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[k-0re]

Devilish Tea Party

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for @team-avia contest

[team-avia]

Calling all artists, editors, and writers~!

Join us on a whimsical journey through Novit with My Hunted Darling's Devilish Delights Contest! Let your imagination run wild, and maybe, just maybe, you'll get a chance to win a pretty golden ticket to Novit for your troubles ;)

Much time has passed, and humans haven't been spotted on this side of the cross-dimensional pond in a while… but the barrier between worlds has gone fickle, as such, you can now explore these uncharted lands yourself! That's right, you can be a part of this new world we're building!

Here's all the details:

"Devilish Tea Party"

will be the running theme! Draw, write, or edit any of My Hunted Darling's womb-achingly gorgeous vampires using this prompt and use the hashtags #mhd, #my hunted darling, and #mhd devilish delights 2024 when sharing your works online! Be sure to tag us at @team-avia to make sure we see it!

The prizes are as follows:

1ST PLACE = You or your original character can be an interactable NPC in the world of MHD! 2ND PLACE = You or your original character can be featured in one of the backgrounds! 3RD PLACE = Your work will be displayed in one of the backgrounds and the game's gallery!

All of the winner's artworks will be featured in the Gallery, you'll be able to decide how players can go about unlocking your respective artworks!

Additionally, WINNERS ALL GET EARLY ACCESS TO THE DEMO!!

The competition will last from September 22nd to October 22nd, we at Team Avia will personally look through every creation and pick out the candidates! You, the audience, can vote on your favorite creation as soon as they're chosen!

[hpowellsmith]

Honor Bound is coming late 2024!

As ever it’s not completely solidly set in stone, so the official message is that Honor Bound’s coming late this year… but Steam currently has the release listed for 5th December, so keep an eye out - and please wishlist so you're the first to know when Honor Bound is ready to play!

Not too much longer to go!

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You’re a promising officer in the Teranese military, a force which has not seen major engagement in decades but which holds vast influence. Thanks to an injury, you’re no longer in the field. Thanks to the… complicated circumstances of that injury, you’ve been quietly reassigned.

Now you’re to be the bodyguard to the child of a famous scientist who is attending a wilderness boarding school for the children of the richest and most powerful figures of Teran society.

According to your mentor, it’s an easy assignment. The school sits close to your own hometown, so you’ll be familiar with the area; you can recover your health and get your career back on track. What could go wrong?

Bond with those around you or impress with aloof competence. Be a kind, trusted confidante to your charge, or a strict, stern caretaker. Work hard for glowing reports from your charge, your military superiors, or the Headteacher to get your life back on track - or risk it all as you uncover secrets that put you and everyone around you in peril.

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Find out more about the game, setting, and characters

Play the first three chapters

[heart-forge]

Bad Ritual Chapter 5: Warlock

Thank-you for your patience everyone: I didn't realise Easter was in March this year when I planned everything OTL. Chapter 5 for Bad Ritual is now available publically on itch. Have fun and let me know what you think!

No new features or anything this time around, the only change is:

Chapter 5 for both Tahira and Siruud

Reblogs appreciated!

[lacydigital]

Ardency: Heart of the Rebellion is out NOW!

[dreaming-through-lines]

⊱ ─ CLIO’S FANART

Characters shown (in the first picture):

Qiu Lin ( Our Life: Now & Forever )

Baxter Ward ( Our Life: Beginnings & Always )

Cove Holden ( Our Life: Beginnings & Always )

Derek Suárez ( Our Life: Beginnings & Always )

Tamarack Baumann ( Our Life: Now & Forever )

Sebastian Ilahaj ( Andromeda 6 )

Caine Prins ( Tailor Tales )

Quest ( Blooming Panic )

Alkar ( When The Night Comes)

[breathlesswinds]

Breathless Winds is an upcoming visual novel about a trans woman discovering her gender, as well as true love, in an island-fantasy setting. The game will have four routes, including two male and two female romance options!

We'll be releasing the game in early 2024 - until then, please check out our demo on itch.io or Steam!

[synstoria]

Me trying to balance the romance and the plot shenanigans in Imperial Grace.🤭

Not my fault is everything is more passionate when the situation is TENSED.

[dreamtydraw]

After long annoying hours of doing hw I got a notif of u asking for doodle req

So.

