#longstory game

[bloomdigital]

Happy Holidays

Hello, again, everyone!

This year has been a wild ride, yet somehow we reached the end! ( …Of the year, the wild ride, or our stamina - who knows?!)

For the next 3 weeks, Bloom will be taking a well deserved holiday break. We’ll be back at work in the second week of January. 

Before we go, we wish everyone great holidays! Stay tuned to our socials though, we’ve scheduled some brand new (and amazing) holiday art.

Look forward to our announcements next year! There’s some good stuff coming up!

Oh, and our games Holiday Sales are almost here! 

Nintendo

Europe

Sale date: December 16th ~ December 29th 2024

50% discount all Bloom games, including Cribbage Club

North America

Sale date: December 23rd ~ January 5th 2025

50% discount all Bloom games, including Cribbage Club

Steam Global

Sale date: December 19th ~ January 2nd 2025

50% discount all Bloom games, including Cribbage Club

Bloom Gumroad Store

Sale date: December 27th ~ January 8th

30% discount in all merch and Bloom games, including Cribbage Club

Use: HAPPY2025

Oh, yeah, and do not forget to wishlist LongStory 2, coming 2025!

Wishlist on Steam

Happy Holidays and see you back in 2025!

[theshadowrealmitself]

This is the exact thing I was worried about with replaying a game I enjoyed as a kid 😭 that something would upset my memories with it 😭😭 I actually fucking cried this is so embarrassing god damn it

[shelandsorcery]

Twelve hours remain -- it's your very last chance to preorder LongStory 2 on kickstarter! We're fully funded, and everyone who preorders is getting both our original LongStory and LongStory 2 games as a thank you for helping us make this game come to life! And we've opened up add-ons for all those who want to make sure they don't miss out on our Turkeyhawk toque* or washi tapes!

Thank you so much for all the love and sweet messages while this KS has been running! This game means a lot to this team, I'm so grateful we funded, and I hope when we get it into your hands that you'll love it as much as we do.

* a toque is a beanie if you're outside of canada

[therealopaartist]

@bloomdigital

[therealopaartist]

Ask and you shall receive

this meme is dead sorry @longstorygame

[portablecity]

🚀🚀🚀 Good news, everyone! The LongStory 2 Kickstarter is live! We need games like LongStory now more than ever. We are looking to raise CAD $25,000 in finishing funds: https://bit.ly/4a8p7Jm

LongStory was originally created in 2014 as an alternative to shallow “insert coins for romance” sims on the market. LongStory was one of the first dating sims that supported young people in exploring their gender, sexuality and identity in a safe supportive space, and we’ve had a devoted fan base since the first game launched.

Your support will help us make a full new season of a diverse and LGBTQ+ game that our players have already fallen in love with. At Bloom we believe the world needs games that create that hopeful and loving future: You can help us continue this story with our signature compassion, curiosity, conversation and, occasionally, sarcasm.

Backing this project gets you access to the sequel, the original game and some sweet LongStory swag! Not to mention the satisfaction of knowing more inclusive, safe, consent-based emotional gaming content will be available for players new and old.

Also honestly the swag is so cute, folks, go check it out:

[bloomdigital]

On a scale of 1 - 7, which Colin are you today?

[theshadowrealmitself]

In the middle of Abby and Hanniferjane arguing like

[bloomdigital]

MJ writing Episode 8: Dubai/LS2:

[OHOHOHOHOHO intensifies]

WE LOVE FANART FROM OUR COMMUNITY! And our grumpy little Shakespeare nerd will always hold a special place in our hearts.

BECOME A LONGSTORY 2 BACKER BY PREORDERING NOW!

A Goodbye. 

Man I am so upset, i can't believe he actually left for dubai.

[the-leyline-directory]

I'm coming out of hiding about this cause I'm so fucking anxious about sharing this info about Silvaire Canon, but uh!! Sil's canon ship is with Krile!!

