#Amare Game

[amaregamesdb]

Super excited to see this get approved by Steam!

If you have an Otome/Amare game that falls under the criteria make sure to submit it before March 7!

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

I'm happy to announce that we've been approved for an otome-oriented festival on Steam in May. This will be a great time for otome fans to get discounted otome, try out demos, find new otome to follow, and more.

If you're an otome developer, you can submit your game to be included in the event. Developer sign-ups are open until March 7th!

More info

[blank-house]

Keyframes Updated!

Well, folks. Our eyeballs are falling out and the last two weeks have felt a little like cramming for an exam— which is very funny considering none of the leads have been in college for a minute— but we did it. The Spring Semester demo that isn't really a demo is up!

You can now finally(!) enjoy the last two weeks of your semester with Deja, Cameron, Elio, Jamie, and Percy. Play from five new events, completely free on our itch.io page— including partial voice acting, eight CGs, and about 280,000 words total!

As we've mentioned before, we are releasing this update ahead of the Kickstarter!

If you haven't already heard, the Kickstarter only aims to fund production for Summer. We'll explain the reasons for this in full detail later, but for now, keep an eye on our social channels for news!

It's been a long year of development and an even longer wait, and we're excited to hear what you all think. We'll be taking a short break to recuperate, but our askbox is open! (But if you encounter any bugs, please send a report to support@blankhousegames.com.)

Until our next update, happy gaming everyone!

[chthonicchromestudio]

[ENDED]Darling, Darling... Dead? - GAME KEYS GIVEAWAY 🤩[ENDED]

To celebrate the (soon-to-be) release of the full game of "Darling, Darling... Dead?", we're giving away 5 keys (Itch.io or Steam)! To participate in the giveaway, like or reblog the post, and on Friday, November 29, 2024, we'll pick 5 random blogs from the list. Good luck! If you are the winner, please have your Ask box or DMs open and respond to us within 48 hours. If you don't, we'll have to pick a new winner. Play the demo on Itch.io [here]!

Wishlist on Steam [here]!

[rottenraccoons]

OBSCURA is in Early Access!

Rotten Raccoons is delighted to announce that our episodic dark fantasy romance, OBSCURA, has released the first half of Chapter Two now available on itch.io and and on Steam!

There's a marketplace under the mountain where anything can be bought and sold. Visitors wear masks to become faceless strangers. It's home to the unscrupulous, the outcast, and the desperate.

You're one of the desperate.

Strangers with their own secrets and ambitions can show you ways through the market. They'll guide you to your goal, but don't trust them to have your best interests at heart. 

First chapter of each route available in the demo to try a taste.

Choose the protagonist's name, pronouns, and mask.

Four mysterious love interests.

Over 120k words so far (70k in the demo, 50k in early access)

A dark, mature story with many ways to fail.

Timed choices! Or turn them off for an easier game.

Original music by Cajsa.

Use the default, OpenDyslexic, or Atkinson Hyperlegible font for ease of reading.

Once you buy the game, you get all current and future chapters.

Full list of warnings available here, our streamer/VOD rules are here.

See you under the mountain...

[ravenstargames]

me: YAAAY WE CAN FINALLY JOIN THE AMARE GAMES FESTIVAL!!!

the official itch post:

me:

WHAT THE HELL!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Our little demo is right there!! AS A GREAT AMARE TITLE!! UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

In just over a week the 2025 Amare Games Festival will begin!

A celebration of love and diversity in story-focused games.

For this game festival we invite you to create or update an existing game.

Changes This year we have made a couple of changes to the festival to better suit the needs of the community. The main change being that the festival now takes place in February and runs for 6 weeks till mid-March.

For those who have participated in previous Amare Festivals, we kindly ask you to review the rules of the festival so you are aware of any changes that have been made.

Make sure to sign up on the festival page below!

[bestlaidplansproductions]

Can you save the villainess when you don't remember who wants her dead?

Save the Villainess is an animated villainess isekai game that lets you:

🦋Control a witty and determined investigative genius of a villainess 

🦋Gather clues and solve mysteries and puzzles as an assassin stalks you

🦋Use your genre savvy to determine which of your potential love interests – including a Crown Prince, a Duke of the North, a Childhood Friend, a Servant, and a mysterious woman – is your would-be assassin

Play our fully animated demo through our Kickstarter campaign!

