#swakjam

[hannahp0calypse]

Hey y'all! I just release [a beta version of] a tragic fantasy t4t yuri romance visual novel I've been working on for the past month; The Welkte.

Dorothea Magaly and Rosalind Graciana are running out of time. The Welkte soon approaches, and they have only a night's rest before they must perform the ritual that will seal it for good. When the dawn comes, will they be ready? Can they do what needs to be done? Have they sunk their teeth too deep to let go without ripping and tearing?

You can download and play it right here on itch.io, though bear in mind it's missing a number of assets due to, y'know, being a beta release. This was also made as part of Sealed With A Kiss Jam 2025, so I encourage you to go check out the other entries!!

[endys]

A noble lord brings two squires along on a hunt.

One is a gentle boy who should not exist.

The other is a girl who dreams of plunging a dagger into her master’s heart.

I got the chance to work with an amazing team of artists and musicians over the last few weeks, and I'm so excited to share what we've created: A brand new storybook-inspired visual novel called Trail of Stars!

Trail of Stars is a short, bittersweet fairy tale about friendship and first love.

It features:

<3k words

Two endings

One knightly kiss on the hand

Childhood friends to lovers

An emotional original score

Fairy tale visuals laid out like a storybook

Three gorgeous fully rendered CGs

🌟 Play it on itch.io 🌟

Art credits:

Character & cover art: Pauline Reinacher

Background art: Sparrowling

CG illustrations: Akua

[rubyfunkey]

play @hannahp0calypse 's game im on my hands and knees

[storm-arts-around]

"Amara Conti has spent the last few months saving the world and thwarting the efforts of the villainous Dark Moon cultist, Reyes. 

But now allegiances have changed and the two must work together to stop a greater threat - and maybe address some simmering feelings along the way."

I spent this month participating the Sealed With A Kiss Game Jam, and managed to release 'Fool Me Once', a Kinetic Visual Novel with my dear friend and artist Melina! If it sounds like your cup of tea, please check it out on Itch.io \o/

[pumpkin-spike18]

Full Moon Kiss (Visual Novel Demo Release!)

Is this love?! …Or are they just hungry??

Emil is a student at Were-College for shapeshifting beasts, a campus for carnivore and herbivore shifters to learn to coexist. After one stressful midterm, he decides to visit the famous Herbivore Host Club… but he’s taken a wrong turn and ended up in the Meat Eater’s Den?! Is it possible to fall in love with a Carnivore?!

Demo Features!

18k+ words

Partial voice acting

3 sprites

2 CGs

6 Sound tracks

3.5 Original Backgrounds

Full Moon Kiss is a comedic Boys’ Love visual novel about falling in love and accepting all the flaws and differences we hide from each other.

Play the Demo for free here! 🌕💋

[thepoggersdilemma]

Check out the concept art for our SWAK Jam visual novel with @pumpkin-spike18, Full Moon Kiss! Our main character, Emil and the two love interests you can romance in the game, Roko and Felix!

[bibixpgames]

Valentine's Day is here and, first, love you all, AND second, you can still play and rate a bunch of love based games on the Sealed With a Kiss Jam, which includes not only my game "Lovely Magicals", but quite a few cute games that I'm sure would be nice to play today! :D

My game had an update yesterday to add another route too, so now is exactly the day to play it! :3

[el-dritchknight]

“As a cleric of Eldath, I cannot allow you to destroy the world and everything I hold dear. I’m sorry, but I must seal you away.”

Will this twink succeed in his quest? Find out in He's Dating The DM!?

art by @owltio

bonus:

egg raven vs cardinal espiritual

[beryllheliodora]

The Sealed With A Kiss Game Jam is finished! - Here are 6 notable Otome games

The SWAK jam is a month long visual novel game jam that ran from January 1st to February 1st. Here are a few interesting indie otome games to check out:

Ninefold Promise

Until We Meet Again

Fool Me Once

single vampires in your area

You're Just a 3rd Wheeler!

Trail of Stars

Check out all the jam submissions for more romance games! There were 79 entries in total!

@otomegames@ani.social

#VisualNovels #SWAKJam #VisualNovel #Otome #OtomeGame #OtomeGames #IndieGame #GameJam

[hannahp0calypse]

Put out a minor-ish update for The Welkte which is mostly typo and grammar fixes BUT also includes a pass on the UI to make it more coherent (like the new main menu screen!), and some new CGs in the latter parts of the story INCLUDING some art by @rubyfunkey...!

Please enjoy~! :3

[el-dritchknight]

how was this almost a month ago?? I can BEARly believe it! credits to mel for the meme 🫶 @illusidy

go get some honey and play #HesDatingTheDM?! at tinyurl.com/playhdtdm

[el-dritchknight]

#HesDatingTheDM at #komiket2025 #komiketfebruary 😱🎲💘⁉️ - a wild part 2 ap-piers!

maraming salamat @yeniihuenii for a fantastic piece of these pretty partners ✨️🥺

play here: https://owltio.itch.io/hes-dating-the-dmSWAKJam

[el-dritchknight]

This Guy's In Love With You, DM! 😱➡️🧍‍♂️💘🫵🎲⁉️ Bading na bading, Nat 20 pa rin, praning na praning sa yo~

Full video here: https://youtu.be/LCJrufY7UVs

Play He's Dating The DM!? here https://owltio.itch.io/hes-dating-the-dm

Credits

- This Guy's In Love With You Pare by Parokya ni Edgar

- Raven's VA + Mixer: https://torlux-va.com/

- Piers' VA: https://lukeavon.carrd.co/

- Video: @owltio

- Direction/lyric parody: me

[el-dritchknight]

"Foolish mortals! You think your puny little spells and swords are enough to defeat me?”

OMG! There's a hot dragon in #HesDatingTheDM!? 🔥🐲 Guess you gotta play!

art by @owltio

[el-dritchknight]

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday / Weekly #VNLink progress update! Have a sneak peak of our upcoming game, He's Dating the DM!?

[pumpkin-spike18]

Full Moon Kiss: how it started

When brainstorming for our SWAK Jam project, @thepoggersdilemma and I discovered that we both liked Hatoful and wanted to do something silly and cute with animals.

................. And then we decided we should make it like Beastars 💀 I swear there will still be cute boy kissing.

tbf, even if Hatoful's our only inspiration, MC wouldn't be safe.