*bats eyelashes* My gorgeous gorgeous wife Alioth

ONLY IF U WANT TO!!!!!!!!! and if u do take ur time 🙏 pls take good care of urself ty

Everytime someone ask me to draw Alioth I imagine him sighing cause he's forced to do fan-service-

[heartfragment]

Heart Fragment Winter Sale - 50% off!

If you don't own Heart Fragment Book Two: Belief Fragments yet, it is on sale right now for 50% off on both Steam and Itch!

Please consider supporting through Itch if possible. More profits go to the creators there, and it comes with a Steam key as well. Your support will help with finishing up the creation of Book Three.

Happy holidays, everyone!

[anam-mana]

Hey guys! Headed to bed soon but just a reminder that this is your last chance to enter my Twitter art raffle, as I’m going to be announcing results first thing tomorrow!

I’m super excited to make something special for the winner!

[team-avia]

Interview with the Vampire(s)

You flipped open to a fresh page in your journal, a newly sharpened pencil in your hand, with two more tucked precariously behind each of your ears, and another one shoved in the front pocket of your lab coat.

The room was dark, save for the lone candle illuminating the desk at which you and your guest sat at. Rain pattered behind the closed window, branches moving in the slight wind.

“I have some questions I'd like to ask you, about yourself, about Novit,” you told the person sitting in front of you. They held a long and delicate looking porcelain pipe in their hand, sweet smelling wafts of smoke pouring from their lips as they exhaled.

“I will answer any questions you have to the best of my ability. Though this knowledge is not something you should share readily with the humans in your world.”

You nodded your head. You understood how dangerous this information could be falling into the wrong hands. But you also knew how big a wave this could make in all the fields of science. You'd be a fool to pass up this opportunity.

Clearing your throat, you pressed your pencil to the page. “For now, I merely need a few details about yourself.” More in depth questions would come later once you knew what to ask about this mysterious new world and its occupants.

“My name is Cordelia,” the woman in front of you spoke, her piercing blue eyes glowing in the dark. She held herself with a sense of importance. “I am the head of this coven, and I own Corville manor. I am originally from a beautiful and serene island country called Yupin, before moving to Piedamonte to fulfill my duties.”

You scribbled down her words.

“I keep the peace between your world and Novit, and have been doing so for many decades. I have seen both the truimphs and horrors of man and I seek to prevent tragedy from befalling either worlds. Though there are those of my kind that seek to bring about chaos. It is why the rest of the coven and I fight diligently to keep them away.”

The scene changed and another vampire had taken Cordelia's place. This vampire wore a charming grin on their face, long brown hair swept up into a ponytail. “My name is Natalie and I hail from Cuniso, an island nation that curates the pursuit of knowledge. I feel you would love it there very much, given your curious mind.” She flashed you a bright grin. “Perhaps I could take you on a date and show you around sometime?”

You flushed at her words, clearing your throat awkwardly as you turned back to your notes.

“What do you do in the coven?”

“You could call me Cordelia's right hand person. She gives us orders and I make sure everyone falls into line to follow them. I'm a peacekeeper of sorts in the group.” She placed a hand to her chest, proud of this fact. “Someone has to keep Victoriqua in check. You know how Drunians get.”

“Natalie said they were Cordelia's right hand person?!” the red head's nostrils flared as she crossed her arms over her chest tightly. “I'm Cordelia's right hand person! I was there almost from the start, helping her build this coven, helping her build the defenses to keep the humans safe!”

“Uh, could we maybe move on from-” you began, not wanting to continue listening to this rant.

“I'm going to find her and shove my fist up her-”

“Where are you from?” you interjected loudly. Victoriqua glared at you.

“You're trying to distract me from giving her an ass kicking and it's not working.”

She hurried away from her chair, making it rock back and forth, before she slammed the door to the room shut. You sighed, wondering how badly things would go after this.

Willow was next and she sat stiffly in her chair, a semi vacant look in her eyes. You could hear crashing noises and muffled screams in the distance and you really hoped that someone would intervene between Victoriqua and Natalie.

“Mind telling me a bit about yourself?” you asked Willow hopefully.

The woman with white hair and dark circles under her eyes, sighed gently to herself. “I am Willow of Prevenio. I have been alive longer than several generations of your family.” Her voice was whispery, scratchy, as if she didn't use it often.