[rosesrotofficial]

Wishlist Killer Chat! Definitive Edition on Steam Now! 🔪

hello rotterlings!

we want to make KC! even bigger and bloodier in 2025, and have so many exciting stories we want to tell.

thanks to all your support and everyone’s interest in the survey we sent, we are officially planning a kickstarter for Killer Chat!: Definitive Edition early next year!

this version will significantly expand on the game’s content with brand new storylines and more time to spend with your fave serial killer(s) <33

how ambitious we can be will depend on your support 🙏

help us to make Killer Chat! the best it can be by sharing the steam page with your friends, reposting our social media posts and wishlisting now! your support helps us massively :D

more updates on the kickstarter launch coming soon!

and look out for more surprises… 👀

with love, rosesrot and team :D

[idiasmentalhealth]

tis' the season ya'll

[wings-of-ink]

Chapter 5 is finally here!

Tumblr crew, please let me know right away if you see any issues with running the game. I *think* I fixed the issue with fonts not changing but I did the upload a different way so I'm paranoid. It works for me though.

This was a big one – do not anticipate your saves working. Such is the nature of a work-in-progress. Some of the code for early chapters had to change. I do apologize, I know it's a lot of content to click through.

I hope you enjoy it, and please let me know if you find any serious problems/errors – especially ones that break the game. I have tested it myself a few times, but I can only do so much on my own. I will be watching Tumblr closely for a bit, so if there are any urgent issues you can pop them into my ask-inbox.

This chapter was written using a different method. Mostly, it worked out for me and helped me find more typos and grammar issues, but I found more programming errors than normal. My hope is that all the major ones have been resolved. A game-breaking issue was found just this morning and took a few hours to resolve (it was a mess so I redid the entire section - peeps, if you see issues in the moment with Zahn let me know because they were my troublemaker, go figure).

A couple of new trigger warnings were added as well, so be sure to peruse the list if you may have areas of sensitivity. In the future, a couple of areas of this chapter may receive options to bypass segments with certain difficult content, so be advised that these do not have a skip function enabled currently.

Coming in the future…

Lunan is taking a break through the end of the year! I will still be monitoring Tumblr, answering questions, and resolving any technical issues of course. But I will not be writing chapter content. Some short extras may be posted in the meantime to Tumblr.

Each chapter will get a passage-by-passage check for typos and grammar issues before the release of Chapter 6.

A chapter skip function will be arranged so you can bypass content you've already read. This will likely be implemented before or with Chapter 6.

The release time for Chapter 6 is currently unknown but estimated for late Spring of 2025 (March-May *ish).

The Patreon will likely start up in January 2025 and will focus on early releases of new content and extras/POVs (including the spicy kind).

Thank you so much for sticking with me. I hope you enjoy this chapter and have fun with it!

~Lunan ^_^

PS: Also let me know if you find weird stuff in there that might be from testing, lol. I think I deleted all that stuff, but I am more than a little bit frazzled today and there is a real possibility that I left some garbage behind...

Itch.io Link:

[qkayoostudio]

The Summit Library: FULL DEMO out!

Grab your pen and ink, because...

The full demo of The Summit Library is now out to play!

The Summit Library is a high-fantasy romance mystery set in a magical Library.

In this update you continue your adventure in the Library; find clues to the mystery you've been tasked to solve, uncover new secrets about your magic, and get to know more of the Library's guests--old and new.

The demo features well over 60k words, around 4 hours of playtime, a preview of each main love interest's route; and now includes achievements!

🌟 If you want to dive a little deeper into the world of Eawin's Empire there is now also a walkthrough available if you donate $3 or more. In it you'll find guides to achievements and affection points alike, as well as character bios.

❗ With the addition of new achievements please make sure to start a new game!

[heart-forge]

Hybrid Public Update

There's an interloper in camp, and you witness the beginning of the end without having ever seen the start. Your strange new friends prepare for war: and you prepare to decide where you're going to end up.

Thank-you as always for your patience and I hope you like the update. This is publically available on the itch page, so let me know if you have trouble accessing things, if something doesn't work, etc etc.

[amaregamesdb]

With the Amare Games Festival less than a week away make sure to check out the Amare Genre FAQs. It’s a great resource to understand the festival's theme and what makes the Amare genre special.

Amare Genre Tag Faqs

While Amare games share a distinct "vibe," they place no restrictions on the gender of the Main Character or Love Interests, embracing diverse romantic narratives. This includes requiring a gender variable MC. This is not a requirement for Amare and Amare games may have gender-locked MCs.

What makes an Amare game?

What Amare games tend to have in common is that they focus on relationships and romance, with an emphasis on diversity and authentic storytelling.

