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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 10d

The Steam Demo for BABELOMANIA is now out! Welcome to the nightmare...!

(The Demo is not part of the #steamnextfest October Event, but a 2nd Demo will join the February one!) #vndev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...

BABELOMANIA on Steam

BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....

store.steampowered.com

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Sloppy Forgeries @sloppyforgeries.bsky.social · May 17

Gearing up for a big dev push on Sloppy Forgeries, the two-mouse game about copying famous paintings as quickly and accurately as possible. Coming Q3/4 2025.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #art #digitalart #games #videogames

✨ Wishlist ✨ ⇢ bit.ly/sloppy-bs

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 10d

It! Is! OOOOUT! The first demo for BABELOMANIA! I thought about enrolling it in the Steam #nextfest for the spooky month but it's a bit too far removed from it's release date... So we'll enroll the 2nd Demo in the February one :) #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...

BABELOMANIA on Steam

BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....

store.steampowered.com

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 10d

The Steam Demo for BABELOMANIA is now out! Welcome to the nightmare...!

(The Demo is not part of the #steamnextfest October Event, but a 2nd Demo will join the February one!) #vndev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...

BABELOMANIA on Steam

BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....

store.steampowered.com

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 16d

The Steam Demo for BABELOMANIA is coming out on the 1st of October! Treat yourself to a dark wedding on this spooky season! #indiegame #vndev www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHb...

BABELOMANIA - STEAM DEMO TRAILER

YouTube video by Team JPDE

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Spooky TangledVirus of the Fear District. @tangledvirus.itch.io · 15d

There's too many games is not the issue, the issue, imo as a developer is getting people to look at and then be interested to play my games and that's true to anyone that makes games, or books, or comics, or any form of media.

Outreach and getting eyes on it has been the problem.
But as a comsumer?

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 15d

Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 15d

Still on old Law&Order. They brought back Jamie Ross as a guest character, and the barbs she and Abbie Carmichael trade...! They're both very ethically driven, but come from very different places. Also, Carmichael is younger and hotheaded while Ross has a life outside of her work. Amazing tv!

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 16d

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...

BABELOMANIA on Steam

BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....

store.steampowered.com

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · 16d

The Steam Demo for BABELOMANIA is coming out on the 1st of October! Treat yourself to a dark wedding on this spooky season! #indiegame #vndev www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHb...

BABELOMANIA - STEAM DEMO TRAILER

YouTube video by Team JPDE

www.youtube.com

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 17d

Most common feedback I get as a #gamedev is that my writing regularly makes people discover new words. Like, forces them to expands their lexicon.

I take pride in it but also sometimes makes me think if I'm too much?

Then I remember that gamers are not morons. So! "Unbeknownst to the..." #vndev

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's finally here! #JPDE2 Adagio of Darkness v2.1, the DATING SIM UPDATE, is out for everyone! As always, for free. Inspired by Dating Sim games from the 90s, prepare to strategize like never before! #RWBY jpde.itch.io/jpde2/devlog...

JPDE2 Adagio of Darkness - 2.1 [TO VACUO]

The second of the BIG updates! BACK TO BACK! 2.0 added a complete overhaul of the exploration and battle systems... 2.1 adds the Dating Sim System! If you're a long-time follower of the project, you'v...

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · Aug 20

The preview for Maria Codadivolpe is now public! :D The last member of our protag trio for Tales of the Kinkeeper! #vndev #indiegame

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Aug 13

#JPDE2 2.1 is now out for all Supporters on Patreon and KoFi! (links in the quoted post!) #rwby #vndev

Public Release: 30/08/2025

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Daiz @daiz.moe · Aug 13

Gotta say, Stripe customer service just straight up saying "we don't support the sale of any LGBT content" was not on my bingo card for this campaign. Hopefully this will be getting lots of attention from all over soon! Tell any journalists and rights orgs you know about it today!

Mostlycogent @mostlycogent.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stripe crossed a line now.

Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.

Also libraries and bookstores.

Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.

Mostlycogent @mostlycogent.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.

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u.srn @permablue.celephais.dev · Aug 2

There's a recent surge of people saying go make your own website etc etc, but people also need to know that even if you host your website on free hostings and don't buy your own domain you can always make the website URL as your bluesky handle. And that's kinda fun

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Jul 30

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JPDE2 Adagio of Darkness - 2.1 [TO VACUO]

J.P.D.E. STUDIOS added a post for members!

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Jul 30

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JPDE2 Adagio of Darkness - 2.1 [TO VACUO] | Team JPDE

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Jul 30

#JPDE2 Version 2.1 is now out for Supporters first! The Dating Sim System is finally here! [LINKS IN REPLIES] #RWBY #vndev

All Patrons Release - 13/08/2025
Public Release - 30/08/2025

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Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · Jul 27

As you may have heard, thousands of NSFW games have been removed without warning from multiple platforms over the past few days. This sets a troubling precedent for the future of games.

If you want more information on why this is happening and how to help, read more here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · Jul 27

The plan was, for Episode 11 of #JPDE2, to add the Dating Sim System alongside a bunch of other stuff... But considering how complex the DSim ended up being? Not a good idea. This may be the most complex system I've ever made, akin to a strategy game I would say. #vndev #indiegame #RWBY

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Team JPDE @teamjpde.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Game Design post about the #JPDE2 Dating Sim Design is now public, free to read for everyone! Come see what inspired the new mechanics and what you can expect going in. #vndev #indiedev www.patreon.com/posts/133685...

JPDE2 - Dating Sim Design | Team JPDE

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · Jul 20

Big update for Tales of the Kinkeeper! Meet the last member of our protag trio, Maria Codadivolpe! :D (bigger and full preview exclusive for our Patrons, for now, development is a long and costly endeavour :P) #vndev #indiegame #TotK www.patreon.com/posts/tales-...

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · Jul 13

NEW JPDE2 VERSION UP!

Bug Fixes ahoy! Softlocks from battle are gone, and you can no longer infinitely upgrade your battle suit :P

jpde.itch.io/jpde2/devlog...

JPDE2 2.05 - Fixes for Battle, Fixes for Upgrades

Hello, everyone! Meinos Kaen here and thank you for your patience! 2.05 is here, with a bunch of big and small bug fixes! The two most important ones are: 1) BATTLE SOFTLOCKS - It happened, because of...

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · Jul 13

Almost done with the Rewards System for #JPDE2 's Dating Sim mechanics! Huge shoutout to @feniksdev.com for their Zoom Viewport plugin, which means I can put in @ahhgik.bsky.social's images fully size and in the original format :D #vndev #RWBY

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