I'm anxious cause of the types of reactions that come with ships with lalafells and any race that isn't also a lalafell :( But! For a longstory short of my brainrot with them, Silvaire through most of the MSQ is still 'a voidsent' or technically a 'villain' type character, working behind the scenes to play multiple parties (reasons usually literally just to cause problems for the WoL to force them to grow as a person so they they'll be a 'better meal' down the line.) Though the longer he stays with the warrior of light the less atherical imbalance he has from his voidsent/darkness affliction and the original person he was (the warrior of crystal from ff11) comes through more as he is a good person deep down! Krile, is the first person to clock him on his behavior and see through the way he acts around people due to her Echo! She can read his intent and tell if he's lying, as well as see the unnatural traits (slitted eyes, sharp teeth etc etc) that are hidden from those unblessed. She's the main person who starts correcting his behaviour by giving him consequences for his attempts to distance himself from others by seeming 'untrustworthy' - as she can tell that he's never doing anything maliciously or to be cruel to the WoL or Scions. It's a very nice slowburn relationship! As Silvaire recovers his soul through the process of healing from his traumas (Shadowbringers is the main point he starts becoming a person again cause of his direct confrontation with Emet, and then post Endwalker dealing with the Thirteenth and the potential of fixing his original home) and Krile is a good support to that, as unlike the scions, she's not as quick to mistrust him (or in Thancred's case to fight him on most things) as said before she can sense his intent for what he does, and as he gets more of his 'soul' back, she's the first to offer that olive branch cause she believes him.

There's so much more!!! Honestly!! It's a long goddamn narrative for him, hence him having an entire Google Doc Lore (Covering his original ff11 Lore + The Hound of Garlemald + post > Actual game lore) but someday I'll have it all written, and by that point it'll be a novel in itself. But uh! Yes! I've always seen @starrysnowdrop's content and it eases my heart of worries for the affection I have for the relationship and the development I've done behind the scenes \o/ Inspiration to overcome my phobia's to talk about it in general as it were! The Gposes and Writing that they do is always beautiful!!! And heartwarming!! \o/ Give them a looksie! Their work is wonderful! I wouldn't be confident to post this without seeing them on my feed. But ya! I'll be doing more content of them now that I'm not being fearful of it! Cause they're important!! And I'm a sap!

Thanks for reading and while it's none of most people's business I will say that the relationship itself is emotional attraction top of all, and sexual aspects are not the focus of this narrative >:( Lalafell are adults who can have fully established relationships and 'sex' isn't an end-all-be-all when exploring character dynamics. The deep emotional connection and trust of secrets and feelings, as well as providing comfort from so many trials!!! Sorry rambling again. I care them very much!

[fury-brand]

So years back I wrote a couple chapters for a queer, feminist, indie dating game targeted at tweens/middle schoolers. The director of the game, inspired by a news story about a 12 year old who had been bullied to suicide, wanted to make something that would meet kids where they were at with stuff they were concerned about while also being actually fun. The game is called Longstory, and it's about exploring your identity and navigating the social difficulties (and absurdities) of friendship and dating in middle school.

The studio behind Longstory is running a kickstarter for the sequel at the moment. If it sounds like a project you'd like to support, check out @bloomdigital or the reblog chain for the link. If you can't kick anything in, it always helps to spread the word.

[bloomdigital]

What does turkey hawk face look like

[bloomdigital]

You know what? LongStory IS a soft, cute and sweet LGBTQ+ dating sim! 🙏

The last few years have been hard on a lot of us. Hell, this year has been hard on a lot of us, and we're only TWO MONTHS into it! Being queer, trans or non-binary just adds a whole other layer to how rough things are, ditto being a sensitive and/or empathetic person. It's easy to be critical or tear someone down; making connections, building community, uplifting people is hard work. It's easy to give into despair and say "what's the point?" The hard thing is to build the world you want, because that's work that never ends. Being soft and vulnerable, having a lot of feelings, caring means you might get hurt, but I'd pick that over closing myself off to the world any day. If I've learned one thing all these years of spinning around on this rock in space it's that you've gotta care for the people in your life who take care of you, even if it means sometimes being disappointed or getting hurt, but that means you're living. At the end of the day that's all we've got.

Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now. The softness resonated. One of my 2023 resolutions was "be more earnest," and that was the best so one of my 2024 resolutions is "be EVEN MORE earnest." All of this to say I hope you're all having a lovely day, and if you're not do something small to care for yourself. You deserve some care, even when it feels like you don't. Go be soft.

Now for the inevitable self-deprecating countercharm, but I embrace it because...

-MJ

LSTIEN LONGSTORY IS A SOF LGBTQ+ DATING SIM IT’S CUTE AND SWEET AND CHARMING AND OH MY GOD I LOVE THESE KIDS SO MUUUUUCCCHHH @longstorygame

[theshadowrealmitself]

Well I caved and got Longstory again, so y’all might be hearing a lot about it from me

[hybridwestern]

Longstory was such a cute dating sim! I 100% went for Marcel and Collin. Best boys!

[maegalkarven]

I saw u posting stuff about a game called "longstory" so I decided I'm gonna check it out :)

!!! I'm glad! This game is really good. It has beautiful yet simple art, diversity, look and pronouns choice and is full of hilarious moments/jokes, heartwarming scenes and deep feelings!