daytime. There is a potion bottle sign and solidarity fist poster on the wall.

Happy Monday! Hope you have the best day available to you ✊

Thanks for the starter pack! Just followed everyone else and would like to be added please. We're working on a mystery adventure game and love the Bluesky indie dev community 💙

Collage titled "Spicy Bread character artist: Elizabeth" with self-portrait sketch in the center. Surrounded by four sections with images: Creative tool of choice is Photoshop. Artistic inspirations are Yamamori Mika, Jin Kim and Studio Ghibli. Some favorites are Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice, Lady and the Tramp, and Cowboy Bebop. "Hear me out" are Bob the Tomato and General Grievous.

Collage titled "Character sprites Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow" with two rows of 8 character portraits each from the game.

Team appreciation time! Elizabeth is the mastermind (and masterhands) behind all the character sprites for our indie mystery game Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow.

Get to know her and her work👇

Illustrated family portrait of characters from the game Ventreville: A Cute for Sorrow. Father, mother, young boy and girl. Text says: "happy mother's day. Flaire Avidine loves being a mom, a regular at the local tavern, skilled flautist, puts the effort in effortlessly beautiful"

Happy mother's day to our game character Flaire Avidine! (And also to our irl moms 😉🫶)

LudoNarraCon hosted an impressive slate of games. Let us know what you bought or if you tried any demos!

Psychotic Bathtub on Steam Have a psychotic episode in your bathtub. Argue with a rubber duck, flood your bathroom and drown jesus. Find your very own ending – or all of them.

Fav LudoNarraCon demos 3/3

Psychotic Bathtub (@psychotic-bathtub.bsky.social)

The art direction + sound design is so evocative. I love how they play with text.

Check the content warnings and then jump in 🛁

store.steampowered.com/app/2517080/...

The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurren...

Fav LudoNarraCon demos 2/3

The Séance of Blake Manor (@blakemanorgame.bsky.social)

The spooky vibe and gameplay pulled me in quickly. It's giving Blue Prince with hand-drawn art style, point & click manor exploration. There's different investigation systems.
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...

Battle Suit Aces on Steam Battle Suit Aces is a charming narrative deckbuilder. You'll recruit, befriend, and upgrade your mech pilots on a heartfelt hunt for fabled alien superweapons: the Relic Suits. Command them across mon...

Three favorite demos from #LudoNarraCon, the celebration of narrative games by @fellowtraveller.games 🧵

Battle Suit Aces (@team.trinketstudios.com)

Great voice acting and fun music. Bright sci-fi world. Immersive tutorial. Runs smoothly on Steam Deck.

store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

Digital sketch of young woman in grayscale holding a bloody knife with an expression of horror. In the background is a mirrored version where she is surrounded by rabbits.

Art in progress from our mystery game 👀

#indiegames

Collage of Darth Vader looming and looking at clipart open book and candles. Caption says "Lol def not menacing like vader, but i like this angle"

collage of sketched portrait of woman looking down at an open book and candles amid a room with stained glass. caption says "low shot looking up at the character. stained glass windows light the back wall. expression: eyebrows furrowed, mixed feelings"

Peek into the art direction process for our visual novel 😄

Collage of character sketches of woman with high heels, dress apron and different smiles and frowns

Two line drawings of the same character. One is a pensive expression and the other is outraged

“Gusace Gumane! My name is my brand”

Working on character expressions for our mystery adventure game

No, we're allies 🙂 but followed everyone!

Thanks for doing this ☺️

Appreciate it!

Thank you!

Thanks!

🥰

Thanks for the input!

Four different options for the colors of an Esc button on a controls screen in a game

Working on our controls screen. Which one do you like best?

Side by side posters. Left is game key art that says the title "Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow." Right is promotion with text "Steam Visual Novel Fest, March 3-10"

Our demo is part of the Steam Visual Novel Fest ✨

Take a look if you like the idea of collecting clues across different player characters to solve a murder mystery 🕵️‍♀️

store.steampowered.com/app/3176370/...

Side by side posters. Left is promotion with text "Women's Day Sale, games by women-led studios, hosted on Steam Feb 28-Mar 9." Right is game key art that says the title "Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow"

Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow is part of the Women’s Day Sale on Steam! Thanks to @wingsfund.me for hosting 🪽

We have a demo to check out, and there's so many other games to browse 👇
store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...

Steam Next Fest is here again and there are so many games to check out! Here are 3 mystery adventure demos I'm downloading ASAP 🧵

What demos caught your eye?

Best Served Cold on Steam Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crime...

Best Served Cold (by Rogueside)

The trailer with voiceover and orchestral music is exquisite, inviting me into what looks like a detailed world full of interesting people. Looking forward to meeting them. 🍸

store.steampowered.com/app/3218530/...

Vanova's Stories Demo on Steam Vanova's Stories is a goofy point-and-click adventure game where you play as a unique detective on a quest to solve crimes with the help of your friends. Interact with suspects and gather clues that o...

Vanova's Stories (by Madgik Yarn Studio)

The art style sends me back to watching cartoons as a kid and having a great time. But I'm most excited that it's co-op. Time to call up some friends and get solving 🔎
store.steampowered.com/app/3444730/...

Kill The Clock on Steam Enter mid-1900s Europe on a quest for revenge, only to find your nemesis murdered. Framed for the crime, unravel the mystery with Dice-rolling elements, offering various choices to crack the case. Wit...

Kill The Clock (by Happy Slugs)

Timeloop detective-solving! Dice-rolling! Character creation and customization! As a D&D player, I'm immediately intrigued. I especially like the screen for choosing disguise options. 👓🤠
store.steampowered.com/app/2763470/...

Steam Next Fest is here again and there are so many games to check out! Here are 3 mystery adventure demos I'm downloading ASAP 🧵

What demos caught your eye?

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