“Why did you join the coven?”

“What other option did I have?” she poised and you scratched your cheek with eraser of your pencil. Huh?

“Willow-”

“I must leave,” she said, already pushing her chair back. “The mirrors need a freshening.”

Now what did that mean?

Willow was barely out of the door when another vampire bounded into the room, sitting down hard and fast in the chair, almost crushing it with their strength.

“I'm Sierra!” she cheered, hand in the air, smiling sharp fangs at you. “I'm from Piedamonte.” She put her hand down. “I'll tell you anything and everything.”

“Are you...okay?” you asked in mild concern, noting the trickle of gold red on her shirt.

She glanced down. “Ah man, I'm gonna have to wash that. It's one of my favorite shirts too.” She looked up at you. “I'm fine. Vic-a-dic and Nat-a-lie we're going at it, so I kinda jumped in to give them the biz and they got annoyed I was getting involved so they chased me away and I had to run around the manor to lose them. Cordelia caught them tho and she gave them a thorough tongue lashing but it's all fine now cuz she made them apologize to me and I wasn't even mad at them.”

“Sounds like you were busy,” you said, noting this down.

“It's always a blast around here, human,” Sierra smiled. “Stick with us, and you'll never be bored...”

The candle on the desk flickered and gave out at this, throwing you both into the dark, leaving Sierra's pink eyes staring unnervingly back at you.

A little taste to give some more context about the setting and characters in MHD...

[hpowellsmith]

Honor Bound beta testing has begun!

Drumroll... it's that time... time for beta testing!

For almost a week, I've been going through feedback from six randomised playthroughs from continuity readers, fixing many typos and sorting out little (and medium-sized) errors. And now the full game is ready for private testing!

If you'd like, you can sign up to test the whole game here.

In the meantime: I've taken down the Chapter 1-7 public demo, and have put up an up-to-date Chapter 1-3 demo. Because the current version isn't compatible with Dashingdon, it's only available to play from the above link on itchio - the Dashingdon page links to the itchio game. During beta testing, I'll do my best to keep the public demo updated.

For Sneak Preview Patreon subscribers, I've left up the early access Chapter 1-7 to play before release (this version is somewhat out of date, but I figure if you would like an Honor Bound fix in the meantime it will be a little preview of what's to come later). I'm not sure when that will come down, but it will be up at least until the end of beta testing. Sneak Preview subscribers can go to this post to get the link.

I'm going to be saying this a lot, but I'm so grateful for your feedback, cheerleading, and support while making this game. Thank you so much.

[heart-forge]

Bad Ritual Public Update

God what a time to be missing my banners ;; But okay, Bad Ritual technical update and rewrites are now live on itch !! These changes include:

new themes (dark and light, themed towards the characters)

new achievements screen

extended accessibility options

Tahira route rewrite

Siruud route rewrites (not as extensive)

texting interfaces instead of in-line texting

totally retooled character creation options

redone character profile page

I recommend starting a new game just to see all the changes, and also because the new chapter isn't finished yet 😂😂 That's on its way, but for now there's new content inside the old content and some new menus to explore. The new chapter is coming up next !!

Remember that you can subscribe to my Ko-fi for early access to updates, copies of certain games (right now you're guaranteed a fully copy of Manor Hill for donating and/or subscribing), and monthly drabbles at Employee of the Month tier !! There's currently three up portraying the Manor Hill LIs before attending the Harvest Festival, and next month there'll be a Hybrid themed drabble released !!

Reblogs are appreciated, as always. Anyway, have a happy december and new years 💚

[lacydigital]

🔥Roped In: Deuces Wild is out NOW on itchio!🔥

It is available for windows, mac, linux, and android!

Come meet Roy and Reuben - it's time to save a horse!

[blerdyotome]

Game Release Calendar Project

Hey hey! So, I'm working on a release calendar for upcoming games for my site, Blerdy Otome. I'd like to include indie games--indie otome, boys love vns, amare vns, etc. So I created a google doc for game devs to add their upcoming games to the list for upload to the calendar. Because of how the calendar is setup, I can only add games with concrete release dates, but if you have a tentative release date you can still add it to the spreadsheet and update it later.

Shares are greatly appreciated! I want to include as many games as I can!