Key characteristics include:

Varied Gaze - Games that use this tag are often told with a feminine or neutral gaze, but that isn't a requirement. No specific "gaze" is given pre-eminence over others across the tag but individual games may lean in a single direction.

Flexible Roles - There are no restrictions on the gender and sexuality of the MC or the love interests. Games display a wide range of relationships from from BL, Otome, WLW, and a blend of these genres. Some games may be limited to one experience (such as being purely BL) while others may explore a range of experiences.

Expansive Relationships - Relationships in Amare games range from romantic, sweet, spicy to purely platonic.

Diversity in Cast and Creators - Amare games often feature a diverse array of characters and creators, promoting representation across different experiences and identities.

Who is the target audience for Amare games?

Amare games are targeted to a wide demographic comprised of adults and young adults who want to read narrative stories exploring relationships and romance as told from a wide range of cultures, conventions and experiences.

What makes Amare different from other relationship genres?

The Amare tag was created to supplement existing tags like BL, Otome, and WLW, that sometimes have stricter labelling requirements. It hopes to expand beyond the conventional boundaries that define games purely based on the gender and sexuality of the MC or a narrow target audience. Amare is meant to help bridge gaps left by other genre definitions, as well as create a home for games whose creators don't want to categorise them purely in that way, offering one more avenue for labelling and advertising games.

What is the "vibe" Amare games have?

The vibe of Amare games is heartfelt and immersive, focusing on deep emotional connections and character-driven narratives. They often blend romance, personal growth, and engaging storylines, allowing players to explore meaningful relationships in a variety of settings. Amare games cultivate a vibe of genuine and inclusive stories that celebrate love in its many forms, emphasizing choice and individuality, and celebrating variety in all its forms, making each experience unique.

How do I know if my game is Amare?

Does it have a focus on romance or exploration of relationships? Do you feel comfortable in this space and want to label your game as Amare? People use the Amare tag for a lot of different reasons - because they feel slightly out of sync with other genres that have narrower definitions, or emphasis on specific art styles or story conventions, because they don't want to be limited to a more narrow target audience, because they don't feel they quite fit another genre, because their game spans multiple genres or for a host of other reasons. This genre is focused on offering space to people who feel they fit here.

Links

Amare Genre Tag on Itch.io Over 470+ Games and counting AmareGames.com Amare Games Bulletin Amare Games Festival 2025

[velvet-cupcake-games]

Will's Route Is Out!

The Scarlet Blade is here!  Made Marion Early Access v. 2.0 is out and available on Steam and Itch.io.

Patch Notes:

Will's route has been added! Will is a Sherwood love interest and can be chosen from the Sherwood Common Route.

We now have a notification system when a new Love Interest PoV scene has been unlocked. Love Interest PoV scenes can be found in Extras off the Main Menu. When a new one has been unlocked, you will be notified upon your first return to the Main Menu.

Make sure to check the Misc. section in Love Interest PoVs after finishing one of Will's good endings. There's a secondary character with his own PoV scene now.

Will's route is complete except for a single CG (full-screen illustration) at the end of Will Chapter 4a, which is a placeholder (albeit an attractive one). The final CG will be available in Early Access v. 2.1, which should be uploaded in the next couple weeks.

Changes Based on Feedback:

Along with adding the Love Interest PoV notifications, the biggest piece of feedback that we received from Robin's route was that readers wanted longer love scenes. I am happy to oblige! Will's scenes are longer and more detailed than Robin's were.

This means I will be revisiting Robin's love scenes for version 2.1, extending them in the interest of equal time.

You may also notice that Will's sexy cut-ins (only viewable to players who have explicit text turned on - the game's default) are more colorful and less shadowy than Robin's. We will also be revisiting Robin's cut-in at some point before launch, changing to the improved style and adding a second pose so there are separate cut-ins for each unique ending. This is not guaranteed for version 2.1.

p.s. I do recommend the bad endings, particularly in Will's chapter 4s. There are some unique experiences there that hint at some deeper mysteries in the game.

[moiraimyths]

Are you ready for your Otherworld adventures to continue? Coming Nov. 1, we'll be releasing part 1 of Shae and Maeve's routes! 🐦‍⬛⚔️

🍃 Wishlist on Steam 🍂 Follow on Itch.io

[chthonicchromestudio]

What's this? A demo for Darling, Darling... Dead? 👀?

-> Studio: [Itch.io] [Carrd] [Ko-fi] [TikTok] [YouTube]

-> Playlists: [Levon's] [X's]

Play the demo: [Here]